12 Mar 2003 Volume 7 Issue no: 1







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Headlines
Sahara Samay Rashtriya now on air
The national news channel from Sahara India has had a quiet debut and began telecast at 7 pm Tuesday...More

India-Pak clash puts soaps on backburner
According to TAM figures for the week ended 1 March, MAX has bagged 29 of the top 50 programmes...More


Taj TV bags Pak cricket rights
Taj TV (parent company of Ten Sports) has telecast rights for all cricket to be played in Pakistan for the next 5 years...More

Zee Cinema, Star Gold claim numero uno status
Revamped programming and an innovative initiative seem to be paying dividends to Zee Cinema...More

APTN will launch Direct to cover the Gulf war
No news may be good news but bad news is great news. So while Bush is chalking out his invasion plan for Iraq, the Associated Press Television News (APTN) has already made arrangements to capture the action live...More


French animation delegation to visit India
A delegation of top level representatives of the French animation industry will be in Mumbai and in Bangalore from 14 to 17 March 2003 to meet members of the Animation Producers Association of India (APAI) and to visit studios...More

FICCI FRAMES 2003
"Now's the time for planning to bring big value into media plans"
...More
Vikram Sakhuja, Mindshare Fulcrum MD

CAS Update
Canal+ backs HITS model for CAS rollout
HITS (headend in the sky), pushed by Zee Telefilms, seems to have become a hit with conditional access technology providers...More


Media, Advertising & Marketing Watch
Admen in the US exploit toilets as advertising media
The loo as an advertising medium? It has not been exploited in India apart from being used as a canvas for cheap erotic art or...More

TV Ratings (23 February 2003 - 1 March 2003)

TAM Top 10 Programmes
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes


TAM Top 100 Programmes on different Channels
Set Max
Star Plus
DD1
Sun TV
Sony
Gemini TV


Tube Talk
'Face to face Pakistan' to feature Kamila Shamsie on 12 March
More

Source: www.indiantelevision.com

Other Headlines
Industry slow in taking up convergence, says minister More
“The two NDTV channels will be different” More
Big leap for the small screen More
Static in private FM bands More
Riding on a high - amusement parks More
“The web is returning to its origins” More
Ghai’s new man More
Source: Business Standard

Media Firms Shed Rs 614 Cr Since Feb More
‘ARPU Is An Effective Way Of Benchmarking Players’ More
WPP Launches Strategic Marketing In India More
UTStarcom In $100 M Deal With Reliance Infocomm More
EuropeStar Plans Expansion In India More
Internet Subscribers Down By Two Lakh In Two Months, Says ISPAI More
Source: The Financial Express

BG Broadband tries out products here for Brazil pie More
Net dial-up users may shift to broadband More
Columbia plans multimedia promos for Shanghai Knights More
Padmalaya gains as selling stops More
Source:
The Hindu Business Line

News channels garner 11% of TV ad pie More
Ajay Trigunayat to head Zee's marketing More
Cable babble: It's called Infolite and is lightweight More
Masala mix: Big-budget Hindi flicks to join Columbia's ‘hit’ list More
War or no war, the Oscars show will go on More
The cult runs deep More
Source: The Economic Times

Theme parks set to flourish More
‘Balbir Pasha’ stirs up house More
AOL, Cendant cleared in pension fund suit More
Why Indians still won't buy cricket brands More
Cricket fever grips India, popular soaps take beating More
Straight Answer
On the censors not giving clearance to a documentary based on the Gujarat riots More
Arvind Trivedi, Chairman, Central Board of Film Certification
Source: The Times of India

Mahvesh Murad meets Kamila Shamsie on Face to Face Pakistan More
Another round of reshuffling at ZEE More
India-Pak match tosses K-serials for a six More
Source: www.agencyfaqs.com

Convergence will benefit all: Minister More
Cricket programmes rule TV viewing More
Sahara news channel More
Singapore tech firm to help Bollywood go digital More
Yahoo tightens hold on spam mail More
McDonald's to offer wireless Internet in 3 US cities More
Disney to use Google Web search technology More
Source: Hindustan Times

Hum ko ko bhi to lift kara de: Singers More
War is a soft story when America’s ‘embedded’ media takes aim More
Broadway stir ends with deal More
US firm in $100-m deal with Reliance Infocomm Ltd More
Amusement parks a ‘thriving industry’ More
The right connections More
Source: The Indian Express

" Television is a gold goose that lays scrambled eggs and it is futile and probably fatal to beat it for not laying caviar".
- Lee Loevinger


International Headlines
ITV merger referral welcomed More
Monkhouse honoured at TV awards More
Blair gamble pays off for ITV More
BBC halts new series at 11th hour More
Channel 4 News plans breakfast manoeuvres More
Source: www.media.guardian.co.uk

Lazarus Rises at Turner More
Sternberg Upped at Fox Cable Nets More
Source: www.mediaweek.com

Disney's ABC fights network program limits More
Turner Broadcasting Realigns Into 3 Units More
Source: Reuters

BBC to make own version of US 'Bachelor' More
Source: www.digitalspy.co.uk

Public Broadcasting As State Television More
Source: www.tompaine.com

New Iraqi radio station enters airwave war More
Source: www.newscientist.com

TV news makes news by not broadcasting news More
Source: www.itechnology.co.za

Alcatel chief says Telcos testing interactive TV More
Source: www.digitalmass.boston.com

Merrill Lynch tunes out CNBC More
Source: www.msnbc.com

McDonald's to Offer Wireless Internet More
Source: Yahoo! News

On the Eve of War, CNN Begins an Upfront Battle More
Source: www.inside.com

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