June 2008

Headlines

NDTV Lumière ties-up with Excel Home Videos - 30 Jun 2008 India Today & Axel Springer to launch Auto Bild in India - 30 Jun 2008 FTII to expand its courses and campus - 27 Jun 2008 HomeShop18 to sell Love Story 2050 merchandise - 27 Jun 2008 Steven Teplitz joins Time Warner Cable as SVP - 27 Jun 2008 Turner International India aims for theatrical success - 26 Jun 2008 Arun Anant quits UTVi as its CEO - 26 Jun 2008 K Sanjay Prabhu elevated as MD, Radio Indigo - 26 Jun 2008 Business Bhaskar launches in Bhopal - 26 Jun 2008 CNN Chile presents its team, prepares for launch - 26 Jun 2008 Emmy organizers unveil top 10 comedies, dramas list - 26 Jun 2008 DQ Entertainment plans production unit in Siliguri - 25 Jun 2008 Big FM to launch in Singapore with MediaCorp deal - 25 Jun 2008 Clive Milner is COO, News International - 25 Jun 2008 Discovery Channel rated No. 1 in importance - 25 Jun 2008 E-City Ventures to put up 550 multiplexs by 2011 - 20 Jun 2008 CNE launches Love Story 2050 merchandise - 20 Jun 2008 Marathi film industry growing drastically in recent past - 20 Jun 2008 Red FM & Planet M to celebrate World Music Day - 20 Jun 2008 PWC: Media companies need to accommodate changes - 20 Jun 2008 David Kaplan named SVP, Warner Bros. Entertainment - 20 Jun 2008 Star Majha celebrates 1st anniversary with special shows - 20 Jun 2008 Dish TV ropes in Vinay Agarwal as its CEO - 20 Jun 2008 Robin Schwartz is president, Oprah Winfrey Network - 20 Jun 2008 WWIL to use AsiaSat 4 C-band transponders for HITS - 19 Jun 2008 Ashok Chawla replaces Asha Swarup as secretary, I&B ministry - 19 Jun 2008 Dish TV ropes in Salil Kapoor as COO - 19 Jun 2008 NDTV Imagine launches in Middle East & North Africa - 19 Jun 2008 Veteran journalist Barun Sengupta dies - 19 Jun 2008 Pyramid Saimira ropes in Sushil Borkar as VP - 19 Jun 2008 American Idol on DVDs via Worldwide Home Entertainment - 19 Jun 2008 Discovery Channel rated No. 1 media brand - 19 Jun 2008 Sharmista Rijhwani quits Sahara One as CEO - 18 Jun 2008 Reliance Big Broadcasting joins Asiasat 3S - 18 Jun 2008 Indian music industry shrinking dramatically - 18 Jun 2008 Indian films churn out to brand themselves - 18 Jun 2008 AsiaSat signs lease deal with Chitkara - 18 Jun 2008 East India setting pace for Animation hub - 17 Jun 2008 The Happening grosses $63.6 mn worldwide - 17 Jun 2008 Frost & Sullivan, Terrapinn recognise Intelsat - 17 Jun 2008 CASBAA convention in Hong Kong during October 28-30 - 17 Jun 2008 MTV's Parel office attacked by Sikhs - 16 Jun 2008 INX Media channels to launch in Middle East - 16 Jun 2008 Comcast to sign carriage deal with Big Ten Network - 16 Jun 2008 Sharada Sunder is president, Real Global Broadcasting - 16 Jun 2008 Amee Sanghvi joins INX Studio as VP & creative head - 16 Jun 2008 Cinemax Nagpur goofs up on first day of launch - 16 Jun 2008 Broadcasters offer channels to IPTV players at DTH rates - 13 Jun 2008 NBC's Meet the Press host Tim Russert dies - 13 Jun 2008 Warner Bros signs distribution deals with preferred partners - 13 Jun 2008 Discovery ropes in Julie Robertson as VP, domestic licensing - 13 Jun 2008 IIMC will be upgraded as international media university - 12 Jun 2008 Sun TV's SFM launches in Shillong - 12 Jun 2008 Big FM partners Love Story 2050 for promotion - 12 Jun 2008 Big TV to launch its DTH services by June end - 12 Jun 2008 Meteorological department to launch Weather