20 April 2002
Volume 3 Issue no: 36


 

 




 




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Headlines
Indiantelevision.com to host first ever Sahyadri Navratna Puraskar 2002 Awards
Indiantelevision.com is adding another feather to its cap. The Mumbai based television information and services company will hold the first ever Sahyadri Navratna Puraskar 2002 on 27 April in Mumbai at Hotel Juhu Centaur. More

Star petitions Planning Commission for easing of 20% FDI cap?

The latest news emanating from the capital indicates that Star India has made a presentation before the Planning Commission seeking an easing on the key stumbling block to DTH take-off in India... More


Ten Sports scores big with 2002 Fifa World Cup rights

Abdulrahman Bukhatir's Taj Television Ltd won the rights after placing a higher bid than both ESPN Star Sports and Sony Entertainment... More

News Corp dumps Andersen, appoints Ernst & Young as auditor
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has announced that its board of directors has appointed Ernst & Young to replace Arthur Andersen as the company’s independent auditors for the year ending 30 June 2002. More

Canal+ homes in on India's conditional access software market
Canal+ Technologies of France, a Vivendi Universal group company, announced yesterday its intention to provide its conditional access and middleware software to satellite TV channels beaming into Indian homes... More

Media, Advertising & Marketing Watch
National Geographic Channel celebrates Earth Day with photo contest
National Geographic Channel will celebrate Earth Day with its first annual photo contest... More

Jupiter Media Metrix launches online media planning tool
US based Jupiter Media Metrix has introduced a new media planning tool - Audience Insite Measures (AiM) - that will provide advertising agencies, advertisers and media sellers with a higher level of data insight to identify and target online audiences... More

Technology Update
Scientific-Atlanta's transmitter boosts bandwidth for interactive TV
Scientific-Atlanta has unveiled its new Prisma II Targetted Service Delivery (TSD) Transmitter, designed to make more bandwidth available per subscriber, cost effectively. More

Music Choice launches new face on 45 music channels in eight million homes
Music Choice, which claims to be the largest provider of commercial-free digital music via cable and satellite, has announced 'The new face of Music Choice'... More

Tube Talk
Raageshwari talks one on one with badminton ace Gopichand on Ten Sports
Ten Sports has announced that its show One on one with Raageshwari will debut Monday at 10 pm and the first guest on the show will be ace badminton player, Pullela Gopichand. More
Source: www. indiantelevision.com

Other Headlines
Will Ten Sports' gambit hit the jackpot? More
Retail chains hope to gain from cine magic More
BPL may merge appliances cos More
Former maid sues Marlon Brando More
Source: The Economic Times

Mumbai cable TV firms agree on average fees of Rs 300 More
LG Electronics eyes 17% share in CTVs More
Source: Business Standard

TV cameraman attacked in Pondy
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Film centre a pale shadow of past
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Tough TV cop arrested in wife's murder
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Source: The Times of India

Top Telemedia eyes 3-fold jump in profit
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Source: The Hindu Business Line

Zee shines in a dim market at close More
Source: www.moneycontrol.com

Global Tele net dips
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TV actor Robert Blake arrested in wife's murder
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Source: The Hindustan Times

If you say so
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Source: Screen

Zee Telefilms broadcasts gains on institutional buying
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Source: www.capitalmarket.com

"Television is a gift of God, and God will hold those who utilize his divine instrument accountable to him."
- Philo T. Farnsworth, television pioneer
International Headlines
Broadcasters: DTV Plan Must Include TV-Station Carriage More
Rukeyser Gets CNBC and More More
FCC to Appeal Media Case More
FCC Adds New Delay to EchoStar Merger More
NASDAQ Eyes Delisting Adelphia More
FX Renews The Shield More
Digital Set-Top Sector Poised for Growth More
Lifetime Taps People to Replace Day More
Vivendi, Thomson Sign Pact More
S-A Sees Recovery, Strong HDTV Sales More
Court TV to Seek Access to Blake Trial More
The Winner Is ... Interactive TV More
Sharpton’s Next Target: Mediacom? More
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ource: www.tvinsite.com


'No negotiations' between league and ITV More
Berlusconi attacks RAI broadcasters More
Lily Savage suffers heart attack More
Liberty Media chief sets sights on NTL More
Little Mo's trial draws 13m More
Cracker producer slams Brown over tax benefit cuts More
Musharraf threatens media freedom More
Enfield returns to BBC1 More
Source: www.mediaguardian.co.uk

BioSphere Medical to Broadcast First-Quarter Conference Call Over the Internet
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Source: www.hoovers.com

Nairobi Allocated Only 13 TV And 22 FM Channels
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TV Africa Holds Media Day, Unfolds Mission in Abuja More
Source: www.allafricanews.com

Seven and Nine fear a top Ten
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One-woman show More
Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Messier details Canal Plus losses More
Kirch creditors eye Formula One More

Source: www.expatica.com


 

 

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