From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Mon Oct 6 22:18:44 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 16:18:44 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: PTI launches online delivery of news Message-ID: <3781.203.195.199.163.1065475124.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Press Trust of India (PTI) launched its online delivery system (ODS), making its flagship news services, both English and Hindi (PTI Bhasha) and Photo Service, available on the internet. Launching of the ODS fulfils a long-pending demand from media and non-media, as also internet subscribers that PTI services be made available on the internet. Source: http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/02271708.htm ======== AP expands news operations http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/06032203.htm The expanded news operation of Associated Press, AP Television and Dow Jones News Wires was launched. APTN, launched six years ago, has claimed to have become the largest video news agency, supplying to more than 500 broadcasters worldwide. Dow Jones News Wires delivers over 800 items daily, covering economic, financial and market moving political news worldwide. In India, it has two branches in New Delhi and Mumbai. From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Mon Oct 6 22:12:26 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 16:12:26 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Bollywood gears up with filmi marketing formulas Message-ID: <3745.203.195.199.163.1065474746.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Bollywood is reinventing the FMCG invention of marketing principles. Today, every film has its own website and runs contests and quizzes on mobile phones and the Net for more intense and involved consumer attention. In fact, gone are the days when posters and a few promos on radio and television took care of the entire marketing of a movie. Film-makers today believe in ‘firing-on-all-cylinders’. Principles like right positioning, 360-degree branding, viewership segmentation, identifying target groups, defining their socio-economic status, etc, aren’t from another planet. The trigger is clear. Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=205436 From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Mon Oct 6 22:10:31 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 16:10:31 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Govt tunes into radio reforms Message-ID: <3741.203.195.199.163.1065474631.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> The radio broadcasting industry is set to enter a bullish phase with a set of reforms round the corner. The days of All India Radio’s monopoly will end soon, ushering in an era of FM broadcasting. According to people familiar with the developments, news broadcast will be allowed in the FM segment. Also, FDI norms for radio broadcast will be more or less similar to TV and the print medium. A 26 per cent cap is likely to be mandated for FII and FDI. For FM entertainment channels, where there will be no news. The FDI/FII component is expected to be 74 per cent. But if there is a news component in an entertainment channel, foreigners will be restricted to 26 per cent. According to sources, FM broadcasters will be permitted to carry a 24-hour news channel or a mix of entertainment and news. Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=204349 ======== 'Commercial radio is over-regulated' http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=211988 From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Tue Oct 7 22:16:47 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 16:16:47 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Of Channel Surfing And Soul Searching Message-ID: <4137.203.195.199.163.1065561407.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Indians are tuning into devotional television channels like never before. The devotional side of the viewer is definitely being sought after and even mainstream channels have slots for religious discourses. If figures are to be believed, the devotional channels are actually catching up. While Aastha Broadcast Network Ltd claims it has 20 million viewers (for Aastha channel), a rather recent entrant, Sadhna, claims more than 15 million viewers in India and neighboring countries. Source: http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=43342 From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Tue Oct 7 22:07:43 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 16:07:43 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Global Entertainment, Media Industry To Touch $1.4 Trillion By 2007 Message-ID: <4071.203.195.199.163.1065560863.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> The Indian media and entertainment sector has witnessed considerable action this year. Whether it’s television or print media, foreign investment or coming together of domestic media players, 2003 has been significant in many ways. India is seen as the emerging leader in the Asia Pacific region along with China in the PwC Outlook. However, economic uncertainty and expansion of digital technology are the overriding trends affecting the entertainment and media industry today. Digital distribution revenues are also not meaningful until broadband Internet access is widespread. Source: http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=43406 From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Tue Oct 7 22:05:26 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 16:05:26 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Radio advertising set to climb Message-ID: <4064.203.195.199.163.1065560726.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Advertising on radio in India is bound to increase with a new realisation about the medium’s potentials and a decline in regulations surrounding it, much like what has happened in the western countries, according to Steve England, the radio-advertising guru of the UK. “Radio enters your personal space like no other medium. The kind of relationship you develop with the ‘anonymous’ jockey and the trust you put in the medium vis-a-vis others is different,” England said. Explaining that the key to successful advertising on radio was to be different to make a commercial outstanding, he said one needed to ‘break the rules’. Unlike other mass media, one needed different scripts to outline the ‘ten’ details about the product being advertised. Most importantly, the commercials needed to be reviewed regularly. Source: http://www.business-standard.com/today/story.asp?Menu=2&story=24468 From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Wed Oct 8 23:00:20 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 17:00:20 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Survey: Blogs rarely updated Message-ID: <2072.203.195.199.163.1065650420.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> A survey released by Perseus Development Corp. Monday found that although blogs are rapidly growing in popularity, many are rarely updated. The company estimates that 2.72 million, or 66%, of roughly 4.12 million blogs on eight host sites haven't been updated in two months. The survey also says that 1.09 million blogs haven't been updated since the day they were created. In terms of demographics, the study found that most bloggers are teenage girls who use their Weblogs to update friends and classmates on their lives. The survey was conducted for the BloggerCon 2003 conference held at the Harvard Law School last weekend. Source: http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsID=221430 From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Wed Oct 8 22:53:03 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 16:53:03 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: SCRIPPS HOWARD SEMESTER IN WASHINGTON INTERNSHIP PROGRAM Message-ID: <1761.203.195.199.163.1065649983.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> The Scripps Howard Semester in Washington Internship Program brings three international students per year to Washington, D.C., to work at the Scripps Howard News Service for 10 to 14 weeks each. The internship is designed to give international students an opportunity to cover events in the U.S. capital, as well as to report and write feature stories for the Scripps Howard Foundation Wire. Stories written by Scripps Howard interns may be published in newspapers across the United States. The internship is open to journalism or communications students who intend to pursue careers in print journalism after graduation. Interns must be fluent in both spoken and written English. International participants in the program are recruited and selected by the International Center for Journalists, which provides training and other assistance to journalists in countries without a long history of free and independent media. Interested journalism students can get more information and an application by contacting Program Officer Celia Bhattacharya at celia@icfj.org. The deadline for the January-April term is November 1. From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Thu Oct 9 20:51:32 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 14:51:32 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: INS,IFWJ must jointly discuss issues of newspaper industry Message-ID: <3389.203.195.199.163.1065729092.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> The INS and IFWJ could sit together and have a joint debate on the issues, Veerendrakumar told a meet-the-press programme here. The venue of the proposed discussion could be South India, preferably Kerala, he said. Disagreeing with the IFWJ's stand that FDI should be allowed, as it would bring in better technology, create more jobs and make the industry more competent, he said the flow of FDI would only lead to the elimination of several newspapers, reducing job opportunities. The majority of Indian newspapers were in a crisis, especially in the Eastern part of the country, where many newspapers had closed shop. Some had resorted to price wars for their survival, he said. Most newspapers were surviving on advertisement revenue, for which both the visual and print media were now competing, he said, adding the two should complement and not kill each other. Source: http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/02082009.htm From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Thu Oct 9 20:47:40 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 14:47:40 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Drama queen conquers India Message-ID: <3365.203.195.199.163.1065728860.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Modern Indian television is a product of India's reforming economy. There are now 82m television homes, half of which are cable subscribers with access to Star's Kapoor- dominated programming. Some 40m TVs are in rural markets, where a third have access to cable. Television viewership is rising, reflected by a TV ad-spend of Rs35bn ($773m) last year, forecast to reach Rs55bn by 2007, according to KPMG, the business adviser in Mumbai. This offers huge potential. L.V. Krishnan, chief executive of Mumbai-based TAM, which measures television- viewing trends, says the vast "masses and classes" are untapped. "Ninety-two per cent of homes own a single TV set, which means television viewing is a mass, family activity. That's good for advertisers because it brings more eyeballs; it's also good for programme makers who know how to make good television drama for Indians." Source: http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1059480414275 From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Thu Oct 9 20:37:44 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 14:37:44 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Actor-politicians face many pitfalls Message-ID: <3246.203.195.199.163.1065728264.