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7 Oct 2008

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Volume 23 - Issue No: 89

Headlines

Media stocks melts down as Sensex nosedives 725 points
Media scrips bled as the Sensex nosedived 725 points to close at 11,801.70 on Monday.

Neo ropes in eight sponsors for India series
Neo Cricket has roped in eight sponsors for the India-Aus, India-England & domestic cricket.

Colors now available on ‘World On-Demand’ IPTV platform
Viacom18 joins hands with Tokyo-based The New Media Group KK to launch Colors on IPTV.

News Releases
Enjoy the festivity of Dussehra with Seventymm
UTVi in association with Tata Capital presents 'Investwise'- an exclusive investment planning forum
Ten Sports brings National Football League Live
Karzzz Special on Music India

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (21/09/2008 to 27/09/2008)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (21/09/2008 to 27/09/2008)
Colors
Star Plus
Zee TV
Sony Entertainment TV
Sun TV
NDTV Imagine
Gemini TV
Star Gold
Star One
Zee Cinema
Sahara One
Maa Telugu
Udaya TV
9X
Zee Marathi
MAX

Source: www.indiantelevision.com

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

	Dish TV to raise Rs 1,139 cr via rights issue
	Source: Hindu Business Line

	TV film awards panel formed for 2007
	'Idol' LaKisha Jones weds in Beverly Hills
	Ask.com gets a makeover
	Miley Cyrus celebrates Sweet 16 at Disneyland
	Internet empowering women scientists: study
	Source: Hindu

	Wall Street effect: Bollywood tightens its purse strings
	Johny Depp to be paid 32 mn pounds to play Jack Sparrow again!
	Bollywood and movie merchandising - still a long way to go
	Adlabs to digitally upgrade 500 cine screens
	Drona joins big losers club
	Source: Economic Times

	MTG: New Sports Channel Line-up in Sweden and Norway
	Tune-In Saturday, October 11, to Fox Reality Channel for the Biggest Night in Reality TV
	Source: TechWhack

	Al Jazeera English Carriage deal for Link TV
	Source: Media Newsline

	DISH Network and EchoStar Statement Regarding Tivo
	Spike Digital Entertainment and Playboy Premiere 'Playmate Show
	Source: IT News Online


	Vanita Kohli-Khandekar: The tear-jerkers on television
	GSM lobby opposes internal portability
	Free group SMSes from Google soon
	Source: Business Standard

	India’s Twenty20 cricket grabs UK stars
	Pyramid Saimira sets aside Rs 200 crore to upgrade screens
	Red Roof Inn teams with country music
	Media agencies slugfest intensifies in outdoor ops
	Source: Financial Express

	Reality TV: Where sadism is entertainment
	Adlabs to digitally upgrade 500 cine screens
	Now MTV gets into bed with Gen-Y
	Bollywood dons visual effects halo
	Yahoo! techie in terror net
	GSM lobby opposes internal number portability
	Sambhavna roots for Rahul
	Source: DNA

	TV panel prices drop in October
	Source: CIOL

	Reliance Big Entertainment acquires stake in US Willow TV
	Source: EE Times India

	DTV decoding chip market set for rapid growth
	Source: EE Times India

International News

	Carter becomes broadcasting minister
	RTL bid for ITV gets green light
	Source: Digital Spy

	Newsweek Taps Hearst Vet Raley as Chief Revenue Officer
	Source: Media Week

	Now Sky Italia on regulation rack
	Source: Advance Television

	Cybercom sells UK operation
	Source: DM Europe

	Leclere to run next year's Banff TV Awards
	Source: Hollywood Reporter

	Verizon says $28.1B buyout of Alltel on track
	Source: AP

	Denver dailies appoint cable TV veteran as major-ad chief
	Source: Bizjournals.com

	Maximus and Pixar join forces
	Source: IT Examiner

	Sony launches 24-hour TV channel in SA
	Source: The Times

	Sony and Amazon re-Kindle interest in e-readers
	Source: IT Wire

	CAB Pegs Cable’s Upfront At $7.65 Billion
	Source: Multi Channel

	Mark Schwahn inks trio of TV deals
	Source: Hollywood Reporter

	ABC Tunes Up TV Soundtrack
	Source: TV Week

	Sony Expands E-book Reader Range
	Source: PC World

	Sony Pictures To Fully Embrace 4K Technology
	Source: Sony Insider

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