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DD's DTH launch in limbo?
Some professionals in Doordarshan think that starting a free Ku-band direct-to-home TV service is a recipe for disaster.

Dues dispute: ESS cuts Hathway feed in areas
Charges and countercharges ESS off some areas in Mumbai, Nasik, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune.

NDTV achieves operational breakeven
 Breakeven achieved in Q4 in first year of operation as a broadcaster. EBIDTA a positive Rs 17.5 million.

imbX trade shows get overwhelming response
CommunicAsia and EnterpriseIT, Asia's largest ICT and enterprise technology shows closed on 18 June at the Singapore Expo. According to organisers, the events attended by 33,341 visitors registered 6.4 per cent increase in overseas visitors from 79 countries.

'Hum Tum' animation series boys Vs girls theme
Zee News locks in on daytime viewers
Trai releases revision of leased circuits' tariffs paper

Special Report
Quo vadis, FM Radio?
It's growing at a healthy rate, but is the government interested in keeping it alive?

Actor's Alcove
'Imitating people is a natural art. It cannot be practiced'
Interview with Suresh Menon

Tube Talk
 Vijay TV presents S J Surya in 'Starudan Oru Naal'

Media Stock Watch
 And the downslide continues

Technology Update
 Intel delivers breakthrough PC technologies

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (6 June 2004 to 12 June 2004)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (6 June 2004 to 12 June 2004)
Star Plus
Sony
Sun TV
Gemini TV

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Today's Newsbreakers.......India
Trai for cut in leased line rates
NDTV posts cash profit in Q4
'Readers will benefit' from BS/FT deal
FT open to higher BS stake
ESPN Star Sports stops signals to Hathway
Auction house buys Cinemaya
  Source:Business Standard
   
FT picks up 13.85 pc in Business Standard
NDTV turns cash positive in Q4
Fear over numbers plunges media stocks in gloom
BSNL to float Rs 10 cr tender for high speed i-net access
  Source:The Hindu Business Line
   
Hyderabad: ESPN, cable network red-card Euro

Kolkata: Cops don referee role to stop cable skirmishes

Journalism course: Low on satisfaction

Ex-Vivendi chief to be quizzed further
  Source: Times of India
   
TRAI moots 63 pc cut in domestic leased-line tariffs
  Source: Deepika Global
   
Nausheen in Star show
ESPN-Star Sports black-out Hathway
Face off, Bollywood style
  Source:Mid-day
 
‘SMS Interactivity Is The Way Forward For Channels’
IHT Case: RNI Under Scanner
Trai’ng For Cheaper Bandwidth
Intel Brings Digital Entertainment Home
  Source: Financial Express
   

Jassi, Pooja vouch for this man

After audio, Sony looks at closing CTV works too

NDTV breaks even in Q4 of FY-04

STAR, CDPQ sell UTV stake ahead of IPO

FT picks up 13.85% in BS

BSkyB is to unveil a new brand identity

Cannes do better

Film factory output slips 7% in '03

State to re-examine tax on VCDs\DVDs

Bollywood fares better in 2003: study
Source: The Economic Times
   

TRAI moots 63% cut in leased line tariffs

BSNL to offer Internet through Wi-Fi, Wi Max

Vivendi Universal Games to cut North American jobs
  Source: Hindustan Times
   
Media's role in protecting forests stressed
  Source: The Hindu
   
International News
US: Senate Overwhelmingly Approves Anti-Indecency, Media Ownership Amendments
2004 Conventions Will Be Hi-Def on Internet

WWE Reports Fourth-Quarter Profits

Judge OKs DirecTV Pursuit of Pegasus Customers

Nick at Nite's 'Fatherhood' Draws 1.8 Million Viewers
  Source:TV Week
   
Adelphia in talks with sale advisers
  Source: Financial Times
   
Sky to unite TV assets under a single brand identity

DTT pay-TV will be worth E1.12 bn in 2013

UK channels extend audio description service

Telewest restructuring approved

  Source: Advanced Television
   
Teens Rely More on TV Than Internet for News
  Source: Chicago Sun-Times
Omnicom Media Group Names New Unit
PBS Adds New Kids Block
  Source: Media Week (US)
   
NBC to send 99 commentators to Athens
  Source: nbcumv.com
   
SBC plans to provide TV service
  Source: IHT
   
People Meter squabble misses the big picture
  Source: Hollywood Reporter
 
United re-signs TWI for television coverage
Shake-up at the Beeb
  Source : Media Week (UK)
   
ABC Cable Nets Promotes Hughes
Cabletelevision Ad Bureau Publishes Multicultural Study
  Source : Media Week (US)
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