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CANNES: Going by the opening day of MIPTV, one would be excused for thinking that the big advertising issue of today is whether TiVo (and technologies...
MUMBAI: Star One’s ready to tickle your funny bone. Considering the fact that reality seems to be the flavour of the season, Star One’s latest endeavour...
MUMBAI: The Kyunki’s and Kasautii’s of Indian television are not just helping Indian channels stay on top of the ratings charts, they seem to be helping...
BANGALORE: Internet connections would increase from 5.45 million in December 2004 to 18 million by 2007. By this time, broadband connection is targeted to touch nine...
CANNES: The weather has been kind to Cannes on Monday morning. The light drizzle that marked the two-day long MIPDOC 2005, has given way to clear,...
MUMBAI: Star India’s top management seems to be on the move. Considering the expanding business plans of the leading network, Star India is looking at infusing...
CANNES: Digitisation of the programmes showcased at MIPDOC this year helped the number of screenings made onsite shoot up by 2.5 times over that of last...
MUMBAI: American media organisation Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia has announced that it has named Sally Preston as Martha Stewart Living Magazine senior VP and publisher. Preston...
MUMBAI: Star India has clarified that it supports industry’s stand on self-regulation and some parental control as far as content regulation is concerned. Making his stand...
MUMBAI: Expo Communications in the US has announced a multi-platform affiliation agreement with broadband firm Bresnan Communications for the rollout of Expo TV. This is the...
MUMBAI: The protest in the US against outsourcing is getting louder and angrier. A few days ago US employees of news organisation Reuters protested the outsourcing...
MUMBAI: There is a good reason why Buena Vista International Television Asia Pacific, the distribution arm of Walt Disney Television International, is confident that it will...
CANNES: The Indian documentary duo of ‘Harry’ Amarpal Singh Bal and Rishi Rana Bharadwaj has won a fiercely contested pitch at the MIPDOC co-production challenge held...
CANNES: Reed MIDEM is expanding the MIPCOM DVD Awards to include three new competitive categories. Organised in partnership with the DVD Association (DVDA, USA) and the...
MUMBAI: The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) has partnered with Cartoon Network for OMSI’s new Animation international touring exhibit slated to debut on the...
MUMBAI: Hallmark Channel has added yet another feather to its cap by enhancing its already varied bouquet of offerings. The channel will now be launching a...
MUMBAI: Some new parting shots from the leading Hindi news channel Aaj Tak of TV Today network. Sahara news group, which is on a poaching spree,...
MUMBAI: MTV Networks Europe (MTVNE) has announced that it will launch kids’ channel and web site Nickelodeon in Germany on 12 September 2005. This will be...
MUMBAI: The ministry of company affairs has not come out openly in support of the information and broadcasting ministry’s contentions on Space TV. Preferring to lob...
MUMBAI: HBO, Cinemax and BBC America have won multiple Peabody awards in the US. The Peabody Award is considered to be very selective and prestigious and...
MUMBAI: Girls just wanna have fun. So, they are picking up more gaming equipment in the US. This fact came to light in a Nielsen benchmark...
MUMBAI: MGM has announced that a consortium comprising Sony America, Providence Equity Partners, Texas Pacific Group, Comcast and DLJ Merchant Banking Partners has completed its acquisition...
MUMBAI: MSN Video which provides streaming video content online, and IFilm a video entertainment destination on the Web, are joining forces to deliver IFilm content to...
MUMBAI: BBC World Service has stemmed its declining radio audience in India, according to an independent audience survey. The survey was commissioned by BBC World Service...
MUMBAI: The Subrata Roy promoted Sahara group has another news channel in the offing. This time the group is targeting the southern market with the new...
MUMBAI: Discovery Communications has announced it has created a consolidated global new media group to leverage the strength of its distinctive real-world media and entertainment brands,...
CANNES: Day Two of REED Midem’s documentary market Mipdoc opened to chill winds and a continuous drizzle, but that couldn’t dampen the high that one felt...
CANNES: What’s hot in docs? The same as is to be expected if truth be told. Good content allied to the creative use of the latest...
CANNES: Reed Midem’s two-day documentary market that precedes the annual MipTV in sunny Cannes this weekend continues to prosper with an increasing presence over preceding years....
CANNES: Six television production companies from five French speaking countries in the South and five national television networks from African Francophone countries are promoting their offerings...
BANGALORE: Manufacturers Association for Information Technology (MAIT) conducted a National Seminar on Wi MAX (Worldwide interoperability of Microwave Access) New wave for Broadband Connectivity, in Bangalore....
BANGALORE: A division bench of the Karnataka high court, comprising justices A M Farooq and A B Hinchgeri, reserved its orders on Tuesday on a petition...
MUMBAI: Forbes has released its Global 2000 annual ranking of the world’s biggest companies. No media company has made it into the top 50. Time Warner...
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television India seems to be in an overdrive on the film acquisition front. Making a clean sweep of all the Yash-Raj films released...
MUMBAI: Veteran American cable television executive Betty Cohen has been named Lifetime Entertainment Services president and CEO. Media conglomerate Disney has a 50 per cent stake...
MUMBAI: As Sony prepares to seal the deal on its $4.8 billion acquisition of MGM, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has realigned its domestic and international television...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Government today gave another extension of six months to news and current affairs channels to reduce foreign holding to 26 per cent as required...
MUMBAI: Sansani, the daily crime show on Star News has completed 100 episodes. The channel claims to have redefined primetime news on Indian television. The crime...
MUMBAI: Broadband is the mantra being chanted by the broadcasters as they seek to leverage emerging new media platforms. MTV is no exception. Earlier this year,...
MUMBAI: A few days ago in a raid carried out in two stalls near Andheri Station in the Mumbai suburb, the anti-piracy team of Shemaroo Video...
MUMBAI: In a bid to strengthen comedy offerings in the future the BBC has joined forces with renowned US comedy producer Caryn Mandabach (The Cosby Show,...
MUMBAI: The live entertainment industry in India is still evolving. However Indian event managers have shown their capabilities in successfully managing national and international events. On...
MUMBAI: The 2005 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) will return to Miami in the sunshine state of Florida for the second year in a row. The...
MUMBAI: The 2005 calendar year is yet to complete six months, but the Southern television arena will have four more channels by April. And out of...
MUMBAI: The inaugural ‘Made-for-Mobile’ screenings, produced in association with Vodafone live!, has triggered strong enthusiasm from the international television industry and dozens of projects have been...
MUMBAI: The Banff World Television Festival, which is a global hub for those wanting to network with television’s hottest commodities, has announced a stellar lineup of...
MUMBAI: The focus may be on the Korean contingent this year, but Singapore has already firmed up its intentions for MIPTV 2005. The Media Development Authority...
MUMBAI: BBC World will be the official broadcast partner of the 2005 Global Travel & Tourism Summit for the second consecutive year. A high-profile event attended...
MUMBAI: NBC’s fare on offer at Cannes this year includes diverse fare including a highly anticipated network drama from Dick Wolf, a new network comedy, as...
MUMBAI: TAM India will be presenting three papers at the WAM conference in Canada this June. This comes close on the heels of TAM’s success at...
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NEW DELHI: Hamdard Laboratories gathered a cross-section of India’s achievers in New Delhi on Friday, handing out the Hakeem Abdul...
MUMBAI: For decades, creative storytelling has been the cornerstone of brand communication. The “big idea” amplified through catchy jingles, striking...
MUMBAI: Zepto has elevated Ahmad Muneeb to vice president – HR centre of excellence, placing him at the helm of...
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