Elections 2004 delivers record ratings for news channels
Counting week registers 70 % growth in Time Spent (minutes). News Channels' average viewing up from 12 % in pre-election phase to 20 % by end of election period.

Sony tweaks timings to give 'YMLH' a boost
Changes schedule to increase stickiness for 'Yeh Meri Life Hai' and prevent viewers from migrating to 'Kahaani...' after 'Jassi'

Win 94.6 national sales head moves to MTV
Sanjay Hemady, national sales head for the Millennium Broadcast promoted Win 94.6 is moving to MTV India as group account director from 1 June.

Kasbekar quits Starcom, joins Tata Teleservices
Senior media professional Anjali Kasbekar, who was working with the Ravi Kiran-headed Starcom West and South as a consultant has bid adieu to the firm. Kasbekar has hopped on to Tata Teleservices to look after the media functions of the telecom company.

Zee announces first bunch of 'India's Best' talents
India's Best - Cinestar Ki Khoj received good response in the first four cities where it was held; Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Kanpur and Lucknow, with participants queuing up at the audition venue, all vying to try their chance to be the next big cine-star of Bollywood.

Sports tops Asian audiences choice list
Sport is the top choice of viewers regardless of where they're watching television across several Asian markets, states the latest findings of the out-of-home (OOH) viewing research from the first Asian OOH survey.

McDonald's, Coca Cola ready ice tea & cold coffee
Internet advertising soars in the US
S Radhakrishnan is Mudra South's new executive VP

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (9 May 2004 to 15 May 2004)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (9 May 2004 to 15 May 2004)
Star Plus
Sony
Sun TV
Gemini TV
Source: www.indiantelevision.com