May 2007 Stories

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NDTV Networks raises $100 mn ahead of IPO - 31 May 2007

9 finalists for 'Indian Investor of the Year' - 31 May 2007

Nimbus pulls on 'new' broadcast deal with BCCI - 31 May 2007

Atul Gupta joins BAG Films as distribution head - 31 May 2007

Aksh Optifibre ties up with Elitcore Technologies - 31 May 2007

Gursheel Walia joins BAG Films for its glamour channel - 31 May 2007

ACC awards Afro Asia Cup 2007 rights to ESPN Star Sports - 31 May 2007

Anirights Infomedia, Anibrain Digital anime Pune - 31 May 2007

'Antakshari' is back on Star Plus with second season - 31 May 2007

ZenithOptimedia India makes senior appointment - 31 May 2007

CavinKare wins advertisement case over Reckitt Benckiser - 31 May 2007

Hansa Research acquires GCR Custom Research - 31 May 2007

Tsuneo Watanabe awarded 'Media Person of the Year' - 31 May 2007

Cannes Lions receives record number of entries - 31 May 2007

Strikes are no great deal for Malayalam film industry - 31 May 2007

VSNL becames first to launch WiMax services in India - 31 May 2007

Truveo upgrades technology for video search partners - 31 May 2007

AOL launches Switched.com - 31 May 2007

Harry Potter to Cast Spell on Universal orlando resort - 31 May 2007

Internet gives Sivaji nightmares - 30 May 2007

CBS Corporation acquires Last.fm - 30 May 2007

SET puts on hold 3 drama's for Indian Idol - 30 May 2007

'Metro' to screen at Oscars - 30 May 2007

BCCI-Nimbus deal in jeopardy - 30 May 2007

Zee pulls off broadcast deal with BCCI - 30 May 2007

Star's Harsh Rohatgi joins NDTV Imagine - 30 May 2007

Dilli Aaj Tak completes one year - 30 May 2007

'MTV Youth Icon 2007' is back - 30 May 2007

Miditech appoints Sandip Khosla as CFO - 30 May 2007

Radio Today rolls out 'Meow 104.8 FM' - 30 May 2007

68 radio channels operational in India - 30 May 2007

Sujay Ghosh, Anchal Duggal to lead Mudra Bangalore - 30 May 2007

Starcom MediaVest signs MoU with Elephant Advertising - 30 May 2007

Karan Johar is the new face for Alfred Dunhill - 30 May 2007

now TV to screen Channel [V] Taiwan in Hong Kong - 30 May 2007

News Corp, NBC JV inks deals with troupe of partners - 30 May 2007

Viacom to sell Famous Music to Sony/ATV - 30 May 2007

NBC names new entertainment mgmt in overhaul - 30 May 2007

Ten Sports signs new deal with Intelsat - 30 May 2007

TRAI direct cable operators to carry Doordarshan channels - 29 May 2007

Indian Cricket League gains Momentum - 29 May 2007

Bharat Ranga appointed Head of Zee's International Biz - 29 May 2007

SC refuses to stay telecast of sting operations - 29 May 2007

TDSAT directs ETV to give signals to Ortel - 29 May 2007

Discovery Channel launches 'Future Car' series - 29 May 2007

India works its way up the ODI rankings - 29 May 2007

Kalaignar TV bags the telecast rights of 'Sivaji' - 29 May 2007

TAM adds 'Radio Audience Measurement' to its service list - 29 May 2007

Red FM launches on-ground activity with RJ Nitin - 29 May 2007

Hungama Mobile brings 'Spiderman-3' on cell phones - 29 May 2007

Devashish Mondal appointed GM, New Media, Infomedia - 29 May 2007

OMS wins MTV India Networks media business - 29 May 2007

McCann Erickson bags ADAG corporate account - 29 May 2007

