April 2008

Headlines

ISRO's satellite for Eutelsat will be ready soon - 30 Apr 2008 Siti Digital Cable TV goes for makeover - 30 Apr 2008 Media FDI issue at inter-ministerial meeting: Dasmunsi - 30 Apr 2008 Gurbani telecast: HC issues notice to SGPC - 30 Apr 2008 Bhuvan Lall selected to Annecy Festival jury - 30 Apr 2008 Be Kind 'Rewind' with PVR Cinemas - 30 Apr 2008 Ghatothkach to animate your imagination - 30 Apr 2008 Virgin Media, BBC partner to bring iPlayer to TV - 30 Apr 2008 Martin Tremblay named President, Warner Bros. Interactive - 30 Apr 2008 BARC to launch TV audience measurement by November - 29 Apr 2008 Arun Kumar Kapoor quits Dish TV - 29 Apr 2008 98 % kids watch TV on daily basis - 29 Apr 2008 Radio Mirchi Delhi celebrates 5th anniversary - 29 Apr 2008 Wall Street Journal continues to defy industry trends - 29 Apr 2008 Multiplexes to cut ticket prices soon - 28 Apr 2008 In 3 years, Cinemeta to lift 500 screen theatres - 28 Apr 2008 Make films with 'Fame Reel Kids' - 28 Apr 2008 BBC inks distribution deal with Hathway - 28 Apr 2008 MTV Insight Studio launches The State of Cool - 28 Apr 2008 Sun TV's SFM launches in Warangal - 28 Apr 2008 Kya Aap My FM ke Paanch Bachchon se Fast Hain - 28 Apr 2008 No. 3 GEC 9X launches in UK - 28 Apr 2008 TRAI recommends 74% FDI in cable TV - 25 Apr 2008 NDTV launches 'Open up Tomorrow, today' telethon - 25 Apr 2008 UTVi installs Avid Unity ISIS solution - 25 Apr 2008 Pyramid Saimira opens 2nd food court in New Delhi - 25 Apr 2008 Alfredo Duran is SVP, Branded services, Warner Channel LA - 25 Apr 2008 I&B Ministry goes tough with QoS of cable operators - 24 Apr 2008 UTVi to source content from Business Standard - 24 Apr 2008 'My Ka Laal' contest to lure kids - 24 Apr 2008 NBA codes its own ethics & broadcasting standards - 23 Apr 2008 Punjab Cable TV operators forced to sell business? - 23 Apr 2008 CNBC-TV18, NDTV Profit streamline content - 23 Apr 2008 Shirshendu Banerjee is COO for Essel's radio venture - 23 Apr 2008 Radio Mirchi Mumbai celebrates 6th anniversary - 23 Apr 2008 NFDC appoints Om Puri as Chairman, gets capital infusion - 23 Apr 2008 Stan Lee forms new partnership with Virgin Comics - 23 Apr 2008 Aditya Tripathi quits Discovery Networks India - 22 Apr 2008 Radio Mirchi beefs up senior management - 22 Apr 2008 Editorial integrity: Marcus Brauchli steps down from WSJ - 22 Apr 2008 Walt Disney launches Disneynature label - 22 Apr 2008 Essence, Warner Bros in content partnership - 22 Apr 2008 More players can provide high-quality digital TV - 21 Apr 2008 Broadcast Worldwide launches TV South Asia channel - 21 Apr 2008 Bindass Movies launches 'Apun ka Hollywood' contest - 21 Apr 2008 TRAI places updated bouquet rates on its website - 18 Apr 2008 TRAI maps interconnection between channels, DTH cos - 18 Apr 2008 Reality shows marks paradigm shift in guardians - 18 Apr 2008 Bangla channels fights shy of going major - 18 Apr 2008 Viaccess signs three contracts in India - 18 Apr 2008 Adlabs Cinemas launches multiplex in Chattisgarh - 18 Apr 2008 Cinemax launches multiplex at Ahmedabad - 18 Apr 2008 Big Music introduces 'Ticket to Stardom' - 18 Apr 2008 Entertainment co-branded 'Times Card' launched - 18 Apr 2008 Punjabi varsity gets Rs 25 lakh media centre - 17 Apr 2008 CASBAA calls for lighter-touch Taiwan pay-TV regulation - 17 Apr 2008 TRAI supports DTH License Fee at 6% - 16 Apr 2008 Triveni tests its news channel Voice of India - 16 Apr 2008 BT, Star in 3 year IP network solution deal - 16 Apr 2008 Veteran animator Ollie Johnston dies at 95 - 16 Apr 2008 Sun TV's SFM launches in Nasik & Vadodara - 16 Apr 2008 Consumers loyal to favorite programs, says survey - 16 Apr 2008 IMG, Glassman Media join hands for TV series - 16 Apr 2008 EyeQube launches studio in Mumbai - 15 Apr 2008 Scod 18 launches digital, analog