MUMBAI: Raj TV will launch a primetime soap Devathai on 5 September. The serial, which belongs to the supernatural-thriller genre, is produced by Min Bimbangal. ...
MUMBAI: Asia Pacific’s pay revenues stood at $25 billion in 2004 with heavyweights Japan, India and China accounting for 65 per cent of the total earnings...
MUMBAI: China’s national broadcaster, CCTV and Viacom’s kids brand Nickelodeon will co-produce the first kids’ show in China, the CCTV-Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Honors. The event will...
MUMBAI: Kids’ channels Disney and Nick have lined up a special fan fare for kids on the occasion of Teacher’s Day (5 September). ...
MUMBAI: The BBC’s Panorama editor Peter Horrocks has been appointed head of television news at the corporation. He replaces Roger Mosey, who recently moved to become...
MUMBAI: Just two weeks after a spine-chilling accidental murder reportedly created waves in the Bollywood circuit for its original theme My Wife’s Murderhas now been released...
MUMBAI: Global media firms are feeling the heat of China’s aversion towards them. News Corp chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch has admitted that his plans for...
MUMBAI: Star News is set to air a special series projecting India’s best work environment in its show Office Ho To Aisa. The show will feature...
MUMBAI: Ravi Mansukhani is put in charge of IndusInd Media & Communications Ltd (IMCL), the Hinduja TMT subsidiary company which handles cable TV business under the...
MUMBAI: Malaysia’s leading cross-media operator Astro All Asia Networls PLC plans to explore the commercial side of mobile TV broadcasting. The company will make a formal...
MUMBAI: The jury meetings of the programming and technical categories of the fifth Indian Telly Awards concluded late last night, (2 September). The...
MUMBAI: The Aroon Purie-controlled TV Today Network is back in the news after the launch of its Hindi news channel Tez. Hardly has the dust settled...
MUMBAI: AXN, the action and adventure channel, will kickstart its Indian production with a live gaming show GameMax. The programme will launch in mid-October. A...
MUMBAI: Visitors at this year’s ongoing consumer electronics event IFA in Berlin which concludes on 7 September 2005 will for the first time ever be able...
MUMBAI: After tapping the comedy genre successfully with shows such as The Great Indian Comedy Show and The Great Indian Laughter Challenge, Star One has now...
MUMBAI: Doordarshan is capitalising on the vast terrestrial reach eas to impart the message of removing the stigma of AIDS’ through the interactive detective drama series...
MUMBAI: Tata Sky, the 80:20 joint venture between the Tatas and Rupert Murdoch-controlled Star Group, is gearing up for the launch of its direct-to-home (DTH) service....
MUMBAI: Canada-based Rogers Cable has added Sony Entertainment Television Asia to its extensive list of multicultural programming available to Rogers Digital Cable customers in Ontario. ...
MUMBAI: ESPN Star Sports has promoted Mike Kerr to vice president, sales operations and strategy. Louis Boswell has also moved up, from senior manager to director...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC has announced that filming has started on Hyperdrive, a new science fiction comedy for BBC Two. This follows the crew of...
MUMBAI: The inaugural Casbaa/CITVC China International Sports Television Forum in Beijing on 25 August produced new insights on the long-term implications of the 2008 Beijing Olympics...
MUMBAI: Disney’s Little Einsteins, an engaging and inspiring new series for preschoolers, will premiere in a special primetime presentation from 9 October on the Disney Channel....
MUMBAI: BBC World is celebrating a week-long dedicated Indian programming branded block from 15 October. Branded as India Week, the channel will have extensive coverage on...
MUMBAI: Microsoft Corp. has acquired Teleo Inc., a provider of voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) software and services that enable the placement of phone calls from...
MUMBAI: The Big B has turned out to be the golden goose of Indian television and how? No, we are not talking about his comeback with...
MUMBAI: Mickey and Donald are learning Hindi and how. Their exam begins from 1 September, which is when Toon Disney will be made available in the...
MUMBAI: The US-based Internet Streaming Media Alliance (ISMA) has formed an IPTV workgroup. The goals of the workgroup are to monitor developing standards or specifications for...
NEWDELHI: The Indian cricket board today assured the Delhi high court that it would not decide on bids for grant of cricket telecast and broadcast rights...
MUMBAI: Incentra Solutions, the Colorado-based provider of storage management and data protection solutions to broadcasters, has been selected by the Kerala-based broadcaster Amrita TV to deploy...
MUMBAI: BBC Prime will launch in Singapore on StarHub Cable TV tomorrow 1 September 2005. StarHub will package BBC Prime together with four new...
MUMBAI: Discovery has launched a new lifestyle channel – Discovery Real Time Extra – in the UK. Media reports indicate that the new channel is...
MUMBAI: With an eye to the future, UK pubcaster the BBC is looking at taking advantage of the digital media world. In a speech given at...
MUMBAI: Sahara One’s upcoming Hindi movie channel Filmy, which will be launched on 25 October has roped in AMO Communications as its creative agency. ...
MUMBAI: Ekushey Television (ETV), Bangladesh’s first private terrestrial television channel, went off air on Thursday. The ETV’s terrestrial broadcast was shut down by the government at...
MUMBAI: How did Salman Rushdie live through the fatwa? Did Mario Puzo work for the mob? Why was Jeffery Archer forced to resign his seat in...
MUMBAI: The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has announced a new initiative to encourage practical, high-end solutions to the challenges of the new...
MUMBAI: More than half the TV households in the US, 59 per cent or a projected 69 million digital subscribers to be be more precise, will...
MUMABI: The melody queen Lata Mangeshkar has been conferred the Legend Honour at the Sahara One Sangeet Awards 2005. Jaya Bachchan presented the award to Mangeshkar....
MUMABI: The melody queen Lata Mangeshkar has been conferred the Legend Honour at the Sahara One Sangeet Awards 2005. Jaya Bachchan presented the award to Mangeshkar....
NEW DELHI: Broadcast regulator Trai today paved the way for private players entry into terrestrial broadcasting by suggesting to the government it would stoke competition and...
MUMBAI: Siticable has dropped plans to enter into a deal with Punj family-controlled Spectranet as the talks prolonged for too long. No settlement could...
MUMBAI: The Chennai-based South Indian music channel SS Music will unveil its 2005 calendar year for events with VJ Factor in September. The channel will commence...
MUMBAI: An the New York Fashion week gets underway, Indian designer Ashish Soni will showcase his collection at the very prestigious New York Fashion Week. By...
MUMBAI: Zee Network has claimed that its foray into live cricket telecast with the Afro-Asia cricket series 2005 fared reasonably well on the ratings front. Quoting...
MUMBAI: After getting into a joint venture deal with Sun Network, Malaysia’s Astro All Asia Network has worked out a similar arrangement with Prannoy Roy-promoted New...
MUMBAI: The California-headquartered Starwin Media Holdings Inc has entered into an agreement of intent to acquire majority control of Strategic Media International Limited, a Hong Kong...
MUMBAI: The battle for telecast rights to Indian cricket appears to have narrowed down to ESPN Star Sports versus Zee Telefilms, but one surety is already...
MUMBAI: Endemol chief creative officer Peter Bazalgette will open a series of events focusing on moble and cross-platform content at MIPCOM in Cannes, France. The event,...
MUMBAI: Looks like Sony is now gearing up to strengthen its weekends and is going the reality way to do the same. The channel is readying...
MUMBAI: As the contestants on Sony’s Fame Gurukul become leaner, the marketing activities around the show are increasing by leaps and bounds. The latest from the...

This will close in 10 seconds