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Headlines


Reliance’s Big TV appoints Arun Kapoor as president
 Reliance ADAG taps Arun Kapoor to head Big TV; Kapoor comes from Dish TV where he was CEO.

Zee Marathi premieres Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs on 7 July
 Zee Marathi to launch Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs on 7 July; airings are on Monday & Tuesday at 9:30 pm.

TV18 elevates Senthil and Udayan
 Senthil is TV18 Biz Media prez & group editorial director; Udayan is CNBC-TV18 managing editor.

Sameer Kapoor is NDTV India CEO

AXN to air Action Awards on 6 July

BSkyB eyes Spain’s Digital+ for $4 billion

Yahoo! to launch new site and products for Olympics

RGV’s Contract to hit screens on 18 July with 250 prints


CN & Pogo marketing head Duggal quits
Jetix unveils content line-up for July
Nick to air The legend of the Monkey King on 6 July

Romit’s parentage revealed
Abhijit, Rahul, Harshit are finalists in Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar
Amrapali and Harpreet eliminated
Shilpa battles it out with Kamalika
Suhasi Garodia goes south
Ejaz and I are very much in love Anita Hasnandani
Sayantani struck by cupid?
My desires are very important Aniruddh Dave

News Releases
Bollywood goes to France
Comeback like never before only on Comedy Circus
Catch the world's leading commodity investment banker Jim Rogers in an exclusive with Rahul Arora this weekend only on UTVi
PEOPLE, The World's # 1 Celebrity Magazine launches in India

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (15/06/2008 to 21/06/2008)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (15/06/2008 to 21/06/2008)
Star Plus
Zee TV
Sony Entertainment TV
Zee Cinema
Sun TV
NDTV Imagine


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Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
    		• Big TV DTH appoints Arun Kapoor as COO
    		• Discovery to air series on Beijing Olympics
    Source: Hindu Business Line
      
    		• DQ Entertainment opening production centres in Mumbai & Chennai
    		• Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na clicks, Love Story 2050 slips
    Source: Economic Times
      
    		• Norms for WiMAX, 3G services soon
    		• Bollywood pins hopes on 'Jaane Tu...' and 'Love Story 2050'
    		• Two journalists abducted by Taliban in Pak tribal belt
    		• Entertainment extravaganza
    Source:The Hindu
      
    		• Amrita TV to serialise Malayalam classic 'Aranazhikeneram'
    Source: Smash Hits
      
    		•

    Rakhi Sawant & her new TV show

    Source: Times of India
      
    		•  SAD intros MyTube Internet Recorder
    Source: CIOL
      
    		• Cablevision All Set To Add 15 HD Channels
    Source: TopNews
      
    		• Nokia, Telenor enter into mobile internet service deal
    Source: TelecomTiger
     

    • Viacom 18’s ‘Colors’ aims for top 3 slots in 12 months

    		• Trent to invest Rs 2,000 crore for 50 Star Bazaar hypermarkets
    		• Pakistan to cement Delhi’s infrastructure for Games
    Source: Financial Express
      
    		• Anil Ambani keen to revive Kolkata studio, SRK asked to open one
    		• ICL ‘rebel’ on MCA stage
    		• YouTube ordered to hand over viewers' personal information
    		• Sound studio of yesteryears rings with sound of silence
    Source: Indian Express
      
    		• 3G, Wimax guidelines in a week: Minister
    		• TN Directors scouting for foreign locales
    		• ‘Targeting the SEC A guy is a nightmare’
    		• Flintoff, Pietersen for Knight Riders?
    		•

    Buzz from the box office

    		•

    SRK to miss his Don sequel?

    		• Media begins to hound Sobhraj's 'little wife'
    Source: DNA
     
    		• A Lounge maker
    Source: Livemint
      
    		•

    RCom may get 20% fresh equity in MTN

    Source: Business Standard
     
    International News
    		• Ofcom invites DTT multiplex renewals
    		• Sky buys EPG slot for Sky Arts
    		• Tiscali TV to recommend content
    Source: Digital Spy
     
    		• Comic book artist Michael Turner dies at 37
    		• Chile reality show contestant expelled over porn
    Source: Yahoo News
     
    		• Magic goes out of Wizard from Oz roadshow for TV property star
    		• TV: Sky stake has predators circling ITV
    		• TV Asahi wants to ally with IT firm this year
    Source: Guardian
     
    		• Broadcasters' anger grows over Sarkozy TV plan
    Source: Financial Times
     
    		• Pixar's adorable 'WALL-E' rolls into gaming universe
    Source: USA Today
     
    		• Canadians skirt the law to view American TV programs in the Web, study says
    Source: Google
    		• BSkyB mulls bid for Spain's Digital Plus
    		• "Pink Panther" trailer ties in to hit cartoons
    		• TNS rejects WPP's improved $2.14 bln approach
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• Disney looking to launch European TV channels
    Source: Google
     
    		• SA Tourism, CNN partner on UGC brand campaign
    Source: Biz Community
     
    		• Virgin Mobile USA and IBM Sign IT Services Agreement
    Source: CNN
     
    		• News channels sign of democratic culture: Ms. Sherry Rehman
    Source: APP
     
    		• Yahoo! courts Time Warner over AOL tie-up
    		• Mediapolis: Sony ... ITV shares ... Universal Music ... Virgin Radio
    Source: Times Online
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