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BSE
imposes 25% margins on 4 media scrips
The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has imposed special margins
on 33 scrips, including four media shares. The media firms
included in the list of companies on which the margins
were imposed are Padmalaya Telefilms, Pritish Nandy Communications,
Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Ltd and Tips
Industries Ltd. More
DD
channels migrate to Insat 3C The
state broadcaster is in the process of switching satellite
loyalties. Almost all of Doordarshan's regional channels
have started migration to Insat 3C which became operational
from 22 February. More Entries
sought for 27th Rapa Awards
The 27th Rapa (Radio and TV Advertising Practitioners
Association of India Ltd) Awards presentation is to be
held in the month of May, an official release states.More
AIR
Internet service set for facelift Prasar
Bharati has invited global tenders from Internet facility
providers to upgrade the AIR Internet service to a multi-channel
multi-lingual Internet radio station providing streaming
audio. More
ORG-Marg
Intam RATINGS 18
Feb to 24 Feb 2002
Despite fears that it was losing steam, Star Plus' Kyunki
Saas Bhi Kabhi bahu Thi continues to rule the cable and
satellite ratings sweepstakes. Aap Beeti on DD1 is the
big daddy of all shows on DD1. More Top
10 programmes on Sony Top
10 programmes on Zee TV Top
10 programmes on Star Plus Top
10 programmes on DD1 Top
10 programmes on DD2
AC NIELSEN'S Tam RATINGS
17 Feb to 23 Feb 2002
Fast forwarding Kyunki Saas bhi kabhi Bhi Bahu Thi 20
years on has given the soap, which appeared to be tiring,
a new shot in the arm.
More
Opinion
Poll
Is
good kids' programming hard to find on Indian TV? An
opinion poll conducted by www.indiantelevision.com over
the past week endorsed the view that good kids' programming
is indeed hard to find on Indian television. An overwhelming
58 per cent said yes, while 35 per cent believed that
was not the case. Seven per cent of the respondents said
they were not sure either way. Click
here to see results …. source:
www.indiantelevision.com
Uncertain
waves lash channels More source:
The Times of India Did
the media ransack shops, take lives, Mr Modi? More source:www.indian-express.com
Surya
TV pips Asianet in Kerala; media planners are still unimpressed
More
Pepsi draws up summer strategy for 7 Up More Samsung On Ad Blitz To Spur Growth More source:www.agencyfaqs.com
Zee to piggyback on online lottery to boost viewership
More source:www.exchange4media.com
Agrani to commission satellite
by 2004 More
Enam in talks for Zee Tele mandate More
New Coke ad to be launched Thursday More source:Business
Standard
Show appreciation for the opinions of others. Appreciation
is the link most often missing from the chain of meaningful
communication.
J Donald Walters
Oscars
advertiser list released:
ABC has announced a partial list of advertisers for the
upcoming Oscars telecast. More ABC folds 'The Chair':
ABC is canceling "The Chair." The ratings-challenged game
show, hosted by former tennis star John McEnroe, debuted
Jan. 15 to modest initial returns and sank to a personal-low
2.1 rating/5 share last Monday among adults 18 to 49.