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> In Bollywood, India's Bombay-based movie mecca, which churns out 800 films a year, many actors have crossed from film to politics -- but the going can be tough. India's most popular star, Amitabh Bachchan, won a seat in Parliament in the 1980s, but did not finish his five-year term, resigning in the wake of corruption allegations. Nandamoori Taraka Ramarao, known for his portrayals of Hindu gods, was twice elected by huge margins as chief minister of Andhra Pradesh state in the 1960s. Actress Jayalithaa, who frequently plays goddesses in Tamil-language films, is serving her second term as the top elected official in Tamil Nadu state -- winning re-election even while appealing a corruption conviction stemming from her first term. Action star Shatrughan "Shotgun" Sinha is one of two Bollywood actors in India's federal Cabinet. He was demoted from the Health Ministry this year after prolonged criticism that he didn't show up for work and was seldom seen in Parliament. Around the globe, actors and actresses have traded one form of limelight for another, with mixed success. Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/08/world.recall.ap/ From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Mon Oct 13 23:11:22 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 17:11:22 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Television is luring Asians to the city Message-ID: <2617.203.195.199.163.1066083082.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Across Asia, hundreds of millions of people are moving from villages and farms to ever-expanding cities. Multiple forces conspire to draw them to the urban jungle—hunger, employment, education—but television’s dream weaving surely ranks among the most powerful. “Migration has always been fueled by the desire to attain a better lifestyle, only now it has television as the main stimulant,” says N. Bhaskar Rao, chairman of the New Delhi-based Center for Media Studies. The lure of the small screen is particularly strong in countries like India and China, where hundreds of millions of people are watching in the countryside. Almost half the 70 million TVs in India are located in rural areas, where an average of 10 people watch each set. In China, 94 percent of the population has access to a television now, and the average citizen watches more than two hours a day. Producers know their audience, and make plenty of shows about the poor villager who goes to the big city and strikes it rich. In India the first of these programs appeared in the 1980s on the state-run network. But it was the arrival of satellite television in the 1990s that truly shook up life in the countryside. Source: http://www.msnbc.com/news/978156.asp?cp1=1 From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Mon Oct 13 23:09:14 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 17:09:14 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Analogue To Digital: Radio Slow To Tune Into Transition Message-ID: <2607.203.195.199.163.1066082954.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> >From Marconi’s first transmission in the early 20th century to the satellite broadcast of the 21st century, it’s been quite a journey for radio. Technologically speaking, the development in the transmission system has been slow. But, points out chief engineer of All India Radio H O Srivastava that technological growth has been more prominent in studio techniques. Source: http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=43902 From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Mon Oct 13 23:06:47 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 17:06:47 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: TV news doing more harm than good: Bhujba Message-ID: <2532.203.195.199.163.1066082807.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Deputy Chief Minister Chaggan Bhujbal lamented that the quest for speed among the TV news channels was doing more harm than good and hoped that they would act more responsibly in the society. "Sometimes, electronic channels intrude so much in the investigations that they spoil the probe," Bhujbal said. He said the news should be presented in its purest form and attempt should be made to avoid presenting any news that may flare up the situation. Source: http://sify.com/news/othernews/fullstory.php?id=13282028 From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Tue Oct 14 20:58:42 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 14:58:42 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: India bridges digital divide Message-ID: <3873.203.195.199.163.1066161522.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Over the past decade, the Internet has been touted as a powerful engine that could raise living standards in poor and remote communities of the Third World by opening up new avenues for education, commerce and participatory democracy. But the reality is a growing digital divide that is preventing the poor from sharing in the benefits of the Information Age. The gap between digital haves and have-nots is especially wide in India, where a national survey last year revealed that fewer than 1 percent of adults had used the Internet in the preceding three months. The new approach seeks to bridge this gap with a national network of owner-operated computer centers with Internet access — part cybercafes, part digital town halls — that earn income from a broad range of small transactions. It takes advantage of low-cost wireless technology that eliminates the need for telephone lines. Source: http://www.msnbc.com/news/979311.asp From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Tue Oct 14 20:13:05 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 14:13:05 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: New study reports global Internet censorship Message-ID: <3554.203.195.199.163.1066158785.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Both Privacy International and GreenNet Educational Trust have compiled a report called Silenced. This report finds that many countries are increasingly imposing restrictions of both access of and content on the Internet. Concerned for national security, governments now filter content and use surveillance to keep track of Web content. But some of these restrictions are bordering on censorship. Myanmar bars any online material that is 'detrimental' to its interest. Bahrain does the same to Web sites that report biased news, rumors and lies. The Indian government banned a Yahoo discussion forum, Kynhun, for providing views opposite to those of the nation and its northeastern state of Meghalaya. These restrictions create greater censorship on the journalistic practice of public service in these countries. Source: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news? Silenced Report: http://www.privacyinternational.org/survey/censorship/index.html From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Tue Oct 14 20:10:28 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 14:10:28 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Technology controls online journalism Message-ID: <3531.203.195.199.163.1066158628.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Advances in Internet technology will change online journalism, says columnist Mark Tarhant. An entire country connected to wireless Internet would allow "on-scene" reporters to post news almost immediately. With the use of a cell phone or a small computer, reporters could update the public directly. News will be available in real time. Not only will new technology provide viewers with information more quickly, but it also will allow news to become more personal, says Tarhant. Tarhant predicts that in the future journalists will be hired to report on one story at a time and the stories will be tailored to the interests of a niche community. The future of online journalism might even be consumers hiring individual reporters to cover issues of specific interest to them. Source: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/141472_trahant28.html From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Wed Oct 15 23:33:41 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 17:33:41 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Commercials in instalments -- The new tactic Message-ID: <1030.203.195.199.163.1066257221.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Everybody loves a cliffhanger — it’s the guiding principle that’s given every soap opera and TV series of note legs to run on — for several years at a stretch, sometimes. It’s a strategy that Indian ad agencies seem to have taken some time to cotton on. But they’re now building ads around it. While campaigns have traditionally featured the same set of characters, a spate of recent ads are more obviously cinematic and episodic in nature. Some leave little to the imagination of the viewer with a ‘to be continued’ tagline, in the fond hope that TV audiences will look forward to more than just the latest instalment of a serial when they turn on their sets. Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=233196 From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Wed Oct 15 23:17:27 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 17:17:27 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: STAR News Faces Fresh Round Of Questioning From Govt Message-ID: <4689.203.195.199.163.1066256247.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Rupert Murdoch’s STAR News channel, even after getting Kolkata-based Ananda Bazar Patrika (ABP) as its majority partner, continues to face government scrutiny. Although STAR News had time till September 28 to comply with the revised uplinking guidelines, the government has not given a go-ahead yet. The information and broadcasting ministry, which is sitting on judgement over the uplinking application submitted by Media Content & Communication Services (MCCS), has sent a list of questions on the agreements undertaken for the channel. Source: http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=44046 From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Wed Oct 15 23:16:14 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 17:16:14 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: PM tells media to contribute positively Message-ID: <4682.203.195.199.163.1066256174.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee urged the media to make a positive contribution in helping the society to overcome the "crisis of identity and confidence" that it is currently experiencing. The country has set a goal for progress to be achieved by the year 2020. ‘‘The media cannot be lagging behind. It should contribute, not necessarily by supporting all that the government does. Criticise by all means. But also support what is good,’’ he said. Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=233479 From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Thu Oct 16 22:23:46 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 16:23:46 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Create awareness on FDI in media: INS chief Message-ID: <2306.203.195.199.163.1066339426.