March 2006

Saturday, March 04, 2006 -- Zee cine awards held in Mauritius.

Thursday, March 30, 2006	Zee Telefilms announced a major restructuring of the group which includes hiving off its cable distribution arm Siti Cable and DTH business Dish TV.
Monday, March 27, 2006	Ministry of Information & Broadcasting holds a meeting for discussion on various issues related to Conditional Access System (CAS) regarding CWP NO. 14464- 66/2004. All stake holders weve invited.
Monday, March 27, 2006	Kolkata TV, the 24-hour dedicated Bengali news channel from SST Media Pvt Ltd. a part of the Kolkata-based Xenitis Group, launched.
Wednesday, March 22, 2006	Nripendra Misra is the new chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). He will take charge from Pradip Baijal, the existing chairman. Mr. Misra is a 1967-batch IAS officer. He will be the first TRAI chairman who has prior experience in the telecom sector.
Tuesday, March 21, 2006	Seven music channels issued warning by the Information & Broadcasting Ministry for telecasting objectionable music remix Hindi film song under Cable TV Network (regulation) act. These channels include ETC, Channel V, B4U, Balle music, MTV Music and MH1.
Tuesday, March 21, 2006	Maharashtra State Finance Minister Jayant Patel presents budget for 2006-07. Entertainment duty levied on cable operator increases by 50%.
Friday, March 10, 2006	Justice Vikramjit Sen, Delhi High Court pronounces a landmark judgment quashing the July 10, 2004 notification of the Government of India which had abandoned the implementation of CAS (Conditional Access System) in South Delhi.
Friday, March 10, 2006	DTH operators directed by TRAI to file their inter-connect agreements with various broadcaster for better monitoring and awareness of the medium.
Friday, March 10, 2006	A Chennai lawyer moves the Madras High Court to probe into the release of advertisements by the Tamil Nadu Government to Tamil Daily, Namadhu MGR and Jaya TV channel.
Wednesday, March 08, 2006	The Delhi High Court issues a notice to Central Government, Star TV and Bharati Teleservices for fraud through phone calls and SMS. These phone calls and SMS were made by Anup Kumar Bhati who says he was promised participation in KBC, but got no response thereafter. The next hearing is on May 3, 2006 in the court of Justice Vijendra Jain and Rekha Sharma.
Wednesday, March 08, 2006	Malayalam actor MS Trippunithara breathes his last due to a cardiac arrest, in Palakkad. Trippunithara, 64, started as a stage actor. He shifted to films in the 1980s, soon excelled as a supporting actor and a comedian and went on to receive several awards.
Tuesday, March 07, 2006	Four miscreants assault CNN-IBN staffers and set their car on fire at the Pee Kay Bhawan on Madan Mohan Malviya Marg in Lucknow. The incident took place within 24 hours of airing a story on BSP leader Mayawati’s assets.
Tuesday, March 07, 2006	The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) decides to freeze the cable television rates as prevalent on March 1, 2006 for hotels and restaurants.
Monday, March 06, 2006	Three men assault Zee Marathi TV’s Sangli correspondent Aparna Kulkani whil she was returning to home on her two-wheeler.
Monday, March 06, 2006	I&B Minister PR Dasmunshi said the government has constituted a committee to review the programme and advertising code prescribed under the Cable Television Network (Regulation) Act, 1995.
Monday, March 06, 2006	BSP Chief Mayawati sends a legal notice to a private television channel (CNN IBN) for allegedly carrying defamatory news that her finances were disproportionate to her knows sources of income.
Saturday, March 04, 2006	Zee cine awards held in Mauritius. Source: http://cablequest.org/important-information/important-events/item/2364-march-2006.html

Source: http://cablequest.org/important-information/important-events/item/2364-march-2006.html