NEW DELHI: Angshuman Chowdhury has joined brand consultancy firm Shining Emotional Surplus Pvt. Ltd. as President. Shining specialises in aligning corporations for end-user benefit. An official...
MUMBAI: The seventh international Ceat cricket rating awards ceremony, held on 28 January 2003 at Mumbai’s Police Gymkhana grounds was a star-studded “cricketainment” affair with cr?me...
NEW DELHI: CNBC India and Auto Car have announced the winners of the second CNBC Auto Car Auto Awards, the Oscars of the Indian automobile industry....
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: An irreparable loss was the common refrain among marketing and media professionals today to the passing away of industry doyen Shunu Sen. Said Suhel...
MUMBAI: The music industry is cashing in on World Cup cricket fever. Nirvana Music, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nimbus Communications, yesterday announced the launch of Khel...
MUMBAI: The battle for outdoor advertising channels like bus-shelters, kiosks and hoardings is intensifying with World Cup on the anvil. Another major revenue driver in this...
NEW YORK: Bill Gates software major Microsoft and media conglomerate AOL Time Warner have announced an agreement to collaborate on long-term digital media initiatives that will...
CALIFORNIA: TiVo which creates television services for digital video recorders (DVRs) has announced a new audience measurement tool. The tool will give broadcasters and advertisers the...
NEW DELHI: The Subhash Chandra-promoted Zee Telefilms is very bullish on certain aspects of conditional access system (CAS) and feels that it is rightly positioned to...
MUMBAI: In order to provide an in-depth perspective of the current issues affecting our lives, BBC World will debut The Talk Show from 5 June. ...
MUMBAI: The repeat telecast of the Indian Telly Awards 2002 on Star Plus, an event organised by www.indiantelevision.com managed to hold it’s own against the much...
MUMBAI: Star Movies’ Sunday night 9 pm hook of English films with a “desi” touch is giving way to Steven Spielberg blockbusters for the rest of...
LONDON: The BBC has chosen Intelliseek’s Enterprise Search Server (ESS) technology to power a research portal for BBC journalists, producers and researchers who need single-point access...
MUMBAI: There is a buzz going around Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book what with the sequel to the 1967 film currently running in theatres. Now Hindi general...
MUMBAI: The television business is all a matter of perception and Discovery is well aware of this. The broadcaster is trying to boost desi content through...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government wants to ensure a smooth rollout of conditional access system (CAS) in the first phase in the four metros — maybe...
MUMBAI: Cable Quest, a cable and satellite publication, has announced a seminar CAS Myth & Reality in The Park Hotel in New Delhi on 6 June....
MUMBAI: ISRO’s latest satellite INSAT-3A, which was launched on 10 April has taken over the Satellite Aided Search and Rescue services that were being provided by...
NEW DELHI: Not satisfied with passing a law, the Indian government now wants to do micro-management of the implementation of the law. Especially when it comes...
SINGAPORE: Nokia and Castrol have teamed up with ESPN Star Sports (ESS) on the sports broadcaster’s live coverage of the new English Premier League (EPL) season....
MUMBAI: Rediffusion DY&R, Mumbai has been awarded the Cannes cyber national diploma for the Daikin monkey animation. Designed by RDYR Interactive, the ad campaign was designed...
MUMBAI: Now educational institutions are latching on to a 360-degree marketing “mantra” around an event that can benefit students, publications, TV channels and corporate entities too!...
MUMBAI: The board of directors of Britannia Industries Ltd has passed a resolution to terminate the employment of Sunil K Alagh as managing director of the...
MUMBAI: Mediaturf Worldwide, the leading specialist online advertising agency which has a presence in India, is celebrating it’s third anniversary on 5 June 2003. The agency...
LONDON: A study conducted by Nielsen Media Research, UK, has some good news in store for the advertising business. The advertising in the UK has grown...
NEW YORK: Nielsen//NetRatings which claims to be the global standard for Internet audience measurement and analysis has launched AdRelevance 4.0. The product provides advertising and media...
In his late twenties, ASC Enterprises Ltd’s group president and CEO Punit Goenka is not one of those high-profile, page three-type executives. Surprising, because he heads...
MUMBAI: If the soaps don’t change, the audience will have to. That was the gist of a day-long workshop on media and gender equality held jointly...
MUMBAI: Haqeeqat, the award-winning serial based on true-life incidents of human rights violations, which airs on Sahara Manoranjan Fridays at 8 pm, completes its 100th episode...
NEW DELHI: The government has made it clear that it will tolerate no nonsense from any stakeholder of the industry where conditional access is concerned. In...
MUMBAI: Tulsi is on her way out. Or so UTV director Zarina Mehta believes. The next two years, said Mehta at a workshop on gender representation...
MUMBAI: The conditional access system (CAS) will provide several opportunities to production houses as well. One of the biggest players in the market is already mulling...
NEW DELHI: Extending its winning spree, the Young and Rubicam group media specialist The Mediaedge (TME) has added two more new businesses in Deys Medical’s Keo...
MUMBAI: An online advertising consultancy firm Urja has successfully created and implemented the “Net Your Dreams Online Bonanza” – an online migration, acquisition and usage programme...
MUMBAI: As expected, US regulators on Monday voted on partisan lines new media ownership rules that allow television broadcasters to expand their reach. Despite fears the...
MUMBAI: The familiar Mudra logo with two hands striking a pose (mudra) will be seen more often on television sets now. Mudra Videotec has announced its...
MUMBAI: It was celebration time at Mumbai’s ITC Grand Maratha Sheraton Hotel on Saturday, 31 May, 2003. Veteran actress and famed producer Aroona Irani held a...
MUMBAI: Despite the lack of promotional and marketing campaigns to create viewer awareness about its content, Ten Sports continues to put ESPN Star Sports on the...
NEW YORK: MTV Networks chairman and CEO Tom Freston, has announced a new network group structure for the company. The new structure expands the roles of...
MUMBAI: Action oriented AXN is looking to move beyond mere thrills and spills by introducing lifestyle shows in the late night band. To this end,...
MUMBAI: Finally there was good news for New Zealand director Peter Jackson in terms of award recognition. After being snubbed at the Academy Awards Jackson’s The...
NEW DELHI: Noted IPS officer Kiran Bedi’s illustrious daughter Saina Bedi seems to be competing with her mother for “top honours” as far as projects involving...
MUMBAI: Once might be perceived as the luck of the draw. But two weeks running certainly raises questions? Balaji offspring Kasautii Zindagi Kay, for long the...
MUMBAI: Conditional access may exist in Mumbai only when quoting legalese, but it is taking the legal position in mind that a Mumbai civil court on...
MUMBAI: Chennai-based Radaan Mediaworks (I) Ltd, promoted by film actress Radikaa and her family, has terminated the joint venture it had formed with the Agate group...
MUMBAI: If a foreign kids’ channel is struggling to find its feet, it may not be a bad idea to try and forge a connection by...
MUMBAI: Mahindra Intertrade Limited (MIL) recently unveiled the new range of Soft Wonders titled Bhoot Series. The range of Soft Wonders from MIL comprises Millennium Boy,...
LONDON: The WPP group, Britain’s largest advertising company and one of the largest advertising networks in the world, confirmed on Monday, 2 June 2003, that it...
MUMBAI: He is not yet 14 years old but he has signed a deal with Nike that will make him a millionaire. The lad in question...
MUMBAI: Corporate India is that much poorer today with the passing away of ace marketer Shunu Sen. The CEO of marketing consultancy Quadra Advisory passed away...