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66.54 million C&S homes in India: IRS
 Cable & satellite homes in India touch 66.54 mn, up 26%; IRS report says urban accounts for 39.21 mn.

Hindi GECs chalk out plans for old shows
 Channels strategise for their re-runs; Star Plus to package old episodes of a show during 7-10 pm slot.

DQ Entertainment lines up contracts worth $94.4 mn
DQ Entertainment bags contracts worth $94.4 million; production to be executed over 30 months.

CNN is top chnnl with 13.3 mn viewers on US election day

ABC Studios' TV shows to trim 2 per cent

Star World to air Barbara Walters special

ABC's reality show to look for True Beauty

BBC to show docu on impact of economic downturn

Ken Schwab is Discovery senior VP, programming

Big TV head Arun Kapoor quits

IPTV to capture 14% of pay TV subscribers by 2013

Mobile video infrastructure to touch $291 mn in 2012

Reliance Communications starts 'Quick Search' service

WD Media Player brings digital media to TV

Akamai unveils ad service for online publishers

National policy on digitalisation needed

Taiwan to host Bergman film festival from 28 November

Ormax Media to measure audiences for new shows

Nickelodeon, Viacom Consumer Products expand global licensing partnership

Rahul has a very manipulative dirty mind: Diana
I don’t eat rice or rotis–Mona Singh
Jaane Kya... to replace Bigg Boss
450 hours of live Aastha
Is Divyanka out of Dulhann?
Shakeel made in China
Aman Verma is losing it

News Releases
Bengalurina’s Radio City 91.1FM salutes Anil Kumble

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (19/10/2008 to 25/10/2008)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (19/10/2008 to 25/10/2008)
Colors
Star Plus
Zee TV
Neo Cricket
Sun TV
NDTV Imagine
Sony Entertainment TV
Gemini TV
Zee Cinema
Maa Telugu
Star One
Sahara One
Zee Marathi
Kalaignar TV
Udaya TV
Zee Telugu
MAX


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Today's Newsbreakers.......India News

    • TV producers in a fix after channels refuse to pay more for serials

    • ESPN ad blitz to fire up T20 Champions League

    • Oscar academy restores Satyajit Ray's banned film

    • Reruns of soap operas to impact TRPs of entertainment channels

    Source: Economic Times
      

    • Television's content leaders

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    Now record, pause live TV

    • Cricket faces advertising spend cuts

    • TeleDNA receives $10 mn funding

    Source: Business Standard
     
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    Sony seeks cut in import duty on consoles

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    3G on fast track: Ministries work out compromise formula

    Source: The Hindu business Line
      

    • Wanted: rib ticklers on television

    • Microsoft users to meet

    • Deccan Chargers gears up for IPL second edition

    Source: The Hindu
      
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    The Bollywood Effect on TV

    Source: Indiainfo.com
      
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    Ekta and Smriti: Parallel Queens of ‘Saas-Bahu’ Era

    Source: Zee News
     
      

    • FM radio plays samaritan tune

    • Microsoft to focus on key verticals

    • ‘Our rivals are trying to delay the WiMax spectrum auction’

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    Sony seeks cut in import duty on consoles

    Source: Financial Express
      
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    Big boss of betting

    Source: Calcutta Telegraph
      
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    Sony asks Centre to cut import duty on consoles

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    Advertisers give channels a 10-day ultimatum

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    Ferrari boss smashed TV

    • Beyonce wants to play black superhero

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    Anil Kapoor, Raveena to debut in Bhojpuri films

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    Animation fails to make SRK, Salman bond

    Source: DNA
     
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    Scribes flay assault on TV reporter

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    Trai extends deadline on media ownership debate

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    Trai against change in spectrum fee: Raja

    Source:Times of India
     
    International News
    		• Shiri Maimon comes in 3rd at MTV music awards
    Source: ynetnews.com
     
    		• BBC rues lack of black 'Obama night' reporters
    Source: independent.co.uk
     
    		• Hong Kong Sixes live on Ten Sports
    Source: The Post PK
     
    		• Discovery Communications to Webcast Investor Presentation
    Source: MarketWatch
     
    		• Sri Lanka: Four more FR petitions against TV Regulations
    Source: Daily Mirror
     
    		• SES Launches ASTRA 1M Satellite Successfully
    Source: TMCnet
     
    		• BBC2 turned off as Borders switches over to digital TV
    Source: The Herald
    		• Oprah signing off in 2011?
    		• France slow to embrace 3-D animation
    		• TV skeins hope for post-election bump
    Source: Variety
     
    		• Britons waste a week a year channel surfing: survey
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• Second BBC head quits over prank
    Source: Financial Times
     
    		• Sidney Kimmel, Sony team up for 'Funeral'
    Source: Holywood Reporter
     
    		• Disney Trying to Cure Hannah Montana Diabetes Plot
    Source: E Online
     
    		• University of Texas Plans Own Sports TV Channel
    Source: Business Week
     
    		• Disney's ABC Studios' chief asks TV shows to trim 2 per cent
    Source: Canadian Press
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