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15 Jan 2009	Newsletter Subscription	Email this Page	Volume 24 - Issue No: 69

Executive Dossier

Headlines
Govt to make amendments only after consultation: PM
PM assures that changes in act only to be taken up after widest possible consultation with stakeholders.

Animation International holds 51% in Kids Media India
Spacetoon Kids TV launches in India; Animation International holds 51% stake in Kids Media India.

ESPN can face criminal prosecution: Delhi HC
Delhi HC warns ESPN of criminal prosecution if it fails to comply with Trai's order on pricing for DTH.

NBC Ent. co-chairman Silverman to speak in Ficci-Frames

News Releases
European Tour’s desert stretch live on Ten Sports
Lucky Red FM listeners got a chance to fly kites with Akshay this Makar Sakranti
CNBC-TV18 gears up Corporates for a Healthy lifestyle

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (28/12/2008 to 03/01/2009)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (28/12/2008 to 03/01/2009)
Star Plus
Colors
Sony Entertainment TV
Sun TV
Zee TV
MAX
Zee Cinema
NDTV Imagine
Gemini TV

Source: www.indiantelevision.com

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

	Discovery lending the contemporary edge
	Delhi High Court says ESPN can face criminal prosecution
	'Taare Zameen Par' is special film to all Indians: Aamir
	Source: Economic Times

	Mukta Arts to consider interim dividend
	‘Slumdog Millionaire’ to release in theatres next week
	Promoters of Pyramid Saimira sell some stake
	News channel editors write to PM
	Source: Hindu Business Line

	UTV to release 'Jodhaa Akbar', 'Taare Zameen Par' in Taiwan
	Pakistan MPs' panel seeks ban on Indian TV channels
	Source: Hindu

	Big B slams 'Slumdog Millionaire' on blog
	PM assures broadcasters changes in Cable TV rules only after consultations
	Aamir's Taare Zameen Par out of Oscar race
	Source: Times of India

	Miley Cyrus to debut new music video
	Source: South Asian Women's Forum

	January sale madness hits broadband and digital TV
	Source: TechWhack

	Cameras and terror
	Source: Livemint



	AIR celebrates Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Lohri and Bihu festivals
	Source: All India Radio

	Roby Abraham takes over as CEO of Excel Home Video
	Yahoo! gets new chief
	Trai no to separate VAS licence
	Jodhaa Akbar shines at Screen awards
	Brad Pitt called ‘as ugly as a dog’
	Source: Financial Express

	Bollywood marketing budgets ignore recession
	Curbs on live TV coverage put on hold
	Sify Tech to launch cheap BlackBerry services
	Court asks DoT to explain 3G policy
	Source: Business Standard

	Amitabh Bachchan slams Slumdog Millionaire
	Taare Zameen Par is special film to all Indians: Aamir
	Bollywood stars on his canvas
	Rajnikanth romances Ash in a glass chamber
	Source: DNA

	Hungama Rechristned as Hungama Digital Media Entertainment
	Source: Media Newsline

International News

	'Idol' draws 30.1 million viewers for season debut
	'Prisoner' actor Patrick McGoohan dies in LA
	Source: Yahoo News

	Cartoon Network Launches MMOG Game
	Source: TV Week

	Living TV joins BT Vision's VOD service
	Source: Digital Spy

	CHINA: 'Boycott state media' call
	THAILAND: PM plans to make NBT a fair, open TV channel
	Source: Asia Media

	Italian software to revolutionise IPTV?
	Source: Advanced Television

	Comcast launches all-Obama channel
	Source: Politico

	On-demand DreamWorks films to land on Jupiter
	Source: Variety Asia Online

	China plans media splurge to win global voice
	Source: Reuters

	Hollywood's 3-D Revolution Faces Pushback
	Source: Escapist Magazine

	Arts Alliance Partners With Fabulous Film
	Source: Home Media Magazine

	New Financial Chief in Place for Telemundo
	Source: World Screen

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