Trai advocates local loop unbundling
Trai has recommended nondiscriminatory local loop unbundling in a time bound manner for Shared and Bit Stream Access.

ESS says wins case against MEN in NY court
Modi Ent has lost the case filed against ESPN Inc and ESPN India. ESS has been awarded $ 2.4 million in pending dues

HTMT net up 22% to Rs 756 million
Hinduja TMT today reported a total income of Rs 1624.8 million for the financial year ended 31 March 2004 compared to Rs 1144.7 million for the year ended 31 March 2003, an increase of 42 per cent. Net profit grew 22 per cent from Rs 620.3 million to Rs 756.2 million.

Tenali Raman to speak five languages for ETV
Animation company Toonz Animation and ETV Network have inked an agreement to telecast the The Adventures of Tenali Raman.
The media giant will air the first home production of Toonz- the 26 X 11 minutes episode series- on the five satellite channels of ETV Network.

Essel Propack global sales up by 29% in Q1 '05
Subhash Chandra promoted Essel Propack ltd has posted 29 per cent growth in its global sales for the first quarter that ended on 31 March, 2004.

Star Movies lines up premiere fare on Fridays
Taking an inspiration from the Friday obsessed hysteria ridden world of Hindi film industry, Star Movies has lined up a special 'Friday Premiere' band starting this May.

Special Report
Tobacco & ads - 'made for each other' no more
Examining the implications of the ban on tobacco advertising that takes effect on 1 May.

Media Stock Watch
Many media stocks witness smart recoveries; Zee down 5 %

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