MUMBAI: Seems like NDTV 24×7 is seriously bolstering its weekend viewing. While the serious news cracking is reserved for weekdays, weekends seems to drift towards lifestyle...
LONDON: The BBC’s director general Greg Dyke will take over the chairmanship of the Cultural Diversity Network (CDN) from Channel 4 for one year from December....
MUMBAI: Nine out of 10 is good news, even if it is second time in row. Zee Telefilm’s Marathi arm Alpha Marathi, has its programmes bag...
GERMANY: Eurosport and the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour have extended their multi-year broadcast agreement. This calls for the leading pan-European sports channel to devote more...
CANNES: Mipcom 2003 at the Palais de Festivals witnessed another important announcement a short while ago. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the...
MUMBAI: Last year in January the horror film The Mummy gave HBO a place in TAM’s top 100. Since then, no other blockbuster has seen that...
CANNES: World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE) has secured its first terrestrial deal in Italy with the sale of 52 hours of WWE’s highly rated SmackDown! to...
MUMBAI: LG Electronics India managing director (MD) K R Kim walked away with the Super Achievers Award organised by Consumer Electronics and TV Manufacturers Association (CETMA)....
CANNES: Cinar Corporation, an integrated entertainment and education company arrives at Mipcom with significant sales for two of its leading franchises, Arthur and Mona The Vampire,...
NEW DELHI: Trivandrum-based animation studio Toonz Animation has appointed P. Jayakumar as the chief operating officer for Indian operations. Besides this, Toonz Animation has also announced...
MUMBAI: This is a deal that marks a first for Walt Disney. In the UK the mouse is all set to launch its first wholly owned,...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan has been re-elected as a member of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union’s (ABU) administrative council for another three-year term. In the election held at...
MUMBAI: One of MTV’s big ground events for the year is less than a week away. The Lycra MTV Style Awards will be held at the...
NEW YORK: Barry Fischer, the Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) executive directly responsible for developing Media at the Millennium has been named executive vice president of market...
CANNES: It is now official that The History Channel is coming to India. Today, AETN International, the division of A&E Television Networks, used the MipCom platform...
MUMBAI: ‘Paanch’ seems to be the buzz word at Vijay TV. Star networks’ Tamil channel has announced launch of five new weekly shows, scheduled to roll...
CANNES: Cinar Corporation, an integrated entertainment and education company arrives at Mipcom with significant sales for two of its leading franchises, Arthur and Mona The Vampire,...
NEW DELHI: Adidas India Marketing has launched TaylorMade, ‘the best performance golf brand in the world’ in India, and aims at capturing 50 per cent premium...
MUMBAI: The US Supreme Court, today ruled that file sharing services, such as Grokster and Morpheus, are infringing copyright. This ruling can be touted as a...
MUMBAI: Korean electronic major LG Electronics forayed into the GSM segment with the launch of two handset models in the high end category in Mumbai on...
MUMBAI: Bollywood production and distribution company, The Factory, today announced Starcom Digital as its agency of record for all online and offline interactive media. With immediate...
MUMBAI: From today Ambience D’Arcy Advertising has changed its name to Ambience Publicis Advertising. This name change formalises the earlier announcement made by Publicis Worldwide Asia...
LONDON: News Corporation’s pay TV technology company NDS has launched NDS RapiAd, an interactive TV advertising production service. RapiAd enables advertisers to create,...
CANNES: More than a dozen Indian companies are marking their presence at MipCom 2003 in the Palais de Festivals in Cannes. Scheduled to be held from...
CANNES:Two youngsters from Hyderabad, India have a dream: create animation from within the country’s shores which gains acceptance internationally. So what do they do? Well, they...
CANNES: What are the trends that are going to hit kids television programming? That is one of the topics that was discussed a short while ago...
MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms Ltd has announced that it will hold its Board of Directors’ (BoD) meeting on October 16, 2003. Balaji Telefilms Ltd will also hold...
PARIS: An additional 43 TVFI members have their own stands. In all, 75 members of TV France International, out of a total membership of 157, will...
CANNES: More than a dozen Indian companies are marking their presence at MipCom 2003 in the Palais de Festivals in Cannes. Scheduled to be held from...
CULVER CITY: Sony Pictures Entertainment’s (SPE) action and adventure channel AXN is expanding its reach. AXN launches in six East European countries – Poland, Hungary, The...
WASHINGTON, DC: The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis (OSP) and the International Bureau (IB) has released a joint staff report...
NEW DELHI: What are Zee Telefilms, the biggest vertically integrated Indian media company, India’s pubcaster Prasar Bharati and TV production companies like Crest Communication doing at...
MUMBAI: Former UTV COO Manish Popat has joined the AV Birla promoted Applause Entertainment as senior vice president from 6 October 2003. Popat will handle all...
MUMBAI: Hinduja TMT (HTMT) has been ranked second after GE Capital among the top 15 BPO companies as per the final rankings of the Dataquest –...
PARIS: An additional 43 TVFI members have their own stands. In all, 75 members of TV France International, out of a total membership of 157, will...
The O&M Delhi office is on the ascendant and striking its claim to the ranked amongst the top agencies in the country! The WPP Group agency’s...
BANGALORE: They dared you to be different – to embrace the unconventional – to make everyday a Friday and give in to Friday dressing. Stop wearing...
MUMBAI: The year 2005 is projected to be a breakout year for mobile marketing, with spending spiking from virtually nothing to millions in pilot investments. However,...
MUMBAI: Discovery Networks India has appointed Hanmer & Partners as its new public relations agency with effect from April 2005. The agency will provide communications consultancy...
MUMBAI: Idea Cellular has, for the first time in India, introduced SMS-based information updates in the commodity markets using a subscription-based model. This service – Idea...
The South has experienced the most C&S growth with the figure standing at 54 per cent. In the East and West it is 14 per cent...
MUMBAI: The great outdoors just got more exciting. Outdoor Today, which claims to be India’s only magazine on outdoor advertising, has announced the launch of an...
BANGALORE: Publishing firm Macmillan India Ltd has opened its book typesetting division in Bangalore. With this entry, the company aims to become a major supplier of...
MUMBAI: In the last one month, Lowe India has taken some very strategic decisions. The functioning of the agency has taken a drastic shift in terms...
MUMBAI: Kiddies’ channel Nick is all set to brighten kids’ bedrooms with its foray into a range of products in the bed linen category. The channel...
BANGALORE: Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) chairman Manoj Shirodkar has announced the company’s annual survey findings 2004 in Bangalore today. IDSA is the a regulatory and...
MUMBAI: Skin Sin, the brand of ladies fashion footwear by designer Arvind Bajaj, today announced that seven leading designers will be coordinating Skin Sin spring summer...
MUMBAI: Starting Monday, 18 April, Air India will become the first Indian airline to provide its passengers with in-flight news bulletins from BBC World. The BBC’s...
MUMBAI: It was McCann Erickson all the way at the Mirchi Kaan Awards that were held last night in Mumbai. The agency bagged 13 out of...
MUMBAI: Mobile phone operator, Idea Cellular, has for the first time in India, introduced SMS-based information updates in the commodity markets using a subscription-based model. This...