Wedding plug to program - will TV say 'I Do'?
It's been a done thing in the west but, as with quite a few other
innovations in the media, Indian television is just about waking up
to the concept of plugging brands in television programs.
Cherry
Blossom to go the Chaplin way again
Seems like old is still gold. While the 'mouse' stuck in a media tussle,
the grand daddy of comedy, Charlie Chaplin is being called back. Chaplin
will make a come back in the new Cherry Blossom ad.
Telecast
Right- To Pak-up or not: Trai still undecided
The broadcast and cable regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of
India (Trai) has said that it is yet to take a view on Indian pubcaster
Prasar Bharati's plea that it should be given preferential treatment
while granting terrestrial telecast right of important events, especially
sports.
Yahoo
finally drops Google search results In one of the most expected turn of events, Yahoo has dropped
Google search results from their Yahoo Search function. This was foreseen
after Yahoo bought out the Inktomi search engine and Overture Search
Advertising last year.
International
Channel targets young Asian Americans
The International Channel in the US is all set to launch a new original
series, Stir. The inaugural episode will be on air on 3 March, 2004
targeting 18- to 35-year-old Asian-Americans.
'Sex
and the city' to take Hollywood route
The celluloid affair of Sex and... may not be over just yet. Although
the final episode of the show will air this Sunday in the US, series
writer, director and executive producer Michael Patrick King is already
at work on the screenplay for a Sex and the City feature film.
Trai
issues clarifications on cable price freeze order
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) issued certain clarifications
on doubts raised on an earlier order through which cable services
prices were frozen as on 26 December 2003.
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