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Headlines
for the month of June 2002
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B4U
claims tidy profit for FIFA World Cup deferred telecast
on DD (29
June 2002 ) |
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ESS
gets the biggest cricket name of them all in Sachin as
brand ambassador (27
June 2002) |
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AXN
claims crossing 30 million subscription mark for Asia
(27
June 2002) |
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Speculation
rife that Mahajan to replace Swaraj as I&B minister (27
June 2002) |
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Prasar
Bharati running short on cash (27
June 2002) |
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BBC
World announces array of programmes for coming season
(27
June 2002) |
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CNN's
'The Money Trail' wins Loeb award (27
June 2002) |
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TV's
first soap turns 50 on Sunday (27
June 2002) |
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ESPN
Classic Sport debuts in Italy next month (28
June 2002) |
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SET-Discovery
JV formalised; search on to get more channels on platform
(27
June 2002) |
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Pakistan
in talks with Hughes for satellite deal
(27
June 2002) |
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Arianespace
readies for 5 July dual telecom satellite launch (27
June 2002 ) |
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MTV
India's spoof campaign bags award at Asian Television
Technical & Creative Awards (26
June 2002) |
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Broadband
Communications and NDS get together for digital CAS solutions
(27
June 2002) |
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DALVI
readies CAS set tops for Indian market; Catvision distribution
partner (27
June 2002 ) |
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Paresh
Rawal turns TV producer with 'Shubh Mangal Sawdhan'
(26 June 2002 ) |
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7-10
Agrani satellite transponders to be used for DTH platform
(26 June 2002) |
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SeaChange
to help ESS go Hindi end August (26
June 2002) |
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AXN
claims giant share among English movie channels with
'Commando'(26
June 2002)
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DALVI
readies to enter Indian market with set top boxes (26
June 2002) |
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Essel
Group's Agrani applies for DTH licence (26
June 2002 ) |
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Mumbai,
Delhi will lead the way in CAS rollout: TAM
(5
June 2002) |
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BIS
delineates set top box standards, invites comments by
15 June (11
June 2002) |
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Canal+
hails move to introduce CAS in India (12
June 2002 ) |
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CII
lauds Cabinet's print media opening up decision (25
June 2002) |
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DD
unleashes its own lavish mytho this weekend (25
June 2002) |
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Media
houses welcome FDI in print media, while politicians oppose
it (25 June 2002) |
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FDI
will upgrade media from the local to the global: Leo Burnett's
Arvind Sharma (25
June 2002) |
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Regulatory
body needed to monitor implementation: Bharat Kapadia,
'Chitralekha' (25
June 2002) |
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Indian
managers will be better able to handle peculiarities of
Indian media: Chandan Mitra, 'Pioneer'
(25
June 2002) |
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Good
chance to get in foreign technology in a stagnating sector:
Kotak Mahindra's Nandan Maluste (25
June 2002) |
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It
brings print on the same platform as broadcasting, telecom:
Mid Day Multimedia's Tariq Ansari (25
June 2002) |
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The
FDI Decision fits in with our plans: Shekhar Gupta
(25
June 2002) |
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Cabinet
clears FDI in print media (25
June 2002) |
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Living
Media's Red FM comes to town, finally
(25
June 2002) |
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Indian
government proposes to remove FDI and cross media irritants
in DTH once again: is it the real thing this time? (24
June 2002) |
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Balaji
appoints V Devarajan as CFO (24
June 2002) |
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CNBC
Asia Pacific forges strong relationship with TV Tokyo
through equity investments (24
June 2002) |
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Will
Creative Eye succeed where other TV production houses
did not? (24
June 2002) |
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CNN
wins two RTNDA 2002 Edward R Murrow awards (24
June 2002) |
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SingTel
voted best Asian telecom operator for fifth consecutive
year (24
June 2002) |
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Irdeto
Access ties with Zhengzhou Broadcasting for content protection
(24
June 2002) |
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GEMEX
2003 to focus on new trends and technologies (24
June 2002) |
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Ten
Sports off INCableNet after raids (22
June 2002) |
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Murdoch
ready to call it a day: not quite so soon
(22
June 2002) |
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Soccer
scores in select cities, cricket carries on unscathed
(
21 June 2002) |
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CASBAA
to sponsor regional Emmys voting in Hong Kong (21
June 2002) |
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Tektronix
to help China set up digital broadcasting research and
development lab (21
June 2002) |
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Sun
Network set to roll out first of a kind inter-district
singing contest (21
June 2002) |
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Mytho
major Creative Eye plans social feature film (21
June 2002) |
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Gilat
Satellite Networks claims India's leading VSAT provider
status (21
June 2002) |
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BBC,
ESPN win at Webbys 2002 (20
June 2002) |
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CNBC's
Managing India Brainstorm IV to focus on new economic
growth drivers(20
June 2002)
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CNN
warms to India-specific news channel?
