MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television (SET) Asia has announced its annual Sports Award ceremony celebrating British Asian athletes who excel in their chosen sport.. The ceremony, in...
MUMBAI: Will it, won’t it (Ten Sports)? Hold firm on the Pakistan cricket telecast rights issue that is. Dubai-based Taj Television, which manages Ten Sports and...
MUMBAI: Looks like kids programming is ready for some action. Claiming to offer a stiff competition to the Disney’s brand of cartoons, the channel will launch...
NEW DELHI: The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) has dropped the idea of going head to head and legally challenging the newly appointed broadcasting regulator the Telecom...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: News Corp’s Star Group and Tata Sons today announced the inking of a deal for a 20:80 joint venture agreement for a...
MUMBAI: It is not just Dubai-based Taj Television that is expecting to make a killing out of India’s upcoming tour of Pakistan, India’s first tour to...
MUMBAI: It is surely going to be hot this Valentine’s Day at Singapore Indoor Stadium. Reason, the 2004 MTV Asia Awards are being hosted there by...
MUMBAI: Nimbus Communications associate vice president Sumit Luthra has resigned from the organisation after a four-year stint. Luthra’s functions were threefold – supervising the I-T...
MUMBAI: Nothing says that Oscar awards are around the corner like movie bonanza. And Star Movie has the exact idea. The English movie channel has started...
MUMBAI: Media conglomerate Hinduja TMT Ltd (HTMT) reported a 37 per cent increase in net profit for the quarter ended 31 December, 2003. The company posted...
MUMBAI: One thing you have to give to Modi Enterprises – they set great store by the judiciary in dealing with distribution disputes. Modi, which had...
NEW DELHI: The Indian Broadcasters Forum (IBF) today held a preliminary discussions here ahead of its board meeting tomorrow and discussed various industry-related issues, including developments on...
MUMBAI: Star Plus and Star News look set to get serious a leg-up in their UK distribution numbers. Come 1 March 2004, Star Plus and Star...
MUMBAI: Hallmark will air CBS show Judging Amy every Monday from 23 February at 8 pm. This is the second court room drama that the broadcaster...
MUMBAI: It is shaping up to be the cricket series of the year and could be even bigger than last year’s World Cup. The schedule of...
MUMBAI: Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) has announced a couple of executive promotions for Europe. Simon Kenny has been promoted to executive VP, Europe, and...
MUMBAI: Looks like television in the US is going to the dogs, literally. A recent survey in the country indicates that dogs are increasingly watching television....
MUMBAI: World Sport Nimbus (WSN) has been contracted by GCC to produce the ‘Live’ television coverage of the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2004. For the...
MUMBAI: What better way to get pester power into action than show the ultimate kid’s cult classic – Harry Potter – on your channel. Pogo, which...
MUMBAI: American Girl , the line of period dolls from Mattel, is coming to life as a series of TV movies for the WB network courtesy...
MUMBAI: MTV has announced that its college network in the US will relaunch with a new name — mtvU – on 20 January. The channel, earlier...
MUMBAI: CBS’ chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves is said to be trying very hard to get the lead Ray Romano back for another season of the...
NEW DELHI: A section of broadcasters is contemplating taking the legal route to challenge the 15 January 2004 notification of the new broadcasting sheriff – the...
MUMBAI: By the looks of it, there has been a change of baton as far as the Number 2 position in the Hindi news channel space...
MUMBAI: Think cartoons in India and it is still the 2-D imageries of Bugs Bunny, The Roadrunner, Tom and Jerry and their ilk that really capture...
MUMBAI: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has issued a call for entries for the 32nd International Emmy Awards. The deadline for entries is...
MUMBAI: MTV has scored a coup with Hollywood actress Cameron Diaz. She has signed up with to present her own travel show for the broadcaster. The...
MUMBAI: Competition gets stiffer as Sony’s Indian Idol launches phase two. Starting this week (19 November), Indian Idol will air its ‘result special’ at 9:30 pm....
MUMBAI: The big ticket issue of TV Today that had garnered overwhelming response from retail investors and was over subscribed 35 times listed today on the...
MUMBAI: This should provide a welcome break to those fed up with watching the likes of Tagodia creating trouble between communities. A Discovery India special examines...
MUMBAI: A BBC World Service freelance journalist has been killed in a bomb blast in Bangladesh. Journalist Manik Saha was travelling by rickshaw in the south-western...
MUMBAI: 15 French production and distribution companies are scheduled to attend The National Association of Programme Executives (NATPE) event that will take place from 18-20 January...
NEW DELHI: The likes of National Geographic Society can bring in its magazines to India more easily and so can media companies their specialty technical and...
MUMBAI: Pure play cellular service provider Hutch has unveiled its brand for subscribers in Rajasthan. The company says it has earmarked Rs 2 billion for this...
MUMBAI: Nigel Baker has been appointed the new managing director of Associated Press Television News (APTN). Prior to the appointment, Baker was APTN’s content director....
MUMBAI: CNN International takes to the road for the 2004 US Presidential Election in a specially customised CNN Election Express bus. The first stop on the...
MUMBAI: Unfazed by the less than lukewarm response elicited by the airing of Fox series Joe Millionaire late 2003, Star World is embarking on another journery...
NEW DELHI: Sell, sell and sell more to get out of debt. Dispose off those businesses that are either not profitable or where the shareholding is...
MUMBAI: On Thursday night, the Bhaidas Hall in Vile Parle (a suburb in Mumbai) buzzed with anticipation, excitement and delight, as the Lions Club International gave...
NEW DELHI: Siti Cable and Trinity Platco (formerly known as Spectranet) have announced a strategic marketing alliance in ground distribution and content management for the Delhi...
It’s the festival of lights. And for many the festival of noise courtesy exploding fireworks. In the hope of reducing the number of those belonging to...
MUMBAI: “Zubaan Pe Sach, Dil Mein India.” No this is not a variant on the ruling BJP’s India Shining campaign that bids to play up on...
MUMBAI: Barely a month old, National broadcaster’s news channel is all set to spruce its image. Doordarshan has invited tenders from experienced creative agencies for creative...
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), which a short while ago issued its “CAS consultation note”, has frozen the prices of cable services...
MUMBAI: The Pakistan Cricket Board has denied a report in The News Pakistan which stated that it was reviewing the television rights deal it had signed...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today came out with its first order through a notification — freezing the rates at...
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), which had promised to come out with a consultation note within ten days of the notification entrusting...
MUMBAI: The results are out and the business news channel has awarded Honda City as the car of the year for 2003. The third CNBC Autocar...
MUMBAI: Seems like the short story format is working well for Zee. The channel will be debuting the 15th series of Kabhie-Kabhie, the weekly three part...
MUMBAI: In line with its expansion plans in America, Barco is opening a new subsidiary in Toronto, Canada, says a company statement. The new subsidiary follows...

