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Media firm UTV issues clarification on 15.8 per cent,
Rs 460 million private placement
Media
firm UTV has clarified reports about a foreign investor
picking up a stake in it. More
Cricket to drive Sony bid for the top with World Cup rights
officially in the bag
Sony Entertainment made it official today that it has
acquired the Indian television satellite broadcast rights
for a six-year package of ICC (International Cricket Council)
tournaments, including the World Cups in 2003 and 2007.
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Digital
satellite Telugu channel Maa TV launching soon
In the offing is a new digital Telugu regional language
channel - Maa TV. More
India-West Indies Clash in 5-Test Series!
Star
Sports readies for the big event of the year - a five
test India West India cricket series, followed by a five
match one day series, that kicks off 11 April. More
Ketaki
Dave joins Hum Saath Aath Hain cast
Ketaki Dave returns to Star Plus as Kokila Marfatia, the
better half of Bharatbhai, the new neighbours of the Kapoor
family that ruled Hum Saath Aath Hain thus far.
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Media, Advertising & Marketing Watch
ONGC
seeks ad agency to pump up its publicity
The Oil and Natural Gas Commission is looking for an ad
agency to present its case to stakeholders, in India and
abroad. More
Source:
www. indiantelevision.com
Other
Headlines
SET India Bags Telecast Rights For World Cups
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News Corp’s Star TV
Switches On New China Channel More
Music For Film Buffs:
Sony Cuts CD, Cassette Prices More
Maa TV To Join Telugu Channel Melee
In April More
Seth Quits As BSNL Chief,
Singh In Charge More
Contract, Rediffusion & Bates In The Race To Bag Rs 10-Crore
Tata Chemicals Account More
Technical Writing
Unaffected By Meltdown: Survey More
Source:
The Financial Express
Cable cos plan all-India
rates, may settle at Rs 300 per home More
Eternal
Dreams takes over Tara More
Discovery
not to launch new channels More
Channels
play blame game on kids’ viewing More
PepsiCo
takes the fizz out of Coke More
Aamir
Khan's lower bank balance More
News
to take $2 bn Gemstar writedown
More
Ariane-4
launches communication sats More
Black Oscar or just peace offering? More
Source: The Economic Times
China
bans cellphones in army to protect secrets More
Tezaab
director gets 6 months' RI More
NDTV
to float TV channel from April 2003 More
All
eyes on Radio rights for 2003 World Cup Cricket
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Discovery
plans time brands More
Data
Access receives ILD licence More
Barc finds cure for flatulence
More
Source:
The Times Of India
Hutchison
plans to stick with Orange brand in Mumbai More
IT bigwigs to discuss private participation in Media Lab
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Enjoying Net telephony benefits may take a while More
One Alliance woos MTV to join channel bouquet More
IBM to set up division to focus on telecommunications
More
Source:
Business Standard
MusicWorld CEO quits; to join Sify More
Tata Cellular aims high with faster growth -- To focus
on suburban markets More
Bata
profit slips 90 pc More
Leo
Burnett to work for foreign clients More
Source:
The HIndu Business Line |
"Seeing
a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms.
And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will
give you some."
- Alfred Hitchcock
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International
Headlines
Paul
Allen TV company to buy Moxi Digital
Moxi Digital Inc., a high-profile Silicon Valley
start-up, is being acquired by Digeo, the interactive
television company founded by Paul Allen, a co-founder
of Microsoft Corp. More
Source:
The International Herald Tribune
Football,
films and fornication pays off for Channel 5
When the five members of the Spice Girls launched
Channel 5, the word in the Soho bars frequented by broadcasting
types was that they had each been paid £100,000 for the
privilege. More
Producers
give Channel 4 a gnomic V-sign over axing 'The Big
Breakfast'
If Channel Four executives had
been in any doubt about Planet 24's feelings over their
axing of The Big Breakfast they would have been
resolved shortly after 9am yesterday. More
Source:
The Independent
ITV
battle causes rift
A rift was starting to emerge in the Football League's
united battle against the ITV firms Carlton and Granada
yesterday... More
Source:
The Irish Times
Legal
tackle by league will hit TV's big players
MANY of the City’s best-known names in banking, management
and the media are being drawn into the debacle surrounding
the collapse of ITV Digital... More
Slump
in adverts leaves Channel 4 £20m in the red
CHANNEL 4 will announce its biggest loss next month
because of the effects of the recession in advertising
and the cost of new digital ventures. More
BBC
staff to be given £4m pub quiz induction
ALL new BBC recruits, from the lowliest clerical officer
to governors of the corporation, will have to take part
in a pub-style quiz as part of a compulsory new four-day
induction course ordered by Greg Dyke. More
Boycott
of ITV 'no threat to advertising industry'
BRITAIN’s biggest advertisers have shrugged off the
threat of a boycott of ITV’s most successful programmes...
More
Source:
The
Times
Study links
TV and violence
WATCHING television for more than an hour a day can
lead to violence, according to the latest US research.
More
Source: The Advertiser
'Digital
Britain could cost £10bn'
Getting Britain hooked up to digital television could
cost the consumer up to £10bn.... More
Kirch
survives for another weekend
Kirch Group's battle for survival will continue on
Tuesday, after the debt-laden media empire agreed a rescue
package with its creditors this week. More
Source: www.media.guardian.co.uk
TV
and Radio Jobs Still Fading
The ad market may be bottoming
out, but the TV and radio employment market has not. More
Comcast
Files Application to Buy AT&T Broadband
Petitions to deny Comcast Corp.’s
acquisition of AT&T Broadband are due April 29, the Federal
Communications Commission said Friday. More
ESPN
Sets 2002 NFL Schedule
The National Football League Super Bowl champion New
England Patriots will make two appearances on ESPN as
part of the network’s 2002 Sunday Night NFL schedule.
More
Source: www.tvinsite.com
Murdoch
calls meeting over Kirch pay-TV unit
Rupert Murdoch is to host a meeting next week in Los
Angeles of Bavarian bankers... More
Administrators
prepare ITV Digital sell-off
The administrators working to rescue ITV Digital are
planning to start selling off assets in the pay-TV business...
More
Source: Financial Times
AOL Time
Warner chiefs get options but no bonus
After receiving regular bonuses in recent years, AOL
Time Warner's top executives received no bonuses in 2001...
More
Source:
Sydney Morning Herald
Viacom Wins
Delay in TV Station Sales
Viacom won approval today for a further delay in complying
with a government order to sell television stations...
More
Source:
iWon
Viacom to
hold all 38 stations until ownership debate is resolved
The Federal Communications Commission granted Viacom
a waiver Thursday allowing the media company to hold all
of its TV stations... More
Source:
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