channel - 12 Jun 2008 India TV lodges complaint against India News - 12 Jun 2008 HBO partners with comedy company Funny or Die - 12 Jun 2008 NVCP announces new senior management roles - 12 Jun 2008 Dish TV, ESPN join hands for new scheme - 11 Jun 2008 AMap data: Kya Aap Panchvi rules the Indian television - 11 Jun 2008 Red Mike comes to Kolkata - 11 Jun 2008 Yash Raj Films, Dubai Infinity to build entertainment district - 11 Jun 2008 Gary Davey is COO, News Corp Stations Europe - 11 Jun 2008 Susan Lyne quits Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia - 11 Jun 2008 Media looses social responsibility in Aarushi case - 11 Jun 2008 France' AV2P to use Wasp3D graphics systems - 11 Jun 2008 BBC Global News maintains 233 mn audience - 11 Jun 2008 CIT: Pay taxes for live cricket matches - 11 Jun 2008 Star appoints Sumo as Country head, ME, Africa & Pakistan - 10 Jun 2008 Miditech ropes in Sachin Mohite as creative director - 10 Jun 2008 Marooned prediction: Sahara Mumbai in trouble - 10 Jun 2008 BBC works on government-media relation during disasters - 10 Jun 2008 NVCP to launch iCarly consumer products - 10 Jun 2008 UT Starcom appoints Peter Blackmore as CEO - 10 Jun 2008 Hubert Burda & HT Media form joint printing venture - 09 Jun 2008 DNA launches its Jaipur edition - 09 Jun 2008 Chandamama launches three new comics - 09 Jun 2008 After IPL, Bollywood shines back - 09 Jun 2008 Disney Consumers Products ramps up Indian presence - 09 Jun 2008 Neelam Dhawan joins as MD, HP India - 09 Jun 2008 Euronews positions itself as Pure news channel - 09 Jun 2008 Hubert Burda & HT Media planning joint printing venture? - 06 Jun 2008 Essel adopts SAP as platform of choice - 06 Jun 2008 Brian Murray promoted as CEO, HarperCollins - 06 Jun 2008 Philip Jenner is VP, Govt relations, Viacom Europe - 06 Jun 2008 Detecon Al Saudia signs deal with Intelsat - 06 Jun 2008 Star goes merchandising with Parivaar Brand Showcase - 04 Jun 2008 Delhi HC grants No relief to Tata Sky in Dish TV case - 04 Jun 2008 Delhi HC issues notice to Yahoo on T-Series petition - 04 Jun 2008 I&B Ministry accepts TRAI's Satellite Radio Policy - 04 Jun 2008 AsiaSat, Vintage Studio in lease deal for Ayur Living India - 04 Jun 2008 E&Y survey: FM stations optimistic about growth - 04 Jun 2008 Toonz Academy expands to Ahmedabad & Indore - 04 Jun 2008 Big Animation installs Foundry Networks switches - 04 Jun 2008 Dinesh Jain promoted as CEO, Zee Turner - 03 Jun 2008 Prasar Bharati employees call off 'tool down' strike - 03 Jun 2008 World record: Leh on FM network now - 03 Jun 2008 Reliance Big Entertainment to release Karzzz - 03 Jun 2008 CSR: Star, FedEx aid China's earthquake survivors - 03 Jun 2008 Gail MacKinnon joins Time Warner Cable as EVP - 03 Jun 2008 CNN's Fareed Zakaria launches new news program - 03 Jun 2008 Price war: Tata Sky slashes monthly subscription rates - 02 Jun 2008 Dasmunsi: Electronic media not affecting print media - 02 Jun 2008 Warner Bros Pictures India to fund animation film - 02 Jun 2008 Animation makes things come Alive - 02 Jun 2008 Sun TV's SFM launches in Gulbarga, Asansol - 02 Jun 2008 Radio One believes that humour state a business truth - 02 Jun 2008 Eros sets release dates for God Tussi Great Ho & Drona - 02 Jun 2008 Shemaroo licenses 25 Osho discourses - 02 Jun 2008 Fire blazes Universal Studios in Los Angeles - 02 Jun 2008 Sex and the City storms US box office - 02 Jun 2008

