NEW DELHI: Broadcast and cable sector regulator is giving the government various options to choose from in the case of conditional access system and pricing control....
NEW DELHI: A section of the cable industry has said that the cable and broadcast regulator should be “empowered” to have a say in the final...
NEW DELHI: Contrary to speculations and expectations – the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), it seems is unlikely to make a definitive recommendation on introduction...
MUMBAI: Karuna Samtani has been appointed as the chief operating officer of SaharaOne Television, the television wing of SaharaOne. Sahara India has brought together its motion...
MUMBAI: Ten Sports is all set to telecast the Pakistan-Sri Lanka-Zimbabwe cricket tri-series starting 30 September. The series hosted by Pakistan will host the Asian Champions...
MUMBAI: After Viacom announced that it would launch Logo for the US gay and lesbian community early next year, it is now France’s turn to get...
MUMBAI: Whether movies are the flavour of the month or not is a different story all together. But Sahara sure is packing in some good old...
VIRGINIA: America Online the world’s leading interactive services company has announced that Lisa Brown has been appointed Executive VP, Interactive Marketing. Her job will involve overseeing...
MUMBAI: Vijay TV will conduct Illamai Idho Idho, a show that will feature new breed of voices of Tamil cinema, on 2 October. The stage has...
MUMBAI: Football’s governing body Fifa has announced a public tender for the broadcast and media rights to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Fifa will...
MUMBAI: Variety is the name of the game for Discovery as it seeks to increase its share. Next month it will kickstart a variety of shows....
MUMBAI: Viacom chairman and CEO Sumner Redstone has announced several initiatives for its businesses in China for MTV and Nickelodeon. These include a partnership with Beijing...
MUMBAI: Kids brand Nickelodeon is going from strength to strength in the US. It has announced an agreement with BMG Strategic Marketing Group. Through the alliance...
MUMBAI: Time Warner and Comcast have announced an agreement. This provides Comcast with an option to reduce its effective overall interest in Time Warner Cable from...
MUMBAI: Over the years Taj Mahal Tea has managed to catch one’s attention with the catchphrase Wah Taj! Its campaign involving tabla player Zakir Hussain was...
MUMBAI: MRUC Technical Committee chairperson Roda Mehta has given a rejoinder to WPP marketing communications South Asia CEO Andre Nair’s recent remarks about IRS 2002 that...
MUMBAI: For the first time in India, a streaming ad will appear on the Internet before it appears on television. The third in Pepsi’s new summer...
MUMBAI: ETV Marathi has lined up shows and contests to celebrate the Ganesha festival. The channel is also telecasting the Ganesh immersion processions live from several...
It’s a strategic retreat. Pummelled by the investment community for its wild expansion (its Re 1 face value share has plummetted from Rs 1600 to below...
MUMBAI: Sports marketing agency IEC in Sports has announced a two year deal regarding Portuguese football.. IEC will distribute the 2004/5 and 2005/6 Portuguese Super League...
NEW DELHI: Completing the so-called ‘de-toxication’ of Doordarshan News, Amitabh Chakravorty was today appointed as an additional director-general (news) in Doordarshan. Chakravorty is an official of...
MUMBAI: It is the first reality show where everybody emerges a lose and whoever loses the most wins. NBC will premiere The Biggest Loser on 19...
MUMBAI: Kellogg’s is all set to spin its web on breakfast tables across India by swinging in everyone’s favourite hero, Spider Man. The company has introduced...
MUMBAI: Talk about weird stunts. Cartoon Network has announced its Sheep in the Big City character will be replacing its regular scheduled programming with a “sleep-inducing”...
MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms shareholders today approved a 100 per cent dividend (i.e. Re 1) per equity share of Re 1 each. The members also...
MUMBAI: Star News has initiated the largest journalist trainee programme in the Indian news channel industry. The channel has recently recruited and trained a batch of...
MUMBAI: South Indian music channel SS Music has announced the winners of its talent hunt Voice Hunt. Benny and Swetha (Chennai), Arjun (Coimbatore), Bargavi Pillai (Hyderabad)...
NEW DELHI: People have chosen their bride and made the announcement too. But ironically, the prospective bride has yet to be informed of the marriage. Speaking...
NEW DELHI: Arguments relating to the Indian cricket rights issue opened today in the Supreme Court. The Indian cricket board and ESPN-Star Sports were the first...
MUMBAI: Information & broadcasting minister Jaipal Reddy today signed a note allowing foreign institutional investors (FIIs) to invest in television news channels. The note prepared by...
MUMBAI: The race has begun. Latest, Zee News issued a release claiming that it has elbowed the numero uno Hindi news channel Aaj Tak from its...
MUMBAI: Sahara Samay Rastriya has two new offerings in the health and crime genre. One, being Body Clock that will focus on various ailments and diseases...
MUMBAI: Sahara Samay Rashtriya’s correspondent Arup Chatterjee saved Juhi Ghosh from the clutches of the flesh trade, which is reportedly rampant on the Bangladesh India border....
NEW DELHI: A raging controversy over cricket telecast rights notwithstanding, Zee Telefilms today flagged off test signals of its proposed sports channel in anticipation of getting...
MUMBAI: Alpha TV Punjabi and ETC Channel Punjabi will live telecast a ‘dhol’ music extravaganza on 30 September from 6:30 pm onwards. The event ‘Dhol Punjabi...
MUMBAI: The BBC recently announced that it was in talks with various US cable companies like Comcast, Cox Communications and Time Warner, to distribute its BBC...
MUMBAI: Its time to put on the party hats at ARY Digital. The network is celebrating four years of broadcasting in the UK today (28 September)....
Conan O’BrienMUMBAI: Stand-up comedian and television talk show host, Jay Leno announced on Monday that in 2009, he would be giving up the position of host...
MUMBAI: Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Limited (SABTNL) and SET Satellite (Singapore), owners of the Sony Entertainment Television (SET) and Max channels, have entered into an...
MUMBAI: The big mouse is all set to speak German. Disney is all geared to launch on KDG Germany this November. Disney, say media reports, would...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: Even as the Supreme Court today referred the telecast rights issue to a five-judge constitutional bench, the Indian cricket board submitted in...
MUMBAI: Discovery has tapped Laura Glassman as the director of programming for it’s Lifestyle Networks. Glassman will oversee programme development and sourcing for Discovery Network Asia’s...
BANGALORE: The election for the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) held on 25 September has elected distributor Gangaraju as president. Sa Ra Govindu from the...
MUMBAI: It may be struggling to build up viewer cachet in India but Nickelodeon India will nonetheless participate in a global initiative – Worldwide Play of...
MUMBAI: Even as Indian cricket board supremo Jagmohan Dalmiya prepares for some legal jousting in the Supreme Court tomorrow, a battle on another front is well...
NEW DELHI: All India Radio has won the Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union’s ABU Award for Best Children’s Programme for 2004. An Oriya musical feature from AIR...
MUMBAI: Barco is now looking at dedicating attention to the Asian market and has in this regard the company has appointed a regional president – Jacques...
MUMBAI: BBC World Service has won the Localisation Research Centre (LRC) 2004 Best Global Website Award for its Your Voice interactive websites. The award recognises the...
MUMBAI: The second phase of an opinion poll on Maharashtra Assembly Elections conducted between 19 to 23 September, found Congress-NCP is anticipated to sweep a clear...
Star Vijay is bringing one of the icons of Tamil cinema, Gemini Ganesan on the channel in its weekly show Starudan Oru Naal. The show will...

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