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New Skies Satellites had launched a second Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) platform for the Indian sub-continent due to strong demand in the region. DVB platform is used for carrying Internet traffic. The company to implement a third platform later this year

exchange4media Staff Mar 21, 2001 8:12 PM

NOW, has launched its NOW convergence service and its own international C-Band gateway in Chennai. This service has been brought by Data Access (India) Ltd. In the five months since its launch, the ISP has amassed 85,000 subscribers between Delhi (55,00

exchange4media Staff Mar 21, 2001 8:11 PM

Audience-watching trends have shown that with the Gujarat earthquake, the post-Budget crisis and the Tehelka.com expose have increased audience shares of some news channels by as much as five fold. The newly-launched Hindi news channel 'Aaj Tak' could not

exchange4media Staff Mar 21, 2001 8:09 PM

Broadcast Worldwide (BWW), the promoter of Tara channel, has deferred its IPO plan and is instead going in for a third round of funding by offering part of its equity to some strategic investors. The company plans to raise Rs 80 crore from this. Effecti

exchange4media Staff Mar 21, 2001 8:08 PM

Cartoon Network is expanding to a 24-hour television service from July 1. This is part of Turner Entertainment's effort at content aggregation across multiple platforms including television, interactive media, publishing, consumer products and promotional

exchange4media Staff Mar 21, 2001 8:06 PM

A group of broadcasters met officials of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Monday in connection with the new income-tax norms announced for foreign telecasting companies (FTCs). As some of the leading broadcasters have to shell out much more in t

exchange4media Staff Mar 21, 2001 8:05 PM

ORG-Marg has expanded Intam from the existing 29 towns and cities to 49 centres. This will help in increasing Intam’s based by 21 per cent. The expanded data service will be available from April 1. With the expansion of the TV watching base Intam become

exchange4media Staff Mar 21, 2001 8:03 PM

Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) said it is open to more joint ventures with Indian channels, like the one it has with Zee. For the Indian market, MGM has made available a library of 3,300 titles.

exchange4media Staff Mar 21, 2001 8:02 PM

Come May and the dream of kids to participate in the Kaun Banega Crorepati will be fulfilled. Phone lines for the first set of episodes opens on Friday, March 23 and will be on till Monday, March 26. Kids between 10 and 17 years of age would be eligible to

exchange4media Staff Mar 21, 2001 7:59 PM

The lady who headed Star's Direct-to-Home (DTH) project, Ms Urmila Gupta, is keen to Indianise the controversial fashion channel - FTV. Her suggestions to the French channel include providing more India-related programmes and showing less skin. Both

exchange4media Staff Mar 21, 2001 7:56 PM

Zee Network has decided to roll out six hours of exclusive footage from the Tehelka.com tapes during prime time across all its 14 channels beginning March 22. The spycam film will be broadcast between 9 pm and 10.30 pm every evening till March 25. The t

exchange4media Staff Mar 21, 2001 7:53 PM