Indiantelevision.com's Headlines Archives - 2007
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Headlines in the month of May
 
* NDTV UK subsidiary raises $100 million ahead of IPO
* Nimbus to telecast Ireland ODIs
* Govt. clears INX FDI proposal
* In House Productions takes reverse merger route to list on BSE, plans 3 channels
* Zeel to launch Marathi movie channel Zee Talkies
* Apple TV to stream YouTube content
* Teen Talk addresses adolescent obesity online
* UTV's 'Life in a Metro' screenplay wins invite to Oscar library
* Wondershare releases video converter
* B.A.G Films appoints programming and distribution heads
* Animax to premiere 'Initial D - Second Stage' on 31 May
* Mendelsohn to get award at Banff World TV Festival
* Gearhouse Broadcast to launch new website
* ACC awards Afro Asia rights to ESPN Star Sports
* Eros International honoured at Bollywood Awards
* CNN-IBN has its 'Eye on Goa'
( 31 May 2007 )
* Radio Today launches Meow 104.8 FM
* UTStarcom to use Optibase IPTV solutions
* Nokia Siemens Networks bags Aircel contract
* now TV to screen Channel [V] Taiwan in Hong Kong
* Pixion names David Crawford as VFX head in India
* BBC World News channel launches on YouTube
* Trix Rabbit visits kids at Prithvi Theatre festival
* IIFA to showcase world premiere of ‘The Train’
* Adobe Systems updates Camera Raw 4.1
* ZTE to promote product awareness on VAS
* 11 new FM radio channels become operational
* Educational Adventures, Kidde join hands for 'Danger Rangers' branding
* Seven Media to launch Tivo in Australia
* The History Channel to launch in South East Asia on 15 June
* Sydus, IMI launch India's 1st music mrktng digital platform
* Sports TV market to kick off in Monaco on 15 October
* ICC meeting to discuss on cricket schedule
* Accenture to recruit at Aerosmith's Bangalore concert
* Osian's, IOS acquire Delhi football club
* BBC contracts Capita Group for UK's first digital switchover
* Zee scraps offshore cricket deal with BCCI; India-SA series in doubt
* Essel Group sets up wellness biz in US; Kapuria to head
* Osian's and IOS acquire Delhi football club
( 30 May 2007 )
* 'Sivaji' TV rights sold to Kalaignar TV
* Cable operators banned by militant outfit in J & K
* Disney's 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End' hits global box office record with $401 million
* Wage boards for journalists to submit report in 3 years
* Miditech ropes in Sandip Khosla as CFO
* Ten Sports in multi-year deal with Intelsat
* Manipal Group forays into healthcare retail
* MTV announces nominees for 'Youth Icon' 2007
* Voom HD Ntks appoints David Alworth as VP operations
* Irdeto, SafeNet to launch solution for CAS and DRM
* Trai directs cable ops to carry DD channels
* Bharat Ranga appointed head of Zee's international business
( 29 May 2007 )
* Maa TV plans to launch 3 Telugu channels
* Munnabhai, Rang de basanti, Dhoom 2 steal show at Bollywood awards
* Hungama partners du to bring 'Spiderman 3' to cellphones in UAE
* 'Pirates' poised to break current box-office records
* Discovery kicks off new series 'Future Car'
* New season of 'Most Amazing Moments' on Nat Geo
* Palador acquires 300 films at Cannes
* Tegic introduces Xda Zinc with XT9 mobile interface
* Bhaskar Group launches My FM in Bhopal
* Airtel to offer voice chat for fixed-line users
* Bournvita hosts All India Junior Badminton Tournament
* Nick launches 'The Adventures of Uncle Max' on comedy block
* Radio Mirchi Bangalore adds two jockeys in first RJ Hunt
* Tune tec releases new website
* VTU launches Interactive VSAT channel
* Indian Idol 3 to begin with piano rounds
* Insat-4B to be commissioned 8 June
* Google launches cross-language search
* Kannada TV program transmission silver jubilee on 21 June
* The Weinstein Company focusses on the direct-to-video business
* Popularity of online video growing in the US
* NBC Universal gets on board for a greener future
* 'Memporul', the last story of Vijay TV's 'you pick your mega'
* Gameloft comes out with mobile 'Shrek 3' game
* CBS partners community sites
* Viacom's Bet Networks launches home entertainment division
* Advantest introduces T6373 LCD driver test system
* Adlabs in expansion mode: launches 2nd Pune property
( 28 May 2007 )
