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July 25 Vol 01, Issue 987 TODAY'S TOP HEADLINES BCCI's Rajeev Shukla & Arun Jaitley on Hockey India League board BCCI bigwigs and political heavyweights Rajeev Shukla and Arun Jaitley, along with India TV Hindi news channel promoter and senior media personality Rajat Sharma, join Hockey India League board. I-League clubs release players for Nehru Cup preparatory camp from 1 Aug I-League clubs agree to release their players for the Indian football team's preparatory camp for the upcoming Nehru Cup from 1 August. TEN Network acquires French Football League rights till 2014-15 Zee Group owned Ten Network has secured broadcast rights to the French Football League for 2012/13 to 2014/15 on multiple distribution platforms for the South Asia market. YouTube launches 'It’s Time You Cheer' for Indian athletes YouTube India launches unique initiative called “It’s Time You Cheer” to voice support for Indian Olympic squad and also create country-wide awareness about the sports they are competing in. BCCI to produce matches in-house James Rego, director - broadcast services at BCCI / Airtel Champions League Twenty20, heading unit that has upcoming home Test series against New Zealand next month as its first assignment. Sportzworkz & Greymatter Entertainment to co-produce Sri Lanka Premier League 2012 Ne The production mandate for the inaugural edition of the upcoming Sri Lanka Premier League has been given to Sportzworkz and Greymatter. High profile speakers to feature at upcoming SETE conference A number of high profile international and local speakers will be taking to the stage at the upcoming Sports and Events Tourism Exchange conference in Durban, South Africa. Feature – Transformative Use in Video Games and Player Attributes: The ‘Hart’ of the Matter” Copyright law protects original works of authorship that are expressed in a tangible form, which includes writings, drawings, video games, movies, songs, etc. and restricts others from using such protected work. However, there are a few exceptions which limit the monopoly of authors over their creations.
FROM THE HOME PAGE COMMENTARY German GP: Alonso Strengthens Championship Lead PIT STOP PUNDIT - Force India split tyre strategies between their drivers who fight excessive tyre wear to eventually finish 9th (Hulkenberg) and 11th (Di Resta). INTERVIEW Gosper: Media help spread the Games across the world Kevan Gosper, the chairman of the IOC Press Commission
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Worldwide social media revenue forecast to reach $16.9bn in 2012: Study(SportzPower) Ormax Media launches celebrity evaluation software Celebritix(SportzPower) 'Platinum Rye Entertainment acquires 50% of Globosport's brands business'(Economic Times) PepsiCo earnings top Wall Street view(Mint ) Corporates curtail ad budgets by 45 per cent in FY12: Assocham(Economic Times) Reliance MediaWorks gets board nod to raise Rs6bn(Business Standard)
CRICKET
BCCI’s Ranji groups decision defies logic(The Hindu) ‘ICL was a learning experience, not a mistake’(Indian Express) In search of the India cap(Mint)
FOOTBALL
Chevrolet becomes official automotive partner of Liverpool FC(SportzPower) EXCLUSIVE - Man United plans IPO launch within days: sources(Reuters) Blatter warns ‘injured’ Bale of ban threat(Hindustan Times)
LONDON OLYMPICS
NBC Says London Olympics Ad Sales Top $1 Billion to Set Record(Bloomerg ) Expectation builds as London Olympics get set to kick off (AFP ) Why this is the greatest show on earth (Mint ) Olympics: 'Big challenge' for London to match Beijing(PTI )
GOLF
Indian Open at KGA from Oct 18(Deccan Herald)
OTHER SPORTS
SportAccord to organise 2012 World Mind Games online tournament(SportzPower) ITTF and TeamBlogger partner to offer mobile app(SportzPower) Galloping ahead: Pune racing season begins today(Indian Express) GAIL offers Rs100,000 as relief to Santhi Soundararajan(Times o