MUMBAI: Who says TV audiences are not discerning. Bollywood’s greatest movie Sholay celebrated its 29th birthday with a bang on the Indian tube. The classic,...
MUMBAI: Singapore’s dominant cable platform StarHub and ESPN Star Sports have finally struck a deal guaranteeing live coverage of English Premier League football. SCV and ESPN...
MUMBAI: Well, for Jassi Jassi Koi Nahi the track has been built and the flagship show of Set India is ready to move ahead into some...
MUMBAI: The recently concluded Videocon Cup may have been an overall damp squib but has worked wonders for Max. The second and decisive half of the...
NEW DELHI: ASC Enterprise’s Dish TV, country’s first KU-band DTH service, has signed an exclusive deal with ABC Asia Pacific, an Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s free-to-air international...
MUMBAI: Solid Entertainment, a leading distributor of factual programming, today announced that it has signed an exclusive two-year distribution deal with two-time Academy Award winning production...
MUMBAI: Despite indications to the contrary, India’s broadcast and cable regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), looks to be making a move on. The Trai...
NEW DELHI: All those in the industry that have been waiting for India’s broadcast and cable regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), to come out...
MUMBAI: The Bengali channel from Zee’s bouquet Alpha Bangla has celebrated the monsoon with the event Ilishe Parbon on 28 August at Kolkata. The recipe contest...
BANGALORE: Protesting a government committee’s decision to delay the entry of non-Kannada films in Karnataka for seven weeks after release, a section of the state’s film...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster CBS has announced a new reality series called The Cut and has roped in American fashion icon Tommy Hilfiger for the same. The...
MUMBAI: There may be only three matches in next month’s Natwest Series between India and England. However, as with the English Premier League (EPL), ESPN Star...
MUMBAI: Miami was sizzling Sunday night as celebrities made a splash on the red carpet and on stage at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs)....
MUMBAI: Star in an endeavour to promote heart care has tied up with action man Akshay Kumar – the Good Heart ambassador for The Institute of...
MUMBAI: Change is evident at ad agency Everest Integrated Communications. In recent weeks, several senior level appointments were made by the 58-year-old agency across the country...
MUMBAI: Kellogs India has tied up with Mobile2Win to promote its Chocos brand. Targeted at kids in the age group 4-11 years, Kellogs has launched a...
MUMBAI: In the past there has been a controversy over ambush marketing tactics at the International Cricket Council (ICC) events. This refers to a company using...
NEW DELHI: “I don’t expect anything otherwise (than getting the India cricket telecast rights),” is how Zee Telefilms CMD chooses to put it when queried about...
MUMBAI: B4U Network India is now awakening from a comatose slumber, on the distribution front. The network that operates two channels in India — B4U Movies...
MUMBAI: Exhausted! Yet satisfied at a job well done aptly describes how the jury felt at the end of it all. Not surprising considering that the...
MUMBAI: Eutelsat has successfully launched Hispasat’s Amazona satellite, which marks the company’s ongoing expansion in America and Iberian Peninsula. Eutelsat, a satellite operator and the largest...
MUMBAI: It’s not just in India that family channel Hallmark is finding the going tough. Hallmark International, the struggling television business of the American greetings card...
JAIPUR: Zee Telefilms, India’s largest vertically integrated media and entertainment conglomerate, has decided to launch a comedy channel, Smile TV, as part of its cable service...
NEW DELHI: After Aaj Tak and Zee TV, it’s the turn of Sahara Manoranjan to undergo a makeover, including a name change. A decision on the...
MUMBAI: Viacom has completed its acquisition of 75.83 per cent of Viva Media AG from 14 shareholders today. Aditionally, the global media giant is also launching...
BANGALORE: The future seems bleak for non-Kannada film screen if the government agrees to the decisions arrived at by the panel headed by the chief secretary...
MUMBAI: Get ready for a slew of new shows on Zee TV. Subhash Chandra’s flagship Hindi entertainment channel is all set to make some changes in...
MUMBAI: While the soon-to-be-launched Hungama TV is enjoying the limelight now, it doesn’t mean that the production arm UTV is lying low. In an official communique,...
MUMBAI: Alfred Haber Distribution, Inc., distributor of music, variety and documentary catalogue programming produced for US broadcast networks, will be showcasing World Poker Tour, the international...
MUMBAI: Global partners in the development of interactive applications for television, Eurosport International and Visiware have announced the launch of a new interactive service available exclusively...
BANGALORE: Noted Kannada film and theater actor, playwright singer and poet Rajanand passed away at a private hospital in Mysore after a prolonged illness. He was...
ATLANTA: The Coca-Cola Company reported second quarter (2Q 2003) earnings per share of $0.55, a 12 percent increase from the prior year second quarter earnings of...
NEW DELHI: After having caught the fancy of the middle class and set new trends in news watching, arguably countries subse tez channel, Aaj Tak, is...
MUMBAI: Aspiring item number girls never had it so good. After Zee Music and Channel [V], which have already announced their plans to hunt for an...
NEW DELHI: The ambivalence of the government continues over legislation relating to various broadcast issues. After having professed the need for a broadcast bill, the information...
MUMBAI: Regional channel Alpha TV Punjabi and music channel ETC Punjabi are bringing together one of the biggest festivals of Sufi Music called Shaan-e-sufi at Kalagram,...
NEW DELHI: The government may be worried about Indian pubcaster Doordarshan’s indifferent annual revenues, but surprisingly one of its own arms, National Film Development Corporation (NFDC),...
MUMBAI: They may be fierce rivals. However, one point that both Star and Sony agree on is the need for the authorities to stimulate growth in...
NEW DELHI: When the pubcaster wants, it manages to gets its dues. Private satellite channels like Aaj Tak have said that they would pay for the...
MUMBAI: Hinduja TMT Ltd has announced the audited consolidated results for the year ended 31 March, 2004. It has also informed BSE that the annual general...
MUMBAI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of india (Trai) has brought out a Consultation Paper on issues relating to community radio. The Consultation Paper covers the following...
MUMBAI: Bruce Taub has been named Viacom executive vice-president, operations, a newly created position at the company. The announcement was made by Viacom co-president/ co-chief operation...
MUMBAI: There is close connect between sport and national pride. So it comes as no surprise to learn that Chile’s Gold and Bronze medals in tennis...
MUMBAI: With the aim of further positioning itself as the preeminent television rights, sales and production house, Octagon CSI has announced the appointment of two senior...
MUMBAI: This is an initiative that gives wannabe wrestlers a chance to fulfill their dreams. World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has announced that it will bring back...
MUMBAI: While the media focus in the past few weeks has been on who will get the rights for India cricket and on DD’s Olympic coverage,...
MUMBAI: Following up on the announcement made last week that Star Group affiliate Asian Broadcasting FZ LLC (ABF) was to take a 25.1 per cent stake...
MUMBAI: TWI has announced that it was re-appointed by the FA Premier League to be its production partner. TWI will produce and distribute all its matches...
UAE: Dubai based international airline Emirates is increasing its sport sponsorship portfolio by supporting one of the PGA European Tour’s premier tournaments, the BMW International Open...
NEW DELHI: Content on the idiot-box and its regulation may have become a hot issue (no pun intended here), but a parliamentary panel has shot down...

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