Indiantelevision.com's Headlines for the month of January 2003
 
* Supreme Court allows cricket sponsors to remit foreign exchange
(31 January 2003)
* SET closes with 6, DD-Nimbus 8 sponsors
(31 January 2003)
* SET gets onto Pehla DTH platform in Gulf
(31 January 2003)
* Net scores over TV as info source: study
(31 January 2003)
* DD's Sahyadri has 50% of Top 60 in Marathi homes
(31 January 2003)
* Prasad says he still has to study Star News uplink issue
(31 January 2003)
* Gary Carter to conduct session at MIPTV 2003
(31 January 2003)
* Balaji Telefilms scrip rises post 3QFY03 net profits
(31 January 2003)
* MTV India distances itself from Gandhi slur
(31 January 2003)
* Home ministry comment on Star News uplink pending
(30 January 2003)
* Radio war for cricket eardrums commences
(31 January 2003)
* Outgoing Swaraj reminisces I&B tenure
(30 January 2003)
* Meir joins National Geographic Television & Film
(30 January 2003)
* Marathi TV serial stars looking for greener pastures
(30 January 2003)
* Academy Awards to get High Definition TV treatment
(30 January 2003)
* Entertainment convention Frames 2003 from 14 March
(30 January 2003)
* AOL Time Warner loses $ 99 bn, Ted Turner
(30 January 2003)
* CAS task force formed; to meet 7 Feb
(30 January 2003)
* Ten Sports to air World Cup in Pakistan
(29 January 2003)
* Max to be seen in neighbouring countries during World Cup
(29 January 2003)
* Ravi Shankar Prasad: A man of many parts
(29 January 2003)
* Reality TV readies for 1 February launch
(29 January 2003)
* Ravi Shankar Prasad heads I&B ministry
(29 January 2003)
* Netherlands added to MGM's presence across Europe
(29 January 2003)
* Sony achieves record quarterly sales, net income
(29 January 2003)
* Zee results: share prices down, analysts maintain ratings
(29 January 2003)
* I&B ministry readies for a new head in Ravi Shankar Prasad?
(29 January 2003)
* 'World Cup Fever' on 93.5 RED FM
(29 January 2003)
* Marathi programmes scaling peaks of popularity
(29 January 2003)
* Mukta Arts, Shemaroo seminar on initiatives to curb piracy
(29 January 2003)
* Mahajan, Jaitley trade places; Swaraj may move to parliamentary affairs
(28 January 2003)
* Zee Group net profit at Rs 709m, up 36 per cent
(28 January 2003)
* Zee conducts Republic Day drive around 'Mulk'
(28 January 2003)
* Raj TV to go pay from 1 Feb, launch Telegu, Tamil music channel
(28 January 2003)
* Murdoch on Fortune 'People to Watch in 2003' list
(28 January 2003)
* MAX to herald World Cup with 'Jung World Cup Ki'
(27 January 2003)
* CNN bags 12 International Television Awards
(27 January 2003)
* Prasar Bharati seeks noon time social soaps
(27 January 2003)
* Sony bags the telecast rights for 'Devdas'
(27 January 2003)
* BBC axes 60 jobs in London news operations
(27 January 2003)
* Will the Indian consumer bear the brunt of CAS?
(25 January 2003)
* Robbie Williams, Jay Chou standout acts at MTV Asia Awards 2003
(25 January 2003)
* NBC may let go off 'Frasier'
(25 January 2003)
* Inmarsat bolsters senior team with new VP Paul Griffith
(25 January 2003)
* BBC gears up for cricket World Cup
(25 January 2003)
* Charting a new course in sports marketing - SportzBiz 2003
(25 January 2003)
* Special Report : Charting a new course in sports marketing - SportzBiz 2003
(25 January 2003)
* World Cup entertainment on Radio City
(24 January 2003)
* Ronnie Screwvala on board of international Emmy Awards
(24 January 2003)
* CAS: boon for cable operators, consumers' bane
(24 January 2003)
* Star Plus unveils 'Kuch Kar Dikhana Hai' tonight
(24 January 2003)
* Countdown starts for MTV Asia Awards 2003
(24 January 2003)
* Sahara Mumbai offices,godowns gutted
(24 January 2003)
* De Blois is APTN's new China photo journalist
(23 January 2003)
* ASIFA India presents 'Animation Writers Workshop'
(23 January 2003)
* Basic tier task force compositon to be fixed today
(23 January 2003)
* Nationalist flavour tinges programming this Sunday
(23 January 2003)
* India's first ever sports marketing forum tomorrow
(23 January 2003)
* NGC and Indian Army announce 'Everest se Takkar'
(23 January 2003)
* 'Super Selector' goes pay as ESS firms up plans for World Cup
(23 January 2003)
