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STAR India has decided not to bid for the Doordarshan Metro prime-time slot even as it expects to break even in the next few months. Instead STAR India plans to focus more on Hindi programming, prime time and its marketing strategy, the chief executive Pet
Ravi Mohan Saini, has become the first winner of the hit show ‘Junior Kaun Banega Crorepati’. The episode will be telecast on July 8. Aged 14, this child is in Std X at the Naval Public School, Vishakhapatnam.
The Hinduja Group is in talks with companies in India and abroad for uplinking two of its channels. The channels, which are scheduled to be launched around August under the umbrella of the Hinduja group company — Planet e-Shop — will focus mainly on shoppi
The popular gameshow, Kaun Banega Crorepati and top soap, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, both on Star Plus, are among the front-runners gunning for the top honours in the forthcoming Indian Telly Awards 2001. Koshish Ek Asha on Zee TV and Heena on Sony En
Prasar Bharati will launch a national awards scheme for Doordarshan programmes soon. In another initiative, the government has asked the IGNOU to broadcast programmes in Hindi on Gyan Darshan channel.
TV Today Network is negotiating with Sony Entertainment Television to set up a common distribution platform as an option to the existing channel bouquets of Zee and STAR. Also to be included in the proposed platform are channels like MTV and Discovery.
STAR India Limited plans to come out with an all-new Star TV rate card, to be effective from July 1. The new rate card comprises special rates given for the advertisers who will be able to buy all the channels in the Star bouquet. This will be for a period
The effects of the U.S. economic slowdown are starting to be felt in Europe, Asia and Latin America, said WPP Group's Chairman-CEO Martin Sorrell. Speaking at the company's annual meeting in London, Mr. Sorrell said revenue growth has been affected by "the
Zee Network is still keen on bidding for the prime-time slots on state-owned Doordarshan’s Metro channel, after Prasar Bharati re-invited bids last week. Zee’s renewed interest comes at a time when the other contenders—HFCL Nine Broadcasting, Star as well
MTV India has taken over the operations of MTVIndia.com—a joint venture between MTV Asia and Asiacontent. Mr. Alex Kuruvilla managing director, MTV Asia who will be responsible for all day-to-day operations, will now head the site. The erstwhile MTVIndia.c
FM radio licensees in the private sector are likely to get a government nod within five weeks for setting up temporary radio stations in metros. The proposal has yet to get a clearance from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).
The US-based satellite audio and multi-media service provider, World Space plans to expand its operations in India soon. Apart from the already existing languages, the company is planning to offer its services in other Indian languages and also start data
WPP Group's J. Walter Thompson Co. has turned its Singapore office into a regional creative hub which "will work across all of our multinational clients including Unilever. JWT, Singapore will work with creative teams throughout Southeast Asia and, to a le
Canton Railway Corp here has appointed WPP Group's J. Walter Thompson Co. and MindShare to handle advertising and media buying, respectively, following a four-way pitch. The two-year contract is worth nearly $6.5 million in billings through 2003. Previous
VSNL has appointed advertising and public relations agency Sobhagya to develop a communication strategy to address the concerns of VSNL management, shareholders, interested bidders and employees in wake of the disinvestment of VSNL.
The Business India group, faced with a severe cash crunch, is expected to undergo a major re-organisation, to tide over the crisis. The proposed revamp, formulated with the assistance of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS), envisages the fo
STAR network’s revenue will total around Rs 650 crores in the financial year ending June 30, 2001.The revenue subscription will be around Rs 140 crores. The advertising earnings are expected to be in the region of Rs 420 crores. STAR has also increased its
Prasar Bharati has invited bids from experienced agencies for interacting with cable operators in 27 cities to ensure proper distribution of Doordarshan channels. The agency will monitor and ensure proper distribution of DD channels by cable operators on t
The government has initiated proceedings to amend a clause relating to co-location of transmitters for private FM radio. The step has been necessitated as the FM radio policy involving private players, cleared by Cabinet in July 1999, did not have any prov
In an attempt to strengthen the channel in the face of growing competition, Star News plans to introduce new programmes, focussed bands and special slots from July 2 onwards. To start with, Star News has announced a daily Hindi band and an English band fr
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