NEW DELHI: TNS, which claims to be one of the world’s leading market information groups, has appointed James Hall as managing director, Asia Pacific. The Sydney...
MUMBAI: After successfully establishing fashion watch brand Giordano Timewear in India, Manoj Dhanwani and Megan Impex Pvt. Ltd are now set to ‘triumph’ again. This time...
MUMBAI: In an initiative to empower Indian women, Birla Sun Life Insurance (BSLI) has tied up with woman’s portal sitagita to launch www.bsliflexitimecareers.com – a microsite...
MUMBAI: TAM India will conduct a full day workshop for media planners and buyers in August (on 5 August and 19 August) 2003 at their Mumbai...
MUMBAI: This is news that should make Bollywood producers experiencing one relentless flop after another turn green with envy! After a gap of 12 years Arnold...
NEW DELHI: Information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad’s avowed statement that price levels would be held at Rs 72 for all pay channels until the...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government is studying whether a regulatory body for the broadcasting and cable sector can be put together ahead of a super-regulator for...
NEW DELHI:The Indian government today said that it received another set of replies from Star News to queries including those on editorial control of the channel...
NEW DELHI: Pushing ahead aggressively with its headend in the sky (HITS) and direct-to-home (DTH) television projects, Siti Cable has tied up with the United Bank...
NEW DELHI: There should be an independent broadcast regulator to address issues like technology and pricing and to administer the conditional access system, according to Federation...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government now is setting up a conditional access system (CAS) implementation committee to monitor the preparedness for a phased out rollout of...
MUMBAI: BR Chopra productions’ BR TV has three shows in the top 10* list (all homes 4 years plus) as per TAM ratings for Week No...
MUMBAI: Balaji Telefilms Ltd has posted a net profit of Rs 141.50 million for the quarter ended 30 June, 2003 as compared to Rs 126.83 million...
NEW DELHI: Star News may get a shot in the arm from a section of the government as the department of company affairs (DCA) feels the...
NEW DELHI: The honeymoon is over even before the foreplay if officials from India’s Information and Broadcasting ministry are to be believed. In the absence of...
MUMBAI: IEC in Sports will distribute the international television rights for the 2004 Carlsberg Cup. This is Asia’s longest running annual football tournament involving national teams....
MUMBAI: Ten Sports will launch in the Middle East on 1 August. Broadcast from Dubai, the Taj Television promoted Ten Sports will now be seen on...
MUMBAI: Alliance One’s infotainment channel Discovery has slotted a slew of new programmes to ring in the New Year 2004. The channel – which claims to...
NEW DELHI: India’s finance ministry would extend by two months the tax sop on import of set-top boxes (STBs) needed for implementing conditional access system. The...
MUMBAI: The numbers for Zee are in. Net profit and net revenue for the quarter have travelled north by about 31 per cent and 16 per...
MUMBAI: It is a classic case of ambush marketing by not even paying for an in-film placement. MTV has again made its ace rival Channel [V]...
NEW DELHI: NetGuru India, a division of the Nasdaq listed NetGuru, is working on a new 2D animation VCD series based on two poems of Rabrindranath...
NEW DELHI: Provisions of Rs 1705.5 million and Rs 3805.5 million have been kept for All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan, respectively in the 10th five-year...
NEW DELHI: Media baron Subhash Chandra crossed another milestone today. The information & broadcasting ministry today cleared his Essel group’s letter of intent to operate a...
NEW DELHI: The government has announced that there is no specific time frame to set up the Broadcasting Regulating Authority of India. I&B Minister Ravi Shankar...
MUMBAI: Pepsi is providing a national platform to budding painters in the country through Tropicana. The beverage conglomerate’s natural fruit juice brand has kicked off a...
HYDERABAD: IDEA Cellular has tied-up with www.betsetgo.com to provide access to information on Horse Racing through SMS for the Idea subscribers of Andhra Pradesh. Now,...
MUMBAI: Star Plus is trying out a completely new treatment for two of its shows, which are not doing too brightly (by its standards) on the...
MUMBAI: After a fall of 190 points in four sessions running, the market on Friday got the bull by its horns. The barometer 30-stock Bombay Stock...
MUMBAI: The revised zonal conditional access deadline of 1 September is just over a month away, and the tune has changed somewhat from the earlier doom...
MUMBAI: “Mission ‘CAS’hmir”! This rather quaint turn of phrase about sums up the concerted effort the major MSOs will be making in the coming month to...
MUMBAI: Fans of Friends star Joey have reason to cheer and jig the Friends way. Friends may be packing up for now but Joey is staying...
NEW DELHI: The government constituted inter-ministerial group (IMG) comprising officials from the information & broadcasting ministry, the law ministry and the department of company affairs met...
NEW DELHI: Zee English may have been taken away from Cutting Edge Media, but Reality TV, part of the Zee Turner bouquet, has now appointed the...
MUMBAI: MTV Roadies are in town. The hunt for seven lucky bikers is in its last lap. After completing the audition rounds in Pune, Bangalore, Chandigarh...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: The so-called swadeshi lobby is getting active and aggressive too. Having successfully made the Star News case as a swadeshi vs. videshi...
NEW DELHI:The ministry of information & broadcasting will take steps to evolve Model Cinema Regulations, which could be adopted by the States. A delegation of the...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan’s special audience channel, DD Bharati, is participating in an international children’s environmental project, in partnership with Japan’s broadcasting corporation, NHK and five other...
MUMBAI: UEFA chief executive, Gerhard Aigner, has welcomed the decision of the European Commission to approve a formal ‘exemption’ granting UEFA the right to maintain its...
NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad got off comparatively lightly in the Lok Sabha today when the Opposition’s bid to corner the government...
NEW YORK : Teenagers and young adults in the US spend more time on the Internet than watching television. This denotes a shift in media consumption...
NEW DELHI: A team from the United States’ regulatory body, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), held discussions at the information and broadcasting ministry on 24 July, mostly...
MUMBAI: After its convergence adventure, Zee is cleaning up after its sports quest too. To pay off the dues of Zee and Essel Propack, Subhash Chandra...
LOS ANGELES: US cable network HBO has launched a new division under its HBO Films label. The company which has produced critically acclaimed content such as...
NEW DELHI: The government has constituted a committee to make recommendations for the second phase of opening up FM radio broadcasting to the private participation. The...
NEW DELHI: Confluence Communication has been appointed by G. K. Dairy & Milk Products, the makers of Gopaljee brand of packaged milk, ghee, paneer, and other...
NEW DELHI: Hugo Boss, the international fashion and lifestyle company, has appointed Starcom India as its full media services agency. The account will be serviced by...
NEW DELHI: Sagar Enterprises, Prannoy Roy’s NDTV, Nimbus Communications, along with the likes of Creative Eye, Multichannel, Sanjay Khan’s Numero Uno and Balaji Telefilms figure in...
MUMBAI: The numbers for Hinduja TMT are in. Total income and net profit for the quarter have travelled north by 42 per cent and 21 per...
MUMBAI: Aparna Sen’s award winning Mr and Mrs Iyer on Star Movies pitted against Erin Brokovich on HBO walked away with the TRP honours last week....