MUMBAI: Although most of the five star hotels in Mumbai are playing the wait and watch game, few of them have announced their plans to have...
LONDON: This is news that should give mobile service companies looking to provide value adds to customers pause for thought. Users of Vodafone live! in the...
MUMBAI: This should come as a pleasant surprise for Indian motorsports fans. After a gap of 13 years, India will see a major international motorsports event...
NEW DELHI: Spice Telecom, which claims to be Punjab’s leading cellular service provider with a subscriber base of over 500,000 subscribers, has launched Spice MMS, Triple...
SYDNEY: This year, YoungGuns continues its tradition of having one of the most internationally diverse juries brought together for any award show. Leo Burnett USA’s Vice...
MUMBAI: An innovation must result in the development of a successful business model at an appropriate time. These words by Madison Communications CMD Sam Balsara summed...
MUMBAI: The conditional access system (CAS) provides a golden opportunity for the media fraternity to go beyond ratings and industry constituents must join forces to relook...
MUMBAI: The free to air channels will provide the eyeballs and the pay channels will provide stickiness. These words by TV Today’s Aaj Tak CEO G...
MUMBAI: To mark the launch of a dedicated India feed from Asiasat 2 satellite, FTV will air special programmes beginning 7 July. The Indian touch would...
MUMBAI: The barometer 30-stock Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Sensex continued its ascent; gained 39.28 points to settle at 3,622.34 on Friday (4 July) as compared to...
MUMBAI: There is no logic in banning advertisements on pay TV channels but higher subscription rates might allow pay channels to reduce their dependence on ad...
MUMBAI: They were referred to as the “unsung heroes” — a term used by CMCG managing director Samir Kale for cable channels — but several MSO...
MUMBAI: The automobile market is looking up. A recent study conducted by NFO Automotive, Maruti models rank highest for Total Customer Satisfaction (TCS) in the small...
NEW DELHI: A suitable CASe for deferment seems to have been drummed up. The Indian government has seemingly blinked first. After maintaining all these days there...
MUMBAI: From 6 July, BBC World starts a new series of its popular programme Business Bizarre, profiling some unusual businesses in India. They run the gamut...
MUMBAI: Even as a section of broadcasters remained closeted with Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) officials today, another got together separately to voice its opposition to the...
MUMBAI: This is a piece of news that represents a major leap forward in the area of streaming media. The Films Division, attached to the information...
MUMBAI: After Zee Tele, Broadband Pacenet becomes the next Indian company to apply for a HITS license. Multi-system operator (MSO) Broadband Pacenet India (BPI) which recently...
MUMBAI: The Karishma imbroglio notwithstanding, Sahara Manoranjan has been gaining viewership for its entertainment programmes. As per the recently released TAM media report for Hindi speaking...
MUMBAI: Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Ltd. (BECIL) has conducted a live test on Hathway’s Digital Set Top Box (STB) and confirmed that it meets BIS specifications....
Mumbai: CAS stands for confusion, anarchy, stupidity. That is the way media expert and former Star India ad sales head Raj Nayak described the CAS conundrum...
NEW DELHI: Zee Turner Pvt. Ltd has conveyed to the government its a la carte price with the promise that in every city where CAS is...
MUMBAI: What’s with television production houses and filmmakers? Despite burning their fingers with Yeh Mohabbat Hai some years back- a debut venture under independent banner Eagle...
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: It’s another day of meetings over CAS for the major pay broadcasters in the Capital with the Prime Minister’s Office officials Today’s meeting at...
NEW DELHI: A limited edition of conditional access in the four metros, especially in Delhi and Mumbai, is on its way. The MSOs and cable operators...
MUMBAI: The host of popular shows such as Boogie Woogie (Sony TV) and song and dance talent show Grooves (Sahara) Jaaved Jaaferi is back in the...
MUMBAI: It might seem like the world can’t get enough of the cricket celebrities or the football studs but there are certain pockets of the world...
MUMBAI: Less than a fortnight before the conditional access system (CAS) gets implemented in Mumbai, the first of its kind suburban news channel has been launched....
MUMBAI: The Prannoy Roy-promoted news network NDTV, has entered into an agreement with Standard Chartered Private Equity Limited (SCPEL) for the infusion of approximately $11 million...
NEW DELHI: Close on the heels of a meeting that the PMO officials had with broadcasters yesterday, leading MSOs today agreed that if there is an...
MUMBAI: When it comes to awards Max appears to be the channel to beat. At the Promax & BDA Asia Awards 2003 in Singapore last evening,...
MUMBAI: There is another advertising option available for major spenders who target railway commuters. A medianet release says that the ministry of railways has issued detailed...
MUMBAI: The uncertainty over the conditional access system (CAS) has compounded the problem; added to the woes of the advertising and media fraternity. The fragmentation of...
MUMBAI: Where is the question of talking eyeballs if there is no connectivity? And with the vexed CAS debate having put the cable trade and broadcasters...
MUMBAI: “This is our World… And the rest of the World is still in black and white.” A Kodak moment? Not quite. Just the tag line...
NEW DELHI: The MSOs cannot come to a consensus on the areas that may be first included for conditional access rollout in the four metros. The...
MUMBAI: Sitars, tanpuras, dhols and thumbi mashed up with dancefloor beats, rocky guitar riffs and catchy vocal. International music with eastern influences. is what music fans...
NEW DELHI: One more politician has entered the fray! Janata Dal supremo Sharad Yadav, who is also a minister of consumer affairs, food and public distribution...
MUMBAI: In what looks like an attempt to expand its viewer base in the UK, Zee Music is all set to turn free-to-air this month (exact...
NEW DELHI: The MSOs cannot come to a consensus on the areas that may be first included for conditional access rollout in the four metros. The...
LONDON: To accommodate increased customer demand for video services, Intelsat has appointed Doug Triblehorn and Jean-Philippe Gillet to head regional sales efforts for the company’s media...
NEW DELHI: The confusion over the alternative and seemingly unviable options being mooted by the information and broadcasting ministry have forced broadcasters to approach PMO officials....
MUMBAI: The watered down version of FTV that has turned FTA and is available on Asiasat 2 now has a specially customised programme for India. According...
MUMBAI: Radio City, the private FM radio station backed by Star, turns two years old on 3 July in the Garden City. The channel has organised...
MUMBAI: “This is our World… And the rest of the World is still in black and white.” A Kodak moment? Not quite. Just the tag line...
MUMBAI: The first tennis Grand Slam of the year the Australian Open has announced that IBM has extended its role as the official information technology and...
BANGALORE: Close on the heels of several national awards and last year’s Gold medal at The New York Festivals 2002, JWT Bangalore has rocked Madison avenue...
MUMBAI: Media personalities had an opportunity to relish some exquisite international wine brands such as JP Chenet and Golden Gate at The Advertising Club, Bombay’s Emvies...
MUMBAI: Singapore Airlines (SIA) and the Australian Tourist Commission (ATC) have launched a new promotional campaign aimed at increasing tourist arrivals to Australia. According...
NEW YORK: BBDO Worldwide was the most awarded global agency network at this year’s International Advertising Festival in Cannes. The agency received a total of 42...