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MUMBAI: Pick up a MTNL land line anytime on Monday, 12 May, and you won’t get the dial tone. What you will get instead is a...
MUMBAI: The board of directors of Hinduja TMT (HTMT), in their meeting held 5 May 2003, considered and declared an interim dividend of Rs 5 per...
MUMBAI: Ad agency veterans are now teaching a thing or two to ad industry professionals who are seeking ways to facilitate direct interaction between the trade...
MUMBAI: The master of quiz is back with a new one. Siddhartha Basu may be taking longer to decide on the kind of show he wants...
NEW DELHI: Sahara Samay Uttar Pradesh, the free-to-air and digital 24-hour Hindi city-centric regional news channel will telecast Badrinath’s Kapaat opening live from Badrinath on Thursday,...
LONDON: Global advertising expenditure is now expected to rise by a total of 3.2 per cent in 2003. These new figures released by media buying giant...
CONNECTICUT: Premium drinks company Diageo has announced the relaunch of one of its most recognisable icons Smirnoff. Later this year the vodka brand Smirnoff, flavoured vodka...
MUMBAI: Star’s music arm has got itself a brand new anchor presentor. Latest to join the Channel [V] VJ bandwagon is Shruti who has been, thus...
MUMBAI: Ever since the events of 9/11, Americans have been wary of the Muslim community. Bridges TV hopes to act as a connection point between Muslims...
LONDON: After soap operas and reality television, it is time to combine the two. In a new soap series, to be launched on Channel 4, viewers...
NEW DELHI: National broadcaster Doordarshan has earned Rs 5,538.1 million in advertisement revenues during the year 2002-2003. Replying to a question by Ram Jethmalani and others...
MUMBAI: During the recently concluded Iraq conflict there were heart rending reports of young media personnel getting killed leaving behind families. Now, a global coalition of...
MUMBAI: The verdict is out! Nintendo’s series of Legend of Zelda video games have been voted the best ever. The action adventure series Zelda came out...
MUMBAI: Global media major News Corp last Friday formally applied to the US federal communications commission (FCC) for clearance of its $ 6.6 billion stock and...
NEW DELHI: It is quite clear and well documented now that there is a vertical divide within the broadcasting fraternity on conditional access system (CAS), despite...
MUMBAI: The SARS epidemic has affected several high profile events to be held in South Asia. However responding to increasing speculation, The FA Premier League has...
MUMBAI: Another ad agency honcho bites the TV channel bullet. J Walter Thompson (JWT) client services vice-president Albert Almeida is joining the Sony Entertainment Television network’s...
MUMBAI: Today is the day of reckoning for Star World as it unveils its new programming strategy. The niche English channel with international shows will now...
MUMBAI: Its time for pokéaction! The summer is well and truly on and to give kids a welcome break from the heat Cartoon Network has announced...
MUMBAI: The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) may be riven by opposing viewpoints regarding the issue of the four-metro rollout of conditional access in India post the...
MUMBAI: Another women achiever has been recognised as first amongst equals! B4U Television Network vice president legal Rina Nameirakpam Barua has been selected as one of...
MUMBAI: CGI animation, magic, ballet. These are the ingredients of Mattel Entertainment’s new film Barbie of Swan Lake. The film airs on Cartoon Network on 5...
LONDON: Focussing on increasing its share of the global stock footage market, BBC Library Sales has appointed Jan Ross to manage its activity in the US....
CHENNAI: Grey Worldwide, Chennai has won the India Baseball communication account. An official release informs that the agency is known for taking on new categories and...
MUMBAI: The grand finale of the 10-day-long Parle-G INMumbai Ganeshotsav 2003, was held at a function at the Birla Matoshree auditorium today (Tuesday). Maharashtra state home...
MUMBAI: It was a hectic week with the Reserve Bank of India credit policy, annual results for several companies – Zee Telefilms and ETC Networks amongst...
MUMBAI: After being noticed on the small screen as a VJ (for channel B4U Music) and acting in music videos (as a Maharashtrian girl in Aika...