* BBC Hindi radio programme gets runner up Asia-Pacific award
* Balaji Telefilms to invest Rs 1.5 billion in JV with Star
* Amrita TV's 'Super Dancer' to be on dual time band
* Zee gaining on Star; Saath Phere displaces Kasautii as No. 3 soap
* Sristi Cable to get Zee signal from 29 May
* Star News says 'Main Hoon Na' to all consumers
* Ofcom orders Channel 4 to air apologies over 'Big Brother'
* NGC to air 'Penguins' film on Sunday
* Arguments over in Neo Sports pricing case, verdict after 1 July
* Japanese broadcaster Wowow licenses ABC's show 'Criminal Minds'
* Sling Media, Microsoft to reveal digital content at Banff
* Big 92.7 FM launches in Goa
* CNN to enhance online offering
* Zonemedia launches new media division
* BBC reaches out to 233 million viewers
* Animax to launch in Germany
* Taj TV to offer transmission facility to City 7 TV in Dubai
( 26 May 2007 )
* Government lifts ban on FTV
* Big 92.7 FM launches two shows
* Miditech in restructuring exercise; appoints Joseph as Delhi biz head
* Rock band 'menwhopause' in Radio City 91.1 FM
* Radio Mirchi celebrates Karan Johar's birthday in 'Koffee' style
* Seagate launches lifestyle digital data storage product
* Increased TV consumption unhealthy for kids: study
* One97 Comms, HP partner for enhanced voice solutions
* Time Asia wins six awards for editorial excellence at Sopa
* Internal probe into blank programme tapes for DD Urdu
* MSN India partners with BBC Hindi
( 25 May 2007 )
* BskyB's purchase of ITV stake under govt scrutiny
* DD Direct to shift to Insat-4B in June
* Amazon.com announces 'Harry Potter Amazon Kid Correspondent' contest
* National Academy of TV Arts & Sciences gets new prez
* ETC in makeover mode, to launch shows
* Regionalisation to spur growth in TV
* TDSAT orders ETV to give digital feed to Ortel
* Hathway faces disconnection, to pay Zee Turner
* Indian multiplexes opening up to world cinema
* Microsoft to offer Indians customized email ids
* Jagjit Singh Kohli quits WWIL; Deepak Chandnani is CEO
* Jordin Sparks wins 'American Idol', record 74 million votes cast
( 24 May 2007 )
* Telecom services bunched under one head for service tax
* Pogo unveils 'Blazing Yoyo' collection; to launch 'Blazing Teens' in June
* NDTV open to dilute 10%, raise Rs 4 bn
* SET India promotes Rohit Gupta as president for network sales, licensing & telephony
* ESS-ICC contract yet to be signed: report
* Radio Mirchi launches in Goa
* ZTE clinches first CDMA contract with UTG
* Disney-ABC Intl Television renews licensing agreement with Studio 23
* CNN, Internet Broadcasting enter news, advertising relationship
* IPTV revenues to reach $12 billion by 2013
* Game publisher Electronic Arts to buy 15% in Chinese firm
* Moser Baer develops innovations in Blu Ray disc technology
* Banff World Television Festival to recognise Gilbert Rozon
* Prasar Bharati employees wait for August deadline
* Yatra Online ties up with Hughes
* Joost ties up with Creative Artists Agency
* NDTV Q4 revenue up 27.5% at Rs 676 million
* Mipcom to create new category awards
* CBS' Leslie Moonves is Mipcom's Personality of the Year
* Hallmark bags rights for 'Oprah Winfrey Show' in Asia
* IIC to kick off 'Soccer Star' reality hunt
* E-City Films to distribute Telugu remake of 'Lage raho Munnabhai'
* Disney, TF1 Vision conclude VoD deal
* Doordarshan completes digitalisation of 17 studios
* Hit Ent. promotes Byrne to head new global consumer products group
( 23 May 2007 )
* GBN to be TV18's arm for JV with Viacom
* Sony's 80GB PS3 to offer VoD
* Disney-ABC Intl. TV extends multi-genre deal with MediaCorp TV
* MTNL launches world's first Convergent Voice SMS from Kirusa
* Disney Japan elevates Paul Candland to MD
* Studio 18 partners Virgin Comics for horror properties in film, TV, games & publishing
* Delhi High Court dismisses Time Warner, Columbia Pictures injunction plea
* Webaroo launches free group SMS
* BBC World signs sponsorship deal with Credit Suisse for 'Visionaries' series
* DD to launch eight channels on mobile on 23 May
* Vodafone brings two low-cost mobiles
* Neo Sports distribution VP Hitesh Sabharwal resigns
* India TV national ad sales head Kanta Advani quits
( 22 May 2007 )
* TV18, Viacom to sign joint venture: report
* Media stocks up as Sensex soars