Boardroom

Sun TV FY'08 net profit at Rs 326.69 crore - 30 Jun 2008 Deccan Chronicle FY'08 net sales at Rs 895 crore - 30 Jun 2008 Pyramid Saimira Theatre FY'08 PAT at Rs 57.87 crore - 30 Jun 2008 HDIL makes BIL open offer at Rs 36.50 per share - 27 Jun 2008 BAG Films FY'08 net profit at Rs 4.18 crore - 27 Jun 2008 News Corp to take NDS private via Permira funding - 27 Jun 2008 News Corp may bid for Premiere AG and Digital+ - 26 Jun 2008 HDIL acquires Broadcast Initiatives - 25 Jun 2008 Warburg Pincus to invest Rs 276 crore in Laqshya Media - 25 Jun 2008 Eros considers listing of domestic operations - 25 Jun 2008 TV Today FY08 net profit at Rs 43.55 crore - 25 Jun 2008 Prannoy Roy offloads 2% in NDTV for Rs 56.5 crore - 20 Jun 2008 DreamWorks may close financing from Reliance - 18 Jun 2008 MosChip Semiconductor buys Indigita - 18 Jun 2008 B. K. Modi set to acquire 39 % in Multi Screen Media - 18 Jun 2008 Dish TV Q4'08 revenues at Rs 136.4 crore - 18 Jun 2008 WWIL Q4'08 revenues at Rs 75.54 crore - 18 Jun 2008 Compact Disc India business model rests with animation - 16 Jun 2008 Jivox closes $10.7 million series A financing - 16 Jun 2008 New York Times to buy 5 % stake in Sieger Solutions - 13 Jun 2008 FDI comes marching in Indian media sector - 13 Jun 2008 Discovery appoints Brad Singer as CFO - 13 Jun 2008 Bertelsmann seeks $1.5 bn to Sony-BMG pull out - 12 Jun 2008 Discovery restructures, goes ahead for public listing - 06 Jun 2008 Sony Pictures Entertainment acquires 2waytraffic - 06 Jun 2008 ICICI, JP Morgan to invest Rs 120 crores in PVR Pictures - 05 Jun 2008 EC extends review of News Corp's bid to acquire Premiere - 05 Jun 2008 Globe Cast acquires Pacific Century Matrix - 05 Jun 2008 PVR Q4 net profit at Rs 2.7 cr - 04 Jun 2008 Online gaming firm Turbine raises $40 million in equity - 04 Jun 2008 Aegis acquires digital marketing agency AdWatch - 04 Jun 2008 GFK-TNS merger of equals worth $4 billion - 03 Jun 2008 Intelsat CFO Jeffrey Freimark quits - 03 Jun 2008 BCCL buys Virgin Radio Holdings for $106 million - 02 Jun 2008 News Corp completes acquisition of TV Riga - 02 Jun 2008 Carl Icahn buys $1.5 billion of Yahoo shares - 02 Jun 2008

