MUMBAI: US broadcast network CBS has given the producer of The Amaing Race Jerry Bruckheimer the go ahead for a fifth edition. In India the show...
NEW YORK: When NBC finalised the deal to buy Vivendi Universal Entertainment [VUE] many thought that Al Gore’s aim of launching a news channel to counterbalance...
NEW DELHI: India’s pubcaster Prasar Bharati, which oversees the functioning of Doordarshan and All India Radio, is showing rare courage of accepting challenges set by the...
CALIFORNIA: Ensuring a seamless transition and continued management stability, Jamie Kellner the founder of The WB Television Network will step down. He will turn over the...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: What would you do if the programmes on your channel are good, but fail to create the buzz that the rival’s do? Of course,...
MUMBAI: Cartoon Network is sparing no effort in its endeavour to solidify its position as the number one kids channel in the country. It will launch...
NEW DELHI: The FM radio task force, which is likely to submit its recommendations on radio broadcast policy, has more or less arrived at a consensus...
MUMBAI: After his three-year stint with SAB TV as V-P Marketing, Sandeep Singh today joined the Atul Saraf promoted Live Satellite Media (I) Pvt Ltd (LSM),...
NEW DELHI: In a bid to further broadbase the relevance of international film fests held in India, the Directorate of Film Festival (DFF) has decided that...
ATLANTA: Atlanta-based cable network TBS Superstation from the Time Warner stable will air a cleaned-up version of HBO’s Sex and the City. The telecast will commence...
With reference to the article dated 30 September, “MSOs now look to push set tops as Premium Offering,” on Indiantelevision where Hathway’s name is featured, we’d...
NEW YORK: John Malone’s entertainment group Liberty Media has exercised its right under a March 2003 agreement to buy US $500 million of News Corp preferred...
MUMBAI: Mile Sur mera tumhara! – were the words with which India’s advertising fraternity welcomed Bollywood (Aamir Khan, Preity Zinta, Kabir Bedi), Tollywood (Aparna Sen, Riya...
MUMBAI: Cricket enthusiasts are still getting opportunities to win trips to South Africa! In keeping with the World Cup cricket fever, the official ICC World Cup...
MUMBAI: BBC World has created a spot buy opportunity for it’s programmes – India Business Reportand The Situation Room in the months of March and April...
MUMBAI: From small books come big words of advice! Cartoon Network is one channel which seems to be making the right moves when it comes to...
MUMBAI: It was a virtual call to arms today for Sahara India as it put in action an elaborate and innovative multimedia campaign across nine cities...
LOS ANGELES: Hollywood may have broken box office records last year by raking up over nine billion dollars in terms of revenues but the pirates continue...
MUMBAI: Ad Club Bombay has its work cut out this year. India’s largest advertising association made a successful bid for AdAsia 2003 nearly four years ago...
MUMBAI: Effective advertising ensures that well managed brands last forever and become the heart of economic growth. Mega brands or successful brands always under-spend and their...
NEW DELHI: This is an initiative that over the years has strengthened the healthy bond between the ad community and the bat and ball game. This...
MUMBAI: Looks like Aaj Tak is all set to tempt the Indian cricket! With the launch of the Jeeto India Jackpot campaign, the broadcasting arm of...
NEW DELHI: One more Indian will head to Cannes not to win more awards but to “judge” entries! Wunderman India CEO Rajat Sethi has been selected...
NEW DELHI: Aaj Tak has bagged the silver trophy for the best media campaign of the year at the ABBY Awards 2003. Akhil Mishra bagged the...
MUMBAI: Public Relations Consultants Association of India (PRCAI), an industry body established in 2001 to develop standards, ethics, expertise and knowledge in the public relations industry...
New Delhi: With India having a more than a decent chance of making the World Cup Final on Sunday against Australia FMCGs are doing their best...
LONDON: Car enthusiasts can have their fill of vehicles that met critics approval in the April issue of BBC Top Gear Magazine which is on sale....
MUMBAI: Welcome to the party but be ready to pay some serious money for the pleasure. That’s what Sony Entertainment Television is telling advertisers who want...
MUMBAI: Sony India seems to be going all out to attain its target turnover of Rs 15 billion by 2005-06 notwithstanding a change of guard which...
MUMBAI: It was indeed a memorable evening. Memorable for those who won and even for those who attended. The 3As of I awards held in Mumbai’s...
SAN FRANCISCO: SF Interactive (SFI), a pioneering interactive marketing agency, has announced the launch of its proprietary Ad3 (“Ad Cube”) platform. The new ad unit acts...
NEW DELHI: India’s first international exhibition on the advertising industry, Media Expo 2003 will be held at the Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from 8-10 August. The...
NEW DELHI: After having retained Prasar Bharati CEO KS Sarma as its president and getting Zee Telefilms’ Jawahar Goel as the new vice-president, the Indian Broadcasting...
NEW DELHI: How does the consumer perceive the conditional access regime? Is he ready for CAS? Questions, notwithstanding – the crux of the I&B Ministry-NFO Survey...
MUMBAI: Zee Cinema has ventured into the next phase of its revamp with a new initiative ‘Ek Bajega Ekdum Style Se’. The channel, after having driven...
NEW DELHI: It came, but a trifle too late. S Y Quraishi, who was relieved of his duties as director general of Doordarshan (DD) from 1...
MUMBAI: At the annual general meeting held on Monday, Hinduja TMT approved a final dividend of 20 per cent for FY 02-03. This would make a...
NEW DELHI: ESPN Star Sports (ESS) is looking at tapping the vast potential and opportunities that is offered by domestic Indian sports apart from cricket. As...
MUMBAI: In an attempt to break into home film distribution, the Walt Disney Company today launched its on-demand movie rental service MovieBeam The set top box...
HONG KONG: Global market research company Synovate has announced its full acquisition of Blackstone Market Facts in India. Mumbai headquartered Blackstone Market Facts is one of...
MUMBAI: The Sagar Arts promoted Sagar Film and TV Academy has just completed its third batch of its three month long comprehensive course in acting. Spread...
MUMBAI: Film financier Bharat Shah, formerly co promoter of B4U Entertainment, has been convicted under the Indian Penal Code by a special court “for conniving with...
MUMBAI: MTV is doing nicely for itself in terms of awards. Last year it bagged a slew of awards for its channels and programmes across Asia....
MUMBAI: Out of sight is out of mind! Channels are stepping up ground promotions and conducting an increasing number of celebrity events revolving around their programmes....
MUMBAI: Top level executives and advertisers have started relying more on the Internet for information, communication and research at least during workdays rather than reading newspapers....
NEW DELHI: TBWA Worldwide, the creative advertising network and part of the Omnicom group, has proved its supremacy across four continents by bagging the Network and...
MUMBAI: Triton Communications has announced the appointment of Jayesh Ravindranath as executive director, Triton Communications, Mumbai. He will assume office from 2 June. Prior to joining...
MUMBAI: With or without government support, MSOs are looking at 1 November as a sort of cut-off deadline ahead of which they will make a concerted...
MUMBAI: The shareholders of Saregama India Ltd have approved a scheme of arrangement for transferring the company’s television software business to a wholly-owned subsidiary Saregama Films...
NEW DELHI: Vyas Giannetti Creative (VGC) has been appointed as the consultants by Pidilite Industries to review its range of products, from its packaging to promotional...