* Supercop Kiran Bedi's 'Galati Kiski' on DD 1 tonight
(22 January 2003)
* LG threatens to move SC over HC ruling
(22 January 2003)
* "No outside party on DD" - Quraishi
(22 January 2003)
* Judge dismisses part of DirecTV lawsuit: NDS
(22 January 2003)
* Reach first user of AsiaSat 4
(22 January 2003)
* I&B issues guidelines for community radio licenses
(22 January 2003)
* Delhi HC backs players, Indian board in contracts row with ICC
(22 January 2003)
* DD rejects ESS proposal on cricket programming package
(22 January 2003)
* DD and AIR not to be privatised - Bais
(22 January 2003)
* Raveena's 'Stumped' marks telefilm director's debut
(22 January 2003)
* Karishma Kaa Karishma debuts on Star Plus Friday
(22 January 2003)
* Intelsat signs agreement for REACH teleport in Asia
(22 January 2003)
* MGM, NBC extend global distribution alliance
(22 January 2003)
* Discovery plumbs ocean depths with 'Blue Planet'
(21 January 2003)
* 'Kaalki' may launch post-WC on Star
(21 January 2003)
* 'Top Drive' launching on Star World 26 Jan
(21 January 2003)
* Hinduja TMT net rises to Rs 165 million
(21 January 2003)
* Star Plus' 'Shararath' to cast a spell on Fridays
(21 January 2003)
* Cartoon Network's kids' study to be out in Feb
(21 January 2003)
* Another Sahara soap with 'filmi' link
(21 January 2003)
* No Prasar call on ESS programming
(20 January 2003)
* Rajesh Devraj joins SET as executive creative director
(20 January 2003)
* Cartoon Network launches Tiny TV band
(20 January 2003)
* SingTel to provide bandwidth to DishnetDSL
(20 January 2003)
* World's first and only Teen TV Network launched
(20 January 2003)
* Hughes bags Frost & Sullivan's award
(20 January 2003)
* BBC World signs deal with Qatar, Kenya Airways
(20 January 2003)
* ESS gives counter offer to DD on programming
(20 January 2003)
* Zee high on Motilal Oswal's wealth creation list
(20 January 2003)
* NGC's first India centric show to feature Everest
(20 January 2003)
* Ex ESPN exec Bornstein to run NFL Channel
(20 January 2003)
* Zee Telefilms Q3 results on 28 Jan
(18 January 2003)
* 'HITS preferred to ground head-end'
(18 January 2003)
* Live telecast of Golden Globes on Star World 19 Jan
(18 January 2003)
* Star wins landing rights for Mandarin channel in China
(18 January 2003)
* Kamath lauds Prasar Bharati
(18 January 2003)
* DD hopes to make Rs 300 m. from World Cup
(17 January 2003)
* ICC contracts challenged in Delhi HC
(17 January 2003)
* DD awaits ESS response on cricket
(17 January 2003)
* ZEE CLARIFICATION ON BUDHA FILMS & CRICKET
(17 January 2003)
* Insat 3A, GSLV II mission launches in 2003
(17 January 2003)
* DD, NACO AIDS campaign a success, reveals survey
(18 January 2003)
* Popular Prakashan to bring serials to book
(18 January 2003)
* First world summit for digital satellite TV in Paris
(17 January 2003)
* DD Bharati completes one year on 22 January
(17 January 2003)
* Panamsat successfully completes turnaround year
(17 January 2003)
* John McMahon is senior Executive VP, MD, Europe SPTI
(17 January 2003)
* BBC in news exchange agreement with Al-Jazeera
(17 January 2003)
* BR Films to produce new films for DD, Sahara TV
(16 January 2003)
* Lucknow Radio City may go off air Dec
(16 January 2003)
* Prasar Bharati signs 90 million deal with IRDA
(16 January 2003)
* 'Kyunki...' storyline moving to Australia
(16 January 2003)
* 'Heena' completes four years
(15 January 2003)
* Channel loyalty fetches Star better ratings
(15 January 2003)
* CricketNext.com to webcast World Cup matches
(15 January 2003)
* 1000 radio stations likely to be set up this year
(15 January 2003)
* MTV, Nick, Pepsi, Max get together for contest
(15 January 2003)
* Wrestling adds muscle to niche channels
(15 January 2003)
* XIC award for Anand Patwardhan
(15 January 2003)
* Pakistan govt to liberalise broadcasting policy
(14 January 2003)
* SET puts its money on epic soap Kahani Terrii Merrii
(14 January 2003)
* Media planners blamed for shrinking DD advertiser base
(14 January 2003)
* Sridevi to be Humaari Bahu Malini Iyer on Sahara
(14 January 2003)
* CNN's CEO Issacson steps down; Walton to step in
(14 January 2003)
* Swaraj sets 6 month timeline for CAS rollout
