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Headlines
for the month of July 2002
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Analogue
systems no less secure than digital, asserts DALVI
(25
July 2002) |
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CAS
bill in limbo after walkout in RS; govt. hoping to reintroduce
it next week (24
July 2002) |
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Blackout
in Delhi, Mumbai exposes chinks in cable industry front
(24
July 2002) |
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Swaraj
makes strong defence of CAS (23
July 2002) |
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Govt.
scheduled to reintroduce CAS bill Thursday
(22
July 2002) |
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Mumbai
MSOs join Delhi colleagues in 1-hour blackout, plan indefinite
stir from 24 July (22
July 2002) |
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Hongkong-based
Casbaa voices concerns relating to CAS to Swaraj
(22
July 2002) |
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Anti-broadcaster
slogans raised at pro-CAS demonstration in capitals
(19
July 2002) |
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Pro-CAS
groups threaten to 'expose' opponents of legislation at
media briefing today (19
July 2002) |
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Delhi
cable TV operators plan TV blackout as protest against
CAS delays(18
July 2002)
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Consumer
body to protest against CAS delay even as Bill awaits
Upper House nod for referral to committee (18
July 2002) |
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CATV
Act amendment bill not listed on RS business for the week,
likely to be referred to select committee
(17
July 2002) |
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CATV
Act amendment not discussed as RS adjourned, to be tabled
again tomorrow (16
July 2002) |
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CATV
Act CAS amendment's reintroduction in RS listed for today
(16
July 2002) |
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CAS
bill trawling uncharted waters, says survey
(15
July 2002) |
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CAS
will give govt unparalleled powers, says survey (15
July 2002 ) |
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Presidential
polls prevent CATV Act CAS amendment's fresh introduction
in Rajya Sabha
(15 July 2002) |
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Govt.
debating whether CAS should be made mandatory?
(13
July 2002) |
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100
per cent declaration unfeasible, says NCTA
(12
July 2002) |
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Many
issues covered, little by way of solutions at CETMA seminar
on CAS (11
July 2002) |
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Amar
Singh blasts CAS opponents at New Delhi seminar
(3
July 2002) |
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Hinduja
TMT Q1 net up by 40% (30
July 2002) |
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'Marumagal',
'Kavyanjali' among content shipped by Vijay TV to UK
Sinhalese channel (30
July 2002)
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Another
Malayalam TV channel India Vision launching 17 August
(30
July 2002) |
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Sun
to start test marketing transition to pay
(30
July 2002) |
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Pentamedia
Graphics COO quits (30
July 2002) |
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Music
composer Sudhir Phadke passes away (29
July 2002) |
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Sahara
increases telecast of 'Chacha Chaudhary' to four times
a week (29
July 2002) |
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Zee
hopes to counter Sony's 'K3H' with a ‘Love Marriage’
(29
July 2002) |
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Beat
that ESS tells Sony, announces OCSI rights acquisition
(29
July 2002) |
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'The
Osbournes' runs into hot water with producer; Miramax
acquires worldwide video, DVD distribution rights
(29
July 2002) |
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Nat
Geo strengthens prime hour programming
(29
July 2002) |
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Jeevan
TV to come to life on Thursday (29
July 2002) |
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Bertelsmann
CEO Thomas Middelhoff ousted (29
July 2002) |
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DD
hopes Vijay Jindal will bring in marketing muscle
(27
July 2002) |
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Balaji
board approves subdivision of shares into Rs 2 units (27
July 2002) |
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Madhuri
and the business of match making (27
July 2002) |
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Balaji
to consider stock split tomorrow (26
July 2002) |
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BBC
to tie with AIR for Commonwealth Games coverage
(26
July 2002) |
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Star
World moves off beaten track with telecast of Lakme India
Fashion Week (26
July 2002) |
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TV
not the villain it's made out to be, say surveys
(26
July 2002) |
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BBC
lets cricket fans hear commentary online (26
July 2002) |
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Neena
Gupta returns to Star Plus with college romance series
(25
July 2002) |
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RiTV
to dish out film and music fare to mark festival season
(25
July 2002) |
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Ten
Sports ready and waiting to unveil Morocco tri-nations
cricket tourney (24
July 2002) |
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Without
skipping a beat, 'Dhadkan' set for fade-out
(24
July 2002) |
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SET
salutes brand ambassador Kapil on his winning Wisden Indian
Cricketer of the Century Award (24
July 2002) |
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News
and Documentary Emmy Awards receive record number of entries
(24
July 2002) |
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Cable
ops call off indefinite stir (23
July 2002) |
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B.A.G.