More Lawmakers skeptical of DirecTV-EchoStar merger: Senate lawmakers voiced strong concerns about the
planned merger of EchoStar and DirecTV at a hearing Wednesday,
suggesting the deal as structured may violate antitrust
law and would hurt consumers. More More than half request DTV extension:
Counting filings delivered to the agency physically, the
total number of TV stations requesting extensions from
the Federal Communications Commission's May 1 deadline
for launching digital television operations rose to 650
Wednesday, according to the FCC More William Morris' Golenberg joins AMG:
Golenberg, a veteran Hollywood network TV series packager
at William Morris Agency, has joined Michael Ovitz's Artists
Management Group as manager in the television literary
department. More NBC's 'Ellie' wins frame but loses 28 percent of week-ago
score:
NBC's second weekly turn for "Watching Ellie" won the
8:30 p.m.-to-9 p.m. (ET) Tuesday frame again in adults
18 to 49 but also dropped 28 percent from its week-ago,
post-Olympics broadcast. More Allbritton's Washington stations to share studio facilities:
Allbritton Communications announced Wednesday that
it is moving the news operations of its ABC affiliate
WJLA-TV in Washington and NewsChannel 8, its local cable
news channel in the area, into the same studio facilities
this summer. More Comcast says yes to YES: The new Yankees Entertainment and Sports Channel has
reached a carriage agreement with Philadelphia-based Comcast
Cable. More source:www.emonline.com
Pay TV deal helps lift shares as News, telecom give
lead More source:it.mycareer.com.au
Pay-TV deal casts cloud over coverage
The televised future of domestic soccer, basketball and
interstate cricket are most vulnerable after Tuesday's
pay-television shake-up. More source:www.smh.com.au
Foxtel and Optus cause pay TV stir
Australia's biggest pay-TV operators Foxtel and Optus
have agreed to resell content and share satellite space
in a move aimed at helping earnings and cutting programming
costs. More source:www.atimes.com
Basic
Resumes Double-Digit Growth
With
the Winter Olympic Games in the rear-view mirror, basic
cable returned to double-digit viewership gains last week.
More
Time Warner News Hits VOD Vendors
Shares
in video-on-demand-server vendors Concurrent Computer
Corp. and SeaChange International Inc. dropped Tuesday.
More BET’s
Johnson Makes Bid for Hornets Black Entertainment Television chairman and CEO Robert
Johnson Wednesday made public his interest in purchasing
the Charlotte Hornets National Basketball Association
franchise, but franchise owners said the team is no longer
for sale.More Confidence
in Cable Stays Strong
Jack Myers Report said Wednesday that the confidence level
in network-cable advertising remained stronger than those
for national spot cable, network television or national
spot TV.More YES
Nets Comcast Deal Cablevision Systems Corp. is now the largest New York-area
MSO not to ink a distribution deal with Yankees Sports
& Entertainment Network after Comcast Cable Communications
Inc. signed a carriage pact with the fledgling sports
network Wednesday. More What’s
in Store at Discovery Discovery Communications Inc. announced a strategy
Wednesday that will accentuate its cable networks' presence
and its retail stores. More FX’s
Busch Coverage Revs Record Ratings
FX
shot out of the gate quickly with its initial 2002 National
Association for Stock Car Auto Racing telecast. More EchoStar
Taking Must-Carry to Supreme Court
EchoStar Communications Corp. is planning to ask the Supreme
Court to review a federal law requiring DBS carriers to
carry all local TV stations in a served market. More source:www.tvinsite.com
Cokie
Roberts Leaving ABC's 'This Week'
Cokie
Roberts is leaving her Sunday ABC talk show in the fall,
making the announcement as the news division is roiled
by reports that the network is hoping to replace Ted Koppel
with David Letterman. More Dow Notches Triple-Digit Gain Energized by more encouraging economic news, Wall
Street resumed its upward march Wednesday, propelling
the Dow Jones industrials to their third triple-digit
gain in the last four sessions. More Apple, Mastercard, UPS Among New Oscar Sponsors
Advertisers paying an average of $1.3 million per 30-second
spot. More source:
www.mediaweek.com
Singer besieged by complaints
The chief executive of Britain's second
largest cable TV firm, Telewest, has admitted customer
service has been 'terrible', writes Owen Gibson.
More Watchdog berates BBC over Ali G A four-letter outburst on Sara Cox's breakfast show
looks set to land the BBC in hot water.More source:www.media.guardian.co.uk
Premiere to launch video-on-demand
service The pay-TV company is working on a pilot project with
Arcor Online that will see Arcor distribute Premiere films
over the internet for as much as E5 by the summer. More PVRs set to revolutionise TV viewing habits - again
A new survey shows that personal video recorders (PVR)
are significantly altering the viewing habits of television
audiences.More source:www.europemedia.net
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BSE
imposes 25% margins on 4 media scrips
