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'Ad
Wise 2002' India’s first TV air time selling, planning
and buying forum, kicks off today
India’s first TV air time forum ‘Ad-Wise’
2002, a day-long meeting ground to understand the various
issues impacting the business of TV air time, is being
held in Mumbai (MayFair Rooms, Worli) today.
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Aerosmith to be honorees at mtvICON tribute concert
Ageless
rockers Aerosmith will be the next honoree at MTV's second
annual music tribute event, mtvICON. More
'Kyunki'
leads charge as Star Plus claims all time high prime time
channel share
Top Hindi entertainment channel Star Plus has claimed
an all time high prime time channel share of 24, as per
market research agency AC Nielsen's latest TAM data.
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Government
allows 13 firms to set up uplink hubs
The
government has permitted 13 companies to set up 14 uplinking
hubs and teleports in the country.
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Media,
Advertising & Marketing Watch
Monty Ghai to
head CNN ad sales in India, Australia
Turner
International Asia Pacific Ltd has appointed Monty Ghai
to take on added responsibilities in managing CNN's advertising
sales activities in Australia and India... More
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Talk
Australia-South Africa one-day series kicks off on ESPN
today
All
the 7-matches between South Africa and Australia will
start at 13.55 hrs.
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Literacy
mission launching 'Bulundi' on DD1 25 March
While
entertainment channels find it difficult to look beyond
"saas-bahu" conflicts, national broadcaster
Doordarshan soldiers on covering social responsibility
issues.
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Source:
www. indiantelevision.com
Other
Headlines
Alcatel
In For Global Recast, Tunes In To R&D In India And
China More
Operators
Not Aware Of DD Bharati Order More
Source:
The Financial Express
First private satellite
to be in orbit by 2003 More
Board
meet through video link may get nod More
Only
ISPs get green light to offer Internet telephony More
Aha! It’s Thums Up to tangy cola war More
Source:
The Economic Times
Animation
industry moves into top gear More
Sizing
down videotape, yet again More
Oscar
tickets shortage causes Hollywood rifts More
Pamela
Anderson has hepatitis C More
New
Net filter to sanitise Web for children More
Source:
The Times Of India
Coke
hits the country road in strategic shift More
Sify,
SingTel pact on data centre services marketing
More
Only
ISPs allowed to offer Net telephony More
Bukhatir
plans sports channel in India More
Even
in sleep PwC guys do not talk about Oscars
More
Source:
Business Standard
Usha
Comm tie-up with inCode More
The CeBIT innovations: Products of the future More
Mukta
rights sale to boost turnover More
ECR
initiative bonds arch rivals More
Essel group goes online to market lotteries More
Source:
The HIndu Business Line
Deo
wars: Confounding senses More
Ad
Club Madras rebrands award; Lowe and O&M to skip it
More
Source: agencyfaqs.com
Web
is main medium for top executives More
Source: www.exchange4media.com |
"Television
is for appearing on, not looking at."
-
Noel Coward
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International
Headlines
Television
adverts for vodka hit by Prohibition spirit
Seventy
years after the repeal of Prohibition, the US television
network NBC thought it might be time to reintroduce vodka
adverts on to the airwaves. It thought wrong. More
Source:news.indepedent.co.uk
RTNDA
names regional Murrow award winners
RTNDA
announced its 2002 regional winners of the Edward R. Murrow
Awards for excellence in journalism. More
Source:www.emonline.com
ITV
will ruin the game, says league
The
Football League has warned ITV Digital it will "devastate"
English football if it does not pay out the remaining
£178m in its TV contract. More
ITV
and BBC in World Cup u-turn
ITV
and the BBC, which fought long and hard to keep the 2002
football World Cup rights on free-to-air terrestrial TV,
are themselves planning to show some of the matches on
digital-only channels. More
Comedian
fronts organ donation campaign
The
government is to launch the first-ever organ donation
campaign aimed at Afro-Caribbeans, fronted by the comedian
Curtis Walker. More
C5
recruits Jemima Khan for Unicef films
Jemima
Khan has been signed up by Channel 5 for two documentaries
about children's charity Unicef. More
Source:
www.media.guardian.co.uk
McDevitt
points the finger
Barb
chief executive Caroline McDevitt will blame cable and
digital broadcasters for some of the major problems she
has faced ... More
Source:
www.mediaweek.co.uk
Liberate Countersues OpenTV Over Patents
The
war continues: Six weeks after facing a patent-infringement
lawsuit from OpenTV Corp., Liberate Technologies has filed
a countersuit alleging that its rival violated several
crucial patents on interactive-television technologies.
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Northpoint
Planning Satellite Service
Northpoint
Technology Ltd. is planning to change its business model
from ground-based service to a hybrid model that includes
both terrestrial and satellite-delivered data and TV programming.
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Source:www.tvinsite.com
DirecTV
is buoyed by rise in new subscribers
DirecTV,
the US satellite television company owned by Hughes Electronics,
has had an upturn in net new subscribers. More
Ministers set to block Murdoch's TV hopes
Rupert
Murdoch's broadcasting ambitions are likely to be thwarted
under the UK's favoured option for a shake-up of media
regulation. More
ITV
TV rights contract cost reduction plan gets rejected
ITV
Digital moved a step closer to collapse on Thursday, after
a last-ditch offer to reduce the cost of its TV rights
contract with the Football League was rejected. More
Source:www.news.ft.com
Game
Show Network and Two Way TV (US) Close Virtual Channel
Deal
Game
Show Network Inks Deal With Two Way TV (US) to Develop,
Integrate, Manage and Operate Virtual Channels. More
Source:www.hoovenews.hoovers.com |
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