June 2007

Friday, Jun 1, 2007 -- Senior Advocate R.K. Anand said he had served a legal notice seeking Rs.50 crore as damages from NDTV, accusing the news channel of defaming him by telecasting a sting operation relating to the sensational BMW case.

Thursday, June28, 2007	Zee sports will telecast the FIFA (International Federation of Association Football) U 20 world cup Canada 2007 live from July1 to July 23,2007 exclusively. This world cup features 24 Countries from surround the world.
Tuesday, Jun 26, 2007	British broadcaster BBC World announced the launch of prime-time evening news featuring local and world news for viewers in India and South Asia.
Monday, Jun 25, 2007	Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi said The Government had no intention of putting a ban on Sting operations carried out by TV channels and other Media.
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2007	News and current affairs programmes should be allowed on radio and a level playing fie created in the policy for satellite radio and FM radio, the FICCI Radio Forum has said in a memorandum presented to the Union information and broadcasting ministry.
Thursday, Jun 21, 2007	UTV Software Communications, a leading media and entertainment group in the country, and Radaan Mediaworks (I), a leading television content provider in South India, have come together to jointly produce Feature films.
Thursday, Jun 21, 2007	A 24-hour Marathi news channel called 'Star Majha' has been launched by Media content and Communications Services India Pvt Ltd(MCCS), a joint Venture between ABP TV and Star News Broadcasting Ltd. Rajiv Khandekar will be the editor for the channel.
Wednesday, Jun 20, 2007	The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has revoked the suspension of senior advocates R.K. Anand and I.U. Khan, charged by a TV channel with influencing a key witness in the BMW hit-and-run case.
Monday, Jun 18, 2007	Leading corporates Hero Honda, LG Electronics, Dabur India, Neo Sports and General Motors figure among the top Firms which have been pulled up by the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) for violating code of Conduct in the first three months of this year.
Friday, Jun 15, 2007	Star India, which is in the thick of a tussle with sports broadcaster Nimbus after walking out of a cricket telecast distribution deal, has filed a caveat in the Bombay High Court seeking it be heard if the other party were to file a case.
Thursday, Jun 14, 2007	The Lokmat Group has entered into a joint venture with Global Broadcast News  (GBN), a TV 18 group company, to Launch a 24-hour Marathi news channel.
Tuesday, Jun 12, 2007	07 The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), in consultation with the cable and  broadcast industry, has proposed a three-phase roll out of the conditional access system (CAS) in 55 cities between June 2008 and June 2011.
Monday, Jun 11, 2007	ESPN, the US sports channel owned by Disney has acquired the cricket website Cricinfo from The Wisden Group. The value of the deal was not disclosed.
Monday, Jun 11, 2007	Walt Disney is trying up with India's biggest movie production house Yashraj Films to co-produce Bollywood animated films.
Saturday, Jun 9, 2007	Nokia, world's largest mobile company announced the launch of its new Nseries multimedia device the Nokia N92. The handset Nokia N92- is the world's first DVB-H enabled device that would support LIVE Broadcast Mobile TV.
Thursday, Jun 7, 2007	TV 18 Group has forayed into the entertainment and information (E&I) events space by floating a new division named E18.
Wednesday, Jun 6, 2007	Berger Paints India has tied up with Cartoon Network, a Time Warner company, to get a slice of the Rs. 5,000-Crore kids' product market
Friday, Jun 1, 2007	Senior Advocate R.K. Anand said he had served a legal notice seeking Rs.50 crore as damages from NDTV, accusing the news channel of defaming him by telecasting a sting operation relating to the sensational BMW case. Source: http://cablequest.org/important-information/important-events/item/2349-june-2007.html

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