MUMBAI: Star India has taken complete shareholding control of its Tamil regional language channel Vijay TV after buying out UTV Software’s 44 per cent stake. The...
MUMBAI: ESPN Star Sports (ESS) and Thai pay TV operator UBC have reached a multi-year renewal agreement for carriage of the two sports channels. ESS MD...
NEW DELHI: Pay broadcasters who are members of Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) want that the organization should have separate panels for free to air channels and...
MUMBAI: Columbia Tristar has announced that it will release the first three seasons of the sitcom Seinfeld on DVD in November – newly enhanced in high...
MUMBAI: Martial arts on mobile phones is the latest initiative planned by the Indiagames. The mobile entertainment developer has entered into an agreement with the Universal...
MUMBAI: It was a tiny little piece of cloth covering a male torso displayed on billboards in strategic locations in Mumbai. But it has raked up...
MUMBAI: Asian wine major Chateau Indage Ltd has recently given the mandate of launching its advertising and marketing campaign to Saatchi & Saatchi India. The account...
Domestic Indian airline Air Deccan will carry advertising on all its airbus. The airline has joined hands with Mumbai-based marketing solutions provider Cutting Edge Media for...
Until yesterday, she was struggling real hard to make her presence felt in the tinsel town. Even shaking a leg with Fardeen Khan in Prem Aggan...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: Bidding is officially open for cricket’s “BIG ONE”. The Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) today invited tenders for the live...
BANGALORE: Karnataka Film Producers Association (KFPA) has called for a rally on 9 August, protesting the government’s decision to reduce entertainment tax from 70 per cent...
MUMBAI: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has come up with a platform – Telemart 2004 – which is the first International Content Marketplace and will...
MUMBAI: Sun Media Investment Holdings Ltd., (led by Chinese broadcaster Yang Lan) and the Lenovo Group have formed a joint venture -Sun 365 Multi-media Holdings Ltd.,...
UTV founder-promoter Ronnie Screwvala has shown again and again that he is a smart dealmaker. He got a string of private equity funds and News Corp....
By VINAY KANCHAN Celebrity endorsement – only to be considered if client wants an answer right then, you have to really use the urinal and he...
MUMBAI: As per a compilation done by Trai based on latest reports from operators, the subscriber base for telephony services accelerated its growth pattern during July...
NEW DELHI: Telecom, broadcast and cable regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), has come out with its draft recommendation on ‘Unified Licensing Regime’ (ULR), which...
MUMBAI: An action packed month awaits Sahara Manoranjan patrons. The channel has already begun rolling out its quarterly plan and next in the pipeline is launch...
MUMBAI:Prasar Bharati has opened applications for supply of Hindi feature films. The invitation is open for the right holders of feature films for telecast on the...
MUMBAI: Star’s Tamil entertainment channel Vijay TV has lined up two primetime shows for August. Daily soap Kanmani will go air from 16 August, while sitcom...
MUMBAI: MSO Hathway Cable & Datacom has anounced that Anirban Choudhury, who has been handling its corporate communications for the past four years, will be leaving...
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Who all would bid for the telecast rights of BCCI-organised home series? Or, who won’t ? Who are the serious players? How are the...
MUMBAI: Following a thorough review of all strategic options for the future of the playout of its entertainment channels, Turner Broadcasting System Europe (TBS) Limited is...
MUMBAI: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has appointed sports marketing agency Octagon CSI as consultants to advise the ECB on the upcoming domestic media...
MUMBAI: Crown Media Holdings which runs the Hallmark Channel is said to be talking to different groups of investors to sell the broadcasters international operations. A...
MUMBAI: Oprah Winfrey will not be leaving television anytime soon. The acknowledged queen of the talk show genre will be able to do something rare –...
She is just 18, has shades of Zeenat Aman in her looks and Neha Dhupia in her voice and is being touted as the sexiest vamp...
An insight into the happenings of the ad mad world, the vigilant and nerve-racking working hours, client pressures, creative minds scrambling to meet deadlines and much...
MUMBAI: Beauty brand Lakme is greeting the upcoming celebration season with a new collection of products titled Fireworks. Fireworks will be showcased at the Lakme Grand...
MUMBAI: While TV Today Network’s Aaj Tak has clearly established itself as the number one Hindi news channel in India; it’s sister concern Headlines Today seems...
NEW DELHI: Even as the Doordarshan director-general and information and broadcasting ministry secretary are in London to formally set up the European arm of Prasar Bharati,...
NEW DELHI: A public interest litigation (PIL) on direct-to-home TV services that clouds the sector with uncertianities notwithstanding, Dish TV has said it would now target...
MUMBAI: Talk about grabbing it hot off the blocks. Zee has acquired the television broadcast rights for the two- month old “patriotic film” Deewar. Interestingly, the...
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray today issued orders to all the Sena leaders and office bearers that they should not give interviews to any television...
MUMBAI: Singapore headquartered Channel NewsAsia is expanding into Malaysia. The business news channel’s parent company MediaCorp and Malaysian pay-television operator MiTV signed a carriage agreement in...
MUMBAI: Computer peripherals manufacturer TVS Electronics Limited (TVS-E) launched the first Indian made set top box (STB) today, which have been manufactured at its newly commissioned...
MUMBAI: Aaj Tak will be telecasting the Chief Ministers Conclave 2004 which will present the key findings of the State of the States 2004 (an annual...
MUMBAI: Walt Disney has scheduled the UK launch of its entertainment channel ABC1 for 27 September. ABC1 network will be a localised version of Disney’s ABC...
BANGALORE: The Sun Network, Karnataka’s leading private broadcaster by a long way, has dismissed as of little consequence the threats issued by a section of cable...
NEW DELHI: Not content with making a mark on the media scene, Subhash Chandra is busy expanding his other businesses too. Essel Propack, world’s largest manufacturer...
MUMBAI: Channel [V] is all set to present the largest outdoor music festival in China called Summer Shake in the outskirts of Shanghai on 20 and...
MUMBAI: Former Nickelodeon director of acquisitions Adina Pitt has been promoted to vice president acquisitions of Nickelodeon and also the digital channel Nicktoons. Pitt will handle...
It has been three years since she became a household name. Interestingly, Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii’s Parvati AKA Saaksshi Tanwar didn’t really think about the arc...
Mumbai: Hutch has launched Athens 2004 Olympics on Hutch, a service that allows mobile users to access the latest Olympic news, medals tally and highlights through...
MUMBAI: McCann Erickson’s made it to the CA (Communication Arts) magazine. The Sweetex hoarding designed by the agency has been applauded by the California based Communication...
MUMBAI: Cellular major Hutch has introduced a simple ‘flat rate’ tariff structure for all Hutch and Orange pre-paid users. Hutch chief marketing officer, Harit Nagpal, announced...
MUMBAI: In a very interesting focused promotional campaign held a day ahead of the launch (on Thursday, 12 August) of a new series of its popular...
NEW DELHI: National broadcaster Doordarshan today announced it would be launching its classic series with the airing of Premchand’s acclaimed Godan (the Gift of a Cow),...
MUMBAI: The final round of the Sahara Manoranjan Mr & Miss Bollywood contest to down-size the contestants to the final 30 actors, began in Mumbai today....
MUMBAI: Regional channel Asianet is set to launch a music talent hunt targeting Keralites living in the Middle East. The Coco Cola Voice of Arabia hunt...

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