January 2008

Headlines

HC - Watch Oscar presentation live on Star TV - 29 Jan 2008 I&B Ministry comes with transfer policy for IIS officers - 29 Jan 2008 Nimbus appoints Digvijay Singh as CEO - 29 Jan 2008 Vir Sanghvi quits INX News officially - 29 Jan 2008 Listen Ekta Kapoor, 90% want change in TV serials - 29 Jan 2008 CNN appoints Reza Sayah as Pakistan correspondent - 29 Jan 2008 Broadcasters pitching west Asia licence - 28 Jan 2008 Time for Cable TV to shift to other delivery platforms - 28 Jan 2008 Dish TV joins hands with Sony Pictures TV International - 28 Jan 2008 Rendezvous with French Cinema launched - 28 Jan 2008 News Corp, Judith Regan reach settlement - 28 Jan 2008 Laurens Drillich to head Endemol USA Latino - 28 Jan 2008 Chintamani Rao quits India TV as its CEO - 25 Jan 2008 Padma Shri for Rajdeep Sardesai, Vinod Dua, Barkha Dutt - 25 Jan 2008 Shiamak to choreograph High School Musical video - 25 Jan 2008 'Valu' screening at International Film Festival of Rotterdam - 25 Jan 2008 Fun Cinemas appoints Ajay Mehra as CEO - 25 Jan 2008 Adlabs Cinemas opens at Noida & Agra - 25 Jan 2008 Jon Berg named SVP, Production, Warner Bros. Pictures - 25 Jan 2008 Fremantle racks up 300 hours of Latin American sales - 25 Jan 2008 IPL valued at $1.749 billion, with bids to own teams - 24 Jan 2008 NDTV launches NDTV Lumiere, an world cinema adventure - 24 Jan 2008 Pyramid Saimira acquires Aurona Technologies - 24 Jan 2008 Dish TV in partnership with Future Group - 24 Jan 2008 Sony Pictures bets on TCS's SOA platform - 24 Jan 2008 Bhaago KK Aaya on Sab TV - 24 Jan 2008 Star Majha launches 'Abhyaas Majha Dahavicha' - 24 Jan 2008 Discovery Times becomes Investigation Discovery - 24 Jan 2008 Endemol targets Latin America with programme slate - 24 Jan 2008 India TV receives strategic investment of Rs 100 cr - 23 Jan 2008 Rs 12,240 cr required for digital mode migration - 23 Jan 2008 Vir Sanghvi not quitting INX Media - 23 Jan 2008 'Namaste Hollywood' time at Zee Cinema - 23 Jan 2008 Star One launches Pari Hoon Main - 23 Jan 2008 Star World's Heroes delivers super ratings - 23 Jan 2008 CASBAA releases 'Thailand in View' - 23 Jan 2008 NBC Universal to acquire 26 % in NDTV Networks - 22 Jan 2008 Neo Sports Plus in TV deal with PGA Tour - 22 Jan 2008 Raj TV's Subramanian Iyer joins Triveni Media - 22 Jan 2008 AXN invites entries for The Amazing Race Asia 3 - 22 Jan 2008 Jetix Action League comes alive in Hyderabad - 22 Jan 2008 Pyramid Saimira inaugurates multiplex at Faridabad - 22 Jan 2008 Star launches second Chinese movies channel - 22 Jan 2008 Sunil Lulla quits Times Global Broadcasting - 21 Jan 2008 Bharti Airtel signs up IBM to aid media foray - 21 Jan 2008 IIMC, BECIL to submit CAS report to I&B ministry - 21 Jan 2008 Sab TV's four new shows advanced by an hour - 21 Jan 2008 Search for Sabse Bada Pyjama on Hungama TV - 21 Jan 2008 Network Ten, TV New Zealand clinch deal with CGOC - 19 Jan 2008 NDTV Ahmedabad office ransacked - 19 Jan 2008 Sachin Tyagi wins Jjhoom India - 19 Jan 2008 'India Revealed' on Discovery Channel, Jan 26 - 19 Jan 2008 Warner Bros. names Chuck Dages EVP, Emerging Tech - 19 Jan 2008 Viacom names James W. Barge EVP, Tax & Treasury - 19 Jan 2008 TRAI places a-la-carte rates on its website - 18 Jan 2008 SGPC asked to clarify about Gurbani telecast - 18 Jan 2008 NDTV Indian of the Year 2007 for Indian Soldier - 18 Jan 2008 Sanju Saha quits Star News - 18 Jan 2008 Star World to premiere season two of Heroes - 18 Jan 2008 BBC World to host Spirit of Golf tournament on Jan 19 - 18 Jan 2008 Pune International Film Festival ends on a high note - 18 Jan 2008 Pickle felicitates Eros as Company of the Year - 18 Jan 2008 TBS, NBA broaden partnership with digital rights deal - 18 Jan 2008 Italy's Mediaset wins Time Warner, Universal rights - 18 Jan 2008 Elli Hakami is VP, program development, Discovery - 18 Jan 2008 Watch Dish TV on Rail and Cars - 17 Jan 2008 Rohit Bansal elevated as COO, India TV - 17 Jan 2008 UTV's Goal released on DVD - 17 Jan 2008 The Simpsons Movie released in India on DVD - 17 Jan 2008 Viacom names David Sutphen SVP, Govt relations - 17 Jan 2008 Darcy Antonellis promoted as Pres, Warner Bros. Tech Ops - 17 Jan 2008 Twenty20 final 10th most watched TV sports event - 16 Jan 2008 Home Box Office takes majority stake in HBO Asia - 16 Jan 2008 Uma Khurana case: Reporter repeats his allegations - 16 Jan 2008 Balaji to launch The Global