to retain telecast rights of 'KumKum' one year after serial
ends run on Star Plus (23
July 2002) |
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India's
NatWest cricket finals win delivers ESPN year's highest
C&S ratings (23
July 2002) |
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Govt.
has garnered Rs 80 million from FM licencing
(23
July 2002) |
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Plan
panel urges deregulation in telecom sector
(23
July 2002) |
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BBC
goes 'glocal' with online news service
(23
July 2002) |
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Star
Vijay confident that show hosted by Lakshmi will shake
Sun TV stranglehold in TN (23
July 2002) |
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DD1
still leads in overall viewership, Prasar Bharati points
out to I&B ministry (23
July 2002) |
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DD
owed over Rs 3.3 billion by 45 errant agencies
(23
July 2002) |
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TV18
registers Rs 15 m. net profit in Q1 2002
(22
July 2002) |
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CAS
Bill being considered by Rajya Sabha, says confident Swaraj
(22
July 2002) |
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Prasar
Bharati revenues take a dip in 2001-2002
(22
July 2002) |
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Zee
Telefilms Q1 net down 44 per cent (20
July 2002) |
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UTV
takes on Sanjay Dosi as COO finance & operations
(20
July 2002) |
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Balaji
Telefilms opts for Deloitte, Haskins & Sells as auditors
(20
July 2002 ) |
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DD
seals ICC cricket terrestrial telecast deal; WSN to handle
air time sales (19
July 2002) |
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HBO
leads television networks with 93 Emmy nominations
(19
July 2002) |
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9th
CASBAA convention to focus on core business values of
Asian pay-TV industry (19
July 2002) |
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MTV
breaks Bollywood bastion with 'Bas Yun Hi'
(19
July 2002) |
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Zee
Telefilms shows an improved bottomline in Q1 2002
(18
July 2002) |
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DD
News plan dumped after Swaraj says no (18
July 2002) |
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Malayalam
channel Asianet goes digital (18
July 2002) |
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Zee
Network Q1 2002 net profit estimated at Rs 490 m.
(18
July 2002) |
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AirTV's
global S-Band satellite network will deliver BBC World
to airlines (18
July 2002) |
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Madhuri
event ousts regular movie from Sunday prime time slot
on Star Plus (17
July 2002) |
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Application
for port-to-port uplinking indicates Star has no plans
for India uplink base (17
July 2002) |
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BBC
World Service to get more funds every year (17
July 2002) |
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Star
applies for port-to-port uplinking through VSNL (17
July 2002) |
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'Simply
Shekhar' centrepiece of 3 new Zee shows set for debut
(16
July 2002) |
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Caasba
to sponsor Emmies' regional voting (16
July 2002) |
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Shekhar
Suman turns producer with two shows on Zee (16
July 2002) |
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TV
18 Q1 results on 22 July (15
July 2002) |
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Disney
Channel launches in Indonesia (15
July 2002) |
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First
day at office for Sunil Lulla as SET executive V-P
(15
July 2002) |
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PanAmSat
Q2 results boosted by football world cup coverage
(15
July 2002) |
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Records
tumble at AXN's 'World Record Holder Contest' (15
July 2002) |
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HC
ruling puts paid to illegal Nat West series cricket final
telecast (13
July 2002) |
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BBC
wins licence to show 27 digital channels
(13
July 2002) |
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Fortune
Star, Triage Entertainment and DreamWorks Television hatch
alliance for television series (13
July 2002) |
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SET
pitches Madhuri show as next big thing after 'KBC'
(12
July 2002) |
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Sony
may look at IPO post-restructuring (12
July 2002) |
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Only
$84 m. in revenues last fiscal, but Dasgupta confident
SET will net profits this year (12
July 2002) |
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Disney
plans TV series and video sequel for 'Lilo & Stitch'
(12
July 2002) |
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CNN
wins 2 Golden Nymph Awards at Monte Carlo Television Festival
(12
July 2002) |
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Roopa
Das heads new programing cell at Creative Eye (12
July 2002) |
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Zee
Tele Q1 results on 18 July, 2002 (12
July 2002) |
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Discovery
heads south; launches Tamil feed (12
July 2002) |
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Zee
Turner wooing CNBC India; SET Discovery seeks to add music,
news channel to distribution offering
(11
July 2002) |
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Sumangali
looking to expand cable services into Hyderabad (11
July 2002) |
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7
Star to offer consultancy for cable ops
(11
July 2002) |
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Air
Force life to be serialised on Star Plus soon
(11
July 2002) |
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ETC
posts profit of Rs 62.26 million in Q1 2002
(11
July 2002) |
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TV
Today Networks seeks FIPB clearance to induct foreign
equity (10
July 2002) |
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MTV
India expects to go digital by end-July (10
