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  • Bangalore cable ops meet CM; state-wide blackout averted

    BANGALORE: The impasse between the cable operators and the Karnataka state government run power utility Bangalore Electric Supply Company (Bescom) seems to have broken, at least for the present. It finally took a brief meeting late Saturday evening with chief minister N Dharam Singh to break the ice.

     

    The CM has agreed to hear out the cable operators’ grievances in a more extensive meeting tomorrow. As things stand, the dispute, which yesterday threatened to blow up and engulf the entire state with a blanking out of all cable TV screens has had a cooling off, at least for now.

    Irate cable operators had threatened to go on a state wide strike if Bescom did not stop indiscriminate cable cutting, the orders for which were issued following the death last Monday of 7-year-old city boy Anish when he came in contact with a loosely hanging live wire. Cable operators in a rare show of unity had gone on strike following the action by Bescom and had blanked TV screens across Bangalore since Thursday.

    A failed meeting on Friday with power minister HD Revanna did nothing to soothe the angry cable operators, who resorted to slogan shouting when Revanna abruptly terminiated the meeting.

    A spokesman from the Zee Network, meanwhile has informed that the Civil Court at Bangalore has passed an ex-parte injunction preventing Bescom from cutting/dismantling/removing cables of Zee Interactive Multi-Media Ltd. The next hearing is scheduled for 2 August.

    During a telecom, Jagdish of The Karnataka Cable TV Chambers of Commerce said most MSO’s had obtained stay orders against Bescom restraining it from cutting cables. According to Jagdish, all MSO’s had restarted transmission, but normalcy may be possible only after all the ‘cut’ cables are restored.

  • ZILS announces Zee Institute of Media Arts

    ZILS announces Zee Institute of Media Arts

    MUMBAI: The education arm of ZEE Network, Zee Interactive Learning Systems Limited (ZILS) has announced their new initiative – Zee Institute of Media Arts, a training institute targeted at aspirants looking at a career in films and television.

    The institute will conduct courses on direction, cinematography, acting, writing, production, sound, editing, computer graphics and a variety of courses related to entertainment.

    “The potential growth, the entertainment sector is witnessing and the dearth of professionals has lead to a huge demand for training and education in this domain, with special emphasis on films and TV. The combined strengths of ZILS, an established player for over a decade in education and training and ZEE Network, a media conglomerate in the domain of TV/film entertainment provide a valuable proposition to the student enrolled at ZIMA,” said ZILS CEO A. K. Khetan in an official release.

    These courses will be conducted at the ZIMA centre in Mumbai that is equipped with advanced learning systems. The centre is set to open shortly at Lokhandwala, Andheri West, the hub of entertainment Industry in Mumbai.

    Admissions to the various courses have begun, the classes for which will commence from the first week of July 2004. Students who enrol will have the privilege of being taught by prominent personalities of the Indian film Industry, informs the release.

    The teaching methodology is designed such that students develop skills through classroom sessions, practical hands on sessions, studio round ups, film screenings, workshops and guest lectures. Assessments for the certificate courses will be done through basic theory and practical training, project films, monthly assessment, semester performance and a final exam.

    Apart form the regular one-year course, ZIMA will also offer short-term 6 to 8 months courses. To ensure the quality of students, the selection will be done through an entrance exam, assessment of a film and interview, adds the release.

  • Zee Interactive forms alliances with BSE, EDS

    Zee Interactive forms alliances with BSE, EDS

    Zee Interactive Learining Systems has announced two tie ups involving the Bombay Stock Exchange and Electronic Data Systems.

    ZILS claims to have invested Rs. 500 million in its business and aims at injecting another 500 million over the next two years.

    Reports state that this year the company expects revenues of Rs. 450 million. By 2005-2006 the company is looking at business of Rs. 5 billion. ZILS is aiming to grab at least 15 percent of the e-learning market in the next few years indicate reports. ZILS considers its arch rival to be Tata Infotech with both companies looking at a 25 percent market share.

    One of ZILS’s new ventures involves Bombay Stock Exchange Derivatives launching BSE’s certification on Derivatives Exchange (BCDE) web based On-Line Test at 50 Zed Career Academies of across India. The test has been approved by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

    An official release informs that this test will benefit capital markets professionals involved in the derivatives trading such as brokers, sub-brokers, dealers and salespersons in derivatives, mutual funds, foreign institutional investors. The facility will enable the market participants to comply with the SEBI guidelines. As per the guidelines at least two people should be certified in the institutions dealing with trading in derivatives.

    Speaking on the joint venture with BSE CEO ZILS Dilip Mahapatra said, ” The scope of this partnership is immense, as SEBI has made it mandatory for all brokers, sub-brokers, FIIs, Derivative Dealers, Mutual Funds and all other institutions trading in derivatives to have at least two professionals certified in Derivatives”.

    Candidates who wish to take the fortnightly test can register themselves at the nearest Zed CA centre. The list of centres for registration is available on www.zcaonline.com the release states. Certificates will be issued by BSE Training Institute to students who have successfully completed the test.

    Participants can take a demo test before the actual test. They will be given an analysis of their performance through a graphic display. The ZILS test engine known as LITMUS, also offers administrators the flexibility to set the parameters like random or sequential generation of questions, single or multiple-choice selection of answers. It also helps to program the logic of the test including the difficulty levels of the questions.

    In a related developement ZILS also announced that it would provide back end support to Electronic Data Systems. EDS claims to be a $21.5 billion US based IT services company. ZILS will create content as well as customise it for EDS.

    According to Dilip Mahapatra the contract is time bound contract with a revenue sharing arrangement. The alliance with EDS is part of ZILS’s endeavour to create a space for itself in e-learning by setting up the infrastructure to deliver, manage and access content. .