17 June 2002 Volume 3 Issue no: 83


 

 


 



 

 

 




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Headlines
Rakesh Chaudhry launches sitcom and travel show for DD Metro
Rakesh Chaudhry, creator of trend setting TV serials including Bante Bigadte, Chunauti and Mujrim Haazir, is now ready with his latest offerings - a sitcom, Aisa Bhi Hota Hai and a travel show Raj Travels Duniya Ki Sair Kar Lo. More

PanAmSat launches Galaxy IIIC
PanAmSat Corporation's Galaxy IIIC was launched 15 June at 10:39 pm GMT from a location south of Hawaii. More

Executive Dossier
"Fear Factor has been an unqualified success on AXN Asia"
An Interview with AXN Asia managing director Todd Miller More

Tube Talk
Australia take on Pakistan in the clash of the titans

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Uma Bharati on 'Harsha Online' this week
Harsha Bhogle has Union Sports minister Uma Bharati on his one-hour programme 'Harsha Online' this week. More

Technology Update
Seoul Broadcasting System and Matrox team up for broadcast of 2002 FIFA World Cup

The Seoul Broadcasting System has developed its own sports Character Generator (CG) system integrating Matrox digital video hardware and software to broadcast the 2002 World Cup throughout South Korea. More


TV producers go interactive with Chyron and Liberate
Liberate Technologies has announced that Chyron Corporation, a leading provider of high-end broadcast technology, has integrated its premier television graphics software, Lyric with the Liberate Mediacast Server a data broadcasting server. More
Source: www. indiantelevision.com

Other Headlines
History comes a cropper at box office More
HC officer to probe soccer rights breach More
Source: The Hindustan Times


Cable TV: Consumers lose out in tussle
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Sangma against curbs on TV coverage in Assembly More
Source: The Hindu

Where kiss is just a four-letter word
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X-tra special halls for X-rated films: Censors want it!
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Source: The Indian Express

Ultra Entertainment gets licence for online lottery
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`TV studios in AP to be ready by March'
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Source: The Hindu Business Line

DD News may be back on air
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Source: Business Standard

Unconditional Access More
Giving DD Right Of Way In Sports Coverage Is Just Not Cricket More
Source: Financial Express

‘I suit the role better than Naseer' More
Source : www.asianage.com

Siti Cable denies World Cup coverage
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Big plans after the World Cup, An interview with Peter Hutton, programming and strategy head Ten Sports More
Desi chat gets up close and personal More
Aamir Khan's tryst with the stage More
‘Don’t make message films, send an SMS’ More
David Beckham beats Sanjay Dutt More
Preeti suffers work pressure More
TV shafts two-parent families: Study
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Actor Bridges to appear on Restless
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Spider-Man battles football in British debut
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Scooby-Doo No 1 at US box office on debut
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TV for dinner ? No kidding
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Movie Martyrdom
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Straight Answers :
Ramesh Taurani, Owner Tips, co-producer The Legend..., On the post-release promotion of the film
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Lagaan in LA: They came, they saw, they concurred
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A
day in the life of Mini Mathur, MTV VJ More
Source: The Times of India

FM radio to rescue out-of-school kids
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Nightingale of India raps to new beat More
Gandhi's portrayal invites ire More
Source:The EconomicTimes

"The problem with television isn't sex, or even violence. It's the insidious way it has, when you watch enough of it, of convincing you that life is elsewhere."
-- Rosemary Graham, English professor

International Headlines
Transmission impossible: the BBC zaps its heritage and reaches for Sky More
Source: www.variety.com

Take control of TiVo before TiVo controls you!
More
Source: www.zdnet.com

Disney Plans Companywide Boost for ABC;
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Source: www.news.independent.co.uk

He's Cool. He Keeps MTV Sizzling. And, Oh Yes, He's 56
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Source: www.nytimes.com

Canal Plus' Couture says Telepiu sale does not indicate withdrawal from pay TV More
Source: www.ananova.com

Broadcasters eye video recorder warily
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Source: www.boston.com

MGt at heart of ITV digital bid
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Source: www.thescotsman.co.uk



 




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