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Do
Indian television executives, businessmen, policy makers
and politicians suffer from foot-in-the-mouth disease like
their counterparts elsewhere? Are they good forecasters
of future developments in the yo-yoing Indian media and
legislative environment? Do they say things just for effect?
How often have they read the situation wrong - or right?
Indiantelevision.com asks you to decide as we take you through
the statements they have made relating to television and
broadcasting over the years. Click on the link below to
read on.
"If
Junior Kaun Banega Crorepati was just a gimmick,
why would we have vacated the Thursday night slot?" The
idea was to begin a whole new edition. When the phone lines
for Junior KBC opened for just two days in March,
the channel received over seven lakh (700,000) calls, almost
70 per cent of whom were girls."
Sameer Nair, executive vice president programming, Star
Plus defending Junior KBC which according to skeptics
has been brought in only to push up KBC ratings which
have plateaued, quoted in the Hindustan Times, 6
May 2001.
"I have it from authoritative sources that KBC will
soon be entering the Guinness Book of World Records for
being the most widely-watched show in the world."
Peter Mukerjea, CEO, Star India, quoted in the Business
Standard, 7 May 2001.
"Due
to the downturn in the western economy and the slump in
ad spending, we have decided that this is not the right
time to launch the channel."
Sainath Iyer, head corporate communications, Zee Telefilms,
informing about Zee's plans to shelve the launch of lifestyle
channel 'Chakra' and instead syndicate all the programmes
that have been made for it to various Indian and foreign
channels, quoted in the Business Standard, 7 May
2001.
"My projection is 4.5 million unit CTV sales this year against
five million last year, unless the monsoon is good."
Francis Xavier, MD Francis Kanoi, a market research agency,
on the negative growth of color TV industry over the last
six months, quoted in The Economic Times, 6 May 2001.
"We see an opportunity for significant growth in this area
and would like them to participate in the venture...Since
we already handle key elements such as music and overseas
distribution, the backbone of the project is in place."
Ravi Gupta, CEO, B4U on its plans to set up a Rs 100
crore film fund over the next one year to get into film
production, quoted in The Financial Times, 30 April
2001.
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