FLORIDA: The WTA Tour and ESPN have reached a multi-year agreement for the cable network to broadcast the season ending WTA Tour Championships presented by Porsche....
LOS ANGELES: It is not just India that is battling with lack of respect for intellectual property rights. In the US Rupert Murdoch’s Fox has landed...
NEW DELHI: The board of directors of the Subhash Chandra-promoted Zee Telefilms Ltd (ZTL), at its meeting held today, has approved the proposal to commence broadcasting...
LOS ANGELES: Australian channel Fox8 and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) have announced the addition of WWE’s sports entertainment franchise Raw to the channel’s programme line-up. In...
MUMBAI: Now preschoolers can have their very own playdate with some of their favourite Sesame Street friends every day. Featuring Ernie, Bert and Grover, Play With...
NEW YORK: Eyeblaster, which claims to be the leader in rich media delivery and management, has announced the latest additions to its advanced technology platform. This...
LONDON: The mobile phone is fast emerging as an important tool to measure the impact of television programming. A newmediaage report says that ITV is planning...
NEW DELHI: This is an promotional alliance that gives tennis fans a chance to win a trip to the mecca of all tournaments – Wimbledon. Razor...
NEW YORK: A few days ago leading integrated marketing communications agency Euro RSCG Worldwide won three statues at the 44th annual Clio Awards in Miami Beach,...
MUMBAI: Soft drink major Pepsico’s brand 7UP and its “cool” brand ambassador Fido Dido has scored another first in the country. For the first time an...
MUMBAI: Several top Indian textile brands have joined hands to promote cotton products through a multimedia campaign involving ground promotions, public relations and advertising. As part...
MUMBAI: It is a dream come true for nine year-old Akhilesh Ganatra, a resident of the Thane district of Maharashtra. The little boy has won an...
NEW YORK: Listed advertising major and strategic holding company Omnicom, which owns BBDO, TBWA and DDB networks, has acquired independent branding and identity firm Siegelgale. Siegelgale,...
MUMBAI: With the uncertainty prevailing around the implementation of the conditional access system (CAS), marketing concessionaires for public broadcaster Doordarshan are picking up lots of new...
MUMBAI: This is an initiative through which CNN is looking to further increase cachet among the business traveller segment. The broadcaster has forged an alliance with...
MUMBAI: WorldSpace Radio, that already has Sahara’s proposed news channel on board is now in talks with many Indian content partners. While private FM in the...
LONDON: The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has announced that its public consultation on proposed changes to its Programme Code has now ended. ITC is the body...
MUMBAI: Jeet, a new one hour drama based on Fox’s Boston Public, will fill the 8.30 pm slot vacated by the Aman Verma hosted game show...
MUMBAI: The organisers at the television trade event Mipcom in France Reed Midem have announced that Mipcom Junior which is dedicated to kids content has enhanced...
Star World's Rendezvous with Simi Garewal has climbed the popularity chart so fast for a perfectly good reason. Time after time, the Lady in White Simi...
MUMBAI: Sahara Samay-Mumbai, Sahara Group’s western India-specific news channel, which was supposed to officially launch tomorrow (26 September), will make a “test launch at 9 am”,...
NEW DELHI: Information and broadcasting (I&B) minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said, the government would soon formulate a comprehensive media policy after having wide-ranging consultations with...
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court today reserved its judgement on a clutch of petitions on conditional access system (CAS) where the Central government is a...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster MTV will acquire Harmonix Music Systems. The firm develops the PlayStation 2 product Guitar Hero and other music gaming titles. MTV will pay...
MUMBAI: Asian satellite commnuications service provider Asisat CEO Peter Jackson was voted the ‘Satellite Executive of the Year in Asia Pacific’, by the Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications...
MUMBAI: It looks like UTV’s Kehta Hai Dil (KHD) is all set to give Des Mein Nikla Hoga Chand a run for its money if one...
MUMBAI: New addition to Intelsat’s terrestrial network, the mountainside teleport located near Hagerstown, Maryland, was officially launched on 24 September by Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich. Launched...
NEW DELHI: India today dumped onto the backburner its attempt to have an over-arching law for the convergence era (telecom, broadcasting and infotech) with a high-powered...
By VINAY KANCHAN “Ram Shankar… where in the @#$%ing hell is my job status for the week?” These seemingly innocent words snapped the young man from...
When you walk into the room to meet her, you would hardly think that this slight person sitting across the table is the same one who...
PARIS: It is not just broadcasters and content distributors that are looking to take advantage of MIPCOM. The event which claims to be the worlds largest...
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court hearing on a clutch of petitions on conditional access system (CAS) was inconclusive today, and it was decided that the...
MUMBAI: Congratulations are in order for Smriti and Zubin Irani. Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’s Tulsi delivered a baby girl on Tuesday morning. While the...
MUMBAI: The Pakistan cricket calendar which looked like a dead loss for the Abdul Rehman Bukhatir-promoted Ten Sports channel has received a fresh lease of life....
PARIS: French media company Vivendi Universal posted a narrower first-half net loss thanks to fewer exceptional charges and rising operating profits at its telecoms and pay...
LOS ANGELES: The 46th annual Grammy Awards, the music industry’s most prestigious trophy show, will return to Los Angeles on 8 February, 2004. This is a...
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has directed disconnection on the third complaint of all the telecom resources of the entity/organisation which indulges in...
NEW DELHI: A Group of Ministers (GoM) on telecom, set up to study various issues related to the industry and allied fields, is slated to meet...
TOKYO: Walt Disney has decided to close its cartoon studio in Tokyo. This will result in over 100 animators and other employees losing their jobs. . ...
LONDON: London-based broadcaster and distributor Zone Vision, has announced a breakthrough deal for the carriage of its flagship Reality TV channel in the US. the deal...
NEW DELHI: Star may have decided to play it down where Star News and its proposed DTH venture were concerned, but on the Radio City, its...
LOS ANGELES: There is too much damn cursing on American television these days! Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) may be drawing women towards AXN in India but...
Ever since HBO launched in India three years ago, the English movie channel scene has seen a jump in terms of the quality of films aired....
NEW DELHI: The Superbrands Council comprising eminent professionals from the corporate world has recently listed Exide among the top brands in India. According to an official...
MUMBAI: The History Channel (THC) has a treat in store for those who love stories on espionage, intrigue and spies. The channel will kick off the...
GotoBavaria, Locations 2003, Dr. A Jayathilak, GotoBavaria, Oscar, The Black Forest PlagueLOS ANGELES: HBO led the way in the 55th Primetime Emmy Awards which concluded yesterday....
MUMBAI: UTV’s post-production and special effects division, USL-WOA has acquired a specialized post-production studio, STV. Close on the heels of acquiring Western Outdoor Advertising (WOA) earlier...
LOS ANGELES: What a day it was! The stars of American television descended in droves to Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium for the 55th Annual Primetime Emmy...
NEW DELHI: Multi-system operators (MSOs) are meeting the information and broadcasting (I&B) minister Ravi Shankar Prasad around 3.30 pm today on conditional access system (CAS). One...
NEW DELHI: Having managed to sew up a suitable deal and partner for Star News, the Rupert Murdoch’s pan-Asian media venture Star Group Ltd has now...