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Shop 24 Seven to introduce real time interactivity
before week is out
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24 Seven, the media commerce venture of the Hinduja Group's
convergence arm HTMT and US-based Planet E-Shop, is about
to bring in more interactivity into the channel. More
Discovery goes in for image change
Discovery Channel is turning from a staid edutainment
channel to a zippy clued in channel come 1 April.
More
ETC
clears issue of fresh equity to Zee
ETC Networks approved the issue of fresh equity to Zee
Telefilms on preferential basis at an extraordinary general
meeting held on Tuesday. More
Technology
Update
Ikegami
and Marshall Electronics join forces for LCD Monitor sales
Marshall
Electronics has announced the signing of an exclusive
distribution agreement with Japan based Ikegami Tsushinki
Ltd to push its LCD monitors. More
DivXNetworks
and Protexis tie up for new video compression technology
California based DivXNetworks has chosen state-of-the-art
Protexis nTitles system for the release of its DivX Pro
5.0 video compression software. More
Tube Talk
HBO
offers great escape routes every Wednesday
HBO will, from April, feature legendary films showcasing
main protagonists battling against all odds. The programme
band is called Great Escapes. More
Source:
www. indiantelevision.com
Other
Headlines
Changing The Picture: MSOs Lay Down New Rules Of Cable
Game More
IBM Launches Integrated
Solutions For Telecom Cos More
Escotel Crosses The
5-lakh Subscriber Mark More
TN Readies Plan For IT Infrastructure
More
AP Reaches For The Sky
To Leverage The Net For Development More
Cellular Industry: B & C Circles Move Into the High Growth
Path More
‘Net Porn-blockers
Don’t Work’ More
Coke’s Gupta Elevated In Key
Management Change More
Source:
The Financial Express
BSNL won't miss out
on ILD More
Citigroup puts its money on Net More
New
evidence of IBM role in Holocaust More
World
Cup may kick off Japan's economy More
Source: The Economic Times
Police
book two TV channels for inciting riots More
Star,
Aaj Tak scotch sale rumours More
Essar
cell services in 3 new circles soon More
British
comedian Dudley Moore dies More
Net
push helps LG India gain More
Source:
The Times Of India
‘We
have the rights of 8 Test-playing nations’ More
NIIT acquires US-based Osprey for $3m More
Discovery plans 24-hour language feed More
AXN gaining among women More
AXN brings new crime, travel series to India More
Source:
Business Standard
Straight
Drive: TV controls cricket as first More
Source:
Hindustan Times
CAG finds lapses in BSNL accounts More
Tata
Tele ready to launch broadband services More
DoT
issues guidelines on universal service obligations
More
Source:
The HIndu Business Line
“Movie
ticketing embraces technology thru ezeetickit, offers
marketers a new marketing tool to tap movie goers”
More
Source:
www.exchange4media.com
Equus
becomes part of Red Cell’s ‘challenger’ network More
Source:
www.agencyfaqs.com |
"I
find television very educating. Every time somebody turns
on the set, I go into the other room and read a book."
- Groucho Marx
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International
Headlines
Economic
crisis spawns host of TV news shows in Argentina
Argentina's worsening crisis, which has so
far brought a mountainous debt default, devaluation, banking
restrictions, street rioting and the resignation of four
presidents in a two-week period, has helped make economic
and political news hot. More
Source:
www.adageglobal.com
Uncle
Miltie passes away
Milton Berle, the legendary Vaudevillian comedian
who became TV's first comic superstar, died in his sleep
at his home in Los Angeles at age 93 on Wednesday, according
to his publicist Warren Cowan. More
Shapiro
to head ABC Family
ABC Daytime President Angela
Shapiro has been named president of ABC Family Channel....
More
CinéGroupe,
Film Roman team up on animated programs
CinéGroupe, one of Canada's leading independent animation
and special effects production companies, has formed a
strategic alliance with Hollywood-based Film Roman....
More
'PM
Magazine' creator Hillier dead at 61
Bill Hillier, a 36-year veteran TV producer credited
with creating the syndicated hit "PM Magazine," died of
cancer in his Encino, Calif., home on March 18. He was
61. More
Discovery
Kids announces NBC Saturday block shows
Discovery Kids and NBC have announced six new shows
that will debut Oct. 6 in the three-hour "Discovery Kids
on NBC" Saturday block. More
Source:
www.emonline.com
Dyke: 'Sad day
if ITV Digital goes'
The BBC director general, Greg Dyke, said it will
be a "sad day" if ITV Digital does not survive, but has
ruled out the BBC taking over the Football League contract
at its full price. More
NTL
on the brink
Cable group NTL has admitted it will go bust unless
it receives a last-minute cash injection from new investors.
More
Source: www.media.guardian.co.uk
League
set to sue if TV deal is kicked into touch
THE English Football League
is ready to sue broadcast giant ITV Digital if the cash-strapped
TV venture breaches its TV rights contract. More
Source: www.business.scotsman.com
Kremlin
playing it safe with new TV license
The Russian government is to
award a national broadcasting license on Wednesday in
what Kremlin officials have promised will be a fair and
open auction. More
Source: International Herald Tribune
BBC
and Natmags discuss merger
BBC Magazines has been in talks with The National
Magazine Company about a merger of the two publishers.
More
BBC1
ditches balloon in favour of rhythm and dancce idents
BBC1 is to replace its famous globe ident after 40
years. More
Broadcast
coalition plans raft of new digital channels
Digital broadcasters are planning to launch a raft
of new channels under the terrestrial digital coalition
“freeco” being tipped to replace cash-strapped ITV Digital.
More
Source:
www.mediaweek.co.uk
Axel
Springer offered stake in KirchMedia
Investors in KirchMedia, the rights and free-TV business
of debt-laden Kirch Gruppe, have offered Axel Springer,
the publisher, a stake in the business as part of a rescue
plan that would wrest control from Leo Kirch, the group's
founder. More
Media moguls
eye Spanish-language broadcaster
Ask any media mogul - from Michael Eisner to Sumner
Redstone - which company they would most like to buy and
they will usually answer: "Univision." More
Backers
put ITV Digital into administration
The world's biggest and most expensive digital terrestrial
TV project was on Wednesday forced into administration
throwing UK government broadcasting policy into turmoil
and the future of the country's lower league football
into doubt. More
Source:news.ft.com
Comcast to
Stop Collecting Modem Fees
Comcast Corp. is notifying local governments that
it will no longer collect cable-modem franchise fees in
response to a recent ruling by the Federal Communications
Commission. More
ESPN Scores
with Women’s Elite Eight
With a pair of No. 1 seeds meeting in the opener and
perennial powers Connecticut and Tennessee clashing in
the Final Four nightcap March 29, ESPN hopes to build
on the solid numbers its coverage of the Women’s NCAA
Basketball Championships’ Elite Eight games produced Monday
night. More
Industry
Loses Bid to Delay New Service for Blind
To assist the blind, leading large-market TV stations
and cable systems must offer narration of on-screen action
April 1 despite the industry's court fight to overturn
the requirement. More
Source:www.tvinsite.com |
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