21 April 2003 Volume 7 Issue no: 34








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Headlines
ESS suspends service to InCablenet
ESS officials say that outstandings have crossed the Rs 20-million mark. Continue talks with InCablenet to resolve issue."...More

Distribution-production face off continues
Temporary solution entails parting with C&S rights of films after 9 months. Franctic rush for acquisitions by broadcasters partly blamed...More

Zee News, DD programmes on top
E-Media Plan analysis of TAM data shows that Zee News, DD business programmes dominate for week starting 30 March...More

Media stocks stable despite high volatility in tech counters
The listed media stocks and TV companies survived, even as software stocks dipped due disappointing results of major tech companies...More

Intelsat's launches new customer care intiatives in ME, North Africa
As part of a continuing commitment to facilitate communications with the customers worldwide, Intelsat has opened an additional field office located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates...
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Media Advertising & Marketing watch
Discovery India's Sanjay Raina to join Hindustan Times

The first ever Global Offshore Outsourcing Summit 2003 (GOOS2003) will be held in Mumbai on 23-24 April at the JW Marriott, Mumbai. ..More

AT&T Wireless scores with Fox's 'American Idol'
Interactivity and Reality TV make one happy couple! AT&T Wireless' sponsorship of Rupert Murdoch's Fox's reality show American Idol has yielded rich dividends...
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Spam, pop-ups affect television advertising
Both new age and traditional advertisers in the US have a cause for bone picking when it comes to e-mail spam and intrusive pop-up ads. Thanks to them consumers have got into the habit of using the "delete" button with increasing frequency. They are also losing confidence in traditional forms of advertising such as television, radio...More

'Spider-Man' weaves a legal web around SPE, Marvel
Spiderman may have seen Sony Pictures Entertainment set new box office records last year but like "Tobey Maguire", the studio has now been "bitten" courtesy a lawsuit filed by Marvel...More

Tube Talk
BBC launches world of sport 'Extra Time' More
Source: www.indiantelevision.com

Other Headlines
An interview with Prannoy Roy More
No films from May 16, theatres to strike More
Source: Mid Day

Govt Action On DTH Under HC Scanner More
Reliance To Launch 250 ‘WebWorlds’ By May-end More
Rivals On DD More
Prasad : India Should Become Global Entertainment Hub More
Source: The Financial Express

Reliance Infocomm to dump direct sellers More
Film industry should not blame all its ills on piracy More
RSS mouthpiece announces awards for 'nationalist journalism' More
Sony, Marvel tangled in 'Spider-Man' legal web More
Source: The Economic Times

Hollywood blockbusters on Zee MGM & Indiatimes More
Businesses pick Radio Mirchi for promotions More
Media as an Ally of National Interest More
Smita Thackeray, President, IMPPA, On the producers' battle with distributors over TV rights More
Source: The Times of India

INCablenet cites cash crunch: ESPN dues More
Centre not to intervene in set-top cost issue: CAS More
Single window nod for foreign film makers likely More
Backstage : A chief executive in camera
Shuchi Bansal writes about how Radhika Roy is NDTV's heart and soul
More
Centre eases norms for foreign film production More
Source: Business Standard

Hit or flop, movies remain TV darlings More
Film exporters of southern States form association — To tap non-traditional markets More
Film on indentured Indians strikes a chord More
Source: The Hindu Business Line

Cashing in on the mother brand More
Source: www.moneycontrol.com

30 channels for Rs.72 from July 15: Union Minister More
Union Minister evasive on regulator for cable TV More
'Educate masses on evils of VCD piracy' More
Insurance cover for journalists More
Media colluded with war lobby: Shekhawat More
INSAT-3A transponders overbooked: Kasturirangan More
INSAT-3A cameras working well More
Source: The Hindu

Sahara TV speaks for FTA broadcasters More
What’s cable dishing out this summer? More
The ministry never sleeps: The I&B ministry More
AP cameraman shot and killed in Nablus More
Anchor, Actor, Star: The Complete Aman More
Source: Hindustan Times

Telescope: Spare us our daily vision More
Source: The Indian Express

InCable viewers lose out on TVS Cup More
Source: The Asian Age

"If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight".
- George Gobel


International Headlines
Neighbours
NWFP govt considering own TV channel More
Source: www.dailytimes.com.pk

International Headlines
Samsung, LG plan digital TV as new cash cow More
Source: www.koreaherald.co.kr

New Saudi TV Channel to Be Launched More
Source: www.arabnews.com

Romano Hints At Ending Popular TV Show More
Source: Yahoo! News

Big TV hits India with wave of new 24-hour channels More
Source: www.mytelus.com

Shooting from the lip: 'Mulish' move for kids TV More
Source: www.sundaylife.co.uk

TV or not TV? More
Seems like old, old times on TV, too More
Source: www.boston.com

TV pays homage to a legend of comedy More
Source: www.miami.com

FILM REVIEW: MTV Films improves teen movie with 'Better Luck Tomorrow' More
Source: www.uwire.com

CRTC approves addition of four new radio stations for Toronto area More
Katie Couric and Jay Leno to switch their NBC jobs for a day on May 12 More
Source: www.cp.org


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