She is just 18, has shades of Zeenat Aman in her looks and Neha Dhupia in her voice and is being touted as the sexiest vamp...
It has been three years since she became a household name. Interestingly, Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii’s Parvati AKA Saaksshi Tanwar didn’t really think about the arc...
At the recently concluded Frames Convention CNN anchor Andrew Stevens moderated a key session which dealt with how television channels can maximise their return on investment....
It all began with a brief affair with journalism. After doing freelance writing on entertainment for E-Times, The Metropolis on Saturday (both no more), Bombay Times,...
For Rupert Gavin, BBC Worldwide’s chief executive, a trip to India seems linked to announcing a new programming initiative with Star India. Last year he was...
Simply being himself is his job. People love him — or hate him, depending on which side you may belong to — for his honest and...
The mantle of a politician and a wannabe policy-maker as an elected representative of the people in the Lower House of Indian Parliament sits pretty nicely...
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...
A vibrant man, full of life and a twinkle that never leaves his eyes, Leo Burnett chairman and chief executive officer Arvind Sharma exudes charm. His...
The man behind the path breaking ‘India Shining’ campaign. A man who went on to be the youngest managing director of one of the top 10...
He has been, it would seem, waiting in the wings for quite a while now, biding his time for his moment in the sun. Sumantra Sumo...
After being absent for over a year on the cricket front, Max is all set to steal the limelight. It has two mouth-watering tournaments back to...
There is an unwritten rule for those in Delhi, who cover the media: don’t miss any event where Sony Entertainment TV India CEO Kunal Dasgupta is...
MUMBAI: It was the first day at the office today for Star India senior vice-president Kevin Vaz as advertising sales head for the entire network at...
Quaint wooden swings and benches strewn between potted plants dot the terrace that overlooks Dr. Akash Khurana’s neat and sleek office in the refurbished building recently...
Very often, an office speaks a lot about the person occupying it. One look at the pearl white walls and the chic steel furnishing, one knows...
Ravina Raj Kohli is a tenacious professional. The lady has come a long way from being an advertising professional to running a radio company in Singapore...
KBC, AB, and Star TV, watch out you’ve got competition. At least that’s what the folks at Zee TV are threatening to offer to the three...
How could we have bypassed an extremely unusual face on the small and big screen both? Our sleuths inform us that he is a gay who...
The man needs no introduction. Madison Communications’ chairman and managing director Sam Balsara can boast of having built up, that too from scratch, one of the...
She always wanted to be a journalist. Ever since her name appeared in the newspapers as a winner of a debate competition the lady had a...
MUMBAI: News channel Times Now has appointed Neel Chowdhury as the head of marketing. He will oversee all marketing, communication and digital responsibilities and will report...
At first glance, Star India’s senior vice president ad sales, Kevin Vaz comes across as unassuming to a fault. But there is no getting away from...
Things are heating up at the Singapore-based television software production house Verite Productions. Established four years ago to provide quality non-fiction programming for television networks in...
One could be excused for wondering if the head honcho of India’s largest media house and largest-by-far broadcast company isn’t getting bored of the sameness of...
Information and broadcasting minister Jaipal Reddy hasruled out any immediate change in the board of India’s pubcaster Prasar Bharati, which manages Doordarshan and All India Radio....
Smita Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray’s daughter-in-law, is slowly expanding her footprint on Indian television. Entertainment has been her weakness, rather something which she has...
Chucking up a lucrative job with IBM in the US must not be an easy task. But that’s exactly what 28 year old business consultant Sameer...
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...
William H Roedy’s belief in localisation is complete. When in India, his business cards are printed in Hindi on one side, English the other. The 55-year-old...
The name is Shroff… Shravan Shroff. Claim to fame: Fame Adlabs. Armed with an MBA degree, this alumnus of Melbourne Business School, Australia came back to...
While the competition in the music sphere is hotting up in the Hindi segment, etc claims to have a clear lead over the others. Not content...
While Hallmark has been struggling to make a dent in India one of the shows that is having a decent run is McLeod’s Daughters. The show...
With the Synergy Communications’ produced India’s Child Genius, Star World makes its big time foray into indigenously produced English programming. While it may not have a...
Zee TV president Sunil Khanna has a lot on his plate at the moment. The largest serving he has to manage of course being the nationwide...
Zee TV president Sunil Khanna has a lot on his plate at the moment. The largest serving he has to manage of course being the nationwide...
‘Critics had written off Tarun Tejpal and his Tehelka (in English it would roughly translate to being ‘sensational’) venture after a run-in with the outgoing government...
He’s a creative whizz, multi-talented, and collects awards the way some people collect postage stamps (harking back to the time of snail mail of course). He...
MUMBAI: Kaan they host an award! Be it in terms of innovation, effects, acts or concept, the end result of first ever radio advertisers awards by...
"I have a fascination for thrillers, but don't forget, I also wrote many episodes of Rajni. Today, I would even love to do a soap. I...
Born and brought up in Mumbai, he did his schooling from Campion and graduated from Sydenham. You recently saw a lot of him in Lipstick where...
One of BBC World’s entertainment shows is Talking Movies. As the name suggests the show reviews the latest film releases. Presented by Tom Brook the programme...
The chain of Fun Republics across the country are the more obvious face of this Essel Group subsidiary. E-City Entertainment, however, is much more than that....
This year promises to be a cricket fiesta like no other. It started in January with India finishing their tour of Australia followed by India-Pakistan. We...
MUMBAI: Nokia and Idea Cellular have signed a $24 million agreement for the supply of Nokia GSM/GPRS network equipment and multimedia services nationwide in India. With...
With the government relaxing the FDI norms for leisure and general interest print publications, among the international publishers to take advantage of this is BBC Worldwide...
A day after Prasar Bharati deputy director general Vijaya Laxmi Chhabra struck an “unconventional” cricket marketing deal with Zee Telefilms, we requested an immediate interview and...
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) is likely to reduce the duration for clearing political advertisements, meant for TV channels, from the proposed 10 days to...
The company turns one, a week from now. The applause, however, is yet to make itself heard. 37-year-old Anshumaan Swami, the CEO of Applause Entertainment, however,...
All of 30, CNN International’s anchor Monita Rajpal has been with the news channel since 2001. Rajpal anchors World News and has previously also hosted CNN’s...