9 June 2008Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 22 - Issue No: 92
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Real Image to raise Rs 800 million in 3rd round of funding
 Real Image to raise Rs 600-800 million in third round of funding; to expand digital cinema operations.

Special Report
IPL lived up to the hype
 A reality check from perspective of - Sony, team owners, BCCI and the public.

Sony reaps IPL rewards for innovation, concerted effort

Interview
'Course correction will happen from a commercial, team management, and player angle'
 Interview with GroupM ESP managing partner Hiren Pandit

Bindass launches reality show for college kids

News Corp sells its 19% stake in Macrovision

Cricketnirvana.com to stream Kitplay Cup live

Tata Sky to restore ESPN channels in basic package

Yahoo rubbishes Icahn's $34.375 a share sell plan

Ibibo, FTV launch contest for fashion photographers

De Dhakka's BO collection touches Rs 40 mn in 3 weeks

Screen Actors Guild plans anti-AFTRA deal campaign

AOL expands its integrated ad buying platform to Europe


Animated titles from Toei to be available on internet

Threatening calls on Waar Parriwar
Achint Kaur to enter Rajkumar Aryan
VOI winner Ishmeet to act in Punjabi...
South calling for Mansi Parekh
When Parineeta was abused
Rucha Gujarati steps in as Rudra
I never eat rotis or rice at night Vineet Raina

News Releases
Sabitri -satyaban celebration Hubby-ho

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (18/05/2008 to 24/05/2008)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (18/05/2008 to 24/05/2008)
MAX
Star Plus
Zee TV
Sun TV


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Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
    		• Zee dishes out new serials Out of the box
    		• New initiative by NDTV
    		• TV serial ‘Selvi’ bags first prize
    		• Act responsibly, TV channels told
    		• Plethora of shows for Zee Telugu out of the box
    		• Ensure safety of journalists: S. Asia Media Commission
    Source:The Hindu
      
    		• Webcasting and PodCasting
    Source: Hindu Business Line
      
    		• Animation cos forge international tie-ups to meet market needs
    		• Percept, Pritish Nandy join hands for 'Ugly Aur Pagli'
    		• Winners of Bollywood's academy awards
    		• Behind Bollywood's IIFA lies a branding exercise
    		• Rs 50 crore pay cheque to Bollywood stars: A sham
    		• Bollywood awards mix glitz, glamour and global marketing
    		• MACTA Federation refutes the claim of mass resignation
    		• Where 'original Indian animation' is name of game
    		• Hot celeb couple take early awards at 'Bollywood Oscars'
    Source: Economic Times
      
    		• Tilak, editor of Kesari, was also tried for sedition
    		• Chak De! India bags top awards at IIFA
    Source: Times of India
      
    		• Salman Khan ’s winning ways on Sony TV Game Show
    Source: News Line
      
    		• Comstar to Consolidate Comstar-Direct
    Source: TechWhack
      
    		• Nandi TV awards presented
    Source: Newindpress
      
    		• China to launch new communication satellite
    Source: Times Now
     
      
    		• Essel Group all set to launch Digital Television Satellite
    Source: odishatoday.com
      
    		• Rhythm and Hues seeks partners for co-productions
    		• IPL is world's best tournament: Jayasuriya
    		•  Swayze gets back to work with TV show
    		• Just for Salman Khan
    		• Goody worst 'Celebrity Big Brother' contestant
    		• DNA’s lensman is sports photographer of 2007
    		•  Akshay, Madhuri, Shilpa to join Bachchans tour
    		•  'Khuda Kay Liye' finds few takers in Kashmir
    		• 'Guys do the skin show in Mission Istanbul'
    		•  'IPL franchises can trade players next year'
    		• Hollywood no threat to Indian cinema: Big
    Source: DNA
      
    		• Cricket fans loved IPL, piracy
    		• Bigger, yes. Better, maybe
    Source: Financial Express
      
    		• Lok Sabha channel faces a ‘walkout’
    		• Malayalam film industry split over actor-director spat
    		• ‘I am still hungry for great scripts’
    		• ‘I would put Shah Rukh Khan in a situation in which he was the underdog...vulnerable’
    Source: Indian Express
      
    		•  Trai pulls up Set Max, AXN for overcharging cable operators
    		• IPL boosts advertising
    		• Delhi radio cabs not to charge more despite fuel price rise
    		•  MS may let `outsider` manage India ops
    		• Apple relents on iPhones subsidy
    Source: Business Standard
     
    International News
    		• Havas inks deal with Yahoo
    Source: Media in Canada
     
    		• Nielsen Finds Drop in Over-the-Air Channels
    Source: Broadcasting Cable
     
    		• Disney and Google Team Up on Virtual Disney World
    Source: PC World
     
    		• Andrew Stanton Writing Pixar's John Carter Of Mars
    Source: AWN
     
    		• Qtel signs pact for new channels
    Source: Gulf-Times
     
    		• Brockman Upped at Disney-ABC
    Source: World Screen
     
    		• Informa Considers Merger With United Business Media
    Source: Bloomberg
     
    		• AFTRA Approves New Television Contract
    Source: The Celebrity Cafe
     
    		• Small television stations struggling with digital conversion
    Source: USA Today
    		• C4 paid Trevor Phillips for race row help
    Source: Digital Spy
     
    		• Big Brother 9 on Channel 4
    Source: Times Online
     
    		• Burma condemns foreign media reports
    Source: Radio Australia
     
    		• TV veteran Tripop back on air soon
    Source: Bangkok Post
     
    		• Van Persie Slams Dutch Media
    Source: Goal
     
    		• YES ponders restart of IPTV & VOD trials
    Source: Iptv-News
     
    		• Sanyo in talks with Best Buy for TV growth
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• Tamblyn enlists with ABC's "Unusuals"
    		• Reality trio reserve places at CMT's "Inn"
    		• AP Exclusive: Networks, Olympics organizers clash
    Source: Yahoo News
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