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NEW YORK: Saatchi and Saatchi has won the mandate of creating a new global branding campaign for the International Olympic Committee (IOC). An Adage report says...
LONDON: Visa EU, a subsidiary of Visa International, has announced the launch of ‘Team Visa’, an integrated sponsorship programme across a number of European markets that...
A mischievous twinkle greets you when you suggest that he would have made a good looking actor. Pat comes the response that probably he should have...
NEW YORK: The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has announced that it will host the semifinal round of its Asian/African Arts Programming category for...
NEW DELHI: Satellite channels like Star Plus, Zee TV and Sony, beaming Hindi entertainment fare, and other Indian channels may have to face longer period of...
NEW YORK: The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has announced that it will host the semifinal round of its Asian/African Arts Programming category for...
NEW DELHI: Data Access, which claims to be the country’s fastest gowing telecom company has signed a multi-million dollar agreement with Intelsat. The deal will support...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: A day after the Indian government decided to defer rollout of conditional access system (CAS) in Delhi, a delegation of Cable Operators United Front...
MUMBAI: Soap queen Ektaa Kapoor will launch six new shows within the next two months, across almost all mainstream channels. For the first time in Balaji’s...
MUMBAI: Pentamedia Graphics, which has been in the news since 2001 for a merger here and a de-merger there, is having a board meeting tomorrow to...
SINGAPORE: Ratings for the FA Premier League Asia Cup confirm that Asian football fans are passionate about the tourney regardless of the teams playing. An official...
Sandhya Divecha does not qualify as a conventional writer. She comes with a rich experience from the world of advertising and has been producing ad films...
NEW DELHI: BBC World’s University Challenge road show will visit prominent colleges in Delhi this week after an enthusiastic response from college students in Kolkata, Bangalore...
CALIFORNIA: Sea Launch has received the 2003 ISCe Innovation Award during the International Satellite and Communications exchange annual awards dinner and reception a few days ago....
MUMBAI: It was a matter of minutes, but Star News pipped its rivals to field coverage and providing images of the bomb blasts in Mumbai and...
MUMBAI: Jasoos Vijay, Doordarshan’s detective programme dealing with social issues, will return with a new series on 31 August. The serial will now also be shown...
There was a time when advertisers in India took BBC World, and CNN, as foreign news channels that ‘also’ beamed into India. But over the years,...
MUMBAI: The ministry of information and broadcasting seems to be pretty serious about the new conditional access system (CAS) deadline. The ministry has released 25*4 col...
LONDON: The BBC is looking to take advantage of the digital revolution and the rapid pace of broadband by opening its archive. At the Edinburgh Television...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: CAS has crashed out! Almost. And the frustration of a section of a disappointed industry was echoed by Hathway Datacom’s vice-president (North India) SN...
MUMBAI: Film and television artiste Ajit Vachhani passed away at a private hospital in the city today, following a prolonged illness. He was 52. The nature...
NEW DELHI: Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hain, the celebrity talk show on Zee TV, is slated for a revamped return on 5 September at prime time...
MUMBAI: Tehelka founder Tarun J Tejpal will be back with his weekend print publication Tehelka on the Weekend in October 2003. Tejpal’s company has embarked upon...
NEW DELHI: India’s information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will meet prime minister A B Vajpayee this evening on the issue of conditional access system(CAS),...
MUMBAI: Sahara must be having its fingers crossed . The big ticket Karishma- The Miracles of Destiny is finally releasing this week. On the other hand,...
NEW DELHI: The consumers of cable television in Delhi may have to bear the wrath of the cable industry if indications are anything to go by...
MUMBAI: Sports event managers Crossover and I-Congo (Indian Confederation of NGOs) have roped in Hindustan Lever’s Lipton, Dell, Titan, Ten Sports, Radio City Bangalore, the Karnataka...
Tamara Nedungadi started off as an assistant editor in the late eighties to the veteran late Renu Saluja and went on to assist Ashutosh Gowarikar in...
MUMBAI: Film and television artiste Ajit Vachhani passed away at a private hospital in the city today, following a prolonged illness. He was 52. The nature...
NEW DELHI: Over the past fortnight, news channels on television have been nudging the viewers with one persistent question: Is there an absence of security for...