* Raj TV names new channel after DMK leader
* Google to digitalise Indian manuscripts
* Journalists wage board soon, says PM
* Eros partners with YouTube to launch Bollywood channel
* Trai initiates Cas tariff regime relook
* Motorola to acquire Modulus video for IPTV solutions
* Localisation fuels regional press growth
* Zapak launches Zuma game
* Disney to unveil 'Pirates' publishing program across US
* DD commences series on great masters of art
* BBC Entertainment brings Derren Brown to Asia
* Rukin Kizilbash appointed Taj Television India head
* Prasar Bharati gets telecast rights of military world games
* Disney-ABC Intl Television offers 11 new shows for the global market
* SRS Labs' audio technologies finds favour among flat panel TV makers
* Cartoon Network gets Anna Kournikova to promote healthy lifestyles
* CAG slates DD accounts mismanagement
* AZN recognises Asian work in TV, film
* MGM to build lifestyle centre in Shanghai
* JVC to launch second generation high-speed LCD TV technology
* Reliance ADA appoints Mahesh Ramanathan as motion picture production head
( 21 May 2007 )
* MCCS applies for uplinking license under Star Marathi
* Aventail launches mobile SSL VPN for smartphones
* 7 Seas Technologies launches online gaming portal
* Microsoft buys online ad firm for $6 billion
* DD to show Test match highlights
* DD lost Rs 615 milion in faulty cricket telecast bid in 2004: CAG
* Disney to donate $3 million to Make-A-Wish Foundation from 'Pirates' world premiere
* Net video-to-TV solutions to touch $1.5 bn revenue by 2012
* Online TV firm Veoh signs up content partners
* Tivo launches Universal Swivel Search
* Star, Artificial Life to develop, distribute mobile games across Asia
* Panasonic introduces Blu-Ray disc player
* Fox renews '24' for two more seasons
* ESPN launches video podcasting
* Dori Media sells telenovela worth $2.6 mn at MipTV
* Amazon launches podcasts network
( 19 May 2007 )
* Majority of Prasar Bharati employees want to go back to govt: Survey
* PDM International bags rights for Lanka-Pak series
* Cayin to release digital signage players
* Metro rakes in Rs 65 million in four days
* I&B not aware of home ministry's view on AL Jazeera
* Vivendi Visual Ent. inks DVD deal for 'Mustard Pancakes'
* New Madonna song available exclusively on LiveEarth.MSN.com
* Disney, MySpace give fans a 'Piratized' avatar
* PC World names itasveer.com as best Indian website in digital photo printing
* Channel [v] presents Get Gorgeous
( 18 May 2007 )
* Zee News Ltd open to acquisitions
* Tdsat directs MSO to pay more to Zee Turner
* 'Indian Idol 3' gets 27 mn viewers in opening episodes
* Pogo to introduce English feed of 'Galli Galli Sim Sim' to Southern markets
* Telecom attracts Rs 118 billion FDI inflows
* National mission for education through ICT soon
* Pogo to introduce English feed of 'Galli Galli Sim Sim' to Southern markets
* Cartoon Network to kick off 'Pokemon - Master Quest' in Tamil & Telugu
* General Mills pairs Trix rabbit with Spiderman in India
* ENIL Q4 income up 41% at Rs 464 million
* BroadcastAsia 2007 to focus on IPTV
* UFO appoints Makarand Karanjkar as chief technology officer
* Digital revolution should spread to all sections of society: KI-Moon
* Limelight to provide flash video for MyToons.com
* IT-specific SEZs to turn India into telecom hub
* DD favoured Bollywood producers through excess royalty:CAG
( 17 May 2007 )
* Dalal Street remains cool to Sun scrip
* Cartoon network now available on Hutch, Airtel, Spice Telecom, and BPL
* Ripley’s, Louis Tussauds Wax`Museum and Guinness to feature in Bangalore’s Innovative Film City
* SC issues notices to TataSky and Asianet in two seminal cases
* Balaji Telefilms Q4 net profit up 37 % to Rs 212 million
* UTV withdraws partnership with Palador for world cinema venture
* Yahoo! launches oneSearch Beta in India
* Radio City launches English show
* Zee to launch afternoon daily 'Meri Doli Tere Angana' on 21 May
* No move to increase FDI, permit news to private FM radio
* IOC opens bidding for 2016 Olympics
* Disaster warning system launched on Air, DD
* Matthew Postgate to handle BBC's mobile initiatives
* Sky Sports signs deal with intl hockey federation for TV show
* Murugavel Janakiraman is IAMAI chairman
