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* Junk food ads will be banned from TV
* MSOs Register Steep Rise In Pay Channel Costs In ’03-04
* Al-Jazeera promotes new sports channel
* AXN attracts female viewers also
* Discovery Channel ad dollars seized
* I&B Ministry For Tax Exemption To Prasar Bharati
(31 May 2004 )
 
* Singapore television going digital
* Gulbarga : Digitalisation of AIR station nearing completion
* Tamil channels battle it out for place under Sun
* W3A brought into service
* Sonpavla Classic Marathi short stories on Sahyadri
* Nielsen Picks up LPM Support From NAACP
(29 May 2004 )
 
* Contract gets Kinetic's Italian scooter account
* Rx Marketers To Fill Scripts For TV News Content, Branded Content
* Color Chips arm in Philippines
* Maran unveils 10 commandments for IT
* New York Times admits critical failures in Iraq reports
* NFDC strikes it rich at Cannes
* India TV strategy banks on celebrities
* CAS Gets A Leftist Tinge
* Siticable may black out Star, Sony feed
(28 May 2004 )
 
* MGM, Media Park form TV channel for Spain
* CNN Developing Broadband Channel
* Singapore Subsidy Is Bollywood’s Hook
* Colgate to research impact of online ads in media mix
* Gyan Vani to step up science broadcasts
* TRAI chief dismisses Reliance's protest on broadband
* Subscription Revenues Of STAR, Sony-Discovery Up 20%
(27 May 2004 )
 
* EMMA awards winners announced
* Cigarette cos smart as pan masala majors pump up ad spend
* Howrah cable operators protest attacks
* Thiruvananthapuram DD to telecast adalat on jobs
* NDTV on WorldSpace
* Reliance Info cries foul
* GAIL to offer special bandwidth prices for media
(26 May 2004 )
 
* HCL Info steps into digital entertainment
* Mudra South gets new Executive VP
* TRAI issues directive for transparency in telecom tariff ads
* CNBC Europe Signs as Broadcast Partner for Cannes Lions
* TV footage played in court
(25 May 2004 )
 
* Escotoons unfolds string of animation
* Radio advertising set to make a splash in China
* Internet Ad Revenues Nearing A New High
* Fahrenheit 9/11 wins top honour at Cannes
* Jassi wins Rapa award
(24 May 2004 )
 
* Superman & Seinfeld together again
* Balaji Telefilms profit dips
* Microsoft, Comcast sign set-top box deal
* Walt Disney aims ABC at the UK
(22 May 2004 )
 
* Electrolux spends Rs 5 cr on ad campaign
* Verizon to sell video over fibre by '05
* New VP for UTV
(21 May 2004 )
 
* Maya Academy to set up 50 animation training centres
* Prasar Bharati May Come Under Scrutiny
* TRAI paper on spectrum this week
(20 May 2004 )
 
* Ogilvy unveils new business unit
* ABC Appoints Vargas to Replace Walters
* Times Group prepares for biz channel launch
* China: Satellite cartoon channel to be on air
(19 May 2004 )
 
* Ogilvy Interactive To Help HLL’s i-Shakti Project
* SimGraphics Commences Indian Operations
* China orders more cartoons on TV
* Creative Daytime Emmys Announced
* POGO to have 80% Hindi content
* Cable Operators To Knock Sonia’s Door For CAS
(18 May 2004 )
 
* VSNL Begins Laying Of Cable Between Chennai, Singapore
* Regulator Favours News Broadcast On FM Stations
* Pritish Nandy Comm may tap institutional funding
* NDTV board inducts Narayana Murthy
(17 May 2004 )
 
* PAKISTAN: Cable operators' concern over wire cutting
* China issues orders on TV hosts' appearances, broadcasts' content
* MALAYSIA: Stop showing skin, KL tells TV stations
(15 May 2004 )
 
* PAKISTAN: Crackdown on cable operators
* Nestle signs Preity Zinta for Maggi
* Contract replaces Everest for LG Care creatives
* EPpy Award Winners Announced
* YAHOO takes Google's spot on CNN
* Robertson To Take Worldwide CEO Position at BBDO
(14 May 2004 )
 
* Mattel hopes to sell Barbie through DVD
* Webby awards winners announced
* Discovery hits back with martial arts show
* Reliance Infocomm tie-up with NDTV 24x7
* NBC Universal May Consider Purchase of MGM Studio
(13 May 2004 )
 
* Prabhakar Mundkur moves back to JWT
* Ajay Devgan files cheating case against ATN World
* Bihar: Statewide cable TV blackout threatened
* Marketers increasingly turn to customized 'advergames'
* ISRO Defers Edusat Launch To August
* Pentamedia mergers okayed
* Sony’s 1TB DVR with seven TV tunerse
(12 May 2004 )
 
* Ad Majors To Focus On Interactive Cells
* KL satellite TV set to offer 100 new channels
* Dyke and Ball join Power Rangers TV chief
* IndusInd Pushes For Voluntary CAS
* TV programme helps villagers in backward areas
* Asianet fibre optic link
* Zee to axe British news operation, plans major re-structuring
* TV Channels Develop Serious Differences
(11 May 2004 )
 
* Intellectuals split over pro-NDA ad
* Indian High Comm denies visa to Al Jazeera
* Blackout of Star signals hits TV viewers in Mysore
* Poll’s Advertising Toll estimated at Rs 250 crore
(10 May 2004 )
 
* Tulsi gets help from Viranis
* Saregama plans to sell land in revival bid
* Moon TV catches Agra's fancy
* Time Warner Takes Google Stake
* Zee to launch Telugu news channel
* Broadcasting, TV channels to have separate policies
(8 May 2004 )
 
* UK: New guidance on mobile adverts
* Sun, Reliance group co in gaming pact
* Chennai: Cable operators to take up issues with TRAI
* Asia Cup: Only channel owners can bid for TV rights
* R K Swamy BBDO prepares guide to urban markets
* News Corp plans new TV channel
* MAX Set To Go Global, Sans Cricket
(7 May 2004 )
 
* Sandip Tarkas joins as CEO of Media Direction
* Court wants hoardings on heritage bldgs to go
* HC stays encashment of Suryan FM's bank guarantee
* Record majors to return $50 mn in unpaid royalties
* Dayanithi Maran sweats it out to take over his father's mantle
* Reliance kickstarts broadband operations with TV channels
(6 May 2004 )
 
* After Cong, BJP ire at Chitralekha
* 'Tv Guide' Editor In Chief Resigns
* Radio Mid-Day seeks HC stay on fee order
(5 May 2004 )
 
* Sahara's 3D serial set to start in August
* NID has designs on animation industry
* Sangh Parivar man plans Sudarshan TV channel
* Sahara Picks Up 10.6% In K Sera Sera
(4 May 2004 )
 
* Viacom Eyes India For Outsourcing Animation Content
* Diksaat to launch a 24-hour free-to-air Bengali channel
* TV9 Plans More News Channels
(3 May 2004 )
 
     
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