The recently launched docu-drama travelogue “Jahan Jahan Ram Charan Chali Jahi” by Zee Telefilms spiritual channel Zee Jagran, opened with excellent ratings on its very first...
At a meeting of the Prasar Bharati board today in Delhi, it was decided that a panel headed by the pubcaster’s CEO KS Sarma would be...
The conditional access system (CAS) issue took another political hue today when Samajwadi Party politician and member of Parliament Amar Singh lashed out at the government...
WorldSpace Corporation, which claims to be the global pioneer in satellite audio and multimedia services, has inaugurated three new channels. Through Orbit Rock, The Hop and...
It’s looking beyond its own living room. The Prasar Bharati, the holding company of DD and AIR, is looking at having non-Doordarshan channels and also the...
Prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee this morning dedicated newly launched indigenous satellite INSAT 3C to the nation. At a function at the Delhi Earth Station, Atal...
Bangladesh’s first private television channel and only independent station Ekushey Television, better known as ETV, is teetering on the brink of closure. On a charge made...
Entertainment company DreamWorks SKG and consumer food products giant General Mills have announced a strategic worldwide promotional partnership. The alliance will fully integrate DreamWorks movie properties...
Warner Brothers was declared overall winner with five awards for its creative marketing and advertising work conducted last year at Hollywood Reporter’s 31st Annual Key Art...
The private FM players may be getting all the publicity at the moment but good old All India Radio is not going to be left behind....
Ravi Kemmu took the plunge in TV direction in 1995, when satellite Indian television had just started to come of age. He debuted with a romantic...
ETC Networks has announced red ink-stained financial results for the year ended 31 March 2002, even as Zee Telefilms readies to get into the driver’s seat,...
It’s may be a great brand positioning statement they said. But in India its only cricket that everyone watches, they said. Well, the Fifa World Cup,...
Bloomberg Television, the global financial broadcast network, has signed an international strategic agreement with NDS Group, a News Corp company. The first interactive broadcast combining Bloomberg’s...
The increasing frequency with which India’s pubcaster DD is being left out of business of sports telecasts has got the goat of Doordarshan director general SY...
Doordarshan has entered into an agreement with France-based Canal France International (CFI) to telecast 26 French films on DD Metro beginning 5 July at 11 pm.. ...
Pacific Century Matrix (PCM), Asia-Pacific’s leading provider of satellite-based broadband connectivity and network solutions is holding a workshop on DVB / IP over Satellite on 5...
3 July may not be its official birthday, but it marks a day when Star Plus was reborn and launched a gameshow that was to rewrite...
Doordarshan’s run of bad luck continues where sporting events are concerned. The latest is that India’s pubcaster has been served out of Wimbledon, the tennis extravaganza...
In a first of its kind co-promotional partnership, CNBC and Barista are organizing a series of contests for the ad and marketing community in the country,...
The advertising sector in the US is not likely to recover in a hurry. Two prominent researchers, Zenith Media and Taylor Nelson Sofres have independently squelched...
The advertising sector in the US is not likely to recover in a hurry. While hope of a quick 2002 turnaround is now fading for the...
MUMBAI: Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) has relaunched Pond’s Magic Talc, which will be available across India from this month onwards. A medianet release says that the...
NEW DELHI: Not only is the Cable TV (Networks) Regulation Bill, 2002, which is supposed to be discussed in Rajya Sabha during this session of Indian...
Jean-Marie Messier, chairman and CEO of beleaguered French media major Vivendi Universal, has agreed to quit after the company’s board members withdrew support to him, reports...
At the end of it all, speculation of her moving out of the information and broadcasting ministry proved unfounded. A major cabinet reshuffle undertaken by Prime...
The eighth Asian International Broadcast and Multimedia Technology Exhibition and Conference, BroadcastAsia2002 that took place in Singapore from 18 to 21 June saw only a marginal...
CNN has launched its first-ever multi-platform marketing campaign promoting the benefits of staying at a CNN Partner Hotel to business travellers around the world. The CNN...
Sunday’s fever pitched football final was watched by more women than any previous World Cup final. That’s the finding of McCann Pulse, the global consumer insight...
The print media scene in the country is set for exciting times ahead. Recently the Financial Times of London announced that it picked up a 13.85...
KS Sarma, the 50-something chief executive of Prasar Bharati, overseeing the functioning of Doordarshan and All India Radio, is not new to the system. A few...
MUMBAI: The Mahamastakabhisheka Mahotsava Committee Shravanabelagola (MMC-06) has appointed Sanskar and Aastha T.V. as the official T.V. Channels for the live T.V. Coverage of the spectacular...
Ronnie Screwvala promoted UTV has been in the media business for over 20 years, pioneering cable TV in 1981. The content business is just one part...
As the Fifa World Cup heads for its grand finale tomorrow between perennial favourites Brazil and a determined Germany, some tallies are already being made. B4U...
Nokia and Euro RSCG Worldwide have won a Gold Lion Direct for their Nokia Game campaign, developed by Euro RSCG Netherlands, at the 2002 International Advertising...
Mumbai, January 4, 2006: CNBC-TV18 and Autocar India is giving every car lover a once in a lifetime opportunity to win and drive away with the...
ESPN Classic Sport will make its debut in Italy on DTH digital satellite TELE + DIGITALE on 1 July. The new channel marks ESPN’s first branded...
With just under three months to go before it officially turns 5, action-adventure channel AXN states it now has over 30 million subscriber households in Asia....
Sony Entertainment Television India (SET India) and Discovery Communications India (DCI) today announced the formation of their joint venture company – SET Discovery Pvt Ltd. And...
Pakistan is negotiating a satellite deal with European and US operators to buy two satellites, one to occupy the 38 E orbital slot allotted to the...
Arianespace’s eighth mission of the year, a dual telecommunications satellite launch, will take place on 5 July. A heavy-lift Ariane 5 will loft the dual telecommunications...
Broadband Communications Sector and NDS, a News Corp company and a leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay TV, say they will combine select products...
While broadcasters, MSOs, cable ops and consumers grapple the possibilities and frailties of CAS in India, set top box (STB) manufacturers are dealing with the more...
BBC World has announced a wide range of shows to captivate viewers of different tastes and dislikes with a line up that includes special areas including...
News network CNN has bagged a top honour at one of the most prestigious competitions in the American business news industry. The network claimed a Loeb...
It’s hotting up out there in the sports broadcasting arena. The latest card has been thrown by ESPN Star Sports (ESS) which today announced the signing...
New York headquartered DoubleClick, which provides marketing tools for advertisers, direct marketers and web publishers, has released the results of its Marketing Spending Index, the first...
MUMBAI: Dream Team India Productions, a leading entertainment software provider to India’s leading satellite and terrestrial channels, has recently completed shooting the pilot episode of a...
While broadcasters, MSOs, cable ops and consumers grapple the possibilities and frailties of CAS in India, set top box manufacturers are dealing with the more practical...
Direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting is coming. Take it as a given. Subhash Chandra’s ASC Enterprises Ltd (Agrani) has applied for a DTH licence. Confirming this to indiantelevision.com,...