cable services - 15 Apr 2008 Pune moots Animation SEZ project - 14 Apr 2008 Entry of state in media opposed by broadcasters - 14 Apr 2008 RAPA Awards attracts 1,000 entries for Excellence 2007 - 14 Apr 2008 Eros, Sajid Nadiadwala join hands for four-films production - 14 Apr 2008 Vivendi to decide on Sogecable next week - 14 Apr 2008 Radio City, Big FM announces changes in HR team - 14 Apr 2008 NewsX to be available on Dish TV from April 14 - 11 Apr 2008 BAG Films appoints Ashish Kaul as Group COO - 11 Apr 2008 Ram Sampath makes Roshans pay plagiarism price - 11 Apr 2008 Radio City launches in Pune - 11 Apr 2008 Sun TV's SFM launches in Jamshedpur - 11 Apr 2008 Radio Misty & BBC bring FM to North Bengal, Sikkim - 11 Apr 2008 Will the sting operations lose their sting wing - 10 Apr 2008 Turner steps up investments strategy for India - 10 Apr 2008 Sab TV launches 'Comedy Ka King Kaun' series - 10 Apr 2008 Marathi film 'Kaalchakra' nominated for Unicef award - 10 Apr 2008 Ofcom rules: BBC could share its licence fee - 10 Apr 2008 Sue Naegle joins HBO Entertainment as President - 10 Apr 2008 Big Entertainment buys digital images biz of DTS - 09 Apr 2008 Disney-ABC renews movie deal with Zee Studio - 09 Apr 2008 Vh1 brings Wyclef Jean to perform in India - 09 Apr 2008 Walt Disney Studios previews 10 new animated movies - 09 Apr 2008 Venezuela axes 'The Simpsons' as bad for children - 09 Apr 2008 Phased CAS rollout in more areas soon - 08 Apr 2008 Government clears UTV & Hathway FDI proposals - 08 Apr 2008 World Movies now on Home Video - 08 Apr 2008 CBS News not negotiating with CNN - 08 Apr 2008 Malaysia puts curbs on pay-TV firm Astro - 08 Apr 2008 Adlabs to build 12 megaplexes in India - 08 Apr 2008 P9 Cinema Activation is now P9 Experience - 08 Apr 2008 WBITD, HBO sign deal with France Telecom Orange - 08 Apr 2008 BBC Arabic forms deal with E-Vision - 08 Apr 2008 FremantleMedia strikes deal with TV Man Union - 08 Apr 2008 FremantleMedia gets 'Prettiest Girl in the Class' - 08 Apr 2008 Amit Arora promoted as senior VP, The One Alliance - 07 Apr 2008 Satyajit Ray Institute authorities stay away from meeting - 07 Apr 2008 Goldstone to restore 'Guide' film - 07 Apr 2008 BBC shines at Broadcasting Press Guild Awards - 07 Apr 2008 Sun TV's SFM launches in Guwahati - 07 Apr 2008 IBN Lokmat to launch on April 6 - 04 Apr 2008 Siddharth Roy Kapur elevated to CEO, UTV Motion Pictures - 04 Apr 2008 Dish TV subscriber base stands at 2.5 million - 04 Apr 2008 NewsX to be available on Tata Sky from April 14 - 04 Apr 2008 Zee Turner adds Ten Sports to its bouquet - 04 Apr 2008 CNN bags George Foster Peabody Award - 04 Apr 2008 FremantleMedia takes 'Sex Pistols' concert global - 04 Apr 2008 Haryana government to clip cable TV operators - 03 Apr 2008 TRAI extends date for cable services comments to April 15 - 03 Apr 2008 Dasmunsi protests closure of Satyajit Ray Institute - 03 Apr 2008 Mohit Anand to join Channel [V] as General manager - 03 Apr 2008 UK's Freeview to carry HD channels by 2012 - 03 Apr 2008 UTV ties up with ABC News for business channel - 02 Apr 2008 Hathway to restrict Neo Sports to CAS areas - 02 Apr 2008 Cable TV operators caught in cable web - 02 Apr 2008 Elvis Costello, Elton John to make 'Spectacle' TV series - 02 Apr 2008 Sun TV's SFM launches in Mysore - 02 Apr 2008 Big FM appoints Rohit Dhar as Regional director-East - 02 Apr 2008 My FM launches Super Mall on April Fools Day - 02 Apr 2008 Real Estate TV signs deal with cable operators - 01 Apr 2008 In Chandigarh, pay less for what you see on TV - 01 Apr 2008 Ashok Venkatramani officially joins MCCS as CEO - 01 Apr 2008 Sangeet Bangla climbs to No. 3 in Bengal market - 01 Apr 2008 Essel completes Catheter & Disposables Tech acquisition - 01 Apr 2008 BBC completes deal for Outside Broadcasts - 01 Apr 2008

