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Government looks ready to lift DTH FDI cap; Zee-AOL-Time
Warner and News Corp likely to announce DTH ventures .
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Aastha channel to beam in UK, US, Canada Indian
spiritual channel Aastha will soon be spreading its wings
to the UK, USA and Canada. More
Will Eternal Dreams help Tara to stay afloat?
Rathikant Basu's beleaguered Broadcast Worldwide (BWW)
- which runs the Tara bouquet of regional channels - has
roped in Eternal Dreams, a channel operations and marketing
agency, to generate ad sales for its ailing Tara Marathi
channel. More
Madison wins Essel media accountt
In
a hotly contested pitch in which leading media specialists
participated, Madison Media has won the Rs 1,000 million
media account of the Rs 45,000-million Essel Group.
More
CABSAT
exhibitors optimistic about business opportunities in
Middle East The
eighth edition of the Middle East International Cable,
Satellite, Broadcast and Telecommunications Exhibition
(CABSAT 2002) concluded at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Exhibition Complex yesterday. More
Technology Update Trident's second generation encoders
for PC, DVD, set-top box applications
The Digital Media business unit of Trident Microsystems
has announced the launch of its second-generation TV encoder,
TVXPRESS TM II (TVX2). More
Tube
Talk Watch 'The
Paintings of India' on Doordarshan
National broadcaster Doordarshan will show a 26-episode
documentary about Indian paintings this month. More
Former cricket
great Gundappa On Harsha Online
Former test great Gundappa Viswanath is being featured
on Harsha Online - the interactive one-hour programme
presented by Harsha Bhoglel. More Source:
www.indiantelevision.com
Bangla TV gears up for shakeout More Interactive
tele-serial for adolescent problems More Sony
stopped from airing Shubh VivahMore Indian
film awards in Malaysia on April 6 More Source:
The Times of India
Agrani
Switch TV campaign to break this month-end More Tycom
cuts undersea cable project by half More Ushacomm
eyes acquisitionsMore Source:
Business Standard
SABe
TV, Zee Turner in talks for distribution pact
More Source:
Business Line
Essel Group
consolidates media account with Madison Media More Source:www.agencyfaqs.com
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larger purpose beyond every undertaking, and for the greater
reality of which everything is a part.
J Donald Walters
Fox uses online
for promotion
A unit of Fox Entertainment Group Inc is to promote its
films via Yahoo! Inc following sigining of an online promotional
and market research deal, Fox's largest Internet media
advertising contract. Traditional companies... More Source:www.advanced-television.com
ESPN Goes to Hollywood to Find Bigger Audience That's the pitch the network known for an "all-sports,
all-the-time" mentality will try to make to its viewers
on Sunday with the premiere of its first made-for-TV movie,
"A Season on the Brink." More Interactive
TV Emmy Coming
The TV academy has headed into the future, creating its
first interactive TV Emmy award. More HBO will
play "Baseball"
HBO is getting ready to put "Baseball Wives" into its
series rotation, ordering eight episodes including the
recently completed pilot. More Source:www.tv.yahoo.com
Cartoon Adds
Original-Series Pair
Cartoon Network will expand its overall originals roster
this year by launching two new animated series. More On-Demand
Is In Demand Content providers and cable operators spoke glowingly
about on-demand opportunities at CTAM's Digital/PPV and
VOD Conference in Los Angeles. More CTAM Survey:
Surf’s Still Up Even with interactive program guides, digital-cable
and direct-broadcast satellite subscribers still love
to channel-surf. More BIA: TV,
Radio Stations' Sale Prices Down
BIA Financial Network Inc. reported that 144 TV stations
sold for a total of $4.9 billion in 2001, down 45 percent
(in dollar volume) from the $8.8 billion that changed
hands in 2000 for 154 stations. More E!
Snags SNL Rights
Via
a trio of deals, E! Entertainment Television will gain
access to the entire Saturday Night Live library
More Source:www.tvinsite.com
Big
loss for Vivendi after write-downs PARIS Vivendi Universal SA posted a E13.6 billion
($11.83 billion) net loss for 2001 on Tuesday. More Source:
www.iht.com
CNN
looking at Koppel
CNN
is eyeing ABC's Ted Koppel for its own newsbeat. The Atlanta-based
all-news network's Chairman Walter Isaacson would "love
to talk" to Koppel about coming aboard, according to a
report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, CNN's hometown
newspaper. More
UPN gets a piece of March Madness
The
wonders of Viacom synergy are bringing March Madness to
UPN, which will broadcast the CBS Sports-produced "The
March to Madness" from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday, March
27. More Schrock,
Shapiro upped at Big Ticket Laura Schrock and Paul Shapiro, who have worked together
on 15 pilots and five series in the last four years at
Big Ticket Television, now have bigger tickets themselves
at the Paramount division.More Source:
www.emonline.com
USA Networks Taps New Ad Sales President
Jeff Lucas was vice president of Olympic sales and marketing
at NBC.More CBS
Offering Letterman $31.5M CBS has offered David Letterman $31.5 million a year
to stay on as "Late Show" host. More Source:
www.mediaweek.com
Subway: South
Park Did Not Aid Its Cause
Subway Restaurants received free publicity on national
TV Wednesday night, but it was the kind the chain likely
could have done without. More Source:
www.brandweek.com
Kermit and Friends
Get Busy in Hollywood
Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy may very well be the hardest-working
celebrities in Hollywood. More Source:
www.story.news.yahoo.com
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