MUMBAI: Targeting the Indian diaspora in the US, the Aroon Purie promoted — TV Today Network officially kicked off its Hindi news channel Aaj Tak and...
MUMBAI: FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide (FLW) and mobile content specialist Player X have inked a licensing deal, which will see a raft of FremantleMedia’s classic TV game...
MUMBAI: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has announced financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended 28 October, 2005. Revenues totalled $88.9 million as compared to $83.9...
MUMBAI: Suman Joshi from Gurdaspur, Punjab, Kavita Chauhan from Kurukshetra, Haryana and Suresh Shah from Malad, Mumbai are the three first prize winners of the ‘Lux...
BANGALORE: The Supreme Court (SC) has pulled up Kerala officials for remarks and taking action against on-line and paper lotteries in the state while the matter...
MUMBAI: American Hip-Hop violinist Miri Ben-Ari and footwear firm Reebok make noise with the announcement of a multi-faceted partnership. This includes a first-of-its-kind collaboration between the...
MUMBAI: BBC Tours in the UK has won the silver award in the Tour London Category of the Visit London Awards. Around 50,000 people visit BBC...
MUMBAI: English news channel NDTV 24×7 bagged the best cable and satellite channel at the tenth annual Asian Television Awards. According to media reports, the news...
MUMBAI: Intelsat Limited and APT Satellite Company Limited, a subsidiary of APT Satellite Holdings Limited today signed a strategic cooperation agreement to work together using their...
MUMBAI: Star India has re-scheduled its popular gameshow Kaun Banega Crorepati 2 (KBC 2) following superstar Amitabh Bachchan’s sudden illness and his subsequent absence from work....
MUMBAI: Etc Music has appointed Aaj Tak’s senior ad sales manager Alok Kumar Rakshit as vice president national sales. Rakshit has joined ETC Music with effect...
MUMBAI: Fox Reality which is dedicated to being the hub of reality programming in the US will offer a recap of the fourth season of music...
MUMBAI: Toon Cricket is back and this time it’s Australia’s Mark Waugh and his toons who will battle it out on the field with Mumbai kid...
MUMBAI: Spin, India’s 24-hour radio station dedicated to showcasing the hottest international rock and pop hits on the WorldSpace Satellite Radio network, is bringing the Campus...
MUMBAI: Cartoon Network US has announced that production has begun on its latest animated series, Squirrel Boy. Created and executive-produced by Everett Peck, 13 half-hour episodes...
MUMBAI: Ericsson and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) have conducted the world’s first live trial of interactive mobile TV. The trial demonstrates a new way of...
MUMBAI: Having strengthened the executive management team, Zee Telefilms Ltd CMD Subhash Chandra has decided to relinquish the position of managing director. He, however, will continue...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster NBC has announced that its show “Three Wishes” will make the holidays a little more magical for 13 children. Their wishes will be...
MUMBAI: FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) has appointed industry veteran Eugene Young as chief creative officer. Young will oversee all development and programming for the rapidly expanding...
MUMBAI: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has said that it would be specifying the procedure to be adopted by the broadcasters for the filings due...
MUMBAI: Vijay TV has termed its Tamil version of the Star One comedy show The Great Indian Laughter Challenge, Kalakka Povadu Yaaru a ‘clutter breaking show’....
MUMBAI: The Union Government is coming up with a legislation to regulate private television channels from telecasting objectionable programmes. The Centre in an affidavit informed the...
SINGAPORE: Singapore based animation studio and brand consultancy firm Cubix International, today entered into a S$30 million deal with the Media Development Authority of Singapore which...
MUMBAI: The Seventh Annual Family Television Awards, held on 30 November in Beverly Hills recognised honorees in nine categories for their contributions to outstanding family entertainment....
MUMBAI: Cinevistaas Ltd has appointed K B Nair as the chief financial officer with effect from 1 December, 2005. The new appointment comes in...
MUMBAI: The change of guard at the top of the Board of Cricket Control in Indian (BCCI) has had its immediate fallout with Zee Telefilms bagging...
MUMBAI: Veteran comedian and broadcaster Cyril Fletcher has died after a short illness. He was 91. Fletcher will be remembered for his odd odes on the...
NEW DELH: Zee Muzic channel is once again in a revamp mode. This time its glossier and positioning itself as an aspirational channel, riding the Hindi...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: The change of guard at the top of the Board of Cricket Control in Indian (BCCI) has had its immediate fallout. Subhash...
MUMBAI: Nelvana Home Entertainment and Criterion Pictures have inked a five-year agreement for the non-theatrical distribution of titles from Nelvana’s library of animated programming. Under the...
MUMBAI: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has announced several measures to protect the interest of consumers. TRAI guidelines in this regard are given below for...
MUMBAI: London based business to business media group Expomedia Group PLC and South Asia’s first specialty media house CyberMedia today announced the signing of a 10-year...
MUMBAI: Panchali Chakraverty, former head of acquisitions and syndication for Sahara One Motion Pictures has joined Reliance Entertainment as the business development head as the Anil...
MUMBAI: South Korea continues to lead the way on the mobile TV highway. It was in May that the Asian powerhouse launched a satellite-based digital multimedia...
MUMBAI: Delivering on its promise of being a channel that caters specifically to the heartland after its relaunch under the Sony Entertainment Television umbrella, Sab has...
Spatial Access Solutions managing partner Meenakshi Madhvani gives a low down on what the critical drivers will be in the television and media space over the...
MUMBAI: This December, AXN is all set to premiere the Movie Event of the Year with Kung Fu Hustle. The movie will be aired for the...
MUMBAI: Going local is surely the way forward for kids channels. Or so says Toon Disney’s report card after the channel went Hindi from 1 September....
MUMBAI: US broadcasters are increasingly looking to forge deals that link the worlds of television, music and wireless communications. A good example is a deal done...
MUMBAI: BBC Magazines has announced the launch of Romania’s first food and lifestyle magazine, Good Food .It has subscribers from Bangladesh to Bosnia but the Romanian...
MUMBAI: Google has appointed Ann Mather to its board of directors. As a corporate finance executive who has driven accounting and strategic business initiatives for different...
MUMBAI: From sci-fi villains like Darth Vader, to super-villains like Goldfinger, to psychopaths like Hannibal Lechter, negative characters have fascinated movie goers over the decades. The...
MUMBAI: Fox, 19 Entertainment and record label Sony BMG have reached an agreement that will guarantee at least four, and as many as six, more seasons...
MUMBAI: CNN will review the highs and lows of 2005 in a special half-hour retrospective Defining Moments. This will air on 24 December 2005 at 10...
MUMBAI: Chennai-base television-film production house Telephoto Entertainments Ltd is planning to sell majority stake to SSI Ltd. The company has decided to make a preferential allotment...
MUMBAI: Max, the movies and special events channel from Sony Entertainment Television, has appointed Sanjay Ramakrishnan as its marketing and communications vice president. Ramakrishnan will report...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC has announced a number of changes to BBC Finance as part of the corporation’s drive to make significant cost reductions across...
MUMBAI: Satellite operator Panamsat has announced that CNBC Pakistan has signed a multi-year, multi-transponder deal for the distribution of its programming across Pakistan. Under the terms...
MUMBAI: Movie channel HBO is looking to finish the year on a high. On its block The Big Saturday the channel will air The Bourne Supremacy....
MUMBAI: Hockey’s governing body the FIH has announced that the ongoing womens Samsung Hockey Champions Trophy in Canberra, Australia, is setting new television coverage records. The...

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