13 Feb 2003 Volume 6 Issue no: 79







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Headlines
NDTV joining Sony's One Alliance
Prannoy Roy's English and Hindi news channels will be launching on the One Alliance platform after break with Star...More


Cabinet set to vet Star uplink: Prasad
I& B minister exhorts media and entertainment industry to educate policy makers at high-powered Ficci meet...More

Prasad sees huge potential in entertainment
Indian's information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said that the media and entertainment (M&E) industry needs to vigorously educate the policy-makers, government officials and politicians about the vast revenue and employment-generating potential that it has, even as he declared "let this decade be the decade for entertainment sector."...More

Zee announces line-up for Thursdays, Sundays
Zee TV has announced a new movie line-up for its Thursday Premiere initiative with films such as Makdee, Leela, Agnivarsha, Mitr, among others...More

Prasad prioritises professionalism on DD, AIR
Minister of Information and Broadcasting Ravi Shankar Prasad reiterated on Monday that developmental information can also be presented in a way that is both entertaining and educative...More

Channels to play cupid on Valentine's Day
Come 14 February, and television will play cupid to couch potatoes who wish to spend the day at home...More

Gul Panag opens Bollywood innings with 'Dhoop'
Gul Panag, the former Femina Miss India Universe recently seen in Star Plus' Kashmeer, has commenced her Bollywood innings with an Om Puri starrer called Dhoop...More

Arianespace flight 159 launch postponed
Unfavourable weather conditions at the Spaceport in French Guiana have forced the delay of Arianespace's Flight 159 with the Intelsat 907 satellite payload...More

16 Mumbai school teams vie for EPL Junior Cup
This is an initiative that gives Mumbai kids the opportunity to mimic the likes of David Beckham and Michael Owen...More

Crisil risk evaluation service to benefit TV producers
Crisil risk evaluation for the Indian entertainment industry, a pioneering initiative undertaken by CII (Confederation of Indian Industry), would play a catalytic role in channelising institutional funding to the entertainment industry...More

Star World to air controversial MJ special in April
Star World is looking to boost its programme profile through the controversial Michael Jackson documentary Living With Michael Jackson. The channel has announced that it will air the show in April...More

Media Advertising & Marketing watch
TBS managing ad spots with DG Systems
DG Systems has announced that Turner Broadcasting System has adopted DG Systems' NetClear digital clearance online solution to submit and manage advertising spots for its networks...More

Toonz invites entries for MAC Animation Competition '03

Toonz Animation India’s world event Week With The Masters Animation Celebration’s (MAC) to be held at Trivandrum (Kerala) from 4-8 November 2003, has invited entries for its IN.SEA Animation Competition 2003...More

World Cup Special
TAM - ICC WORLD CUP BRAND BAROMETER
Reliance continues to lead secondages on Max
More

Other Cricket related headines :
Zee News goes interactive for World Cup More
AltaVista, CricInfo team up for cricket world cup More
BBC launches website to play on cricket frenzy More

Radio City beats rivals in Warne news coverage More
Reliance Infocomm TVC premieres on DD More
Gilchrist, Lee are Kingfisher brand ambassadors More

Team Players
Pavan Chawla, Sony Entertainment Television More

Richa Nayyar, Actor More

Nirav Adalja, Anchor More

Executive Dossier
"Cartoon Network's research investment in India is higher than in any other country in the Asia Pacific"
Interview with Turner International Asia Pacific Research VP Duncan Morris More

Technology Update
ICTV demonstrates DOCSIS-based device More
TG4 adopts 844/X from Media 100 for promos More

Astro Life
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Other Headlines
Mirror, mirror on the wall...(After the FTV Fashion lounge in Bangalore, ModiEntertainment to launch similar hangouts in Delhi , Mumbai) More
Govt to boost foreign film units: Prasad More
STAR to hire senior staff More
Media cos take a hard knock in revenues and share value More
NDTV joins Sony-Discovery distribution alliance More
Source:The EconomicTimes

`Raise FDI limit to 74% in radio broadcasting' More
Source: The Hindu Business Line

Airtel Rolls Out MMS, Net-on-cell More
Entertainer, Screen Thyself: Minister Preaches ‘Self-control’ To Industry More
NDTV Tunes Into Sony Platform More
Source:The Financial Express

'Media should show restraint' More
Source: The Hindu

NDTV joins Sony-Discovery distribution alliance More
'Govt may regulate, unless media exercises self-restraint' More
Yahoo, BT Group team up on consumer broadband offer More
Michael Jackson, Take Two to be aired More
Mumbai: BJP takes up fight with cable operators More
Source: The Times of India

MAX launches three versions of PREDIKTA More
Cartoon Network releases New Generations 2002 research More
Source: www.agencyfaqs.com

Sahara eyes TV Asia rights More
Now Khana Khazana heads for London More
Cable rates rise with World Cup fever More
ICE Age conclave comes to Delhi, to weigh legal issues More
World Cup fever grips Bangalore More
Source: The Asian Age

TV Today English news channel by month-end More
Govt sticks to July 14 deadline for CAS More
Vivendi Universal to close Hong Kong office More
Amazon.com outlook raised to "stable": S&P More
Kerala newspapers turning to young blood More
Source: The Hindustan Times

Prasad shakes hand with glam industry brass, gets an earful More
Fox to ‘expose’ MJ interviewer More
Source: The Indian Express

TRP ‘kills’ TV hero More
Source: Mid Day

CNBC MF Awards: Funds come of age More
Source: www.moneycontrol.com

"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
Yorke defects in latest C4 drama More
Viacom growth exceeds expectations More
'News at When' pays price for erratic scheduling More
ITV giants hit by City blow More
Bashir breaks silence on Jackson More
Bellens may quit RTL More
News Corp unveils bumper profits More
TV braces itself for 'British Jackass' More
Joan Collins TV proves a turn-off More
Southerners rebel over hillbilly reality TV show More
Source: www.mediaguardian.co.uk

MSNBC Gets Savage for New Show More
UPN to End Kids Programming More
'Straight from the Heart' Pumps Up Hallmark More
AOL TW's Parsons No Fan of Reality TV More
NBA All-Star Game Posts All-Star Numbers More
Olbermann Joins NBC Olympic Team More
Westwood One to Launch Business Reports More
Source: Mediaweek

17 Charged With Hacking Into Satellite TV More
Source: www.abcnews.go.com

EU Wants More Remedies on Pay TV Deal More
Source: www.mediaconference.com

News Corp. swings to a profit More
Source: www.money.cnn.com

Nearly naked chefs do everything Martha wouldn't on new TV show More
Source: www.canada.com

TV star backs anti-mine campaigners More
Source: Hoovers

A TV producer with a mission More
Source: www.yomiuri.co.jp

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