NEW DELHI: So near, yet so far. When the task force on the conditional access system (CAS) recently wrapped up most of its proceedings by recommending...
MUMBAI: Guess what, seems like reality game shows are in vogue. Earlier it was lone Mike on AXN challenging people to do things that they never...
MUMBAI: The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (Isro) Insat-3A satellite’s solar array and the two Antennas have been deployed. This follows the succesful placement of the next...
NEW DELHI: Do you want to watch a cricket match on television while stretched out on the backseat of your car and receive live news and...
MUMBAI: If you thought that the soaps were the only never-ending series on television, think again. Ponpulari, the morning show on Surya TV, produced by Panorama...
NEW YORK: The US based cable network TNN (The National Network owned by Viacom) has announced its plans to change its name to Spike effective 16...
NEW DELHI: BBC World has appointed Seema Kotecha as head of marketing based in London. Kotecha will work closely with BBC’s director of marketing Jane Gorard...
MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms will declare its fourth quarter and financial year end results on 28 April. According to a communication sent by the company to the...
MUMBAI: Ramayan, the epic that created history on Indian television in the late 1980s, has found new markets abroad. Improved, dubbed versions of the epic were...
MUMBAI: Star Movies has announced that it has bagged the rights for a mini series from Jurassic Park maker Steven Spielberg. The 10-episode mini...
MUMBAI: The small screen has lost another actor to Bollywood. Ashish Choudhary, who has acted in serials such as Hum Pardesi Ho Gaye(Sony TV) and Wajood...
ATLANTA: From next year, Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) will start using a Scientific-Atlanta PowerVu digital video compression system to distribute its existing digital cable networks across...
MUMBAI: Computer generated image (CGI) technology has made a major impression on the silver screen over the last couple of years. Shrek won Dreamworks an Oscar....
ARIZONA: The reality TV genre has proved a boon for Fox. Over 18 million viewers watched the first episode of Joe Millionaire.. Now the network is...
MUMBAI: Bollywood heroes are playing negative characters on the small screen. Aayub Khan, of Mrityudand fame, is firming plans to play Karisma Kapoor’s son on Sahara...
MUMBAI: Don’t look, it’s changing. Fashion TV India that plans to add an additional two hours of Indian programming content to the existing hours daily, will...
MUMBAI: The war may have delivered death and destruction to Iraq, but it certainly came as good news for the news channels. Total TV news viewership...
The awards show saw 22 million kids taking part in the voting process either through the website or by calling a toll free number. Voting took...
NEW YORK: The high profile Oscars may be over and done with but the action concerning what some consider the coolest movie awards show, is about...
NEW DELHI: IndusInd Media & Communications Ltd. (IMCL), a Hinduja TMT company, has entered into an agreement with Kudelski SA, a listed company of Switzerland for...
CHENNAI: The lucrative southern market where Kalinidhi Maran’s Sun is shining brightly is all set to see competition. Come 23 May Raj Network will launch a...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: Guess what? The Big Daddy of them all – Doordarshan – is about to enter the direct to home (DTH) arena. It...
NEW DELHI: At a time when the world over KU-band direct-to-home (DTH) television service works better in a monopolistic situation or at best in a duopoly,...
MUMBAI: The day of reckoning is here. With the NDTV news channels making their debut today, the array of news channels is finally complete – Aaj...
CONNECTICUT US: Panamsat has reported financial results for the first quarter ended 31 March. Revenues were $199.8 million, compared to revenues of $207.1 million for last...
MUMBAI: The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (Isro) next generation multi-purpose Insat-3A satellite is now in its geostationary orbit. In the third and final stage...
NEW DELHI: Conditional access system is forcing various stakeholders of the industry to go in for initiatives that were not on the top of their priority...
MUMBAI: Broadcaster-MSO payment disputes are coming out in the open in Mumbai after what has been many months of relative calm. Premium sports channels ESPN and...
NEW YORK: This is a move through which media conglomerate Viacom is hoping to push towards corporate governance. The owner of MTV and Nickelodeon has announced...
MUMBAI: The times they are a changin’ on All India Radio and Doordarshan. Prasar Bharati will revamp the two by investing Rs 110 billion during the...
LONDON: This is an initiative through which BBC Worldwide, Discovery and ProSieben are looking to build on the critical and commercial success they have had with...
LONDON: In order to help the Iraqis cope with the severe trauma that came with Uncle Sam’s incessant attacks, the BBC World Service Trust will launch...
MUMBAI: From India’s Most Wanted on the small screen to a “wanted person” being chased by legal enforcers to a feature film called Wanted No 1...
MUMBAI: All systems go on the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (Isro) next generation multi-purpose Insat-3A satellite. The satellite’s perigee (closest point to the earth) was raised...
MUMBAI: It is that time of the year again when Sony Entertainment Television will be airing Sony to telecast the International Indian Film Festival (IIFA). The...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: Atlas 3B(AC -204), the two-stage rocket capable of lifting payloads of upto 4500 kgs carried an Asian communication satellite, Asiasat 4, in space...
MUMBAI: City 60, the big city-focused prime time news bulletin of recently launched Star News, has already had an impact, the channel says. The City 60...
WASHINGTON: The latest train television commercial by jeans manufacturer Levis has come under a cloud. US’ Operation Lifesaver (OL) which is a non-profit rail safety group,...
NEW YORK: This is an executive appointment made by AOL Time Warner with the aim of driving growth of its cross-divisional advertising and marketing initiatives. The...
MUMBAI: TNS, the world’s third largest global market information organisation, has announced the expansion of its brand & advertising division. It will be headed by research...
indiantelevision.com’s Media, Advertising & Marketing Watch Liberty announces contest for mediamen covering LIFWL ’03 The Indiantelevision.com Team (17 July 2003 2:00 pm) MUMBAI:...
MUMBAI: Cashing in on World Cup cricket mania, McDowell & Co has announced the launch of the Special Edition Cricket World Cup pack for its flagship...
MUMBAI: It’s Pakistan ahoy for Sam Balsara’s Madison Outdoor Media Services (Moms). The outdoor marketing and management firm has pocketed the instadia rights for 40 per...
MUMBAI: Nickelodeon has announced the first winner of its Pepsi Badaa Shikari Hunt contest. Akshay Wattal is the chosen youngster who will lead the Indian Cricket...
MUMBAI: With the onslaught of news channels, the battle for a larger share of the viewership pie is, but obvious. Be it hoardings, newspaper advertisements, online...
MUMBAI: Insat-3A, which was launched by Ariane-5 of Arianespace yesterday from Kourou, French Guiana is now orbiting at 11,500 km above the earth’s surface. ...
MUMBAI: Ministry of company affairs has rejected most of the contentions of the information and broadcasting ministry relating to Space TV application, while upholding a clause...
MUMBAI: Pradipto Sircar, senior VP, ad sales at Sabe TV, has moved to Sahara as senior vice president, sales and marketing. Sircar will be...
WASHINGTON: The US government’s broadcasting board of governors (BBG) is planning to set up a new Baghdad TV channel to air Arabic captioned broadcasts of US...
Asianet Satellite Communications has chosen MagnaQuest Technologies India handle its subscriber management systems (SMS). MagnaQuest provides customer management & billing (CM&B) solutions in the data, video...