MUMBAI: Turner India managing director Anshuman Misra is all set to take on additional responsibilities to manage Turner’s distribution and content sales in South East Asia....
MUMBAI: The Star network is all set to start 2004 with a bang. Star Movies, Star Plus and Star Gold will showcase a slew of top...
MUMBAI: Hong Kong based communications provider PCCW and Star have announced that Star Chinese Movies and Xing Kong will be available to Now Broadband TV customers...
MUMBAI: In a bid to expand children’s listenership, Radio City 91 FM is now looking for young RJs to anchor some new programmes for children. On...
MUMBAI: Panamsat has announced that Anatel the government agency that regulates all telecommunications services in Brazil, has authorised its Brazilian subsidiary, PanAmSat do Brasil to provide...
NEW DELHI: If the cable operators of Delhi have their way, then conditional access system (CAS) would be rolled out by them tomorrow. So upbeat are...
MUMBAI: The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) announced its Hall of Frames Awards at its ‘Frames 2004 Knowledge Series’ seminar at Mumbai...
MUMBAI: Eutelsat has announced that the key sessions of the first World Electronic Media Forum (WEMF) will be broadcast live and free-to-air through its Hot Bird...
MUMBAI: Sony Digital Home Entertainment, a division of Sony Music India, has now become the marketing and distribution partner of Discovery Channel and Animal Planet. Sony...
MUMBAI:How long does an ad man have to say whatever he wants? Thirty seconds, at the most 60 seconds. Ex-advertising man and currently B4U chief marketing...
MUMBAI: BBC’s South Asia Bureau Chief Paul Danahar has been given one of Britain’s most prestigious awards, the MBE, for services to journalism. The award honours...
MUMBAI: The Hindi version of the popular Hollywood blockbuster Anaconda which was telecast on Star Gold, created sensation by registering a whopping TVR of 3.3 with...
NEW DELHI: Seagram India, a part of the Pernod Ricard group, has launched Fling – a premium vodka which marks the Seagram’s entry into the Vodka...
MUMBAI: Creedence Communications, Bangalore has bagged the Coffee Day Takeaway account. The decision marks the beginning of a marketing programme that aims to build the brand...
MUMBAI. Leo Burnett India has won the “Worldwide Agency of the Year” award at a celebration held at Chicago recently. This celebration brought together Burnetters from...
MUMBAI: Barco announced on 3 December that its renowned outdoor LED display solution had been chosen by Forrest Outdoor Media to build the first ever dynamic...
NEW DELHI: Nokia has released a new television commercial for its 2280 CDMA model, stressing on the affordability of the mobile phone in a subtle manner....
Tony and Deeya Singh have been pulled in from the wilderness (their last well known work was Just Mohabbat and Banegi Apni Baat) by Sony Entertainment...
NEW DELHI: The dead on its feet rollout of conditional access system (CAS) has just had a dose of oxygen pumped into it. In a ruling...
MUMBAI: The Hallmark Movie Channel, which is Hallmark’s first digital service, is set to debut in January 2004. Crown Media Holdings Inc., which operates the Hallmark...
NEW DELHI: On the eve of a meeting of the information and broadcasting ministry and the multi-system operators (MSOs) on conditional access system’s (CAS) implementation in...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: This may just give a shot in the arm of a certain section of the cable industry lobbying hard for the implementation...
NEW DELHI: It is not only the likes of Star News, CNBC-TV18 and Zee News that have to restructure their shareholding pattern to comply with the...
MUMBAI: The New Bombay Punjab Association, Vashi, the Punjabi Cultural and Welfare Association, CBD Belapur and Music Today organised a live concert by Punjabi popstar Hans...
NEW DELHI: Pune-based 2D animation studio Digikore Studios Limited is on the lookout for acquiring an equity stake in 2D animated television series. The studio, which...
NEW DELHI: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), heading a 17-party coalition Federal government in India, had a whopping 3:1 sweep in the four states that...
MUMBAI: A crowd of about 2,000 people that had gathered outside the National Centre of Performing Arts at Nariman Point, Mumbai for the ceremonial flag-off the...
NEW DELHI: Indian pubcaster Prasar Bharati is examining a proposal to have Doordarshan’s international channel, DD India, distributed in the United Kingdom through the Rupert Murdoch-controlled...
MUMBAI: The Sridevi starrer Humaari Bahu Malini Iyer (HBMI) is set to debut on Sahara Manoranjan on 5 January 2004. Sahara, which urgently needs a hit...
MUMBAI: It’s time for celebrations at Star India. The Star network has walked away with nine awards at the Promax & BDA (Broadcast Designers’ Association) Asia...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: The re-launched DD News is not only proving the sceptics wrong, but has managed to keep the heat on on its competitors....
MUMBAI: Ann Cook has joined AP International as director of international client relations, making it the first external appointment to the senior management team the newly...
MUMBAI: Oral-B has anounced a new Junior promotion which pushes the message to kids that brushing teeth need not be a chore if the likes of...
NEW DELHI: Grey Worldwide is likely to bag the lucrative advertising account of Chinese consumer durable major, Haier Group, which is foraying into India in a...
MUMBAI: The advertising and media scenario may be seeing an upswing but not fast enough for the respected Mediaweek and its sister publication Mediaweek Online. The...
MUMBAI: The Mudra Institute of Communications (Mica), Ahmedabad, will organise a three-day workshop ‘Understanding AORs’ from 11 to 13 December at Bangalore. The workshop is second...
By VINAY KANCHAN Performance appraisal – An integral part of the company EHS (employee humiliation scheme), the closest you get to acting in your own TV...
Jack of all trades and a master too… that's what sums up actor, director and scriptwriter Rajesh Joshi. Recognised mostly for his short role as Chirag's...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: The end-of year big ticket cricket event, India’s tour of Australia, kicks off on ESPN Star Sports from tomorrow. However, for a...
MUMBAI: The global entertainment industry generates $1.2 trillion revenue every year. However, the Indian industry – which contributes in a big way to the global market...
MUMBAI: When it comes to awards Max appears to be the channel to beat. At the Promax & BDA Asia Awards 2003 in Singapore last evening,...
MUMBAI: Channel [V] has been awarded the Gold Promax in the ‘Best interactive promo category’ for its promo with ‘Rai University’ and a Silver Promax in...
MUMBAI: The Asia Media Festival (AMF) 2003 is currently taking place in Singapore. The annual media industry fiesta hosted by the Media Development Authority (MDA) and...
NEW DELHI: BBC’s Washington correspondent Nick Bryant who will be the organisations’ new South Asia correspondent arrived in the Capital. Bryant has been at the heart...
MUMBAI: Channel [V], China Central Television (CCTV) and Shanghai Media Group have announced that they will jointly present The 10th Channel [V] Chinese Music Awards. The...
NEW DELHI: The Aroon Purie-controlled TV Today Network Ltd., which manages the affairs of Hindi news channel Aaj Tak and its English sibling, Headlines Today, is...
MUMBAI: The US-based Malayalee entrepreneur and chairman of US Software and Toonz Animation at Technopark, G.A.Menon died of a heart attack yesterday. The incident happened on...
NEW DELHI: The issue of censorship on television cropped up in a different way today when members of a parliamentary panel expressed their concern at the...
MUMBAI: MTV has announced a variety of local acts for its awards function The MTV Immies. Actor Salman Khan, dancer Ishaa Koppikar, model Yana Gupta, Amrita...
MUMBAI: Media conglomerate Viacom is looking to sell video rental chain Blockbuster. The unit has had a bad time as of late and a group of...