* Price notion for television needs to be built
* Disney launches 'Travel on Demand' on cable
* 'Sanctuary' creators to use Quadro graphics
* Turner extends Cartoon Network content deal with Mobile2win
* 'Biggest loser jeetega' starts on 18 May
* Government opposed to fixing DTH channel prices
( 16 May 2007 )
* Raja to head communication and IT ministry
* ESPN targets 100 per cent revenue growth from affiliate sales in 2007
* UTV ropes in Vikas Bahl to head new film production unit Spotboy
* Parliament passes Bill making LSTV carriage in prime band mandatory
* Mattel unveils 'Hot Wheels Hot Box' offer
* Thomson agrees to buy Reuters for $17.2 billion
* Tech Mahindra, Sun join hands for IPTV lab
* MySpace video to launch branded channels
* Six channels get landing rights nod
* Univision, Disney to jointly produce 'Desperate Housewives' for US Hispanic audience
* Endemol sold to consortium for $ 3.5 billion
* Mobile video subscribers to cross 46 million by 2010: study
( 15 May 2007 )
* Maran's exit may harm growth of IT industry in India
* Reliance Capital picks up 5 per cent in Network 18
* High Court turns down Nimbus appeal against telecast by DTH players
* TV18, Infosys tie up for media outsourcing
* Zone Reality goes on a treasure hunt with new shows
* Sony Pictures Television announces mobile game slate for the year
* Sony revamps weekend programming
* Discovery, Visa to explore Olympic cities with Chinese filmmakers
* Discovery launches three channels in Malaysia
* Zee cricket league executive board announced; Kapil to head
* Max asserts lead in movie channel genre
* Liberty Global's Q1 revenues up 11 % to $2.11 billion
* 'Star Wars' voted most influential visual effects film
* Sony launches Blu-Ray Notebook product
* Paramount, Daewoo explore movie studio theme park in South Korea
* MySpace creates solution for copyright management
* BBC Worldwide to pick up 25 % in TV production firm Left Bank
* Fox, EA launch game based on 'The Simpsons'
* Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids & Family Group names Sarah Kirshbaum Levy as COO
* Big FM, Chennai launches 'Big Booth'
( 14 May 2007 )
* Indo-Bangladesh cricket series live on mobile phones
* 20 government websites hacked
* Joost raises $45M for expansion
* Zee Kannada plans foray into film production
* UTV releases Metro with 190 prints
* Epson launches HD home projector
* Ten Sports brings GP 2 series live
* WWE's special edition of Backlash
* Disney unveils Pirates merchandise
* TV9 in talks to buy 26 per cent stake in Indiavision
* Gwyneth Williams is BBC World Service director of English networks, news
* Warner Bros, ViDeOnline in VoD deal for Hong Kong
* Viacom's 1Q operating income drops 29 per cent to $443 million
* Star to distribute Sky News across Asia
* Peace Arch acquires Trinity Home Entertainment for $10 million
* Smoking influences film ratings in US
* IMG Media to set up digital production facility in Sydney
* European film production sees resurgence in 2006
* eBay India introduces blogs to strengthen community engagement
* Contests2win launches Web Charades game
* Delhi HC denies Nimbus stay against cricket showing on DTH
* CNN explores workplace of tech companies in show
( 12 May 2007 )
* UTV to invest $200 million for 8 channels
* News Corp Q3 revenue up 21 per cent to $7.5 billion
* HBO chairman sacked after Las Vegas incident
* Bangladesh topples India, Pakistan in ESPN ODI ratings
* 71 channels await uplinking go-ahead
* India, China propel global newspaper growth in 2006
* IFJ horrified at attack on Dinakaran office
* Tagore's songs telecast every sunday on DD
* Trai recommendations take IPTV out of internet access
* Whatte Fun' at Radio City 91.1FM
* Alan Johnston wins London Press Award
* Radio Mirchi to promote Mother's day
* BBC World now available on Verizon TV
( 11 May 2007 )
* Committee to consider viewing hours for adult content on TV
* Trai suggests NIC to handle unwanted telemarketing calls
* POGO launches M.A.D merchandise
* Zee Business to launch lifestyle and mobile shows for youth
* Trai fixes ceiling for roaming charges
* BBC sews IPTV deal for new channels
* DVD pricing to be affordable: CII seminar
* Amrita TV's Super Dancer on air from 14 May
* Govt ads to audio-visual media drop