Bindass appoints MPG as its media buying agency - 29 May 2007

Big 92.7 FM, the only finalist at NYF Radio Awards 2007 - 29 May 2007

Palador acquires rights for 300 new films at Cannes - 29 May 2007

UTStarcom supplies IPTV encoding platforms with Aksh - 29 May 2007

National Geographic launches 'Most Amazing Moments' - 29 May 2007

Disney's 'Pirates' rule the global Box Office - 29 May 2007

Channel 4 asked not to telecast Diana photos - 29 May 2007

DD News's Swagat Ghosh shunted out to RNI - 28 May 2007

Star News launches 'Main Hoon Na' consumer show - 28 May 2007

A. Raja wants instant permission for 'Kalaignar TV' - 28 May 2007

Vijay TV, Big FM jointly launch VJ & RJ hunt - 28 May 2007

Nike & Adidas fight for Brand Sachin - 28 May 2007

Radico Khaitan appoints MPG as its AoR - 28 May 2007

Crayons joins global network of independent agencies - 28 May 2007

PayPod sets sights at Internet advertising - 28 May 2007

The Nielsen Company launches Brand³ - 28 May 2007

MRUC to evaluate methodologies for radio listenership - 28 May 2007

Glam & Glitz at Radio Mirchi RJ hunt finale - 28 May 2007

PBL in talks with CVC on media selldown - 28 May 2007

Riyo Mori crowned Miss Universe 2007 - 28 May 2007

NBC in talks to remove Kevin Reilly - 28 May 2007

Irdeto, SafeNet resolve Mobile TV technology war - 28 May 2007

Actor Charles Nelson Reilly dies at 76 - 28 May 2007

Kyunki Zee Bhi Kabhi Star Tha - 27 May 2007

Emami group now bitten by media bug - 26 May 2007

Gold for radio stations, Silver for radio sets - 26 May 2007

BIG 92.7 FM launches in Goa - 26 May 2007

1.96 Lakh copies of Dainik Bhaskar Jalandar & Amritsar - 26 May 2007

Anil Dhupar is back to Nai Duniya - 26 May 2007

Taj TV, City 7 TV in partnership - 26 May 2007

Alka Saxena joins MH One news channel as CEO, Editor-in-Chief - 26 May 2007

Miditech appoints Joseph T Joseph as SVP, People & Structures - 26 May 2007

Adlabs Cinemas launches second Pune property - 26 May 2007

Hungama's Neeraj Roy speaks on various Cinematic issues - 26 May 2007

BBC, MSN India team up for BBC Hindi website - 26 May 2007

CNN.com garners EPpy Award - 26 May 2007

Universal Music closes on BMG - 26 May 2007

'Pirates' grosses $58 million in limited showings - 26 May 2007

Impartiality of BBC business coverage - Report - 26 May 2007

Ban on Fashion TV lifted - 25 May 2007

Jagjit Singh Kohli quits WWIL, Deepak Chandnani comes in - 25 May 2007

Reliance Bluemagic gets DTH licence - 25 May 2007

Ofcom wants apology from Channel 4 over racist comments - 25 May 2007

UFO Moviez to digitalise 3,000 screens - 25 May 2007

Zee Kidzcare bullish on childcare business - 25 May 2007

ESS to telecast French Open 2007, Monaco Grand Prix - 25 May 2007

Radaan Mediaworks jumps to 52-week high - 25 May 2007

NDTV to raise Rs 400 crore - 25 May 2007

Hindustan Lever = Hindustan Unilever - 25 May 2007

Swami Anand Tirth & Vaybhav Singh join McCann - 25 May 2007

Can 'permission based marketing' work? - 25 May 2007

Spykar Jeans bets on Movies - 25 May 2007

Sun TV's Hansraj Saxena receives death threats - 25 May 2007

Radio Mirchi launches in Goa - 25 May 2007

'Life Ki Dhunaktundhun' on Big 92.7 FM - 25 May 2007

BIG 92.7 FM unveils 'Giant T-Shirt' - 25 May 2007

SET elevates Rohit Gupta as President, Network sales, Licensing & telephony - 24 May 2007

