MUMBAI: The Pentamedia Graphics board, in its meeting on 12 September 2003, has approved the issue and allotment of equity shares of Rs 10 each at...
TV stars Amarr Upadhyay and Aman Varma belong to the 100,000 happy customer club of Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM). More importantly, they are very willing to...
MUMBAI: With the World Cup celebrating its climatic final act tomorrow; the advertising fraternity is being enticed with – what else? – some more cricket. Ten...
What does it take to survive in the fleeting world of Indian television? Ask Gajendra Singh, director of Antakshari, Zee TV’s long-running musical game show and...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: The Indian government continues to be in a bind over conditional access system (CAS) and its implementation in Mumbai and Kolkata with...
NEW DELHI: National Geographic Channel International (NGCI) and the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) have announced a call for entries for its second year Documentary Production...
MUMBAI: Tata Sky has signed an agreement with SaharaOne Media Entertainment to distribute Sahara One and Filmy channels on its direct-to-home platform. The two Sahara channels...
NEW DELHI: Media Content Communications Services (MCCS) India, the holding company for the Star News venture in India, proposes to have a paid-up capital of Rs...
MUMBAI: The jury meet for the Indian Telly Awards 2003 kicked off on 11 September as per schedule with full jury attendance. The jury members included...
VANCOUVER: Canada’s TVNW Media Group has been appointed as the host broadcaster for the 2003 World Weightlifting Championships. The event takes place in Vancouver from 14-22...
ARIZONA: With digital terrestrial transmission gaining acceptance worldwide, high-tech market research firm In-Stat/MDR forecasts a boom in the sale of DTV sets. According to In-Stat/MDR, with...
MUMBAI: Locations 2003 a platform designed to open avenues for filmmaking locations kicks off on Saturday at the Mariott Hotel in the Mumbai suburb of Juhu....
MUMBAI: If things go according to script then Mumbai fans could well get to see the likes of Michael Schumacher zooming around in their own backyard.Prominent...
MUMBAI: “Your world could change faster than the time it takes to read this sentence.” These words from the copy of a Cox digital cable advertisement...
MUMBAI: MTV has announced that the nominees for its Lycra MTV Style Awards have been finalised. The awards function will honour the countrys most stylish people...
MUMBAI: It’s nothing like the heady days of 1999 when the Raghav Bahl promoted TV18’s initial public offering (IPO) was oversubscribed 64 times, 55 times or...
SCOTSDALE, Arizona: The media-buying divisions of Publicis Groupe’s Starcom MediaVest Worldwide wants online media to be included in upfront buys and its CEO Jack Klues has...
MUMBAI: ETC Networks channel etc and Gilbey’s Green Tea, will present the talent search, named Sur Milao Kuch Dikhao. The inter state level competition will provide...
LONDON: The BBC World Service Trust, the charitable arm of the BBC, in partnership with the Kaiser Family Foundation, a leader in health information and research,...
NEW DELHI: The government today reiterated that it has nothing against any business venture run by Rupert Murdoch’s Star Group Pvt Ltd through its Indian arm...
MUMBAI: The Indian Music Industry (IMI) has stepped up the fight against piracy in association with Holoflex – a hologram manufacturer. The two will join hands...
MUMBAI: Seems like reality has finally come of age in India. While media might have pooh-poohed AXN’s Hot ‘n Wild contest as yet another beauty pageant,...
MUMBAI: Malaysia’s Binariang Satellite Systems has announced it will be using the Proton Breeze M launcher from International Launch Services (ILS) for the launch of the...
MUMBAI: Former advisor to the Sahara group’s news channel venture, television personality Vinod Dua is all set to anchor the Star News election special Kaun Banega...
MUMBAI: Universal Communications, a leading content production, distribution and marketing company, has obtained a good response for its new afternoon slot programmes on Doordarshan Trivandrum’s DD...
FRANCE: Exports and foreign investments in French production decreased by -16 per cent and -40 per cent respectively in 2002, after more than ten years of...
MUMBAI: “Not a vehicle for sensationalism, but a platform to provide constructive solutions.” That is the USP that the Sahara Group’s western India-specific news channel Sahara...
MUMBAI: Taking a break from the hard news, NDTV India is now set to build up the lifestyle segment. Starting 13 September NDTV India is set...
NEW DELHI: Jacob Kurian joined Sylvan Learning India as its president from 1 September. In this capacity, he will manage the business operations associated with the...
MUMBAI: Zee Music, the as yet somnolent music channel from the Zee stable, claims to have overtaken rivals in the one month after it was relaunched...
MUMBAI: Hinduja Group owned regional cable channel INMumbai television’s chief of bureau Murali Iyer has put in his papers. His last working day is Monday 15...
MUMBAI: The Crown Media Holdings owned Hallmark Channel has every reason to rejoice. The channel has secured 18 nominations for the 55th Annual Emmy Awards 2003...
BONN: Television commercials will soon be a thing of the past and are going the way of dinosaurs, according to a new study in Germany. Mercer...
MUMBAI: Seems like perfect synergy – Hindustan Lever (HLL) taught kids all about ‘Ice-cream Power’, while Cartoon Network familiarized them with ‘Toon Power’. HLL’s Kwality Wall’s...
NEW YORK: Broadcast network CBS seems to have backed out of its commitment of doing something for a social cause. An adrants report says that animal...
BANGALORE: Further leveraging the substantial opportunity of the multi-billion dollar Asia South geography, Sun Microsystems India Pvt. Ltd., has announced appointment of Singapore headquartered eSys Information...
MUMBAI: The Advertising Club, Bombay and The Times Group, the official representative of Cannes in India, is offering an opportunity to students this summer to earn...
MUMBAI: The Central government must have been hoping that the courts would deliver a ruling on conditional access that would enable it to do what it...
NEW YORK: Production for a Popeye 3-D computer-animated TV and home video special has commenced, to celebrate the cartoon character’s 75th anniversary next year, King Features...
HONG KONG: Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN) has launched a new pay-TV service. The endeavour is aimed at realising the “triple-play” strategy, thus bringing a significant...
NEW DELHI: When Star News president Ravina Raj Kohli told indiantelevision.com in an interview recently that Star News was probably the only news channel that is...
PARIS: The seventh annual World Summit for Satellite Financing in Paris which got off to a promising start recently, will conclude on 12 September. The event...
KUALA LUMPUR: Vince Mcmahon’s World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is growing in popularity in Asia. A recent tour of Japan and Thailand generated more than $3 million...
MUMBAI: The 55 per cent proposed dividend that is slated for approval at Zee’s forthcoming AGM on 26 September 2003 would make Zee shareholders richer by...
MUMBAI: Saregama India Ltd managing director Abhik Mitra handed his resignation to the company’s board of directors. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) was informed that the...
MUMBAI: The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (MRTPC) today instructed Star, Sony and ESPN-Star Sports to file replies in the joint case brought before it...
MUMBAI: Choravar Mor, a daily comedy show by Sri Adhikari Brothers, will be launched from 15 September on DD Sahyadri (Marathi). The show will be aired...
LONDON: MTV Networks International (MTVNI) and Russia’s TNT- Teleset have launched a fully customised Nickelodeon animation block on TNT. This means, Nick’s content will now be...
NEW YORK: Gigli may have turned out to be the biggest box office flop of the year, but that is not stopping its star Jennifer Lopez...
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television (Set) is not leaving any stone unturned in promoting its existing shows and the new ones that are slated for a launch...