MUMBAI: Singapore Exhibition Services (SES) today announced that it would host three comprehensive technology tradeshows in Singapore next year: BroadcastAsia 2004, CommunicAsia 2004 and EnterpriseIT 2004....
MUMBAI: TV France International will showcase the latest TV content offerings to global buyers through its annual trade event Le Rendez-Vous . The ninth edition of...
MUMBAI: Guess what, old is gold! The 80’s famous cartoon – He-man and the Masters of the Universe, which had children making appointment viewing, will returns...
MUMBAI: It’s official now. Rediffusion DY&R has stopped handling corporate communications for Zee’s flagship channel Zee TV as well as Zee MGM and Zee English as...
MUMBAI: Post Dr K Kasturirangan’s nomination to the Rajya Sabha, Indian space agency ISRO has decided to bring in G Madhavan Nair as Secretary, Department of...
MUMBAI: It was quite inevitable but those were expecting to get a ruling got another date. A division bench of the Mumbai High Court comprising Chief...
NEW DELHI: The two-judge bench of Santosh Hegde and B P Singh today reserved a judgment on a special leave petition (SLP) filed by Star last...
MUMBAIi: Is CAS happening or not? That’s a question which is on the top of many minds in the cable and satellite industry. But it doesn’t...
MUMBAI: The TV Eighteen board is meeting on 6 September to consider restructuring of operations. This announcement comes in the light of the company hiking its...
HONG KONG: The TOM Group and Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific Inc., a subsidiary of AOL Time Warner, announced a strategic collaboration related to China Entertainment...
DUBAI: Arab satellite TV station Al-Jazeera launched an English-language website on Monday, five months after hackers brought down a temporary site at the height of the...
NEW DELHI: As if the surfeit of already existing news channels was not enough, several others are round the corner — including one in Hindi and...
NEW DELHI: Zee News editor Alka Saxena has been conferred the prestigious Hindi Academy Sahitykaar Samman for the Journalist of the Year 2003-2004. Saxena is the...
MUMBAI: The protracted three-month old battle between various media firms over the assets of Vivendi Universal Entertainment has come to a close. As expected, NBC has...
MUMBAI: Hinduja Group’s IndusInd Media and Communications Ltd (IMCL) has appointed K V Seshasayee as the director-in-charge of its Board. Seshasayee has a successful track record...
MUMBAI: The tiger roars at CAS again. Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray is slated to meet nearly 1,000 Mumbai-based cable operators on Sunday, 7 September 2003....
MUMBAI: 10 years old and it was a time to celebrate. BAG Films’ 10th anniversary party held in Mumbai’s Taj Land’s End clearly showed the kind...
MUMBAI: Even as the implementation of CAS in Mumbai remains in limbo, with a grace period till the Ganesh festival acting as the buffer zone, West...
MUMBAI: One of the best ways to build viewer cachet is to showcase programmes that are easy for them to identify with. Keeping this in mind,...
MUMBAI: Hollywood movie channel, HBO, will telecast a series of action, comedy, drama and thriller flicks in September. The channel has also lined up a number...
MUMBAI: Sahara Media & Entertainment Network Vice President (Publicity, Promotions and PR) Prriya Raj has put in his papers citing ‘personal reasons’. Raj, also a well-known...
MUMBAI: Nimbus Television has launched two daily serials on Telugu channel Gemini TV, in the 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm slots. One of these serials, claims...
MUMBAI: It is edging towards an image overhaul. From being labeled as the blood and gore channel, it is gradually moved towards being action and adventure...
TOKYO: Japan’s biggest ad agency Dentsu Inc. has teamed up with with Toyota Motor Corporation and Sony Corporation to form a joint venture called Mediarag Corporation....
MUMBAI: This is reality television for a worthy social cause. Reality themed Survivor: The Amazon has partnered with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation to offer...
MUMBAI: Nimbus Television has launched two daily serials on Telugu channel Gemini TV, in the 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm slots. One of these serials, claims...
MUMBAI: Mattel Toys India Pvt Ltd has appointed Sanjay Luthra as its new managing director. The leading toy manufacturer in the world is a 100 per...
Kids channel Nickelodeon has announced a campaign to build awareness of environmental issues amongst children, putting into action a pledge it made to supporting kid’s rights...
MUMBAI: As the D-Day for the Indian Telly Awards 2003 approaches – entry forms, beta tapes and photographs galore from various channels – have started flooding...
MUMBAI: IndusInd Media & Communications Ltd (IMCL), has announced the soft launch of its Digital TV Services, using the set-top-box in Mumbai city. Sources reveal that...
LONDON: Pakistani-born Abbas Nasir, a former head of the BBC’s Urdu Service, has been appointed executive editor for the Asia and the Pacific Region at BBC...
CHENNAI: Not a mad rush but a lukewarm response! This is how Sun Network director overseeing the operations of Sumangali Cable Vision Dayanidhi Maran says when...
MUMBAI: With most Indian news channels misreporting the number of blasts in Mumbai last Monday — besides hovering around the site and causing confusion — the...
LONDON: News Corporation’s NDS Group which provides technology solutions for digital pay-TV has announced that it has acquired certain assets of the French interactive TV technology...
MUMBAI: After months of negotiations with different parties Vivendi is said to be close to taking a decision as to who will get the assets of...
MUMBAI: It’s the season of new launches all round. The Star Network’s English entertainment channel Star World has lined up a varied menu of fresh offerings...
MUMBAI: The implementation process of the first phase of the conditional access system has commenced as of today (1 September 2003) in a city where the...
LONDON: Sky Sports will show David Beckham live in the Spanish Premiere League. A new three-year deal for Spanish league football was secured by BSkyB. Coverage...
NEW DELHI: ,-owned Hindustan Times Ltd, is keeping all its options open, including a deal with the Rupert Murdoch-controlled Star India, but said no “conclusions” have...
NEW DELHI: Walt Disney Television International (Asia Pacific) has reaffirmed its commitment to expand its TV distribution into India spanning Disney branded and non-branded programming across...
NEW DELHI: In what may be an embarrassing situation for the central government, CODA (Cable Operator and Distributor Association) spokesperson and Shiv Sena Vibhag Pramukh and...
MUMBAI: The 80s ‘chamko’ girl Deepti Naval will make a return to small screen this week. She will be joining the celebrated cast of Sahara Manoranjan...
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today adjourned the case of Star-Siti Cable for later this week after hearing the initial arguments.On Saturday (31 August), Star had...
NEW DELHI: The Indian Media Group (IMG), a newly-formed body of domestic media companies with the exception of few like Hindustan Times, today met senior ministers...
LOS ANGELES : MGM Networks has announced that it has signed a distribution agreement for an MGM-branded movie network in Hong Kong. The MGM Channel will...
MUMBAI: As a major player in the world of infotech, India is a ‘happening’ market for audiovisual presentation solutions. InfoComm Asia 2003, the premier show for...
MUMBAI: National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has announced that it will debut a show Outbreak Investigation across the globe. This is a full commission, six part...
MUMBAI: Soft drinks giant Pepsi’s “Join the Huddle” consumer contest, which was launched just prior to the second One-Day International (ODI) match between India and Australia,...
CALIFORNIA: Hinduja TMT (HTMT) Ltd has acquired acquisition of controlling interest and management of the 930-seat call centre unit, Customer Contact Centre (c3), in Manila, Philippines....
LONDON: BBC News Online has teamed up with MSN Nordic to provide headline content for MSN pages across Denmark, Sweden and Norway. The news feed, which...