Qalam 2001 : Vinta Nanda
Vinta Nanda, best known as the writer behind the marathon serial Tara, spoke of the degeneration of content in televi
The India Today group‘s TV Today flagged off its 24 hour Hindi news channel Aaj Tak on 31 December.The channel was launched by Law, Justice and Company Affairs Minister Arun Jaitley at a late night function. The Group has already invested Rs 600 million in the channel on state-of-the-art equipment and 18 bureaus across the country out of a total investment of Rs 800 million. The channel proposes to target the vast 14-15 million Hindi-watching Indian cable TV homes.
TV Today had a contract with DD till March 2001 to continue supplying it with its daily news and current affairs show Aaj Tak. The group however decided to withdraw from the DD platform much earlier.
In its new avatar Aaj Tak will extend its particular brand of news coverage to thematic programmes on issues such as health, lifestyle, bollywood, and information technology.
MUMBAI: Actor Jerry Orbach who starred in US broadcaster NBC?s courtroom drama Law and Order, has died of prostate cancer.
He died in Manhattan after several weeks of treatment. In India Law And Order airs on Star World. |
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Orbach had recently left Law and Order after 12 series to work on spin-off Law and Order: Trial by Jury playing the same character, Lennie Briscoe. NBC has announced that it will still introduce the new spin off. In a statement NBC Universal, chairman and CEO Bob Wright said, "We are saddened by the passing of the legendary Jerry Orbach, who had an unforgettable presence on stage and screen for more than forty years. "He was a man of extraordinary talents and personal grace. Suzanne and I and all of us at NBC Universal will miss him, as will his countless fans. Our hearts go out to Jerry?s wife, Elaine, and to his family and friends on their loss."
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MUMBAI: Transparency, a dirty word in the cable TV industry, is what the Telecom and Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is pressing for. Broadcasters and multi-service operators (MSOs) will have to register with the Authority their interconnect agreements, declaring information that they were so protectively guarded about. |
The new Register of Interconnect Regulations for the Broadcasting and Cable Services, issued by Trai today (31 December), says broadcasters will have to file all their interconnect agreements with all the distributors - cable operators, MSOs, direct-to-home (DTH) and Headend-in-the-Sky (HITS) operators. This regulation shall come into effect from the date of its publication in the official Gazette.
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