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The business rivalry between two major cable television companies in Agra, which is going on for more than five years, has now taken a serious turn, with Pay TV broadcasters beginning to take sides and the cable companies launching their own private "channels", causing consternation in state government circles. Lately, two large broadcasting companies--Moon Network Pvt Ltd (MNPL) and Sea...

A Seattle-based company is, for the first time, making it possible to explore the local history of small town America with the convenience of an internet search. SmallTownPapers, Inc. provides cutting-edge, digital archive technology used by major corporations, universities and the government to the country's smallest newspapers in an effort to preserve and make accessible the rich history...

Foreign newspaper firms may set up fully owned subsidiaries in the country. Foreign newspaper companies wanting to print their international editions in India will be allowed to set up fully owned subsidiaries in the country. According to senior government functionaries, this has been proposed by the group of ministers (GoM) on the print media to the Union Cabinet. However, the foreign papers...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the global organisation representing over 500,000 journalists worldwide, has welcomed the passing of the Right to Information Bill by the Indian Parliament on 12 May and called for immediate scrapping of the Official Secrets Act. "The enactment of this significant piece of legislation is a positive step towards establishing the citizen's right to...

Magazine publication house, Cyber Media (India) Ltd (CML) has clarified that it has not offered the brand name Business Week India to the State Bank of Mysore as collateral security for a loan. "The brand Business Week does not belong to us. It is the property of McGraw Hill and therefore the question of offering this brand as security does not arise at all", said a Cyber Media official. The...

Vienna, Va. – Nearly one in three Internet users (29 percent) read an online newspaper in March 2005, representing a total audience of nearly 44 million people, according to a new report by Nielsen//NetRatings’ for the Newspaper Association of America. The data, which takes into account both home and work Internet usage, shows a 3.1 percent increase in unique audience in March to Newspaper Web...

VIENNA, Va., May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly one in three Internet users (29 percent) read an online newspaper in March 2005, representing a total audience of nearly 44 million people, according to a new report by Nielsen//NetRatings for the Newspaper Association of America. The data, which takes into account both home and work Internet usage, shows a 3.1 percent increase in unique audience in March...

The government on Tuesday moved the much-awaited Right to Information Bill with comprehensive amendments that is aimed at empowering the citizens to get any information from the departments, agencies and bodies of the Central, state and local bodies, besides government-aided institutions. However, the Bill has left several loopholes which could be exploited by government officials to suppress...

BURLINGTON, Mass., May 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Confirming a previous established trend, BURST! Media says that Internet use continues grow at the expense of other "traditional" media such as TV, radio, magazines and newspapers. According to a recent BURST! survey of more than 2,600 web users about changes in their media consumption in the past year, 60.9% respondents said they spend more time on the...

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – A bearded man from the bazaar is whisked into a barber shop, where he's given a shave and a slick haircut. After a facial, he visits fashion boutiques. In a few tightly edited minutes of television, the humble bricklayer is transformed into an Afghan metrosexual, complete with jeans, sweater, suede jacket, and sunglasses. It may sound like standard reality TV fare in the West...