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Zee revving up its programming
Zee TV is quietly putting together some fresh programming
ideas that it hopes will connect with audiences.
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TV 18 breaks off ad sales deal with Sony for CNBC India
Raghav
Bahl's Television Eighteen India Ltd declared today that
henceforth it would be managing the sales of advertisement
time (free commercial time) of CNBC India business news
channel. More
HBO
spices up Friday nights with 'Double Bill' programme
initiative
HBO is all set to add juice to weekend entertainment this
month by introducing HBO Friday Double Bill.
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Nickelodeon
promises bigger, louder awards show this month
The Kids Choice Awards (KCA) show 2002 scheduled to take
place on 20 April in Los Angeles will see media personalities
and products targeted at the youth compete for honours.
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Ravina
Raj Kohli to head new Star news channel
That Star India and news content provider the Prannoy
Roy-headed New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV) are parting
ways is clear and all that remains is for this week's
official announcement of the same... More
Intelsat
903 satellite successfully launched
The Intelsat 903 satellite was successfully launched aboard
an ILS Proton K/Block DM launch vehicle last Saturday
12:25 EST. More
Media, Advertising & Marketing Watch
Jupiter
Media Metrix report presents bleak picture for paid online
content revenues
US based Jupiter Media Metrix (JMM) has predicted that
revenues from paid online content will grow to only $5.8
billion by 2006, up from $1.4 billion in 2002.
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Tube Talk
Ultra's
'Inspector' completes 75 episodes on Sahyadri Channel
Ultra Movie channel, the production house has announced
that its first serial for Marathi channel Sahyadri completed
a run of 75 episodes recently. More
Source: www. indiantelevision.com
Other
Headlines
Will
Ravina Raj Kohli be STAR’s answer to Prannoy Roy?
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Source:
www.agencyfaqs.com
TV 18 to retain 49% stake
in CNBC (I) More
InCablenet seeks carriage
fee for free channels More
Indian fans may not
qualify for World Cup More
FCT from free-to-air channels
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Source:
The Economic Times
Courtesy WorldSpace, It’s Realtime AIR News On Board Railways
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Ravina
Kohli Tipped To Head Star News More
Ten Sports Takes A U-turn; Goes Pay With Sharjah Cup More
Cetma
To Focus On Audio Segment To Accelerate Growth More
Source:
The Financial Express
I
& B ministry to check manipulation More
IT
Committee pulls up Prasar Bharati More
Moving
Picture Company’s new studio More
FTV with DD Sports,
Hallmark in ‘pay’ avataar More
AIR Kolkata to computerise broadcast operations More
Freeing Idiot Box from Cable-wallah’s tyranny More
BBC World to host new programmes for India More
TARA Marathi relaunched with Eternal Dreams More
Mumbai’s
own FTII! More
Whistling
Woods not to merge with FTII More
Source:
www.screenindia.com
TV18 to issue equity shares on preferential basis
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TV
18 to retain its 49% equity stake in CNBC India More
Source:
www.capitalmarket.com |
"Television
is the first truly democratic culture -- the first culture
available to everybody and entirely governed by what people
want. The most terrifying thing is what the people do
want." .
- Clive Barker
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International
Headlines
CBS
Sets Honeymooners Special
CBS will air The Honeymooners 50th Anniversary
Celebration, a new entertainment special featuring rare
and never-before-seen clips of the classic 1950s and 1960s
comedy series. More
Thou
Shalt Watch ABC
ABC’s Easter Classic, The Ten Commandments, conjured
up a ratings win for the network Sunday night among both
total viewers and adults 18 through 49.. More
TV
Guide Celebrates 50th Year
TV Guide Channel will celebrate 'TV We’ll Always Remember'
this week through special segments of original programming
each hour as part of a companywide initiative to honor
the brand’s 50th year.. More
CNN
en Español Lands on Dish
CNN en Español is launching
on EchoStar Communications Corp.’s Dish Network as part
of the direct-broadcast satellite carrier’s three Spanish-language
tiers More
MTV
Green-Lights Six Skeins
MTV: Music Television has given the nod to a half-dozen
series that will debut in April, May and June.... More
Source:www.tvinsite.com
CNN's
Ed Turner dies
Ed Turner, one of the founding fathers of CNN, has
died. Mr. Turner, who was 66, passed away at George Washington
University Hospital in Washington after battling liver
cancer.. More
Phil
Donahue may host MSNBC show
Phil Donahue may be coming out of talk-show retirement
to host a weeknight show on MSNBC. More
'Ten
Commandments' big draw for ABC
ABC's perennial airing of Charlton Heston's "The Ten
Commandments," produced 46 years ago, still .. More
Source:
www.emonline.com
Holmes
wears mantle of action hero in hi-tech BBC thriller
Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick
Dr Watson are to be transformed from the intrepid sleuths
of modern imagination into muscular men of action in a
remake of one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic stories.
The Hound of the Baskervilles is to be filmed for .. More
Source:
Independent
News
faces action over decoder piracy
TROUBLED pay-TV service ITV Digital is preparing to
sue an offshoot of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation for
£100 million ($270 million). ... More
Source:
The West Online
Gemstar-TV
Guide, WorldGate in interactive cable TV pact
PASADENA, Calif. (Dow Jones/AP) -- TV Guide Interactive
Inc., a unit of Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc., and
WorldGate Communications Inc. completed integration efforts
for an interactive cable television video-on-demand system.
... More
Source: www.siliconvalley .com
What
options for TV after the Digital debacle?
TODAY, your television licence fee goes up to £122,
or a cut-price £37.50 for those of you in still in monochrome.
Is this value for money or are the days of the BBC poll
tax now numbered?... More
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