Vanessa, the first French-language paid adult entertainment channel in Canada, will go on air on October 28. The channel was licensed in 2007 by Sex-Shop Television, based in Montreal, as a national pay TV service.

The Indian edition of the United States-based magazine Sports Illustrated is being launched on October 5, 2009.

The Far Eastern Economic Review, the 63-year-old English-language news magazine in print since 1946, is closing down in December 2009.

Bloomberg UTV will be the new name for the channel partnership of Bloomberg Television and UTV Multimedia.

Wall Street Journal Japan KK, a joint venture between Dow Jones (publishers of Wall Street Journal) and SBI Holdings Japan has been formed. Wall Street Journal Japan KK will launch a Japanese language website sometime later this year, Dow Jones said.

The gun battle that raged in South Mumbai has helped Hindi news channels post a four-fold jump in ratings for November 27.