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Headlines
IBF for one
city CAS rollout initially
Broadcasters petition their case before Standing Committee,while
some MPs feel IBF is a divided house...More
Subhash Chandra backs IBF on CAS at standing committee meet
To lend some weight to those who are for quick implementation
of conditional access, Zee Telefilms chairman and managing director
Subhash Chandra has also accompanied the Indian Broadcasting Federation
team that is meeting the parliamentary Standing Committee on IT,
telecom and convergence at the moment in Parliament House in Delhi...More
IBF
chairman dissents on CAS rollout demands
IBF members received a bit of a jolt on 23 April. Public
broadcaster Prasar Bharati CEO and IBF chairman K S Sarma - the
one player likely to be least affected by the CAS transition - said
that he was not in favour of reducing the number of cities in which
CAS has to roll out from four to one...More
SET sets forth plan
to narrow gap with Star
Announces launch of new shows that cover a gamut of genres. SET's
key target audience 25-34 years SEC ABC...More
DD's DTH will beam
on 'C' band
Contrary
to expectations, DD's DTH service would switch over to KU-band in
about a year...More
Star World plans a rejig to capture family audience
Star World, the entertainment channel is making a conscious effort
to become more India-specific and has announced a whole new programming
strategy...More
IMCL bucks the sentiment,
says it is ready for CAS
Hinduja-run
MSO IndusInd Media & Communications, has announced that it is all
ready to roll out CAS from its headends by the deadline date...More
Star News goes hi-tech
with mobile newsgathering
According to an official release, News Corp claims to
have completely overhauled Star News and equipped it with world-class
technology to impeccably deliver its content...More
Prasar Bharati chooses
Tektronix monitors for digital switch
Prasar Bharati is vigorously pursuing its mission of making the
transition from analogue to digital...More
HBO's new AIDS documentary
visits India
HBO has
announced that it will air a new documentary special dedicated to
Aids, Titled Pandemic:Facing Aids...More
Star hopes to trample
competition with Hindi dinosaurs
Now watch dinosaurs roar in Hindi. Star Plus will air
the dubbed version of Jurassic Park on 27 April at 7 pm...More
Bidders pitch for French
global news channel
French media
companies have submitted bids for the creation of an international
television news channel...More
Robert Chua's game
show 'Everybody Wins' raises charity money
The pioneer of terrestrial television in Hong Kong in
1967 Robert Chua shows no signs of slowing down...More
CAS Update
LV Krishnan, Tam Media
Research CEO speaks More
Media Advertising & Marketing watch
Indians watch 100 minutes
of TV daily, reveals BBC study
Indians are turning couch potatoes, says a research study Horizon
2003 conducted by BBC World. More
Ushak Kaal bags three
news accounts
Ushak Kaal Advertising, Delhi office, has won three new accounts
including the mandate for launching Spice Topaz gemstones in the
U. S. and Europe. The other two advertising accounts are OK Play
Toys and Parco Tapware bathroom accessories. More
Dior launches watches,
appoints Yana Gupta brand ambassador
Christian Dior, the name that spells seduction, creativity and femininity
in luxury goods, officially launched Christian Dior watches in the
financial hub of the country on 22 April... More
Maruti Udyog sponsors
CRY's FACT quiz
This is an endeavour through which major corporate houses such as
Pepsi, Cadbury India try to make a difference to the lives of underprivileged
children. Child Relief and You, a non-profit organisation working
for child rights in India, has announced the annual Free A Child
Today (FACT) quiz for corporates... More
Tube Talk
Star Sports
to air Sachin birthday special today More
Technology Update
Toshiba's
single-chip HD digi multimedia decoder More
Source: www.indiantelevision.com
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