MUMBAI: UTV Software Communications has entered into a $10 million animation outsourcing deal with US-based BKN New Media Inc. Under this agreement, UTV...
MUMBAI: Delhi-based Parsvnath Developers Ltd is planning to pump in Rs 5 billion towards real estate development in Maharashtra. The focus will be on multiplexes, housing...
MUMBAI: Star One’s flagship show The Great Indian Laughter Challenge (TGILC) clocked an all-time high of 10.2 TVR in its final appearance, making it the eighth...
MUMBAI: Discovery channel in an attempt to understand the hurricane ‘Katrina’ is presenting its premiere programme Killer Hurricane : Anatomy of Katrina. The programme details out...
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Studios’ distribution arm Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (BVPD) and Access Integrated Technologies’ (AccessIT) Christie/AIX unit have entered into a groundbreaking non-exclusive agreement...
MUMBAI: Last week, the Media Research Users Council (MRUC) held its first ever TV User Body Meet in Mumbai in order to discuss the need for...
MUMBAI: The Hong Kong Disneyland opened yesterday (12 September, 2005) to a swarm of Disney lovers. Close to 16,000 people flocked at the $3.5 billion park...
NEW DELHI: Pubcaster Doordarshan has virtually given up the race for getting an omnibus telecast rights for Commonwealth Games 2006, instead deciding to settle for just...
NEW DELHI: Public service broadcaster Doordarshan’s free to air direct to home (DTH) service will offer 100 channels, including 75 private channels, by next year, according...
MUMBAI: It’s just completed a year on air and Zoom, the Times Group’s glamour, entertainment and lifestyle channel, has a whole host of fresh new initiatives...
MUMBAI: ESPN Star Sports today concluded a multi-year broadcast agreement for the MotoGP World Championship. The broadcaster has been showcasing the MotoGP for 10 years and...
MUMBAI: Pogo is all set to launch its fourth original production- Bam! Bam! Bam! Gir Pade Hum on 18 September at 11:30 am. The other three...
MUMBAI: After six years at the helm, Malayalam language network Asianet’s COO Mohan Nair is moving on. Nair, who put in his papers last week, is...
MUMBAI: NGC is pushing further with its localisation initiatives. Earlier this year it announced the latest Misson property Mission Udaan which is being done in conjunction...
MUMBAI: Zee Muzic is set to introduce yet another film based show – Cinemascope. The show will hit the tube tonight (19 September). The weekly show...
MUMBAI: MTV India has roped in Hema Govindan as general manager heading their kids’ channel Nick. Govindan comes to Nick from Walt Disney Television International (India)...
MUMBAI: BBC America’s GM Kathryn Mitchell has signed a multi-million dollar drama deal with television production company Granada International. The two-year output agreement, for 160 hours...
NEW DELHI: Broadcast regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today recommended that the first phase of digitalisation of cable TV should start from April 2006...
MUMBAI: Television, and cable news channels in particular are the main sources of news for most Americans during a crisis. That was again the case for...
MUMBAI: Refugee from the on-going coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina tops Desperation from Desperate Housewives and Camp Cupcake from the on-going Martha Stewart follies...
MUMBAI: Starting 19 September, the final 13 MTV Hero Honda Roadies will feature the experiences of the Roadies (who have been chosen through auditions in five...
MUMBAI: BBC Magazines and Financial Times Business magazines in rhe UK have joined forces to create a personal finance magazine that can save each reader up...
MUMBAI: Nickelodeon director business and operations head Pradeep Hejmadi, who was re-designated as MTV Networks India research head only recently, has decided to call it a...
MUMBAI: The Al Jazeera Group has launched a new pan-Arabic free-to-air kids’ edutainment channel, which will broadcast 18 hours daily on weekdays and 19.5 hours on...
MUMBAI: Speed will take centre stage in a new programming stunt from Discovery International. The new global franchise will deal with the science and psychology of...
MUMBAI: Sahara One CEO Shantonu Aditya calls it a path breaking strategy that could change the way movies for satellite television are bought and sold in...
MUMBAI: The mouse is about to make a giant leap from computers to Australian television. A team of Australian experts is developing what it says is...
MUMBAI: Brandy & Whiskers, the latest Disney series to hit Indian television screens is the quintessential heartwarming buddy-comedy about a pampered pooch and an excitable, offbeat...
MUMBAI: Mainland China’s production of consumer electronics will reach $67.3 billion in 2005 — up 22 per cent from 2004. This data is contained...
MUMBAI: Sahara One’s show Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki (WRWMK) from the Rajshri stable has been performing well with the female audiences in the 9 pm...
MUMBAI: Infront Sports And Media which is football’s governing body Fifa’s marketing agency has announced that it has made further deals for the 2006 World Cup...
MUMBAI: Disney’s board of directors have announced that Robert A Iger has been unanimously elected as its CEO. He takes up this role from 30 September...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC will launch its first ever sports news programme dedicated to children. Sportsround will be a new addition to the Newsround portfolio...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC’s children’s channel CBBC has announced that its show Blue Peter, in association with Arts Council England, has launched a children’s writing...
MUMBAI: Internet2, an advanced networking consortium in the US which is led by the research and higher education community has announced that the Motion Picture Association...
MUMBAI: The Hyderbad based – Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd has announced that the company has launched $54.02 million foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCB). According...
MUMBAI: Today 12 September 2005, The History Channel in the US will present a special that looks at Hurricane Katrina which devastated New Orleans. ...
MUMBAI: Star World continues its attempts at bringing in the best from the west. Next month it will launch two dramas Medical Investigation and Ghost Hunters....
MUMBAI: Nickelodeon has vaulted ahead of all kid-focused channels to become the most widely distributed children’s TV network in Europe and the world, with 28 channels...
MUMBAI: Nagravision, the international independent provider of value-added content protection solutions, and Microsoft Corp., one of the leading players in software, services and solutions, today announced...
MUMBAI: With the coming of the next Asian games in 2006, the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the sports marketing...
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court today orally rejected the government’s plea for granting it three months time to sort out issues related to conditional access system...
MUMBAI: With the festive season approaching, Sahara One, has movie bonanza in the offing for the audience with world TV premieres for some of 2005’s biggest...
MUMBAI: Thomson has announced the Grass Valley brand Infinity Series, a new, IT-based line of next-generation acquisition, recording, and storage devices that will revolutionize the way...
MUMBAI: Post the weekend attack, Star Plus is now concentrating on its 8 pm slot with the launch of its new show Mum Tum Aur Hum....
NEW DELHI: A consensus seems to be emerging within a group of ministers (GoM) mandated to study the amendments in the uplink policy and framing of...
MUMBAI: Reuters US’ employees who are represented by the Newspaper Guild of New York have launched a strict work-to-rule campaign and a five-day national byline strike...
NEW DELHI: Conditional access system (CAS), which had fallen off the radar screen of the media industry and consumers, is set to stage a come back....
MUMBAI: Group M’s Mediaedge:cia (MEC) has launched itself in Puerto Rico, based in San Juan, and named José Antonio Martinez as the group’s vice president and...
MUMBAI: Radio in India is today where it was in UK 12 years ago. That alone should tell our radio broadcasters that there are miles to...

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