Hallmark is all set to thrill its viewers with the suspense laced Blind Terror. The film airs on 24 August at 10.15 pm. Nastassja Kinski plays...
MUMBAI: And they waltz their way to instant popdom! The lucky quartet of the Coke [V] Popstars 2 Hunt, Sangeet Haldipur, Neeti Mohan, Vasudha Sharma and...
MUMBAI: It was sheer euphoria as the 30-share Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) sensitive index crossed the 4,000 points mark. The BSE sensex surged 203.92 points (as...
MUMBAI: In what could well be an unconscious bid to cement the Indo-Pak differences, a number of Indian TV artistes and producers have signed up for...
The Goldie Behl and Shrishti Arya-produced daily serial Lipstick telecast on Zee TV, will get a new look from Monday, 25 August, when it completes its...
At a glittering function held on 22 August 2003 in Mumbai’s Taj Land’s End Hotel, Prasoon Joshi of McCann Erickson India walked away with the Grand...
Tent-pole programming — where one or two blockbuster shows are used to hook the viewers and ensure that they stay loyal to the channel just for...
MUMBAI: The boards of Zee Telefilms and Balaji Telefilms have approved dividends for the 2002-03 fiscal. In its Annual General Meeting held yesterday, shareholders of Balaji...
HONG KONG: Production company Deansee Entertainment under its newly-formed Chiseen label has signed a distribution deal with MTV Networks Asia. Chiseen will produce the stunt and...
NEW DELHI: The venue could have very well been the government-run Ashoka Hotel here where all official functions are held, and the event could have been...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government today decided to tighten the screws for uplinking norms for news channels with foreign investment by bringing in safeguards against proxy...
WASHINGTON: Four consumer advocacy groups in the US have indicated that they will lobby Congress to reimpose regulation on cable television operators. The aim is to...
HAMILTON: Intelsat reported results for the three months and nine months ended 30 September 2003, today. A global satellite communications leader providing services in over 200...
MUMBAI: The International fashion-dedicated TV channel, Fashion TV has now begun its operation on Hongkong cable and broadband TV. The channel that broadcasts in over 132...
NEW DELHI: Uncertainty still hangs over the fate of conditional access system (CAS) as a senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader, Madan Lal Khurana, today said after...
The Advertising Council of India (ACI), apex body of advertising, media and allied associations in India, held its road show for the biennial Asian Advertising Congress...
MUMBAI: General Electric’s NBC has emerged as a front runner in the acquisition of the entertainment assets of Vivendi Universal in the US. The other major...
MUMBAI: Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin is not just Sony’s hope for the latter half of 2003. The Indianised version of the Hispanic show Yo Soy Betty...
NEW YORK: MSNBC.com has launched MSNBC Wireless Traveler, for the benefit of laptop users in the US. With this, wireless professionals can get the latest news...
MUMBAI: A weekly comedy show on Doordarshan (DD) metro channel that has completed 65 episodes (as of today, 21 August 2003) is definitely a rarity in...
Platforms get three years to add features for hearing and visually impaired
Strong word-of-mouth turns Pongal satire into remake pick
Streaming giant bets on a seasoned marketer who helped build Amazon and Netflix into household names
Communications leader exits after three years spanning MD office strategy and media outreach.
Cricket star named face of Delhi Khel Mahakumbh to fuel youth talent hunt.
Kolkata-based beverage maker reports stronger revenues and profits for December quarter.
A crime thriller steps out of the shadows as Telugu storytelling claims centre stage.
From boards to bytes, chess readies for a nation-first showdown in Riyadh.
Leadership change follows layoffs, protests and a bruising battle over trust.
Revenue rises 4.3 per cent to Rs 10,209.33 crore while deferred tax gain lifts bottom line sharply
Akshay Kumar and stars launch awards at NSCI Dome on Feb 28
Merger creates one-stop hub for content, digital, and delivery
NEW DELHI: Hamdard Laboratories gathered a cross-section of India’s achievers in New Delhi on Friday, handing out the Hakeem Abdul...
MUMBAI: For decades, creative storytelling has been the cornerstone of brand communication. The “big idea” amplified through catchy jingles, striking...
MUMBAI: Zepto has elevated Ahmad Muneeb to vice president – HR centre of excellence, placing him at the helm of...
