MUMBAI: It’s called making hay while the sun shines. The final episode of Friends, to be telecast by the end of this fall in the US,...
MUMBAI: After recruiting fresh team for its AIDS awareness show – Jasoos Vijay, BBC World Service Trust is hiring again. The NGO arm of BBC World...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: ESPN Star Sports has just upped the ante in its confrontation with Hinduja Group MSO INCableNet over the issue of outstanding dues....
MUMBAI: It was an announcement made in finance minister Jaswant Singh’s 28 February. But it has just come into effect. The service tax on advertising spends...
MUMBAI: Thums Up announced the names of the regional winners for the Thums Up Ninja Hunt promotion. The promotion, which was launched nationally few weeks back...
This summer, leading Hindi general entertainment channel Star Plus is hedging its bets on Josh. The show premieres on 16 May at 9:30 pm and promises...
LONDON: BBC Ventures Group, the BBC’s commercial business-to-business division, has launched BBC Vecta. The aim is to develop and market products from the BBC’s Research and...
NEW DELHI: In a ruling today, the Supreme Court confirmed the stay on further telecast of Karishma – The Miracles of Destiny. The SC had, on...
MUMBAI: Televising news and giving it a reality television twist in order to stand out seems to be the new mantra for news channels who are...
NEW DELHI: Changes are in the offing in the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF). Close on the heels of an apparent divide in the organisation on the...
MUMBAI: The suspense is finally over. Naam Gum Jayega,, the show that is set to replace the Balaji Telefilms blockbuster Kahaani Terii Merii(KTH), takes its bow...
NEW YORK: Tony Elison has returned to MTV Networks International (MTVNI) in the newly created position of vice president, Interactive Media Development, for the brands MTV,...
LONDON: The BBC World Service website (bbcworldservice.com) won an EPpy Award, given by editorandpublisher.com, for Best Overall Network or Syndicated Radio-Affiliated Internet Service. The EPpy awards...
MUMBAI: ETC Networks flagship channel etc’s latest contest gives viewers a chance to meet Adnam Sami and Amitabh Bachchan – the duo who belted out the...
There was once a vibrant industry in cable TV land. The advertising market was blooming. Television channels were flourishing, courtesy the influx of TV commercials and...
MUMBAI: Zee Network, today, announced their first alliance with France TV and Silhouette Films to co-produce One Dollar Curry In India. This is the first initiative...
MUMBAI: InCablenet may well start receiving signals of all the 17 channels belonging to the Zee-Turner bouquet from 14 May 2003 onwards. Speaking on the sidelines...
MUMBAI: Despite airing the first episode, Sahara Manoranjan had to take a break and not air the second episode of Karishma – The Miracles of Destiny,...
MUMBAI: Raj TV has lined up two film festivals down South this summer, to promote brand loyalty among its viewers. Beginning 10 May, a Vijay film...
MUMBAI: With the deadline for Conditional Access System (CAS) barely two months away, the media industry is on tenterhooks regarding its impact and successful implementation. To...
MUMBAI: ETC Networks owned channels etc and etc Punjabi are stepping up efforts to ensure that the two entertainment channels telecast the best of news, views...
MUMBAI: Looks as if media and entertainment sector is getting its due as an attractive career option. Management institutions have started inviting Indian media companies to...
She has been shying away from the media ever since she agreed to star in a televison serial. Via a press release, Karisma says, “I am...
Better known as the heroine of lesser known films and now as Akashdeep’s wife, Sheeba is the official producer of Karishma as the head of Cinetek...
NEW DELHI: This may be music to the ears of some of the private FM radio players. The Indian government is “quite open” to the idea...
NEW DELHI: India’s information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today categorically ruled out any extension of the 14 July deadline of CAS and also attempted...
MUMBAI: The Kolkata High Court has vacated the stay brought on by a copyright infringement suit against Karishma – The Miracles of Destiny today. This means...
MUMBAI: Star Movies is showing no signs of slowing down. TAM data for six metros from 1 Jan till 26 April reveals that eight of the...
MUMBAI: It is not just Sahara Manoranjan that Subrata Roy and company are concentrating on. Roy has launched three new weeklies in English, Hindi and Urdu....
HONG KONG: The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has welcomed the announcement that new legislation will be introduced into the Legislative Council in...
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide has appointed Susanne Gallagher as its new Head of Channels for Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA). Susanne is now responsible...
He has opened an editing studio in his lavish penthouse apartment in suburban Mumbai and spends every spare moment examining each frame and plotting the next...
Sachin Bhaumick, a writer who has to penned the scripts of Bollywood blockbusters like Golmaal, Saudagar, Yeh Dillagi and Dushman to name a few, recently forayed...
It could be the small screen blockbuster of the decade. Or it could end up a dud. Whatever the outcome, Karishma – The Miracles of Destiny...
MUMBAI: US-based Narrowstep Inc, the TV on the Internet Company, has launched Sail.tv, the world’s first 24X7 sailing broadband television channel. The channel is completely free...
MUMBAI: FMCG major Procter & Gamble has announced the launch of Pantene Long Black, a variant of its Pantene Shampoo brand. Pantene was launched in India...
It is almost a decade since Divya Dutta started her tryst with Bollywood and the television. industry. Her performance in the recently released feature film Praan...
MONTREUX, Switzerland: The 43rd edition of the Festival Rose d’Or which takes place from 13 to 18 May will host semi-finals round of the popular arts,...
LONDON: Come November and the celebrity-studded MTV Europe Music Awards will be held at the Ocean Terminal in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. The BBC Website has reported...
MUMBAI: Minister of state for information and broadcasting Ravi Shankar Prasad will be the chief guest at the first ever CII organised India Evening at Cannes...
MUMBAI: Seems the extra ‘k’ in the title did work after all. SET India’s top soap about a girl-next-door- Kkusum, has managed to hold on to...
MUMBAI: Suchitra Entertainment (I) and Krishna Images MD Ravi Rai has emerged out of his three-year hibernation. He has conceived a pilot for Zee TV –...
MUMBAI: The week witnessed heavy volatility and the 30-stock BSE Sensex fell by 16.63 points, or 0.56 per cent to dip to 2,950. The frontline stocks...
NEW DELHI: The local law of the land cannot be taken for granted and its adherence should be must. This seems to be the strict message...
MUMBAI: What better way to celebrate Mother’s day than to celebrate miracle of birth. One Alliance’s infotainment branch Discovery will be celebrating Mothers day by launching...
MUMBAI: Hinduja Group MSO INCableNet has charged Star India with bowing to pressure from “other broadcasters” in its decision to switch off Mumbai’s biggest cable service...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government came in for flak from a certain section of policy makers in the Upper House (Rajya Sabha) of the Indian parliament...
MUMBAI: It’s changing all right. After jump starting the changing spree with musical game show Kuch Kehti Hai Yeh Dhun and later introducing a weekly thriller...
MUMBAI: Churchill, Shakespeare, Princess Di! Who was the greatest Brit of them all? Well, Indian viewers will get to find out later in the year when...
MUMBAI: A film starring TV stars and stage actors has been appreciated by international audiences in the US and has bagged awards. The film is The...