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CAS: Govt. may tighten the screws
Upset with broadcasters' continued lobbying, I&B ministry not
to allow driver channels to be priced at a high cost...More
InCablenet settles
with One Alliance; gets signal
InCablenet is believed to have resolved its issues with the
One Alliance bouquet...More
Pressure may build up within BJP on CAS
At the moment, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), heading
India's coalition government, may not be highly worried, but pressure
within the party is likely to build up on conditional access and
its rollout once some feedback from the ground, especially Delhi,
is received by the party's bigwigs and analysed...More
Hathway
ready to meet CAS deadline
The Rajan Raheja owned MSO Hathway, in which Star has
a 26 % stake will invest Rs 120-150m per city for CAS...More
Cable industry would
do the trick: Hathway's Neeraj Bhatia
"Indian cable
operators have this amazing knack of entrepreneurship. We feel that
the cable trade is well-equipped to convert customers.":Hathway's
Neeraj Bhatia...More
Mumbai 'kudis' n
'mundas' get 2 days to vie for [V] Popstars stakes
The second edition of the Coke [V] Popstars is all set to challenge
the budding singers from the glam capital, Mumbai, the final destination
of the tour...More
Saira Banu's 'Kise Apna Kahein' on Sahara from 26 May
Sahara Manoranjan has announced the launch of Kise Apna Kahein,
produced by Saira Banu, the popular Bollywood actor of yesteryears.
...More
Discovery looks to expand programme repertoire with SARS
doc.
Discovery will air the one-hour documentary The Science of SARS
on 27 May at 8 pm .with repeats on 31 May at 1 pm and on 3 June
at 10 am...More
Mandira Bedi to star in patriotic music video made by
Kidszone
Debutante director Bharat Mehra, through his newly promoted company
Kidszone, has lined up a series of TV serials and "patriotic" music
videos...More
Dylan McDermott, Lara Flynn Boyle to exit 'The Practice'
This will come as a huge disappointment for fans of legal drama
The Practice. Dylan Mcdermott, Lara Flynn Boyle and four cast members
will leave the show...More
Oprah extends talk show by two years
Here is good news for fans of the Oprah Winfrey Show. The talk show
queen and media magnate has signed a contract that will keep her
programme on air into 2008...More
Broadcasters seek to make streaming videos a monetary
stream
The TVMW Seminar: Streaming Video Strategies for Broadcasters workshop
sought to examine the kind of business models which broadcasters
have to explore in order to capitalise on the explosion of broadband
across Europe...More
Media Advertising & Marketing watch
Coca-Cola India launches
ad campaigns for 'Sunfill Home Maker' offer
Coca-Cola
India has launched a promotional campaign for its 'Sunfill Home
Maker' offer...More
BBC World Service's
first education HIV/Aids campaign
The BBC
World Service Trust, the charitable arm of the BBC, in partnership
with the Kaiser Family Foundation, a leader in health information
and research, and media conglomerate Viacom, have, announced the
launch of a year-long campaign...More
Tube Talk
ESPN to telecast Zimbabwe tour of England live Read
CNBC interview's President PeopleSoft Conway Read
Technology Update
Optibase platform supports BBC Monitoring sys Read
SA unveils Continuum DVP eXtra Dense QAM Array Read
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