MUMBAI: While the future ownership pattern of the Indian version of the NBC affiliated business and financial channel CNBC is not yet clear, the channel is...
MUMBAI: Is programming content more important than the platform? Does airing a movie slightly earlier than a much-promoted blockbuster on a rival channel make a difference?...
MUMBAI: Is it a sign of things to come or is it the ‘fatigue element’? Aruna Irani’s Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand, ( DMNHC) has ousted...
NEW DELHI: The Subrata Roy-promoted Sahara India Media Company has decided to fight it out in the court “on merit” and not give up on the...
LONDON: Even as the Indian channels are gearing up to showcase crime thrillers, ITV1’s police thriller Blue Murder has edged out BBC’s political drama State of...
MUMBAI: Its time for two new additions to the Channel [V]. Star’s music arm channel, which started off being a predominant English aka international music channel,...
NEW DELHI: It looks as if Nisha Sharma is getting international support for her stand on dowry and BBC News Online has played a role in...
NEW DELHI: While Nisha Sharma was fighting for her rights to fend away the dowry seekers, Living Media’s Aaj Tak news channel was closely following the...
NEW YORK/DELHI: Mark McCormack, once dubbed the most powerful man in sport, died on Friday after failing to recover from a heart attack he suffered four...
MUMBAI: The ongoing face-off between Hinduja Group MSO INCableNet and the major pay broadcasters in Mumbai has certainly benefited the smaller channels and other free-to-air channels...
MUMBAI: The markets settled above the key resistance level of 3037-3049 on Friday, 16 May 2003 and the 30-stock BSE Sensex was up 43.61 points at...
NEW DELHI: Even as the issue of conditional access or addressability in India cable homes lurches from point to another, hopefully, to a logical finish, the...
NEW YORK: While new satellite radio services launched over the past year claim to be the most advanced automobile entertainment available, KVH Industries has taken automotive...
MUMBAI: There is a new hiring in ad sales at ESPN Star Sports. Vijay Koshy officially joins duty on Monday as associate director, heading sales in...
NEW DELHI: India’s cricket World Cup squad can finally look forward to lay their hands on the prize money they earned for their commendable run to...
MUMBAI: Sony’s Sambhav Asambhav’s launch episode may have suffered due to the Hinduja group MSO IncableNet switching off the Sony bouquet in several parts of Mumbai,...
MUMBAI: MTV is in the process of revamping its shows. One of them is MTV Stylecheck. The show which was earlier a three minute snippet is...
LONDON: Manchester city centre is the venue for the world’s first public space broadcasting experiment featuring a 25 square metre video screen and full sound system....
NEW YORK: Advertising spends in the US rose by a meagre 1.5 per cent in the first quarter of the year, says Nielsen Media Research. The...
MUMBAI: It was an announcement made in finance minister Jaswant Singh’s 28 February. But it has just come into effect. The service tax on advertising spends...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: ESPN Star Sports has just upped the ante in its confrontation with Hinduja Group MSO INCableNet over the issue of outstanding dues....
MUMBAI: After recruiting fresh team for its AIDS awareness show – Jasoos Vijay, BBC World Service Trust is hiring again. The NGO arm of BBC World...
MUMBAI: It’s called making hay while the sun shines. The final episode of Friends, to be telecast by the end of this fall in the US,...
NEW DELHI: The saga of conditional access system is far from over. A new twist in the tale has been added , now, by consumer activists...
MUMBAI: The catchword is comedy at the top networks in the US this Fall. While back home, broadcasters continue to swear by tear jerker family dramas,...
MUMBAI: It seems to be films all the way – ever since the Hindi film shown on Friday, 2 May 2003 topped the Top 100 list...
MUMBAI: Its ‘Shakalaka baby’ time on Star Vijay this Sunday 18 May at 5 pm. Star’s ‘south’ regional channel will be airing music maestro A R...
MUMBAI: Zee English will telecast the Miss Universe live and exclusive on 4 June 2003 at 7:30 am with a repeat at 8:30 pm. Zee English...
MUMBAI: Thums Up announced the names of the regional winners for the Thums Up Ninja Hunt promotion. The promotion, which was launched nationally few weeks back...
LONDON: The BBC World Service website (bbcworldservice.com) won an EPpy Award, given by editorandpublisher.com, for Best Overall Network or Syndicated Radio-Affiliated Internet Service. The EPpy awards...
NEW YORK: Tony Elison has returned to MTV Networks International (MTVNI) in the newly created position of vice president, Interactive Media Development, for the brands MTV,...
MUMBAI: The suspense is finally over. Naam Gum Jayega,, the show that is set to replace the Balaji Telefilms blockbuster Kahaani Terii Merii(KTH), takes its bow...
NEW DELHI: Changes are in the offing in the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF). Close on the heels of an apparent divide in the organisation on the...
MUMBAI: Televising news and giving it a reality television twist in order to stand out seems to be the new mantra for news channels who are...
NEW DELHI: In a ruling today, the Supreme Court confirmed the stay on further telecast of Karishma – The Miracles of Destiny. The SC had, on...
LONDON: BBC Ventures Group, the BBC’s commercial business-to-business division, has launched BBC Vecta. The aim is to develop and market products from the BBC’s Research and...
MUMBAI: ETC Networks flagship channel etc’s latest contest gives viewers a chance to meet Adnam Sami and Amitabh Bachchan – the duo who belted out the...
MUMBAI: Looks as if media and entertainment sector is getting its due as an attractive career option. Management institutions have started inviting Indian media companies to...
MUMBAI: ETC Networks owned channels etc and etc Punjabi are stepping up efforts to ensure that the two entertainment channels telecast the best of news, views...
MUMBAI: With the deadline for Conditional Access System (CAS) barely two months away, the media industry is on tenterhooks regarding its impact and successful implementation. To...
MUMBAI: Raj TV has lined up two film festivals down South this summer, to promote brand loyalty among its viewers. Beginning 10 May, a Vijay film...
MUMBAI: Despite airing the first episode, Sahara Manoranjan had to take a break and not air the second episode of Karishma – The Miracles of Destiny,...
MUMBAI: InCablenet may well start receiving signals of all the 17 channels belonging to the Zee-Turner bouquet from 14 May 2003 onwards. Speaking on the sidelines...
MUMBAI: Zee Network, today, announced their first alliance with France TV and Silhouette Films to co-produce One Dollar Curry In India. This is the first initiative...
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide has appointed Susanne Gallagher as its new Head of Channels for Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA). Susanne is now responsible...
HONG KONG: The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has welcomed the announcement that new legislation will be introduced into the Legislative Council in...
MUMBAI: It is not just Sahara Manoranjan that Subrata Roy and company are concentrating on. Roy has launched three new weeklies in English, Hindi and Urdu....
MUMBAI: Star Movies is showing no signs of slowing down. TAM data for six metros from 1 Jan till 26 April reveals that eight of the...
MUMBAI: The Kolkata High Court has vacated the stay brought on by a copyright infringement suit against Karishma – The Miracles of Destiny today. This means...
NEW DELHI: India’s information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today categorically ruled out any extension of the 14 July deadline of CAS and also attempted...