Simply South

Puducherry may take over cable network - 30 Apr 2008 Pyramid Saimira bags world rights for Kuselan film - 30 Apr 2008 Decks cleared for Digital Entertainment City - 24 Apr 2008 Russian films to feature on Makkal TV - 24 Apr 2008 Warner Bros. enters into deal with Ocher Studios - 23 Apr 2008 Adlabs Cinemas opens at Coimbatore - 23 Apr 2008 Tollywood in losses, courtesy no core variety - 22 Apr 2008 Kollywood in losses, courtesy IPL matches - 22 Apr 2008 Hurray! South spends more on films, TV - 21 Apr 2008 Pyramid Saimira to invest Rs 400 crore in China - 21 Apr 2008 Time for 'Karnataka Kurukshetra' with Suvarna News - 21 Apr 2008 Kollywood may roll high with 130 films in 2008 - 18 Apr 2008 TT champion Chandrasekhar focuses on teleserial - 18 Apr 2008 Amrita TV gears up for 'Junior Genius' - 18 Apr 2008 Amrita TV announces new 'Let's Dance' show - 16 Apr 2008 The Magnum Opus for Kollywood industry - 11 Apr 2008 Tamil serial 'Jeyam' has something different - 11 Apr 2008 Kalaignar TV launches 'Thekkethi Ponnu' show - 11 Apr 2008 Star India to acquire Asianet Communications - 10 Apr 2008 Goldstone to invest Rs 80 crores for its media division - 10 Apr 2008 Tamil channel Imayam TV completes two years - 10 Apr 2008 Chandrababu Naidu targets Telugu daily Saakshi - 08 Apr 2008 Pyramid Saimira to produce 52 films in 2008/09 - 07 Apr 2008 Hogenakkal dispute: Red card for few stars? - 07 Apr 2008 Roopa wins 'Super Star Global' title - 07 Apr 2008 Arasu Cable gets nod for Chennai operations - 04 Apr 2008 Kollywood to observe protest fast on April 4 - 02 Apr 2008 Raj TV ties up with Astro for Malaysian viewers - 02 Apr 2008 Screening of Tamil movies stopped in Bangalore - 01 Apr 2008