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Indian Newspaper Society president and PTI chairman M P Veerendra Kumar asked journalists and non-journalists to create public awareness on the issue of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the media. "If FDI could be allowed in media which is one of the pillars of democracy, justifications could also be found to bring in the same in the other three organs, judicary, legislature and executive too," he said. Throwing a poser to the votaries of FDI in media, he sought to know with whom would the media in India and Pakistan side in the event of a war, if it were to be controlled by Rupert Murdoch in both the countries. "Then the media would side with profit," he added. Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=235104 From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Thu Oct 16 22:12:54 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 16:12:54 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Indian film fare in demand abroad Message-ID: <2155.203.195.199.163.1066338774.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> While Prasar Bharati is having second thoughts over the price it has to pay for our films, Indian filmy-fare — be it Hindi, Tamil, Telugu or Malyalam — seems to have sparked off interest in foreign countries. Buyers from Nigeria, Mauritius, Uzbekistan, Sri Lanka and UK are trickling in at the IFFI Bazaar, seeking not just films, but TV software too. Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=235719 From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Thu Oct 16 22:29:30 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 16:29:30 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Cabinet gives go-ahead for Prasar Bharati's KU venture Message-ID: <2443.203.195.199.163.1066339770.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Finally, public broadcaster Prasar Bharati’s ambitious Ku Band TV broadcasting project was cleared by the Cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA). A provision of Rs 500 crore has been made during the Tenth Plan for the venture, with Rs 35 crore allocated for 2003-2004. Interestingly, it has been termed a pilot project. Regarding Prasar Bharati’s Ku band venture, the total capital cost involved would be Rs 53.80 crore per annum, the revenue non-recurring expenditure is estimated at Rs 2.25 crore and revenue recurring cost at Rs 108.30 crore. Even as it is targeted at far-flung areas which are not covered by TV signals now, the states likely to benefit from the project are still under wraps as per the directive issued by the Election Commission. This is in view of the forthcoming elections. A Ku band viewer would need to buy a set top box and a dish antenna for Rs 6,000. By paying this amount, he would be able to access 20 Doordarshan channels and 10 private channels, all on free-to-air mode. With around 84.7 per cent of the Indian population already being covered by terrestrial TV, the Ku band venture is expected to cover the rest. Source: http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=44170 From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Fri Oct 17 21:48:46 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 15:48:46 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Draft Proposal On Broadcast Regulator Likely By Early '04 Message-ID: <2020.203.195.199.163.1066423726.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> The information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry is targeting early 2004 for taking the proposal on independent broadcast regulatory authority to the Union Cabinet. According to a ministry official, it would take around two months to work out the proposal. The regulatory authority, that is being planned by the I&B ministry, would cover all aspects of broadcasting and related technologies including conditional access system (CAS) and direct to home (DTH) television. Source: http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=44210 From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Fri Oct 17 21:46:30 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 15:46:30 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Looking beyond CAS Message-ID: <1969.203.195.199.163.1066423590.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> With an overall investment of Rs 500 crore in set top boxes and infrastructure to implement the conditional access system (CAS), surely multi-system operators (MSOs) in the country are thinking hard on how to recover their money. The new system of cable TV distribution is on an indefinite delay, except in Chennai, leading to delayed returns. But Incablenet has a gameplan to counter the losses. Source: http://web.mid-day.com/entertainment/television/2003/october/66473.htm From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Fri Oct 17 21:38:48 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 15:38:48 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: E-voting: Democratic or dangerous? Message-ID: <1706.203.195.199.163.1066423128.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> California has selected its governor in an election where many cast their votes not by putting a cross on a ballot paper, or by punching holes in a piece of card, but on computerised electronic voting machines. Critics say the ballot cast via a computer is insecure In the wake of the fiasco in Florida during the last presidential election in 2000, these machines are seen by many in the US as a way of ensuring a fair vote. They are slowly being introduced across the nation. They have also been used in a number of other countries including the United Kingdom, Spain, India, Australia and Costa Rica. But some computer experts believe e-voting could actually make fraud much easier. Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3169706.stm From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Mon Oct 20 22:04:12 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 16:04:12 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: FILM INDUSTRY BID TO TACKLE PIRACY Message-ID: <4452.203.195.199.163.1066683852.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> The reverberations of piracy have been felt even outside the industry though the menace was deliberated upon at the 34th International Film Festival (IFFI). Film industry sources estimate a loss of Rs 2,000 crore every year due to piracy in India, and another Rs 700 crore as losses that the music industry suffers annually. While Information and Broadcasting Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has asked filmmaker Subhash Ghai to prepare a preliminary note on piracy, FICCI unleashed its multi-pronged campaign to tackle piracy. NASSCOM, Business for Software Alliance (BSA), Indian Music Industry, Film Producers Guild of India and Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) have come together under FICCI to form a national intellectual property right taskforce to initiate a campaign against piracy, involving the judiciary and the bureaucracy. Source: http://ww.smashits.com/index.cfm?Page=Reviews&Subpage=bigarticle&ID=2992 From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Mon Oct 20 22:02:49 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 16:02:49 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Crossover films close to reality Message-ID: <4431.203.195.199.163.1066683769.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> The growth of crossover films seen in the Indian film industry is very prominent. It can be largely attributed to the growing number of Indian immigrants in various countries and the increasing demand for films, which are closer to reality and stimulates the brain cells, according to crossover film makers. "The crossover films address the reality of this new generation of Indian immigrants and their relatives and friends scattered around. A typical Indian film perhaps does not address this reality and was more based on the past. However, with the foray made by the crossover films, this whole new reality is now on the canvas," says a film maker dabbling in multilingual films. Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=238426 From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Wed Oct 22 20:43:39 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 14:43:39 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Queen of Bollywood Message-ID: <1865.203.195.199.163.1066851819.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Indian leading lady and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai leads the charge as a hipper, edgier, more professional Bollywood bids for global dominance. Nor is the traffic one way. Following 20th Century Fox's decision to pick up The Rising, the first Indian-made movie that a Hollywood studio will release worldwide, Warner Bros. and Columbia TriStar Films are both planning to distribute Bollywood films abroad. Going a step further, a handful of Western independents are inaugurating a rash of East-West coproductions using Bombay's cheap, skilled workforce. Shooting recently started on The King of Bollywood, with British supermodel Sophie Dahl; and winter should see production begin on Marigold, a story of an American B- movie actress stranded in India. Source: http://www.time.com/time/asia/covers/501031027/story.html From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Wed Oct 22 20:39:58 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 14:39:58 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Web database of famous speeches Message-ID: <1765.203.195.199.163.1066851598.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Editor & Publisher Online's Charles Bowen has uncovered a new Web site that features a comprehensive collection of famous speeches -- providing a new information resource for journalists. AmericanRhetoric.com was developed by Michael E. Eidenmuller, an assistant professor of communications at the University of Texas. The site provides links to more than 5,000 speeches which are arranged by first name and checked biweekly for accuracy. Special reports on important events are also featured. Highlights of the site include a 1998 interview with Osama bin Laden and a section called “Rhetorical Figures in Sound”, which provides links to over 200 audio clips from well known speeches to historical media events. Source: http://www.editorandpublisher.com/editorandpublisher/features_columns/articl e_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2006973 From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Wed Oct 22 20:36:07 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 14:36:07 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Study: The advantages of online news Message-ID: <1650.203.195.199.163.1066851367.