Indian TV Honours - 16 Jan 2008 Toonz Animation's Dragonlance releases in US - 16 Jan 2008 Oprah Winfrey, Discovery form new JV 'Own' - 16 Jan 2008 TBS elevates trio of business-unit executives - 16 Jan 2008 Tata Sky bets on IBM's SOA platform - 15 Jan 2008 Star Plus' Bidaai becomes most popular show - 15 Jan 2008 Sony launches Babul Ka Aangann Chootey Na - 15 Jan 2008 Nat Geo Genius quiz show from Jan 19 - 15 Jan 2008 NDTV to reveal 'Indian of the Year' on Jan 17 - 15 Jan 2008 Green World award for NHK at MipTV - 15 Jan 2008 FME announces star studded talent for The BRIT - 15 Jan 2008 Atonement, Sweeney Todd strike gold at Globes - 15 Jan 2008 SET India-WSG bid wins IPL rights for $ 1.026 billion - 14 Jan 2008 Star India & Den form JV to distribute channels - 14 Jan 2008 Indiareit enters into strategic alliance with Inox - 14 Jan 2008 Technicolor to set up animation studio at Bangalore - 14 Jan 2008 Star Plus to launch 'Kaho Na Yaar Hai' on Jan 18 - 14 Jan 2008 SC Mumbai Marathon live on CNBC TV18 & IBN7 - 14 Jan 2008 Esha Broadcast studies Gujarat Elections campaign - 14 Jan 2008 Videocon homes on Gilat Satellite for DTH foray - 11 Jan 2008 Adlabs Cinemas bags Retailer of the Year Award - 11 Jan 2008 Disney's Iger salary rose 7 percent to $27.7 mn - 11 Jan 2008 Golden Globes sponsors plan open news conference - 11 Jan 2008 Sun TV, Tata Sky reach settlement, over channels sharing - 10 Jan 2008 Govt spent Rs 618 cr on ads, HC imposes fine for no reply - 10 Jan 2008 Left Right Left march for old gang - 10 Jan 2008 Big Bazaar launches 'Star Parivaar' collection - 10 Jan 2008 i10 drives away as CNBC-TV18 Autocar Car of the Year - 10 Jan 2008 Mahendra Kapoor releases Shemaroo compilation packs - 10 Jan 2008 Ratatouille, Pirates of the Caribbean released on DVD - 10 Jan 2008 CBS News averts strike with new deal - 10 Jan 2008 Warner Bros. to consolidate domestic distribution - 10 Jan 2008 ProSieben CFO Lanz to leave by mutual consent - 10 Jan 2008 Bindass launches Hass Ley India Comedy Gang War - 09 Jan 2008 Shemaroo to release Bengali film 'Anuranan' in Hindi - 09 Jan 2008 Unison Capital to invest $50 million in Intelsat - 09 Jan 2008 Golden Globe falls victim to Hollywood strike - 09 Jan 2008 MTV's Virtual Laguna Beach wins Emmy Gold - 09 Jan 2008 Ringtone, FM changed musical entertainment - 08 Jan 2008 Big Music releases music of 'Al Risalah' - 08 Jan 2008 CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2007 on January 29 - 08 Jan 2008 Kevin McCormick promoted at Warner Bros. Pictures - 08 Jan 2008 MTV Networks names Jacques Tortoroli as EVP, CFO - 08 Jan 2008 Rajeev Chandrasekhar to be new president of FICCI - 07 Jan 2008 Manick Sorcar's animation show aired by PBS - 07 Jan 2008 BAG Films & Media launches Dahhej on 9X - 07 Jan 2008 Boman Irani anchors quiz show Bollywood Ka Boss - 07 Jan 2008 News Corp acquires 14.58 % in Premiere AG - 07 Jan 2008 Broadcasters condemn rising threats to media freedom - 07 Jan 2008 Year Ender 2007: Year of Dish TV and Tata Sky - 05 Jan 2008 Zee bags satellite rights for Jab We Met, Taare Zameen Par - 05 Jan 2008 Is watching cricket as exciting as it used to be? - 05 Jan 2008 NDTV Profit to launch The Unstoppable Indians series - 05 Jan 2008 Warner Bros. to release DVD titles in Blu-Ray disc - 05 Jan 2008 Sun TV moves TDSAT against TRAI's non-Cas areas tariff - 04 Jan 2008 NDTV Imagine to launch Ramayan series - 04 Jan 2008 9X launches four new show - 04 Jan 2008 Bharti signs MoU with AIFF, to pump in Rs 100 cr - 04 Jan 2008 DTL to air 'A model life with Petra Nemcova' - 04 Jan 2008 Tangerine acquires worldwide rights of Mithya - 04 Jan 2008 The Weather Channel up for sale - 04 Jan 2008 Fox Business draws 6,000 average weekday viewers - 04 Jan 2008 Fox Middle East promotes Rohit D'silva to GM - 04 Jan 2008 FremantleMedia-Variety shows dominate prime time - 04 Jan 2008 Apex court dismisses Star's appeal against TRAI's authority - 03 Jan 2008 Gaurav Seth appointed as business head, VGCS - 03 Jan 2008 FICCI Frames 2008 to be held from March 25-27 - 03 Jan 2008 Expedite availability of Ku transponders, TRAI says - 02 Jan 2008 FTII releases 'Lensight Diploma Films: 2005-06' - 02 Jan 2008 THC to air history of cricket in Face Off - 02 Jan 2008 BBC's animation project Freefonix launches on Jan 04 - 02 Jan 2008 US court - Karaoke companies have to pay more for lyrics - 02 Jan 2008 Letterman returns with union-backed jokes - 02 Jan 2008

