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TV Lanka launches multiple digital channels; targets Asia,
Europe, M East
TV
Lanka, a 24-hour digital satellite network, has launched
multiple television channels with its Broadcast MediaServer
digital video server system from SeaChange International.
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Channel Guide to allot equity shares on preferential
basis
Channel Guide India Ltd informed the Bombay Stock Exchange
today that the company board has decided to issue 2 million
equity shares of Rs10 each on preferential basis. More
Media,
A&M Watch Special Report
Gemini
uses film as bait to hook the viewer; Eenadu slackens
An Optimum Media Study Report on the tele match in Andhra
Pradesh.
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Technology
Update
Scientific-Atlanta
to launch Transis Rate Compressor for improved bandwidth
efficiency, lower transmission cost in the digital headend
Scientific-Atlanta has announced that it will shortly
launch a new Transis rate compressor...
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Tube
Talk
16-year-old
student triumphs on ‘Super Selector’
ESPN Star Sports has announced a winner among the 2,28,137
teams that participated in its game show 'Super Selector'
during the month of March.
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CNN
profiles actor Robert Downey Jr. today
CNN's programme People in the News will examine
Robert Downey Jr. at 2 pm on Saturday.
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Source:
www. indiantelevision.com
Other
Headlines
Bollywood
casts eye on Asian market More
Ripples Films's dreams turning sour More
Source:
The Times of India
Disney,
Echostar end TV channel feud More
Bollywood
going global with IIFA More
Vajpayee,
the poet, is the new MTV rage More
Philips-Yahoo-Fifa to offer Cup service More
Broadband connectivity from MTNL More
Source:
The Economic Times
Daring
women on HBO More
Cable
war in Hyderabad More
Source: The Hindu
SET India, Discovery agree on 74:26 distribution JV More
Source:
Business Standard
Poet-PM Vajpayee vies with Britney on
music channel More
Source:
Hindustan Times
Will
COPRA sting our films? More
Discovery's
new warpath More
One
ear to the ground More
Source:
Daily Pioneer |
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you read a lot of books you are considered well read.
But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well
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International
Headlines
Discovery,
NYT Team on Digital Network
The New York Times Company ponied up $100 million for
a 50 percent stake in Discovery Networks' diginet Discovery
Civilization. More
Pregnancy
Halts Sex
HBO is suspending production on Emmy-winning comedy Sex
and the City because star Sarah Jessica Parker is
pregnant. More
FCC
Granted More Time In Media Case
The U.S. Court of Appeals has granted the Federal Communications
Commission an extension until April 19 to decide whether
to appeal a major media ownership case, an FCC source
said Friday.
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Daly's
Ratings No Rocket
In its first quarter on the air, NBC’s new Last Call
With Carson Daly averaged a 0.7 Nielsen rating, a
7 share among adults 18 through 49. More
Swanson
to Receive Avatar Award
Dennis Swanson, president and general manager of WNBC-TV
New York, will receive the Broadcast Cable Financial Management’s
Avatar Award in recognition of his leadership role over
40 years in the broadcasting industry More
Cable
Rates Up Overall
On a per-channel basis, cable rates increased 1.5 percent
for the 12-month period ending July 1, 2001, according
to the Federal Communications Commission’s just-released
cable industry price report. More
Leno
Wins Late Night
NBC’s Tonight Show with Jay Leno continued its
winning ways during the first quarter with a 2.3 rating
and an average total audience of 6 million viewers...
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Source:
www.tvinsite.com
Oprah closes
the book on her favourite reads
Oprah Winfrey can't find enough good books to read anymore
- and that could be bad news for US publishers and booksellers.
More
Source:
The Financial Times
MTV special
to honour Aerosmith
Kid Rock, Pink, Train, Shakira and Nas are among the performers
who will walk this way to an MTV tribute to Aerosmith.
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Source:
www. ninemsn.com
EchoStar pulls out of satellite Net access
EchoStar Communications is backing out of its satellite-based
Internet access business in what many see as a tactic
to pressure U.S. regulators to approve its proposed takeover
of Hughes Electronics. More
Source:
www.news.com
MTV
VJ Donita Rose in Young STAR Magazine’s April issue
Summer’s never gotten this hot and Young Star Magazine
heats it up a little bit more with MTV VJ Donita Rose...
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Source:
www.philstar.com
Digital
deal declares TV war
All-out war between the two pay television providers,
Sky and TelstraSaturn, looks set to break out with the
conclusion of a long-awaited digital television partnership
between TVNZ and TelstraSaturn. More
Source:
The Newzealand Herald |
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