(14 January 2003)
* Swaraj sets 14 July deadline for CAS rollout
(14 January 2003)
* Sony threatens to sue GCC
(13 January 2003)
* ETC's net rises to Rs 41m for Q3FY2003
(13 January 2003)
* Volvo accepts blame for Ariane 5 failure
(13 January 2003)
* Digital Curriculum puts BBC at heart of online learning
(13 January 2003)
* DD ups ante on cricket coverage
(13 January 2003)
* Women to the fore as Qalam concludes
(11 January 2003)
* SABe TV completes two years of telecast
(11 January 2003)
* Sales of PCs to cross 2 million units in 2002-03
(11 January 2003)
* DD looking for distributors abroad
(11 January 2003)
* Indian cricketers sign ICC contract
(10 January 2003)
* Qalam runs full house second day in a row
(10 January 2003)
* WSN to do production for MAX 'Extraaa Innings'
(10 January 2003)
* Balaji scrip dips; ISec positive of good results
(10 January 2003)
* EchoStar bags rights for World Cup in Americas
(10 January 2003)
* Sahara Samay Mumbai awaits go ahead
(10 January 2003)
* Sony envisions 'Value' Network TV
(10 January 2003)
* Bloomberg Television debuts in China
(10 January 2003)
* Ten Sports airs live horse racing
(10 January 2003)
* British High Commission to train DD journos
(10 January 2003)
* Qalam gets off to a rousing start
(9 January 2003)
* Extra bigger, Extraaa entertainment - MAX formula
(9 January 2003)
* Sony bids to touch Rs 10b revenues
(9 January 2003)
* Zee Eng to innovate through unusual programming
(9 January 2003)
* AP TV News largest provider of stories for EBU
(9 January 2003)
* HBO's 'Sex and the city' draws to a close in 2004
(9 January 2003)
* Swaraj to meet cable ops on CAS next week
(9 January 2003)
* BBC looking at alliance with ABC in US
(9 January 2003)
* Murdoch wins clearance for Star TV China expansion
(9 January 2003)
* New shows launched, Star downplays cricket
(8 January 2003)
* Pirated signals lead to blank screens in Gujarat
(8 January 2003)
* Zee's mega-prizes strategy a hit at bourses
(8 January 2003)
* Zee failure to lure telecom ads a problem: SSB report
(8 January 2003)
* Balaji show to end run on Zee from 15 Jan
(7 January 2003)
* AIR to air running commentaries for World Cup
(7 January 2003)
* Qalam 2003 - annual writers workshop starts 9 Jan
(6 January 2003)
* DD launches rare series to mark music centenary
(6 January 2003)
* Big money riding on shows launching this month
(6 January 2003)
* ICC attorneys issue caution notice to protect official sponsors
(6 January 2003)
* Zee bouquet has better breadth - JP Morgan CAS report
(6 January 2003)
* Mixed impact on industry constituents - JP Morgan CAS report
(6 January 2003)
* Encryption at MSOs/ICOs likely - JP Morgan CAS report
(6 January 2003)
* Domestic pay revenues to drive broadcaster profits - JP Morgan CAS report
(6 January 2003)
* Big screen Friends on the cards
(4 January 2003)
* Govt looks to cutting equipment import duties; pushing TV software exports
(4 January 2003)
* Sony to launch Balaji blockbuster Kahani Teri Meri as Kutumb replacement
(4 January 2003)
* MSOs biggest gainers - JP Morgan CAS report
(4 January 2003)
* CAS bill gets Presidential nod
(4 January 2003)
* CNBC, Dow Jones cancel joint Friday night show
(4 January 2003)
* Madras HC directs probe into violation of rules by Raj TV
(4 January 2003)
* Zee pits innovative themes,greed against cricket
(4 January 2003)
* Essel launches Maha Lotto, eyes other markets
(3 January 2003)
* Star Plus unveils Kashmeer next week
(3 January 2003)
* AsiaSat 4 completing final system testing
(3 January 2003)
* Mister Jack Ass sues Viacom over show and film
(3 January 2003)
* India C&S revenues to hit $11b by 2015: report
(3 January 2003)
* Merrill Lynch gives Zee buy status post-CAS
(3 January 2003)
* Merrill Lynch bullish on broadcasters, MSOs
(3 January 2003)
* BSE, Zee News launch investor awareness show
(3 January 2003)
* Govt permissions continue to elude Star News
(2 January 2003)
* CAS awaits Presidential nod
(2 January 2003)
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* ARCHIVES FOR THE YEAR 2002
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* ARCHIVES FOR THE YEAR 2000

 
 

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