MUMBAI: Sesame Street, in its Indian avtaar, is going to be called Gali Gali Simsim and will be launched on Cartoon Network and Pogo possibly towards...
MUMBAI: Remember the Janet Jackson “nipplegate wardrobe malfunction” and the storm it created around broadcast indecency in the US just over a year ago? Fact is...
MUMBAI: On the last day (today) of a week-long auction on eBay, the public is yet to whet up a serious appetite for the offer of...
MUMBAI: Zee Marathi is expanding its news segment as part of its plans to revamp the channel. Close on the heels of introducing a fresh channel...
NEW DELHI: The government today showed that it was serious about content regulation when it discussed norms framed by the UK regulator with representatives from the...
MUMBAI: Sahara Group has mandated consulting firm Ernst & Young to conduct a valuation of its entertainment and movie businesses, sources close to the company said....
MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms today launched Zee Arabiya, a music and lifestyle channel for the youth in the Arab region. This is the first of a bouquet...
MUMBAI: Ravi Sagoo has beaten off competition from 700 aspiring broadcasters to land a plum job as a radio presenter on the BBC Asian Network in...
MUMBAI: BBC’s kids channel CBBC has commissioned three new shows. Tronji is aimed at children aged six to eight years, and has been commissioned from Ragdoll,...
MUMBAI: English general entertainment channel Star World has announced that it will air a slew of special events over the next two months. These range from...
MUMBAI: Page Kennedy, who plays a fugitive from the law on the show Desperate Housewives, has been fired for improper conduct. He was dropped after the...
MUMBAI: ETV Network has signed a deal to buy 207 movies from Sony Entertainment Television for single telecast rights, strengthening the trend towards syndication of content....
MUMBAI: Kyon Ki… on Zee TV? No, we are not talking about the ‘mother of all soaps’. Zee Telefilms has acquired the telecast rights to the...
MUMBAI: The launch of Inmarsat’s second I-4 satellite took place on board a Sea Launch Zenit rocket from the Pacific Ocean yesterday. The size of a...
MUMBAI: On the next episode of US broadcaster NBC’s business-based reality showThe Apprentice, the host – real estate magnet Donald Trump – will journey to a...
MUMBAI: November sure seems to be a month for new launches. Hardly has the dust settled on the announcement of new shows from the Sony and...
MUMBAI: Search engine major Yahoo! India has appointed Star TV online editor Deepak Karambelkar as its head of production and content. Karambelkar will take charge of...
MUMBAI: Global news agency Reuters has appointed Alexander Hungate as Asia MD effective 1 January 2006. In this role he will lead the regional team responsible...
MUMBAI: MTV Networks Latin America, a division of Viacom, has announced the creation of Viacom Networks Brasil (VNB), in an effort to advance its expansion strategy...
MUMBAI: Zee News has upgraded its newsroom with two VertigoXmedia products, the Xmedia Suite for graphics automation and a VertigoCG unit, to render and play out...
MUMBAI: A sexual harassment lawsuit has been filed against Fox News. Media reports indicate that it was initiated by America’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and relates...
MUMBAI: The Annual General Meeting of the cricket Board would be held in Kolkata on 29 November for election of office-bearers. The AGM’s date was decided...
MUMBAI: Disney-ABC Television Group president, Ann Sweeney who is one of the most powerful woman in entertainment in the US, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Forbes...
MUMBAI: BBC’s Head of Television News in the UK, Peter Horrocks, has announced a number of changes to BBC News’ television operation. The changes are the...
MUMBAI: The move towards time shifted television consumption is gathering pace. Rival US networks NBC Universal and Viacom’s CBS separately announced on Monday they would be...
MUMBAI: Since it set its foot in India, Vh1, in the past has orgainsed concerts with the Jazzmasters – Sting, Mark Knopfler and Satriani. To continue...
MUMBAI: The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Sports Marketing Japan will provide basketball fans in Japan with daily video highlights to their mobile phones. This marks...
MUMBAI: The BBC is all set to enter the world of high-definition television (HDTV) in 2006 and also aims to test the format on digital terrestrial...
MUMBAI: In Mumbai you have to be happening today to make it big! And to make it big you have to get Bombay Talking about you!...
MUMBAI: AXN India will kick-start a crime-drama series titled Numb3rs from 12 November at 7 pm. Based on actual cases, executive producers Tony and Ridley Scott...
MUMBAI: The ongoing 26th American Film Market (AFM) which kicked off on 2 November at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, so far recorded highest number...
MUMBAI: Zee TV is locking horns with Sony Entertainment Television (SET) in the gameshow space. The channel will telecast its big-ticket gameshow Kam ya Zyaada Monday...
MUMBAI: California based NPOWR Digital Medias stimTV Network has officially launched with its first channel stimTVmusic. The channel will offer Indie music amongst others. The music...
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) has acquired Living Mobile (www.LivingMobile.net), which is a leading European mobile game developer and publisher. The move is part...
MUMBAI: A new season, a new schedule, and expectations of a far, far greater impact! The last is the least of what Indian Idol, Sony Entertainment...
MUMBAI: Zee Marathi has claimed that it recorded impressive numbers with the telecast of Shwaas on 29 October. The movie had occupied the time band 7:30...
MUMBAI: Zee Café is all set to telecast, the worldwide acclaimed hit sitcom- Friends Season 10. The new edition will launch on 12 November. Friends staring...
MUMBAI: Media conglomerate Vivendi Universal has announced results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2005. Revenues amounted to 4,874 million euros compared to 4,353 million...
MUMBAI: Al-Hurra, the Arabic language satellite television network set up by the US administration to promote “freedom and democracy” in the Middle East, will be investigated...
MUMBAI: Nick US has announced that in a special edition of Nick News With Linda Ellerbee: The Fight to be Fit, former US President Bill Clinton...
MUMBAI: On2 Technologies, which specialises in video compression, has announced that Tencent Holdings has licensed its video compression technology. Tencent is looking to enable a new...
NEW DELHI: Just ahead of annual revision of cable TV rates, broadcast regulator has floated a discussion paper on whether all new TV channels should be...
MUMBAI: Malayala Manorama is putting a team in place for its proposed news channel. The print powerhouse has appointed Jaideep K P as editorial head of...
MUMBAI: Worldspace Satellite Radio, which delivers satellite-based digital radio services, is expanding its reach in India. It has announced launch of its subscription services in Ahmedabad....
MUMBAI: Level 3 Communications which provides broadband network services has announced that it has been selected by US pay TV platform DirecTV to help provide the...
MUMBAI: This is a move aimed at boosting the accuracy of line calls during a tennis event. A technology ‘Hawk-Eye Officiating will be used for the...
MUMBAI: Online service provider Yahoo and Tivo which shot to fame with the digital video recorder (DVR) are expected to announce a deal to connect Yahoo’s...
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company (India) has appointed Roshini Bakshi as director of Disney Consumer Products India (DCP). Based in Mumbai, Bakshi will report to The...
MUMBAI: Buena Vista International Television (BVITV) has promoted Orest Olijnyk to senior VP and MD for Canada. Media reports state that Olijnyk will continue to report...
MUMBAI: This is as clear a signal as any that television is going to be Star’s core business focus in India. The country’s biggest television network...

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