10 Mar 2003 Volume 6 Issue no: 99







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Headlines
It's 'Made in India' for Star Movies
From 6 April, a Sunday 9 pm prime time block branded "Made in India" launches on the channel...More

Ad Club bigwigs plan road shows for AdAsia
India will host AdAsia 03 at Jaipur in November. Senior admen will visit several Asian countries to promote the show...More


Recreate to digitise Films Division content
Films Division, attached to the information and broadcasting ministry, is archiving its content into a digital form. It has selected Recreate Solutions, a London based company for the task...More

Patna FM station to be upgraded
The minister of information and broadcasting Ravi Shankar Prasad announced yesterday that Patna FM station of All India Radio (AIR) is being upgraded ...More


FICCI FRAMES 2003
"People are watching films but in their drawing rooms, not in the cinema halls" ...More
Abhik Mitra, Sa re ga ma Managing Director

Special Report
Women in the picture
On Woman's Day, indiantelevision.com pays tribute to achievers who work behind the scenes...More

Budget Special
Budget to help industry realise true potential, says CNBC post budget forum
Did the fine print of the union Budget 2003-04 appear coarse after a week? Has the initial euphoria been replaced by skepticism once the finer details are revealed? CNBC's post Budget round...More

CAS Update
MDI India offers analog STBs at Rs 2500
MDI India, one of the Bangalore-based Arcom group of companies, has announced that it is geared up to meet the deadline of 14 July 2003 for the implemention of the conditional access system...More

2002 Ad Agency Review
"The ad industry saw light at the end of a long dark tunnel in 2002!" ...More
Canco Advertising MD and AdAsia planning committee chairman Ramesh Narayan

Actors' Interview
"I would love to essay Urmila's obsessed lover act" ...More
Channel [V] VJ and theatre debutante Kim

"Television acts on subliminal levels far more than cinema does" ...More
TV actor Ali Asgar

Tube Talk
'India: The Road Ahead' on BBC World More

Source: www.indiantelevision.com

Other Headlines
Why DD just isn't sexy More
MSN, Cox in talks over possible cable pact More
Flop show: Bollywood fails to click More
MediaLab takes digital tech to rural India More
Source: The Economic Times


UTV to tie up with US studio for co-producing English movie More
Fans lap up cricket souvenirs More
Fast food-TV combo raises obesity risk More
Bombay High Court stays hike in Cable TV fee More
IBM sued over Unix for $1 billion More
Source: Hindustan times

DD-I bags highest share among news channels More
Samsung eyes building handset plant in India More
Bringing Down the House tops US box office More
Oprah is No. 1 US TV star again More
Source: The Times of India

Cricket analysis? It's just multimedia data engineering More
VSNL restores services More
Women's groups plan media watch body More
Source: The Hindu

Media Lab Builds A Wi-fi Digital Bridge Across Gangetic Plain More
Two Indians Enter Silicon Valley’s Hall Of Fame More
Source: The Financial Express

Telescope: Reality in the days of tube morality More
FTII set to reopen its doors More
Source: The Indian Express

Channels wooing big advertisers More
Source: The Hindu Business Line

War coverage enters Web era More
Source: The Asian Age

"Television is teaching all the time. Does more educating than the schools and all the institutions of higher learning".
- Marshal McLuhan


International Headlines
Commission to probe ITV giants' merger plan More
BSkyB to Flaunt music channels More
Source: www.observer.co.uk

New Regulations on Digital TV More
Singleton gets his own reality show through Indonesian TV venture More
Source: Hoovers

Afghanistan Gets Radio Station for Women More
Source: www.miami.com

TV3 scouting for talent, promote network programmes More
Source: www.jaring.my

AOL Time Warner plans to stay in tune More
Source: www.nydailynews.com

Big media tune in to the nation's largest minority More
Source: www.usnews.com

Dole Slams First '60 Minutes' Debate More
Source: Yahoo! News

Cup tie sets TV record More
Source: Ananova

Wogan makes TV return More
Source: BBC News

Referral decision imminent on TV merger More
Source: Financial Times

Backing, hisses for media consolidation More
Source: www.seattlepi.nwsource.com

Kids who watch TV violence may become aggressive adults, study says More
Source: www.newsobserver.com

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