Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 26 March 2009 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad !

26 March 2009

Volume 25 - Issue No: 26

Headlines

Sony keeps IPL TV rights; new deal is Rs 82 bn

IPL plays hard ball as Sony signs up with WSG in new deal valued at Rs 82 bn; contract through to 2017.

Disney Channel acquires Bollywood content for the first time; to air two Aamir Khan movies this summer.

Heather Gupta, Group VP, HRD, gets additional responsibility to head the Bindass channels.

News Releases

TV Ratings

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

	British media rues missing IPL riches
	Source: Hindu Business Line

	Rajasthan becomes hotspot for Hollywood celebrities
	Source: Hindu

	Sony Computer launches 'Hanuman-Boy Warrior' game on PS2
	Source: Economic Times

	Sony launches 'Hanuman: Boy Warrior' on PS2
	Close watch on use of cellphones and cable TV
	Google top trio took $1 salary
	Source: Times of India

	Sony bags IPL TV rights
	Source: Hindustan Times

	Neha Dhupia to act in American TV show
	Source: IBNLive.com

	SeaChange Powers South Asia's First All DNxHD TV Channel
	Source: PressReleasePoint

	Broadcom Expands Its Hybrid IP Set-Top Box Family
	Source: Enterpriser

	BSNL launches 3G mobile service in Orissa
	Source: Orissadiary



	IPL teams reworking budget, some advertisers may back out
	Google top trio took $1 salary last year
	Social networking site ApnaCircle merges with Viadeo
	GoAir CEO squashes Spicejet merger talk
	Source: Financial Express

	BSNL launches 3G service in Orissa
	Gaming firms eye big bucks from polls
	YouTube blocked in China for 2nd day after Tibet clip
	FM channels cash in on polls
	Source: Business Standard

	Yahoo seeks 40% jump in ad revenues
	Rajasthan becomes hotspot for Hollywood celebrities
	Freida Pinto to star in Israeli film
	Aishwarya Rai to become the Indian face of Barbie
	Source: DNA

	Indian businesses to get hurt after IPL switch
	Source: Indian Express

	Reliance ADAG Launches BIG Productions; All The BIG Businesses
	Source: MediaNama

	Discovery undocks from expanded space station
	Source: TopNews

International News

	HBO movie taking on Clintons, Blair
	Lambert hit all the right notes on `American Idol'
	Source: Yahoo News

	Hearst to make offer for Hearst-Argyle Television
	Source: The Associated Press

	ITV cuts National Movie Awards
	Ex-minister criticises BBC over Moyles
	Source: Digital Spy

	Cablevision Promotes Frey to EVP
	Ion Looks to Original Movies to Bulk Up Primetime
	Source: TV Week

	Digital Rights Group partners with Hulu
	Bertelsmann: "Five needs merger to survive"
	Source: Advanced Television

	Blockbuster and TiVo Join to Deliver Digital Movies
	Source: NY Times

	Bertelsmann Profit Falls 34%
	Source: WSJ

	Afghan Authorities Detain Television Anchors
	Source: World Screen

	Goldman Sachs downgrades Disney
	Source: Market Watch

	'Monsters' looking for big 3-D opening
	Source: Hollywood Reporter

	RRsat Expands TV Programming Platform via the Intelsat Network
	Source: Fox Business

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