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Posting breaking news in a timely manner, regardless of completion or print publication, is a technique used by many news Web sites, reports Joe Marren, assistant professor of journalism at Buffalo State College, in his article for CyberJournalist.net. Editors also say that using a full range of tools, such as video, audio and polls, sets Web sites apart from papers and television and keeps their news interesting. However, Jody Brannon, an executive news producer at USA Today, cites the importance of keeping the length of packages and special features at a level that will not overwhelm readers or take too much time to create. The study looked at four sites -- Business First, The Free Lance Star, DeseretNews.com and USAToday.com -- to gain a greater understanding of how online news sites compete with newspapers and television. Source: http://www.cyberjournalist.net/news/000769.php From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Mon Oct 27 21:16:45 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 16:16:45 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: The money web Message-ID: <4225.203.195.199.163.1067289405.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Are web-based businesses beginning to make money in India? Wednesday’s report in the Ice World section of this newspaper suggests that Times Internet, which runs indiatimes.com and the Times publishing group’s news portals, may announce a net profit of Rs 6.6 crore on a turnover of around Rs 120 crore in the year to March 2004. In the absence of details, no one can be sure how exactly the money is being made and whether the profit is indeed “net”, given the liberal use of in-house media and infrastructure to promote the Internet business. Source: http://www.business-standard.com/today/story.asp?Menu=27&story=25750 From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Mon Oct 27 21:15:12 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 16:15:12 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Times Group ties up with BBC Message-ID: <4187.203.195.199.163.1067289312.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> BBC Magazines, the London-based division of BBC Worldwide — the commercial consumer arm of the BBC, is keen to partner The Times Group in the field of magazine publishing, the release noted. In India, The Times Group publishes the leading entertainment magazine title, Filmfare , as well as Femina , the number one women's magazine. BBC Worldwide, a 100 per cent subsidiary of the BBC, is among the first major international media firms to strike a significant deal in India following the recent relaxation in media ownership laws here. It was formed in 1994 to develop a coordinated approach to the BBC's commercial activities and to maximise the value of BBC's assets for the benefit of the licence payer. Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow? msid=250786 From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Mon Oct 27 21:13:15 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 16:13:15 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: News, FDI for FM radio soon Message-ID: <4147.203.195.199.163.1067289195.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Breaking out of its current infotainment groove, FM radio may enter the news era in a big way by the year-end, revolutionising radio news broadcasting in the country. FM is also poised to be thrown open for foreign funding, most likely up to 26 per cent, on par with other media in the FDI policy. These are among the recommendations of the Amit Mitra Committee being seriously considered by the government. They would mark a radical departure from what has been experienced so far since the FM medium began over a decade ago, I&B ministry sources say. Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow? msid=249171 From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Mon Oct 27 21:05:12 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 16:05:12 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: All the news that fit to blog Message-ID: <3942.203.195.199.163.1067288712.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Journalists are finding blogs a useful means for providing readers with additional and immediate information on the beats they cover, reports Ryan Pitts, of the Spokesman-Review, in his article for J-Lab. The speed of the Internet allows reporters-turned-bloggers to scoop competition. Kerry Sipe, of The Virginian-Pilot, gives his readers up-to-the-minute coverage of the Washington sniper trial all with the aide of a Wi-Fi enabled laptop. "The feedback from the Muhammad trial blog has been tremendous," Sipe told Pitts. "Several of (the readers) have mentioned that it gives them a sense of being in the courtroom without actually having to devote full-time to the effort." Todd Bishop, a business reporter with the Seattle Post- Intelligencer, uses his blog to add context to his daily print-edition reports. Blogs also allow for instant reader feedback and, at times, fodder for future stories. The blogs add interactivity to stories by providing links to additional information and spotlighting issues or topics the newspaper couldn't fully cover due to space considerations. Carla Johnson, a health writer with the Spokesman-Review, whose blog supplements her print stories, said: "The blog gives more to those readers who want more." Source: http://www.j-lab.org/beatblogs.html From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Wed Oct 29 20:35:47 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 15:35:47 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Electronic newspapers growing in popularity Message-ID: <2623.203.195.199.163.1067459747.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> A recent report by NewsHour with Jim Lehrer finds that more and more people are shunning daily printed newspaper in favor of downloadable electronic editions. The report also details how newspaper publishers are attempting respond to this change in consumer demand by devising new ways to get news to readers. Currently about 160 U.S. newspapers and more than 225 papers worldwide offer electronic editions. Source: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/july-dec03/digitalnews_10-24-03.html From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Wed Oct 29 20:34:00 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 15:34:00 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Community radio falls silent Message-ID: <2615.203.195.199.163.1067459640.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> A radio revolution the government expected to unleash has come to naught. The government had claimed that up to a 1,000 community radio services would begin by the end of the year following a new policy approved by the cabinet in December 2002. The report card: not one institution has been granted a licence. Not even one is half way into getting a licence. Source: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1031027/asp/nation/story_2503821.asp From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Wed Oct 29 20:31:04 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 15:31:04 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: India's film producers face legal suits for infringing copyrights Message-ID: <2548.203.195.199.163.1067459464.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Artists have always been inspired by each other's works. Some call it creative input, others denounce it as plagiarism - the line between the two can be a very narrow one. In India, controversy has arisen about a song in a movie that was allegedly "lifted", once again bringing into focus the issue of inspiration versus copying. The producers of Indian movie "Khel" may have to face the court music, since executives of a Punjab-based music company has filed a suit against them. With so many movies, there is always a question mark as to the originality of the songs, characters and plots. Grey areas also arise because of the so- called 'shared cultural heritage' when ideas are borrowed from the many different ethnic groups in the country. For years, although allegations of lifting or copying ideas have abound in the Indian film and TV industry, no real solutions have been found, apart from bringing the cases to court. In July, India's highest court rejected an appeal by British author Barbara Taylor Bradford to stop a TV show 'Karishma: Miracle of Destiny'. Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/southasia/view/54271/1/.html From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Wed Oct 29 20:28:02 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 15:28:02 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Indian scribes dominate C'wealth Broadcasting Awards Message-ID: <2505.203.195.199.163.1067459282.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Indian journalists took over by storm this year's Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) awards in almost all categories, relegating all other Commonwealth countries to the background. The categories they won included Exceptional News Feature, Short Story Competition and Outstanding Local Children's Broadcasting. The CBA Award for Exceptional News Feature went to NDTV's Senior Editor Barkha Dutt, and Ajmal Jami (camera) for their vivid and daring report on the communal riots in Gujarat, the British High Commission here said. The CBA UNICEF Award for Outstanding Local Children's Broadcasting was jointly bagged by BBC World Service Trust, Doordarshan and NACO, the Indian AIDS organisation for a vigorous and pioneering TV campaign on AIDS aimed at young people which challenged minds and changed behaviour. Source: http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/00128160050.htm From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Wed Oct 29 20:26:17 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 15:26:17 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Govt okays Star FDI proposal Message-ID: <2497.203.195.199.163.1067459177.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> The Foreign Investment Promotion Board has cleared Star’s investment amounting to 26 per cent of MCCS, a media company, that will run Star News television channel. The other 74 per cent is now owned by ABP Ltd. The FIPB recently took the decision to clear the decks for financial restructuring of the Star News channel. The restructuring was necessary as the government ruled that the foreign investors would be allowed nearly 26 per cent of a media news company like Star News. By doing that the Centre brought its rules regarding news channels on television in line with print media rules. As a result Star TV was forced to look for a large Indian investor and ABP Ltd picked up 74 per cent of the stakes. The rest will continue to be with Star TV. Government sources said the home ministry had cleared Star News’s application for a security clearance. Source: http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2&theme=&usrsess=1&id=26321 From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Fri Oct 31 20:49:55 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 15:49:55 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Viewers In India Prefer Entertainment To Movie Channels: Surveys Message-ID: <3974.203.195.199.163.1067633395.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> The long queues for movie tickets in Indian theatres may be a popularity index for films in the country, but the small screen has another story to tell. In two separate surveys, ‘movies’, as a genre, have lost out to ‘general entertainment channels’ (GEC) in India. While a CyberMedia Research study points out that only 21.3 per cent of the respondents have indicated their preference for movie channels, another pan-Asia survey shows that Indians prefer general entertainment channels to films on TV. Indicating that movie channels are not so hot in India, Asia Pay Television Operators survey ranks HBO (movie genre) as a clear overall winner in the continent, but Star Plus (entertainment genre) scores the highest in India, in the context of programming. Source: http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=45151 From icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu Fri Oct 31 20:39:04 2003 From: icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 15:39:04 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Blogs are new source for advertising Message-ID: <3760.203.195.199.163.1067632744.