1 March 2008Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 22 - Issue No: 9




Headlines




Budget 2008: STB duties waived, duty on convergence products cut to 5%
 In 2008 budget, Finance Minister P Chidambaram waives duties on STBs & reduces duty on convergence products from 10 to 5%; cable, DTH, IPTV to gain.

STBs apart, industry feels left in the cold

Prasar Bharati gets Rs 3.3bn loan for b'cast centre
 Prasar Bharati to get Rs 3.26 billion loan for setting up broadcasting centre for Commonwealth Games 2010; this in addition to Rs 11.42 billion grant-in-aid.

ICL 20's Grand Champ kicks off on 9 March, adds two new teams
 ICL 20's Grand Champ starts on 9 March; adds 2 new teams - Lahore Badshahs and Ahmedabad Rockets.

'Paanchvi Paas' to air in the UK and US: Sharma
 Bulldog Media to take 'Paanchvi Paas' to US and UK; plans to get into full-fledged production.

ESS bags b'cast rights of Bangalore Open for 3 years

B.A.G's News24 is now available on Tata Sky

Star Majha launches shows on real estate, investments

Desiclub launches reality show for Bollywood hopefuls

Disney-ABC TV launches new media content studio

Nielsen to study video consumption in US

Asian Women's Film Festival to be held in Delhi


Nick announces Nick Holi Splash contest

Smriti & Sakshi to host Yeh Hai Jalwa
Sahara One unveils its sasural
Roshni & Manoj to host Chak De Bachche
Kissing scene deleted from show
Rakhi to show her jalwa
Thamish Pechu Engal... on Vijay Tv
Sanjay Dutt to grace grand finale of L’il Champs?

News Releases
Channel [v] presents ‘Bollywood Bang Bang’
Head & Shoulders presents Fair One 53rd Filmfare Awards

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (10/02/2008 to 16/02/2008)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (10/02/2008 to 16/02/2008)
Star Sports
Zee TV
Star Plus
Sun TV
DD1
Sony Entertainment TV
Zee Cinema


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Today's Newsbreakers.......India
    		• DTH industry to witness price cut in services soon
    		• ESPN STAR Sports to telecast Bangalore Open live
    		• Writ petition filed against Sun Network
    		• Panel to keep tabs on cable TV content
    		• Nandi TV awards for ‘Asha’, ‘Padalani Vundi’
    		• Pinal and Abhishek for Mumbai in IPL
    Source:The Hindu
     
    		• Boost for broadband services; wireless data card to be cheaper
    		• DTH set-top boxes may be no cheaper
    Source: Hindu Business Line
     
    		• Bollywood Inc. wins the world
    Source: Times of India
     
    		• FM allocates Rs 75 crore to entertainment industry
    Source: Economic Times
     
    		• MY budget: Prachi Desai
    Source: Business Standard
     
    		• ‘I didn’t want to do saas-bahu soaps’
    Source: DNA
     
    		• 'SaReGaMaPa' contestants enthrall Indians in Israel
    Source: Hindustan Times
     
    International News
    		• GekTV adds three Star channels to IPTV platform
    Source: DM Asia
     
    		• ITV's Grade to stay until end 2010
    		• Liberty Media revenue up on QVC US sales
    		• Web-based 'quarterlife' series flops on TV debut
    		• Tsinghua buys 40 pct of China Web TV firm BesTV
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• Virgin Media returns to customer growth in fourth quarter
    Source: MarketWatch
     
    		•  Time Warner merges its Warner Bros., New Line units
    Source: IHT
     
    		• Pemra grants radio licences to two varsities, cancels 13 cable TV licences
    		• Zardari assures withdrawal of Pemra ordinance
    Source: www.thenews.com.pk
     
    		• Bernama TV promises to be credible
    Source: The Star
    		• Liberty Ent. to launch next week
    Source: Variety
     
    		• Fox Picks Up Outnumbered, Spaced
    Source: Media Week
     
    		• XM and Sirius extend merger deadline by 2 months
    Source: Yahoo
     
    		• Samuel L Jackson to promote cable iPlayer
    Source: Digital Spy
     
    		• RTÉ launches multimedia news site
    Source: DM Europe
     
    		• MTV, Metacafe Partner for ‘Virtual Dance Off’
    		• CBS Puts Mixed Martial Arts in Prime Time
    Source: TV Week
     
    		• Portugal Telecom signs up 21,000 for IPTV
    Source: Advanvced - Television
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