Future Group to sponsor India-South Africa series - 24 May 2007

Madison Creative = mc² - 24 May 2007

General Motors appoints Starcom IP for digital marketing - 24 May 2007

ChrysCapital buys Hathway Cable stake - 24 May 2007

Bhaskar Group launches '94.3 MY FM' in Bhopal - 24 May 2007

Radio Mirchi announces Mirchi Bombay Watch Brigade - 24 May 2007

Joost signs Creative Artists to scout out programs - 24 May 2007

Centrebet launches on Orbis OpenBet platform - 24 May 2007

'The Oprah Winfrey Show' on Hallmark in Asia - 24 May 2007

Jordin Sparks wins 'American Idol' 2007 - 24 May 2007

New Line Cinema celebrates its 40th Anniversary - 24 May 2007

Caitlin Snaring wins National Geographic Bee - 24 May 2007

Anil Ambani has a 'Big' dream in entertainment - 23 May 2007

Get ready for 'Soccer Star' this July - 23 May 2007

Raj TV's share price climbs high - 23 May 2007

Doordarshan launches mobile TV pilot service - 23 May 2007

Production houses booms on Corporatisation - 23 May 2007

Indian Idol's theatre round begins - 23 May 2007

Ravi Kishan unplugged on Zoom's Santa & Banta - 23 May 2007

Red FM says 'Aashun shobai mile eder bajaai' - 23 May 2007

Radio City unveils 'Bolo Whatte Fun' music video - 23 May 2007

In-game ads, a serious business - 23 May 2007

Bhaskar Group launches 'Script It Contest' - 23 May 2007

O&M is No.1 - Media Agency report - 23 May 2007

I-Velocity awaits Ministry nod to enter India - 23 May 2007

Webaroo launches 'SMS Gupshup' - 23 May 2007

CBS Interactive acquires Wallstrip - 23 May 2007

Bharat Bhushan joins the India Today Group - 23 May 2007

Business Standard launches Treasure Hunt - 23 May 2007

Bhartendu Harishchandra awards presented - 23 May 2007

E-City Films acquires distribution rights for 'Shankar Dada Zindabad' - 23 May 2007

