6 January 2004 Volume 9 Issue no: 48









Executive Dossier
"We will have to think out of the box more on programming"

Interview with Star India COO Sameer Nair...More

Headlines
Quash CAS move: cable frat seething

Demands I&B minister RS Prasad's ouster; charges deal between government, broadcasters to scuttle CAS...More

ESS looking to hit distribution 'Grand Slam'
Twin aims of the programme are hiking subscription revenue and fostering goodwill among cable ops in smaller towns...More

Synergy to help Star World find 'Child Genius'
Siddhartha Basu's production house is making 'India's Child Genius' for Star World, a contest to find India's brainiest kid...More


Other Headlines

Animax Asia to have three feeds by end of Jan
More
Star Plus' 'Hatim' wins over audiences on debut
More

'Shaktimaan' caters to the hearing impaired More
ESS-InCable parleys inconclusive, to continue 6 Dec More
BBC buys comedy 'Arrested Development' from Fox More
'Sopranos' fifth season debuts on HBO 7 March More

Airline to take centrestage in reality show More


Media Stock Watch- Weekly Wrap
(5 Jan)
Key indices drive in the fast lane, media shifts gears More

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (21 December 2003 to 27 December 2003)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (21 December 2003 to 27 December 2003)
Star Plus
Sun TV
Sony
Star Sports


Source:
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CAS drama: MSOs want Sushma back More
I&B may ask Trai to regulate cable industry More
Hollywood suffers first down year since '91 More
Source: The Economic Times

Jaya TV poised for 33 pc rise in '03-'04 revenue More
CAS: The fading picture More
Cable industry demands resignation of I&B Minister More
Source: The Hindu Business line

Big boys unite against illegal file swaps More
Source: The Times of India

CTVs: Rural Market Set To Spur Growth Again More
For I&B Minister, Media Is Message More
Hither Polls, Whither CAS? More
Source: The Financial Express

Prasad must quit, say cable firms More
TV viewing to cost more from this month in Gujarat More
Source: Business Standard


Pritish Nandy lines up slew of new films More

Source:www.moneycontrol.com


Bihar: Cable operators plan strike from today More

BBC to feature Ambani, Nilekani, Pratap Reddy More

TELEVISION'S TANGLED WEB More

Scrap CAS More

`Secular space in the media has shrunk' More
Source: The Hindu


Blackmail: Pay Rs 500 if CAS fails More
Jassi: Sony's lucky mascot More
HT Bhopal goes global More

HC bans film after HP CM’s plea More
Source: The Hindustan Times


Cable operators plan to stage a strike More
Source: The Asian Age


Nirmal Pandey: Dread locks, evil ways More

Tele Express: What could be More

Masala Mandira More

Inke Jaisa Koi Nahin More

FTII readies for channel, radio More

Source: The Indian Express

Dyke moves to quell BBC fears More
And then there was Murdoch (part one) More

And then there was Murdoch (part two) More

Viewers say goodbye to Auf Wiedersehen More

Footballer's wife plays name game More

NTL chiefs set for £28m share windfall More

BBC has the last laugh in US More

I have cancer but I'm feeling fine, says Aspel More

Comment: Politics is no game show More
Source: MediaGuardian.co.uk


Microsoft aims to replace TV with PC More
Source: www.businessworld.ie


Media companies: Expect a Flood of Mergers in 2004 More
More AOL Woes for Time Warner More
Source: www.tvweek.com


Sandy Grushow Exits Fox More

Source: Mediaweek


Television: The Shape of Things To Come More
Top 100 Television Programs for 2003 More

Source: www.broadcastingcable.com


You ain't see nothin' yet on TV! More
Source: www.variety.com


Time Warner selling Time Life to former BMG executive More
Source: Reuters
















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