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The birth of a Star
In
the annals of television has there ever been a show that
has done quite as much as this one? Everyone knows of
Kaun Banega Crorepati and how it propelled Star
Plus from a perennial also ran to the Numero Uno position
in the channel wars in a matter of months.
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Media,
A&M Watch Special Report
Reaching out to the Rich Man
Target the class that has the capacity and the inclination
to spend. Madison has pursued this dictum with a recent
survey that studies the spending and media consuming habits
of the well-heeled and provides media planners with guidelines
on zeroing in on this miniscule but powerful class. More
Headlines
Asian Television Technical & Creative Awards 2002 opens
for entries
Entries are invited for the Asian Television Technical
& Creative Awards 2002, Asia's only region-wide awards
programme that recognises the efforts and talent of the
broadcast, production, and post-production community.
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NBC used Intelsat to carry 'Today' show from the USS Roosevelt
US
broadcaster National Broadcasting Company (NBC) utilised
a short-term satellite space lease in combination with
occasional use TV services to broadcast its Today show
from the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier recently.
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Tube
Talk
Clinton
adds touch of celeb glamour to BBC show
BBC World's flagship new media show Click Online will
mark its 100th edition on 5 April with an exclusive interview
with former US president Bill Clinton. More
INTAM Top
10 programmes on different channels (18 March - 24 March
2002)
Top
10 programmes on DD1
Top
10 programmes on DD2
Top
10 programmes on Star Plus
Top
10 programmes on Zee TV
Top
10 programmes on Sony
INTAM Top
10 programmes in Uttar Pradesh (18 March - 24 March 2002)
Top
10 programmes across All Individuals
Top
10 programmes across All C&S
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10 programmes across All Individuals on DD1
Top
10 programmes across All Individuals on DD2
Top
10 programmes across All Individuals on Zee TV
Top
10 programmes across C&S on Star Plus
Top
10 programmes across C&S on Sony
TAM Top 10 programmes(17
March - 23 March 2002)
Doordarshan's
Top 10
Top
10 In All TV Homes
Top
10 in Cable & Satellite Homes
TAM Top 100
Programmes on different channels(17 March - 23 March 2002)
Sony
Sun
TV
Star
Plus
Gemini
TV
DD
Sports
Source:
www. indiantelevision.com
Other
Headlines
Jeena
Isi Ka Naam Hai top show of Zee TV More
FTII denies lay-off
plans More
A B Corp back in action More
Zee not to hike PTL offer price
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Channel surfing to be a costly affair
More
Source:
The Times of India
Channel zapping now an expensive
habit More
Jindal offers tech knowhow to
China More
Source:
The Economic Times
Can MAA TV
challenge Gemini and ETV in Andhra Pradesh? More
Source: www.agencyfaqs.com
ESPN,
INCable Net reach settlement More
E!
TV mulls India foray More
Source:
Business Standard
TV-18 plans to expand abroad More
`TV-18
is no more at the mercy of channels' More
Prime-time
toss-up in living rooms More
Source:
The HIndu Business Line
TV18
raising Rs 20cr, reworking Sony tie More
Source: www.moneycontrol.com
Zee
Telefilms slips; Gujarat Ambuja, Bajaj Auto register gains
More
Balaji Telefilms
in the thick of the action More
Source:
www.capitalmarket.com
Producer
N Chandra opens random fire; 1 injured More
Source:
www.chalomumbai.com
Zee’s
no to price hike for Padmalaya stake More
Source:The
Tribune |
"The
one function that TV news performs very well is that when
there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis
as if there were."
- David Brinkley
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International
Headlines
TV
Network bans body-board tatoos
ESPN has informed promoters and managers that
fighters will no longer be allowed to adorn temporary
tattoos on their bodies which advertise websites.....
More
Source:
Online Casino News
What's
wrong with the BBC is everyone's problem
I WAS determined not to do this. I was really, really
not going to write about the BBC making a mess of its
coverage of the Queen Mother's death. More
Source:
Electronic Telegraph
AOL
Time Warner to Sell $4 Billion in Bonds
AOL Time Warner Inc. AOL.N ,
the world's largest Internet and media company, plans
to sell $4 billion of global bonds by Wednesday, people
familiar with the sale said on Tuesday. More
Source:www.ispworld
.com
Gemstar
Stock Plunges on Accounting Disclosure
Shares in Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. dropped
37 percent Tuesday to $9.01 apiece after the company revealed
in its annual report some accounting practices that Wall
Street analysts thought were thought were questionable...
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EchoStar:
Let Us Air Distant TV Signals
EchoStar Communications Corp. Tuesday asked the Supreme
Court to hear arguments on whether the satellite-TV carrier
can offer out-of-market TV signals to its subscribers.
.. More
Top
Three Nets Claim Ratings Wins
No, it wasn’t a three-way tie, but CBS, NBC and Fox
all claimed victory in week No. 27 of this season’s prime-time
Nielsen Media Research ratings race. More
U.S.
Cable TV Operators Continue to Jump on Digital Bandwagon
Faced
with stiff competition from Direct Broadcast Satellite
(DBS) pay-TV services, the cable television industry is
fighting back by focusing on its ability to deliver a
“package” of digital services, including digital video
service, cable modem service, and even cable telephony
service...More
Cable:
The Fabric of Your Life
Time Warner Cable chairman and CEO Glenn Britt was
in Washington, D.C., Tuesday waving the flag for more
new digital services, less regulation and making cable,
like that cotton commercial: part of the fabric of the
lives of its customers..More
Source:
www.tvinsite.com
AOL
Time Warner plans $4bn bond issue l
AOL Time Warner is set to join the growing ranks
of US companies that have raised long-term bond finance
to pay off short-term debts and more costly bank borrowing
amid a squeeze in the commercial paper market. More
Gemstar
shares hit by accounting fears
Gemstar,
the interactive television services company that is 42.6
per cent owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, became the
latest casualty of the accounting fears sweeping Wall
Street on Tuesday after it revealed new information about
the sources of its revenues. ... More
France's
biggest cable TV groups up for sale
The ownership of France's two
biggest cable television companies, Noos and Numericable,
is up for grabs, according to Les Echos, the French business
paper......More
Global
Crossing delays 2001 annual report filing
Global
Crossing, the bankrupt global telecommunications carrier,
said on Tuesday that it would delay the release of its
2001 annual report until an investigation of its board
of directors had been completed....
More
Bankruptcy
looms for Williams and MFN
Two
more telecommunications companies looked closer to joining
the ranks of their bankrupt peers on Monday, after debt-laden
Williams Communications and Metromedia Fiber Network each
said they had missed interest payments to creditors..
More
Source: Financial Times
Gray
Communications to buy Benedek assets
Executives
of Gray Communications were negotiating for four months
with Benedek Broadcasting Corp. before announcing late
Monday that Gray will buy the company's bankrupt assets
for $500 million cash.... More
Source:
www.emonline.com
Promises,
Promises: Interactive TV Doesn’t Live Up to the Hype
Overall
revenues for five leading interactive TV companies who
rely at least partially on advertising in 2001 totaled
$158.2 million in 2001, according to an MBD composite
of those companies’ earnings reports.....
More
Source:
inside
USA
Networks Acquires TV Travel Group
USA
Networks, Inc. announced the $100 million cash and stock
purchase of the United Kingdom--based TV Travel Group
this week. TV Travel complements USA's growing portfolio
of t-commerce-based television networks.....
More
Source:
Mediaweek |
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