Indiantelevision.com's News Room Archives 2004

The News Room Headlines in the month of December

*	News channels ride high on FII pull
*	Aaj Tak announces 'Sabse Tez' personalities of 2004
(31 December 2004 )

*	I&B clears FII stake in news channels
*	BBC's 'Bollywood Bosses' to profile Indian directors
(30 December 2004 )

*	Headlines Today to recap the year in unique style
*	Aaj Tak lines up mega programming fare for year end
*	Stan Grant is CNN Intl Beijing correspondent
(29 December 2004 )

*	CNN to air 'CNN Connects: Power Redefined'
*	TV Today's Amitabh Srivastava Disney bound
(28 December 2004 )

*	Manav plays Santa for Shewta in 'Saas Bahu aur...'
*	BBC Hindi's annual radio drama explores media race
*	NDTV biz chnl 'Profit' launching 10 Jan
(24 December 2004 )

*	BBC World lines up two year end specials
(23 December 2004 )

*	Aaj Tak rolls out anniversary contest for viewers
*	BBC unveils future plans for its New Media unit
*	NDTV business channel gets uplinking ok
*	Five Indians in BBC's list for South Asian leaders
(22 December 2004 )

*	Star News lines up year-end bonanza
(17 December 2004 )

*	Former BBC DG Dyke criticises cutbacks
(15 December 2004 )

*	NDTV issues caution notice to FIIs and NRIs
*	CNBC & SAS touch upon 'Corporate Governance' issues
*	CNBC, Infosys host seminar on infrastructure & city
*	BBC launches 24 hour FM station in Kabul
*	Zee News, 'Businessworld' journos win CNN YJA '04
*	BBC to provide news headlines on Taiwanese website
(10 December 2004 )

*	Star News' Crime specials lead across news channels
(9 December 2004 )

*	NDTV captures popular music of Ind Diaspora in docu.
*	CNN to set up bureau in Pakistan
(8 December 2004 )

*	CNBC, ICICI announce Emerging India Awards
*	BBC tricked on Bhopal anniversary
*	BBC plans major restructuring, to axe 6,000 staff
(7 December 2004 )

*	BBC preferred channel for Middle East businessmen
*	Star News' 'Jaanbaaz' to debut on 12 December
*	CNBC cans John McEnroe's talk show
*	BBC journalist Doyle wins UN award
(6 December 2004 )

*	News channel Indiavision projects improved ratings
*	CNBC-TV18 to have a distribution head
*	India TV asserts 80% C&S penetration in Hindi belt
(4 December 2004 )

*	Star News' 'Saas...' captures No. 1 slot in afternoon
*	CNBC & Fidelity to hold Mutual Fund Investors Forum
*	Sahara merges all its news bureaux
(3 December 2004 )

*	BBC claims most favoured among 'evolved' Indians
(2 December 2004 )

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The News Room Interview Section

	'Our focus, this year, was on improving Star News' content than ratings' Keertan Adyanthaya - Star News brand director (4 December 2004)

	'In war zones the word is spread by extremist groups that journalists are on one side or the other' Nic Robertson - CNN senior international correspondent (18 October 2004)

	'Efforts are required to maintain credibility, compete with the private channels and discharge our duties as a public service broadcaster' Achyutan - DD Bangalore Kendra news director (20 September 2004)

	'When there is a landmark story, we know people are going to come to CNN because it is a name that everybody trusts'' Monita Rajpal - CNN International's anchor (20 August 2004)

	'University Challenge helped bring younger viewers to the channel' Narendhra Morar - BBC World's commissioning editor (7 August 2004)

	"When NDTV India started Aaj Tak had 60% market share, now its down to 30%" Rajdeep Sardesai - NDTV managing editor (2 August 2004)

	'There is a backlash against continued onslaught of reality TV in the UK' Simon Reeve - Investigative journalist & TV presenter (8 July 2004)

	'There is no point in newspapers merely reproducing facts' John Ridding - 'Financial Times' Asia editor and publisher (1 July 2004)

	'You are giving too much importance to news channels, if you think they can affect stock market movements' Govindraj Ethiraj- Corporate editor for CNBC-TV18 (24 June 2004)

	"We try not to be part of the movie publicity bandwagon" Tom Brook- BBC host (18 May 2004)


	"Tehelka's philosophy remains crusading and investigative journalism" Tarun Tejpal- Tehelka CEO & editor-in-chief (10 May 2004)


	"Most people who have been in the news industry for more than a couple of years would find it difficult to leave it. It's addictive" Andrew Stevens - CNN anchor (2 April 2004)

"People out there are desperate to poach from Aaj Tak"
Aroon Purie - TV Today Network CMD
(7 February 2004)

"Maximum media action in 2004 will be around polls, Indo-Pak cricket"
Raj Nayak - NDTV Media chief executive
(22 January 2004)

"Just speaking into the microphone is bad journalism"
Alka Saxena - Zee News Editor
(17 January 2004)