(20
June 2002) |
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Formula
One to carry on without hiccups on Star Sports (20
June 2002) |
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'Ek
Mahal Ho Sapano Ka' crosses 900-episode mark
(20
June 2002) |
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Media
bigwigs to share notes at Promax's global conference in
LA (20
June 2002 ) |
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Liberate,
ESPN get together for enhanced programming in US
(20
June 2002) |
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Sony
ready to don ‘World Cup Network’ look (19
June 2002) |
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Radio
buzz is low, but FM fairly crackles - NRS 2002 (19
June 2002) |
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Russian
communication satellite launched (19
June 2002) |
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Sony's
‘Achanak...’ completes first cycle on Friday with a twist
in the tale (19
June 2002) |
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Hunted
VJs to do a take on Baywatch on MTV (19
June 2002) |
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Arianespace
signs launch contract for two SES Americom satellites
(19
June 2002) |
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Discovery
launches 24 hour high definition TV channel in US
(18
June 2002) |
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Satellite
heads converge at CASBAA forum (18
June 2002) |
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Spate
of new shows on Star from July (18
June 2002) |
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Grand
Santi, French Guiana gets internet access courtesy Intelsat
(18
June 2002) |
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Zee
TV gets new president in media professional Apurva Purohit
(17
June 2002) |
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Urbanites
spend less time in front of telly - NRS 2002
(17
June 2002) |
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Clear
regulatory environment will accelerate M&E sector growth
in India: PricewaterhouseCoopers (17
June 2002) |
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Willy
Burkhardt to leave ESPN International (17
June 2002) |
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CNN's
Bindra wins Saja Award for second year running
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DD
invites proposals for festival extravaganza
(17
June 2002) |
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Rakesh
Chaudhry launches sitcom and travel show for DD Metro
(15
June 2002 ) |
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PanAmSat
readies for Galaxy IIIC launch today (15
June 2002) |
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AIR
hopes to expand reach, revenues with satellite radio feed
(14
June 2002) |
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Roy
set to launch independent English, Hindi news channels?