Tele-Talk

Discovery to launch Ultimate Olympics from July 14 - 27 Jun 2008 CNBC-TV 18 & IBM join hands for Innovation at Work - 27 Jun 2008 Its time for Friday Premieres on World Movies - 27 Jun 2008 Zee Muzic to launch Unplugged & Salt and Pepper shows - 26 Jun 2008 Vh1 bets high for its Dance 101 initiative - 26 Jun 2008 NGC India to launch three new shows - 25 Jun 2008 Entourage season 3 on HBO from June 30 - 25 Jun 2008 Its time for Wednesday Westerns on World Movies - 25 Jun 2008 Its 'shanivaar ki raat sitaaron ke saath' on Zee Cinema - 20 Jun 2008 Sab TV's Left Right Left goes comedy - 18 Jun 2008 NDTV 24X7 to air two Oscar nominated documentaries - 18 Jun 2008 CNN checks racism in sport through special series - 18 Jun 2008 Star One to launch Zara Nachke Dikha dance reality - 16 Jun 2008 Its martial arts weekend time on World Movies - 16 Jun 2008 Shah Rukh Khan is Nick's Kewlest Dad - 16 Jun 2008 NDTV Profit launches modified Money Mantra show - 12 Jun 2008 Love Is In The Air for Firangi channel - 12 Jun 2008 Bones returns on Star World from June 11 - 09 Jun 2008 Bindass launches Dadagiri reality show - 09 Jun 2008 CNBC-TV18 to air four-part series Lessons in Excellence - 06 Jun 2008 Bindass launches comedy show Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - 06 Jun 2008 Colors unveiles Jai Shri Krishna & Balika Vadhu - 04 Jun 2008 Zee TV to launch Ek Se Badhkar Ek on June 7 - 04 Jun 2008 NDTV launches India's Environmentalist reality show - 04 Jun 2008 MTV to launch On The Job 2 from June 8 - 04 Jun 2008 Sonali Kulkarni to host Star Majha's So Kool show - 04 Jun 2008 Can 10 Ka Dum bring fortunes for Sony TV - 03 Jun 2008 Kahaani Hamaaray Mahabharat Ki coming soon on 9X - 03 Jun 2008 Filmy buys 10 titles from Multi Screen Media - 02 Jun 2008 UTV Movies to air interesting films this June & July - 02 Jun 2008 Star One pulls Annu Ki Ho.., launches Dial-A-Smile - 02 Jun 2008 Channel [V]'s Get Gorgeous season 5 begins May 16 - 14 May 2008

Simply South

Arasu Cable to roll out from Thanjavur - 30 Jun 2008 Kollywood spends on technology to fight piracy - 30 Jun 2008 Big FM launches music of Astha Chamma film - 30 Jun 2008 Camaraderie emerging between Jayalalithaa and Maran's - 27 Jun 2008 Vijay TV to launch Super Singer 2008 from July 7 - 27 Jun 2008 Amrita TV to air Classic Kathakal from June 30 - 27 Jun 2008 Raj TV Network launches Tamil news channel Raj News - 25 Jun 2008 Zee Kannada enters the Limca Book of World Records - 25 Jun 2008 Radio Mirchi is an clear leader in Thiruvananthapuram - 25 Jun 2008 Arasu Cable to begin operations from July 15 - 20 Jun 2008 Tamil channel war moves to Kollywood - 18 Jun 2008 Living room multiplex fever catches in South - 18 Jun 2008 Chiranjeevi news not so good for Telugu news channels - 18 Jun 2008 IHT and Financial Chronicle enter business news deal - 17 Jun 2008 TDSAT dismisses RCV petition seeking Sun TV signals - 16 Jun 2008 Now, cable operators association against RCV - 16 Jun 2008 Adlabs opens its first cinema in Pondicherry - 16 Jun 2008 RCV U-turn: Moves TRAI to get Sun TV channels - 13 Jun 2008 Kalaignar TV bags Dasavatharam satellite rights - 13 Jun 2008 Hitting fact: Out of 49 Tamil films, 3 make money - 13 Jun 2008 Sun TV continues off air in Madurai - 12 Jun 2008 Sanguine completes in-film advertising for Kuselan - 12 Jun 2008 Farnell Electronics targets Rs 100 crore revenue - 12 Jun 2008 RCV Effect: Sun TV off air in Madurai - 11 Jun 2008 Adlabs ties up with KG Cinemas in Coimbatore - 11 Jun 2008 Suresh Iyer is Regional director, South, Big FM - 11 Jun 2008 Royal Cable Vision takes on Sumangali Cable Vision - 10 Jun 2008 Chennai prefers multiplexes, rather single screens - 05 Jun 2008 Jagan Reddy: Sakshi valued at Rs 3,500 crores - 03 Jun 2008 Cable Operators not ready to sign with Arasu Corp - 03 Jun 2008 Tamil Nadu asks operators to support Arasu Corp - 02 Jun 2008 Media attacks condemned in Hyderabad - 02 Jun 2008 Zee Kannada brought cheerleaders for Karnataka polls - 02 Jun 2008

