June 2005

Wednesday, June 01, 2005 -- The Hinduja Group owned in Mumbai closed its operations following huge losses. A spokesperson from Hinduja confirmed the closure but said its other two channels namely CVO and ‘IN Time’would continue to operate.

Wednesday, June 29, 2005	Anil Ambani owned Reliance Capital made a major deal by acquiring Adlabs films for Rs 360 crores.
Wednesday, June 29, 2005	The second phase of FM radio licensing was announced on June 29th, wherein the government finally conceded to the demands of the industry and decided to adopt the revenue share regime as against the license fee structure and to allow FDI up to 20 % in the sector.
Saturday, June 25, 2005	Dishnet Wireless Limited, the Chennai based company began its wireless broadband service called Red in Kolkata.
Friday, June 24, 2005	Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, the Information and Broadcasting minister, Mr. Jaipal Raddy said that Doordarshan had plans to commence a new channel from January 2006 devoted exclusively to Urdu.
Friday, June 17, 2005	The Cabinet cleared proposals concerning various aspects of the media including opening the print media to foreign institutional Investment of up to 26 %.
Friday, June 17, 2005	It was reported that TAM Media research is developing a new measurement system called TVM5 for tracking DTH viewer ship.
Thursday, June 16, 2005	Jaya TV with a view to expanding its reach in overseas market entered into an agreement with Malaysia’s Astro All Asia Network. The deal will enable Jaya TV to reach Tamilians living in South East Asia, through the telecast of its programmes on the Astro Channel.
Wednesday, June 15, 2005	It was decided by the I&B ministry and the Health ministry to ban on screen smoking from October 2nd, 2005.
Wednesday, June 15, 2005	A tie up was announced between Southern Spice Music (SS Music), a multi lingual music channel and Dish TV, Zee’s direct to home service, wherein the music channel would be a part of Dish TV’s bouquet of channel.
Monday, June 13, 2005	News Corp made its decision to buy back $ 2 bn of its shares including both common and voting shares within the next two year.
Saturday, June 11, 2005	Foreseeing a hug demand for DTH in the country, the consumer electronics company Oscar launched DTH enabled Television sets in the country.
Saturday, June 11, 2005	Reality TV announced the launch of its new web sitewww.realitytvasia.com.
Thursday, June 09, 2005	Zee Telefilms announced the launch of its new sports channel titled ‘Zee Sports’.
Thursday, June 09, 2005	Zone Vision Network signed an agreement with CBNSat to launch its Reality TV channel in Sri Lanka.
Wednesday, June 08, 2005	The Council of Minister of Nepal under the leadership of King Gyanendra announced the lifting of the existing ban on Indian News channels, ending thereof a four month blackout.
Tuesday, June 07, 2005	Hockey lovers will get to see international matches on ESPN Star Sports for the next three years, with the sports channel matches that will be organised in India.
Tuesday, June 07, 2005	Star India Pvt Ltd. send a notice to Raheja owned Cable Company Hathway Cable & Datacom across several cities in the country for non-payment of its cable subscription fees.
Saturday, June 04, 2005	ABP and Star India’s newly launched Bengali venture ‘ Star Ananda’ received a legal notice from Bennett, coleman & co Ltd. urging them to refrain from using the word ‘Ananda’. Bennett Coleman’s notice said they had obtained permission in November 2004 under the Trade Marks Act,1999, to use the word ‘Ananda’ for their future digital TV Channel.
Wednesday, June 01, 2005	The Hinduja Group owned in Mumbai closed its operations following huge losses. A spokesperson from Hinduja confirmed the closure but said its other two channels namely CVO and ‘IN Time’would continue to operate. Source: http://cablequest.org/important-information/important-events/item/2373-june-2005.html

Source: http://cablequest.org/important-information/important-events/item/2373-june-2005.html