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New Skies Satellites had launched a second Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) platform for the Indian sub-continent due to strong demand in the region. DVB platform is used for carrying Internet traffic. The company to implement a third platform later this year
Audience-watching trends have shown that with the Gujarat earthquake, the post-Budget crisis and the Tehelka.com expose have increased audience shares of some news channels by as much as five fold. The newly-launched Hindi news channel 'Aaj Tak' could not
Broadcast Worldwide (BWW), the promoter of Tara channel, has deferred its IPO plan and is instead going in for a third round of funding by offering part of its equity to some strategic investors. The company plans to raise Rs 80 crore from this. Effecti
Cartoon Network is expanding to a 24-hour television service from July 1. This is part of Turner Entertainment's effort at content aggregation across multiple platforms including television, interactive media, publishing, consumer products and promotional
A group of broadcasters met officials of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Monday in connection with the new income-tax norms announced for foreign telecasting companies (FTCs). As some of the leading broadcasters have to shell out much more in t
ORG-Marg has expanded Intam from the existing 29 towns and cities to 49 centres. This will help in increasing Intam’s based by 21 per cent. The expanded data service will be available from April 1. With the expansion of the TV watching base Intam become
Come May and the dream of kids to participate in the Kaun Banega Crorepati will be fulfilled. Phone lines for the first set of episodes opens on Friday, March 23 and will be on till Monday, March 26. Kids between 10 and 17 years of age would be eligible to
The lady who headed Star's Direct-to-Home (DTH) project, Ms Urmila Gupta, is keen to Indianise the controversial fashion channel - FTV. Her suggestions to the French channel include providing more India-related programmes and showing less skin. Both
Zee Network has decided to roll out six hours of exclusive footage from the Tehelka.com tapes during prime time across all its 14 channels beginning March 22. The spycam film will be broadcast between 9 pm and 10.30 pm every evening till March 25. The t
Jalva Media and ZeeNext have joined hands to provide interactive entertainment. To be based on audio and video services, this will serve on a channel called ZeeStream.
Zee TV will launch a new serial, "Pradhan Mantri," on April 6. To be aired at 10:00 p.m. every Friday, each episode of the serial will be for an hour each. Directed by renowned director Ketan Mehta, Pradhan Mantri looks at the contemporary problems and
CNN launched a comprehensive marketing initiative. Called `Be the First to Know', the campaign is appearing on TV and online. By April, the campaign will be extended to the print, outdoor and additional platforms. This is the first time that eight Engli
The government said on Monday that no tax had been deduced at source from Star and Sony Entertainment Television on account of gameshows `Kaun Banega Crorepati' and `Jeeto Chappar Phaad Ke' respectively. However, Sun and Surya TV channels have together
Zee right now isn't planning to join with other broadcasters such as Star TV and Sony to pressure local cable operators to pay more for programming.
Direct-To-Home in India is finally on its way. At least four DTH delivery platforms and a host of exciting channels are to launch within the next six months. This is not all, the broadcasting sector can expect investments to the tune of Rs 2,500 crore and
The India Entertainment Show organised by Brandwidth Expo, will be held in Mumbai between May 4 and 6, 2001. The Show aims to provide suppliers and producers of the Entertainment industry with a platform to interact with advertisers, sponsors and investors
India will take part for the first time in the International Advertising Festival to be held in Cannes, France, in June. As many as 50 countries participate in the event every year. Each country sends a team of two, who are below 28 years of age as per the
Zee Interactive Learning Systems, the educational arm of Zee Network, launched India’s first broadband education service —- I-Cell, on Saturday. The service will be offered to students all over the country via a V-SAT network. Besides providing educational
Market forces are largely responsible for the changing face of Hindi journalism, particularly the electronic media. That was one of the primary conclusions drawn at a BBC conference on Saturday. The BBC Hindi Service had organised the seminar on the occasi
CNN’s international services will shortly launch the ‘Be the First to Know’ campaign on TV and online, with print, outdoor and additional platforms to follow in the April. The eight services adopting this campaign are the six CNN International TV services:
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