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The news television in each state in southern India has its own typical character that doesn‘t resemble each other. It‘s so hetergenous and state-centric that most...
NEW DELHI: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who recently enacted the role of a media baron in the film Rann, feels there is “general failure of trust in...
NEW DELHI: A fresh row is brewing between the news channels and the Indian Premier League (IPL) organisers. Most television news channels in the country have...
MUMBAI: CNN has announced that Tom Bettag has joined as senior executive producer of State of the Union with Candy Crowley and Reliable Sources. The announcement...
India lives in its villages… Does it, anymore? Let’s look at the statistics… A recent Ernst & Young study indicates that 58 per cent of advertisers...
Kids channels ran the extra mile in 2009, expanding the genre by 7.9 per cent as they localised and became more interactive with their target group...
MUMBAI: Zee News has announced that Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan has lent his support for the channel’s campaign ‘Love for the Nation’. Through the campaign, the...
The year 2009 has been a dynamic one for the Indian cable industry. Several developments and key decisions that took place hint towards a very promising...
Good Morning and a Happy News Year. I am happy to report The News from the front lines of the news battleground. Returning after a sabbatical,...
MUMBAI: English business news channel CNBC TV18 is launching a new weekend talk show with Vir Sanghvi on 6 February. The show, Off the Record, will...
In view of the global economic meltdown and its imminent impact on the advertising, 2009 was bound to be a challenging and tumultuous year. But, even...
MUMBAI: News broadcaster CNN has launched a new monthly show i-List which takes viewers to countries that are changing the way we live and look at...
MUMBAI: BBC World News has launched The Hub with Nik Gowing, a news programme aimed primarily at audiences in South Asia as part of a new...
MUMBAI: Neel Chowdhury, CNBC TV18 and CNBC Awaaz VP marketing, has ended his two-year stint with the company to join US-based mobile payment service company Obopay...
2009 began ominously with dark clouds looming in the aftermath of the meltdown of financial markets in the US. In the midst of this turbulence, Star...
The way the world changed in the first decade of the 21st century can be gauged by the year-end covers of two prominent magazines. Time Magazine...
2009. A year when most of the television industry gasped as the Indian economy slowed down and advertising and distribution revenues dried up even as costs...
MUMBAI: NDTV Worldwide has expanded its relationship with Malaysia-based Astro, signing a fresh consultancy agreement to offer operations and strategic management support to its channel, Astro...
MUMBAI: News broadcasters have posted third-quarter profitability despite revenue crawling below double digit growth. TV Today Network said Monday its net profit surged 57.87 per cent...
NEW DELHI: The Editors Guild has urged the Election Commission to take strong action against candidates and mediapersons who violate the disclosure norms of election expenditure...
NEW JERSEY: Cadbury Schweppes has selected McCann-Erickson Worldwide Advertising as its global advertising agency for Dentyne chewing gum and certain other non-chocolate confectionery brands. The total...
For most observers, 2009 was year of mixed fortunes for Bollywood. While the industry took efforts to globalize and some of its talent got global recognition...
MUMBAI: Television18 has eased its financial pain in the fiscal third-quarter due to some upswing in revenues while costs are kept under strict control. For the...
With India having touched the monumental figure of 512 in terms of television channels including 249 news channels, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry pushed the panic...
MUMBAI: IBN18 Broadcast Ltd has posted a standalone net loss of Rs 109.63 million for the quarter ended 31 December, marginally up from a net loss...
Promises, more promises, and no action. That is what the private FM radio operators felt as the government blanked out any reforms in 2009 that would...
MUMBAI: NDTV 24X7 has partnered with Karan Johar’s Dharma Production, just ahead of the release of Shah Rukh Khan- Kajol starrer My Name Is Khan. As...
Year 2009 shall be a year to recall…if not for all, at least for the Hindi general entertainment channels!!! Even through the recession fever, and the...
MUMBAI: I still distinctly remember the year 2007 when over a coffee table conversation in London, my friend started talking about Indian Idol 3 and CID...
MUMBAI: CNBC Awaaz, the first Hindi business news channel of India, is completing five years of operations tomorrow. The channel, which was unveiled on 13 January...