MUMBAI: Nimbus Communications Ltd CMD Harish Thawani is set to hand over the day-to-day management of the company he incorporated in 1987 to someone else, most...
MUMBAI: It is time to get into the spirit of testing knowledge in the best brains in the country. BBC World, the BBC’s commercially funded international...
LONDON: Broadcasters are stepping up the pitch for offering widescreen programming and dolby digital services on the small screen. Effective 3 June, all Sky Movie channels,...
MUMBAI: The creation of an Italian pay television platform Sky Italia through the acquisition of Telepiu has meant one less headache for Rupert Murdoch. One of...
MUMBAI: After the launch of Sambhav Asambhav on 1 May, Sony Entertainment Television (SET) is all set to launch yet another weekly soap Naam Gum Jayega...
MUMBAI: Seems like Channel [V] is taking the cricket fever head on. The Star music channel will be promoting football in the time when the entire...
MUMBAI: A JP Morgan Asia Pacific Research report dated 28 April 2003 has stated that Zee Telefilms has reported good 4QFY03 numbers and that advertising revenues...
MUMBAI: A report titled “Conditional Access or Catch 22 – Who Will Blink First?” compiled by the Citigroup Smith Barney (CSB) report (dated 15 May 2003)...
MUMBAI: A Motilal Oswal Inquire India Research (MOSt) report dated 28 April 2003 states that Zee Telefilms’ FY03 advertising revenues have been stronger than expected and...
MUMBAI: The Merrill Lynch report dated 28 April 2003 states that the Zee’s 4QFY03 result reinforces the analysts’ confidence in Zee’s business model. However, the report...
MUMBAI: The goings on in the white House courtesy The West Wing have captivated the global audience. In India the show is enjoying a run on...
MUMBAI: What do you do when you want your request to air on Nickelodeon? Simple, say please. Well no, Nick is not starting an obedience school....
NEW DELHI: CNBC Asia may hold up to 15 per cent equity stake in Television Eighteen Ltd., which also recently obtained a licence to uplink from...
MUMBAI: Media company UTV has confirmed the report carried by indiantelevision.com (UTV) that Sanjay Bhattacharjee, the chief operating officer of its motion picture division, is indeed...
WASHINGTON: It is not just Indian music companies that are seeing their profits being eroded by the pirate. The US recently issued its annual list of...
HONG KONG: The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has announced that the tenth annual CASBAA Convention will be held in Hong Kong from...
NEW DELHI: Information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today told policy makers that pubcaster Doordarshan was opting for a KU-band DTH scheme at an estimated...
MUMBAI: The Jeetendra Kapoor family’s Balaji Telefilms will be declaring its financial results on 22 May, 2003. The Balaji board of directors will meet on 22...
The Severe Acute Respiratory Sydrome (SARS) is not just swallowing up human victims who get ensarled in its murderous grasp. Two of the biggest broadcast and...
MUMBAI: Raghav Bahl’s Television Eighteen, TV18, announced its financial results yesterday. For the year ended March 2003, revenue is up 25.06 per cent, at Rs 361.7...
MUMBAI: DD Metro is gaining ground in viewership with its Formula One coverage vis – a- vis ESPN Star Sports (ESS), according to Cutting Edge Media,...
MUMBAI: While SARS is leading to a cancellation of trade gatherings in Singapore, in India the TV production community and Bollywood are going to be hit...
MUMBAI: Now it’s official. News Corp technology arm NDS yesterday announced that Hathway Cable & Datacom has selected its systems to launch the MSO’s conditional access...
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Cricket star named face of Delhi Khel Mahakumbh to fuel youth talent hunt.
Kolkata-based beverage maker reports stronger revenues and profits for December quarter.
A crime thriller steps out of the shadows as Telugu storytelling claims centre stage.
From boards to bytes, chess readies for a nation-first showdown in Riyadh.
Leadership change follows layoffs, protests and a bruising battle over trust.
Revenue rises 4.3 per cent to Rs 10,209.33 crore while deferred tax gain lifts bottom line sharply
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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...
