MUMBAI: AirTel recently announced a unique initiative in India to provide the “Anywhere” mobile bill payment facility to all its customers. AirTel customers across...
MUMBAI: Music channel Etc registered an increase in profits in the financial year 2003-2004. According to a press release, Etc made a profit after tax of...
MUMBAI: Completing a year to the day of launching two news channels (launched 14 April 2003), the Prannoy Roy-promoted NDTV had its first roadshow event for...
MUMBAI: High definition programming is not coming – it’s already here. Since the beginning of 2004 Euro 1080 has been broadcasting a daily schedule of music...
MTV India has announced a new Director Communications. The former Good Relations (India) employee Charlotte Lester has replaced Hemant Kenkre. Charlotte will report directly to the...
This Sunday Star World brings the forever-young Dev Anand in rendezvous with Simi Garewal. Recipient of Dadasaheb Phalke award, this handsome and suave actor is one...
MUMBAI: Walt Disney Co. expects fiscal 2004 earnings from continuing operations to increase by more than 40 per cent this year – a more optimistic view...
Egmont Imagination India has tied up with Vijayta Films for the launch of an entire range of products based on its forthcoming film – 23rd...
MUMBAI: To strengthen its strategic emphasis on ‘360 Degree Branding’ Ogilvy & Mather Advertising has launched Ogilvy – Signscapes. The new division will cover the entire...
NEW DELHI: The Subhash Chandra-promoted Dish TV, the country’s first KU-band direct-to-home television service has signed exclusive deals with five international channels. The deals, signed...
MUMBAI: Clear Channel Outdoor today stepped up its commitment to creating innovative opportunities for advertisers with the announcement that long-time digital media strategist Michael Hudes has...
NEW DELHI: Malaysian television commercial director Farouk Al Jouffrey is currently touring India to work on a new Bajaj Pulsar TVC, in conjunction with Ogilvy &...
MUMBAI: AOL UK has announced the launch of its ?20 million multimedia advertising campaign for the latest version of its online service, AOL 9.0. The product...
MUMBAI: There is some major churn happening at Star Group’s head office in Hong Kong. Three senior executives – Digital Platforms Group president Altaf Alimohamed, advertising...
MUMBAI: The road shows for the initial public offer (IPO) that the Prannoy Roy-controlled NDTV is opening on 21 April are set to kick off throughout...
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today indicated to the Election Commission that if the latter could not find out a suitable way to monitor political advertisements,...
BBC World’s flagship interview programme, HARDtalk, will have an Indian special starting 12 to 16 April. BBC's presenter Tim Sebastian will travel to India to meet...
MUMBAI: Balaji Telefilms today announced that it would be publishing its audited accounts for the year ended 31 March 2004 within three months of the close...
MUMBAI: While there still may not be a clear leader among the music channels, etc continues to hold sway, although not always with its music shows....
MUMBAI: Samar Khan, the man behind Bollywood Tonight on Zee Cinema has quit Applause Entertainment and will be joining UTV shortly. Khan started his career as...
MUMBAI: Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will turn 10 years old on 14 April 2004 in the US. TCM celebrated with a new star on the Hollywood...
With beauty contests now available dime to a dozen, if a contest is touted as one of the most awaited ones, then it sure seems like...
MUMBAI: Insight Communications president and CEO Michael Willner and Cablevision Systems’ executive VP Sheila Mahony will be recognised with top 2004 Vanguard Awards for distinguished leadership...
MUMBAI: A few days ago The Space Foundation presented its 2004 apace achievement award to Arianespace, the CNES French national space agency and the European Space...
MUMBAI: Fox will replace their popular music themed reality show American Idol with another reality themed showThe Casino which is being filmed in HDTV. The show...
MUMBAI: Move over Balaji Telefilms, here comes BAG Films. The production house’s soap Kumkum – Pyara Sa Bandhan which airs on Star Plus at 1 pm...
NEW DELHI: BBC World Ltd has announced its first major affiliate distribution deal in the US with Cablevision Systems Corporation. The new deal comes just two...
MUMBAI: Several brands seem to have been bitten by the fashion bug and are using youth specific events to communicate their features, advantages and benefits. In...
MUMBAI: Earlier this year, Tam Media Research’s paper on Product Placement was selected as the best paper amongst the 22 papers presented from across the region...
The Securuties and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has finally given the much awaited green signal to media, entertainment and telecom companies who had been demanding...
MUMBAI: CNN International has appointed journalist and news executive Tony Maddox to executive vice president and managing director. As announced by CNN Worldwide president Jim Walton,...
NEW DELHI: Buoyed by the success of the DD News in terms of viewership ratings, Prasar Bharati has introduced a revised rate card for the channel,...
MUMBAI: Activision has announced that it will team up with Nielsen Entertainment to develop a new initiative. This will allow video game companies in the US...
MUMBAI: J. Walter Thompson (JWT) has announced the formation of an expanded brand entertainment content development and placement practice in the US. A newly created unit...
MUMBAI: The country’s most influential press publication, The Times of India Group, looks to have more or less finalised the channels with which it will make...
Like all channels, Channel [V] too gets into the election mode with The Big Vote. "Choose or Loose" was the message sent out by Omar Abdullah,...
Big B is all set to unveil himself before Zee News In an exclusive interview, Richa Anirudh will be unraveling the unexplored territories of Amitabh Bachchan...
The Bangalore based Technology Media Group Ltd (TMG) has launched a 24 hour technology channel “TMG Enter”. The free-to-air channel is uplinked from India and is...
NEW DELHI: The Information and Broadcasting (I&B) ministry secretary has opposed an interim recommendation by the broadcast and cable regulator to give some respite to the...
MUMBAI: “In a sentence it is about making yourself heard!” That is how a spokesperson for Promax&BDA summed up the objectives of the Mumbai conference which...
MUMBAI: Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology provider Contentguard has announced that Time Warner has become a strategic investor. In this way the media conglomerate has joined...
MUMBAI: Talk about targeted programming. Riot Media, a recently launched company based in New York, will develop, produce and market multi-platform entertainment programming and media products...
MUMBAI: Eutelsat and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) which claims to be the worlds largest professional association of national broadcasters have signed a contract. As per...
The 'don't mind' lady, Sonali Bendre has won quite a few hearts just by her smile. Off late, she hasn't been much in the gossip columns,...
The regional channel war has heated up as more and more players are taking a leap into the wave. India’s national broadcaster is not far behind....
MUMBAI: Fiat India has recently tied up with NIS Sparta, to give an impetus to the company’s efforts in enhancing customer service levels. NIS Sparta, a...
MUMBAI: The PROMAX&BDA India Conference 2004 will be held in Mumbai on 19 and 20 July, to be followed by the PROMAX&BDA Awards, which will be...
NEW DELHI: Triton Communications has won the advertising accounts of ACL Wireless Limited and publishing house Cybermedia. Apart from adding two new clients, Triton has also...
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today gave another three days to the Election Commission and the government too to fine-tune a mechanism for political advertising on...
MUMBAI: Kintop Pictures has secured rights for Mel Gibson’s blockbuster film Passion of the Christ for India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh. Helmed by...

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