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Blogs are becoming an established advertising marketplace, reports MediaPost. "Everybody needs to do a bit of guerilla marketing, and blogs qualify for that," Henry Copeland, CEO of Blogads said. In most cases, ad agencies recruit a group of bloggers to discuss their product, such as Richards Interactive did in the launch of the Nokia 3650 camera phone. Authors of blogs focused on photography were given the camera phones in the hope that they would discuss the phone in their blogs. Although the Nokia campaign was successful, it can be difficult for agencies to monitor or control what is said about their product in blogs. Todd Copilevitz, director of Richards Interactive, warns that blog advertising may not be for everyone. Source: http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsID=223660 From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Mon Oct 6 17:18:44 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:54 2005 Subject: PTI launches online delivery of news Message-ID: <3781.203.195.199.163.1065475124.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Press Trust of India (PTI) launched its online delivery system (ODS), making its flagship news services, both English and Hindi (PTI Bhasha) and Photo Service, available on the internet. Launching of the ODS fulfils a long-pending demand from media and non-media, as also internet subscribers that PTI services be made available on the internet. Source: http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/02271708.htm ======== AP expands news operations http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/06032203.htm The expanded news operation of Associated Press, AP Television and Dow Jones News Wires was launched. APTN, launched six years ago, has claimed to have become the largest video news agency, supplying to more than 500 broadcasters worldwide. Dow Jones News Wires delivers over 800 items daily, covering economic, financial and market moving political news worldwide. In India, it has two branches in New Delhi and Mumbai. From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Mon Oct 6 17:12:26 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:54 2005 Subject: Bollywood gears up with filmi marketing formulas Message-ID: <3745.203.195.199.163.1065474746.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Bollywood is reinventing the FMCG invention of marketing principles. Today, every film has its own website and runs contests and quizzes on mobile phones and the Net for more intense and involved consumer attention. In fact, gone are the days when posters and a few promos on radio and television took care of the entire marketing of a movie. Film-makers today believe in ?firing-on-all-cylinders?. Principles like right positioning, 360-degree branding, viewership segmentation, identifying target groups, defining their socio-economic status, etc, aren?t from another planet. The trigger is clear. Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=205436 From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Mon Oct 6 17:10:31 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:54 2005 Subject: Govt tunes into radio reforms Message-ID: <3741.203.195.199.163.1065474631.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> The radio broadcasting industry is set to enter a bullish phase with a set of reforms round the corner. The days of All India Radio?s monopoly will end soon, ushering in an era of FM broadcasting. According to people familiar with the developments, news broadcast will be allowed in the FM segment. Also, FDI norms for radio broadcast will be more or less similar to TV and the print medium. A 26 per cent cap is likely to be mandated for FII and FDI. For FM entertainment channels, where there will be no news. The FDI/FII component is expected to be 74 per cent. But if there is a news component in an entertainment channel, foreigners will be restricted to 26 per cent. According to sources, FM broadcasters will be permitted to carry a 24-hour news channel or a mix of entertainment and news. Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=204349 ======== 'Commercial radio is over-regulated' http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=211988 From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Tue Oct 7 17:16:47 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:54 2005 Subject: Of Channel Surfing And Soul Searching Message-ID: <4137.203.195.199.163.1065561407.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Indians are tuning into devotional television channels like never before. The devotional side of the viewer is definitely being sought after and even mainstream channels have slots for religious discourses. If figures are to be believed, the devotional channels are actually catching up. While Aastha Broadcast Network Ltd claims it has 20 million viewers (for Aastha channel), a rather recent entrant, Sadhna, claims more than 15 million viewers in India and neighboring countries. Source: http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=43342 From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Tue Oct 7 17:07:43 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:54 2005 Subject: Global Entertainment, Media Industry To Touch $1.4 Trillion By 2007 Message-ID: <4071.203.195.199.163.1065560863.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> The Indian media and entertainment sector has witnessed considerable action this year. Whether it?s television or print media, foreign investment or coming together of domestic media players, 2003 has been significant in many ways. India is seen as the emerging leader in the Asia Pacific region along with China in the PwC Outlook. However, economic uncertainty and expansion of digital technology are the overriding trends affecting the entertainment and media industry today. Digital distribution revenues are also not meaningful until broadband Internet access is widespread. Source: http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=43406 From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Tue Oct 7 17:05:26 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:54 2005 Subject: Radio advertising set to climb Message-ID: <4064.203.195.199.163.1065560726.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Advertising on radio in India is bound to increase with a new realisation about the medium?s potentials and a decline in regulations surrounding it, much like what has happened in the western countries, according to Steve England, the radio-advertising guru of the UK. ?Radio enters your personal space like no other medium. The kind of relationship you develop with the ?anonymous? jockey and the trust you put in the medium vis-a-vis others is different,? England said. Explaining that the key to successful advertising on radio was to be different to make a commercial outstanding, he said one needed to ?break the rules?. Unlike other mass media, one needed different scripts to outline the ?ten? details about the product being advertised. Most importantly, the commercials needed to be reviewed regularly. Source: http://www.business-standard.com/today/story.asp?Menu=2&story=24468 From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Wed Oct 8 18:00:20 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:54 2005 Subject: Survey: Blogs rarely updated Message-ID: <2072.203.195.199.163.1065650420.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> A survey released by Perseus Development Corp. Monday found that although blogs are rapidly growing in popularity, many are rarely updated. The company estimates that 2.72 million, or 66%, of roughly 4.12 million blogs on eight host sites haven't been updated in two months. The survey also says that 1.09 million blogs haven't been updated since the day they were created. In terms of demographics, the study found that most bloggers are teenage girls who use their Weblogs to update friends and classmates on their lives. The survey was conducted for the BloggerCon 2003 conference held at the Harvard Law School last weekend. Source: http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsID=221430 From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Wed Oct 8 17:53:03 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:54 2005 Subject: SCRIPPS HOWARD SEMESTER IN WASHINGTON INTERNSHIP PROGRAM Message-ID: <1761.203.195.199.163.1065649983.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> The Scripps Howard Semester in Washington Internship Program brings three international students per year to Washington, D.C., to work at the Scripps Howard News Service for 10 to 14 weeks each. The internship is designed to give international students an opportunity to cover events in the U.S. capital, as well as to report and write feature stories for the Scripps Howard Foundation Wire. Stories written by Scripps Howard interns may be published in newspapers across the United States. The internship is open to journalism or communications students who intend to pursue careers in print journalism after graduation. Interns must be fluent in both spoken and written English. International participants in the program are recruited and selected by the International Center for Journalists, which provides training and other assistance to journalists in countries without a long history of free and independent media. Interested journalism students can get more information and an application by contacting Program Officer Celia Bhattacharya at celia@icfj.org. The deadline for the January-April term is November 1. From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Thu Oct 9 15:51:32 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:54 2005 Subject: INS,IFWJ must jointly discuss issues of newspaper industry Message-ID: <3389.203.195.199.163.1065729092.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> The INS and IFWJ could sit together and have a joint debate on the issues, Veerendrakumar told a meet-the-press programme here. The venue of the proposed discussion could be South India, preferably Kerala, he said. Disagreeing with the IFWJ's stand that FDI should be allowed, as it would bring in better technology, create more jobs and make the industry more competent, he said the flow of FDI would only lead to the elimination of several newspapers, reducing job opportunities. The majority of Indian newspapers were in a crisis, especially in the Eastern part of the country, where many newspapers had closed shop. Some had resorted to price wars for their survival, he said. Most newspapers were surviving on advertisement revenue, for which both the visual and print media were now competing, he said, adding the two should complement and not kill each other. Source: http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/02082009.htm From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Thu Oct 9 15:47:40 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:54 2005 Subject: Drama queen conquers India Message-ID: <3365.203.195.199.163.1065728860.