11 Feb 2003 Volume 6 Issue no: 77







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Headlines
26% FDI cap for TV news mooted
The defence ministry has sent in its note. The Star News issue has also not been listed yet for a Cabinet meet...More

DD, AIR call off strike for time being
The programming staff association of DD and All India Radio have deferred a decision to go on strike from Monday...More

BBC World reaches 100 million homes
BBC World today announced its new distribution figures which show the channel is now available in more homes worldwide than ever before...More

EchoStar, ATN broadcast World Cup cricket to Canada
EchoStar Communications Corporation has announced that it has reached a joint sublicensing agreement with the Asian Television Network International Limited (ATN) and Viewer's Choice Canada for the broadcast of the 2003 Cricket World Cup through Canadian cable and satellite television providers...More


New Skies to re-deploy NSS-8 satellite
NSS-8 is expected to commence commercial service at 57 east, where New Skies' NSS-703 satellite is currently operating, on or around 1 January 2005...More

MGM 4QFY02 net income rises to $59m
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has announced net income of $58.7 million, or $.24 per share, for the quarter ending 31 December 2002. In the fourth quarter of 2001, the company reported net income of $39.1 million, or $.16 per share...More

Bloomberg launches media portal AV
Bloomberg, the global news and information organisation, has launched AV (audio-visual) via the Bloomberg Professional Service to all users...More

B4U Worldwide promoting Hollywood to Bollywood
B4U Network Worldwide airs California based production house Tinseltown Entertainment's weekly Hollywood show Tinseltown Live, which is the first and only show to promote 'Hollywood' to 'Bollywood'...More

Final Ariane 4 mission on 12 February 2003
The final mission of an Ariane 4 has been given the green light for liftoff following the launch readiness review performed at the Spaceport in French Guiana...More

Neha Ganguly is INMumbai's Miss Mumbai 2003
It was the night when budding beauty queens had their first brush with glamour and Bollywood as they hobnobbed with Bollywood queens, showman producers, liquor barons, fashion designers and powerful editors...More

TV Ratings
TAM Top 10 Programmes ( 26 January 2003 - 1 February 2003)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

TAM Top 100 Programmes on different Channels (26 January 2003 - 1 February 2003)
Star Plus
Sun TV
Gemini TV
Set Max
Zee TV
Sony
DD1


Media Advertising & Marketing watch
Pester power picks on more products

NFO study, commissioned by Cartoon Network, revealed that kids have greater influence on the brands bought in their homes than they did last year...More

Students' foreheads and cars for promoting brands
Marketers, looking at new innovative approaches, to spread brand awareness are letting their imagination run wild. However, their wacky strategies could a blessing in disguise for students who get to earn money for the doing the same...More

TV Ad Indx offers 50 per cent discounts for new pitches
TV Ad Indx has launched New BIz Discounts, a service under which ad agencies can avail of upto 50 per cent discounts to acquire competitive TV commercials & press ads...More

News Corp restructures advertising, marketing ops in the US
News Corporation has announced the reorganisation of its integrated advertising and corporate marketing operations...More

TAM ADEX Analysis
Reliance Infocomm, BSNL most prominent brands in opening Windies-Proteas humdinger More

Tube Talk
BBC World to talk hard this Valentine's More
CNN’s 'Inside Sailing' to focus on Asia More

Technology Update
TI's DOCSIS 2.0 software, hardware solution More

Astro Life
Indiantelevision.com introduces its Astro Life column,
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Other Headlines
World Cup feel-good factor can impact economy: Study More
`Team Samsung' ads off as ICC turns on the heat More
Entertainment sector called to explore market in China More
Source: The Hindu Business Line

Star Plus extends reach to kids More
Source: Business Standard

Broadband over power lines possible More
Rs 176 cr backlog, DD takes back defaulters More
Govt to promote Indian films in a big way More
Clooney slams 'dumbing down' of US TV More
Jackson hits back with video of interviewer More
Source: The Times of India

For DD’s lean look, officials shed flab More
Shaikh and stir for Kashmeer More
Talking cricket, Exhausting Cricket... More
The Extraaa Innings Team: More
In Conversation/COMMERCIAL BREAK More
Cable crisis: police step in to get solution More
DCP tells operators to begin transmission first More
Source: The Indian Express

Varsities Begin To Tune In To Campus Radio More
Stumped! TN Cricket Fans Fret As Cable Operators Up Charges More
Source:The Financial Express

Cable TV viewers told not to pay enhanced charges More
Source: The Hindu

Is there a need for programme promotions on TV? More
Source: www.agencyfaqs.com

NatGeo wants to be seen by the young and the wild More
Internet music sales tracking tag unveiled More
Vivendi '02 sales up 6% to $66bn More
Source:The EconomicTimes

Proper awards show needed More
Source: Mid Day

About A Boy: Veejay Rules The Charts At 11 More
Source: The Hindustan Times

Music firms cash in on cricket fever More
Russian anchor halts TV show More
Jackson to prove UK video unfair More
Source: The Asian Age

"If Ricky Schroder and Gary Coleman had a fight on television with pool cues, who would win? 1) Ricky Schroder 2) Gary Coleman 3) The television viewing public."
- David Letterman


International Headlines
Go, ITV shareholders tell two top executives More
BBC3 bosses praise 'great' launch More
Six million attend ITV's Second Coming More
Bee Gee lashes out over Norton jokes More
Bashir 'used Diana letter to win over Jackson' More
Channel 4 serves up latest in 'mean TV' More
UK Asians turn to digital TV More
Source: www.mediaguardian.co.uk

EchoStar, Asian Television Network (ATN) and Viewer's Choice Canada to broadcast ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 to Canada More
Source: Hoovers

Pepsi, `Millionaire' producer are behind TV special that could net winner $1 billion More
Source: www.cleveland.com

US satellite TV battle hots up More
Source: BBC

Brewer games to air on Spanish network and WISN-TV More
Source: www.bizjournals.com

Lobel Joins Infinity for Promos, Events More
DirecTV Launches $3 Billion Debt Refinancing More
Facing Up to the Fall More
Source: Mediaweek

TV Revival Just Kid's Stuff More
Source: www.dailyrecord.co.uk

Packer's TV guru defects More
Source: www.theaustralian.news.com.au

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