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Essel to have additional 3rd party TV, radio channels
The Essel group is looking at having over 20 third party TV channels,
12 satellite radio channels as part of HITS project and KU-band DTH
service...More
FTV India gets new
ad sales partner
Fashion TV India has moved from Panamsat 10 to Asiasat 2 and
is now available FTA, according to its new ad sales and marketing
partner, the Worldwide Group...More
UTV TV software COO Manish Popat on CAS
Popat says that CAS will present "great mid term and
long term opportunities after short-term challenges"...More
I&B
minister seeks appointment with PM on CAS
Just in case if it interests you all in the industry,
India's information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
is reported to have sought an appointment with Prime Minister A.B.
Vajpayee today after returning from a trip overseas. The agenda:
in all probability conditional access system (CAS)...More
AXN to showcase 'The
Amazing Race 4' escapades
AXN is all
set to take viewers on yet another Amazing Race...More
M J Akbar gives viewers
the inside dope on politics on Star News
24-hour Hindi news channel Star News has announced that it will
launch Akbar Ka Darbar on 25 May...More
US satellite TV cos strive to be customer-oriented
Satellite TV service providers in the US are gearing up to expand
their customer base by aggressively tapping new geographic locations
and becoming more customer-friendly...More
Talking Movies' search for young film makers
BBC World is searching for the world's best young film makers in
a competition launched at the Cannes Film Festival by its flagship
entertainment programme, Talking Movies...More
Satellites to retransmit local TV stations in HD soon:
Murdoch
News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch has been quoted as saying that
the technology is not far away from allowing satellite carriers
to retransmit local TV stations in high-definition format...More
French Open to help Ten Sports widen horizons
While wrestling has successfully maintained visibility for Ten Sports,
the Bukhatir Rehman owned broadcaster is looking to extend the depth
of its programming! With this goal in mind, the channel has announced
that it has acquired the exclusive cable and satellite television
rights to the French Open tennis Grand Slam...More
'Karishma' case transferred to single bench of Calcutta
High Court
The Subrata Roy-promoted Sahara India Media Company has won a temporary
reprieve...More
NDTV to showcase Essar's online lottery
Looks like
Prannoy Roy is taking a leaf out of Subhash Chandra's book! Fortune,
the recently launched online lottery brand in India has announced
that it will telecast live the weekly draws of the Fortune Lotto
on NDTV India, the Hindi news channel from Roy's stable...More
HBO rejigs Monday lineup with 'Generation Me' initiative
HBO continues to innovate through diverse themes. The latest one
targeted at the youth is called HBO Generation Me. The catchphrase
being used is 'Because you deserve entertainment to call your own!'...
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Media Advertising & Marketing watch
Unilever's Axe Deodorant
recognised for creative marketing
Monthly
magazine Business 2.0 has named Unilever's Axe Deodorant, Rheingold
Beer and Walt Disney's Buena Vista Pictures recipients of the 2003
Business 2.0 Sweet Spot Awards...More
The World Sponsorship
Monitor is re-launched
The World
Sponsorship Monitor (TWSM), the monthly insight into the nature,
value and duration of all significant sports sponsorship deals,
trends and issues was re-launched at the Sport Accord conference
in Madrid a few days ago...More
Latest 'Harry Potter'
book fastest ever seller: Amazon
The boy
wizard Harry Potter is growing from strength to strength. Online
distributor Amazon.com has said that the latest instalment in the
Harry Potter book series has already become its fastest-selling
new product ever, with more than 500,000 copies ordered in advance
of the book's publication on 21 June...More
Technology Update
NCTA to showcase HDTV tech at the National Show More
Video Without Boundaries'
allys with Lung Hwa Elect More
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