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FDI limits in DTH to stay: Prasad
Licenses for DTH service will be granted on basis of currently laid down eligibility criteria, I&B minister tells Parliament...More

BAG Films' Rajeev Shukla joins Congress
Looks like there will be a crossing of political swords in the family. BAG Films' promoter Rajeev Shukla, the brother-in law of I&B minister and BJP stalwart Ravi Shankar Prasad (Shukla's wife Anurradha Prasad is the minister's younger sister), has joined the Congress party...More

SAB TV primed to go wholly on humour road
From 5 May, SAB TV to have totally humour-based programming in afternoon and evening prime time...More

Gupta no longer CEO of B4U Worldwide
B4U Worldwide CEO Ravi Gupta ceases to hold the post anymore. ...More

Prashant Sanwal to head Maharaja TV in Sri Lanka
Prashant Sanwal, director of all the Zee Network's regional language Alpha channels, is moving on. Sanwal, who put in his papers at Zee on 31 March, is taking up a posting in Sri Lanka early next month as CEO of Maharaja Broadcasting. Maharaja owns and operates two terrestrial TV stations and three leading FM radio stations in the Emerald Isle. Sanwal will be based in the Lankan capital Colombo. ..More

Radio City may pip rivals to post in Delhi launch
Music Broadcast Pvt. Ltd (MBPL), in association with Star, may just be the first one to launch a private FM radio station, Radio City, in the capital this weekend...More

Sahyadri Navratna awards on 27 April
DD Sahyadri is all set to host the prestigious Sahyadri Navratna Awards at the Doordarshan premises in Worli on 27 April 2003...More

Sahara to make movies & TV content for Tollywood
After the launch of Sahara Samay news channels and the announcement of Bollywood multi- starrer serials on Sahara TV, the Sahara India Pariwar has now decided to foray into making movies and entertainment content for television in Tollywood...More

Media Advertising & Marketing watch
AAAI holds contest to zero in on team for Cannes
good news for young creative ad professionals. The Advertising Agencies' Association of India (AAAI) is organising the AAAI Young Creatives Contest to zero in on the trio who will represent the country at the International Young Creatives Contest, to be held at the Cannes Advertising Festival in France this year. More

Storytellers' TVC targets foreign tourists
The Storytellers creates TVC for attracting foreign travelers to India More


Special Report
Target Tween - Kid Marketing Forum turns the spotlight on children After the youth TG, the spotlight is now trained on tweens. More

Nick's Forum targets tomorrow's market More

TAM Adex
Break Inventories and Ad Inventories under the spotlight : PART 1 More

Tube Talk
Exclusive footage of 'Chicago' on Zee MGM More

Technology Update
Visionik delivers first interactive TV game to MTV More
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