India TV to launch with 4-hour 'test feed'
Rajat Sharma postpones full-fledged launch of his news and current affairs channel to after the general elections.

IBF targets surrogate political ads
Broadcasters to take stock of the controversy regarding surrogate ads; may pull out such ads voluntarily.

Padmalaya in $14 million co-production deal
Zee Group subsidiary Padmalaya Telefilms has reached preliminary agreement for co-production and licensing of cartoons with Italian animation major Mondo TV Group in a deal worth more than $ 14 million.

Vajpayee leads says Zee News opinion poll
latest on the election special agenda seem to be the opinion polls. Following the heels of NDTV, Zee News is all set to release results of its Taleem opinion poll.

Special Report
Are directors getting a raw deal on Indian television?
Directors have a litany of complaints..

Other Headlines
Singapore to host Asia's largest media event in June
Singapore Exhibition Services (SES) and the Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF) have announced the Infocomm Media Business Exchange (imbX) which will be held from 14-18 June.

MipTV witnesses 100 prod of Francophone countries
One hundred TV productions of Francophonie countries of the South are participating at the MIP-TV in Cannes. The event which is starting on 29 March will go on till 2 April 2004.

Guest Speak
'You're fired…!' Really?
Domain issues expert Naseem Javed's tongue-in-cheek take on billionaire Donald Trump's bid to patent the term 'You're fired'.

Media Stock Watch
Media stocks gain momentum

Tube Talk
Dreamgirl in 'Carryy on Shekhar' on SAB TV
Thriller weekend on Zee New