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National Geographic Channel (NGC) for the first time is hardselling a programme to boost ratings. The path being chosen: history. The programme that NGC is cashing in on is ‘Pearl Harbor’, the US Pacific naval base in Hawaii which was attacked by Japan dur

exchange4media Staff May 8, 2001 12:00 AM

Advertisements and indirect promotion of alcohol have come under heavy fire from the government once again. In a note issued to the private channels, the I&B ministry noted that advertisements shown on private television channels were not in strict adheren

exchange4media Staff May 8, 2001 12:00 AM

Mr. Kiran Karnik, former managing director of Discovery Communications, resigned from the board of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) yesterday. Mr. Karnik was the vice president of the IBF. Following his resignation, the IBF is on a lookout for a su

exchange4media Staff May 8, 2001 12:00 AM

CNN has appointed Dr. Sanjay Gupta as a medical correspondent and regular contributor to the weekend programme—Your Health.

exchange4media Staff May 8, 2001 12:00 AM

The board of Balaji Telefilm Limited, will meet on May 9 to review the proposed merger with Nine Network Entertainment Limited. The review comes in light of recent development, including the arrest of leading broker Ketan Parekh for his alleged involvement

exchange4media Staff May 8, 2001 12:00 AM

Contrary to their image of being leading 'wealth creators' last year, Wipro, Zee and Infosys have emerged the top-three 'wealth destroyers', shedding more than Rs 30,000 crore each in their market capitalisation in 2000-01. According to latest available da

exchange4media Staff May 8, 2001 12:00 AM

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) technology, has failed to enthuse Indian subscribers. DishnetDSL, which launched the service with a big bang last year has managed to net only 10,000 subscribers. In order to boost its bottomline, DishnetDSL plans to launch a

exchange4media Staff May 8, 2001 12:00 AM