MUMBAI: Indian news television channels wanting to give their viewers a peek at whom the US calls the monster from Baghdad can do so now. Courtesy...
The world over more and more countries understands the rewards of attracting International film productions to shoot within their boundaries. In the short term not only...
PARIS: Private European rocket company Arianespace has posted a heavy operating loss of between 50 and 60 million euros (dollars) in the fiscal just ended. The...
MUMBAI: National broadcaster Prasar Bharati has invited tenders for Hindi feature films based on festive themes to be telecast on DD 1 in the afternoon slot...
MUMBAI: ‘Change is always constant’,as far as Star Plus is concerned. After the launch of six new shows in January 2003, Star Plus is now focussing...
MUMBAI: Minister of state for I&B with independent charge Ravi Shankar Prasad has placed consumer interest above all. Prasad, today, asked broadcasters to find ways and...
MUMBAI: Some observers wondered whether Star India’s management had gone bonkers. Entertainment sweepstakes leader Star Plus was launching a clutch of new high cost shows just...
Ravi Shankar Prasad, the new minister of information and broadcasting is a no-nonsense man. He speaks haltingly, in a measured manner, mulling, chewing and pondering over...
MUMBAI: MSN today announced new opportunities for advertisers to more deeply integrate their brands into consumers’ overall communications experience with the latest version of MSN Messenger...
No frills. All business. That’s Alexander “Sandy” Brown for you. In and out of meetings at his headquarters in Singapore’s International Plaza, head down to the...
First of all on behalf of all Lastmile Service Providers (LSPs) we welcome you to the coveted post of Minister for Information and Broadcasting and assure...
LONDON: The man the pop world now loves to laugh at can still draw viewers like nobody in the business. British broadcaster Granada said its Living...
MUMBAI: Confusion may still shroud the actual implementation of conditional access in the country, but the industry cannot be faulted for not trying its bit to...
NEW DELHI: A top level delegation of the Indian Broadcasting Federation is slated to meet newly inducted minister of state for information and broadcasting Ravi Shankar...
CAIRO: Satellite broadcaster Middle East Broadcasting Centre (MBC) will launch a 24-hour Arabic news channel, Al Arabiya, in mid-February with an estimated investment of US $200...
MUMBAI: If awards for adult “performers” can become annual fixtures, why not for kids. Buena Vista Television India has announced that it is all set for...
NEW DELHI: New minister of state for information and broadcasting Ravi Shankar Prasad today impressed upon the broadcasting fraternity that content on television should be such...
MUMBAI: If awards for adult “performers” can become annual fixtures, why not for kids. Buena Vista Television India has announced that it is all set for...
MUMBAI: With the brouhaha over the pesticide controversy having died down for the cola majors, Coca Cola has announced a number of on-ground activities for the...
MUMBAI: So you want to be a model, then Star World latest offer might just be of some interest. Star World in association with Elle Magazine...
NEW DELHI: Hype is a necessity and parties are results of that. Sounds like a Sidhuism? With India catching the cricket fever, why not? Not to...
SOUTH AFRICA: Listeners to South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) radio channels will now get daily access to the best of BBC news and current affairs programmes...
CHENNAI: Radaan Mediaworks, the Rs 210 million television content provider promoted by popular southside actress R Radikaa Sarathkumar, has lined up some mega plans to make...
NEW YORK: Longtime NBC executive Randy Falco was last week was named group president of the NBC television network, taking over from Andrew Lack, who quit...
MUMBAI: Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network has posted a loss of Rs 68.73 million (unaudited) for the nine months ended 31 December 2002 as against a...
Piracy law are in place but lack implementation a. Cable Network is a haven for pirates b. Cable Network licensing policy...
NEW YORK: Ad agencies are fulfilling their duties of being responsible corporate citizens. An integrated campaign from the WPP group agencies OgilvyOne, Ogilvy PR and UniWorld...
MUMBAI: In response to the nationwide uproar over the humiliating depiction of Mahatma Gandhi in its series, Clone High USA,, MTV United States has tendered an...
MUMBAI: Somehow, cable and satellite channels have been unable to create a programming mix that brings in audiences to the Sunday morning slot. This is in...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan is “struggling” to meet its annual revenue target, a senior official of Prasar Bharati said today. While speaking to the journalists about Doordarshan’s...
LUCKNOW: Emotions before economics. Sounds good in advertisements, but don’t be mistaken that the Subrata Roy-promoted Sahara India group (current assets: over Rs. 320 billion) has...
It’s a young woman’s world. That truism applies quite firmly on television today and has resulted in a sense of disillusionment amongst the older breed of...
Celebrities money power and last-minute deals ruled the show * The year 2002 witnessed the television debut of the greatest Indian cricketer of all times –...
MUMBAI: It’s certainly been quite a year. Twelve months ago, I was at IMG-TWI in Delhi, where I’d been for the past 8 years in a...
It’s an incongruity but one any marketer would have no issue with! India may be a sports-dud country but when it comes to cricket we...
Director, writer and lyricist Sanjay Chhel is popularly called the king of one-liners. His terrific sense of humour which never fails to tickle the funnybone reinstates...
His diminutive size may well fool you. His high pitched voice may mislead you. But make no mistake. Sam Balsara is a powerhouse, a giant of...
MUMBAI: Viacom Inc’s kids entertainment brand Nickelodeon Asia has announced two big deals for expanding its distribution in China. Nickelodeon has reached a partnership agreement with...
PARIS: Renowned format producer and general director of Field Media Practice, Gary Carter will conduct a session on ‘Coaching Creativity’ during MIPTV 2003 on 25 March...
MUMBAI: The Supreme Court today ruled in favour of the official sponsors of the ICC World Cup, principally LG India (LGI), and allowed them to remit...
MUMBAI: Responding to the uproar over MTV USA’s lampooning Mahatma Gandhi in its spoof series Clone High USA, MTV India has asserted that it is in...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: Minister of state for I&B with independent charge, Ravi Shankar Prasad, at his first day at the office today, has said the...
MUMBAI: It was a programming strategy that could be overlooked only at the cost of being left out. And FM radio stations in the city have...
MUMBAI: DD-10 (Sahyadri) channel is giving the private broadcasters a run for their money as Marathi programmes are creating a revolution of their own. In the...
MUMBAI: There’s just over a week left for cricket’s greatest show to kick off in South Africa, and both terrestrial broadcaster Doordarshan and C&S rights holder...
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television is expanded its reach in the Gulf. From tomorrow (1February), SET Asia (the international feed for SET) will be available on the...
MUMBAI: The stock markets are bullish about Balaji Telefilms due to the increase in its net profits for the quarter ended 31 December 2002. On the...
NEW YORK : More Americans today consider the Internet more important a source of source of information than television or print publicaitons, but fewer believe all...
NEW DELHI: Even as the new minister of state with independent charge, Ravi Shankar Prasad is slated to take charge at the I&B ministry tomorrow, the...
CALIFORNIA: Close-up shots will be the name of the gme for the Academy Awards! Now films buffs tuning in to the most important awards ceremony of...