CANNES: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (International TV Academy) announced today that Greg Dyke, Director General of the BBC will receive the prestigious...
MUMBAI: It’s not just the US networks that are in a ratings and influence peddling war as the US-led invasion rumbles on. On one hand, there’s...
CANNES: Day one of MIPTV ended with a grand opening party at the Martinez Hotel in Cannes. Attended by the Who’s Who of senior executives from...
CANNES: It has been billed as among the premier documentary markets. But fears were that it would turn out to be a bit of a damp...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: Just ahead of the government-sponsored task force meeting on conditional access slated for 27 March, a seemingly somnambulant and fragmented cable fraternity...
CANNES: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (International TV Academy) announced today that the cable entity, HBO will receive the prestigious International Emmy Founders...
He is confidence personified when it comes to talking about the newly coined term (at least in India) – “corporate partnerships” – which, he says, will...
MUMBAI: It’s time for some GodSpeak once again. Former Lintas boss and advertising and marketing guru Alyque Padamsee is gung-ho about the explosion in radio and...
MUMBAI: A number cruncher might claim not be too impressed but Internet advertising looks to be on the up and up. For those who can deliver...
LOS ANGELES : Spiderman may have seen Sony Pictures Entertainment set new box office records last year but like “Tobey Maguire”, the studio has now been...
MUMBAI: Columbia Tristar Films, distributors for Buena Vista International in India, are gearing for a Rs 30 million promotional blitzkrieg prior to the release of Disney’s...
CANNES: It’s action stations at picturesque Cannes, in southern France, the US-Iraq war notwithstanding. In its fortieth year, the Reed Midem organized MIPTV 2003 is to...
NEW DELHI: Surprises and anti-climax, like any other issue related to broadcasting and cable, continue to dog the uplinking matter where the guidelines, now, are expected...
CANNES: It’s action stations at picturesque Cannes, in southern France, the US-Iraq war notwithstanding. In its fortieth year, the Reed Midem organized MIPTV 2003 is to...
NEW DELHI: A section of cable operators (mostly comprising independent operators) are not a happy lot after the finance ministry proposed the costing of Rs 45.90...
NEW YORK: Internet broadcaster The FeedRoom has announced the launch of Reuters Raw Video: Conflict in Iraq. The 24-hour online news channel offers ongoing coverage direct...
MUMBAI: CNN is relying on new technology to put its viewers at the heart of the battlefront. The broadcaster says its footage of the 3-7th Cavalry...
MUMBAI: Viacom owned kids’ channel Nickelodeon has decided to gear up and spruce its programming with seven new shows this year. Speaking about the initiaitve, Nick’s...
SINGAPORE: Kids’ channel Nickelodeon is in aggro mode in Korea, having just launched a 24-hour, English-language channel with Korean subtitles, on SkyLife. Launched last year, SkyLife...
MUMBAI: Notwithstanding war fears, media stocks rose on the premier stock exchanges of the country. The Bombay Stock Exchange BSE Sensex ended at 3,218.73 (19.58 points...
MUMBAI: Nickelodeon, the children’s channel from the MTV network stable, has a reason to celebrate. The Daytime Emmy Awards 2003 has announced its nomination list for...
MUMBAI: Post-CAS, will bundled bouquets become a no-no? That is what what the future holds, at least in the big cities, say some industry veterans. Negotiation-based...
MUMBAI: The impending conditional access system (CAS) has definitely changed the rules of the broadcasting and cable business in one way – distribution and marketing functions...
MUMBAI: Global media major Viacom Inc. has sealed a deal to keep president and chief operating officer Mel Karmazin on board for another three years. The...
MUMBAI: Due to the recession in the industry, music companies are looking at expanding their operations with an eye on garnering more revenues. Sony Music, which...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati proposes, the market disposes. Prasar Bharati Corporation, the autonomous body overseeing the work of Doordarshan and All India Radio, wants to impose...
MUMBAI: The US-led invasion of Iraq has led to a jump in traffic on the Internet, which is expected to become the major source of information...
MUMBAI: Several Gujarati TV and film luminaries were honoured at the second Transmedia Gujarati Screen and Stage awards 2002 sponsored by ETV Gujarati. Gujarat chief minister...
MUMBAI: Even before Chicago releases in theatres in India, Zee MGM has announced the acquisition of the satellite telecast rights of the acclaimed musical. The movie...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan Guwahati Programme Production Centre’s director B Chakrabarty has been suspended on grounds of irregularity in allocation of commissioned programmes. According to Prasar Bharati...
MUMBAI: CNN International has doubled its staff in West Asia including Iraq (northern Iraq and Baghdad), Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar and Israel to provide a live coverage...
MUMBAI: As the US-led invasion steps into full throttle, BBC World has abandoned its regular programming schedule and is providing extensive rolling news coverage of the...
MUMBAI: Pankaj Chauhan, the Doordarshan Ahmedabad (DD 11) employee who won a special recognition award at the second Transmedia Gujarati Screen and Stage awards 2002 held...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: Last time round when the first Gulf War was unleashed in 1991 on the world, it was courtesy Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait....
The recent past has surely been a testing one for Carat India but its newly appointed chief executive officer, Sulina Menon, seems to be unfazed. With...
Mrinal Sen, who first cast her in Bhuvan Shome said recently, “It’s surprising that an actress of her talent is getting recognition so late in her...
Finally, the rules of the news channel game have been spelt out. It‘s as good a time as any to examine the implications. First the rules....
Mastermind India on BBC World is a quiz show that has stood the test of time on television without losing out on its loyal viewership. The...
NEW DELHI: Star and the likes can breathe a bit easy as finally the Almighty may be smiling. Though the Indian government may have taken its...
MUMBAI: As a host for a reality show, you couldn’t get someone more qualified than this. Monica Lewinsky, whose affair with former US president Bill Clinton...
MUMBAI: The bubbly, na?ve ‘Sweety'(Rakhi Tandon) of Zee’s mega success Hum Paanch is coming back to the channel in the form of ‘Simi’ in Pyar Zindagi...
MUMBAI: Hinduja TMT executive vice-president (corporate affairs) Ashok Mansukhani , in his presentation at ficci FRAMES 2003 on ‘Conditional Access System : a mid term review’,...
MUMBAI: This is an initiative by the beeb to spread English China. BBC Worldwide and BBC World Service will provide educational content for an English language...
HONG KONG: The reality television bug is gradually biting viewers across Asia. In India, Zee’s reality TV channel was launched last month but Indian networks are...
MUMBAI: Last year, the president of CNN International Chris Cramer was instrumental in undertaking a major initiative to create awareness about the need to increase the...
MUMBAI: INTERACTION ’03: A Transatlantic Producers’ Forum which was scheduled to take place on 1 April in London has now been put off till September. As...
MUMBAI: Satellite operator Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited (AsiaSat) has announced financial results for the year ending 31December 2002. It has reported a turnover of HK$951million...
NEW DELHI: The Indian Cabinet on Tuesday took the bull by the horn and exercising a country’s sovereign power to have laws to suit local environs,...
MUMBAI: Here is a piece of news that should make MAX, ESPN-Star Sports and Ten Sports sit up. Interactivity is expected to increase the revenue streams...
MUMBAI: Sahara TV is all set to bludgeon its way into the big league of the Hindi television entertainment stakes. And the hook it is using...

