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MUMBAI: CNN-IBN has launched a weeklong series Whose City is it Anyway? that explores the rising threat of a clash between locals and migrants over space,...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster BBC has completed a reprocurement exercise for the management of its TV licencing cash schemes and the TV licencing savings card. The contract...
NEW DELHI: NewsX has gone into a 24-hour dry run, covering news across the country. The brand campaign will start later this month, said NewsX news...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC’s commercial arm BBC Worldwide has sold several shows to Seven Network in Australia. The shows that the Australian network has purchased...
MUMBAI: Zee News has inked a marketing, licencing and distribution deal with BBC Worldwide. BBC Worldwide will market, licence and distribute Zee News’ archive clip footage...
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting is under intense pressure from the judiciary on the issue of a content code and has informed the...
NEW DELHI: IBN 7, the Hindi news channel from the Network 18 group is going for a total overhaul of its look to match the profile...
MUMBAI: A trailer of the new series of UK pubcaster BBC One’s Bafta award-winning drama Doctor Who is airing in cinemas across the UK. The show...
MUMBAI: Indrani and Peter Mukerjea’s INX News Pvt Ltd has announced the appointment of news broadcast veteran Arup Ghosh as its newsroom head. Ghosh’s appointment marks...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has announced that Asian Network will launch its biggest marketing campaign next week across television, radio and online. The New Sound...
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide’s audio and music business, under a new five-year strategy developed to drive the exploitation of popular music and capitalise on the corporation’s rich...
NEW DELHI: Reiterating that the government would not interfere in the internal affairs or administraton of any media house or television channel, information and broadcasting minister...
NEW DELHI: The deadline has passed. Now the information & broadcasting ministry is seriously upset that the News Broadcasters Association has not sent them any communiqué...
MUMBAI: Chintamani Rao has been appointed CEO of Times Global Broadcasting – Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd’s broadcast arm that owns and operates English news channel...
MUMBAI: A near three-year old relationship between Reuters Group Plc and Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd in Times Global Broadcasting, the joint venture which owns and...
MUMBAI: Television 18 India Ltd declared its third quarter results for the period ended 31 december 2007. Net profit for the quarter (after deferred tax) was...
MUMBAI: Network 18 Media & Investments has declared its third quarter results. Its consolidated net sales were up Up 60 per cent (QoQ) at Rs 1.854...
MUMBAI: Devasish Sarkar, until now CEO of Worldwide Media Ltd (WWM) which is a BBC-Times of India joint venture, has decided to go back overseas to...
MUMBAI: CNBC-TV18 is all set to launch a new show Up South to capture a 360-degree view of southern India. The show will capture the buzz...
NEW DELHI: Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhury today emphasised that the electronic media should not show the face of child or women victims of...
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide has rejigged the structure and responsibility of the advertising sales team in India. As part of the restructuring process, BBC Worldwide team is...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster BBC has teamed up with Bangladesh‘s news website bdnews24.com so that its users can listen to BBC World Service radio. Visitors to the...
MUMBAI: Surprising everyone present, the CNN IBN Lifetime Achievement Award went to “Common Man” RK Laxman, the legendary cartoonist of “You Said It!” fame. Laxman broke...
MUMBAI: Continuing its expansion into international newsgathering, CNN Worldwide has appointed Reza Sayah as an international correspondent based in Pakistan. CNN’s SVP of international newsgathering Parisa...
NEW DELHI: NDTV Labs Ltd was awarded the prestigious Commonwealth Broadcasting Association or the CBA award for ‘Innovative Engineering’ and NDTV’s Features Editor Sutapa Deb was...
NEW DELHI: After the three new channels being announced to be launched from NDTV Networks, the company’s expansion plan now takes its Metro Nation channel down...
MUMBAI: Zee News Limited (ZNL) has posted operating revenue of Rs 955.3 million on a stand alone basis for the quarter ended 31 December, 2007, up...
MUMBAI: The ‘Padm Shri’ award will be conferred to six media personalities this year. Among the winners of the ‘Padma Shri’ are CNN-IBN editor-in-chief Rajdeep Sardesai...
NEW DELHI: Vir Sanghvi, CEO of INX News and editorial head of the group’s upcoming news channel News X, has finally left the INX group and...
MUMBAI: Chintamani Rao has resigned from the post of CEO of Rajat Sharma’s Independent News Service (INS), which owns and operates Hindi news channel India TV....
MUMBAI: After extensive talks, UK pubcaster the BBC and British trade unions BECTU, NUJ and Unite have reached an agreement in principle in the current dispute....
MUMBAI: BBC Director-General (DG) Mark Thompson is calling for a new dialogue aimed at restoring trust in British public life. In a speech in London, Thompson...
MUMBAI: Right wing religious outfit called Hindu Samrajya Sena ransacked NDTV’s office in Ahmedabad to protest against the news channels running a SMS poll on M...
MUMBAI: Television Eighteen India Ltd, part of Raghav Bahl’s media conglomerate Network 18, today informed the BSE that an Extra Ordinary General Meeting (EGM) will be...
MUMBAI: Talk to any Hindi news channel honcho today and s/he will invariably tell you that what drives viewership are the three ‘Cs’ – cricket, cinema...
The English news channel market, unlike the situation existing in the Hindi arena, is not about cutthroat competition and a constant search for new and ever...
NEW DELHI: The NDTV Indian of the Year 2007, cutting across all categories, went to the Indian Soldier, with Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh handing over...
MUMBAI: BBC World, the BBC’s international 24-hour news and information channel, in partnership with the Ministry of Tourism, is all set to host the “Spirit of...
MUMBAI: Star News is foraying into merchandising. As part of its merchandising and brand extension, Star News, in association with Star India Licensing and Merchandising division,...
NEW DELHI: Many channels owe their origins or at least their talent to Doordarshan. Prannoy Roy began his television innings in a weekly programme on Doordarshan....
“Mind it!” A phrase immortalized by Channel [V]’s south Indian cowboy character Quick Gun Murugun in the nineties. And one that is most relevant to the...
MUMBAI: BBC World Service’s weekday magazine programme Outlook is doing an interactive drama collaboration that asks listeners to help create a play – Kim’s Game –...
MUMBAI: The rumours have been floating for a while of rumblings within Indrani and Peter Mukerjea’s news broadcast arm INX News Pvt Ltd. It can now...
Concluding our three-part series of interviews looking at the year that was and on into 2008, we turn the spotlight on NDTV Imagine CEO Sameer Nair....
It is not looking so high-priced now because T-20 was not a factor in that purchase and now it’s there as a very high value part...
NEW DELHI: With growing pressure following the infamous Uma Khurana sting operation, broadcasters are working towards finalising their Content Code before the end of this month,...
2007 was a remarkable year for the Indian media industry. It was a year that witnessed small steps as well as giant leaps, fundamental shifts as...
MUMBAI: News channel Al Jazeera English has announced a new deal with one of Asia’s leading cable operators, Hong Kong Cable for the channel to broadcast...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has strongly taken issue with criticism from the Afghan Ministry of Defence of its news coverage in Afghanistan. In a statement...
NEW DELHI: Pavan Varshnei, the prime mover behind the India Today group’s launching of a slew of magazines, has quit the group. Two senior managers, Raktim...
Platforms get three years to add features for hearing and visually impaired
Strong word-of-mouth turns Pongal satire into remake pick
Streaming giant bets on a seasoned marketer who helped build Amazon and Netflix into household names
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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