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Sony Music India’s revenues for the third quarter ended December 31, 2001, are expected to be about 50 percent higher than the corresponding quarter for the previous financial year. A large chunk of this is expected to come from the sale of the music of “K

exchange4media Staff Jan 4, 2002 8:14 AM

Padmalaya Telefilms Ltd (PTL) is in talks with Sony Entertainment Television (SET) India Pvt Ltd to offer 15 lakhs shares (12.5 per cent stake) by way of private placement. The company is also in talks with Walt Disney to offer a strategic stake in its w

exchange4media Staff Jan 4, 2002 8:13 AM

Zee Telefilms plans to set up an ideation cell to improve its programming content. The ideation team will be headed by Vinta Nanda, an independent serial director, and will have 5-6 ideators who will work on new concepts and formats. The team will work for

exchange4media Staff Jan 4, 2002 8:05 AM

Diksaat Transworld Ltd plans to test launch ‘Win TV’-a 24-hour Tamil channel that promises ‘sweeping laughter among weeping channels...’ on January 13 and will begin commercial telecast from January 27. It will be the first Tamil channel to go pay from day

exchange4media Staff Jan 4, 2002 8:04 AM

InCablenet has shelved its plans to introduce Intel’s set-top boxes because of its high price. Each box would cost Rs 35,000, a price which customers would be reluctant to pay. The set top boxes were to be launched in June, 2001. But no breakthrough in pri

exchange4media Staff Jan 4, 2002 8:03 AM

The Prasar Bharati has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with technology channel TMG Enter for providing programming to DD Bharati. TMG Enter will provide the software for a one-hour time band on the channel called TMG e-Samvaad targeted at youth

exchange4media Staff Jan 4, 2002 8:02 AM