26 Oct 2002 Volume 5 Issue no:91


 













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Headlines
Star Radio to take up slots on AIR FM
Star Radio, operating in the FM space, has decided it will take time slots on AIR's FM channels... More

ESPN pitching for bulletins on Star News?
ESPN is reportedly negotiating with Star India to supply it sports content for Star News when the Rupert Murdoch company takes full editorial control post 31 March, 2003... More


DD series to mark recorded music centenary
11 November, 2002 marks the centenary of recorded music in India. In celebration of the 100 years of recorded music, national broadcaster Doordarshan is producing a commemorative series entitled "A Century of Recorded Music - A Retrospective "... More


Viacom reports impressive Q3 2002 results
Media conglomerate Viacom has had a happy Q3 2002 ... More

Increased Asia Pacific representation at Mipcom '02
Mipcom, the international content market for TV video, cable and satellite held from 7-11 October 2002 in Cannes, welcomed a large number of international TV executives who carried out business with a high level of optimism... More

ESS adds Richard Drew to football presenter lineup
ESPN Star Sports has boosted its on-air commentary and presentation team with the appointment of Richard Drew, an experienced presenter and commentator with a wide knowledge of sports, particularly football... More

Anita Kanwal turns producer with 'Goonj Ateet Ki'
Television actress Anita Kanwal seen in serials like Chanakya and Humraahi' will produce Sony's new serial Goonj Ateet Ki. The show premieres on the channel from 1 November... More

UTV gets nod for more foreign equity
The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has given the green signal to United Television (UTV) , to increase its foreign equity in the company from 66.43 per cent to 68.15 per cent... More

Hollywood studios take legal route against piracy in India
The battle against cable piracy has taken an interesting turn with a clutch of Hollywood studios alleging that the Delhi Home Cable Network owned by National Cable and Telecommunications Association's president , Vikki Choudhary is encouraging cable piracy... More

Media Advertising and Marketing watch
Sponsors make a beeline for 'Lagaan' premiere on SET
It will be raining ads on Sony Entertainment Television when Oscar nominated Lagaan airs on the channel on 27 October... More

Applied's pay-for-performance ad serving solution
Applied Semantics a leading software tools and applications provider for unstructured data management has launched AdSense, touted to be the industry's most advanced contextually targeted pay-for-performance advertising solution... More

Wireless marketing campaign for 'Knockaround Guys'
m-Qube, a provider of mobile marketing, has launched a short message service (SMS) marketing campaign in the United States in conjunction with the New Line Cinema movie Knockaround Guys, which stars Vin Diesel XXX and John Malkovich. The film debuted in theatres earlier this month... More

Interview
"A corporate scenario was never my kind of scenario"
Writer, director, producer Vinta Nanda More

Interview
"TV taught me how to minimise costs"
Director & actor - Ananth Mahadevan More

Tube Talk
Violin prodigy Vanessa-Mae on CNN's 'Talk Asia' More
CNBC presents special with RBI boss Bimal Jalan More

Other Headlines
Indian Telly Awards 2002 More
Sony : Hunt for eyeballs More
Subhash Chandra back in action More
Newsmen switch Channels More
Celebration HBO style More
CNN launches Your World Today More
Doordarshan’s DTT project in a bind More
ADNAN SAMI ‘I’m an incurable romantic’ More
Source:Screen

Star likely to go slow on new soaps for now More
Chandra anchors the show More
Source: Business Standard

Conditional Access System Bill — Telecasting troubles More
Raj TV set to go pay More
Source: The Hindu Business Line

Feud on the cable TV front takes a new turn More
Govt. denies permission to film Central Jail More
Ministerial panel to oversee FDI in print More
Source: The Hindu

Pied Piper effect of Aaja Nach Ley casts a spell More
Film memorabilia goes under the hammer, nets over Rs 1 crore More
Source: The Indian Express

Why is Bollywood doing badly? More
The Linke effect More
Source: Mid- Day

It's flashback time for Ashutosh More
Mahima inaugurates the Femina Bridal Show More
How our stars celebrate the festive season More
SC allows recording of evidence through audio, video More
Goldie’s golden secrets More
Source: The Times of India

Male-Spotting With Mela More
Gasping For Breath: Where Is All The Pageantry? More
Oops about background dancers: Tijori More
Hollywood targets workplace song-swapping More
Source: The Hindustan Times

Lakhpati Bano: Radio City will syndicate show More
Kambli prepares to take Bollywood plunge More
Source: The Asian Age

Webcam sales zoom to 2 lakh units, post 9/11 More
Disney, Microsoft spin family web More
Inter-ministerial committee to oversee FDI in print media More
CNBC Asia cuts a fifth of its Asia-Pacific staff More
Source: The EconomicTimes

"You know, television was actually invented in the 1890s, but they couldn't get it to work until the '40s when they came out with gaffer tape."
--- Walter Pyle

International Headlines
CNBC Asia cuts 40 jobs in regionwide restructuring More
Source: Reuters

Stay tuned ... for cable TV's new products More
Source: www.sunspot.net

Survey shows that press freedom is not the privilege of the rich nations
More
Source: Yahoo

'Cable networks have reached a new low' More
Source:Washington Times

Will Allen’s Eyes Be Smiling? More
Karmazin: We Are Rocking Big-Time More
CNN Cuts Deal with Israeli Cable More
Liberate Faces Delisting More
Insight Tries New Accounting Plan More
Source: www.tvinsite.com

Office smashes BBC records More
Iraq expels CNN from Baghdad More
Fame Academy plumbs new depths More
Radio 1 to promote unsigned acts More
Source: www.mediaguardian.co.uk

As BBC Flourishes, U.K. Changes Rest of the Dial More
Source: Wall Street Journal

Berlin To Shift To Digital TV, Radio By 2003 More
Source: www.dwworld.de

AOL deflates Time Warner More
Source: New York Daily news
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