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Doordarshan is all set to go digital soon. Joining Delhi in digital domain will be Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkatta. The digital terrestrial transmission (DTT) is at experimental stages.
Mr. Pradeep Iyengar, who was heading Presto, the division of Fulcrum for press advertising, has put in his paper on Monday. According to informed sources, Iyengar will be joining Tata Services. In the absence of Iyengar, Avinash Pillai and Himanshu would h
To handle conflicting business accounts, Mudra Communication Limited has set up a second agency called Infinity. According to sources, the agency has been set up to handle the Rs 27 crore Philips consumer electronics business. Mudra already handles the com
The US-based TechTV, a 24-hour cable and satellite channel which provides technology news, information and entertainment, is planning to enter India through TechTV India channel. TechTV is owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s company, Vulcan Ventures
Prasar Bharati’s decision to auction the time slot of DD Metro for three years to private producers is all set to raise a controversy with experts saying that the move is in direct contravention of the recommendations of an expert committee set up by the
Star Network, with its bouquet of seven channels, has decided to cease telecast on the Hinduja-run InCablenet in Mumbai for non-payment of subscription fee for the last three months. According to Star, Incablenet pays for less than 10 per cent of its subsc
BBC worldwide appointed Penguin India as its exclusive export distributor of books, with special emphasis on a variety of indigenous languages, to provide quality British entertainment in the vernacular. BBC also launched the book Ji Mantriji published by
Zee Network has indicated that it is also keen to make a bid, but only for the 7-9 p.m. prime time slot and is confident of success since it has a vast variety of content to leverage from.
Jasubhai Digital Media (JDM)plans to invest Rs 8 crore in new ventures, which include new IT magazines, foraying into IT-related events and brand building of the recently launched Digit and Smart Computing magazines. The two new magazines - Developer 2.0 a
The Delhi High Court banned cable operators, their agents and franchisees from showing Lagaan and Gadar-Ek Prem Katha, on their networks. Both the films are scheduled to be released on June 15.
Indian companies are planning to launch the desi version of the integrated receiver/decoders or set-top boxes. Presently the set-top boxes are imported from Hong Kong and Taiwan and cost as much as Rs 17,000-20,000. Companies like Videocon and Himachal Fut
Zee TV will be making a comeback on WinCable network soon. An understanding to this effect is being ironed out by the arch-rivals Star and Zee and will be in place before Zee goes pay on June 11. Earlier when Zee TV was free to air, several pay channels fr
Music Broadcast Private Limited (MBPL) plans to begin FM radio channel by the end of June. MBPL will be the first private player to begin FM radio operations in the country. The company has tied up with Star Group for providing content, advertising and mar
The two wheeler industry saw some major action in the past two days, with two major companies TVS and Kinetic Group appointing Universal McCann and Madison respectively as their AOR. TVS account is worth between Rs 30 and Rs 40 crore whereas Kinetic accoun
In a strategic move, the Rs 225-crore Euro RSCG has merged its wholly owned subsidiary Euro RSCG Interactive with Web-money, to form a new venture called ‘Euro RSCG Sogo Network’. The objective behind this move is to beef up the agency’s interactive capabi
With major channels becoming pay channel, the cable operators are left with no choice other than hike the monthly subscription rate by Rs 50 and Rs 75. In case the hike faces resistance from customers, operators say they will subscribe to select channels
The Asia News Network Picture Service started on June 6, with member newspapers exchanging news photographs on a daily basis. During trials, the photograph exchange will be accessible only to members. After trials, the picture service will be made availabl
CNN’s global advertising campaign will hit the Indian market on June 11. The print campaign is designed by Color Purple and reads as: “Your World changes every day. Get a ringside view.” CNN has launched the global ad campaign to focus on its core brand va
The finance committee of Prasar Bharati is likely to clear a list of schemes with a special thrust on the three new states — Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttaranchal — for the annual plan 2001-2002. The focus is also on installing high-power transmitters at
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
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