13 June 2002 Volume 3 Issue no: 81


 

 


 



 

 

 




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Conditional Access System Update
Canal+ hails move to introduce CAS in India
Interactivity in TV viewing will see the light of day in India with the proposed introduction of Conditional Access Systems (CAS), says Canal+ Technologies general manager sales-Asia/Pacific Nicolas Andrieu... More

Headlines
News Corp takes financial charge of global rights for ICC cricket
Reports are that News Corp has taken full financial control of the ICC rights because "the Global Cricket Corporation failed to meet targets set". More

Singapore Satellite Industry Forum on 17 June
Sven-Olof Koopmann, head of new technologies, BetaResearch, KirchGruppe, Munich, will be the keynote speaker at the CASBAA 2002 Satellite Industry Forum Breakfast at 8:30am on Monday, 17 June at the Fullerton Hotel, Singapore... More

British broadcast journalist Daljit Dhaliwal joins CNN International
British broadcast journalist Daljit Dhaliwal, formerly with ITN, is joining CNN International. More

Channel Guide in the red in 2001-2002 fiscal
Channel Guide has incurred losses worth Rs 15.28 million for the year ended 31 March 2002. More

Lewis-Tyson fight highest ever-grossing PPV event
The telecast with a massive 1.8 million pay-per-view buys in the US generated $103 million of pay-per-view revenue, the highest-grossing pay-per-view event in history. More

Media, Advertising & Marketing Watch
ESPN STAR Sports readies ad campaign for Singapore charity dinner
Sports broadcaster ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has set out a major campaign that kicks off next month for ESS Sports United - a charity dinner and auction dedicated in aid of the Singapore Sports Council for the Disabled. More

Actors' Interview
"I want to do work that I won't be embarrassed about"

An Interview with Actor Victor Hugo Martin ... More

Viewpoint
The Promise of Interactive Television

Recreate Solutions CEO Bhaskar Majumdar does a bit of crystal ball gazing to weigh the pros and cons of interactive TV... More


Media Stock Watch
Media stocks stand out in a gloomy market ... More

Source: www. indiantelevision.com

Other Headlines
Star channels go blank in Coimbatore More
Source: The Hindu Business Line


RBI lifts cap on film financing by banks More
Source: Business Standard


Prashant Sanwal is the new business head for Zee Alpha channels More
Zee Telefilms to uplink more channels More

Source: www.briefonline.com

AIR Live On Trains Soon More
Source: Financial Express

SET names Sunil Lulla executive VP More
BMG tunes India out More
Getting Multichoice to skip pay channels
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Doordarshan News to change face More
Bertelsmann to take over Zomba More
Source:The EconomicTimes

Disney group, ESPN, ABC TV get $1 bn advertising deal More
Casablanca best screen romance
More
Rainbow, tears as Paul weds
More
Source: Hindustan Times

DD News may return with new faces, a dash of BBC More
Devdas: Commercially a doomed love story? More
Source : The Indian Express

Aruna Vasudev gets prestigious French award More
Source: The Hindu

TV channels protest curbs on House coverage More
Murdoch to oppose UK's entry into euro zone More
Murdoch's anti-euro stance fuels feud More
'I would've been a bum if I weren't an actor' More
Casablanca tops US list of movie romances
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Scooby-Doo leaves little to mystery More
Oprah, after the show
More
Zing thing at 21, Lakshmi’s on a roll More
Source: The Times of India

"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

International Headlines
D.C. Couple Sues MTV More
OMD to Spend $1B on Disney Buy
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Lifetime's Too Young Pulls Viewers
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Ferguson, Duchess of Daytime
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Turner Serves Up Wimbledon Goodies
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ABC, ESPN Ink WNBA Deal
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Cartoon Revives 'Looney Tunes' Franchise
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Program-Access Rules Could Get Extension
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Nielsen Plans HDTV Stopgap Solution
More
Source: www.tvinsite.com

Granada and Carlton tighten grip on ITN
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National Grid takes the strain as England fans brew up More
Heavyweights battle for digital licence More
Fry out of race to replace Deayton More
Source: www.mediaguardian.co.uk

Undercover sex on TV More
Free-to-air TV wuz robbed More
Source: www.heraldsun.news.com.au

News Corp punished over Italian pay TV deal
More
Source: www.hoovnews.hoovers.com

Toshiba plugs into TiVo video
More
Source: www.zdnet.com.com

Univision, Spanish-language TV leader, to buy Hispanic radio network in $3.5 billion deal
More
Source: www.nj.com

BBC and Sky 'plan digital service' More
Source: www.news.bbc.co.uk

Webcasters Demand TV Rights More
Source : www.wired.com
CBS and Coca-Cola Reach N.C.A.A. Deal More
Source : www.nytimes.com



 




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