Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 29 Nov 2008 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad !


29 Nov 2008	Newsletter Subscription	Email this Page	Volume 24 - Issue No: 31

Headlines

Trai changes gear, accepts Govt view on not allowing news on FM radio
Changing gear, Trai agrees with govt for limiting sources of news and current affairs for FM radio.

HT Media to demerge radio biz
HT Media to demerge radio biz; Fever FM, with Rs 1 bn accumulated losses, to merge with HT Media.

TV18 to up stake in IBN18 to 21%
TV18 to increase its stake in IBN18 Broadcast to 20.77 per cent by subscribing to 15 million warrants.

Terror Strike

Terror strike: News channels asked to delay live telecast

News Releases
Red FM throws open its airwaves for Mumbaikars
Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM marks ‘World Aids Day’

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

	HT Media board approves demerger of radio business
	Icahn Carl increases stake in Yahoo!
	Market forces should have determined price of 2G licences: TRAI
	Terror attack leaves its imprint on cinema stocks
	Source: Hindu Business Line

	Arasu Cable plans all channels in three months
	MGR to be featured in forthcoming animated film
	Source: Hindu

	Broadcasters, DTH cos, film producers bet on pay-per-view
	Theatres may lose Rs 2 lakh a day in ticket sales
	TRAI endorses govt views on FM radio
	Film industry in shock over Mumbai terror strikes
	Source: Economic Times

	I&B serves notice to TV channel for airing talk with fidayeen
	Source: Times of India

	BBC Two wins Foreign Press Association Media Awards
	E! Entertainment TV's to Air 'El Salvador' Worldwide
	Source: Media Newsline


	Mumbai police backtracks on blocking news channels
	Four-fold increase in Hindi news channel ratings
	'Chief Yahoo' Yang may make new CEO's task difficult
	Source: Business Standard

	Don't blame it on channels
	Media got ‘too close’ to reality
	Indians in UK shocked as terror unfolds on TV
	British media lambast Modi for "insensitivity"
	'Creatives should think digital’
	Rakhi-Sambhavna kiss 'n' make-up
	Source: DNA

	Global media floods 26/11 with primetime coverage
	Trai sings govt tune on FM
	DoT looks for ways to track satphones
	Source: Financial Express

	Govt asks TV channels to show restraint
	Source: Livemint

	BSNL forays into IPTV service
	Source: Indian Express

International News

	Madonna's film about orphans to air on Sundance
	MTV's AIDS awareness campaign turns 10
	Source: Yahoo News

	Tyler Perry Studios, WGA Make Deal
	Source: TV Week

	Biography Channel to become 'Bio'
	Source: Digital Spy

	Murakami to Open L.A. Animation Studio
	Source: Art Info

	Premiere gets Bundesliga rights
	Source: Advanced Television

	Sky to appeal ITV stake decision
	Source: Broadcast Now

	Aegis CEO Lerwill Steps Down
	Source: WSJ

	Slow economy hits Canadian TV networks
	Source: News-Alert

	ATSC Approves Preliminary Mobile DTV Standard
	Source: Broadcasting Cable

	MTV executive to lead iTunes rival
	Source: Crains NewYork

	WPP Group to launch ad network in China
	Source: Btob Online

	Monster Worldwide in joint venture with News Ltd.
	Source: Business Week

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