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Star Plus continues to rule the roast in the latest TRP ratings released by A.C. Nielsen’s TAM service. 40 of its shows occupy the Top 100...
In a bid to stave off allegations about manipulation of its ratings, A.C. Nielsen conducted a validation exercise today. According to TAM chief L.V. Krishnan, the...
SET India CEO Kunal Dasgupta is in an angry mood. The reason: the overkill of the TRP for sale coverage on CNBC India. Dasgupta told indiantelevision.com...
Launching 24 September is a new sitcom from the Star India stable, fare somewhat different in flavour from that of the staple soap variety stock that...
ORG MARG and TAM Media Research today issued releases responding to industry concerns about the credibility of the ratings systems they have instituted: ORG MARG: 1)...
The Communication Convergence Bill, 2001, which was introduced in Parliament on the last day (last Friday) of the monsoon session, has been referred to a standing...
It was way back in March that Sony Entertainment Television announced it was brewing its own unique version of reality television centred around cricket, whose driving...
Star India’s long awaited direct to home (DTH) project has taken another step towards becoming reality and it has teamed up with consumer electronics and telecom...
The Laffaire TRPs for sale has raised a few questions. Even indiantelevision.com was at the receiving end of an anonymous docket yesterday evening containing the same...
Hours after business channel CNBC India put out a report casting doubts on the reliability of the ratings systems in India, reactions from the industry were...
Business channel CNBC India today broke a story casting doubt on the efficacy of television peoplemeters in India, saying it was “not foolproof, not confidential and...
National Geographic channel has lined up a special series on Africa as a part of its programming initiative. The eight-hour long compelling series premiers on September...
Telecoms minister Ram Vilas Paswan apparently got his just reward for increasing teledensity in India during his two year tenure and piloting the Communication Convergence Bill...
The bearded CEO of Sony Entertainment Television Kunal Dasgupta has a burning desire to take Indian television programming and entertainment globally. As CEO of a company...
Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has invited proposals from experienced producers and production houses for event-based television shows that will be made exclusively for Doordarshan’s National Channel....
Last Monday Zee Telefilms unveiled its new face to the world. Not exactly the best of times to fix an interview with one of the key...
Sony Entertainment Television is on the move. It was on 4 August that the channel started beaming in Australia on the South Asia Television platform along...
Communications minister Ram Vilas Paswan finally did it. After a lot of hectic activity behind the scenes which saw the printing of copies of The Communication...
It’s all about geography after all. When in Greece do as the Greeks would do. Most international satellite television and cable TV channels have been going...
Tomorrow Sony Entertainment Television joins Star India and Zee TV as a completely pay-driven bouquet with its flagship channel becoming fully encrypted. The channel will...
Information & Broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj has scheduled a meeting today evening at 5:00 pm with cable operators where major issues impacting the industry are to...
That’s Life! It took all of 14 years of litigation for the rights of the popular eighties comedy Yeh Joi Hai Zindagi to finally land with...
Four days into Zee Television’s journey to reinvent itself and the news is good for the Subhash Chandra-promoted channel. According to Partha Sinha director-marketing Zee...
SABe TV, the Hindi entertainment channel promoted by the Adhikari brothers, which had announced a new programming schedule earlier in the month, will introduce the new...
Can the industry finally look forward to the Convergence Bill seeing the light of day, at least in Parliament? Well if clued-in sources are to be...
Faced with mounting losses at home because of declining interest in its theme parks and a slump in ad revenues entertainment and media giant Walt Disney...
After a long while in which Sony Entertainment seemed to be in hibernation while the Zees and the Stars did all the running, the channel today...
Kaun Banega Junior Shaktiman, a contest idea that that Mukesh Khanna, actor-producer of the popular Shaktiman series on national broadcaster Doordarshan, has been trying to get...
Cartoon Network has announced plans to introduce a new programming franchise Toonami with the unveiling of two feature-length Indian made 3D animation shows: Pandavas – The...
MTV Asia announced today that the inaugural MTV Asia Awards (MAA) will be held in Singapore at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on 2 February, 2002. The...
I. Income Tax on foreign telecasting Channels: a) Para 117 on page 36 of FM’s speech (Part B) says 177. The foreign telecasting channels will henceforth...
In the western Indian state of Maharashtra the Ganesh festival is huge. And this year the Marathi language channels have tried their levellest to outdo each...
