His Greek God like well chiseled looks and physique made many a young lady’s heart throb as he strode across the ground to hurl his outswingers...
MUMBAI: NDTV managing editor Rajdeep Sardesai is all set to turn into an entrepreneur. A proposed start-up, led by him, has already been assured of funding...
MUMBAI: APT Satellite Holdings Ltd, a leading satellite operator in the Asia Pacific region, announced the successful launch of the APSTAR VI satellite on 12 April...
This time MIP has been good for India. First, documentary makers duo Harry Amarpal Singh and Rishi Rana Bharadwaj bagged an international pitch at MIPDOC, and...
CANNES: The future unwound at the Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting Showcases and business panel at the Palais this afternoon with the West and the East putting forth...
MUMBAI: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is looking at focusing at the Internet space with renewed vigour. In a meeting with the top American editors of various...
MUMBAI: In its first time qualifying for Beta’s benchmark Beta Brand Identity Survey, the National Geographic Channel not only swept virtually every category in the mid-size...
MUMBAI: The BBC has launched, on Thursday, the next stage of the sale process for its commercial subsidiary BBC Broadcast Ltd (“BBC Broadcast”). The sale is...
CANNES: If it’s reality Indian broadcasters are scouting for at MIPTV this year, ‘Fresh TV around the world the Spring Summer Collection’ held on Tuesday was...
CANNES: “People need to prepare for all the oncoming changes that new technologies are engendering, the speed of which is quite scary.” That, according to Reed...
CANNES: The Asian Festival of 1st Films 2005 will be held in Singapore from 25 November to 2 December 2005, it was announced on Wednesday. An...
MUMBAI: NDTV’s chief of bureau in Mumbai Sanjay Singh has decided to quit and will be joining the Times of India group’s proposed news channel in...
MUMBAI: After the launch of their lifestyle channel – Discovery Travel & Living – the Discovery Networks International is now spreading its wings with the launch...
Just what have the Indian contingent been up to at MIPTV 2005? One thing that stands out is that stall presence is minimal. Sony Entertainment India...
CANNES: Star India has bought the rights of Endemol’s reality format The Match at the ongoing MIPTV. Endemol and Star will produce The Cricket Match, a...
CANNES: The present and the future, it is difficult to figure out which is which, at MIPTV 2005. And that’s because technologies are driving change in...
CANNES: The future holds opportunities of connecting to audiences in unimaginable ways through content that is more personal and more meaningful for the consumer. That was...
Bangalore: “Planet Sports – your sports lifestyle store” is the new print and outdoor campaign launched by sports retail outlet Planet Sports. The campaign was unveiled...
CANNES: One of the highlights of MIPTV 2005 featuring MILIA takes place tonight when Reed MIDEM honours kids’ programming major HIT Entertainment’s founder and chairman Peter...
MUMBAI: PanAmSat has announced that it has entered into a multi-year agreement with China Radio International (CRI), China’s sole overseas radio network. Under the agreement, CRI...
MUMBAI: Music broadcaster MTV has kicked off its initiative MTV Youth Icon of the Year 2005. Every year, young Indians vote for their favourite Youth Icon...
MUMBAI: As the fight for supremacy in the English movie channel segment gathers strength Star Movies has gained an edge so far this year. TAM data...
MUMBAI: The 2005 MTV Movie Awards will take place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on 4 June. The event adds a twist to...
MUMBAI: Sony has tapped Vijay Koshy to head its English channels AXN and Animax in India. He has replaced Rohit Bhandari who earlier this year was...
MUMBAI: US broadcast network TNT held its upfront presentation for advertisers a few days ago at Madison Square Garden in New York. Turner Entertainment Group president...
MUMBAI: Jill Dougherty has been appointed CNN international managing editor for the Asia Pacific region. She will be based at the network’s regional headquarters in Hong...
MUMBAI: American interactive services company America Online (AOL) and XM Satellite Radio which provides satellite radio in America have announced that they will join forces to...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster NBC has announced that the finale of the third season of its business-based reality show The Apprentice will take place on 19 May....
MUMBAI: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is spreading its wings across Asia. It has announced a three-year, multi-million dollar agreement with CJ Media which is one of...
CANNES: If it has been the Latin American telenovellas that have impacted global television programming in the last few years, it could well be the Korean...
MUMBAI: The BBC’s attempt to create further awareness about its radio service in Pakistan has paid off. Around 10,000 people took part in the BBC Urdu...
MUMBAI: Rajasthan Patrika a media organisation in Rajasthan, is introducing a deluge of mobile SMS services. ‘SMS 6969’ was recently launched. It will focus...
MUMBAI: Coca-Cola’s ad on the ‘Thanda Aish Cash’ promotion announced the winner in Pramod Chaudhuri. As a result of this, he will get an opportunity to...
MUMBAI: European business and financial channel Bloomberg states that according to the results of the survey Europe 2005 which deals with media consumption among Europe’s most...
CANNES: Pyra Media of Egypt won the pitch for the best documentary on AIDS, at the UN-backed AIDS programming pitch held at the Palais on Tuesday....
MUMBAI: Coca Cola’s soft drink brand Fanta is all set to take on the summer season. Apart from acquiring an innovative fun-filled shape called Fanta Spin,...
MUMBAI: The BBC has launched its first ever marketing campaign across the West Bank, promoting the availability of BBC Arabic on partner station, Radio Bethlehem 2000,...
MUMBAI: Greetings major Archies has tied up with Entertainment One’s forthcoming movie Waqt and will be introducing the character of Geri Giraffe in the same. Archies...
BANGALORE: After Akshay Kumar, who promoted Ruff & Tuff, one more Bollywood star is getting into apparel endorsement. Arvind Brands has appointed Saif Ali Khan as...
In the 1980s, when Anurradha Prasad, a jeans and T-shirt clad twenty-something journalist, went to cover Parliament proceedings, senior print journalists looked upon her rather curiously...
When Television Eighteen was started in 1994, critics dismissed it as a fad. As if on cue, the company went through a bad phase towards the...
MUMBAI: Malayalam general entertainment channel Asianet is greeting the New Year on 14 April with a variety of special programmes, in addition to its regular shows....
MUMBAI: Cartoon Network seems to be on a high. The channel has unveiled some new shows, acquired original programming franchise and acquisitions at 2005 Kids Upfront...
MUMBAI: Vijay TV is presenting an interesting line-up of shows for the Tamil New Year’s day, 14 April. The channel has a mix of film-based shows...
INDIANS STAND OUT WHEN HEARD & SEEN THAT IS The Indian presence may not be overwhelmingly visible (an understatement if ever there was one) but when...
MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms is finally unveiling its 2D animation film Bhagmati mid June this year. Zee has plans to tap the international market by going for...
NEW DELHI: Aimed at liberalising the regime, information and broadcasting ministry has cleared 20 per cent FDI for the private FM radio sector, but stuck to...
MUMBAI: Raj TV conducted a star studded event on 9 April to honour the doyen of the South Indian film industry K Balachander. The event was...
MUMBAI: NDTV, which launched the business channel NDTV Profit along with the 24-hour news channel NDTV 24X7 and NDTV India, has decided to go the pay...
CANNES: Average daily television viewing time increased on all continents during 2004, with the exception of Asia, according to Eurodata Worldwide data released on Monday at...

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