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Headlines


Eros holds 24% in B4U, plans India listing
 Eros International exercises option on B4U shares and owns 24% in the network; plans India listing.

Trai rejects ESPN's price contentions
 Trai rejects ESPN's contentions, seeking to offer its channels to DTH operators in entry level pay tier.

Seventymm to invest $15 million in home video biz
 Seventymm plans to invest $15 mn over the next 5 years; raises $10 mn from venture capital firms.

Nat Geo to spruce up content with 3 shows

TV Today Q4 net profit up at Rs 135.1 million

Vh1 brings 'Ministry of Sound' on tour to India

World Movies channel to showcase classic westerns

CNN goes green in hunt for environmental solutions

BBC Trust begins public value test into local video

Discovery in deal with home video major Blockbuster

NDTV Imagine partners Bigflix for Ramayan downloads

Rajshri Media launches made-for-mobile show

Playin’TV launches Tweezle Lab for casual players

Apple offers TV shows on iTunes store Australia

Adobe Media Player brings new content online

Ekushey TV chooses Chyron for newsroom upgrade

Eros profit up 57 % at $63 million

Anil Ambani, Bachchans enter JV deal

Yash Chopra named for highest French distinction

MGM acquires 'Le Car' comedy script

Sony sweeps nine metals at Promax/BDA North America

Star appoints Ron Plante as SVP research


Children watching Sesame Street in Kosovo more likely to respect other ethnicities: Study

Yuvraj Malhotra to bid adieu to Betiyaan
Gul Bano on DD
Dulhan changes tracks
Directorial dreams for Harsh
Ramayan now on broadband
Vikas Sethi steps into Vivaah
A colourful Mayank
Kushal Punjabi’s advice to Abhishek
Kunal’s postcards from Los Angeles
Breathing exercises calm me Siddharth Shukla
I want to change my boy-friend Mitika Sharma

News Releases
Mjunction plans to expand regional language consumer base with the launch of Hindi versions of Coal and Steel Insights
Catch this episode of Salaam Zindagi that greets on board the children from estranged families
Discover what lurks in the depths of the ocean as Star World launches a new show ‘Surface’
Star News Global Education Fair 2008- A Roaring Success
Is your Favorite Jodi back on the show? Only on GINI & JONY Chak De Bachche

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (08/06/2008 to 14/06/2008)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (08/06/2008 to 14/06/2008)
Star Plus
Neo Cricket
Zee TV
DD1
Sun TV
Sony Entertainment TV
MAX
NDTV Imagine


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Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
    		• TRAI rejects ESPN's contention on pricing
    		• Seventymm garners 70,000 members
    		• ESPN told to revise inter-connect offer terms
    		• Entertainment tax cuts in Delhi to benefit PVR
    		• NDTV Lumiere bets on a growing audience for international cinema
    		• Anil Ambani ties-up with Bachchans for entertainment venture
    		• Hero shines, but sorry there’s no story
    Source: Hindu Business Line
      
    		• Actors Brolin, Mortensen back Screen Actors Guild
    		• Lara replaces Tabu in Priyadarshan's 'Billo Barber'
    		• Now, Reliance forays into Kannada film industry
    Source: Economic Times
      
    		• Notice to TV channel in defamation case
    		• SFI activists attack journalists, Malayala Manorama office
    		• Arrest of journalists condemned
    Source:The Hindu
      
    		•  Allegations against Take One Television are baseless: Cable TV
    Source: GreaterKashmir.com
     
    		•

    NDTV Imagine's RAMAYAN to be available on BIGFlix

    Source: India PRwire
      
    		• ‘Roadside Romeo’ to bring Indian animation to life
    Source: Indian Express
      
    		• IPTV middleware spending spree likely
    Source: CIOL
     
      
    		• TRAI rejects ESPN's pricing contention
    		• mjunction launches Hindi version of its e-portal
    		• The promise of mobile television
    		• Idea-Spice deal 4th largest M&A in India
    Source: Financial Express
      
    		• 9X starts mega campaign for its Mahabharat
    Source: Merinews
      
    		•  `Mobiles are the next security threat'
    		• Modi to put Spice money in handset biz, entertainment
    		•  Idea snaps up Spice
    		•  Gaming firms target women
    		• SMEs, freelancers throng online service marts
    Source: Business Standard
      
    		• Disney.com overhaul to make it more fun
    		• Ibibo will sell 50% to Tencent Holdings
    Source: Livemint
      
    		• By 2009-end, Seventymm will home-deliver movies in 40 cities
    		• Media gag in Emergency rerun
    		• Hollywood stars line up for Obama
    		• Aditya bides his time for a Bollywood debut
    		• Rishi-Neetu on the small-screen
    		• Travel websites are taking the bus to profit
    Source: DNA
     
    International News
    		• Really big moment" for BBC radio online
    		• BBC takes full control of Aussie UKTV
    Source: Digital Spy
     
    		• SAG says studios offered more to sister union
    		• Movie stars clash in Hollywood union brawl
    Source: Yahoo News
     
    		• iaTV Expands Reach in Southern California
    Source: TV Week
     
    		• Bob DeBitetto Named President, GM of A&E Net and Bio Channel
    		• NBC Partners With Nielsen to Release Web Show Metric
    Source: Media Week
     
    		• AUSTRALIA: TV shows debut on Aussie iTunes Store
    		• INDONESIA: Journos demand defamation review
    Source: Asia Media
     
    		• UK rockers Coldplay debut at No. 1 on US album chart
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• Logica Holdings Closes Acquisition of Dolphin Digital Media
    Source: Fox Business
    		• FOXTEL & BBC Worldwide Announce Strategic Partnership
    Source: E Broadcast
     
    		• UMG inks Asia deal with Disney Music Group
    Source: Hollywood Reporter
     
    		• Sony Pictures and DivX strike a distribution deal
    Source: Beta News
     
    		• BBC to expand Australian channels
    Source: The Australian
     
    		• UConn Athletics Makes Deal With Nike
    Source: Courant
     
    		• Virgin Mobile to Buy SK Telecom's U.S. Mobile Business, FT Says
    Source: Bloomberg
     
    		• Nokia to buy rest of Symbian
    Source: FT
     
    		• BBC rolls out new iPlayer
    		• Interactive media global ad share 15%
    Source: Advanced Television
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