In order to expand its presence in the sports world Wizcraft International has come on-board the World Series Hockey (WSH) as a franchisee. The franchise-based...
The English movie channel space has seen a shake-up. The power centre has been upset with the growth of Pix and the onslaught of new entrant...
NEW DELHI: Ziyarat, the first feature film to be made by a Kashmiridirector and starring only Kashmiri artistes which has already won anaward in the United...
Punit Goenka is in control of the media empire that patriarch Subhash Chandra built assiduously over almost two decades. He is quick to take decisions, is...
Leading broadcasters will continue to post strong ad revenue growth while the long tail will be severely hurt as advertisers tend to consolidate their spends in...
There are early indications that the advertising economy is slowing down. With many parts of the world awash in economic gloom, there are forecasts that guide...
Adopting an aggressive posture, HBO is giving a push to its content as competition turns fierce in the English movie channel space. After its deal with...
There is a rush among sporting bodies to follow the Indian Premier League (IPL) way to build their sport. The latest to follow this route is...
Geographic targeting of television advertising is a business that is still in a nascent stage in India. Once adopted by various players in the television advertising...
Zoom, the youth channel with a lazar sharp focus on Bollywood, has found its space in a competitive genre that is waiting to see the launch...
FoodFood, one of the three recently launched food specialty channels in India, is completing six months on 24 July. With Sanjeev Kapoor and Astro as promoters...
As it plans to grow its business in India, Total Sports Asia (TSA) is looking at media formats that combine sports with lifestyle. Plotting an aggressive...
Earlier this year to better reflect its business, World Wrestling Entertainment rebranded as WWE. Among other things, it is looking to develop new television products...
MUMBAI: Fox News will air the final episode of Glenn Beck on 30 June, winding up the third highest rated show on cable news in the...
HDFC Life‘s advertising spend will stay flat this year as it seeks to turn profitable for the first time. The insurance company, which ranks No....
Sony Pictures Television is on a major expansion course in Asia. It has widened its portfolio with the launch of a new channel, ONE. AXN HD...
IndusInd Media and Communications Ltd (IMCL), the media subsidiary company of Hinduja Ventures Ltd, plans to raise $100 million, a major chunk of which will be...
In a rapidly changing business environment where brands need to be constantly rejuvenated, it is not only important to analyse but also interpret data from a...
As format shows have become globalised, India offers an interesting opportunity. The consumption of reality shows has gone up even as channels like MTV have changed...
The Indian Premier League (IPL) has seen an erosion in brand value due to governance issues. Two franchises got termination notice from India‘s cricket board but...
Amid controversies surrounding shareholding issues and a termination notice from the BCCI, the spirit of Kings XI Punjab hasn‘t dampened. The Indian Premier League franchise expects...
he English movie channel genre is sized at Rs 3.25 billion and is expected to grow at 20-25 per cent due to the entry of new...
CNN is banking on India to boost its ad revenue this year as the international news outfit hunts for fast-growing economies in a downturn environment. ...
Sony Corporation expects India to be among its top five markets by sales in the next two years. Betting big on 3D, Sony chairman,...
Cricket is expected to earn an advertising revenue of Rs 18 billion from its television telecast this year, up from Rs 15 billion in 2010, as...
Driven by the rapid development in digital and mobile technologies, sound company Dolby is expanding its market base from cinema to the broadcasting sector. ...
A new entrant in the infotainment space, Nat Geo Wild launched in India last year to cater to the need for high quality wild life and...
Knocked down by a model that relied heavily on acquisitions, Network18 founder-promoter Raghav Bahl has reworked on the movie production business that he has moved to...
For Endemol India, it has been a roller coaster ride. The international content creator has established itself as a leader in the reality TV genre and...
The International Emmy Awards have been growing in strength from year to year. These recognise the best in television from around the world. This time...
Multi Screen Media‘s hybrid channel Max has completed 11 years and today is a prime asset of the company. While it telecasts the lucrative Indian...
Based at the network‘s regional headquarters in Hong Kong, Ellena Lee is one of the most dynamic and successful young executives working in Asian television. She...
With the television landscape having to work under a struggling global economy, it is becoming more of a challenge for content creators to stay creative under...
When Star floated a company for DTH, there were several issues raised on shareholding and other related matters. Was that a ghost that initially haunted you...
UTV has expanded its movie slate for the fiscal and is eyeing a revenue of Rs 4.5 billion from this segment, up 43 per cent from...
BBC Worldwide Channels is looking at cracking the Indian market a lot more seriously. The two channels, BBC Entertainment and CBeebies, were almost invisible for three...
Ormax Media, the consumer knowledge and consulting firm for the media and entertainment industry, was launched jointly by Vispy Doctor, the managing director of Ormax Consultants,...
Discovery is upping the ante in India. Leading the infotainment genre, the company has crafted three channel launches in India this year: Discovery Science, Discovery Turbo...
Manjunath Hegde, masters in marketing management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute, has over 23 years of experience in 360 brand management and consumer insight based strategy and...
MSM Discovery is targeting Rs 10 billion in FY’11, an almost 40 per cent jump over the year-ago period, as it adds Neo Cricket into its...
It was in 2007, when global marketing communications holding company, Omnicom, entered India with its media planning and buying network OMD. Jasmin Sohrabji, a double...
For 10 years, HBO has warmed up audiences with big movie titles, library content and branding as a premium English movie channel. The arrival of...
It has not been an easy year for Star‘s English channels. In a nine-player nine scenario, Star Movies, however, has weathered the storm and held on to...
That Neena Kulkarni is a good actress has been well acknowledged in the world of Marathi stage, cinema and television. Unfortunately Hindi productions haven’t been as...
When Pix launched four years back, it had to be content with library movies. Now the English movie channel has evolved into a stage where it...
Struggling to jump into the top Hindi GEC league, it was a year back when Sony Entertainment Television decided to undergo a complete overhaul. New programmes...
As the advertising industry prepares to come out of the slowdown clutter, Havas Media has found proper representation in India‘s two high-growth sectors: telecom and automobiles....
The top three Hindi general entertainment channels punched hard at the second-tier channels with differentiated content, high-cost reality shows and big ticket movies. Barring Sab, the...
UTV Television, one of the foremost television production studios in India, has seen many ups and down in the past. At one stage it was one...
Simon Spalding is a bit of a homebody. When the Fremantle Media regional CEO Europe & Asia Pacific is not travelling around on business he likes...

