MUMBAI: US channel Oxygen dedicated to women has commissioned Fremantle Media to make a fashion based reality show The Janice Dickinson Project (Working Title). The reality...
The big media story of 2006? Let’s say it is one which is being carried forward from 2005 (and to a certain extent, 2004). And that...
The big media story of 2006? Let’s say it is one which is being carried forward from 2005 (and to a certain extent, 2004). And that...
Litigation and sting operations. These two were the dominant themes of 2005 that overshadowed other happenings in the Rs 150 billion broadcast and cable industry. There...
Litigation and sting operations. These two were the dominant themes of 2005 that overshadowed other happenings in the Rs 150 billion broadcast and cable industry. There...
MUMBAI: Raghav Bahl, promoter of Television Eighteen India Ltd, is giving up over 10 per cent of his stake in Network 18, the new holding company....
MUMBAI: A poll of 32,439 people from 27 countries was conducted for the BBC World Service by the international polling firm GlobeScan together with the Program...
MUMBAI: The Film & Television Producers Guild of India Ltd. has been invited by the government for the 3rd meeting of the committee for reviewing codes...
MUMBAI: The terrorist attack in Bangalore a few days ago has prompted the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) to issue a red alert across its institutes...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC has announced that its channel BBC One will air the drama series The Virgin Queen from next month. The show explores...
MUMBAI: A funeral service for the late Australian media moghul Kerry Packer was held today on his rural New South Wales property, Ellerston. A statement sent...
MUMBAI: With the final numbers now in for the 2005 ratings year, TNT US says that it has scored eight cable and ad-supported cable records, including...
MUMBAI: With the Indian government having allowed foreign investment in FM radio ventures, the sector has started singing deals. Radio FM operator Radio Today, part of...
MUMBAI: Public Media Works, Inc. (PMWI) has announced management reorganization with the appointment of a new chairman and chief executive officer of the company. The company...
MUMBAI: BBC World has promoted Preet Dhupar to director of finance and operations, India. Dhupar will be based in New Delhi and will be responsible for...
BANGALORE: Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has today successfully ground tested an improved version of the solid propellant strap on motor for PSLV. The new version,...
MUMBAI: MSN Video will webcast live the New Year’s eve festivities of New York City’s Times Square. Revelers can begin their New Year’s Eve journey now...
MUMBAI: XM Satellite Radio, the satellite radio company, will broadcast select XM music channels in ‘5.1 surround sound.’ This will be the first time that a...
With the information and broadcasting ministry seeing two ministers, two secretaries — not to talk about other officials being reshuffled —- and a string of litigations...
The regulatory environment is quite strict in India when it comes to adult content as India is largely a country driven by heritage and culture. The...
B.A.G Films managing director Anurradha Prasad has the singular distinction of being involved in both serious news and fiction production for television. That puts her in...
B.A.G Films managing director Anurradha Prasad has the singular distinction of being involved in both serious news and fiction production for television. That puts her in...
With the information and broadcasting ministry seeing two ministers, two secretaries — not to talk about other officials being reshuffled —- and a string of litigations...
MUMBAI / BANGALORE: Doordarshan has shifted all its channels from Insat 2E to Insat 3A and Insat 3C. This follows a request from the Indian Space...
MUMBAI / BANGALORE: Doordarshan has shifted all its channels from Insat 2E to Insat 3A and Insat 3C. This follows a request from the Indian Space...
MUMBAI: The winners of the music based reality show American Idol are seeing their albums do well on the charts. American Idol stars Carrie Underwood, Bo...
MUMBAI: Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and Chip ‘n Dale are a coming to India!!!! Disney Channel will be presenting its stars in ‘Disney...
MUMBAI: Telecom Communications (Tcom) has announced that its subsidiary, 3G Dynasty (3G) will provide China Netcom customers with exclusive, entertainment programming, created and distributed by Live...
MUMBAI: Nielsen Media Research in the US has announced that it wll make three streams of television ratings available to the industry from January 2006. They...
MUMBAI: Prime minister Manmohan Singh has announced the setting up of a committee to help promote the media and entertainment industry. The body will be chaired...
MUMBAI: The triple premiere strategy has worked for Star. Quoting Tam data, Star Gold has claimed that, the Viruddh premiere on 4 December helped it to...
MUMBAI: A Slovenian edition of National Geographic magazine will launch in May 2006. This broadens the international reach of the magazine with 30 language editions. The...
MUMBAI: Star Movies is looking to end 2005 with a bang with the back-to-back premiere of the futuristic thriller I-Robot on 31 December 2005 from 9...
MUMBAI: Spanish language TV network in the US, Telemundo has entered into an agreement with Nielsen to include Telemundo in the Nielsen’s National Television Index (NTI)....
MUMBAI: For the first time, full episodes of US broadcaster CBS’s comedies Two And A Half Men and How I Met Your Mother will be available...
MUMBAI: Zee Studio will air the low key but effective drama The Ballad of Jack and Rose on 21 January at 10:30 om as part of...
MUMBAI: On New Year’s Eve 31 December 2005, English general entertainment channel Star World will air an event with the Swarovski Fashion Rocks for the Prince’s...
MUMBAI: Several of American television’s perennial favourites during the holiday season did well with children of all ages in the seven local markets where Nielsen Media...
MUMBAI: The winners of the music based reality show American Idol are seeing their albums do well on the charts. American Idol stars Carrie Underwood, Bo...
If the tone in 2005 was set by second bouquets, the fight for band placements and the emergence of Tdsat as a settler of disputes, the...
If the tone in 2005 was set by second bouquets, the fight for band placements and the emergence of Tdsat as a settler of disputes, the...
NEW DELHI: Regional entertainment channels are dominant in Chennai with a viewership of 62 per cent, while Hindi general entertainment has the highest viewership in Delhi,...
MUMBAI: Media mogul and Australia’s richest man Kerry Packer died in his sleep overnight at the age of 68. In combat with health problems over...
MUMBAI: What occupied blogs in 2005? Surely not politics. In the US, it was entertainment, technology and natural disasters that took centrestage, according to marketing intelligence...
MUMBAI: English general entertainment channel Star World will take viewers on a journey through Michael Jackson’s career. The special Michael Jackson Number Ones which airs on...
BANGALORE: ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has renewed the subscription contract to distribute the channels on the Dish TV DTH platform. The deal is for two years...
MUMBAI: Keeping with its annual tradition, Etc’s Kahani Kismat Ki will showcase the annual forecast of all the 12 star signs. Kahani Kismat Ki will be...
MUMBAI: This is an initiative that seeks to give the American soap opera an Asian twist. CBS is believed to have ordered the script for Red...
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company (India) has appointed Manish Purohit as the head of their publishing business. The announcement was made by Disney India managing director...
MUMBAI: Radio City is airing a new comedy show – Komedy Ka King Kong. The show, which started on 26 December, is a rib-ticking bonanza that...

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