28 January 2008Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 21 - Issue No: 80





Headlines




DishTV subscriber base at 2.7 million
 DishTV adds 297,000 new subscribers during Q3, up from 278,000 additions in Q2; posts Q3 net loss of Rs 1.16 billion.

DishTV to access retail market in new alliance with Future Group

Zee News Q3 operating revenue up 38.6 % at Rs 955 million

Special Report
Big fight is in Hindi GEC middle rung
 Hindi GEC: Star Plus and Zee fight for top position; Sony, Star One & Sahara One contendors for third spot.

Other Headlines
Jump Games ties up with Manchester United
 Reliance Ent’s mobile gaming unit Jump Games makes step towards becoming major player within mobile entertainment arena globally.

Vir Sanghvi quits INX, to announce new news channel 'very soon'
 Vir Sanghvi finally exits INX group; slated to announce the opening of another news channel very soon.

Padm Shri for Barkha Dutt, Rajdeep Sardesai, Vinod Dua

Media coverage of child abuse: child rights panel consulted

India TV CEO Chintamani Rao quits

'Lost Book of Nostradamus' on History Channel

Sony to offer Interactive World Cup on PlayStation 3

TCS-SPE sign service-oriented architecture agreement

F-Secure ties up with Sony Ericsson on mobile security

Two Adlabs Cinemas open in north India; 13 more to follow

Microsoft appoints Maya Hari as consumer marketing head


Disney Channel's 'My School Rocks' winners to star in 'High School Musical 2' song

Proud to be an Indian

Rakhi to host a talk show on Zee Next .
Mannish Goel out of Say Shaava Shaava

March wedding for Barkha and Indraneil

Babul Supriyo violates court orderd
Jayant out of Chhote Ustaad
Tough act for Shonal

Sayantani wounded during shoot

News Releases
Gordon Brown on Times Now: We will learn from India on how to plan the Commonwealth Games in Britain
Witness Pure Parliament Action on your small screen Catch the Special Preview of Lead India Only on TIMES NOW

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (06/01/2008 to 12/01/2008)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (06/01/2008 to 12/01/2008)
Star Plus
Zee TV
Sun TV


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Today's Newsbreakers.......India
    		• ADAG ties up with Manchester United as their mobile games partner
    		• BCCI ensures nearly $1 bn riskless income from IPL
    		• IPL open to global sponsors for title bids
    Source: Economic Times
     
    		• Vista migration on fast track, says MS(India) COO
    		• TV ads that punch life and more…
    		• Sixteen Frames to offer video streaming services
    Source: Hindu Business Line
     
    		•  Nude buttocks may cost US TV network $1.4 million
    		•  Google is best company to work for: Fortune
    		• Tsonga's Aussie exploits send French TV into crisis mode
    		• Rajesh Khanna opening a goat farm?
    Source: DNA
      
    		• 200 spammers send 90 bn messages!
    		• A case of limited bandwidth?
    		• The print gets bigger
    Source: Financial Express
      
    		• Amar Chitra Katha, Tinkle to entertain kids on Net
    Source: CNN-IBN
     
    		• FM radio expansion hits small-town hurdle
    		• Cable TV operators want laws changed
    		• `Gaming deal with Man U takes us global`
    		• Techies turn musical at Technopark
    		• Music out of the box
    Source: Business Standard
     
    		•  Top stars must stop smoking in films: Anbumani
    		• Dearth of good talent on Telugu television out of the box
    		• Scribes told to practise ‘creative journalism’
    		• Second edition of ICL in city
    Source: The Hindu
      
    		• HDTV: On a high this year
    		• ICL domestic meet to kick off in Chennai
    Source: Indian Express
     
    		• Shah Rukh Khan conferred French title
    		• Ramadoss to Big B, SRK: Avoid smoking on screen
    		• Microsoft profits surge 81%
    Source: Times of India
     
    International News
    		• Comcast to Pull Plug on Asian Channel
    Source: Yahoo biz
     
    		• List of SAG Award winners
    		• China vows to crack down on Internet piracy
    		• Vivendi chief says music industry gloom overdone
    Source: Yahoo
     
    		• 'Sopranos,' '30 Rock' Win SAG Ensemble Awards
    		• TelevisionWeek Names 12 to Watch
    Source: TV Week
     
    		• KOREA: Samsung networks launches internet-based mobile phone
    Source: Asia Media
     
    		•  Veoh Inks Deal With FearNet
    		• Yahoo Dumps Brand Universes Initiative
    Source: Media Week
    		• FCC fines ABC over 'NYPD Blue'; network to appeal
    		•  Google CEO bullish on mobile Web advertising
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• Tern TV signs up with BBC Worldwide
    		• UKTV confirms widescreen lineup
    		• 'Weeds' producer signs WGA agreement
    		• BBC News and Drama unite for Iraq series
    		• Survey: Digital TV spells rising ad views
    Source: Digital Spy
     
    		• Beta to sign 100 music acts in 2008
    		• BBC, ITV to share UEFA Euro 2008 coverage
    Source: DM Europe
     
    		• French MNOs ‘tax for exclusivity’
    		• Mobile TV subscribers 462m by 2012
    Source: Advanced - Television
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