Simply South

PMK demands censorship of TV programmes - 29 Jan 2008 Arasu cable TV work put off by three months - 29 Jan 2008 Anupam Kher's Actor Prepares comes to Hyderabad - 28 Jan 2008 Surabhi Lekshmi wins Amrita TV's Best Actor - 28 Jan 2008 Four Telugu news channels coming soon - 25 Jan 2008 Multiplex operators bet big on South India - 25 Jan 2008 G V Films to co-produce docudrama Tapati - 22 Jan 2008 Maa TV launches Shailu emotional drama - 22 Jan 2008 Amrita TV launches Hello Dubai and Hitech Hungama - 22 Jan 2008 Kalaignar TV launches music channel Isai Aruvi - 21 Jan 2008 Pyramid Saimira sponsors FFI's 50th year - 21 Jan 2008 Hyderabad to be first Digital Entertainment City - 19 Jan 2008 Tax claim of Rs 2,000 crore on Martin Lottery Agencies - 19 Jan 2008 Innovative Film City to open by April 2008 - 18 Jan 2008 Kamal Haasan to join forces with Disney for Marma Yogi - 18 Jan 2008 Amrita TV launches Best Citizen Journalist show - 18 Jan 2008 GV Films, Ayngaran buy 'Bheema' rights for Rs 23 cr - 15 Jan 2008 Soundarya Rajnikanth reveals her future plans - 15 Jan 2008 Ayngaran to produce 'Robot' - 14 Jan 2008 Chellamey Nee Yenakku has more to go - 11 Jan 2008 Preethi Yeke.. @ Rs 1 cr, Zee Kannada denies - 11 Jan 2008 Pyramid Saimira inaugurates Brahmin's Kitchen - 11 Jan 2008 Kollywood experiences Corporate Culture - 05 Jan 2008 Kollywood makes its way to TRP ratings - 04 Jan 2008 Vijay TV to launch 3rd season of Jodi No. 1 on Jan 4 - 04 Jan 2008 Maa TV market share stands second in Andhra - 04 Jan 2008 AP, ISB teams up for animation policy framework - 02 Jan 2008

