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Headlines
for the month of October 2001
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Broadcast
India symposium concludes in Mumbai (31
October 2001) |
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DesiTV
launched in America (31
October 2001) |
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Contests2win
launches first sit.com (31
October 2001) |
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Big
players in fray for live cricket coverage on DD (31
October 2001) |
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Artistes'
association felicitates TV actors (31
October 2001) |
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Zee's
Goyal elected director of international broadcasting body
(31
October 2001) |
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With
DirecTV gone, will Murdoch look to India to push DTH ambitions?
(30
October 2001) |
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ESPN
Star sports launches channel in Korea on 1 November
(30
October 2001) |
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New
JV for merged ratings service, TAM's LV Krishnan to head
(30
October 2001) |
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IBF
not to allow non-broadcasters on board (29
October 2001) |
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ZedCA
will leverage expertise of Pune University. (29
October 2001) |
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HBO
stakes its all on 'Band of Brothers' (29
October 2001) |
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Rajat
Jain takes charge of SET MAX (27
October 2001) |
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BBC
Worldwide, Star launch Hindi version of 'Weakest Link'
(25
October 2001) |
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Film
City to house Maharashtra government's uplinking earth
station (25
October 2001) |
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New
addition to DD family soon by the name Bharati (25
October 2001) |
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Match
fixing a distant memory as viewers tune in to cricket
(25
October 2001) |
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Zee
reschedules three new shows to get more viewers (25
October 2001) |
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ESPN
Star Sports acquires Champions Trophy rights
(25
October 2001) |
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Zee
Telefilms chucks out Chakra (25
October 2001) |
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Revenue
department clarifies ad agency commission norms (24
October 2001) |
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Balaji's
Q2 net profit Rs 66 million (24
October 2001) |
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Nickelodeon
goes interactive with kids in the UK (23
October 2001) |
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FTV
encrypting 1 November (23
October 2001) |
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Sony
hopes soaps will do for the near term (23
October 2001) |
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AOL
Time Warner gets first foreign cable carriage rights
in China (23
October 2001)
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Zee
Telefilms net down 8 % in Q2 (22
October 2001) |
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Vijay
TV claims rise in ratings (22
October 2001) |
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'Common
man' takes centre stage in show launching on Alpha Marathi
next month (22
October 2001) |
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PSLV
places three satellites in orbit (22
October 2001) |
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DD
seeks Diwali and year-end programmes from private producers
(22
October 2001) |
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IBF
plans to limit membership to broadcasters (20
October 2001) |
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AXN
has some buzz going with BBC, Discovery (20
October 2001) |
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In
House banks on soaps to bring in the dough (20
October 2001) |
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Next
month Star World tempts viewers with new reality show
(20
October 2001) |
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Pentamedia's
kid's channel Splash formally launched (19
October 2001)
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Channel
Guide expects cable ads to bring in revenues (19
October 2001) |
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Scientific-Atlanta
reports lower first quarter results amid job cuts (19
October 2001)
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Scientific-Atlanta
in major push in Belgium, Japan (19
October 2001) |
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Two
new categories in this year's Asian Television Awards
(19
October 2001) |
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Nimbus
threatens to seek damages after Sri Lanka cricket board
terminates deal (18
October 2001) |
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Doordarshan
television awards on 11 December (18
October 2001) |
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Paul
FitzPatrick takes over as executive VP and COO of Crown
Media Holdings |
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Cartoon
Network sees localisation as key to its fortunes (18
October 2001) |
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New
faces on the Prasar Bharati board (18
October 2001) |
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Star
lines up some more soapy nights (17
October 2001) |
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HBO
gets bold and sporty in November (17
October 2001) |
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Balaji
could touch Rs 1000 million in revenues this year (17
October 2001) |
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Official
denies Tara set to shut shop (16
October 2001) |
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TMG
Enter brings home technology @school (16
October 2001) |
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ESPN
Star Sports scores with Premier League broadcast sponsorships