Actor Hemal Thakkar, along with good friends Paresh Raval and Anand Mundra has recently ventured into TV production under their banner Playtime Creation. Their first project...
Come 1 November, TV studio owners, editors, animation and graphic artists are going to be headed towards Mumbai’s World Trade Centre. The reason: the eleventh edition...
The long awaited Communications Convergence Bill 2001, which has far-reaching implications on how the media industry is to be run in India, is expected to be...
MTV India threw cold water today on a recent report that it was seriously considering a proposal by the Hinduja-owned INCablenet whereby it would be able...
Star has announced that its Star Movies channel has signed an output deal with DreamWorks Distribution to acquire the exclusive pay-television rights for 40 DreamWorks SKG...
MUMBAI: You can’t miss the eyes. Splashed across hoardings in the city a mysterious woman, revealing only her forehead and eyes, asks: “Kaun hoon main (who...
Zee Interactive Learning Systems Ltd, the multimedia education subsidiary of Zee Telefilms, is currently in the middle of a major drive to increase awareness around its...
The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), which on 24 August is launching a campaign to increase confidence in Indian advertising on television and print media,...
Just under three months after Zee Telefilms chairman Subhash Chandra announced he was looking to induct an international media major as strategic partner, the field for...
The Hallmark Channel, using the platform of the popular programmes like Sesame Street, Scholastic Clifford and Caillou on its Kids Block, has teamed up with well-known...
The predominantly music-based etc, quoting market research agency Intam figures, has claimed the top spot in the music channel stakes. According to Intam figures for...
Broadcast Worldwide Business Development director Pradipto Sircar refuses to be cowed down by rival regional satellite channels that are stealing viewers, while the four Tara channels...
Zee TV today announced it was ready and willing to take on the best that Star had to dish out while unveiling the relaunch of the...
Subhash Chandra is likely to square the remainder of the amount that is to be paid back to Zee Telefilms Ltd by offloading about 7.5 million...
A little over a month after media baron Subhash Chandra’s Zee Telefilms Ltd, announced its promoters had placed 5 million shares with a U.S.-based institutional investor,...
ESPN Star Sports (ESS) and Astro, its Malaysian Pay TV Partner, have reached an agreement to make available exclusive coverage of the English Premier League soccer...
To promote its new blockbuster movie ‘Planet Of the Apes’ 20th Century Fox has tied up with popular music network MTV International as its only global...
It’s been a year and ten months since the Viacom-owned kid’s channel Nickelodeon entered Indian air space but it might as not have come at all...
MUMBAI: Netflix is celebrating ten years in India with a slick anniversary film voiced by Shah Rukh Khan, a nostalgic...
Gurugram: Delhivery’s boardroom is being reset. Deepak Kapoor, chairman and independent director, has resigned with effect from April 1 as...
SINGAPORE: Anuvrat Rao has taken charge as APAC head of commerce and signals partnerships at Meta, steering monetisation deals across...
Bengaluru: Brnd.me, the global consumer brands company formerly known as Mensa Brands, has entered the European market following strong momentum...
NATIONAL: TechnoSport has launched on Slikk, the ultra-fast fashion app offering 60-minute delivery, as the activewear brand accelerates its push...
MUMBAI: Jitendra Singh has been appointed senior vice president and division head – special projects at Reliance Industries Limited, marking...
MUMBAI: Dating, it turns out, is less about grand gestures and more about shared moments. The song you both hum,...
MUMBAI: This Republic Day, Godrej brought modern washing technology to the care of Indian handlooms. The appliances business of Godrej...
BENGALURU: Wipro Limited hosted the 15th edition of the Wipro earthian Awards 2025 at Azim Premji University, recognising schools and...
Gurugram: Blinkit has elevated Tulasi Mohan Padavala to associate director, capping a three-year climb inside the quick-commerce firm and signalling...
Noida: Haldiram’s has tapped a seasoned brand builder to sharpen its quick-service ambitions. Rajiv Singh has joined the snacks-to-sweets giant...
MUMBAI: When the stakes rise and seconds matter, even payments need a match-winning finish. That’s the cue for Bharatpe, which...
BENGALURU: In a city where red lights usually test patience and tempers, Oben Electric decided to give them a new job....
BENGALURU: Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming the operating backbone of the media industry, transforming everything from content creation to distribution,...
Mumbai: A quiet but significant exit is underway at one of India’s most influential philanthropic institutions. Pramit Jhaveri has decided...