Hyderabad:N. Chandrababu Naidu is not satisfied with the mileage he gets in the regional dailies for his various schemes, repackaged or otherwise.So the techno-savvy chief minister of Andhra Pradesh is now eyeing the pie in the sky. The idea is to hire a transponder to sell his image and the TDP's line to voters well ahead of the assembly elections at the end of 1999. Last week, during the launch of the seventh phase of his pet Janmabhoomi campaign, Naidu asked his media consultants about the cost of hiring a transponder to beam down what he wants rural voters to know. When told that it was well within his party's budget, Naidu asked them to explore the possibility of launching a television channel soon. But what Naidu seems to forget is that starting a channel in a hurry is likely to meet the fate of JJTV, AIADMK chief J. Jayalalitha's regional channel, even if he invokes the late NTR's name.Published By: AtMigration Published On: Aug 17, 1998--- ENDS ---
