MUMBAI: To grab its due share from the Middle East region which has a significant Malayalam speaking population, regional language news channel Indiavision has taken some...
MUMBAI: Even as Walt Disney is working overtime to have everything in place for what now looks increasingly like a year-end coming out party for its...
BANGALORE: The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) plans to launch broadband internet service by December-end or January 2005 all over India. The public sector corporation plans...
MUMBAI: The news channel hopping game continues. The Times Group has lured another two executives for its soon to be launched business and news channel. ...
US based Jupiter Media Metrix has introduced a new media planning tool – Audience Insite Measures (AiM) – that will provide advertising agencies, advertisers and media...
The media business on an average has been growing at about 10 per cent per annum. Last year, saw a little more optimism with the growth...
By VINAY KANCHAN Meeting (refer ‘cul de sac‘) – inspired somewhat by the concentration camp model employed by the Third Reich, a process which involves trapping...
MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms today announced the official launch of three specialist movie channels – Premiere, Action and Classic Cinema – on cable networks. Aimed at being...
NEW DELHI: DD Direct Plus, the Indian pubcaster’s proposed KU-band direct-to-home television service, just can’t seem to get going. Assertions to the contrary notwithstanding, the information...
MUMBAI: ‘We are making headlines!’ Or so claims Headlines Today. India Today’s English news channel claims that they have been providing relevant information in a format...
MUMBAI: A film partnership that lasted a decade and brought lots of Oscar awards may be coming to an end. Disney is said to be looking...
MUMBAI: Sahara India Entertainment Management, a joint venture company created to look after Sahara’s media and entertainment businesses, will be funded entirely by the Sahara Group....
MUMBAI: Over 60 per cent of Internet households in the US would be willing to consolidate their services under a single provider if that would save...
MUMBAI: A British government advisor Patrick Barwise has criticised four digital channels of the BBC for targeting niche UK audiences.. The report concluded that the beeb...
MUMBAI: Athens Olympic gold medallist Australia has confirmed its withdrawal from the Samsung Hockey Champions Trophy, to be played in Lahore from 4-12 December 2004. The...
MUMBAI: BBC chairman, Michael Grade has reinforced the broadcaster’s commitment to working more closely with the interactive TV industry to create a vibrant market. In his...
MUMBAI: In a bid to make the Academy Awards more fun and relevant to a younger demographic, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Ampas)...
BANGALORE: The Karnataka chief minister has requested the Karnataka Film Exhibitors Federation (KFEF) to refrain from defying the seven-week moratorium on the release of non-Kannada films,...
MUMBAI: The Rupert Murdoch owned media conglomerate, News Corporation has announced a significant investment in its UK publishing subsidiary News International Limited. The company will spend...
BANGALORE: Noted Kannada actor and theater personality Lokesh passed away on 14 October at Bhagwan Mahveer Jain Hospital Bangalore following a heart attack. Lokesh’s body has...
NEW DELHI: The government’s broadband policy announced today seems to be old wine in a new bottle and given to hype with a number of important...
NEW DELHI: The controversies that the Indian censor board is curremtly raking up is itself creating enough drama that could provide fodder for a short film....
MUMBAI: Tamil general entertainment channel Raj TV has completed 10 years. The channel is planning to expand its event management division to an independent entity –...
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet yesterday extended a deadline for adhering to the prescribed eligibility criteria related to uplinking of news channels from India to 31...
BANGALORE: Following attacks on three theaters and the snatching of film reels by the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike activists over the past few days, film exhibitors in...
A slow deployment of set-top boxes (STBs) will suit a small cable network like Seven Star. Which is why Nadir Ali, one of the founder-promoters, is...
MUMBAI: Reebok has announced a new global marketing and advertising campaign to cement its brand position — celebrating individuality and authenticity. The I am what I...
MUMBAI: Aaj Tak’s health and fitness related program Sabse Fit completed it’s one year on 13 October. This show focuses on news and features on how...
Times are busy for HBO. The channel recently claimed to have emerged as the number one English movie channel this year. Quoting Tam data for...
MUMBAI: Star News issued pink slips to at least 15 people in the last one week. Bureaux in Dehradun and Chattisgrah have closed shop. Delhi now...
NEW DELHI: The Information and broadcasting ministry today served marching orders on a defiant Anupam Kher from the helm of affairs of the Central Board of...
MUMBAI: The number game is on. Quoting the latest Tam rating Aaj Tak has now made a fresh claim to the number one slot. Referring to...
MUMBAI: The BBC has announced the results of a survey Measuring the Value of the BBC. .It claims to have received overwhelming public support in the...
MUMBAI: The Rupert Murdoch owned broadcaster Fox has gotten itself into regulatory trouble in the US. Federal regulators have proposed a record indecency fine of nearly...
MUMBAI: On the night of 15 October Tamil channel Vijay TV is conducting an on-ground musical event Legends. The musical show will feature ace singers S.P...
MUMBAI: ESPN Star Sports (ESS) recently renewed multi-year syndication deals in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar with terrestrial broadcasters Channel 3, BBTV7, VTV-3, TV5, CTN and...
MUMBAI: Gilbert Cates has his 12th assignment as producer of the biggest movie awards show the 77th annual Academy Awards. The announcement was made by Academy...
MUMBAI: The Athens Olympics in August broke global TV viewing records, with nearly four billion people tuning in,. As had been reported earlier by Indiantelevision.com Doordarshan...
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide has announced the creation of BBC Japan. The new channel will bring the best of BBC programming to TV audiences in Japan. It...
MUMBAI: It’s action time at the Rs. 9 billion Madison Media. To begin with, Punita Arumugam has been elevated to Madison Media Group CEO. The home...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government is planning to further tighten the screws on foreign TV news channels and electronic news agencies by bringing in regulation that...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government is contemplating a law on optical disc to arrest the spiraling entertainment sector-related piracy which is reported to be resulting in...
MUMBAI: The war in the English movie channel arena is heating up. HBO, positioning itself as the world’s greatest Hollywood movie channel, claims to have emerged...
MUMBAI: Discovery plans to take viewers on a spectacular spiritual journey of a lifetime as it premieres Life of Buddha. The programme will be aired as...
NEW DELHI: Sometimes unusual suspects come up with something that is out of the ordinary while touching upon routine subjects. Take Sony Entertainment Television (SET) India...
MUMBAI: Viacom Inc. announced that, based on preliminary results, its exchange offer for the split-off of Blockbuster Inc. was oversubscribed. The final results to be announced...
MUMBAI: Malayalam channel Asianet has launched two primetime shows – serial Life is Beautiful and an infotainment show Golden Couple Quizzy Time. Life is Beautiful airs...
NEW DELHI: The Broadcast and cable regulator – Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) – will issue a draft of the interconnection agreements in a day...
MUMBAI: The kids and family entertainment company Walt Disney Television International (India) is in search of distribution and ad sales professionals for its India operations. The...
MUMBAI: The DirecTV Group and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation announced yesterday that they are consolidating their pay platforms in Latin America through a series of deals...

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