MUMBAI: TV software production and marketing outfit Eternal Dreams has bagged the exclusive marketing rights of DD Metro channel for its New Year special events, to...
MUMBAI: It is not just sports channels that are looking to derive mileage from next year’s cricket World Cup. BBC World has announced a series of...
MUMBAI: Sanjay Khan’s Numero Uno International Limited (NUIL), is launching two mega serials under its banner during the next week on DD National. Maharathi Karna, a...
MUMBAI: It may have slipped from the top 100 in the ratings stakes yet again, but the Original Movies, scheduled to start on Zee from this...
MUMBAI: Rescheduled ad breaks. Revamped logo. Catchier promos and fresh programming. That seems to be Hallmark India’s strategy to woo the slippery viewer. Latest in the...
She has been played a large role in taking the Sam Balsara promoted Madison Advertising , a 14-year old agency with capitalsied billings of Rs 4...
LOS ANGELES: Yahoo is all set to buy Internet search-software maker Inktomi for $235 million. Through the acquisition, the portal looks to strengthening its position in...
NEW DELHI: Though India’s information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj would like the second phase of privatisation of FM radio to be completed within the next...
NEW DELHI: A Christmas present to a cable operator from the Indian judiciary? It seems so. On 24 December, a civil court of Faridabad, a town...
2002. Now that the Convergence Bill has been tabled, we should have a convergence law by mid to late this year. After five years of wait...
MUMBAI: With Indian filmdom, gradually getting a modicum of corporatisation, the coming year is going to see a gaggle of film funds to take it further...
MUMBAI: MTV India will bid farewell to 2002 with a rundown of the year’s greatest musical hits from all genres of music on MTV Top 100...
NEW DELHI: Starting tomorrow, news channel Aaj Tak has a comprehensive programmes lined up for a quick recap of the year 2002. The finale Flashback Aaj...
NEW DELHI: Broadcasters operating in India have sought relief from the government, including tax sops. They met information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj recently under the...
MUMBAI:The Motilal Oswal Inquire Indian Equity Research (MOSt Inquire) report dated 20 December 2002 has stated that CAS is unlikely to have any financial impact on...
MUMBAI: A Motilal Oswal Inquire Indian Equity Research (MOSt Inquire) report on impact of CAS has forecast that local cable operators (LCOs) could eventually lose their...
MUMBAI: What will broadcasters do with CAS being implemented? Will the FTA channels go pay? Or will the pay channels go FTA? Motilal Oswal Securities in...
MUMBAI : Neighbour Bangladesh too seems keen to clamp down on advertisements of tobacco use. As a first step, the Bangladesh government has banned advertisements for...
MUMBAI: It is the sheer numbers that must have come as a shock to even the most hopeful – that somehow the 1 June ruling of...
Beautiful, charming, suave and hard working are qualities that best define Poonam Dhillon. An actress who made heads turn with her debut film Noorie, when she...
Militancy is not the only worry of the people of Jammu. Currently a vicious tussle is on between the Zee Telefilms’ owned cable network Siticable and...
MUMBAI: The Hindi general entertainment scene will see serious action at the start of 2003. First, Star unperturbed by the upcoming World Cup hoopla announced that...
MUMBAI : Doordarshan this year has special musical fanfare arranged for the new year. The National pubcaster DD will bring in the new year with Yeh...
NEW DELHI: The Prasar Bharati Corp, overseeing the functioning of India’s pubcasters Doordarshan and All India Radio, has sought the government’s approval to start KU-band transmission...
NEW DELHI: It’s a classic case of so near, yet so far. The debate over open architecture set top boxes continues even as broadcasters twiddle their...
TOKYO : Japanese television viewers will be able to see their own exclusive CNN channel with the launch of CNNj in March 2003. CNN and Japan...
HONG KONG: The Star Group has signed an agreement to form a strategic alliance with Hunan Broadcast Group. The agreement represents a framework for joint financing...
Doordarshan has deferred to December 27 the launch of its channel catering to India’s northeastern states. The channel was earlier to be launched on Saturday...
Zee folklore has it that when Zee Telefilms was riding the crest of success a few years ago, a journalist came to do a cover story...
Indian information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj again resorted to some political speak yesterday on the convergence bill. She said that she was not aware that...
NEW DELHI: Information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj said in the morning today that the government will consult the industry and other stake holders before forming...
INTRODUCTION The National Readership Survey 2001 reveals that cable is currently available in 33 million homes. The reach of television in urban areas is 84.7 %...
The courts have decided for the present but the battle lines are still drawn between peeved actor Anupam Kher and Zee Telefilms over his summary dismissal...
Sony Entertainment Television’s Jeeto Chappar Phaad Ke (JCPK), which is set for launch in January, is generating a tremendous response from the public with over 900,000...
Convergence is the new buzzword. But you wouldn’t know it by the urgency shown by government ministers to thrash out issues related to the matter. ...
Kermit Channel has ceased transmission in India, the only market where the children’s channel was still distributed in Asia. Crown Media Holdings, the Los Angeles-based...
MUMBAI: The Advertising Club of Mumbai is organising a seminar on 11 January 2003 at The Oberoi Hotels. The theme is Value creation —Growing interdependence of...
MUMBAI: CNBC‘s “The Entertainment Industry: Taking The Big Leap” brainstorming session held on 19 December in Mumbai, resulted in a lot of soul-searching amongst industry experts...
It‘s a quiet revolution. After keeping a low profile for a while, Zee English and Zee MGM, the two niche channels from the Zee stable, are...
NEW DELHI: India’s information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj does not foresee any “bottlenecks” in the implementation of conditional access systems (CAS) in the country and...
MUMBAI: CNBC’s “The Entertainment Industry: Taking The Big Leap” brainstorming session held on 19 December in Mumbai, offered some insights into the new emerging avenues in...
MUMBAI: CNBC’s “The Entertainment Industry: Taking The Big Leap” brainstorming session held on 19 December in Mumbai, offered several solutions to the woes of the constituents...
MUMBAI: CNBC’s “The Entertainment Industry: Taking The Big Leap” brainstorming session held on 19 December in Mumbai, offered some insights into why films and the music...
MUMBAI : This is an initiative which promises to take visual, audio creativity of music buffs to a level previously unseen on the telly. MTV Asia...
MUMBAI: CNBC’s “The Entertainment Industry: Taking The Big Leap” brainstorming session held on 19 December in Mumbai, offered some insights into how the entertainment business had...
MUMBAI:They’re hoping this will prove to be their magnum opus. Opus Planet promoters Tarun Chopra – Omung Kumar have set up a first-of-its-kind studio, Opus Luxury...
MUMBAI: All TV and no play makes Jack a dull boy. That’s a modern adage that Milestone Interactive Software Ltd (MISL) is hoping to cash in...
MUMBAI: With the World Cup mania rising, the scramble for the advertising buck by sales people across channels is going to intensify. The folks who decide...
The Mumbai High Court on Wednesday quashed film actor Anupam Kher’s hopes of getting back at Zee Telefilms for the summary way in which he was...
It’s a quiet revolution. After keeping a low profile for a while, Zee English and Zee MGM, the two niche channels from the Zee stable, are...