Teletalk

Sony to launch Yeh Shaam Mastani on May 3 - 29 Apr 2008 Summer bonanza: Disney Channel unveils new shows - 29 Apr 2008 Bollywood Bosses returns on The History Channel - 29 Apr 2008 Star Gold gears up for Comedy Honors 2008 - 25 Apr 2008 Dr Chandraprakash Dwivedi walks out of 'Mahabharata' - 25 Apr 2008 From saas-bahu drama to betiyaan shift - 24 Apr 2008 BBC Entertainment to launch 'Dancing with the Stars' - 24 Apr 2008 Cartoon Network launches three new shows - 24 Apr 2008 Sony benchmarks with 'Waar Parriwar' musical show - 21 Apr 2008 Great Indian laughter Challenge 4, Shatrughan to judge - 21 Apr 2008 Nick Summer Fiesta dearer to kids - 21 Apr 2008 9X to air 'Jai Maa Vaishno Devi' mythological drama - 18 Apr 2008 Disney Channel searches for Indian pop star - 17 Apr 2008 HBO to showcase 'An Inconvenient Truth' on April 22 - 16 Apr 2008 Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar to enter living rooms - 16 Apr 2008 NDTV Imagine to unveil 'Junoon' in June - 16 Apr 2008 Kyunkii har serial kuch kehta hai, so tune in - 15 Apr 2008 'Mera Sasural' is just another saas-bahu serial - 15 Apr 2008 Zee TV to launch 'Hamari Betiyoon Ka Vivaah' - 15 Apr 2008 Sony launches 'Sujata', 'Waqt Batayega..' - 11 Apr 2008 Its 'Time to Change' to green with Nat Geo - 11 Apr 2008 'Kyunki Jeena Issi Ka Naam Hai' opera guides about HIV - 11 Apr 2008 Entries called for 'Gateway' screenwriters - 09 Apr 2008 Entries called for Animal Planet's Unearthed series - 09 Apr 2008 'Jai Sri Krishna' to Gujarati dramas on Indian TV - 08 Apr 2008 Know 'The Story of India' on Discovery Channel - 08 Apr 2008 9X pulls the plug on three weekly shows - 07 Apr 2008 Star Plus launches 'Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar' reality show - 04 Apr 2008 'Comedy Circus' returns on SET - 04 Apr 2008 Smriti Irani back as Tulsi in Kyunki Saas Bhi.. - 03 Apr 2008 Star World to launch new shows this April - 03 Apr 2008 SET to discontinue 'Amber Dhara' from April 25 - 02 Apr 2008 Summer brings great treat for Kids on Cartoon Network - 02 Apr 2008

Boardroom

Time Warner Q1 revenues at $ 11.4 billion - 30 Apr 2008 GFK & TNS boards confirm merger discussions - 30 Apr 2008 Network 18 Q4 PAT at Rs 41 cr - 29 Apr 2008 UTV reports 150% growth in operating revenues - 29 Apr 2008 Cablevision to make joint bid for Newsday - 29 Apr 2008 TV18 Q4 net profit at Rs 18.95 cr - 28 Apr 2008 IBN18 Broadcast Q4 PAT at Rs 1.54 cr - 25 Apr 2008 Zuckerman submits $ 580 mn bid for Newsday - 25 Apr 2008 WPP Q1 revenues at $ 3.1 billion - 25 Apr 2008 Its official, Dish TV to raise $300 mn through rights issue - 24 Apr 2008 Sundaram BNP Paribas launches media fund - 24 Apr 2008 DirecTV becomes component of NASDAQ-100 Index - 24 Apr 2008 Thomson Reuters, a combination of successful businesses - 18 Apr 2008 Restructuring: Percept Holdings renamed as Percept Ltd - 17 Apr 2008 Pyramid Saimira to invest Rs 300 cr in group companies - 17 Apr 2008 'Global Broadcast News' is now 'IBN18 Broadcast' - 17 Apr 2008 Compact Disc approves raising $38.5 mn - 17 Apr 2008 NDTV considers 'news related', 'beyond news' splitting - 16 Apr 2008 Zee Entertainment Q4 revenues at Rs 526 cr - 15 Apr 2008 Zee News Q4 revenues at Rs 110.2 cr - 15 Apr 2008 Germany's Premiere bolsters ties to top News Corp - 15 Apr 2008 Indivision, Passport & JPM buy 10% in Percept - 14 Apr 2008 Prime Focus invests in eyeon Fusion - 11 Apr 2008 Dish TV to raise $300 million through rights issue - 08 Apr 2008 Lachlan Murdoch scraps Australia media firm buyout - 07 Apr 2008 Endemol acquires 51 Minds Entertainment - 02 Apr 2008