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Modern Indian television is a product of India's reforming economy. There are now 82m television homes, half of which are cable subscribers with access to Star's Kapoor- dominated programming. Some 40m TVs are in rural markets, where a third have access to cable. Television viewership is rising, reflected by a TV ad-spend of Rs35bn ($773m) last year, forecast to reach Rs55bn by 2007, according to KPMG, the business adviser in Mumbai. This offers huge potential. L.V. Krishnan, chief executive of Mumbai-based TAM, which measures television- viewing trends, says the vast "masses and classes" are untapped. "Ninety-two per cent of homes own a single TV set, which means television viewing is a mass, family activity. That's good for advertisers because it brings more eyeballs; it's also good for programme makers who know how to make good television drama for Indians." Source: http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1059480414275 From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Thu Oct 9 15:37:44 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:54 2005 Subject: Actor-politicians face many pitfalls Message-ID: <3246.203.195.199.163.1065728264.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> In Bollywood, India's Bombay-based movie mecca, which churns out 800 films a year, many actors have crossed from film to politics -- but the going can be tough. India's most popular star, Amitabh Bachchan, won a seat in Parliament in the 1980s, but did not finish his five-year term, resigning in the wake of corruption allegations. Nandamoori Taraka Ramarao, known for his portrayals of Hindu gods, was twice elected by huge margins as chief minister of Andhra Pradesh state in the 1960s. Actress Jayalithaa, who frequently plays goddesses in Tamil-language films, is serving her second term as the top elected official in Tamil Nadu state -- winning re-election even while appealing a corruption conviction stemming from her first term. Action star Shatrughan "Shotgun" Sinha is one of two Bollywood actors in India's federal Cabinet. He was demoted from the Health Ministry this year after prolonged criticism that he didn't show up for work and was seldom seen in Parliament. Around the globe, actors and actresses have traded one form of limelight for another, with mixed success. Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/08/world.recall.ap/ From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Mon Oct 13 18:11:22 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:54 2005 Subject: Television is luring Asians to the city Message-ID: <2617.203.195.199.163.1066083082.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Across Asia, hundreds of millions of people are moving from villages and farms to ever-expanding cities. Multiple forces conspire to draw them to the urban jungle?hunger, employment, education?but television?s dream weaving surely ranks among the most powerful. ?Migration has always been fueled by the desire to attain a better lifestyle, only now it has television as the main stimulant,? says N. Bhaskar Rao, chairman of the New Delhi-based Center for Media Studies. The lure of the small screen is particularly strong in countries like India and China, where hundreds of millions of people are watching in the countryside. Almost half the 70 million TVs in India are located in rural areas, where an average of 10 people watch each set. In China, 94 percent of the population has access to a television now, and the average citizen watches more than two hours a day. Producers know their audience, and make plenty of shows about the poor villager who goes to the big city and strikes it rich. In India the first of these programs appeared in the 1980s on the state-run network. But it was the arrival of satellite television in the 1990s that truly shook up life in the countryside. Source: http://www.msnbc.com/news/978156.asp?cp1=1 From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Mon Oct 13 18:09:14 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:54 2005 Subject: Analogue To Digital: Radio Slow To Tune Into Transition Message-ID: <2607.203.195.199.163.1066082954.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Mon Oct 13 18:06:47 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: TV news doing more harm than good: Bhujba Message-ID: <2532.203.195.199.163.1066082807.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Deputy Chief Minister Chaggan Bhujbal lamented that the quest for speed among the TV news channels was doing more harm than good and hoped that they would act more responsibly in the society. "Sometimes, electronic channels intrude so much in the investigations that they spoil the probe," Bhujbal said. He said the news should be presented in its purest form and attempt should be made to avoid presenting any news that may flare up the situation. Source: http://sify.com/news/othernews/fullstory.php?id=13282028 From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Tue Oct 14 15:58:42 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: India bridges digital divide Message-ID: <3873.203.195.199.163.1066161522.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Over the past decade, the Internet has been touted as a powerful engine that could raise living standards in poor and remote communities of the Third World by opening up new avenues for education, commerce and participatory democracy. But the reality is a growing digital divide that is preventing the poor from sharing in the benefits of the Information Age. The gap between digital haves and have-nots is especially wide in India, where a national survey last year revealed that fewer than 1 percent of adults had used the Internet in the preceding three months. The new approach seeks to bridge this gap with a national network of owner-operated computer centers with Internet access ? part cybercafes, part digital town halls ? that earn income from a broad range of small transactions. It takes advantage of low-cost wireless technology that eliminates the need for telephone lines. Source: http://www.msnbc.com/news/979311.asp From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Tue Oct 14 15:13:05 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: New study reports global Internet censorship Message-ID: <3554.203.195.199.163.1066158785.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Both Privacy International and GreenNet Educational Trust have compiled a report called Silenced. This report finds that many countries are increasingly imposing restrictions of both access of and content on the Internet. Concerned for national security, governments now filter content and use surveillance to keep track of Web content. But some of these restrictions are bordering on censorship. Myanmar bars any online material that is 'detrimental' to its interest. Bahrain does the same to Web sites that report biased news, rumors and lies. The Indian government banned a Yahoo discussion forum, Kynhun, for providing views opposite to those of the nation and its northeastern state of Meghalaya. These restrictions create greater censorship on the journalistic practice of public service in these countries. Source: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news? Silenced Report: http://www.privacyinternational.org/survey/censorship/index.html From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Tue Oct 14 15:10:28 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: Technology controls online journalism Message-ID: <3531.203.195.199.163.1066158628.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Advances in Internet technology will change online journalism, says columnist Mark Tarhant. An entire country connected to wireless Internet would allow "on-scene" reporters to post news almost immediately. With the use of a cell phone or a small computer, reporters could update the public directly. News will be available in real time. Not only will new technology provide viewers with information more quickly, but it also will allow news to become more personal, says Tarhant. Tarhant predicts that in the future journalists will be hired to report on one story at a time and the stories will be tailored to the interests of a niche community. The future of online journalism might even be consumers hiring individual reporters to cover issues of specific interest to them. Source: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/141472_trahant28.html From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Wed Oct 15 18:33:41 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: Commercials in instalments -- The new tactic Message-ID: <1030.203.195.199.163.1066257221.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Everybody loves a cliffhanger ? it?s the guiding principle that?s given every soap opera and TV series of note legs to run on ? for several years at a stretch, sometimes. It?s a strategy that Indian ad agencies seem to have taken some time to cotton on. But they?re now building ads around it. While campaigns have traditionally featured the same set of characters, a spate of recent ads are more obviously cinematic and episodic in nature. Some leave little to the imagination of the viewer with a ?to be continued? tagline, in the fond hope that TV audiences will look forward to more than just the latest instalment of a serial when they turn on their sets. Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=233196 From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Wed Oct 15 18:17:27 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: STAR News Faces Fresh Round Of Questioning From Govt Message-ID: <4689.203.195.199.163.1066256247.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Rupert Murdoch?s STAR News channel, even after getting Kolkata-based Ananda Bazar Patrika (ABP) as its majority partner, continues to face government scrutiny. Although STAR News had time till September 28 to comply with the revised uplinking guidelines, the government has not given a go-ahead yet. The information and broadcasting ministry, which is sitting on judgement over the uplinking application submitted by Media Content & Communication Services (MCCS), has sent a list of questions on the agreements undertaken for the channel. Source: http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=44046 From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Wed Oct 15 18:16:14 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: PM tells media to contribute positively Message-ID: <4682.203.195.199.163.1066256174.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee urged the media to make a positive contribution in helping the society to overcome the "crisis of identity and confidence" that it is currently experiencing. The country has set a goal for progress to be achieved by the year 2020. ??The media cannot be lagging behind. It should contribute, not necessarily by supporting all that the government does. Criticise by all means. But also support what is good,?? he said. Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=233479 From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Thu Oct 16 17:23:46 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: Create awareness on FDI in media: INS chief Message-ID: <2306.203.195.199.163.1066339426.