MUMBAI: Hindi news channel IBN7 is launching two new shows, Jaagte Raho Hoshiyaar and Mumbai News, for late night. Starting today, the new programmes will highlight...
MUMBAI: The beginning of the year 2009 was a huge challenge for us. We took up this challenge with great enthusiasm, confidence and a focused approach....
MUMBAI: Dr Prannoy Roy-promoted NDTV Worldwide, the media consulting division of NDTV Ltd, will help a local firm launch a news and current affairs channel in...
MUMBAI: The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of Andhra Police has arrested two senior editors of the Telugu news channel TV5 for alleging Ambani brothers’ involvement in...
MUMBAI: I have a vivid recollection of that day in 1983, when a colour TV came into our house. The entire neighbourhood knew; there was special...
MUMBAI: The Hindi general entertainment channel (GEC) space is constantly changing and churning out fresh opportunities. In my opinion, it has been a year of shows...
MUMBAI: The Indian Premier League (IPL) emerged as a clear winner in 2009, but fortunately for sports broadcasters cricket had no losers. The three formats –...
MUMBAI: 2009 was the year to be in a different industry. ESPN-Star‘s billion dollar investment in cricket‘s Champions League made the Dubai property market look a...
MUMBAI: Zee 24 Taas, the first 24–hour Marathi news channel, will be dawning a new look from 1 January 2010. With a new logo and positioning...
MUMBAI: Sahara India Pariwar has appointed Sanjeev Srivastava as CEO and editor-in-chief, heading all media related activities of the Group. Srivastava, currently India editor at BBC,...
MUMBAI: FMCG major Hindustan Unilever (HUL) and CNBC-TV18 have joined hands to launch “Lessons in Marketing Excellence.” The joint initiative is aimed at increasing student-industry interaction...
MUMBAI: BBC World News has launched a new series of vignettes called The Yearbook and has whisky brand Chivas Regal as the title sponsor. The Yearbook...
NEW DELHI: IBN Network Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai was today re-elected President of the Editors Guild of India for a second term at the elections held here....
MUMBAI: Anil Ambani’s Reliance Capital has progressively upped its stake in TV Today Network to 14.02 per cent, but is still outside the 15 per cent...
NEW DELHI: Is state-owned broadcaster DD saddled with an ageing news correspondent network? If one goes by information and broadcasting minister Ambika Soni’s admission in parliament,...
MUMBAI: NDTV has joined hands with Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF), an organisation set up by Magsaysay awardee Arvind Kejriwal, to organise the first RTI Awards....
MUMBAI: News channels will relive the Mumbai terror attack as they line up a slew of special shows to mark the first anniversary. Zee News Ltd...
MUMBAI: NewsX, the Indi Media-owned English news channel, has announced the appointment of Vishnu Shankar as news director for heading the channel’s news output. Prior to...
MUMBAI: Ahead of the first anniversary of the Mumbai terror attack, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has issued an advisory to all television channels urging them...
MUMBAI: Rajat Sharma-promoted India TV has appointed Manoj Sharma as group business head. The company, which has plans for launching more channels, said that this appointment...
Platforms get three years to add features for hearing and visually impaired
Strong word-of-mouth turns Pongal satire into remake pick
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Communications leader exits after three years spanning MD office strategy and media outreach.
Cricket star named face of Delhi Khel Mahakumbh to fuel youth talent hunt.
Kolkata-based beverage maker reports stronger revenues and profits for December quarter.
A crime thriller steps out of the shadows as Telugu storytelling claims centre stage.
From boards to bytes, chess readies for a nation-first showdown in Riyadh.
Leadership change follows layoffs, protests and a bruising battle over trust.
Revenue rises 4.3 per cent to Rs 10,209.33 crore while deferred tax gain lifts bottom line sharply
Akshay Kumar and stars launch awards at NSCI Dome on Feb 28
Merger creates one-stop hub for content, digital, and delivery
NEW DELHI: Hamdard Laboratories gathered a cross-section of India’s achievers in New Delhi on Friday, handing out the Hakeem Abdul...
MUMBAI: For decades, creative storytelling has been the cornerstone of brand communication. The “big idea” amplified through catchy jingles, striking...
MUMBAI: Zepto has elevated Ahmad Muneeb to vice president – HR centre of excellence, placing him at the helm of...
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