1 Sep 2009Newsletter SubscriptionEmail this PageVolume 26 - Issue No: 55
 
 
 
Headlines
BCCI meet to address IMG cloud on Wednesday
BCCI to discuss on IPL-2's income and expenses; to also debate on decision to terminate IMG's contract.
 
Mickey Mouse hooks Spider-Man for $4 bn
Walt Disney to buy Marvel Entertainment; $4 bn deal to add Spider-man, Iron Man & X Men into Mickey Mouse family.
 
Colors aims to disrupt 9 pm viewing with Fear Factor-2
Big-ticket reality show to challenge daily soaps on competing chnnls at 9 pm; show to start from 7 September.
 
MTV takes Roadies to Africa for season 7
 
Colors' search for best musical band starts 27 September
 
IPL helps South Africa's cricket board boost revenues
 
BCCI severs ties with IMG
 
Asianet lines up special shows to celebrate Onam
 
BBC News appoints Will Gompertz as Arts Editor
 
'Final Destination' opens with $28m in US, Canada
Peter Craig to write Bad Boys 3
 
DTH ops eye Onam to grow in Kerala with special offers
 
Turner's WB & TCM channels now available on Tata Sky
 
Tivo posts Q2 loss of $2.9 million
 
ADB adds watermarking tech to digital set-top boxes
 
First Konkani film to premiere at Toronto fest
 
Nickelodeon premieres Cosgrove's new music video Raining Sunshine
 
Jay evicted from Iss Jungle…
The jungle made me lose 11 kilos: Marc Robinson
Sneha Wagh’s moment of truth revealed
 
 
News Releases

Radio City 91.1FM celebrates Eco-friendly Ganesh festival
Former British PM Tony Blair on CNN's 'Talk Asia'

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (16/08/2009 to 22/08/2009)

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


Top 100 Programmes (16/08/2009 to 22/08/2009)
Star Plus
Zee TV
Zee Cinema
Colors
Sony Entertainment TV
Sun TV
SAB
Gemini TV
NDTV Imagine
MAX
Zee Marathi
Star One
Star Jalsha
Star Gold
Zee Telugu
ETV Marathi
Zee Bangla

 
 
Source: www.indiantelevision.com
 
 
 
 
 
 
Today's Newsbreakers.......India News
    		• Reliance Digital keen to set up more Apple iStores
    		• Quickr plans network of community Web sites
    		• TRAI given time till Nov for 2G spectrum policy
    Source: Hindu Business Line
     
    		• ‘IPTV makes idiot box an obedient box and opens up the world’
    		• ‘Celebreal’ VH1 attracts ratings and chagrin
    		• Media companies seek rival for ratings
    		• Triple billing in the business slump
    Source: Financial Express
     
    		• DoT for 8.5% uniform licence fee
    Source: Times of India
     
    		• Plea on private TV channels
    Source: Indian Express
     
    		• Gas Station TV Chosen to Provide NBC Content to 30 million Viewers
    Source: Media News International
     
    		• DoT for 8.5% uniform licence fee
    		• Bookie king used hi-tech TV receivers
    Source: Times of India
     
    		• Music channels change tune to retain viewership
    Source: Livemint
     
    		• DoT to wait till Nov-end for Trai advice on 2G
    		• Value warrior
    		• Nokia India: Voucher music
    		• Aircel, RCom in talks for $300-mn infra sharing deal
    Source: Business Standard
     
    		• DTH row: Panel likely to give its verdict soon
    Source: mydigitalfc.com
     
    		• UK's Travel Channel seeks India entry
    Source: DNA
     
    		• BBC to launch programme on Lehman fall
    Source: Commodity Online
     
    		• Demi joins Ashton on TV
    Source: Galatta.com
     
    International News
    		• Disney is Buying Marvel for $4 Billion: It's Where the Boys Are
    		• Daytime Emmycast on CW Crashes and Burns in the Ratings, Nosedives From Last-Year's All-Time Low on ABC
    Source: TV Week
     
    		• NUJ slams planned job cuts at Express Newspapers
    		• Virgin to offer Living Player catch-up service
    Source: Media Week
     
    		• European pay-TV subscribers top 62m
    		• File-sharers' TV tastes revealed
    Source: Advanced Television
     
    		• Disney to acquire Marvel in $4 billion deal
    Source: Reuters
     
    		• Sony to sell American TV plant to Hong Kong firm
    Source: BusinessWeek
     
    		• Former BSkyB chief is favourite to take over at ITV
    Source: Guardian
     
    		• MLB.TV offers rest of season for under $20
    Source: MLB.com
    		• Argentina adopts Japanese digital TV standard

    Source: Alibaba
     
    		• YouTube Now Has Over 120 Million U.S. Viewers
    `Source: Mashable
     
    		• Sony's Plan for $40 Movies at Home
    Source: Business Week
     
    		• Comcast Wins Right To Own More Than 30% Of Cable Market
    Source: Consumerist
     
    		• Channel 4 will broadcast 3D TV in the UK in Autumn
    Source: After Dawn
     
    		• Sony lines up with Google over Books deal
    Source: zdnet
     
    		• Comcast defeats FCC in DC Circuit
    Source: RBR
     
    		• Murdoch divides media and provokes Peston
    Source: FT
     
    		• AT&T to launch TV service in Louisville
    Source: Courier Journal
     
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