MUMBAI: B4U Network has appointed Sunil Rohra as its CEO for UK and Europe. Rohra, who till the end of last month was CEO of Zee...
MUMBAI: Seems like ‘desi’ is a real cool phenomenon. Cashing on the current flavour of the season, Discovery Channel will be presenting an exclusive preview of...
MUMBAI: B4U’s head of international business Neeraj Arora has switched over to rival Sony Entertainment Television Asia (SET Asia). Arora, who was senior vice-president international business...
MUMBAI: Hathway Cable Internet has launched a high-speed broadband package- Hathway 256 kbps for Rs. 750 per month. The package introduces high speed surfing at the...
MUMBAI: In the US two new products are on the horizon — the viewer headset and the Personal TV. Over the next two years, wireless services...
MUMBAI: While in India Zee’s Direct To Home (DTH) platform Dish TV is adding customers everyday in Europe where the market is well developed the situation...
MUMBAI: BBC Motion Gallery a division of BBC Worldwide licenses BBC and CBS News Archive footage to producers of a range of shows and series. 10...
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court today admitted a petition seeking that direct-to-home (DTH) services available in the country be probed over what was termed the...
MUMBAI: BBC Audiobooks has been shortlisted for 18 awards in 15 categories at the annual audio publishing event in the UK The Spoken Word Awards. The...
MUMBAI: This is a deal that provides more stake to independent television producers in the UK. The BBC has signed new terms of trade for commissioning...
MUMBAI: Ratings data the next day. That is the advantage that Audience Measurement and Analytics (AMA), which in June announced the launch in India of aMap,...
MUMBAI: Taj Television, holding company of Dubai-based sports broadcaster Ten Sports, has signed with Sri Lanka Cricket a broadcast rights deal that runs from January 2005...
MUMBAI: Vijay TV has launched Vijay Times, a show featuring the latest trendiest, coolest and the hottest that Tamil Nadu has to offer. The 15-minute weekly...
MUMBAI: Hungama TV has announced the results of the Captain Hunt held in Mumbai. The winners will represent the city in the grand finale to be...
MUMBAI: Zee Network, which launched a dedicated beam of Zee TV for Singapore on 1 June, is now concentrating on getting Zee Cinema launched in the...
MUMBAI: DirecTV Group Inc. has agreed to acquire Pegasus Communications Corp.’s (PGTV) bankrupt satellite-television business for $875 million. The Pegasus Satellite Television provides DirecTV’s DTH services...
MUMBAI: MTV will audition next seven Roadies – four guys and three girls to be part of the second season of MTV Hero Honda Roadies II....
MUMBAI: The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced its four nominees for the 2004 International Emmy in News Coverage category. NHK Japan has got...
MUMBAI: The anime (Japanese animation for the uninitiated) channel from Sony Pictures Entertainment – Animax Asia has launched a series of eight original animated vignettes. The...
MUMBAI: CNBC TV18 and ICICI Bank have come together to host a unique initiative called The ‘Emerging India Forum’ for the small and medium enterprises (SME)...
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney company is looking to enhance its presence in China through its association with the National Basketball Association (NBA) by sponsoring the first-ever...
MUMBAI: B4U Music has lined up two new programmes namely Green Channel and Thunder Down Under for music lovers of non-stop original songs. Green Channel will...
MUMBAI: A survey commissioned by electronics major Philips has found that anywhere from 68 to 90 per cent of respondents globally found the home theatre experience...
At the recently concluded Frames Convention CNN anchor Andrew Stevens moderated a key session which dealt with how television channels can maximise their return on investment....
It all began with a brief affair with journalism. After doing freelance writing on entertainment for E-Times, The Metropolis on Saturday (both no more), Bombay Times,...
Star has finally taken a full-fledged leap into the dotcom pool. Confirming its confidence in the Internet space, Star India today hoicked its stake in the...
BANGALORE: The decision by the Sun Network to turn four of its local channels — three Kannada and one Telugu — into pay channels from 1...
MUMBAI: BAG Films Limited recently announced its results for the quarter ended 30 June 2004. Highlights of the quarter: -Net revenue increases 57 per cent to...
MUMBAI: Crawling on hands and feet through muck! Tightening a nut and bolt inside a box filled with over 1000 cockroaches! These were just a couple...
MUMBAI: As competition heats up among movie channels, Star Movies attempts to score one over with titles that are freshly released in the country. A new...
MUMBAI: Media conglomerate MGM has announced that second quarter revenues for the period ending 30 June 2004 totalled $406.1 million. This represents a decline from the...
MUMBAI: This is a piece of news that should make Indian animation companies sit and take note. Latest research from the organisation Research & Markets states...
MUMBAI: Satellite operator Panamsat has reported financial results for the second quarter ended 30 June 2004. The company generated revenues of $206.8 million compared to $203.6...
BANGALORE: The Karnataka government has decided to set up a committee of experts to look into the problems faced by the Karnataka film industry. A team...
MUMBAI: The highlights of TV-18 group Q1 FY 2005 ended 30 June 2004 stands as follows: Revenues at Rs 169.42 mn Operating profit at Rs 86.37...
For Rupert Gavin, BBC Worldwide’s chief executive, a trip to India seems linked to announcing a new programming initiative with Star India. Last year he was...
Simply being himself is his job. People love him — or hate him, depending on which side you may belong to — for his honest and...
NEW DELHI: Promotions make brands feel more tangible as they reduce the space between the brand and the consumer like it happens with Bacardi Blast parties...
MUMBAI: Bharti Teletech has been awarded the coveted Voice and Data 100 Award for the top telecom manufacturer of the year 2004. Bharti Teletech,...
MUMBAI: The Cartoon Network on 29 August, held Toon Games 2004 for toon lovers in Mumbai. The Toon Games 2004 kicked off in Bangalore on 1...
MUMBAI: MSN India and MTV have announced the winner of Shahrukh Hai Naa contest, jointly held by them. The contest was extensively advertised on MTV and...
MUMBAI: Viacom is reorganising its international television distribution operations with the creation of CBS Paramount International Television – a new global television sales and distribution entity...
NEW DELHI: Geo TV, the satellite television venture from the Pakistan-based Jung Group, plans to set up distribution base in India and also start an India-specific...
MUMBAI: Zee’s Marathi channel Alpha Marathi’s telecast of the inaugural edition of Apla Alpha Awards show has recorded 7.5 TVR’s in Maharashtra and Mumbai in females...
MUMBAI: Ramoji Rao’s ETV is taking five of its network channels to the US. The channels set for their US entry are ETV Telugu, ETV Telugu-II,...
MUMBAI: Post four previous releases of the much talked about volumes of Mastermind India, which has become quite popular among quiz enthusiasts in India, Mastermind India’s...
The mantle of a politician and a wannabe policy-maker as an elected representative of the people in the Lower House of Indian Parliament sits pretty nicely...
The print media scene in the country is set for exciting times ahead. Recently the Financial Times of London announced that it picked up a 13.85...
MUMBAI: A documentary on the city of Mumbai co-produced by pubcaster Prasar Bharati and German television channel Deutsche Welle (DW) is soon to be telecast on...
MUMBAI: Hungama TV, the bilingual (Hindi and Tamil) kids’ channel floated by UTV, is now looking at an August-September launch. UTV CEO Ronnie Screwvala had earlier...

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