Stocks

ZEEL Q3 revenues at Rs 518.2 cr - 29 Jan 2008 WWIL Q3 revenues at Rs 70.4 cr - 29 Jan 2008 Jagran Prakashan Q3 net profit at Rs 25.93 cr - 29 Jan 2008 Shringar Cinemas Q3 net profit at Rs 3.6 cr - 29 Jan 2008 Deccan Chronicle Q3 net profit at Rs 102.94 cr - 28 Jan 2008 Dish TV Q3 revenues at Rs 112.1 cr - 25 Jan 2008 Zee News Q3 revenues at Rs 95.5 cr - 25 Jan 2008 DQ Entertainment provides exit route to investors - 25 Jan 2008 Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs pick up stake in TIM - 23 Jan 2008 Sun TV Q3 net profit at Rs 102.30 cr - 23 Jan 2008 Inox Leisure Q3 PAT at Rs 6.29 cr - 23 Jan 2008 PVR Cinemas Q3 net profit at Rs 6.11 cr - 23 Jan 2008 Balaji Telefilms Q3 net profit at Rs 18.81 cr - 23 Jan 2008 ENIL Q3 net profit at Rs 8 cr - 23 Jan 2008 Sea TV Network files DRHP with SEBI for IPO - 18 Jan 2008 TV18 to allot 1 crore convertible warrants to Network18 - 18 Jan 2008 Shringar Cinemas allotts 16.87 lakh shares of FCCBs - 18 Jan 2008 Pyramid Saimira to raise $400 million - 17 Jan 2008 HT Media's Q3 PAT at Rs 37 cr - 17 Jan 2008 NDTV's Q3 revenues at Rs 89.5 cr - 17 Jan 2008 Dow Jones Dharma Indexes launched - 16 Jan 2008 South Asia Multimedia picks 6.98 % in South Asia FM - 11 Jan 2008 Kohinoor Broadcasting to acquire Tagore Theatres - 07 Jan 2008 Dish TV seeks FIPB nod for Indivision stake sale - 05 Jan 2008 Compact Disc expects sales turnover of Rs 103 cr - 05 Jan 2008 ZEEL, a stock for your retirement portfolio - 02 Jan 2008 Adlabs Films allots 16 lakh equity shares - 02 Jan 2008 TV18 allots 14 lakh equity shares to Network 18 - 02 Jan 2008

