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COLORADO US: Level 3 Communications, an international communications and information services company and Panamsat have announced an agreement that will enable the latter to optimise the...
NEW DELHI: The issue of standardisation of set-top boxes for KU-band direct-to-home (DTH) television service continues to be a thorny issue contributing to a delay in...
CONNECTICUT: Sony Pictures Entertainment had an incredible 2002. This year could be a touch different if USA Video Interactive (USVO) has its way. USVO’s subsidiary...
LONDON: Three new music channels from the Sky stable — Flaunt, Scuzz and The Amp — will launch by 17 April 2003 coinciding with Easter weekend....
MUMBAI: A clarification has been issued by production house Sundial Communications in connection with recent reports filed by indiantelevision.com on the ongoing legal proceedings around Zee...
NEW YORK: The direct marketing business has witnessed the formation of a behemoth with the formation of mOne Worldwide. Two entities of the WPP group: OgilvyOne...
MUMBAI: The timing was certainly apt. As American-led forces marched into Baghdad, Rupert Murdoch’s media empire News Corp, which has made no bones about it’s unambiguous...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: “Experienced journalists, not news readers is what we offer!” Thus, Dr Prannoy Roy sought to differentiate his soon-to-be-launched channels from the rest...
MUMBAI: Kuchh Ruke Hue Lamhe – When Time stood Still, a 50-minute low budget film has been selected for the New York International Independent Film and...
MUMBAI: The Supreme Court, which was expected to deliver its final verdict on Monday, 10 April 2003 about the Zee’s beleaguered Sunday morning show Kanhaiyya, has...
MUMBAI: CNBC Asia Pacific and Shanghai Media Group jointly announced a strategic partnership today. The partnership announced today has two initial elements. The first is to...
MUMBAI: National Television (NTV), Bangladesh, has become the first broadcaster in Bangladesh to acquire real-time graphics content creation and automation solution – isle’wiz – for its...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government will consider the suggestions made in the FICCI-KPMG report titled “The Indian entertainment sector – in the spotlight” while formulating policies....
NEW DELHI: It was a classic case of a set of glamorous people robbing the glam of the word glamorous. Reason: some were not prepared, while...
MUMBAI: Deepak Bukshi, who has directed several TV serials, ad films and telefilms, has sold the rights of his first feature film Meri Marzi to Raas...
NEW DELHI: Finally the radio and TV licence fee issue has been laid to rest. There is no proposal to re-impose licence fee on television and...
NEW DELHI: Real life does not always imitate reel life. Unlike some of the perky women in her ‘K’ serials who take critics head on, the...
MUMBAI: Indian space agency ISRO has chosen Arianespace again to launch its INSAT 4A and INSAT 4B communications satellites. After today’s successful Ariane 5 mission that...
MUMBAI: A major milestone was crossed in India’s space programme today with the succesful launch of the multi-purpose Insat-3A satellite aboard the Arianespace’s Flight 160 rocket...
MUMBAI: BBC World Service Trust is hiring. After a successful run of the first edition of its interactive TV detective series Jasoos Vijay, which airs every...
MUMBAI: etc networks recently completed one year of its association with the Zee family. To mark the occasion different religious groups offered prayers to commemorate the...
MUMBAI: There is a lot of uncertainty amongst the cable trade in Mumbai, the country’s business capital, about the roll-out of conditional access system (CAS) in...
MUMBAI: It was some kind of an anticlimax considering the number of people who had assembled at the Mumbai High Court today! A division bench of...
NEW DELHI: India’s Information and broadcasting ministry has got itself a new additional secretary (broadcasting) – Vijay Singh as Anil Baijal has been moved to Delhi...
NEW DELHI: After surrogate advertising and ‘offensive’ music videos on television channels, it’s the turn of news channels to feel the heat from the government. The...
HYDERABAD: Tomorrow Indias first paid digital Telugu satellite television channel MAA TV will celebrate one year of operation. MAA carved a path of its own in...