Leslie Moonves is Mipcom 2007 Personality of the Year - 23 May 2007

IPTV market to touch $12 billion in 2013 - 23 May 2007

Studio 18 partners Virgin Comics for horror properties - 22 May 2007

Viacom, TV18 create new JV in India, 'Viacom-18' - 22 May 2007

TRAI to revisit cable TV tariffs - 22 May 2007

DD is blamed for India-Bangla Test series blackout - BCCI - 22 May 2007

Percept mobilizes sponsors for India-South Africa series - 22 May 2007

Tata Sky launches Wiz-kids - 22 May 2007

Manmohan Shetty to restructure his holding in Adlabs - 22 May 2007

NDTV revenues grow by 27.5% in Q4 FY'07 - 22 May 2007

Publicis Ambience bags the new brand from Kinetic-SYM JV - 22 May 2007

Kanta Advani quits India TV - 22 May 2007

Shobitha Viswanathan joins Mudra Chennai - 22 May 2007

Ogilvy names Co-Presidents of New York office - 22 May 2007

Eros International launches Bollywood channel on YouTube - 22 May 2007

Nat Geo programming now on YouTube - 22 May 2007

BBC World series 'Visionaries' sponsored by Credit Suisse - 22 May 2007

Paul Candland appointed MD, Walt Disney Company Japan - 22 May 2007

FremantleMedia Enterprises delights Discop - 22 May 2007

Who will take home the coveted 'American Idol' title - 22 May 2007

Nat Geo showcases the greatest love story ever told - 21 May 2007

Rukin Kizilbash to head Taj Television India - 21 May 2007

TV18, Viacom in JV to explore general entertainment space - 21 May 2007

TV channels to get guideline for Self regulation - 21 May 2007

Cannes Films Festival, less movers for Indian films - 21 May 2007

MCCS to launch Star Marathi in July - 21 May 2007

Mahesh Ramanathan to head Reliance ADAG's Motion Picture - 21 May 2007

'Kalaignar TV' to take on Sun Network - 21 May 2007

PM approves wage board for working journalists - 21 May 2007

BIG 92.7 FM brings smiles to street children's - 21 May 2007

Rajiv Mishra joins Digital Broadcast India as its MD - 21 May 2007

Radio Mantra's Karnal, Bareilly & Jalandhar stations soon - 21 May 2007

Petrol bomb attack on Coimbatore cable TV operator - 21 May 2007

Bharti's retail venture calls for a Pitch - 21 May 2007

JWT bags 'National Agency of the Year' at Ad Club Calcutta Awards - 21 May 2007

One more 'Happy Dent' smile for McCann at the FAB Awards - 21 May 2007

Will Taj Mahal be a Wonder? - 21 May 2007

Advertising cost to exceed 0.55% of GDP - 21 May 2007

The Cell launches contest in Promax BDA India 2007 - 21 May 2007

Southern Progress Corp launches major food portal - 21 May 2007

Russian journalists resign over censorship issues - 21 May 2007

CNN, UNESCO, FIAPF to partner for Asia Pacific films - 21 May 2007

Howard Averill named CFO, Time Inc - 21 May 2007

BBC reaches 233 Mn audiences - 21 May 2007

Doordarshan not to telecast India-Bangla Test Series - 19 May 2007

UTV's 'Life...in a Metro' garners Rs 6.5 crore in 4 days - 19 May 2007

Eros International celebrates 30th anniversary - 19 May 2007

'Galli Galli Sim Sim' 30-episode special on Pogo - 19 May 2007

O&M wins the 'Agency of the Year' at Mirchi Kaan Awards - 19 May 2007

CBM partners with BPA in India - 19 May 2007

Attack on 'Dinakaran' to be investigated by CBI - 19 May 2007

WorldSpace introduces new programming initiatives - 19 May 2007

Time Warner to consider another Stock buyback - 19 May 2007

Clear Channel agrees on increased buyout proposal - 19 May 2007

No early end for BSkyB - Virgin Media spat - 19 May 2007

LIN TV Corp. up for Sale - 19 May 2007

Donald Trump says NBC can't fire him, He quits - 19 May 2007

Simon Cowell says he cannot predict 'American Idol' winner - 19 May 2007

CAG pulls up DD for its skewed movie acquisition practice - 18 May 2007

Zee News presents '1857-Pehli Azaadi ka Sach' - 18 May 2007

Al Jazeera denied downlink nod to India - 18 May 2007

BSNL to offer IPTV in Hyderabad - 18 May 2007

AP to have 10 Telugu News channels by year end - 18 May 2007

BIG 92.7 FM enters Bhubaneswar - 18 May 2007

BIG 92.7 FM launches 'Thanga Kondattam' contest - 18 May 2007

RPG Cellucom on expansion spree - 18 May 2007

Yahoo! India launches oneSearch Beta - 18 May 2007

Punjab Govt. to formulate policy for PR companies - 18 May 2007

INSDAG ropes in JWT Kolkata as its creative partner - 18 May 2007

JWT Delhi wins creative duties of Sony VAIO notebooks - 18 May 2007

Grasim Suitings ropes in Akshay Kumar as its brand ambassador - 18 May 2007

Hong Kong Designers Association calls for entries - 18 May 2007

