Balaji attempts to break Sony jinx with KAKR
Kya Haadsa Kya Haqeeqat will be replaced by a new Balaji show - a sci-fi thriller titled King Aasman Ka Raja.

Dr Manmohan Singh India's next PM
Markets react positively. DMK's joining government raises possibility of Sun CEO Dayanidhi Maran having cabinet role.

NDTV listed on BSE; opens at Rs 101
New Delhi Television India Ltd (NDTV) joined the big league today as it was officially listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange at 9:55 am this morning. Its first strike at the bourses saw itself book Rs 101, reaching a high of Rs 125 and a low of Rs 90 within 10 minutes of the start of the session.

CgA World expo '04 kicks off on an optimistic note
"The 2004 expo and conference is a reality check in the classic sense. The dream sequence of the global marketplace converging at Computer graphics and Animation (CgA) is for the futurescape" these were the words with which Anil Chopra, CEO, Studio Systems .

MGM Promotes Flynn
Blake Flynn of MGM has been promoted to VP business affairs for worldwide television distribution

NATPE to hold television producers' workshop
The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) will hold its second annual Television Producers’ Boot Camp- workshops and pitch pit, a two-day event in Los Angeles on Thursday 29 July and Friday 30 July

Other Headlines
eAccess to attain AOL Japan's ISP business
Actor Tony Randal passed away
India to play a key role in BroadcastAsia2004
Time Warner eyes purchase of Adelphia
GRB, Fox in talks with CTV for 'Next Action Star'
Atika Shubert is CNN's new Tokyo correspondent
Haber, Vide to distribute mini-series 'Mother Teresa'
Acterna names John J. Jones as new VP
Q Television Network completes test broadcast
CNBC reports a net profit of Rs 130.73 mn

Tube Talk
Martha Stewart TV Show taken off

Media Stock Watch
Media scrips continue good run

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Technology Update
Cineworks Digital ties up with Network Electronics
E! Networks selects S-A's PowerVu cont. dist. system
STM launches STLC2500 single-chip bluetooth product

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