14 October 2004 Newsletter Subscription Email this Page Volume 11 - Issue No: 78








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Intl news channels uplink: Centre to get tough?
Proposed regulation likely to make it mandatory that all foreign news channels get PIB accreditation.

Executive Dossier
'Outside of guaranteed hits, challenge is in selling rest of the catalogue to the viewer'
Interview with HBO Asia Senior VP programming, promotion Quek Toi Mien

Govt sacks Kher, appoints Tagore
Centre unceremoniously removes Anupam Kher, appoints yesteryears actor Sharmila Tagore as censor board chief.

Star News realigns its editorial focus
Star News is realigning their editorial priorities and focus to ensure a lift from the current no 4 position.

Aaj Tak reaffirms number one status

ESS' further inroads into Thailand, Indo-China

BBC claims licence fee regime support

Viewers flock in record numbers to Olympics

Vijay TV presents musical extravaganza

FCC proposes $1.2mn indecency fine for Fox

BBC Japan to launch in December

Gil Cates to produce Oscar telecast for 12th time

Sony, [V] China team for anti-piracy concert

Telly Chakkar
Prime time fairy tale
Telly Gupshup - No Ekta: Jaya & Resham
Short Takes - Raymon Kakar
Four prime time Star shows to go off air?
The Granny Diaries
"Like Mahi, I am candid about my feelings and possessive about people I love"- Sangeeta Ghosh
Parmeet opting out of 'Jassi'??
Interview with Suhaib Ilyasi

Tube Talk
'Free Willy' airs on Pogo

Technology Update
Intelsat to use NDS' content protection system

TV Ratings
Top 10 Programmes (26 September 2004 to 2 October 2004)
Doordarshan's Top 10
Top 10 In All TV Homes
Top 10 in Cable & Satellite Homes

Top 100 Programmes (26 September 2004 to 2 October 2004)
Star Plus
Zee TV
Sony Entertainment
Sun TV

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Today's Newsbreakers.......India

Sydney to Athens: Olympic TV reach up 300% in India

Sharmila Tagore new CBFC chief

Pension funds push for change at Disney

  Source:The Financial Express
   
High Court reserves order on Raj TV plea
`Follow Bollywood, provide home entertainment'
Sharmila Tagore new CBFC Chief
Google starts new India unit for multimedia content
  Source: The Hindu
   
Punjab CM’s son gets gag order on Hindustan Times
Sharmila Tagore to be new Censor Board chief
Jackie back in action
Google founders in India on hiring expedition
Second British Asian Music Awards in London on Feb 23
MS to begin music download service in Japan
  Source: Hindustan Times
   
Sharmila Tagore new censor board chief
  Source: Mid-day
   
Everybody loves M
  Source: Telegraph
   
This is what DD wants deleted from JP film
  Source:newindpress.com
   
K Sera Sera goes from movies to soaps:
  Source: New Kerala
 
News channels get top vote
HBO expects Indian ops to be profitable soon
Yahoo appoints new European heads
Reuters starts online video news service
News channels predict wind blowing Congress-NCP's way
Cybermedia to float Rs 17-cr IPO
Govt asks Kher to quit as Censor Board chief
Kino to buy DVD rights of KK
  Source: The Economic Times
   
BJP assails DD for not showing film on JP
Prasar Bharti employees apprehensive of future
Size doesn't matter
Kher refuses to quit as censor board chief
Microsoft zooms in on entertainment
SRK and son foray into Disney world
  Source: Times of India
   
DD tells JP film director to hatao the Indira hatao stuff

Kher clipped, Sharmila takes over

Don’t glorify terrorists, Pak govt tells media
  Source:Indian Express
   
Only 19 per cent homes have colour TVs in India: Philips
  Source: Deepika Global
International News
Al-Jazeera to launch English-language news network
  Source: Jerusalem Post
   
BBC, ITV, C4 offer Audio Description on Sky
  Source: Digital Spy (UK)
   
Microsoft releases new XP Media Centre
Telecom Italia set to score with DTT football
NDS and Intelsat partner to test IPTV
Ofcom addresses ITV, Teletext and Five's licences
  Source: Advanced Television
   
Gov report attacks BBC 'high-brow' digital channel, praises children's programming
  Source: DM Europe
   
Amid Media Price Inflation, TV Production Costs Also Soar, Pose Threat To Addressability
Liberal Groups Charge Viacom With Bias
  Source: Media Post
   
Media M&A Activity on the Rise
  Source:BtoBOnline.com
   
Super Bowl Ads See an Explosive Kickoff
  Source: New York Daily News
   
FCC Can't Do Much on Sinclair Kerry Film Flap - Experts
  Source: Dow Jones via Excite
News Corp Flouts FCC Order
  Source: The Deal
   
News Corp to Cut Staff
  Source:CBS.MarketWatch.com
   
INDONESIA: TV station sued for scaring woman
INDONESIA: Govt launches educational TV
AUSTRALIA: Kids' news back on air
  Source: Asia Media
   
Ailing Fox Network Hits Grand Slam with Baseball
BET pulls Eminem video off the air
  Source:Reuters
   
New Arc for IDT's DVD title hopes
EM.TV pursues ex-exex
Networks to Test New Exit Polling System
  Source: Yahoo News
   
Sky signs five-year rugby union deal
Daily TV Marketplace - Trial and Retribution concludes on a high
  Source : Media Week (UK)
   
For the young, TV's more fun & games
  Source:Media Life Magazine
   
Fox displeased baseball going toe-to-toe with debate
  Source: USA Today

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