Sports

Beijing Olympic Games: AsiaSat contracted by Eurovision - 30 Jun 2008 ESS retains Asia Cup title to promote Star Cricket - 20 Jun 2008 '1983: India's World Cup' documentary relives the glory - 17 Jun 2008 Sports as entertainment is here to stay, with Euro 2008 - 16 Jun 2008 WWE, Ten Sports renew TV rights deal till 2014 - 16 Jun 2008 HC bans operators from unauthorised telecast of Euro 2008 - 16 Jun 2008 Ten Sports to air Hong Kong Cricket Sixes - 12 Jun 2008 Neo Sports to air Le Mans 24 hour race on June 14 - 12 Jun 2008 Castrol teams up with Eurosport for Euro 2008 - 11 Jun 2008 After IPL, tri nation series to thrill - 05 Jun 2008 Castrol launches Asian Cricket Awards - 05 Jun 2008 BCCI, UB Group to honor 1983 World Cup winners - 04 Jun 2008 Mudra, Future Group bat beyond boardroom - 04 Jun 2008 IPL finale: To become biggest TV spectacle ? - 02 Jun 2008 IPL finale: Its cricketainment stupid - 02 Jun 2008 Shane Watson is IPL's most valuable player - 22 May 2008

MarCom

NDTV Media is sales partner for UFO Moviez India - 30 Jun 2008 Everest bets on technology front for new opportunities - 30 Jun 2008 Bluecasting earns its stripes with media plan placing - 30 Jun 2008 Turtle Ltd appoints Rediffusion for brand strategy - 30 Jun 2008 Draft-FCB Ulka ropes in Chax as its NCD - 27 Jun 2008 Text100 announces APAC Blogger Survey results - 27 Jun 2008 Agency Republic wins at BBC Global News marketing hunt - 27 Jun 2008 Maneesh Mathur promoted as COO, P9 Integrated - 26 Jun 2008 Optima appoints Murali Krishnan as VP - 26 Jun 2008 MICORE appoints Dr. Ang Peng Hwa as visiting dean - 26 Jun 2008 Star appoints Ron Plante as SVP, research - 25 Jun 2008 Idea Cellular is title sponsor for India-Sri Lanka series - 25 Jun 2008 Lafarge ropes in M S Dhoni as its brand ambassador - 25 Jun 2008 Videocon appoints Publicis Ambience for DTH venture - 20 Jun 2008 It's all in the mind, why I&B ministry bans ads ? - 18 Jun 2008 JWT's Jitender Dabas wins Atticus Award 2007 - 18 Jun 2008 Divya Dixit joins Channel [V] as AVP, marketing - 18 Jun 2008 Cannes 2008: JWT wins Grand Prix for Lead India - 17 Jun 2008 Vivek Malhotra joins UTVi as VP, marketing - 17 Jun 2008 Mudra South wins Amrutanjan account - 17 Jun 2008 JWT's Mythili Chandrasekar bags Patricia Mann Award - 17 Jun 2008 MCI acquires Megaron agency - 17 Jun 2008 Mudra wins Empresaria account - 16 Jun 2008 Dainik Bhaskar signs Dhoni as its brand ambassador - 16 Jun 2008 R K Swamy BBDO Guide for right media implementation - 16 Jun 2008 Everest wins Mount Shivalik Breweries brand building - 16 Jun 2008 PROI draws three new partner agencies - 16 Jun 2008 Aegis Group acquires Communicate2 - 13 Jun 2008 IMX's Shyam Shanker joins BCCL - 13 Jun 2008 Ad Club Madras hosts its first Gyan Series - 13 Jun 2008 Google, Yahoo form search advertising partnership - 13 Jun 2008 Synovate launches customer experience practice - 13 Jun 2008 Old ads, in new media environment - 12 Jun 2008 Ashish Bhasin quits Lowe to join Aegis Media - 12 Jun 2008 Future Bazaar scouts for creative agency - 12 Jun 2008 Vdopia signs ad deal with ZoomTV.in - 11 Jun 2008 My FM appoints R K Swamy BBDO to handle creative duties - 11 Jun 2008 Muthoot Group appoints Carat to handle media duties - 11 Jun 2008 O&M starts Meridian Communications operations in Delhi - 11 Jun 2008 Naina Toor Singh joins Neo Sports as promotions head - 11 Jun 2008 Pratap Bose quits O&M India to join Mudra - 10 Jun