MUMBAI: After the government doctored the pitch in its favour, the Indian pubcaster now wants a share of more than just cricket under new media norms...
NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will finalise awarding of telecast rights in approximately 21 days time by when some uncertainties...
MUMBAI: Preparations are in its final stages for the launch of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) latest satellite, Insat-4A, on board the 169th flight of...
UMBAI: Zee Smile brings a series of love stories with the bi-weekly show Kahani Shuru with Love Guru, directed by Parvati Balgopalan The show will go...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC’s head of Television News, Peter Horrocks has announced two new appointments to his senior editorial team. Kevin Bakhurst, currently the Editor...
MUMBAI: Preparations are in its final stages for the launch of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) latest satellite, Insat-4A, on board the 169th flight of...
MUMBAI: Robert Novak, CNN’s syndicated columnist, is joining Fox News as a contributor. Novak’s contract with CNN expires this month. In 2003, Novak’s column...
NEW DELHI: The mutterings in the industry over the broadcast regulator’s decision to permit only an inflation-linked four per cent annual hike in cable TV prices,...
MUMBAI: Americans are watching more television than ever – an average of eight hours a day per family. By the time most kids finish high school,...
MUMBAI: This is a move through which Sony Pictures in the US is looking to leverage the mobile as a distribution platform. Some of Hollywood ‘s...
MUMBAI: TV actor John Spencer who starred in The West Wing died of a heart attack at the age of 58. In India The West Wing...
MUMBAI: As it heads towards its 11th year as basic cable’s number-one net in total programming, Nick US says that it closes 2005 owning the top...
MUMBAI: Well, they finally did manage to pip Times Now to the post as far as getting off the blocks is concerned. Global Broadcast News, whose...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC’s commercial arm BBC Worldwide has announced that two channels, BBC Prime and BBC Food, are now successfully established on three key...
MUMBAI: The Writers Guild of America (WGA) have announced nominations for overall excellence in writing of episodic series on television during the 2005 season. For the...
MUMBAI: Touchstone Television’s hit series Desperate Housewives will debut in China on December 19, 2005 on state run CCTV8. In the US, the show revived the...
MUMBAI: Giving Microsoft the brush aside, Time Warner is reportedly in talks with Google, wherein the latter is looking at investing $1 billion for a five...
MUMBAI: Comcast Corporation announced the new senior management team for the cable division. Kevin Casey has been promoted to president of the newly formed New England...
MUMBAI: Espn Star Sports (ESS) will telecast South Africa’s tour of Australia starting 16 December 2005. The channel will showcase all the three test matches live....
MUMBAI: The History Channel in the US will celebrate Christmas with a slew of initiatives. On Christmas Eve 24 December 2005 it will air Decoding the...
MUMBAI: This is an alliance aimed at smoothening the process of using high definition (HD) devices in the US. Charter Communications, JVC, Mitsubishi America, NBC Universal,...
MUMBAI: In anticipation of US media conglomerate Viacom’s separation of its businesses next year, the CBS Corporation has unveiled plans to re-brand its radio division as...
MUMBAI: NBC Universal Television has announced restructuring. Jeff Zucker who used to produce the Today show is its CEO behind company chairman Bob Wright. Zucker will...
MUMBAI: CNN has received the prestigious Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award in the US for its distinguishing coverage of the South Asia tsunami disaster. The judges cited...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster NBC’s sitcom Will and Grace will welcome 2006 with the second live episode of its eighth and final season on 12 January 2006....
MUMBAI: The jolly fat cat wishes viewers of Star Movies a Merry Christmas and Season’s Eating’s! Star Movies will air Garfield on 25 December at 9...
MUMBAI: Time Warner Cable has been the first mover in offering the a la carte of cable networks with its plan to sell a family package...
MUMBAI: Leading British satellite platform BSkyB has crossed its target of achieving eight million subscribers by the end of this year, 2005. In a media statement...
MUMBAI: Star World will air the final episode of the first season of Desperate Housewives at 10 pm on 23 December. The finale episode will shed...
MUMBAI: Pakistan telecom is planning to offer IPTV services in order to enter the triple play space and thereby boost its telecommunication service. Pakistan IT and...
MUMBAI: NDTV 24×7 will be launching on Canada’s Asian Television Network International Limited on 19 December, 2005 on the Bell ExpressVu satellite service. The...
MUMBAI: This piece of news signals further consolidation happening in the satellite industry. The world’s biggest satellite operator SES Global will buy New Skies Satellites (NSS)...
MUMBAI: Cable news and infotainment channel C TV has ambitions to widen its satellite footprint beyond Mumbai. And the man who will bankroll C TV managing...
MUMBAI: US business and financial channel CNBC will launch what it calls a truly worldwide daily business news programme, with anchors in New York, London and...
MUMBAI: The Sardar Patel Trust in association with Yes Bank have launched the collectors edition DVD and VCD of Ketan Mehta’s National Award winning film Sardar...
MUMBAI: Hallmark US has announced that it will air its original movie The Water is Wide in January 2006. It is based on the autobiographical book...
MUMBAI: Mediaware Infotech has recently been selected by the Tamil general entertainment channel Raj TV for automating their scheduling and commercial operations. According to an official...
MUMBAI: Ketan Mehta promoted Maya Entertainment Ltd, a leading computer animation and visual effects studio for film and television in India, has received a third round...
MUMBAI: Discovery Asia will produce a series of biographies of prominent Taiwanese personalities in association with Taiwans Government Information Office (GIO). The initiative is called Portraits:...
MUMBAI: This piece of news signals further consolidation happening in the satellite industry. The world’s biggest satellite operator SES Global will buy New Skies Satellites (NSS)...
MUMBAI: UK broadcaster The BBC has published a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU). This is the first step in the process...
MUMBAI: The ATP Tour in tennis has come to a stop after a long season. However for its marketing agency IEC in sports there has been...
MUMBAI: The world’s most valuable media company Google will be giving some musical artists the star treatment by spotlighting links to their songs, lyrics and other...
BANGALORE: Show me the money! It may not be much just yet, but the signs are certainly encouraging for ESPN Star Sports’ Indian hockey initiative. In...
MUMBAI: Telecommunications major Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) has been chosen as the network administrator for one of the world’s largest and sophisticated trans-continent cable systems-SEA-ME-WE4...
MUMBAI: Preparations for Arianespaces next Ariane 5 flight are entering their final phase as the missions dual-satellite payload is integrated at the Spaceport in French Guiana....
MUMBAI: The Kitchen, the US-based language customisation company, has observed that the demand for dubbed formats of telenovelas is presently on the rise globally. Unlike the...
MUMBAI: Munich-based live television content provider earthTV is now offering content to the Australian television network Special Boradcasting Service (SBS). earthTV’s global camera network will bring...
MUMBAI: Fremantle International Distribution (FID) is set to return to the floor at NATPE 2006, bringing with it a raft of world-class factual titles. The announcement...
MUMBAI: A scientist at Schepens Eye Research Institute (SERI) Dr.Eli Peli, found that increasing the contrast of details of certain sizes was of special importance in...

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