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Sony Entertainment Television has dropped its DTH platform plans. Instead the company has decided to negotiate with other companies for foraying into DTH projects.

exchange4media Staff Apr 3, 2001 12:00 AM

Doordarshan (DD), which has decided to brand monthly sports packages with peppy names to make the events more marketable to advertisers. All the sports events in the package will be exclusively aired live on DD Sports. Cricket, hockey, football and tenn

exchange4media Staff Apr 3, 2001 12:00 AM

Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) plans to launch direct to home (DTH) service throughout the country by the end of this year. VSNL is awaiting clearance from the Government in this regard and once it is availed, the company will launch a drive to marke

exchange4media Staff Apr 3, 2001 12:00 AM

Wincable plans to launch a 8-channel bouquet, all-digital pay channels from December this year and the project is assisted by Star. The channel major has a 26 per cent stake in Hathaway Cable and this will be the first instance that Star is directly tak

exchange4media Staff Apr 3, 2001 12:00 AM

MTV India will air a new show MTV World Chart Express. The half-hour show will showcase music from across the world. MTV World Chart Express will be on air on Saturdays at 4 pm with repeats on Mondays at 1 pm and Fridays at 7 pm. The show is sponsored by M

exchange4media Staff Apr 3, 2001 12:00 AM

Satellite company Globecast, is in talks with Indian private broadcasters for offering tele-port services for uplinking and downlinking from India. Tele-port, refers to satellite infrastruture, which allows broadcasters to beam the channels. At present,

exchange4media Staff Apr 3, 2001 12:00 AM

A new programme on Vaastushastra will be aired on the etc channel from April 8. Called `Vaastu', the one-hour programme on the channel, will focus on the rights and wrongs of construction of buildings and interiors of homes. To be telecast every Sunday

exchange4media Staff Apr 3, 2001 12:00 AM

Aastha TV channel will telecast the year-long celebrations of Bhagwan Mahavir's 2600th birth anniversary. The celebrations will commence on April 6.

exchange4media Staff Apr 3, 2001 12:00 AM