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Indian Newspaper Society president and PTI chairman M P Veerendra Kumar asked journalists and non-journalists to create public awareness on the issue of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the media. "If FDI could be allowed in media which is one of the pillars of democracy, justifications could also be found to bring in the same in the other three organs, judicary, legislature and executive too," he said. Throwing a poser to the votaries of FDI in media, he sought to know with whom would the media in India and Pakistan side in the event of a war, if it were to be controlled by Rupert Murdoch in both the countries. "Then the media would side with profit," he added. Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=235104 From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Thu Oct 16 17:12:54 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: Indian film fare in demand abroad Message-ID: <2155.203.195.199.163.1066338774.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> While Prasar Bharati is having second thoughts over the price it has to pay for our films, Indian filmy-fare ? be it Hindi, Tamil, Telugu or Malyalam ? seems to have sparked off interest in foreign countries. Buyers from Nigeria, Mauritius, Uzbekistan, Sri Lanka and UK are trickling in at the IFFI Bazaar, seeking not just films, but TV software too. Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=235719 From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Thu Oct 16 17:29:30 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: Cabinet gives go-ahead for Prasar Bharati's KU venture Message-ID: <2443.203.195.199.163.1066339770.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Finally, public broadcaster Prasar Bharati?s ambitious Ku Band TV broadcasting project was cleared by the Cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA). A provision of Rs 500 crore has been made during the Tenth Plan for the venture, with Rs 35 crore allocated for 2003-2004. Interestingly, it has been termed a pilot project. Regarding Prasar Bharati?s Ku band venture, the total capital cost involved would be Rs 53.80 crore per annum, the revenue non-recurring expenditure is estimated at Rs 2.25 crore and revenue recurring cost at Rs 108.30 crore. Even as it is targeted at far-flung areas which are not covered by TV signals now, the states likely to benefit from the project are still under wraps as per the directive issued by the Election Commission. This is in view of the forthcoming elections. A Ku band viewer would need to buy a set top box and a dish antenna for Rs 6,000. By paying this amount, he would be able to access 20 Doordarshan channels and 10 private channels, all on free-to-air mode. With around 84.7 per cent of the Indian population already being covered by terrestrial TV, the Ku band venture is expected to cover the rest. Source: http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=44170 From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Fri Oct 17 16:48:46 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: Draft Proposal On Broadcast Regulator Likely By Early '04 Message-ID: <2020.203.195.199.163.1066423726.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> The information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry is targeting early 2004 for taking the proposal on independent broadcast regulatory authority to the Union Cabinet. According to a ministry official, it would take around two months to work out the proposal. The regulatory authority, that is being planned by the I&B ministry, would cover all aspects of broadcasting and related technologies including conditional access system (CAS) and direct to home (DTH) television. Source: http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=44210 From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Fri Oct 17 16:46:30 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: Looking beyond CAS Message-ID: <1969.203.195.199.163.1066423590.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> With an overall investment of Rs 500 crore in set top boxes and infrastructure to implement the conditional access system (CAS), surely multi-system operators (MSOs) in the country are thinking hard on how to recover their money. The new system of cable TV distribution is on an indefinite delay, except in Chennai, leading to delayed returns. But Incablenet has a gameplan to counter the losses. Source: http://web.mid-day.com/entertainment/television/2003/october/66473.htm From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Fri Oct 17 16:38:48 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: E-voting: Democratic or dangerous? Message-ID: <1706.203.195.199.163.1066423128.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> California has selected its governor in an election where many cast their votes not by putting a cross on a ballot paper, or by punching holes in a piece of card, but on computerised electronic voting machines. Critics say the ballot cast via a computer is insecure In the wake of the fiasco in Florida during the last presidential election in 2000, these machines are seen by many in the US as a way of ensuring a fair vote. They are slowly being introduced across the nation. They have also been used in a number of other countries including the United Kingdom, Spain, India, Australia and Costa Rica. But some computer experts believe e-voting could actually make fraud much easier. Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3169706.stm From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Mon Oct 20 17:04:12 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: FILM INDUSTRY BID TO TACKLE PIRACY Message-ID: <4452.203.195.199.163.1066683852.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> The reverberations of piracy have been felt even outside the industry though the menace was deliberated upon at the 34th International Film Festival (IFFI). Film industry sources estimate a loss of Rs 2,000 crore every year due to piracy in India, and another Rs 700 crore as losses that the music industry suffers annually. While Information and Broadcasting Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has asked filmmaker Subhash Ghai to prepare a preliminary note on piracy, FICCI unleashed its multi-pronged campaign to tackle piracy. NASSCOM, Business for Software Alliance (BSA), Indian Music Industry, Film Producers Guild of India and Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) have come together under FICCI to form a national intellectual property right taskforce to initiate a campaign against piracy, involving the judiciary and the bureaucracy. Source: http://ww.smashits.com/index.cfm?Page=Reviews&Subpage=bigarticle&ID=2992 From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Mon Oct 20 17:02:49 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: Crossover films close to reality Message-ID: <4431.203.195.199.163.1066683769.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> The growth of crossover films seen in the Indian film industry is very prominent. It can be largely attributed to the growing number of Indian immigrants in various countries and the increasing demand for films, which are closer to reality and stimulates the brain cells, according to crossover film makers. "The crossover films address the reality of this new generation of Indian immigrants and their relatives and friends scattered around. A typical Indian film perhaps does not address this reality and was more based on the past. However, with the foray made by the crossover films, this whole new reality is now on the canvas," says a film maker dabbling in multilingual films. Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=238426 From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Wed Oct 22 15:43:39 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: Queen of Bollywood Message-ID: <1865.203.195.199.163.1066851819.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Indian leading lady and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai leads the charge as a hipper, edgier, more professional Bollywood bids for global dominance. Nor is the traffic one way. Following 20th Century Fox's decision to pick up The Rising, the first Indian-made movie that a Hollywood studio will release worldwide, Warner Bros. and Columbia TriStar Films are both planning to distribute Bollywood films abroad. Going a step further, a handful of Western independents are inaugurating a rash of East-West coproductions using Bombay's cheap, skilled workforce. Shooting recently started on The King of Bollywood, with British supermodel Sophie Dahl; and winter should see production begin on Marigold, a story of an American B- movie actress stranded in India. Source: http://www.time.com/time/asia/covers/501031027/story.html From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Wed Oct 22 15:39:58 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: Web database of famous speeches Message-ID: <1765.203.195.199.163.1066851598.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Editor & Publisher Online's Charles Bowen has uncovered a new Web site that features a comprehensive collection of famous speeches -- providing a new information resource for journalists. AmericanRhetoric.com was developed by Michael E. Eidenmuller, an assistant professor of communications at the University of Texas. The site provides links to more than 5,000 speeches which are arranged by first name and checked biweekly for accuracy. Special reports on important events are also featured. Highlights of the site include a 1998 interview with Osama bin Laden and a section called ?Rhetorical Figures in Sound?, which provides links to over 200 audio clips from well known speeches to historical media events. Source: http://www.editorandpublisher.com/editorandpublisher/features_columns/articl e_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2006973 From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Wed Oct 22 15:36:07 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: Study: The advantages of online news Message-ID: <1650.203.195.199.163.1066851367.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Posting breaking news in a timely manner, regardless of completion or print publication, is a technique used by many news Web sites, reports Joe Marren, assistant professor of journalism at Buffalo State College, in his article for CyberJournalist.net. Editors also say that using a full range of tools, such as video, audio and polls, sets Web sites apart from papers and television and keeps their news interesting. However, Jody Brannon, an executive news producer at USA Today, cites the importance of keeping the length of packages and special features at a level that will not overwhelm readers or take too much time to create. The study looked at four sites -- Business First, The Free Lance Star, DeseretNews.com and USAToday.com -- to gain a greater understanding of how online news sites compete with newspapers and television. Source: http://www.cyberjournalist.net/news/000769.php From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Mon Oct 27 16:16:45 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: The money web Message-ID: <4225.203.195.199.163.1067289405.