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IPL Ratings Soar

MAX and SIX, the official broadcasters of the Pepsi IPL this year have trumped all other channels in India as the latest weekly TAM ratings show. The Pepsi IPL 2013 has helped MAX & SIX garner weekly GRPs of 268 amongst CS4+ individuals in HSM beating all competition. With ...
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IPL Marketing Strategy

This weekend there was a huge buzz in the city of Mumbai as MAX came to the city to bring the Pepsi IPL 2013 fever to them. Massive housing society activations were witnessed with electrifying activities Outside Kandivali Thakur village, Outside Cafe Coffee Day, Lokhandwala Oshiwara and Carter road, Bandra ...
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IPL 6 Opening Ceremony

Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, Deepika Paudkone and American rapper Pitbull performed in front of around 65,000 spectators at Salt Lake stadium during the opening ceremony of the 6th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Kolkata on April 2, 2013. 
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Move Over Cricket

By the time this edition is published, the IPL final will be just a day away, bringing to a close the cricketing extravaganza that is the Indian Premiere League. Contrary to what some expected, the IPL managed to stay afloat despite a cricketing overdose and widespread disenchantment with Team India’s ...
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An analysis by TAM Sports on all the seasons of the IPL

IPL 4 registered an average rating of 3.5% IPL 4 reached 161 Mn. viewers i.e. 81% of the universe     IPL 4 saw least average rating of 3.5% compared to the previous 3 seasons  The time spent by universe also witnessed a dip ...
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Game For More?

Welcome To Gamesville. If the movies and cricket are almost a religion in India, the audience has more than their share of Hindi films to choose from – we have 200-odd movies releasing every year. But with only two months to go before the Indian Premiere League (IPL) ...
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Chaos Around Release Dates

There’s just too much confusion with release dates these days. As we reported last week, Aamir Khan was toying with releasing his next film Dhuan (tentatively titled) during the IPL ie, on April 27 next year. But before he could announce the release date, Vidhu Vinod Chopra announced that he ...
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Aamir Khan’s Dhuan During IPL

While most filmmakers are reluctant to release a big venture during the IPL, Aamir Khan is all set to start a new trend. Sources say that Khan has decided to release his mega venture Dhuan (tentatively titled) during the IPL season next year. Now we all know that Khan ...
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My Name Is G.One

Shah Rukh Khan discusses G.One, the name of his character in his next film Ra.One, and also why he’s not revealing Ra.One, the character Arjun Rampal plays in this film. He also discusses what made him begin the promotion of the film nine months in advance. In short, ...
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SRK Times

Shah Rukh Khan may not have had a release for more than a year but he’s always in the news. After all, he’s the Badshah of Bollywood, right? So what’s SRK up to now? Well, at present, the actor is busy with IPL matches. He’s also busy shooting for Don ...
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No Friday Fizz But Atithi Still Going Strong

    There were no surprises from Friday’s releases. Both films, LSD and Shaapit, were expected to do ‘OK’ and they did little less. The surprise came from Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? which managed to hold its own in the beginning of its third week. ...
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Gloom for new releases, IPL also fails to score

We’re beginning to sound monotonous but judging by the weekend box office collections, there’s nothing to rave about. Even exhibitors who had made grand plans to screen the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches were bitterly disappointed. It seems, when it comes to cricket, the Indian audience prefers the ...
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Just Goggle It!

Thanks to Avatar, 3D technology is already taking Hollywood by storm. And India is also discovering that the world is NOT flat! This week, we’ll tell you about a cutting-edge 3D tool that could launch Indian filmmakers into the stereoscopic big league. The success of James Cameron’s Avatar has ...
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Another Gloomy Friday

It was the same old story this Friday – none of the films that released was able to score at the box office, including Right Yaaa Wrong, Hide & Seek, Na Ghar Ke Na Ghaat Ke, Swaha and Trump Card. Says Rajesh Thadani of Multimedia Combines, “This Friday, none ...
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Will Distributors Be Right Ya Wrong?

  Exam season and IPL dampen hopes but one film may stand a chance   It’s another Friday with multiple releases – Na Ghar Ke Na Ghaat Ke, Right Ya Wrong, Hide & Seek, Do Dilon Ke Khel Mein and Trump Card. But there’s no indecisiveness when ...
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Outa-Site!

Apart from increasing mobile and broadband penetration, what makes the online movie ticketing business a virtual sell-out? Selling movie tickets online is passé but ticketing portals are increasingly embellishing the experience to hook more and more movie buffs to the virtual domain. So all but savouring the caramel popcorn and ...
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Rumour of the Week

  Rakesh Roshan’s Kites, directed by Anurag Basu and featuring Hrithik Roshan, Barbara Mori and Kangana Ranaut, is in the news again. Though the film is complete, there’s been no news whatsoever on its release date. Now we hear the film has been pushed to an April release, post-IPL. ...
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Who’s The IPL King?

It’s finally confirmed. Percept Pictures along with Madhur Bhandarkar will make a film on IPL kingpin Lalit Modi. The question is: who will play the King? Apparently, Shailendra Singh of Percept Pictures tried to approach Shah Rukh Khan but the actor refused. Singh, however, denies that he approached King Khan, ...
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Together Again

Hats off to Yash Chopra! After all these years, the evergreen king of romantic movies is set to wield the megaphone again. Come early 2010 and the said film is all set to go on the floors. No prizes for guessing that Shah Rukh Khan has been signed on to ...
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