WPP acquires 24/7 Real Media - 18 May 2007

Microsoft buys aQuantive for $6 billion - 18 May 2007

'On the Lot' debuts on Star World, May 23 - 18 May 2007

Discovery to close retail stores - 18 May 2007

Disney to make a film in Chinese - 18 May 2007

Louis Boswell quits ESPN Star Sports - 18 May 2007

CNN celebrates 60th anniversary of Cannes Film Festival - 18 May 2007

I&B Ministry goes tough with cable operators - 17 May 2007

SC refuses to grant relief to Zee Turner over Tata Sky issue - 17 May 2007

Neo Sports to telecast India-Bangla Test Series, May 18 - 17 May 2007

Zee TV to launch 'Meri Doli Tere Angana' from May 21 - 17 May 2007

'MTV On the Job' for a better career - 17 May 2007

Nimbus Communications plans to tap the Capital market - 17 May 2007

ENIL Q4 income up 41% at Rs 46.43 crore - 17 May 2007

BCCL picks up 9.22% stake in Flawless Diamond - 17 May 2007

South's Karthik lends his voice to Pokemon's title track - 17 May 2007

Zee Kannada completes one year - 17 May 2007

Bharat Kapadia promoted to ED of The Bhaskar Group - 17 May 2007

Amar Ujala appoints Sunil Mutreja as President, Marketing - 17 May 2007

Air India, Mediascope unveil biz publication 'Corporate' - 17 May 2007

'Dreamline' ropes in Hema Malini as brand ambassador - 17 May 2007

OgilvyAction Chicago wins Big at the EX Awards - 17 May 2007

HBO launches online campaign for 'Flight of The Conchords' - 17 May 2007

AOL acquires ADTECH - 17 May 2007

Time Warner announces 'Principals Of Excellence' awards - 17 May 2007

Liberty Media acquires Atlanta Braves Baseball club - 17 May 2007

Melinda Doolittle voted out of 'American Idol' - 17 May 2007

Sun TV shares dip, while Raj TV climbs up - 16 May 2007

Balaji Telefilms announces Q4 & FY07 results - 16 May 2007

Shringar Cinemas announces FY 06-07 results - 16 May 2007

No proposal to increase FDI limit in FM radio - I&B Ministry - 16 May 2007

Radio City goes English with 'City City Bang Bang' - 16 May 2007

BIG 92.7 FM understands Traffic policemen - 16 May 2007

Foreign media JV's to get I&B licences only with FIPB nod - 16 May 2007

Indian Idol's Kolkata audition to air on May 18 - 16 May 2007

No honeymoon for UTV-Palador - 16 May 2007

SC issues notices to TRAI, MSO's over ESPN's plea - 16 May 2007

Ripley's Entertainment comes to India - 16 May 2007

UFO ropes in Makarand Karanjkar as its CTO - 16 May 2007

Shabana Azmi says Let's Talk with Tarana Raja Kapoor - 16 May 2007

Richard Gere now says Bipasha Basu is very Sexy & Hot - 16 May 2007

AOL acquires Third Screen Media - 16 May 2007

Cartoon Network now on Hutch, Airtel, Spice & BPL - 16 May 2007

Murugavel Janakiraman appointed as IAMAI Chairman - 16 May 2007

Star TV, Artificial Life to develop & distribute mobile games - 16 May 2007

ESPN launches video podcasting - 16 May 2007

Zapak.com launches 'Zuma' game - 16 May 2007

Disney, Sprint to offer entertainment programming - 16 May 2007

News Corp buys 2 Latvian TV channels - 16 May 2007

Radical shift in Consumer Decision-Making - Survey - 15 May 2007

Leo Burnett, Lowe, Mudra & RK Swamy make it to NYF - 15 May 2007

Amrutanjan ropes in blueprint 360 as its creative partner - 15 May 2007

Debhashis Das takes over as CEO, Perspectrum - 15 May 2007

INS asks Newspapers not to publish PSU Ads at DAVP rates - 15 May 2007

IIPM, now 'Dare to Dream' beyond Advertisement - 15 May 2007

Reebok launches 'Run Easy' campaign in India - 15 May 2007

UTV Motion Pictures to launch 'Spotboy' - 15 May 2007

Pyramid Saimira deals with VMG for 12 films - 15 May 2007

Delhi HC rejects Nimbus' Live Telecast plea - 15 May 2007

I&B Ministry permits 222 TV channels to uplink from India - 15 May 2007

Sanjay Raut, senior IIS officer passes away - 15 May 2007

Hungama's Neeraj Roy to speak at Cannes Film Festival - 15 May 2007

3 SIVOO branded channels on Joost - 15 May 2007

CF Moses joins Radio Dhamaal as President, Marketing - 15 May 2007

Radio Mirchi, Radio One, Red FM win RAPA Awards - 15 May 2007

CyberMedia announces new organisational structure - 15 May 2007

Cox now owns Travel Channel - 15 May 2007

New Line Records to release soundtrack to Hairspray on July 10 - 15 May 2007

BBC splashes £100,000 on Cherie Blair - 15 May 2007

Kevin Clash appointed as sr. creative advisor for Sesame - 15 May 2007

Thomson buys Reuters for $17.2 billion - 15 May 2007

Endemol sold for $3.6 billion to a consortium - 15 May 2007

Kapil Dev to head Indian Cricket League board