Indiantelevision.com's TV Linx Reporter dated 22 April 2005 - links to broadcasting, cable, satellite, media, TV, television related news stories from India and abroad !

Headlines

Trai slashes bandwidth prices
Trai revises the ceiling tariff for domestic bandwidth; broadband prices expected to come down.

Surrogate TV ads to go up in smoke
I&B ministry says surrogate advertising by liquor and tobacco companies won't be allowed in any form on TV.

Times hand NB Verma to join DNA
DNA, a newspaper to be launched from the Zee-Bhaskar combine, has roped in NB Verma as its ad sales head.

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Today's Newsbreakers.......India

	Authority likely to regulate TV content
	40 TV, radio channels ready for DD’s DTH
	Up to 70% tariff cut to make broadband cheaper
	Qatar Telecom to invest in FLAG cable network
	Source: Financial Express

	ARY Group keen to invest in Indian fashion industry
	EMI sheds stake in Saregama
	TRAI recommends lower domestic bandwidth rates
	Adobe's new Sr. Vice-President
	Source:The Hindu

	TRAI cuts bandwidth tariff by up to 70 pc
	Source:The Hindu Business Line

	Move over Parvati and Tulsi, it’s time for Jassi
	Bring cable business under VAT for transparency’
	Time Warner, Comcast to buy Adelphia
	My comedy is for the common man: Shauq
	Source:Indian Express

	Ekta does a Page 3 on MTV
	Pari takes a break, shoots with Hrithik
	Kahiin To... unit heats up action in Goa
	Sarrkkar comes to power
	Take Ten: Nakul Vaid
	Kahaani serial ki
	Source:Mid-day


	DD earns Rs 70 cr from Indo-Pak series
	Now, TV channels to face Censor's scissors
	CII wants entertainment tax cut
	Kids' TV goes local, more animated to grab eyeballs
	Time Warner, Comcast to buy Adelphia for $17.6bn
	Bangladesh frees French journalist
	It's 'Hitch', hip, hurray at the box office here
	Source: Economic Times

	China blows hot and cold on media FDI
	Broadband growth to drive high-end technology
	Pyramid-Saimira, Delta Electronics ink Rs 150-cr deal for film projectors
	Bandwidth rates set to nosedive
	Source:Business Standard

	NA committee proposes more power to PEMRA
	Source:Daily Times

	Block the stars, count the losses
	Source:Telegraph

	TRAI cuts domestic tariffs
	Source:Times of India

International News

	Liberty Media Intl looking for buys in Europe, Japan -FT
	Source:MarketWatch

	NBC Close to Renewal Deal on 'Will & Grace'
	Comcast Sues Orioles Over TV Rights
	Springsteen Bares Songwriting Soul on VH1 (AP)
	Source: Yahoo

	China Network Systems launches cable-based VoIP
	Source:Taipei Times

	TV Guide publisher launches new magazine aimed at females
	Source : San Jose Mercury News

	EU shelves probe into European pubcasters
	Thomson unveils IPTV set-top box enhancements
	Source: Advanced-Television

	Israel: Newcomers sign up for Channel 10 stake
	Source:Haaretz

	BBC World Service news programmes blocked in Nepal and Pakistan
	Source:Pak Tribune

	Fashion TV unites with Sky Media
	Source:Media Week (UK)

	Time Warner, Comcast win bid for Adelphia
	Source: Reuters

	Ron Furman Tapped as Head of MTV Ad Sales
	NBCU Opposes Pax's Efforts to Terminate National, Local Sales Deals
	Court TV, NPR Ink Production Deal
	Source:Media Week (US)

	Jordanian sues CNN over false report
	Source:Big News Network.com

	Sirius Satellite CEO gets $14 mln in restricted stock for 2004
	Source : MarketWatch

	"Real EastEnders" is "biggest reality show ever
	Sport head Peter Salmon quits BBC
	Source: Digital spy (UK)

	CHINA: US-based television station still on air in China after international community shows support
	Source:Asia Media

	The BNP should be allowed to have their election broadcast
	Source:Asians in Media

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