Marcom

WPP acquires Encompass - 29 Jan 2008 India stands second on Nielsen Confidence Index - 29 Jan 2008 Armin Jochum is Cannes Lions Promo jury president - 29 Jan 2008 Wash your hand with soap to kill Flu - 28 Jan 2008 Aditya Birla rebrands Trinethra to more - 28 Jan 2008 Elephant Advertising adds South Asian DirecTV business - 28 Jan 2008 Love Quotes for V-Day by OOH Media - 28 Jan 2008 Noshe Oceanic wins Groversons & Rohtas Ventures - 28 Jan 2008 Max augments 'deewana bana de' brand proposition - 25 Jan 2008 Sandeep Madan appointed as EVP, Rediffusion Delhi - 25 Jan 2008 TBWA India ropes in Rajesh Kochhar - 25 Jan 2008 FritoLay ropes in Dhoni as brand ambassador - 25 Jan 2008 Fest O'Comm: Serendipity makes marketing a reality - 25 Jan 2008 Study underscores critical & evolving role of CCO - 25 Jan 2008 2008 global ad spend in media to rise 6.8% - 25 Jan 2008 Ford Fiesta launches new performance TVC - 24 Jan 2008 Ad Age names Tribal DDB as Global Agency Network - 24 Jan 2008 Tata Tea forays into OOH beverage segment - 24 Jan 2008 Singapore to host World Effie Festival 2008 - 24 Jan 2008 HBO promotes Quentin Schaffer to EVP, communications - 24 Jan 2008 India to have 500 Channels by 2009 - Lintas Media - 23 Jan 2008 Marcio Salem named Cannes Lions direct jury president - 23 Jan 2008 TNS launches 6thdimension services in Latin America - 23 Jan 2008 Deccan Chronicle appoints Maxus for media duties - 22 Jan 2008 Priyanka Chopra to wear 'Killer' brand jeans - 22 Jan 2008 Arti Jaiswal is Sales head (North & East), 94.3 MY FM - 22 Jan 2008 McCann Erickson bags Maya Academy creative duties - 21 Jan 2008 CII's Brand Summit 2008 at Hyderabad - 19 Jan 2008 Percept wins at ABCI Awards for communication - 19 Jan 2008 Rediffusion bags creative duties of LG Electronics - 18 Jan 2008 Xerox unveils new identity to maintain its advantage - 18 Jan 2008 10-year extension to business licence in China for TNS - 18 Jan 2008 Meera Sharath Chandra is President, RMG Connect - 17 Jan 2008 Twenty20 best platform for beverage brands - 17 Jan 2008 Sue Kroll named President, Mar, Warner Bros. Pictures - 17 Jan 2008 Sandip Tarkas joins as President, Customer Strategy, Future Group - 16 Jan 2008 Colleen DeCourcy to chair Cannes Lions cyber jury - 16 Jan 2008 Qualcomm appoints Jeff Jacobs as marketing chief - 16 Jan 2008 Ambika Nehru joins as ECD, Rediffusion | DYR - 14 Jan 2008 Bombay Adclub screens Cannes Lions 2007 - 14 Jan 2008 Hakuhodo, PDM join forces with Maruti for Auto Expo - 14 Jan 2008 Contract Advertising on board for Whirlpool India - 11 Jan 2008 News 24 ropes in Rajesh Jathar as regional ad sales head - 11 Jan 2008 Lodestar appoints Alistair Martin as Media Controller - 11 Jan 2008 Canara Bank says, 'We all change for the ones we love' - 10 Jan 2008 ASCI clears 'misleading ad' of Pril Liquid - 09 Jan 2008 Idiom designs logo for Commonwealth Games - 09 Jan 2008 Veta appoints O&M as its creative agency - 09 Jan 2008 Central Railway to sell itself as marketing medium - 08 Jan 2008 JWT India revamps senior management structure - 08 Jan 2008 Good Value for Money, influences Indian consumers - 08 Jan 2008 Sun TV Network increase its ad rates - 07 Jan 2008 Publicitas Digital to provide online sales for Reuters India - 07 Jan 2008 Brenda Freeman named CMO, Turner Animation - 07 Jan 2008 MTV, Vodafone join hands for marketing solutions - 05 Jan 2008 Sandeep Tiwari joins Dish TV as deputy VP, Marketing - 03 Jan 2008 Ramesh Srivats, Partho Sengupta quit Rediffusion - 03 Jan 2008 DNA appoints Isshu Bhalla as EVP, Revenue - 03 Jan 2008 Phoenix Mills appoints RMG Connect as its marketing agency - 02 Jan 2008 Mavcomm to handle communications for Auto Expo - 02 Jan 2008 Sandeep Lakhina appointed as MD, Starcom Worldwide-India - 02 Jan 2008 Thomas Xavier promoted as Chairman, Orchard Advertising - 02 Jan 2008 Rajesh Kumar promoted as Sales Head, NDTV Convergence - 02 Jan 2008 Arvind Saxena promoted as SVP, Marketing, Hyundai India - 02 Jan 2008 TNS-Gallup survey - "India 8th most optimistic country" - 02 Jan 2008 Sonia Borris promoted as SVP, Marketing, Warner Bros. - 02 Jan 2008

On Radio

Sun TV launches radio station in Kanpur - 28 Jan 2008 Radio City looks to music, masala & humour - 24 Jan 2008 Big FM launches in Rourkela - 22 Jan 2008 Radio Mirchi launching soon in Thiruvananthapuram - 19 Jan 2008