April 2005

Thursday, April 7 , 2005 -- STAR India, said that it will not continue with Indian Cable Net, the largest multi-system operator in the CMDA area in Kolkata as its local distributor.

Monday, April 25, 2005	Reuters announced that it would pick up a 26 % stake in the Times Global Broadcasting Co., The broadcasting wing of the group. The two blue chip companies signed a deal in London on April 21st , whereby Reuters will be investing in television for the first time in its history.
Friday, April 22, 2005	TRACE TV, an exclusive channel for the youth based in France made its debut in India through Zee’s DTH platform Dish TV.
Thursday, April 21, 2005	Media giant Time Warner and leading US cable TV operator Comcast won a $ 17.6 billion cash bid on for buying cable operator Adelphia Communications.
Thursday, April21, 2005	Prasar Bharti, announced that it would allow up to 50 channels on its DTH service.
Wednesday, April 20, 2005	Reliance Capital acquired 1.75 lakh shares of TV 18 for a sum of Rs. 3.85 crores thereby increasing its total stake of 6.22 % (as on December 31st ,2004) by another 1.03 %.
Tuesday, April 19, 2005	Dish TV, promoted by the Zee Telefilms Chairman Subhash Chandra, declared a waiver of its subscription fees, for at least a year.
Tuesday, April 19, 2005	Rajdeep Sardesai along with his former colleague Sameer Manchanda announced the launch of his new venture called “Broadcast News”. genre. The former NDTV managing editor and anchor said he would be launching the channel in collaboration with the TV 18 group. His partner in the ventuer, Sameer Manchanda was formerly working as the Chief Financial Officer of NDTV.
Friday, April 15, 2005	During the 25th conference of State and Union Territories (UT) Ministers of Information and Cinematography (SIMCON) the Information Broadcasting Minister Shri Jaipal Reddy promised and early implementation of CAS in the four metro cities.
Thursday, April 14, 2005	Mata Amrithananthamayi’s FTA Malayalam channel called ‘Amrita TV’ began its telecast.
Friday, April 8 , 2005	The New York based cable operator, Cablevision Systems Corp., announced its board decision to close down the service ‘Voom’ satellite, which it said was a loss making unit.
Friday, April 8  , 2005	Mr. Jaipal Reddy, the I&B minister, announced an extension of six months time for news and current affairs channels to confirm to the existing guidelines on uplinking.
Thursday, April 7 , 2005	STAR India, said that it will not continue with Indian Cable Net, the largest multi-system operator in the CMDA area in Kolkata as its local distributor. Source: http://cablequest.org/important-information/important-events/item/2375-april-2005.html

Source: http://cablequest.org/important-information/important-events/item/2375-april-2005.html