9 March 2002
Volume 3 Issue no: 3


 

 

 







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Breaking News
Turner India refutes AOL-Time-Warner-Zee DTH venture story
Turner Interational India managing director Anshuman Misra offers his side of the story. More


HTMT declares 50% dividend; stock exchange all clear appears difficult?
The Board of Directors of Hinduja TMT Limited (HTMT) has decided to declare an interim dividend of 50 per cent on its equity shares for 2001-02 subject to the stock exchanges accepting the record date of 26 March, 2002.
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Intelsat says it will make a public play before end-2002
Satellite operator Intelsat Ltd, announced that it would be making an initial public offering of its ordinary shares valued at around $500 million before end 2002.
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Source: www.indiantelevision.com

Special Report
Women Who Matter in the TV World
The Indian television industry would just not be what it is today without the women who have helped shape it. More
Source: www.indiantelevision.com


Other Headlines
For PTV Gujarat riots still continue? More
Pak propaganda continues to filter in More
Your new show Aap Aur Main on SABe TV is in complete contrast to your otherwise fun image More
Abby Awards 2002 set for starry nights
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Entertainment is the next sunrise sector More
Adult talk for teenagers on TV More
Source: The Times of India

Media czars visiting India next week More
Canadian TV features Indian website More
Zee pact with Maharashtra for online lottery More
Govt monitoring PTV on false propaganda More
Source: Economic Times

Hughes Escorts launches broadband service? More
Source: Business Standard

Film industry is going digital: Rajiv Menon More
Source: The Hindu Business Line

INS ‘Media Multiplier’ study kicks off; promises a ‘paradigm shift’ More
Honchos of broadcasting world to attend dinner meet on March 14
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Source: www.exchange4media.com

"Advertising is the principal reason why the businessman has come to inherit the earth."
- James Randolph Adams
US media giants eye German TV network
US media giants Walt Disney, Viacom and AOL Time Warner are preparing bids for German broadcaster ProSiebenSAT.1, one of Kirch Group's prime assets More

Guardian loses court appeal
The Guardian and four other media organisations were today ordered by the appeal court to surrender a leaked document sent to them by an anonymous source More

ITN sports head takes Sport England role
The head of sport at ITN, Malcolm Munro, has quit to become director of communications at Sport England, the embattled government quango that hands out sports lottery money. More


Silverman quits WMA for independent life
Ben Silverman, the agent who brokered the deals to take Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and The Weakest Link to the US, is leaving the William Morris Agency to become an independent producer. More
Source:www.mediaguardian.com

ESPN Classic Sport Launches In France
Paris, France - ESPN Classic Sport, a new network dedicated to showcasing the greatest moments in sports history, made its European debut in France last week on pay-TV broadcasters CanalSatellite and TPS. More

UK’s ITV Digital Starts Rescue Mission To Save Platform
London, UK - Restructuring and insolvency experts started work in early March to stem losses at ITV Digital, the UK digital-terrestrial TV platform that has been a drag on the share prices of Granada and Carlton Communications for the past two years. More

Major Shift In Kids TV Market Predicted
London, UK - US thematic channels are increasingly influencing the commercial value of children’s programmes, according to the latest analysis in The Business of Children’s Television. More
Source:www.tvinsite.com

PGA TOUR Players Energize Southern Co. Effort

NEW YORK -- Southern Co. is breaking two 30-second TV ads featuring PGA TOUR players and their wives. More
Source:www.brandweek.com

Disney Defends Talks With Letterman
The president of Walt Disney Co. on Friday defended ABC's secret pursuit of David Letterman , saying it was an opportunity that required aggressive action. More

CBS Marches Hoops Special to UPN
CBS' strategy of creating more programming for its sister network UPN has yielded "The March to Madness," a UPN primetime special produced by CBS Sports. More
Source:www.tv.yahoo.com

In continuing to cut the crap, Greg Dyke is placing trash TV above public service broadcasting
The odds are that Greg ‘cut the crap’ Dyke may be the last director-general of the BBC in its guise as a public service broadcaster.More

Source: The Spectator

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