SINGAPORE: It may have burnt its fingers with its pre and post-match shows around the cricket World Cup but when it comes to sports news updates...
MUMBAI: The launch of India’s next generation multipurpose Insat 3A satellite aboard Arianespace’s Flight 160 has been delayed. According to Arianespace, the delay is a fallout...
MUMBAI: Cough, cough may be alright when one is afflicted with an illness but recent news should make even a pauper think thrice before using it...
MUMBAI: Family oriented Hallmark has announced that it has acquired three shows from Sony. The aim is to strengthen the late primetime programme slots, which air...
MUMBAI: Looks as if the competition is trying to emulate MAX’s successful “cricketainment” formula. If MAX had one animated tiger character doing its thing, ESPN Star...
MUMBAI: With the ongoing Iraq conflict gaining momentum viewership for news channels have received a boost. While the long term viewership impact remains to be seen...
MUMBAI: Niche infotainment network Discovery channel has launched Discover India, a new series which will showcase modern and contemporary India. The series will present...
MUMBAI: Intelsat has announced that it is working with SmartJog, a global content distribution service provider, to provide digital store-and-forward delivery of video content over satellite...
MUMBAI: This is an initiative that gives the Bollywood buff a chance to own items used in the fluffy weepfest Devdas. The baazee.com auction is offering...
NEW DELHI: The Russian roulette being played out involving the pricing of the basic tier of free to air channels appears to be coming to an...
MUMBAI: The countdown is on for the launch of India’s next generation multipurpose Insat 3A satellite. Early Wednesday Insat 3A will take off on board the...
NEW DELHI: Well, the government gave some way but the cable industry continues to cry foul. At today’s extended meeting of the task force on conditional...
MUMBAI: National Geographic’s (NGC) mission is clear-cut! Enable ordinary people to do the extraordinary by affording them the opportunity to tackle Mount Everest and at the...
MUMBAI: Zee English is changing its look. Beginning with the Miss Universe pageant that will be held in Panama in June, the niche channel will revamp...
PARIS: Paul C. Johnson has been named Director of the Television Division at Reed Midem. He will manage Reed Midem’s international television exhibition business, which includes...
NEW DELHI: The news and other programs on NDTV’s new Hindi channel will play against a signature theme created specially for the channel by renowned music...
MUMBAI: From today, Channel [V] is wholly a Star subsidiary. The Hong Kong-based Star TV, a unit of media baron Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp Ltd, today...
NEW YORK: David Bloom, an NBC News correspondent travelling with the US Army’s 3rd Infantry Division outside Baghdad, died yesterday, The broadcaster said that the 39-year-old...
MUMBAI: If saas bahu sagas rake in high TRPs in the north, its the tear-jerking soaps that cast a similar spell in the south. Interestingly, the...
NEW DELHI: As they say in cricket, something’s about to give way. Either the Indian government will buckle under pressure from various factions of the broadcasting...
LONDON: The health and well being of the personnel of International broadcasters continues to be under threat as they bring viewers up to speed on the...
SINGAPORE: With the cricket world cup a thing of the past ESPN Star Sports (ESS) is concentrating on giving fans of European football, tennis, golf a...
ROME: The lower house of the Italian parliament passed a fiercely contested bill intended to modernise television and create more choice on the Italian airwaves. A...
SINGAPORE: This is a deal that takes broadcast technology in the continent to the next level. StarHub which claims to be Singapore’s leading info-communication provider has...
Platforms get three years to add features for hearing and visually impaired
Strong word-of-mouth turns Pongal satire into remake pick
Streaming giant bets on a seasoned marketer who helped build Amazon and Netflix into household names
Communications leader exits after three years spanning MD office strategy and media outreach.
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
Akshay Kumar and stars launch awards at NSCI Dome on Feb 28
Merger creates one-stop hub for content, digital, and delivery
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...
