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Articles in July, 2004 issue of Television Asia

• Ground controls: Dubai may be gearing up for a greater regional role. Other teleports in the region, used to serious competition, do not appear to be concerned. Television Asia looks at what's driving their confidence.(broadcast services)
  by Forrester, Chris
• Sharp focus: the focus on programming-led focus groups is sharper than ever as channels battle to compete in an increasingly cluttered environment that's only going to get worse with the slew of digital channels. But, the media buying industry says, it mi
  by Gupta, Ritesh
• Sunil Khanna, president of Zee TV, has resigned after serving in various capacities in the company for over 10 years.(... who's who and who's new)(Brief Article)
• Asia's television industry is talking about ... Singapore's content classification system.(in the news)(Brief Article)
• Nine coloured days: the new owners of Malaysia's free TV station, Channel 9, are targeting the country's mass market with promises of relevant content and a back-to-basics TV screen free of clutter and excessive commercial breaks. Janine Stein spoke to ne
  by Stein, Janine
• Zap.(conversations)
  by Iskander
• Asia's television industry is talking about ... J-Com merges two operations.(in the news)(Brief Article)
• Action replay: India's new Information and Broadcasting minister, Jaipal Reddy, talks to Rashme Sehgal about his unhappiness with the way the Prasar Bharati Corporation has performed in the last six years, what he might change, Saffronisation and Stalinis
  by Sehgal, Rashme
• Asia's television industry is talking about ... India's latest budget.(in the news)(Brief Article)
• Wide wide world: Tripop Limprapat is betting his television future on a former news channel and his ability to add a general entertainment gloss. The 25-year veteran of Thailand's television industry talks to Ron Corben about his plans and what he's basin
  by Corben, Ron
• Reality shows are anything but smooth sailing in Thailand.(Postcard from Thailand)
  by Schmid, Thomas
• Marcus Evans Television.(... who's who and who's new)(Brief Article)
• Asia's television industry is talking about ... Home shopping action rises.(in the news)(Brief Article)
• Japan's NHK won the 25th Banff Television Festival's Global Television Grand Prize for the 49-minute documentary, Children--Full of Life: Learning to Care.(in the news)(Nippon Hoso Kyokai)(Brief Article)
• Star Movies has launched Opening Night, a half-hour show for Hollywood movies, such as I, Robot, before their theatrical release.(in the news)(Brief Article)
• Asia's television industry is talking about ... Star's decision to exit UTV ahead of IPO.(in the news)(Brief Article)
• In a world of telco bells and whistles, people like Jon Penn are worth their weight in viewer votes for hit reality-talent shows. Janine Stein speaks to FremantleMedia's man in charge of making sure the Idol lines stay open.(in the news)
  by Stein, Janine
• Surya Citra Media (SCM).(... who's who and who's new)(Brief Article)
• CNBC Asia Pacific.(... who's who and who's new)(Brief Article)
• Asia's television industry is talking about ... CBN and CNBC make Strategic Decisions.(in the news)(China Business Network)(Consumer News and Business Channel)(Brief Article)
• Asia's television industry is talking about ... Softbank Broadmedia's movie rights.(in the news)(Brief Article)
• Sporting chances.(comment & contents)
  by Stein, Janine
• Asia's television industry is talking about ... new China offerings.(in the news)(Hunan TV's new channel)(Brief Article)
• MediaWorks' prime time audience share since launch PT audience share (%).(in the news)(Prime Time)(Brief Article)
• Asia's television industry is talking about ... Thailand's Channel 7 Matching stake.(in the news)(Brief Article)
• Sky A.(... who's who and who's new)(Brief Article)
• Little goes a long way: pre-school programmers are making loud noises for little audiences. Television Asia looks at the two channels banging the loudest.(programming)
• Asia's television industry is talking about ... TV Tokyo's IPO approval.(in the news)(Brief Article)
• Endemol.(... who's who and who's new)(Brief Article)
• Australia's Beyond Distribution has inked a package deal with UBC Thailand for over 50 hours of programming.(in the news)(United Broadcasting Corporation)(Brief Article)
• Asia's television industry is talking about ... NOW Broadband TV's programming muscle.(in the news)(Brief Article)
• Asia's television industry is talking about ... discovery rethinks lifestyle offering.(in the news)(Brief Article)
• Research.(television broadcasting companies on use of focus groups)(Illustration)
  by de Souza, Damian
• Production lines: India's production sector is booming as capacity multiplies and demand for new local content soars. Ritesh Gupta looks at some of the companies at the head of the pack.(focus on ... production)
  by Gupta, Ritesh
• View finders: almost 19,000 people representing 13 million of Asia's highest-value audiences were asked about their television viewing habits in Synovate's latest Pan Asian Cross Media (PAX) survey. This is what they said ...(research)
• Sunday best: Sunday schedules on Hindi general entertainment channels in India have gone from Bollywood to serials and now back to Bollywood as programmers struggle to find weekend audiences. Ritesh Gupta looks at some of the strategies.(scheduling)
  by Gupta, Ritesh
• Rajat Jain has been appointed vice president and managing director for Walt Disney Company (India) and Walt Disney Television International (India).(... who's who and who's new)(Brief Article)
• Nelvana Communications, Inc.(Company Profile)
• Asia's television industry is talking about ... Japan's new video platform.(in the news)(Brief Article)
• Asia's television industry is talking about ... Japan's national cable network idea.(in the news)(Brief Article)
• Asia's television industry is talking about ... GIO drags heels on free TV licences.(in the news)(Government Information Office)(Television)(Brief Article)
• Asia's television industry is talking about ... a possible Uber-regulator for Hong Kong.(in the news)(Brief Article)
• Healthy wealthy and wise: when Cartoon Network asked kids in Singapore what they really really thought, they said good grades and being healthy. Television Asia looks at some of the other findings among a group that has almost US$10 million a year to spen
• K Sera Sera Productions.(... who's who and who's new)(Brief Article)