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MUMBAI: Broadband connections in India have touched just one million, way behind the government’s target of three million for December 2005. Internet subscriber base, however, has...
MUMBAI: Music broadcaster MTV has announced that MTV Korea senior VP, MD HK Choi is leaving. He says, I am proud of my achievements at MTV...
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court bowled another googly today that has stumped pubcaster Prasar Bharati. On a petition by Ten Sports, which is the exclusive rights...
MUMBAI: BBC Magazines in the UK is set to expand the pre-school sector with CBeebies Weekly magazine next month. CBeebies Weekly magazine’s content has been created...
MUMBAI: Football’s governing body Fifa’s marketing agency Infront Sports & Media and its wholly-owned subsidiary Host Broadcast Services (HBS) hosted a meeting for New Media Licensees...
MUMBAI: Satellite operator Panamsat has launched Vis-a-TV in the US. This service provides an offering of international channels for US cable, DTH, IPTV and broadband platforms...
MUMBAI: US media conglomerate Disney has announced that first quarter profits rose by seven per cent to $734 million. Revenues grew marginally by two per cent...
MUMBAI: Concern about Iran’s plans for developing nuclear power appears to have contributed to it being voted as having the ‘most negative’ influence on the world...
MUMBAI: SecureMedia, the US-based provider of conditional access and digital rights management (CA/DRM) software solutions for video content delivery over IP networks, has announced that it...
MUMBAI: CBS Corporation’s Showtime Networks and Apple today will be offering premium cable programming from Showtime, including recent Golden Globe nominees Sleeper Cell and Weeds, on...
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company and Citadel Broadcasting Corporation have entered a definitive agreement to combine ABC Radio, which includes 22 radio stations and the ABC...
MUMBAI: Endemol Nederland BV and the Dutch telecommunications company KPN signed a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) for the establishment of a joint venture. The purpose...
MUMBAI: Shalimar Productions has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) that it is in negotiations with Zee Gujarati to promote its upcoming release Parki Dikri. The...
MUMBAI: Satellite communications company Intelsat announced that it will provide transport services for Qualcomm’s MediaFLO USA mobile broadcast television network. Intelsat will offer satellite bandwidth to...
MUMBAI: BBC’s kids’ channel, CBBC has promoted chief operating officer Richard Deverell to be its controller. On the other hand, Anne Gilchrist has been appointed CBBC...
MUMBAI: Encouraged by the good performance its reality talent hunt Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005 has been putting up on the rating front, Zee...
MUMBAI: The Disney Channel has promoted original series programming executive Adam Bonnett and development executive Jeff Brustrom. The channel has also hired Emmy award-winning animator Mike...
MUMBAI: NBC Universal has announced deals with US satellite platforms DirecTV and Dish Network for this month’s coverage of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino,...
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide and Britian’s leading animation house Collingwood O’Hare Entertainment has signed a distribution deal for its new series for the CBBC, The Secret Show....
MUMBAI: Want a digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) service delivered on your mobile phone? Several Korean companies have launched this service via the terrestrial or satellite route....
NEW DELHI: The cricket telecast rights saga just refuses to die down with new twists added at almost every juncture. Even as Indian pubcaster Doordarshan has...
MUMBAI: Information technology major Wipro Ltd. is giving its consumer electronics business a serious push. The company announced today it would invest Rs 2.15 billion in...
MUMBAI: Star World India has signed a deal with the UK based Screentime Partners to telecast the television series Luxury Unveiled. Screentime Partners has also confirmed...
MUMBAI: News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch plans to launch a business news channel to counter CNBC. In an interview to be published in the13 February issue...
MUMBAI: Bollywood rules on Zoom’s latest two categories of its Red Hot Countdown – the Most Fashionable and Generation Next. A double honour for Bollywood actor...
MUMBAI: Senior Star India executives and representatives from Cable Operators and Distributors Association (CODA) met today to resolve issues relating to Star One and direct-to-home (DTH)...
MUMBAI: SpongeBob will now embark on an outrageous time-traveling adventure when he is transported to the Middle Ages in Lost in Time, a special half-hour event...
MUMBAI: Al Jazeera International, the 24-hour English language news and current affairs channel, has named the renowned journalist Rageh Omaar to host a daily documentary strand...
MUMBAI: Its prime time reshuffle at Sony Entertainment Television (SET) India. In a bid to get some traction going for its tent pole property Indian Idol,...
MUMBAI: After setting shop in India, Endemol has now entered Poland. The company has started operating as a fully independent TV production company named Endemol Polska....
MUMBAI: Harmonic Inc. announced that direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television provider DirecTV, Inc. has selected the DiviCom MV 100 standard definition encoder for new MPEG-4 AVC (H.264)...
MUMBAI: The seventh edition of the Zee Gaurav awards was held on 5 February. The awards, which acknowledge excellence in the Marathi entertainment industry, presented awards...
MUMBAI: ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has announced new time slots for three of its originally-produced programs SportsCenter Asia, Tiger First Edition and Nokia Football Crazy. Effective...
MUMBAI: NBC.com will launch an online interactive music competition StarTomorrow this summer. The programme allows users to vote for the next superstar band or singing group....
MUMBAI:Cricket fever has gripped the news channels. Channel7 has lined up two special programmes during the forthcoming Indo-Pak series. The special programmes Main Hun Captain and...
MUMBAI: For the fourth consecutive year, Oprah Winfrey captures the number-one position as America’s top favourite television personality. The survey was conducted by Harris Interactive. In...
MUMBAI: HFCL Infotel Ltd.(HITL), a private telephony operator in Punjab, is planning to invest Rs 6 billion over the next two years for offering a convergence...
MUMBAI: News Corporation president and COO Peter Chernin said that Fox Filmed Entertainment (FFE) chairmen Tom Rothman and Jim Gianopulos have signed new five-year deals, ensuring...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government is exploring some dilution in the downlink and uplink norms that makes it mandatory for private broadcasters to share sports content...
MUMBAI: Discovery Travel & Living India is bringing about some strategic changes in its prime time programming. According to the channel’s quarterly plan, the focus is...
MUMBAI: Jai Hind, the Congress party backed Malayalam infotainment channel, is planning an April launch. The channel is funded by a group of Kerala businessmen under...
MUMBAI: The Prasar Bharti has joined hands with IGO TV from MIRC Electronics Ltd. to promote its DD Direct Plus channels. As per the deal, the...
MUMBAI: Rugby fans can look forward to more passion and drama from the field as ESPN Star Sports has renewed its live and exclusive cable and...
MUMBAI: French media firm Vivendi Universal is paying $1.154 billion for Matsushita Electric Industrial’s 7.66 percent stake in Universal Studios Holding I (USHI). The deal gives...
MUMBAI: Hyderabad Doordarshan Kendra has bagged the prestigious Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) Award, sponsored by the World Bank, for a television feature that illustrates development issues...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: The government is set to collect approximately Rs 11.34 billion in licence fee from the second round of FM radio licensing. This...
MUMBAI: ESPN Star Sports (ESS), Zee Sports and Ten Sports will telecast the 20-20 World Cricket Classic event in India. The International series, organised by the...
MUMBAI: Fremantle International Distribution (FID) will be distributing the brand new talkbackTHAMES sitcom, The IT Crowd, worldwide. The IT Crowd, which premieres with a double bill...
MUMBAI: Asian Television Network International Limited (ATN) will broadcast the India Pakistan One Day International cricket series live across Canada. The matches will be shown live...
MUMBAI: The Arab satellite television network Al-Jazeera is planning to launch services in Urdu, Turkish, French and Spanish. The organisation has associated with the Dubai based...
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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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