Marcom

Khairat village has an Advertising connection - 30 Apr 2008 Dentsu appoints Ravi Shankar as Mumbai head - 30 Apr 2008 Rani Mukherjee to endorse Margo soap - 30 Apr 2008 R. Seshadri elected as President, Ad Club of Madras - 29 Apr 2008 Rondeep Gogoi joins Mudra Delhi as creative director - 29 Apr 2008 MAA Bozell ropes in Priya Kapur as planning director - 29 Apr 2008 Triton wins creative & media duties of Nitco Tiles - 29 Apr 2008 AdTech signs deal with Interactive Media for ad serving - 29 Apr 2008 Sonali Chatterjee joins CNN as sales director - 28 Apr 2008 Publicis India appoints Naresh Gupta as EVP, Planning - 28 Apr 2008 Satya Upadhya joins NewsX as AVP, Brand communications - 28 Apr 2008 Real estate developers spending heavily on advertising - 25 Apr 2008 Prem Mehta retires from Lintas India - 25 Apr 2008 LIN Opinion bags 18 new clients - 25 Apr 2008 JWT wins ING Vysya Bank's creative work - 22 Apr 2008 Publicis Ambience appoints Subramanyeswar as NPD - 22 Apr 2008 Brands bid in green to grab movie titles - 21 Apr 2008 RMG Connect expands its talent pool - 21 Apr 2008 Darsheel Safary endorses Horlicks - 21 Apr 2008 Public relations important for Image building - 18 Apr 2008 ASCI to launch Copy Advice service from May 1 - 18 Apr 2008 Burson-Marsteller forms south Asia network - 18 Apr 2008 Nokia is presenting sponsor for Kolkata Knight Riders - 17 Apr 2008 Future Media picks up media rights of 3 retail players - 17 Apr 2008 Mid-Day appoints Noshe Oceanic for Delhi - 17 Apr 2008 DCHL launches Financial Chronicle business paper - 16 Apr 2008 Ranjit Rajshekhar quits Neo Sports - 16 Apr 2008 OOH gain for Chennai turns out troublesome - 16 Apr 2008 Big Street acquires new inventory - 16 Apr 2008 Toshiba ropes in Vidya Balan as brand ambassador - 16 Apr 2008 Manish Sinha joins Mudra as SVP-Strategy - 15 Apr 2008 Rediffusion promotes Nisha Singhania as EVP - 15 Apr 2008 Cadbury Perk launches 'Take it Lightly' TVC - 15 Apr 2008 HCL unveils TVC sporting global appeal - 15 Apr 2008 Platform-A to manage Verizon's digital ad inventory - 15 Apr 2008 Largest daily The Times of India arrives in Chennai - 14 Apr 2008 Hindustan Samachar offers news in Tamil, 9 languages - 14 Apr 2008 IPL ad upsets Chennai Super Kings fans - 14 Apr 2008 Nikhil Gandhi is VP, National sales at Bindass - 11 Apr 2008 Ryan Menezes joins McCann as ECD - 11 Apr 2008 Zeta Interactive names Anil Unnikrishnan as President - 11 Apr 2008 Nielsen appoints David Parma as global product leader - 11 Apr 2008 With IPL, Max becomes the 'baap of all entertainment' - 10 Apr 2008 OOH gain for Chennai city - 10 Apr 2008 Greenpeace signs up Mudra South - 10 Apr 2008 OOH trouble at Shamshabad airport - 09 Apr 2008 Allied Media bags media duties for Electrolux - 09 Apr 2008 Scott Ernst named President of TNS Media's Compete - 09 Apr 2008 Evarist Rego elevated as COO, Perspectrum Consultancy - 07 Apr 2008 Agnello Dias is now Chief Creative Officer, JWT India - 04 Apr 2008 Big Street spruces up team for expansion - 04 Apr 2008 Hormuzd Masani on IFABC executive board - 04 Apr 2008 IPL becomes hottest property for Sponsors - 03 Apr 2008 TBWA India appoints Shiv Sethuraman as CEO - 03 Apr 2008 Connecturf appoints Atul Hegde as its CEO - 03 Apr 2008