(16
October 2001) |
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Sun
Network will feed the movie hungry KTV (15
October 2001) |
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Three
years after post fell vacant, UR Rao is Prasar Bharati
chairman (15 October
2001) |
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BBC
to tie-up with Prasar Bharati for AIDS awareness programmes
(15
October 2001) |
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CNBC
India, Home Trade launch investor camps (13
October 2001) |
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Sherita
Ceasar does Scientific-Atlanta proud (13
October 2001) |
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A
'Different Ball Game' for National Geographic (12
October 2001) |
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Mumbai
peoplemeter revamp 50 per cent complete (12
October 2001) |
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Two-way
Internet services suite on television launched (12
October 2001 ) |
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B4U
expects operating profits of $ 2 million this fiscal (11
October 2001) |
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Raj
TV launches teleport facility (11
October 2001) |
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Home
Cable claims it has issued legal notice to ESPN (11
October 2001) |
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Alcatel
Spacecom, Arianespace buy 13 % stake in Agrani for $ 20
m (10
October 2001) |
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Bloomberg
TV starts beaming off AsiaSat-3
(10 October 2001) |
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American
artistes show united front through yet another planned
spectacular (10
October 2001) |
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DD,
AIR to expand wings in the North-East (10
October 2001) |
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Cartoon
Network lines up Diwali contest (10
October 2001) |
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Zee
scrip spiraling downwards (9
October 2001) |
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ESPN
wins Delhi court ruling; Home Cable told to pay up (9
October 2001) |
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Tide
has turned for Sony, asserts Dasgupta Seven new shows
launching in next three months (9
October 2001) |
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Qatar's
Al-Jazeera TV: In the spotlight for all the right reasons
(8
October 2001) |
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VIEWPOINT:
US NEWS NETWORKS FAILED TO PRESENT THE BIG PICTURE (8
October 2001) |
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AXN
'Survives' cautiously amidst plans to air new reality
show in November (8
October 2001) |
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Sun
Network's Telugu channel Gemini TV likely to launch interactive
show 20 October (8
October 2001) |
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Nickelodeon
Asia premieres its first Asian show (8
October 2001) |
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Vijay
TV launches with innovative campaign (6
October 2001) |
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Entries
invited for Super pitch 2001 to be held in Singapore 7
December (6
October 2001) |
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Ideal
Systems starts India operations (6
October 2001) |
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DD's
search for distributing and marketing of DD-World continues
(6
October 2001)s |
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B4U
Movies spreading the message (6
October 2001) |
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SET
in for major administrative changes, 'rightsizing'? (5
October 2001) |
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Lakshmi
Venkat joins UTV as creative director (5
October 2001) |
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CNBC
organising 'Managing India Brainstorm' 9 October (5
October 2001) |
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Nickelodeon
goes underground to appease teenyboppers (5
October 2001) |
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Bomb
scare at Sony's Mumbai offices (5
October 2001) |
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Programming
head Rekha Nigam out of Sony Entertainment (5
October 2001 ) |
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CII-E&Y
action report on media to be ready 16 October; moots pricing
model for channels (4
October 2001 ) |
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9th
MIPCOM JUNIOR opens in Cannes 6 Oct (4
October 2001 ) |
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Ariane
4 boosts Eutelsat's Atlantic Bird 2 (4
October 2001 ) |
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Zee
UK completes makeover (3
October 2001 ) |
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Launch
of Insat-3C not before 2002 (3
October 2001 ) |
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Bitstream,
NDS sign deal for first satellite TV platform in Korea
(3
October 2001 ) |
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Net4India
announces registration of .INFO domain names for Rs 650
(3
October 2001 ) |
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CableLabs
certifies two DOCSIS* 1.1 modems and qualifies two CMTS
(3
October 2001 ) |
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'Super
Selector' sets world record as 100,000 sign on (
3 October 2001 ) |
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Sony
to air Disney series 'Honey, I Shrunk the Kids' from Sunday
(2
October 2001 ) |
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Hathway
looks to operate from three headends in Mumbai in the
long term (3
October 2001 ) |
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UTV
hopes three new shows on Zee hit the mark
( 1 October 2001 ) |
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Two
Aaj Tak staffers among 4 mediapersons killed along with
Scindia in UP plane crash (1
October 2001 ) |
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Telethon
spectacular spawns another benefit concert. (1st
October 2001) |
