Zee TV, finally deciding that discretion is the better part of valour, has decided to discontinue for the present its much criticised game show Sawaal Dus...
NEW DELHI:The Rajya Sabha today unanimously passed the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Amendment Bill. The Lok Sabha had earlier passed the Bill in May this year....
NEW DELHI: The cable TV (Network) Regulation Amendment Bill 2002, was passed in the Rajya Sabha, Upper House of the Indian parliament, with a minimum of...
Information and Broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj has ruled out any change in the prevailing policy of pubcaster Doordarshan being barred from airing surrogate liquor and tobacco...
MUMBAI: Ahimsaa, a 24-hour global satellite television channel is all set for its launch on 30 January next year. The content of the channel will primarily...
NEW DELHI: Information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj today pulled out another ace from her sleeve, getting one of her favourite subjects – the introduction of...
NEW DELHI: With the CAS hurdle being crossed today, is the foreign direct investment (FDI) in broadcasting issue next on India’s Information and Broadcasting minister Sushma...
NEW DELHI: The Cable TV (Networks) Regulation Amendment Bill 2002, the passage of which will bring in conditional access system (CAS) in the country, has been...
NEW DELHI: NDTV’s proposed news channels in Hindi and English are slated to be launched between end-March and early April 2003, according to a senior executive...
An investigation by the indiantelevision.com team into the issue of “objectionable shows” on the small screen threw up some startling findings. Was there more to I&B...
MUMBAI: Star India may have announced a 25 per cent drop in subscription rates per subscriber from the current Rs 40 to Rs 30, but cable...
KOUROU: The go-ahead for Arianespace’s first Ariane 5, with a 10-ton payload lift capacity, has been given. The lift-off will take place on 11 December between...
SINGAPORE: The television scene in India is exploding but the local channels failed to cut any ice at the recently concluded seventh edition of the Asian...
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television Asia has entered into a distribution agreement with Asian Television Network International Limited (ATN) Canada, a leader in the provision of South...
MUMBAI: You have to give it to Star India. It does not believe in half measures. The jewel in Rupert Murdoch’s Asia operations effectively re-set the...
SINGAPORE:MTV has reaped a rich harvest of awards this year. In addition to clinching several prominent awards in the region, it recently bagged four awards at...
CALIFORNIA: Cavalcade of Sports Media has announced that it has acquired Ethnic Broadcasting Company (EBC) and completed the second phase of its organisational restructuring. EBC broadcasts...
Karan Thapar, Indian chat show host and head of production company UTV’s current affairs division, has won the Asian Television Award 2000 for Best News/Current Affairs...
LONDON : The first global creative independent company, The Dukes of Urbino.com, has been launched by Graham Warsop, the founder of The Jupiter Drawing Room (South...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati has decided against having another consultant on board for sprucing up Doordarshan’s image and brand positioning. Instead, pubcaster DD will invite bids...
REDMOND : Microsoft has announced an alliance with Unicast Communications, a leading provider of online advertising solutions, leveraging its support for Unicast’s Online Format Suite on...
Star TV India is bringing in television industry veteran Altaf Ali Mohammed to look after its digital platform – DTH and broadband – in India. Mohammed...
Competition in the Kannada TV firmament is all set to heat up with the launch of a new Kannada Channel from Ramoji Rao’s Eenadu TV (ETV) stable...
NEW DELHI: Bharat Dabholkar, managing director of Publicis India, is on verge of releasing his maiden directorial venture in the movie industry, a two-hour English movie...
The Prasar Bharati board yesterday gave the corporation the go-ahead to explore a DTH service in partnership with non-broadcasters. The corporation is believed to be exploring...
MUMBAI: While all mainstream Hindi entertainment channels are banking on drama and movie premieres to boost ratings, SABe TV intends to strengthen its primetime USP –...
NEW DELHI: The sixth Pan Asia Cross Media Survey (PAX) has found that unlike other news channels, BBC World has held onto the audience it gained...
MUMBAI: Niret Alva, presenter of BBC World’s car and bike show Wheels, has won the award for the ‘Best Current Affairs or Infotainment Programme Presenter’ at...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: The switch-offs have started. Even as the World Cup cricket draws nearer, a face off has developed between Sony Entertainment TV and Zee Group...
NEW DELHI: The Subrata Roy promoted Sahara TV has decided that it would not start telecasting Karishma: The Miracles of Destiny serial, featuring Bollywood actress Karisma...
LOS ANGELES: The America Channel is planning to launch a new cable channel aimed at showing real American life between the East and West coasts is...
BBC World has emerged as the most-watched channel in a decision makers’ survey conducted by market research firm ORG-Marg for the news and information channel. The...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati, overseeing the functioning of Doordarshan and All India Radio, is slowly starting to shed its `babu’ (bureaucratic) attitude. It is increasingly going...
It’s quite a quaint dance. One step forward, two step back. That’s the path the government has decided to take for Convergence draft. The group of...
NEW YORK: DoubleClick, a leading provider of marketing tools for advertisers, direct marketers and web publishers, has announced results of its third quarter Ad Serving Trend...
MUMBAI: Free-to-air Hindi general entertainment channel Sahara TV is going digital from Tuesday, 10 December. Sahara has also set up its own multiple channel digital uplink...
NEW DELHI: BBC News has apppointed its first ever South Asia editor. The British broadcaster’s newsgathering division has appointed Paul Danahar to the newly created role...
NEW DELHI: Information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj has done it again. The government is confident that the process of implementation of the conditional access system...
HONG KONG: SpeedCast, a satellite-enabled broadband ISP in Asia, and Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific have announced that the latest news headlines on CNN and CNNfn...
HONG KONG : The Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (Casbaa) and Media & Marketing Ltd of Hong Kong are to co-publish the CASBAA &...
NEW DELHI: With little more than a fortnight to go before the premi?re of the 20th Bond movie Die Another Day in India, Omega has announced...
NEW YORK : National Cable Communications (NCC), a leading US-based spot cable rep firm, has joined with Visible World, a new media service provider focused on...
CNN has chosen Overture as its exclusive commercial search provider to provide paid search listings for three of its News Group web properties. Overture Services, which...
MUMBAI: Mudra Communications will soon start a separate production set up called Tantr, which will produce ad films and corporate films. Later this year, the agency...
It’s not often that one of CNN’s star anchors comes calling in India. And when it comes to business matters, even less so. It may be...
MUMBAI: Aamrapali , the grand historical epic that airs on Doordarshan, has plans of reaching out to international audiences as well. “We are looking at the...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: It would have been surprising if it hadn’t happened thus. Simply because of the big stakes for which some of the members...
MUMBAI: It seems Star Plus does not believe in resting on its laurels. The channel has decided to revamp year-old game show Khullja Sim Sim in...
MUMBAI: The public broadcaster, it would seem, has also realised the potential of shows based on spirituality. Prasar Bharati has invited proposals from experienced producers for...
The let’s-make-a-mess-of-it sorry saga continues at Zee Telefilms. Its decision to unceremoniously and injudiciously sackSawal Dus Crore Ka co-host Anupam Kher could see it getting embroiled in...