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Internet users in Asia spent a total of 284,830 days online in March 2001, according to NetValue. 52.1% of their time was spent on non-web protocols such as e-mail and instant messaging.

exchange4media Staff Jun 7, 2001 7:18 AM

Mastercard, the plastic money leader in Asia and the Pacific, plans to tap the rural sector in a big way by launching electronic cards for farmers, besides giving a big push to debit cards as the company sees India, along with China, as 'significant' marke

exchange4media Staff Jun 7, 2001 7:16 AM

A study conducted by Continental Research suggest that 48% of people in the UK who do not use the internet at all would like to log on for at least one specific activity. The highest percentage of non-users (26%) said they were interested in using e-mail.

exchange4media Staff Jun 7, 2001 7:15 AM

Colour television (CTV) sales, which grew just over 4.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2001, have declined to 3.7 per cent during the four months from January to April. During the four months the industry sold 1.64 million CTV sets against 1.58 million s

exchange4media Staff Jun 7, 2001 7:15 AM

The FM channel 2 of All India Radio (AIR), Kolkata will become a 24-hour channel from July. The channel FM2 has been broadcasting programmes since August 15, 1991 in two time slots daily from 7:30am to 9:30am and from 7pm to 9:30 p.m. A substantial chunk o

exchange4media Staff Jun 7, 2001 7:14 AM

Zee TV’s plan to become fully pay channel has been delayed. The short delay from the plan to go fully encrypted from June 1 to June 10 midnight is due to marketing and technical reasons, said RK Singh, chief executive officer, corporate affairs, Zee Networ

exchange4media Staff Jun 7, 2001 7:13 AM

Gillette Corp. plans to conduct a cost-focused review of Gillette's $600 million global advertising account. All external spending, direct and indirect, is up for review. In his first public engagement since taking over as Gillette's CEO, Mr. Kilts blamed

exchange4media Staff Jun 7, 2001 7:12 AM

Prasar Bharati plans to introduce digital audio broadcasting for All India Radio (AIR). The pilot project has been prepared and the proposal for six channels has been sent to the government for sanction. The content of these channels will include both news

exchange4media Staff Jun 7, 2001 7:11 AM

The Rs 9,600 crore Indian entertainment industry is trying to attract investment from American and Japanese companies to invest in the entertainment infrastructure. A delegation, led by Information and Broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj, will be leaving o

exchange4media Staff Jun 7, 2001 7:10 AM