* ClickJobs appoints Jose Felix as Sr VP sales
* Bollywood awards in New York to be telecast by Sony
* Shringar Films acquires single screen in Bangalore
* Disney appoints Antoine Villeneuve as India MD for TV biz
* Zee Café to showcase popular old shows
* CNetworks hops on board News Corp, NBC for online video
* TV consumers prefer value features: Study
* Rajya Sabha adjourns over Sun TV attack
* ibnlive.com declared best news website
* NEO Sports shares Indo-Bangla cricket feed with DD
* Discovery to go beyond limit in reality show on Everest
( 10 May 2007 )
* I&B ministry suggests lower tariffs on import of film rolls
* LSI completes merger with Agere Systems
* Lachlan Murdoch enters India, forms JV with Percept
* No shortage of transponders for communications
* Tagore's songs to be telecast to mark birth anniversary
* Nick times two new shows for summer vacations
* Cinemax expands to Assam
* Handygo launches 'pay-per-play' mobile games
* Kulmeet Makkar heads Reliance Entertainment's music and home entertainment division
* Prime Focus appoints Parminder Bhatia as COO
* LG India to focus on digital audio market
* Radio Indigo to run contest on Mother's Day
* Broadcast India 2007 exhibition to be held in Mumbai
* Planetwide Media interactive comic software on QVC
* Dishtv announces kids package for summer holidays
* DirecTV to launch The History Channel HD
* IFJ worried over media attacks in Nepal
* Actress Shilpa Shetty to feature on CNN's 'Talk Asia'
* Intelsat to distribute Shop Latino TV in US
* MediaZone to provide broadband coverage of India's tour of Bangladesh
* Discovery to dig on the making of Airbus A380
* Filmy starts big movie buys
* Sony Pictures, BSKYB extend deal
( 9 May 2007 )
* B.A.G Films to launch two news channels
* Nickelodeon expands online games audience
* IIFA weekend in Yorkshire to include business, sports meets
* MSO Alliance to implead broadcasters in a la carte case: Tdsat
* Turner also a defaulter: TataSky
* Spider-Man 3 spins historic revenue collections
* Two DD channels commence distribution in UK
* Digitisation of 17 major DD kendras complete
* Thomson in £8.8bn bid for Reuters
* FCC favours a la carte choice to consumers on cable
* Sa Re Ga Ma Pa is star performer in Zee Kannada
* Singapore firms ink deals worth $128 mn at MipTV
* Emiliano Calemzuk is Fox Television Studios president
* SeaChange to reveal new VoD solutions in Las Vegas cable show
(8 May 2007 )
* Most players want DTH rules by TRAI, no agreement on carriage fee
* B.A.G Films appoints animation production head
* Airtel adds 2.2 million subscribers in Karnataka
* Hello FM banks on Tamil movies
* Ortel sues ETV for violating Tdsat order
* Windows Live Hotmail to have more features for advertisers
* FremantleMedia bolsters US acquisitions area with new appointment
* Synovate study shows 5 segments of FM radio listeners
* American Idol' is most visited TV show site in US
* Education via Edusat becomes interactive
* DD to telecast largest series on sculpture of India
* Nokia introduces new entertainment handsets
* Neo Sports, Raj TV in deal for Bangladesh series
* Parliamentary committee presses for gaming centre
* CBS Q1 revenues up 2 per cent at $3.7 billion
* Nat Geo investigates history’s disasters again
* Parents restrict kids' video games: ESRB study
(7 May 2007 )
* Dish TV's Rs 7.5 billion preference issue on hold due to regulatory issues
* Rajnikanth shoots for India's most expensive film
* 'Indian Idol 3' gets bigger this time
* Hathway launches broadband internet at Coimbatore
* Indian gaming industry to to hit $ 300 million by 2009
* RailTel to offer broadband at stations
* Inorbit presents 'Fungama'
* Microsoft Corporate Challenge 2007 to be held in Thailand
* 42 telecom-specific SEZs to be set up soon
* CNN-IBN starts reality news show
* 'American Idol' the most visited website last week
* Ten Sports signs deal with the BBC for horse racing
* Radio City looks to capture the excitement of 'Spiderman 3'
* Sound revolution in pin drop silence: HD audio leaps quietly
* PNC signs 5 film deal with Motion Pixel Corp
* Nickelodeon partners with Al Ahli Group for Dubai theme park
* Paul Rourke is MTV Intl senior VP, CFO
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