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ESS bags Champions T20 League rights for $900 mn
 ESPN Star Sports bags Champions League T20 rights for $900 million; DIC bid $751.3 million.

Tata Sky introduces new pack at Rs 99
 Price war in DTH intensifies; Tata Sky introduces ‘Super Hit Pack’ at Rs 99 per month for 52 channels.

Tdsat asks Prasar Bharati to restore 3 Zee channels
 Tdsat directs Prasar Bharati to restore 3 Zee channels on DD Direct Plus; next hearing on 13 Oct.

Max to air classic Hindi Movies in Jubilee Hits

Star World kicks off 'Private Practice' on 14 September

WWE inks deal with Televisa in Mexico

Casbaa strengthens speaker lineup for convention

BBC News launches 'The Box' to explore globalisation

Playwin launches myplaywin.com cards

Arqiva chooses Intelsat capacity

Nokia S60 to have Microsoft's email solution

Eros, Boundscript Pictures to produce sequel of Aladin

Krrish to screen in Pusan International Film Festival

Vh1 launches 'Jack Daniel’s and Vh1 ticket to ride' contest


4Kids Entertainment to showcase 'Chaotic: M’Arrillian Invasion' at Mipcom
Pogo to air Garfield and Friends from 15 September

Back-biting escalates on Bigg Boss
Jasveer Kaur -Raja Hasan win Ek Se…
Saakshi’s miseries continue
The Deshmukhs are Zara... fans
Jiya Jale lead pair now in Angad
Talk Show with a Twist
MTV launches three films

News Releases
Radio City 91.1FM's Music ka PhD
ETC launches ETC Xtras
Shreyas Talpade & Amrita Rao on the sets of Aajaa Mahi Vay
Catch the stylish, pretty actress Koel Puri talk about living life on her own terms in ‘Vanity No Apologies’ on NDTV Good Times


TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (24/08/2008 to 30/08/2008)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (24/08/2008 to 30/08/2008)
Ten Sports
Star Plus
Colors
Zee TV
Sun TV
Sony Entertainment TV
Star One
NDTV Imagine
Gemini TV
Zee Marathi
DD1
MAX
9X
Sahara One
Maa Telugu
Udaya TV
Zee Cinema
Kalaignar TV
Teja TV


Source: www.indiantelevision.com

 
Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
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    DTH players plan to make space for brands

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    Cricket's loss is general channels' gain

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    Twentieth Century Fox, Star announce film tie-up

    • Premiere of Big B's film cancelled in Mumbai

    • News Corp exec becomes chief of Germany's Premiere

    Source: Economic Times
      
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    AIR to revive community radio

    Source: Hindu
      
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    AXN venturing into lifestyle segment

    • Dennis Media Transasia eyes men’s lifestyle magazine space

    • New DQ Entertainment centre

    • BigFlix to scale up; plans downloads thru set-tops

    Source: Hindu Business Line
      
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    Cabinet to take up FM radio policy today

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    CERN Big Bang: TV channels draw I&B ire for spreading panic

    Source: Times of India
      
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    Raj Television eyes print, plans stake sale to PE

    Source: Livemint
      
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    Google to sell ads on NBC cable networks

    Source: domain-B
     
      
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    Studios zoom in on small-budget films for profits

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    Govt to allow media firms to demerge FM radio business

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    DQ to shift some work to Bengal unit

    • Radio ga-gged

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    Nokia to add Microsoft e-mail function to phones

    Source: Business Standard
      
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    Apple shifts spotlight to iPod and revamps iTunes software

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    Chrome shine for Google

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    Big Bang at CERN but we’re still alive!

    Source: Financial Express
      
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    DQ aligns with American Greetings for a comic role

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    Dennis Media Transasia to target urban readers

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    Relief for RJ in Indian Idol case

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    Gaming on the move, a hit with Mumbaikars

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    Salman’s ‘show’ of concern

    Source: DNA
      
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    AT&T Launches 3G Wireless Broadband Service in Chattanooga

    Source: IT News Online
     
    International News
    		• BBC Asian programmes head leaves for Sony TV India
    Source: Asians in Media
     
    		• ‘Dollhouse’ Halts Production Amid Creative Concerns
    		• MPAA Comes Out Against Cable a la Carte on Wholesale Level
    Source: TV Week
     
    		• Half of Europse's youth go online for TV and movies
    		• Disney: ISPs should ban pirates
    Source: Advanced Television
     
    		• BBC signs five year flower show deal
    Source: Digital Spy
     
    		• BBC heads for Middle East in Top Gear
    Source: Gulf Weekly Worldwide
     
    		• ABC head pushes for digital 'democracy' channel
    Source: ABC
     
    		• Television finds unlikely ally in troubled economy
    Source: Yahoo News
    		• News Corp unit to launch satellite TV broadcasting in Japan
    Source: Trading Markets
     
    		• TV producer sues Disney over "Chief"
    		• Liberty eyes merging DirecTV, Liberty Entertainment
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• Comcast, Time Warner talk digital TV
    Source: Hollywood Reporter
     
    		• Time Warner's TBS May Lose $500 Million in Turner Teams Lawsuit
    Source: Bloomberg
     
    		• Japan gets BBC and Telemundo
    Source: Variety Asia Online
     
    		• Al Jazeera fights $1.75mn compensation claim
    Source: Arabian Business
     
    		• Google backs space-age project to connect 3bn to net via satellite
    Source: FT
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