6 May 2009Newsletter SubscriptionEmail this PageVolume 25 - Issue No: 59
 
 
 
 
Executive Dossier
'It is better to play in the tier 1 GEC game and go out with full ammunition'

Interview with Colors CEO Rajesh Kamat

Headlines
Trai gets SC nod to continue consultation on DTH tariff

Supreme Court gives nod to Trai to go ahead with its consultations relating to fixing of tariffs for DTH.

 
Producers, plex owners fail to reach settlement

Month-long deadlock continues as both play hard ball; producers plan to release films in single screens.

 
Star Plus to launch matrimonial show on 13 May
 
Redstone completes $1.46 billion debt restructuring
 
NBC introduces primetime lineup for 2009-10
 
Fox TV renews 'Fringe' for 22 episodes
 
Shah to head international market for BigFlix VoD
 
 
Virgin Media reports 13% slump in customer acquisition
 
German firm KDG selects NDS for digital cable
 
7Seas Technologies enters retail game market
 
Sharmila Tagore joins Cannes Film Festival jury
 
Kerala Tourism ties up with Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM
 
DQE signs up Moonscoop, closes financing of Jungle Book series
Nick president Brown Johnson to deliver keynote at Banff
 
Mona Singh to host a reality show on Sony
The truth unfolds in Woh rehne wali mehlon ki
Sukirti Khandpal to play parallel lead
Ashwini to star in Ajay Devgan’s film
Saawri to marry 40 year old on Saat...
Star Vivaah launches on 13 May
 
News Releases

ENM bags deal from Indian Premier League
Claim to fame on Superstar Superlives...

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (19/04/2009 to 25/04/2009)

Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes


Top 100 Programmes (19/04/2009 to 25/04/2009)
MAX
Sony Entertainment TV
Colors
Zee TV
Star Plus
Sun TV
Zee Cinema
Gemini TV
NDTV Imagine
Star One
SAB
MTV
Zee Marathi
ETV Marathi

 
 
Source: www.indiantelevision.com
 
 
 
 
 
Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
    		• IPL: Prime time ratings deliver but weekend viewership dips
    		• Incablenet teams up with Radio Netherlands
    		• Kerala Tourism ties up with Radio Mirchi
    		• Telcordia, TRAI in talks for number mapping service
    Source: Hindu Business Line
     
    		• EC lets three Commonwealth Games officials off the hook
    		• Abuse of senior citizens in TV serials resented
    		• Microsoft moves forward on plan to lay off 5,000
    		• After 'Yuvvraaj' fiasco, Subhash Ghai turns to comedy
    		• Akshay, Kareena to walk red carpet with Stallone at Cannes
    Source: Hindu
     
    		• New releases may end up in single theatres
    Source: Economic Times
     
    		• Verismo Networks Licenses On2 VP6 codec for VuNow Internet TV Platform
    Source: PressReleasePoint
     
    		• 1st tribal entertainment-news channel?
    Source: Indopia
     
    		• Sun TV Network rises further
    Source: Myiris.com
     
    		• Warner Bros. Television Group and AOL launch Socialthing
    Source: Media News International
     
     
    		• TRAI, DTH operators agree on need for tariff regulation
    		• Microsoft to go ahead with laying off 5000 plan
    		• DoT reviewing M&A guidelines
    		• Telcos give equity details to Trai
    Source: Times of India
     
    		• No headway in producer, multiplex talks
    		• BBC team hails infra development
    		• FII-TO-FII TRADES: TV 18 traded at 3% premium
    Source: Business Standard
     
    		• Deadlock between multiplex, producers on as talks fail
    Source: Financial Express
     
    		• Makkal TV will telecast White Dew
    Source: Express Buzz
     
    		• What's next for web ads?
    Source: Sify
     
    		• QuickPlay Media Launches PrimeTime2Go Premium Mobile TV Service
    Source: TechWhack
     
    International News
    		• Disney’s Fiscal Q2 Profit Drops 46%
    		• TelevisionWeek to Become Web-Only Publication, Spin Off New Magazine for News Pros
    Source: TV Week
     
    		• Virgin results; mixed bag
    Source: Advanced Television
     
    		• Times Newspapers losses top £50m, latest figures show
    Source: Media Week
     
    		• Major problem hits Top Up TV boxes
    Source: Digital Spy
     
    		• Latin Radio Broadcasters Lobby Against Royalty Act
    Source: Bill Board
     
    		• Time Warner Cable Extends Relationship Management Contract with Convergys
    Source: Global Service Media
    		• DirecTV Group to Combine With Liberty Entertainment
    Source: Bloomberg
     
    		• AOL Names Google Exec To Head Advertising
    Source: Web Pronews
     
    		•  Discovery Boosts Ad Sales Revenue 2.1% in Quarter
    Source: TV by the numbers
     
    		• British TV advertisers are in denial
    Source: FT
     
    		• Sirius XM Needs to Show Cost Cuts
    Source: The Street
     
    		• NBC rolls out 6 new shows in bid to rescue ratings
    Source: Forbes
     
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