Tribunal orders Star, Zee to pay service tax
Central Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi, rules that Star, Zee liable to pay service tax on ad earnings

AP court pol ads order: Govt moves SC
Government appeal contends view taken by Andhra High Court on political ads 'unsustainable'.
Government move puts spanner in IBF plans

Broadband Pacenet braces itself for convergence era
Broadband services provider Broadband Pacenet is coming out with its latest project in May and involves the television set being used as a computer as well

MIPTV.... Report From Cannes
MipTV: The hidden goldmine for TV prod & b'casters
Cross-platform delivery is the key way for TV networks to find new audiences and generate more revenue

Day Two: Chillingly cold but deals warm up

Other headlines
Comedy power to buttress Zee's 8 pm
Zee's latest sitcom, airing Sunday-Wednesday at 8 pm, is a light and frothy sitcom with 'a touch of a soap opera' revolving around a family of wedding planners.

Tam India's paper wins accolades at Esomar conf
At the fourth Esomar Asia Pacific Conference which concluded yesterday in Shanghai, Tam's paper on Product Placement was selected as the best paper amongst the 22 papers presented from across the region.

Queen Mary 2 docks in India on Discovery
Viacom hatching plans for homosexual channel
Jay Leno to keep his chin up on NBC till 2009
Fifth year of football for SET Asia
NDS, Foxtel ventures into digital subscription in Oz
'Everybody Loves Raymond' helps CBS come out top

Media Stock Watch
Media stocks witness a lackluster day

Tube Talk
Zee Music's 'Please toh Play' set to rock screen
Mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington interviewed on CNN

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