MUMBAI: It took over a month to happen, courtesy technical snags, but Isro satellite Insat 3E was finally launched on board Ariane 5’s Flight 162. The...
WASHINGTON: Ever since 9/11 happened, a couple of years ago, Al-Jazeera and other Arab news channels have gained tremendous momentum. Realising this, the Bush administration has...
LOS ANGELES: It had 16 Emmy nominations, but ended up getting only one award. And that too in the technical category. The producers of the series...
MUMBAI: Frog Books has published its second book, The Rape of News, compiled and edited by Sunil K Poolani, a Mumbai-based journalist. The theme of the...
MUMBAI: Some plan contest, while others offer free gifts, but at Zee Music, thing are tad different. The music arm of the Chandra promoted Zee group,...
NEW DELHI: Public relations (PR) agencies and online paid media press release dissemination services beware! Competition is at hand now, online and that too free. Claiming...
MUMBAI: Leo Entertainment, the full service entertainment consultancy division of Leo Burnett India has bagged Bollywood producer-director Ramgopal Varma’s four forthcoming projects including the forthcoming film...
NEW YORK: Lightningcast which claims to be the industry leader in advertising technology and services for interactive broadcasters has announced the results of a study demonstrating...
NEW DELHI: Consolidating its relations with country’s leading conglomerate, Tata Group of companies, the Young and Rubicam group media specialist The Mediaedge (TME) has bagged the...
MUMBAI: The Fame Adlabs multiplex in Mumbai’s Andheri suburb has now started a week-long on-ground and on-site contest in which fans can win the costumes that...
MUMBAI: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), India’s premier business organisation dedicated to the growth and development of Indian industry, is organising the first ever event...
MUMBAI: The Pogo Voice Awards has announced the nominees in the various categories, allowing kids to start voting. This will give five kids an opportunity to...
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in association with leading market research firm NFO MBL India has concluded a consumer poll on CAS. The...
MUMBAI: The 27th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards were presented by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in the US . During the...
MUMBAI: The confusion over who holds the rights for cricket played in Sri Lanka has been resolved. The country’s cricket board, Sri Lanka Cricket, has decided...
MUMBAI: Star, a pioneer in innovative programming in a co-publishing venture with Popular Prakashan, a leading publishing house for over 75 years, is launching activity books...
By 30 June 2003 multichannel and digital TV penetration are estimated to have increased to 49.8 per cent and 45.5 per cent of UK households respectively,...
LOS ANGELES: Now that the Primtime Emmys are over and done with in Los Angeles, the focus is shifting to the International Emmys organised by the...
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television (SET) is making a return to the tried and tested as far as the supernatural thriller format is concerned. Taking a leaf...
NEW DELHI: The Subrata Roy-promoted Sahara India is “actively exploring” a foray into ground distribution of television channels. This is because the channel is facing competition...
NEW DELHI: Criminals or hackers can track your calling pattern on the mobile and create a “digital DNA” of yours that they can use to hack...
NEW DELHI: Escotoonz Animation Studio, a part of the Escorts Group, has signed a co-production deal with Europe’s CyberDodo Productions for a 2D animation series on...
MUMBAI: And now we have one more eager beaver taking position to ride the recent spurt of TV channels. The board of Mid Day Multimedia has...
NEW YORK: This is bad news for US networks who strongly rely on local advertising as a source of revenue. Media conglomerate Viacom has decided to...
LOS ANGELES: Australian channel Fox8 and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) have announced the addition of WWE’s sports entertainment franchise Raw to the channel’s programme line-up. In...
NEW DELHI: The board of directors of the Subhash Chandra-promoted Zee Telefilms Ltd (ZTL), at its meeting held today, has approved the proposal to commence broadcasting...
LOS ANGELES: It is not just India that is battling with lack of respect for intellectual property rights. In the US Rupert Murdoch’s Fox has landed...
FLORIDA: The WTA Tour and ESPN have reached a multi-year agreement for the cable network to broadcast the season ending WTA Tour Championships presented by Porsche....
NEW DELHI: Star Sports-ESPN will feature a series of six programmes in the run up to the Electrolux Wisden Awards to be held in Mumbai on...
MUMBAI: Now preschoolers can have their very own playdate with some of their favourite Sesame Street friends every day. Featuring Ernie, Bert and Grover, Play With...
NEW YORK: Eyeblaster, which claims to be the leader in rich media delivery and management, has announced the latest additions to its advanced technology platform. This...
LONDON: The mobile phone is fast emerging as an important tool to measure the impact of television programming. A newmediaage report says that ITV is planning...
NEW DELHI: This is an promotional alliance that gives tennis fans a chance to win a trip to the mecca of all tournaments – Wimbledon. Razor...
NEW YORK: A few days ago leading integrated marketing communications agency Euro RSCG Worldwide won three statues at the 44th annual Clio Awards in Miami Beach,...
MUMBAI: Soft drink major Pepsico’s brand 7UP and its “cool” brand ambassador Fido Dido has scored another first in the country. For the first time an...
MUMBAI: Several top Indian textile brands have joined hands to promote cotton products through a multimedia campaign involving ground promotions, public relations and advertising. As part...
MUMBAI: It is a dream come true for nine year-old Akhilesh Ganatra, a resident of the Thane district of Maharashtra. The little boy has won an...
NEW YORK: Listed advertising major and strategic holding company Omnicom, which owns BBDO, TBWA and DDB networks, has acquired independent branding and identity firm Siegelgale. Siegelgale,...
MUMBAI: With the uncertainty prevailing around the implementation of the conditional access system (CAS), marketing concessionaires for public broadcaster Doordarshan are picking up lots of new...
MUMBAI: This is an initiative through which CNN is looking to further increase cachet among the business traveller segment. The broadcaster has forged an alliance with...
MUMBAI: Jeet, a new one hour drama based on Fox’s Boston Public, will fill the 8.30 pm slot vacated by the Aman Verma hosted game show...
LONDON: The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has announced that its public consultation on proposed changes to its Programme Code has now ended. ITC is the body...
MUMBAI: WorldSpace Radio, that already has Sahara’s proposed news channel on board is now in talks with many Indian content partners. While private FM in the...
MUMBAI: The organisers at the television trade event Mipcom in France Reed Midem have announced that Mipcom Junior which is dedicated to kids content has enhanced...
MUMBAI: Sahara Samay-Mumbai, Sahara Group’s western India-specific news channel, which was supposed to officially launch tomorrow (26 September), will make a “test launch at 9 am”,...
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court today reserved its judgement on a clutch of petitions on conditional access system (CAS) where the Central government is a...
NEW DELHI: Information and broadcasting (I&B) minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said, the government would soon formulate a comprehensive media policy after having wide-ranging consultations with...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster MTV will acquire Harmonix Music Systems. The firm develops the PlayStation 2 product Guitar Hero and other music gaming titles. MTV will pay...
MUMBAI: Asian satellite commnuications service provider Asisat CEO Peter Jackson was voted the ‘Satellite Executive of the Year in Asia Pacific’, by the Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications...
MUMBAI: It looks like UTV’s Kehta Hai Dil (KHD) is all set to give Des Mein Nikla Hoga Chand a run for its money if one...