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NEW YORK: Production for a Popeye 3-D computer-animated TV and home video special has commenced, to celebrate the cartoon character’s 75th anniversary next year, King Features...
MUMBAI: Saregama India Ltd managing director Abhik Mitra handed his resignation to the company’s board of directors. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) was informed that the...
MUMBAI: The 55 per cent proposed dividend that is slated for approval at Zee’s forthcoming AGM on 26 September 2003 would make Zee shareholders richer by...
KUALA LUMPUR: Vince Mcmahon’s World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is growing in popularity in Asia. A recent tour of Japan and Thailand generated more than $3 million...
PARIS: The seventh annual World Summit for Satellite Financing in Paris which got off to a promising start recently, will conclude on 12 September. The event...
NEW DELHI: When Star News president Ravina Raj Kohli told indiantelevision.com in an interview recently that Star News was probably the only news channel that is...
MUMBAI: Choravar Mor, a daily comedy show by Sri Adhikari Brothers, will be launched from 15 September on DD Sahyadri (Marathi). The show will be aired...
MUMBAI: The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (MRTPC) today instructed Star, Sony and ESPN-Star Sports to file replies in the joint case brought before it...
NEW YORK: Gigli may have turned out to be the biggest box office flop of the year, but that is not stopping its star Jennifer Lopez...
LONDON: MTV Networks International (MTVNI) and Russia’s TNT- Teleset have launched a fully customised Nickelodeon animation block on TNT. This means, Nick’s content will now be...
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television (Set) is not leaving any stone unturned in promoting its existing shows and the new ones that are slated for a launch...
MUMBAI: Mumbai-based Crest Communications Ltd is going the GDR way to raise funds for the company. In the annual general meeting (AGM) held on 8 September...
MUMBAI: The last mile operators in Mumbai have decided to make sure that they get their pound of flesh from the broadcasters and the multi-system operators...
MUMBAI: Asmita, the only Marathi show on WIN 94.6 FM in Mumbai, with its radio jockey Anjali, finishes one year of waking up Mumbai on 9...
MUMBAI: Will it be another date or will some ruling finally be delivered on the ongoing “cable case”. Going by the way the proceedings have gone...
MUMBAI: It is advantage Star India in its battle with Zee Group cable arm Siti Cable over making available signals to the MSO’s HITS (headend in...
MUMBAI: The new avatar MTV Ek Do Teen will now be hosted by the two Cyruses of MTV – Cyrus Broacha and Cyrus Sahukar – together...
MUMBAI: The winners of the Indian Telly Awards 2003 will be decided through a process of judging and polling. The judging will be done by eminent...
MUMBAI: After nearly three months of lull, Zee English has finally decided to unveil a new launch. Starting 8 September, the channel will premiere NBC sitcom...
MUMBAI: Over a year and a half after its terrestrial launch in the United Kingdom, Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Limited (SABTNL) today started beaming its...
MUMBAI: The annual Frames convention, in its fourth year in 2004, will have some changes in its format. This was announced at the third seminar in...
MUMBAI: In a bid to counter dipping revenues of its two FM channels, All India Radio Mumbai plans to sell packaged ad spots for its primary...
MUMBAI: Shweta Tiwari, TV actress and lead protagonist in Star Plus daily Kasautii Zindagi Kay will inaugurate an exhibition of drawings, paintings of national level artistes...
MUMBAI: Asian television personality Paula Malai Ali has joined ESPN Star Sports (ESS). She will host a new magazine show on Star Sports – For Men...
MUMBAI: “We cable operators are like mice and Balasaheb is our Ganesha.” This was just one of the more sycophantic lines thrown up in a fawning...
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena member of parliament Sanjay Nirupam is of the view that the I&B ministry is under some sort of a compulsion to go-ahead with...
MUMBAI: “I request you to be united in the face of media reports that the multi system operators and broadcasters are trying to adopt various strategies...
MUMBAI: Different perspectives were presented by top Sena leaders and prominent cable operators in the city during the meeting organised by CODA (Cable Operator and Distributor...
MUMBAI: Hindu Hridaysamrat (emperor of Hindu hearts) Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray might not have been able to make it to the CODA (Cable Operators and...
MUMBAI: The Tiger has roared. And how. The Shiv Sena party today announced that CAS will not become a reality in Mumbai as long as it...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati Corporation may soon start playing some hard ball game to exploit the opportunities on Doordarshan (DD) Sports channel. This would include auctioning...
MUMBAI: Fun at circus could be the theme of the new launches on the tube next week. Though not as hi- key as this week, coming...
NEW DELHI: After having netted over Rs 1 billion in revenues for Doordarshan’s (DD) less hyped sister concern All India Radio (AIR) for the last financial...
MUMBAI: ‘Catch ’em young’ seems to be the current mantra at Zee. In its bid to strengthen the kids programming, the channel is all set to...
MUMBAI: Former actor and TV show producer Aashish Chanana has launched his company Media Factory to focus on producing five ‘crossover’ feature films every year. While...
CALIFORNIA: Sony Pictures Television International’s (SPTI) top-rated German series produced for the RTL network has received eight German Comedy Awards nominations and seven German Television Awards...
MUMBAI: Media scrips continued their downslide four days after the announcement of the annual budget 2003-04. Media analysts have already indicated that the budget was negative...
MUMBAI: If there was no Lagaan to draw in those extra viewers in India, in the US, the 75th anniversary edition of the Academy Awards entered...
MUMBAI: Critics have called it the efforts of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to aid media giants like Viacom, News Corporation and Disney to completely control...
BANGALORE: Four key sectors will deliberate on achieving global quality in services and profiting, from delivering world class service at the Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII)...
MUMBAI: News, the USP of AIR’s FM channels will become the driving force of the programming in Mumbai shortly. All India Radio launched its phone in...
LONDON: International video news agency APTN figured as one of the four international finalists nominated for the International Emmy awards for its coverage of Gulf War...
MUMBAI: With each passing day, the conditional access story is looking more and more bedraggled. In the latest twist to the non-event CAS is turning out...
NEW JERSEY: Alfred Haber Distribution, Inc. will be showing program buyers attending MIPCOM 2003 Stupid Behavior Caught On Tape, the network special and subsequent 13 half-hour...
NEW YORK: Fans of American football, National Football League (NFL) are in for a treat. Over 60 broadcasters from 223 countries and territories, throughout the world...
NEW DELHI: India’s federal government is still in a spot over the implementation, rather non-implementation, of the conditional access system (CAS) in the cities of Mumbai...
MUMBAI: Tanu Healthcare, a publicly listed company based in Mumbai proposing to launch a free-to-air health channel, will tap the capital markets for raising funds. While...
NEW DELHI: Zee English will telecast The Emmy, considered the Oscars for the television industry, live from Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles on 22 September. As a...
MUMBAI: The public broadcaster Doordarshan (DD) has made its hunt for a new ‘director general’ official. Prasar Bharati has released ads soliciting applications for the post...
VIRGINIA: International Launch Services (ILS) has announced a contract with Binariang Satellite Systems to launch the Measat-3 satellite in 2005. The mission will use the Russian-built...
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NEW DELHI: Hamdard Laboratories gathered a cross-section of India’s achievers in New Delhi on Friday, handing out the Hakeem Abdul...
MUMBAI: For decades, creative storytelling has been the cornerstone of brand communication. The “big idea” amplified through catchy jingles, striking...
MUMBAI: Zepto has elevated Ahmad Muneeb to vice president – HR centre of excellence, placing him at the helm of...