(14
June 2002) |
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'Samurai
Jack' adjudged world's best TV series at International
Animated Film Festival (14
June 2002) |
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Moves
afoot to make AIR available as a satellite radio feed
on cable networks (14
June 2002) |
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If
all-clear given, DD News may resurface 15 September
(14
June 2002) |
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Scientific-Atlanta
appoints David Wheeler Australia, NZ country head
(14
June 2002) |
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Prasar
Bharati looking at relaunching DD News (14
June 2002) |
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BBC
World Service, InCableNet reach deal for radio programming
(13
June 2002) |
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'Millionaire'
to end prime-time run in US 27 June
(13
June 2002) |
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World
Sport Nimbus issues clarification on ICC rights
(13
June 2002) |
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'Focus
Asia' correspondent Adrian Brown takes first prize at
Amnesty press awards (13
June 2002) |
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Hallmark
to pull out the stops for new series 'The Guardian' (13
June 2002) |
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AXN
India adds more action to its programming
(12
June 2002) |
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News
Corp takes financial charge of global rights for ICC cricket
(12
June 2002) |
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Singapore
Satellite Industry Forum on 17 June (12
June 2002) |
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British
broadcast journalist Daljit Dhaliwal joins CNN International
(12
June 2002) |
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Channel
Guide in the red in 2001-2002 fiscal (12
June 2002) |
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Lewis-Tyson
fight highest ever-grossing PPV event |
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CNBC
India's new show targets corporate whiz kids (11
June 2002) |
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Prashant
Sanwal appointed head of Zee's Alpha channels
(11
June 2002 ) |
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DD
Metro to continue as a terrestrial-cum-satellite channel
(10
June 2002 ) |
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Senior
Compaq executive to take over as Media Lab Asia CEO (10
June 2002) |
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BSE
places special 25% margin on 5 media scrips (10
June 2002) |
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'Hasratein'
director ventures into film direction (10
June 2002) |
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Nickelodeon
Chhota VJ Hunt draws nearly 300 responses in Mumbai (8
June 2002) |
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Sunil
Lulla to take over as GM, SET? (8
June 2002) |
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Hallmark
acquires blockbusters from Disney for Latin American
markets(8
June 2002)
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'Kitney
Kool...' not so cool, alleges theatre producer
(8
June 2002) |
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New
Skies' NSS-7 satellite enters commercial service (8
June 2002) |
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DD
invites bids for Hindi feature films on public holidays
(8
June 2002) |
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Prasar
Bharati wants law mandating sharing of sports telecast
rights by private TV channels (7
June 2002 ) |
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Hathway,
InCable agree to carry Ten Sports in Mumbai, penetration
rises by another two million (7
June 2002) |
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Macau
Satellite TV signs long-term lease on AsiaSat 2
(7
June 2002) |
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Ten
beefs up weekend programming, focuses on Indian sports
(7 June 2002) |
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Prasar
Bharati board seeks government intervention on sports
telecast rights (7
June 2002) |
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Channel
Guide nears 1 year on air, claims to reach 7.5 million
homes (6
June 2002) |
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Star
readying another 'K' signature afternoon soap (6
June 2002) |
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Panamsat
sets record with World Cup coverage (6
June 2002) |
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Zee
campaign around 'Khelo', 'Jeena' draws Star ire (6
June 2002) |
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Setindia.com
all set to revive broadband initiative (6
June 2002) |
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Prasar
Bharati board meets tomorrow, as time running out for
DD to seal deal on cricket World Cup telecast (5
June 2002) |
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Intelsat
905 communications satellite successfully launched
(5
June 2002 ) |
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Global
entertainment industry set for rebound, says PwC report
(5
June 2002 ) |
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etc
courts viewers with new genres (4
June 2002 ) |
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Survey
reveals TV as primary source of news in Gujarat (4
June 2002) |
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Prasar
Bharati floats tenders for DTT set top boxes (4
June 2002) |
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Sony
readying new shows in thriller band (3
June 2002) |
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DD
Bharati gets serious about original content with in house
shows (3 June 2002)
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Programme
exec gets CAT to stop DD Delhi internal transfers (3
June 2002 ) |
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Raids
put a stop to stealing of Ten Sports signals in Mumbai
(1
June 2002) |
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'Russian
Roulette' and weekend series to spice up Sony's programming
(1
June 2002) |
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DD
bags exclusive telecast of Queen's Golden Jubilee Concert
(1
June 2002) |
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Intelsat
mulls KPMG appointment as auditor (1
June 2002) |
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Viacom's
Sumner Redstone is Media Person of the Year at Cannes
Lions(1
June 2002)
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MTV
Movie Awards garner all time high online votes (1
June 2002) |