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Are web-based businesses beginning to make money in India? Wednesday?s report in the Ice World section of this newspaper suggests that Times Internet, which runs indiatimes.com and the Times publishing group?s news portals, may announce a net profit of Rs 6.6 crore on a turnover of around Rs 120 crore in the year to March 2004. In the absence of details, no one can be sure how exactly the money is being made and whether the profit is indeed ?net?, given the liberal use of in-house media and infrastructure to promote the Internet business. Source: http://www.business-standard.com/today/story.asp?Menu=27&story=25750 From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Mon Oct 27 16:15:12 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: Times Group ties up with BBC Message-ID: <4187.203.195.199.163.1067289312.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> BBC Magazines, the London-based division of BBC Worldwide ? the commercial consumer arm of the BBC, is keen to partner The Times Group in the field of magazine publishing, the release noted. In India, The Times Group publishes the leading entertainment magazine title, Filmfare , as well as Femina , the number one women's magazine. BBC Worldwide, a 100 per cent subsidiary of the BBC, is among the first major international media firms to strike a significant deal in India following the recent relaxation in media ownership laws here. It was formed in 1994 to develop a coordinated approach to the BBC's commercial activities and to maximise the value of BBC's assets for the benefit of the licence payer. Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow? msid=250786 From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Mon Oct 27 16:13:15 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: News, FDI for FM radio soon Message-ID: <4147.203.195.199.163.1067289195.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Breaking out of its current infotainment groove, FM radio may enter the news era in a big way by the year-end, revolutionising radio news broadcasting in the country. FM is also poised to be thrown open for foreign funding, most likely up to 26 per cent, on par with other media in the FDI policy. These are among the recommendations of the Amit Mitra Committee being seriously considered by the government. They would mark a radical departure from what has been experienced so far since the FM medium began over a decade ago, I&B ministry sources say. Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow? msid=249171 From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Mon Oct 27 16:05:12 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: All the news that fit to blog Message-ID: <3942.203.195.199.163.1067288712.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Journalists are finding blogs a useful means for providing readers with additional and immediate information on the beats they cover, reports Ryan Pitts, of the Spokesman-Review, in his article for J-Lab. The speed of the Internet allows reporters-turned-bloggers to scoop competition. Kerry Sipe, of The Virginian-Pilot, gives his readers up-to-the-minute coverage of the Washington sniper trial all with the aide of a Wi-Fi enabled laptop. "The feedback from the Muhammad trial blog has been tremendous," Sipe told Pitts. "Several of (the readers) have mentioned that it gives them a sense of being in the courtroom without actually having to devote full-time to the effort." Todd Bishop, a business reporter with the Seattle Post- Intelligencer, uses his blog to add context to his daily print-edition reports. Blogs also allow for instant reader feedback and, at times, fodder for future stories. The blogs add interactivity to stories by providing links to additional information and spotlighting issues or topics the newspaper couldn't fully cover due to space considerations. Carla Johnson, a health writer with the Spokesman-Review, whose blog supplements her print stories, said: "The blog gives more to those readers who want more." Source: http://www.j-lab.org/beatblogs.html From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Wed Oct 29 15:35:47 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: Electronic newspapers growing in popularity Message-ID: <2623.203.195.199.163.1067459747.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> A recent report by NewsHour with Jim Lehrer finds that more and more people are shunning daily printed newspaper in favor of downloadable electronic editions. The report also details how newspaper publishers are attempting respond to this change in consumer demand by devising new ways to get news to readers. Currently about 160 U.S. newspapers and more than 225 papers worldwide offer electronic editions. Source: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/july-dec03/digitalnews_10-24-03.html From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Wed Oct 29 15:34:00 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: Community radio falls silent Message-ID: <2615.203.195.199.163.1067459640.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> A radio revolution the government expected to unleash has come to naught. The government had claimed that up to a 1,000 community radio services would begin by the end of the year following a new policy approved by the cabinet in December 2002. The report card: not one institution has been granted a licence. Not even one is half way into getting a licence. Source: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1031027/asp/nation/story_2503821.asp From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Wed Oct 29 15:31:04 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: India's film producers face legal suits for infringing copyrights Message-ID: <2548.203.195.199.163.1067459464.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Artists have always been inspired by each other's works. Some call it creative input, others denounce it as plagiarism - the line between the two can be a very narrow one. In India, controversy has arisen about a song in a movie that was allegedly "lifted", once again bringing into focus the issue of inspiration versus copying. The producers of Indian movie "Khel" may have to face the court music, since executives of a Punjab-based music company has filed a suit against them. With so many movies, there is always a question mark as to the originality of the songs, characters and plots. Grey areas also arise because of the so- called 'shared cultural heritage' when ideas are borrowed from the many different ethnic groups in the country. For years, although allegations of lifting or copying ideas have abound in the Indian film and TV industry, no real solutions have been found, apart from bringing the cases to court. In July, India's highest court rejected an appeal by British author Barbara Taylor Bradford to stop a TV show 'Karishma: Miracle of Destiny'. Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/southasia/view/54271/1/.html From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Wed Oct 29 15:28:02 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: Indian scribes dominate C'wealth Broadcasting Awards Message-ID: <2505.203.195.199.163.1067459282.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Indian journalists took over by storm this year's Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) awards in almost all categories, relegating all other Commonwealth countries to the background. The categories they won included Exceptional News Feature, Short Story Competition and Outstanding Local Children's Broadcasting. The CBA Award for Exceptional News Feature went to NDTV's Senior Editor Barkha Dutt, and Ajmal Jami (camera) for their vivid and daring report on the communal riots in Gujarat, the British High Commission here said. The CBA UNICEF Award for Outstanding Local Children's Broadcasting was jointly bagged by BBC World Service Trust, Doordarshan and NACO, the Indian AIDS organisation for a vigorous and pioneering TV campaign on AIDS aimed at young people which challenged minds and changed behaviour. Source: http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/00128160050.htm From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Wed Oct 29 15:26:17 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: Govt okays Star FDI proposal Message-ID: <2497.203.195.199.163.1067459177.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> The Foreign Investment Promotion Board has cleared Star?s investment amounting to 26 per cent of MCCS, a media company, that will run Star News television channel. The other 74 per cent is now owned by ABP Ltd. The FIPB recently took the decision to clear the decks for financial restructuring of the Star News channel. The restructuring was necessary as the government ruled that the foreign investors would be allowed nearly 26 per cent of a media news company like Star News. By doing that the Centre brought its rules regarding news channels on television in line with print media rules. As a result Star TV was forced to look for a large Indian investor and ABP Ltd picked up 74 per cent of the stakes. The rest will continue to be with Star TV. Government sources said the home ministry had cleared Star News?s application for a security clearance. Source: http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2&theme=&usrsess=1&id=26321 From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Fri Oct 31 15:49:55 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: Viewers In India Prefer Entertainment To Movie Channels: Surveys Message-ID: <3974.203.195.199.163.1067633395.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> The long queues for movie tickets in Indian theatres may be a popularity index for films in the country, but the small screen has another story to tell. In two separate surveys, ?movies?, as a genre, have lost out to ?general entertainment channels? (GEC) in India. While a CyberMedia Research study points out that only 21.3 per cent of the respondents have indicated their preference for movie channels, another pan-Asia survey shows that Indians prefer general entertainment channels to films on TV. Indicating that movie channels are not so hot in India, Asia Pay Television Operators survey ranks HBO (movie genre) as a clear overall winner in the continent, but Star Plus (entertainment genre) scores the highest in India, in the context of programming. Source: http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=45151 From icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu Fri Oct 31 15:39:04 2003 From: icernet-admin at listserv.cddc.vt.edu (icernet-admin@listserv.cddc.vt.edu) Date: Tue Jan 4 13:40:55 2005 Subject: Blogs are new source for advertising Message-ID: <3760.203.195.199.163.1067632744.squirrel@mail.vasnet.co.in> Blogs are becoming an established advertising marketplace, reports MediaPost. "Everybody needs to do a bit of guerilla marketing, and blogs qualify for that," Henry Copeland, CEO of Blogads said. In most cases, ad agencies recruit a group of bloggers to discuss their product, such as Richards Interactive did in the launch of the Nokia 3650 camera phone. Authors of blogs focused on photography were given the camera phones in the hope that they would discuss the phone in their blogs. Although the Nokia campaign was successful, it can be difficult for agencies to monitor or control what is said about their product in blogs. Todd Copilevitz, director of Richards Interactive, warns that blog advertising may not be for everyone. Source: http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsID=223660