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Government may be flexible on Rs 200 pricing

MagnaQuest to manage post-CAS operations of BroadBand Pacenet
Global Customer Management & Billing (CM&B) solutions provider MagnaQuest Solution has been chosen to provide its subscriber management system (SMS), MQSubscribe, to BroadBand Pacenet. ...More

MTV garners 75 awards at Promax & BDA design awards
Its raining awards at MTVIn the 25 edition of the Promax & BDA design awards that took place at Los Angeles on 4-6 June 2003, MTV Networks bagged a total of 75 awards, scoring eight Platinum, 16 Gold, 23 Silver, 18 Bronze awards and 10 honorable mentions.
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Finolex's coaxial cables claim to offer uninterrupted TV signals
At a time when content service provders are focussing their attention on laying fibre optic networks, electrical and communications cables manufacturer Finolex is offering coaxial cables...More

One in five digital households in the UK are FTA: ITC
This could be the way India goes in a post-CAS environment - free to air channels leading growth in the satellite TV market. Multichannel and digital TV penetration are estimated to have increased to 48.6 per cent and 43.9 per cent of UK households respectively...More

Viacom acquired Comedy Central cuts 20 per cent of workforce
Every merger and acquisition brings with it a slew of pink slips. The media sector is no exception...More

New NOTA survey of Intl. TV trends published
During the 2002/2003 season there were 1 086 new programmes, almost as many as last year (1095)...More

Nielsen uses ATCi's Simulsat C/Ku Antenna for data collection
Antenna Technology Communications which provides satellite communications systems has announced that Nielsen Media Research has selected the ATCi Simulsat C/Ku Multibeam antenna solution...More

Media, Advertising & Marketing Watch
SSC&B creates new campaign for Videocon
Campaign is designed for the new water dispenser-enabled WaterMatic refrigerator range...More

BBDO dominates Cannes Intl advertising festival
BBDO Worldwide was the most awarded global agency network at this year's International Advertising Festival in Cannes...More

CNN, Time, Fortune campaign to revive travel, tourism
A $1 million global TV and print campaign to reinvigorate consumer confidence in travel to and within Pacific Asia will kick off on CNN, TIME and Fortune next month...More

Acclaim looks to build brand at Wimbledon through pigeons
It is pertinent to note that Acclaim has gained notoriety for its earlier campaigns which included getting proud parents to name their baby Turok and trying to place video game advertisements on gravestones...More

WTA Tour launches worldwide brand marketing campaign
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) has announced a worldwide campaign which centers around the slogan Get In Touch With Your Feminine Side...More

Tube Talk
England, SA, Zim triangular on ESPN More
Radio City 91 FM features Rahul Dravid More
Cannes 'Lions' on CNBC at 10:30 pm More
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