July 2002) |
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Prasar
Bharati close to deal with Nimbus for World Cup cricket
telecast (10
July 2002) |
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CNN
documenary 'Beneath the Veil' honoured by US National
Press Club(10
July 2002)
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CBS
brings third season of 'Big Brother' live on Internet
(10
July 2002) |
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World
Sport Nimbus appoints Digvijay Singh as chief executive
(9
July 2002) |
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Miditech
loses Avinash IPS to UTV (9
July 2002) |
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BBC
Interactive looking for writers to create new sitcom 'Cleaners'
(9
July 2002) |
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Arianespace
launches 2 birds, readies for more launches in August
(9
July 2002) |
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Sony's
Madhuri show launching 29 July as 'Kahin Naa Kahin Koi
Hai' (9
July 2002) |
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Switch-off
scenario averted in Mumbai as Star, INCableNet agree to
continue talking (8
July 2002) |
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After
'SMS', Paresh Raval has three more shows in the pipeline
(8
July 2002) |
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Paresh
Rawal's 'SMS' buzzes with interactivity (8
July 2002) |
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Rajiv
Vyas in sole charge at INCableNet (8
July 2002) |
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I&B
ministry and BIS officials to meet broadcast and cable
representatives on Friday (8
July 2002) |
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BBC,
Prasar Bharati, NACO join hands to combat AIDS menace
in India (8
July 2002) |
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Aryamaan-
Brahmaand Ka Yoddha to start telecast from 14 July (6
July 2002) |
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BBC
World report leads to windfall for Oxford University
(6
July 2002) |
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Internet
penetration grew 39% last year (6
July 2002) |
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Dishnet
planning VoIP service (6
July 2002) |
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Sony
Pictures to distribute Bengali film (6
July 2002) |
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Perfect
Monitoring introduces FM radio tracking service for Mumbai
(6
July 2002) |
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China
blocks BBC transmission (5
July 2002) |
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ESPN
School Quiz 2002 concludes with a winner in DPS-Farakka
(5
July 2002) |
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Ten
lines up a slew of shows it hopes will keep the viewers
hooked (5
July 2002) |
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Workshop
on DVB and Internet Protocol draws healthy response (5
July 2002) |
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Hallmark
US gets cult television series M*A*S*H
(5
July 2002) |
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Pacific
Century Matrix looking to penetrate Indian market
(5
July 2002) |
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Ravina
Raj Kohli: On the prowl for professionals for Star News
(4
July 2002) |
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MTV
adds five new faces to its VJ lineup (4
July 2002) |
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DDK
Mumbai director felicitated (4
July 2002) |
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'Chhayageet'
gets a facelift (4
July 2002) |
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Tara
Marathi goes Hindi at primetime (4
July 2002) |
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Cyrus
Broacha to moderate Clinton Q&A show on MTV
(4
July 2002) |
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B4U
Movies targets 31 July as go pay day at Rs 8.90 per subscriber
(4
July 2002) |
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Scientific-Atlanta
lays off 1,300 in Mexico, does not rule out further
cuts(4
July 2002)
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Star
takes home 14 awards at PROMAX & BDA 2002
(4
July 2002) |
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Prasar
Bharati sets up panel to look into ICC cricket telecast
issue (3
July 2002) |
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WorldSpace
adds three new channels to its roster (3
July 2002) |
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Bangladesh's
Ekushey TV faces closure over allegation of irregular
licensing (3
July 2002) |
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INSAT
3C dedicated to the nation (3
July 2002) |
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DD
Metro overhaul lures the producer brigade once again
(3
July 2002) |
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Prasar
Bharati to include non-DD channels and data transmission
in DTT package (3
July 2002) |
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DD:
Lobbed out of Wimbeldon this year? (2
July 2002) |
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Prasar
Bharati sees monsoon session govt nod for CATV Act amendment
on sports rights (2
July 2002) |
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DD
inks deal for French films with Canal France International
(2
July 2002) |
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Star
Plus on a two-year high; readies fresh programming
(2
July 2002) |
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Ten
Sports climbs into top 100 shows thanks to Fifa World
Cup (2
July 2002) |
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Pacific
Century Matrix workshop on DVB/IP over satellite in New
Delhi on 5 July (2
July 2002) |
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ETC
announces losses; and music & Punjabi channel leadership
status (2
July 2002) |
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Bloomberg
partners with NDS for interactive broadcast
(2
July 2002) |
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Sony
third player to apply for DTH licence?
(2
July 2002) |
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Swaraj
remains I&B minister in cabinet reshuffle (1
July 2002) |
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Reports
say Vivendi chief Messier has quit (1
July 2002) |
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BroadcastAsia
2002 gets more visitors from India, China, Japan
(1
July 2002 ) |
