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04 April |
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REGULATORS | TDSAT |
| TDSAT to hear all six DTH ops plea on licence fee on 6 May |
| During the hearing today, it was argued by Reliance Big TV that provisions in its case had been subsequently changed and were at par with the other operators. |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
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“We are neither threatened by Hindi nor do we ignore it”
Viacom 18's Ravish Kumar, believes in constantly monitoring the Hindi GEC space to see what they could be doing to make the regional genre bigger and better.
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| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| BCCC issues two advisories for TV channels |
| With these two, the number of advisories issued by the complaint redressed body has gone up to 12. |
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MOVIES | Hindi |
| 'Main Tera Hero': David & Dhavan Film Review |
| This week sees two releases; one a complete entertainer, the other on a very topical issue. How these films fare will be revealed on Monday, so wait and watch.
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03 April |
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REGULATORS | TDSAT |
| TDSAT to hear DTH ops plea on licence fee on 6 May |
| The government has been asked to file a reply within three weeks and the three petitioners – Tata Sky, Sun Direct TV and Reliance Big TV - will file rejoinders, if any, within one week of that. |
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CABLE TV | Multi System Operators |
| Broadcasters to hike rates in both DAS and analogue areas |
| After TRAI hiked the tariff ceiling by 27.5 per cent, broadcasters are happy that the ARPUs will go up. While MSOs are under pressure as they may end up paying more, in case they fail to collect money from the ground. |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Sony's ‘Encounter' with Manoj Bajpayee |
| Produced by Endemol India, the crime based show will be aired every Friday to Sunday, starting 11 April. |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Al Jazeera ups its ante for general elections |
| The next two months will have intensive coverage from India including live broadcasts on polling days and decision day.
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02 April |
| MAM | Media and Advertising |
| Ajay Trigunayat bids adieu to Times Television Network |
| TTN is looking at getting in a centralised set-up, where the content, marketing and sales team report directly to M K Anand. |
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CABLE TV | Multi System Operators |
| Siti Cable gets Rs 140.25 crore investment from promoters |
| With this the MSO has received a total of Rs 324 crore from its promoters. The funds will be utilised primarily for business expansion and to partially reduce debt. |
| MAM | Marketing |
| Want to woo youngsters? Depend on youth channels |
| BJP and Congress, both, are advertising heavily on youth entertainment channels to attract first-time voters. |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Movie channels gear up for the IPL onslaught Special Report |
| Not wanting to get lost in the cricket haze, movie channels, both English and Hindi, are dishing out special programming packages to keep viewers interested.
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Broadcasting woes |
| After Independence and up to the eighties, the External Services Division of AIR functioned in close coordination with MEA through External Publicity Division with greater interaction between the two...
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01 April |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Zee Sangam drops TEN format; to be national news channel |
| The channel is currently focusing on improving distribution across various cities in the country. |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| MSM gets ready to max it with MAX 2 |
| The second movie channel from the Sony Entertainment stable MAX 2 is slated to debut post the elections. |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Why unconventional advertising is on the rise |
| With growing competition, marketers have to come up with 'out of the box' ways of catching consumers' attention... |
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31 march |
| REGULATORS | TRAI |
| TRAI defreezes tariff ceiling in analogue cable TV areas |
| The hike will be implemented in two installments. The first installment of 15 per cent will be effective from 1 April; second installment from 1 January 2015. |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Zee launches its new music label 'Zee Music Company' |
| ZMC has plans to acquire the music rights of over 20 major motion pictures in the financial year 2014-15. |
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TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| The Indian 'Paisa' League |
| From 2008 till date, the tourney has only headed north in terms of viewership and ad revenues. |
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MOVIES| Hindi |
| Queen continues its dream run at the box office Box Office |
| With no big releases in the past two weeks, Kangana Ranaut's 'Queen' has gained from the good word of mouth, collecting Rs 48.5 crore in three weeks. |
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30 March |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Seventh News Television Awards gets a full house |
| The bright shining chandeliers that towered over the audience could not match the delight on the faces of the winners as they cheered for their team mates and channels at the seventh edition of indiantelevision.com's News Television Awards. |
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29 March |
| SATELLITE | Satellite Operators |
| AsiaSat 7 replaces the ageing AsiaSat 3S today |
| The satellite will support a broad range of applications including TV broadcast and VSAT networks across Asia, the Middle East, Australasia and Central Asia. |
| TELEVISION | TV Channels |
| Sunny Days for Indian Cricket |
| The SC, by allowing the IPL to continue, has given a breather to the players and fans and has signalled BCCI to shape up or face consequences, says cricket columnist Hemant Kenkre. |
| MAM | Media and Advertising |
| Election tracker: Battling it, out-of-home |
| Not only is media a key driver in the upcoming elections, political parties are said to be spending 10 to 15 per cent of their total ad budgets on outdoor |
