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Headlines
for the month of February 2001
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Mumbai
cable ops ignore shutdown call (28
February 2001)
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Mumbai
cable ops set to join statewide blackout
(27
February 2001)
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Media
shares melt down; Zee Telefilms scrip hits the bottom
(26
February 2001) |
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Star
announces new rates, bouquet costs Rs 30
(26
February 2001)
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Cable
off air in parts of Maharashtra, operators threaten
statewide blackout (25
February 2001) |
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'B4U
Music strikes the right chord'
(25
February 2001) |
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Pacific
Century Matrix adds Alive Networks to satellite platform
(24
February 2001)
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IBF,
AAAI sign historic agreement
(24
February 2001) |
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Balaji
to stick to making teleserials, rules out starting entertainment
channel (23
February 2001) |
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'Antakshri'
makes 400th episode splash for Gujarat's earthquake-affected
(23
February 2001)
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Zee
launches Tamil channel Bharathi Friday (23
February 2001) |
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Cable
operators to meet NCP leader Pawar on Sunday to pitch
for entertainment tax scrapping (22
February 2001) |
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Budget
day will see a new look Zee News (21
February 2001) |
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FTV
to stay after agreeing to change programming content
(20
February 2001)
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Prasar
Bharati CEO Anil Baijal new IBF president
(20
February 2001) |
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Star
to hike cable rates from 1 March; cable operators oppose
move
(19
February 2001) |
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New
Balaji serial 'Kabhi Souten, Kabhi Saheli' launches
Monday on 9 Gold (19
February 2001) |
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'CNBC
will ally with other broadcasters if it gets into DTH'
(19
February 2001) |
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DTH
guidelines next week: Swaraj(17
February 2001) |
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Star
ready to go head-to-head with Sony(17
February 2001) |
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'Antakshari'
to complete 400th episode, winnings to go towards for
earthquake relief(16
February 2001) |
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FTV
living on borrowed time if it doesn't dress up(16
February 2001) |
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Sony
is ready to buy over DD terrestrial(15
February 2001)
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'Friendly
ghost' pooh-poohs Sony's hyping JCPK TVRs
(15
February 2001) |
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Asianet
looking to relaunch struggling Kaveri (14
February 2001) |
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Zee
News goes in for major overhaul (13
February 2001) |
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JCPK
rules weekend airwaves: Sony; 1st Rs 10 million winner
announced (13
February 2001)
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Asianet
facilitator as Toonz does a southside talent search
(13 February 2001) |
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Global
graphics symposium EGO 2001 in Chennai on 8, 9 March
(13 February 2001) |
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TV,
stage actress Bhakti Barve dies in car accident
(12 February 2001)
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B4U
going through a management shake-out?
(12 February
2001)
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Discovery
lines up new programmes; Karnik's replacement still
not decided
(10
February 2001)
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Zee
MGM lines Hollywood's best for Valentine week
(10 February 2001)
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Bournvita
Quiz Contests, longest running quiz show on Indian
TV, airs 350th episode Sunday (10
February 2001)
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Face
Off: Star bids to use KBC earthquake special to spook
Sony's JCPK. Both shows to air at 8 pm, Saturday (10
February 2001)
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B4U
Multimedia spins off new company B4U Broadband, seeks
global alliances(9
February 2001)
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Star
feed back on air for Siti subscribers in Delhi
(9 February
2001
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Cable
operators demand scrapping of entertainment tax, threaten
to black out news channels(9
February 2001)
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Cable
operators launch shopping and comedy channel
(8 February 2001)
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Leading
Kiwi sports presenter joins ESPN STAR Sports team(8
February 2001)
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Pentamedia
promoted global interactive media startup Purple Drop
launched
(8 February 2001)
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Sri
Lanka cricket rights still rest with us: Nimbus
(7 February 2001)
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Turner
plans foray into merchandising, franchising of popular
toon characters
(7 February 2001)
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Hallmark
Ent parent company Crown Media enters interactive
TV marketplace with Crown Interactive(7
February 2001)
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Convergence
India 2001 international exhibition between 21-23
March
(7 February 2001)
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Indian
animation to the fore at NATPE (6
February 2001)
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CNN.com
launches new website for Asia
(6 February
2001)
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Channel
aimed at urban women targets June launch
(6
February 2001)
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VSNL
extends uplinking services to digitally encrypted
channels
(5
February 2001)
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Asianet
planning news channel
(3 February 2001)
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ETC
registers 159% growth in Q3
(3 February 2001)
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As
DD Metro improves presence, HFCL Nine seeks 10-year
deal
(3 February 2001)
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Star
TV to launch new corporate campaign; drops TV from
name
(2 February 2001)
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TRPs
above 8 for JCPK will be fine: Sony's Dasgupta
(2 February 2001)
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Zee
TV draws up new lineup of soaps; bids to regain lost
ground
(2 February 2001)
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CartoonNetworkIndia.com
launched
(1 February
2001)
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Tara
Marathi to telecast 5 plays of late Vasant Kanetkar
(1 February 2001)
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Sushma
urges DD to buck up on its content at BES 2001 inauguration
(1 February 2001)
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