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For the cable operators in India, there is much to learn from Taiwan. The industry, which was unorganised, has undergone changes: consolidation, network upgradation, and a...
MUMBAI: Henkel India has announced its entry into the home use hair colorant segment with two new brands: Schwarzkopf Silkience and Schwarzkopf Palette. Silkience, priced at...
When it comes to India, CLSA’s media and entertainment investment banking head Simon Dewhurst has a pretty good handle on the dynamics at work in the...
NEW DELHI: A Chinese family viewing a Bollywood movie; a household in Uganda awaiting a cookery programme; a Greek watching a mythological show…All this may seem...
MUMBAI: Nomarks was voted the ‘most preferred brand’ at the Consumer World Awards 2004. The brand has bagged this award second time in a row in...
A 1971 batch officer of the Indian Administrative Service, SK Arora is a man of few words and believes that actions should speak for themselves. But...
B4U Television Network has chalked out a revival plan. The company has paid carriage fee to cable operators, visibility of its two channels has improved, and...
For many in the industry, the demise of the Lakme India Fashion Week (IFW), the event that marks the high point of India’s fashion calendar, from...
He can be called an outsider to the broadcasting world, but he claims to have seen the media from both sides. Having spent close to 30...
He may not look like the typical corporate executive and globe-trotting businessman like his elder brother Subhash Chandra or appear to be as techno-savvy as his...
A wave of consolidation is sweeping the satellite sector. The latest in a series of mergers and acquisitions is the announcement that Intelsat Ltd. would buy...
It’s been eight months since The Walt Disney Company set up shop in India and unleashed the magical world of the much adored Mickey and his...
Switch on to any channel Sony, Zee, Star or DD and it’s quite unlikely that you’ll miss having a glimpse of actress Prachee Shah. Her acting...
Raghuveer Shekhawat's tryst with television started when he came to Mumbai in 1992 with vague notions of making it big in the entertainment industry. Almost a...
India is emerging as the only country where so many direct-to-home (DTH) service providers have expressed their intent to join the race. Tata Sky Ltd, a...
Two months ago Amar Upadhyay was just another up and coming television actor with the good fortune to be a part of the most popular soap...
One of staples of the English entertainment scene in India is AXN. The seven-year-old action channel constantly looks for ways to increase variety. For this purpose...
“Have to go, get poked and made fun of by Shekhar Suman on Movers and Shakers,” wrote Khushwant Singh, renowned author and columnist, after being invited...
Passionate about directing ever since her college years, director Swapna Waghmare Joshi has come a long way. She first came to the limelight with Balaji Telefilms’...
Friday the 26th! The first episode of Sony Entertainment Television’s long awaited gameshow “Jeeto Chappar Phaad Ke” (JCPK) will go on air and the clock is...
Overseeing network sales for a media firm is what you would least expect a National Defence Academy graduate to end up doing. But Zee’s Joy Chakraborthy...
After a 14-year stint with JWT, Unilever Business, Albert Almeida took up his first job in television as Sony Entertainment Television senior vice president marketing. In...
The broadcast industry currency Tam ratings has been in the line of fire lately. Zee Telefilms and Sahara One have pointed fingers at the agency recently...
MUMBAI: In a network first, MTV in the US has announced that it will premiere its newest music special on MTV Overdrive the network’s hybrid broadband...
Farooque Shaikh made his debut as an actor some 32 years ago in the MS Sathyu-directed classic Garam Hawa. Soon to follow was an immensely successful...
Be it the role of a scatterbrain Chachi in popular sitcom Dekh Bhai Dekh or as a stunning actress in another sitcom Zabaan Sambhal Ke, Bhavana...
CNN’s New Delhi bureau chief Satinder Bindra was in Colombo on vacation when the Tsunami struck on 26 December 2004. For the next few weeks Bindra...
When Television Eighteen was started in 1994, critics dismissed it as a fad. As if on cue, the company went through a bad phase towards the...
Radio City FM 91, Bangalore launched in July 2001. Promoted by Music Broadcast Private Limited (MBPL), and with 75 per cent equity from GW Capital, Radio...
MTV Networks India is eyeing growth through acquisitions, be it in the area of local language TV channels, radio, print, production facilities and digital media. And...
One of action oriented broadcaster AXN’s most successful franchises is Crime Scene investigation (CSI). The show, which sees forensic experts solving crimes, has enabled the the...
When you’ve been in the television production business for as long as Fremantle Media director of productions India Gavin Wood has, there is probably very little...
One of action oriented broadcaster AXN’s most successful franchises is Crime Scene investigation (CSI). The show, which sees forensic experts solving crimes, has enabled the the...
Size, the makers of Godzilla would vouch, definitely matters at the box-office. And Star India is getting bigger by the day. In terms of annual turnover...
Sticky! One word that best describes MediaCom, one of India’s earliest independent media agencies. Its senior management has stayed put with it for around a decade...
A few decades back, nobody would have imagined that the Rs 5 billion Jagran Prakashan, headqaureted in the north Indian industrial town of Kanpur, would straddle...
The telenovela format is going from strength to strength in India and across the globe. RCTV International, the distribution arm of RCTV, which claims to be...
One of the shows that has helped AXN do well in the ratings sweepstakes is Crime Scene Investigation (CSI). The drama sees forensic experts using their...
Now more than ever, cable companies realise the need to upgrade service and content as they face the threat from direct-to-home (DTH) and telecom operators who...
Cho, Kyu Sang needs an interpreter to communicate when in India. But the director-general, media policy bureau of the Korean Broadcasting Commission, is confident that language...
These days when you walk into the offices of Sony Entertainment Television in the television suburb of Andheri (W) in Mumbai, you can feel the charged...
Space TV CEO Vikram Kaushik is a cautious person and knowing the controversial nature of the the company’s proposed DTH venture, he’s been extra cautious. A...
Desperately trying to get across to somebody in Russia on his cell phone from Delhi, he mumbles to himself about the (in)efficiency of telecom companies around...
MUMBAI: Ten Sports will kick off its French Open campaign on 23 May at 2:30 pm. The tourney, played in the red clay surface of Roland...
A father screaming at his 14-year-old daughter for undergoing an abortion! An HIV afflicted nurse who gives hope to patients! Cops getting high on steroids! These...
Star News has always been under a canopy of controversy from the time the Rupert Murdoch-controlled Star group took control of the news channel after divorcing...
MUMBAI: The Tamil television space has one more player in the general entertainment arena. Tamil Thirai TV (TTV), controlled and managed by Tamil Entertainment Art Media...
MUMBAI: Adlabs Films’ board, which met on Tuesday, has approved the allotment of equity shares of face value Rs 5 each at a premium of...
The sports broadcasting genre is heading towards a period of expansion and change. With one new entrant ready to make its presence in the next month...
Tulsi Virani is currently television’s favourite bahu (daughter-in-law). And for Smriti Malhotra, things will never be quite the same. For it is she...
Reliance and BlackRock chiefs map the future of investing as global capital eyes India
Super Bowl pilot to refine how shared TV audiences are counted
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....
