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- ↑ Business Baatein, for instance, has bowed out of Doordarshan's main channel for want of advertising. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/as-producers-queue-up-for-dd-satellite-channels-doubts-over-quality-about-advertising-rise/1/302790.html
- ↑ Fiscal Fitness on Zee and The Pritish Nandy Show on DD, India's first signature chat show, aired twice a week on prime time. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/big-ideas-pritish-nandy-on-satellite-tv/1/164599.html
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