MUMBAI: What had looked like a dead duck property —Sony Television’s broadcast rights for the recently concluded Under 19 World Cup in Dhaka, Bangladesh — has...
MUMBAI: On the heels of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) stepping up its attack on indecent programming in the US the National Cable & Telecommunications (NCTA)...
MUMBAI: Looks like US broadcasters will have to be on constant standby to watch out for offensive language during live events. A few days ago the...
MUMBAI: Worldwide the radio is becoming an increasingly powerful storytelling medium. The BBC has announced that its Asian radio network in the UK will launch its...
MUMBAI: Broadband subscribers exceeded 100 million globally at the end of 2003 according to RHK’s latest report from its broadband access networks programme. The report noted...
MUMBAI: International Emmy Awards board has asked the producers of television shows outside of the United States to submit their entries for the International Emmy Awards....
MUMBAI: Media conglomerate Viacom is expanding in China. The company has announced several breakthrough partnerships, including a joint venture with Shanghai Media Group (SMG). This marks...
MUMBAI: The issue of copyright infringement may be given short shrift in India but in the US news sites are doing their best to ensure that...
MUMBAI: Hutch and Contests2Win have entered a strategic alliance to develop and launch special GPRS-based mobile contests. Hutch VP corporate marketing Harit Nagpal and Contests2win CEO...
MUMBAI: It’s going to be seven soon and it has some plans to celebrate. Besides a celebration party at Fashion Bar at Loft Club, in Cannes...
MUMBAI: Meher, a weekend Muslim social thriller produced by UTV will now be aired four days a week from 25 March 2004. The change in timing...
MUMBAI: US Kids may now interact with their favourite animated character Hugo through SMA on Live TV, courtesy Orion. The company has announced that it will...
MUMBAI: News Corp has denounced Nielsen Media Research’s decision to start tracking electronically New York City television viewers’ viewing habits with the help of people meters....
MUMBAI: Crime doesn’t pay, but a dramatised version sure does. The weekly crime buster on Sony Crime Patrol , which aired every Friday at 10:30 pm,...
MUMBAI: Outshining major agencies, Euro RSCG’s media division, the Media Planning Group (MPG) today bagged Mother Dairy’s media account in a multi agency pitch. The account...
MUMBAI: The first ratings numbers for the ongoing Indo-Pakistan cricket carnival are in, and maybe not so surprisingly, they are certainly not looking bad for broadcast...
MUMBAI: One year after the US invaded Iraq searching for weapons of mass destruction, CNN has announced a documentary on the subject. CNN correspondent Nic Robertson...
MUMBAI: Star Gold, in its continued endeavor to reach out to younger viewers, is chronicling the lives of the men in the armed forces through Operation...
MUMBAI: Sanjay Pugalia, who was displaced in the editorial hierarchy of Star News after former Aaj Tak man Uday Shankar took charge as editor and director...
MUMBAI: The next edition of the annual TV-Turnoff Week l takes place in the US from 19-25 April. Founded in 1994, the TV-Turnoff Network has spent...
MUMBAI: The Star Group has appointed Dr Guo Xiao Yong as its chief technology officer. In this newly created post, Dr Guo will oversee all technical...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government is likely to give the Subhash Chandra-promoted Zee Telefilms an extension of three months, beginning 26 March, 2004, to complete a...
MUMBAI: International Broadcast Communication (IBC) has concluded a distribution agreement with Asia Entertainment Group for the show Cinenews. This is an insider’s guide to filmmaking and...
MUMBAI: Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News has signed a deal with digital satellite radio service provider Worldspace, making the channel available to subscribers of Worldspace throughout Asia,...
MUMBAI: The reality bandwagon continues to roll in the US. Fresh from the success of American Idol on Fox, the show’s producers Fremantle Media North America...
MUMBAI: Sports broadcaster ESPN is celebrating 25 years of existence with an initiative that will bring sports fans from across the globe together to share their...
NEW DELHI: Total estimated viewership of 4 billion people. Broadcast revenues of $ 1.4 billion. Over 300 TV companies to cover the event. Almost 4,000 hours...
MUMBAI: Mobile satellite company Inmarsat Ventures Plc. is planning to expand its operations in the country as it has recently filed an application with Indian government,...
MUMBAI: We really believe in this market and to help expand the pie, all players should work together. A point made by Star Group CEO Michelle Guthrie...
NEW DELHI: The dragon is all set to roar in India’s tech market with all sorts of services and products. The reason is simple: most Chinese...
MUMBAI: Reinventing is the key word. And Cinevistaas’ is up and raring to go. Besides the usual share of sitcoms, soaps and thrillers, the production house...
MUMBAI: “If music be the food of love, play on; give me excess of it….” These lines from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night fit to a T the...
NEW DELHI: India is the investment destination for converged broadband services and the next generation network experts, concluded at the 12th Convergence India 2004 international exhibition...
MUMBAI: ETC Music is all set to launch their new show SMS -Show My Song 3030. The show will begin telecast on ETC Music from 22...
MUMBAI: ImaginAsian Entertainment, a newly formed media entertainment company providing cross-platform entertainment, recently appointed Anil Srivatsa as senior vice president of affiliate sales and operations. Srivatsa...
MUMBAI: Come 20 March and Mumbais Gateway of India will be all set to witness the clash of two political bigwigs Pramod Mahajan (BJP) and Shivraj...
MUMBAI: The BBC director of television Jana Bennett has announced the launch of Home Movie. The BBC claims that this is its biggest and most inclusive...
MUMBAI: As programming initiatives go, this one is certainly up there. Music channel MTV and soap factory Balaji Telefilms announced that they would soon be launching...
MUMBAI: Nearly 75 per cent or 204.3 million Americans have access to the Internet from home. The data was provided by Nielsen//NetRatings. The organisation measures and...
MUMBAI: The India Business World has another big brother. CNBC-TV18 has announced the launch of Business This Week, a half hour special that encapsulates the top...
MUMBAI: The second largest cable operator in the Netherlands, Essent Kabelcom, has selected Irdeto Access, a world leader in content security solutions and subsidiary of multinational...
MUMBAI: Its reality shows are working, but it’s the dubbed Hollywood blockbuster that’s helping Vijay score over rivals in Tamil Nadu. Star TV CEO Michelle Guthrie...
MUMBAI: RTL Group and Canal+ Group, a subsidiary of Vivendi Universal have concluded an agreement concerning the sale of their interests in sports rights firm Sportfive...
NEW DELHI: Hong Kong-based Star Group Ltd., controlled by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, plans to launch two more entertainment channels outside the direct-to-home (DTH) package of...
NEW DELHI: Hong Kong-based Star Group Ltd., controlled by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, plans to launch two more entertainment channels outside the direct-to-home (DTH) package of...
New Delhi: Following a series of new projects with broadcasters earlier this year, Noida-based Beehive Systems has announced the launch of its Windows Media Player 9-based...
MUMBAI: Reliance Vision Fund – a scheme of Reliance Capital Mutual Fund (RCMF) has picked up 470,933 equity shares of Television Eighteen India Ltd representing 3.24...
NEW DELHI: Terming the broadcasting scenario in India as “hazy”, Prasar Bharati Corp chief executive officer K S Sarma has called for a ‘level-playing field’ through...
MUMBAI: Punjabi mundas – Josh who shot to fame with their bhangra track on Nelly Furtado’s song Powerless are all set to rock MTV the whole...
MUMBAI: Cooperation between India and Pakistan is not just happening on the cricket field. Pakistan based media and entertainment company Evernew Entertainment was at the recently...

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