NEW DELHI: The Indian media and entertainment industry has taken yet another initiative to make its presence felt in the global market. Confederation of Indian Industry...
NEW YORK: Media conglomerate Viacom has reported record results for the fourth quarter and full year ended 31 December 2002. For the fourth quarter, Viacom revenues...
LONDON: Rupert Murdoch has strengthened the Murdoch family presence on the board of BSkyB by appointing his son non executive director. 30 year old James Murdoch...
CHENNAI: The new merged entity comprising Telephoto Entertainments (TE) and In House Productions are gearing up to leverage their individual strengths and produce content for national...
FRANCE: The International Television Programme Market held at Cannes turns 40 next month. MIPTV serves as a world-wide meeting place for all professionals in the field...
New Delhi: Eutelsat, one of the world’s leading providers of satellite communication, has been selected by Connexion, a business unit of Boeing for a three-month demonstration...
NEW JERSEY: Interactive Systems Worldwide has announced that ukbetting, a strategic partner of its wholly owned subsidiary, Global Interactive Gaming Ltd. (GIG), has introduced into live...
NEW YORK: Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has done well in the fourth quarter of 2002; thanks to video and DVD sales of its Oscar nominated animated...
LONDON: There was a time when the picture that came up when one thought of Aunty Beeb was that of an old lady in flannel frocks...
ZURICH: A report by The Interactive Publishing GmbH consultancy provides good news for the online news services still standing after the dotcom bloodbath. IP Zurich...
LONDON: Sportcal.com has announced that it will hold a seminar on sports rights on 17 February. The theme is ‘Sports rights – what does the future...
CALIFORNIA: Amidst unfavourable economic conditions and the melt down in the telecommunications industry, the satellite transponder capacity leasing market in Europe, the Middle East and Africa...
HONG KONG: Media companies are estimated to be hoarding 6,700 years worth of TV, film and music content, costing them billions of pounds a year. A...
LOS ANGELES : The US movie and the music industries have published a guide to help companies prevent copyright abuse on their computers and plan to...
MUMBAI: Rediffusion DY&R India’s media division The Media Edge (TME) headed by Divya Gupta is gearing up for some high-profile campaigns. The media independent is also...
NEW DELHI: Sony Entertainment Television India – part of the Japanese conglomerate Sony group- has raked in Rs. 10,000 million worth of revenues this financial year...
MUMBAI: It had to happen some day! Star Plus has completed a clean sweep of the Top 50 shows for the first time. Star’s supreme dominance...
MUMBAI: Jay Mehta, the son of film producer and distributor Pranlal Mehta, will be producing two new TV shows: Vishwas in the afternoon slot for Zee...
NEW DELHI: The One Alliance today announced a three year distribution tie-up with NDTV for its proposed two news channels (a story that was broken by...
MUMBAI: More than 50 overseas speakers, along with media industry leaders are expected to participate in over 24 business sessions at Ficci Frames 2003, the three...
MUMBAI: The battle lines between individual small cable operators and the Multi Service Operators (MSOs) have been clearly drawn as the CAS (Conditional Access System) deadline...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: Out goes one, in comes two. Sony Entertainment Television’s One Alliance is set to formally announce today the entry of Prannoy Roy’s...
MUMBAI: Crisil risk evaluation for the Indian entertainment industry, a pioneering initiative undertaken by CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) would play a catalytic role in channelising...
MUMBAI: Radio City, the Star-fed FM radio channel managed to get around the forbidden terrain of live cricket coverage by being the first FM station in...
NEW DELHI: The Rupert Murdoch-controlled Star can breathe easy a bit. The information and broadcasting ministry proposes to take the issue of uplinking of news channels...
MUMBAI: Crisil risk evaluation for the Indian entertainment industry, a pioneering initiative undertaken by CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) would play a catalytic role in channelising...
PARIS: Unfavourable weather conditions at the Spaceport in French Guiana have forced the delay of Arianespace’s Flight 159 with the Intelsat 907 satellite payload. The...
MUMBAI: Credit Rating Information Services of India Ltd (Crisil) Crisil has been working on drawing up a risk evaluation model for the Indian entertainment industry,...
MUMBAI: Zee TV has announced a new movie line-up for its Thursday Premiere initiative with films such as Makdee, Leela, Agnivarsha, Mitr, among others. On the...
MUMBAI: Here is an alliance that promises to bowl out the competition with a googly. AltaVista, a leading global provider of search services has signed an...
MUMBAI: This is an initiative that gives Mumbai kids the opportunity to mimic the likes of David Beckham and Michael Owen.The ESPN Premier League Junior the...
MUMBAI: Crisil risk evaluation for the Indian entertainment industry, a pioneering initiative undertaken by CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) would play a catalytic role in channelising...
NEW DELHI: India’s information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said that the media and entertainment (M&E) industry needs to vigorously educate the policy-makers, government...
MUMBAI: Star World is looking to boost its programme profile through the controversial Michael Jackson documentary Living With Michael Jackson. The channel has announced that it...
MUMBAI: Gul Panag, the former Femina Miss India Universe recently seen in Star Plus’ Kashmeer, has commenced her Bollywood innings with an Om Puri starrer called...
MUMBAI: Gul Panag, the former Femina Miss India Universe recently seen in Star Plus’ Kashmeer, has commenced her Bollywood innings with an Om Puri starrer called Dhoop. Dhoop is supposed...
MUMBAI: UK broadcaster BBC has announced the launch of its website – bbcnews.com/cricket to coincide with the ongoing cricket World Cup. The site, according to the...
MUMBAI:Come 14 February, and television will play cupid to couch potatoes who wish to spend the day at home. A battle for the remote control is...
NEW DELHI: Triton Communications has been allotted the advertising account of Honda Eterno, the four-stroke scooter designed exclusively for Indian market by Honda Motorcycle and Scooter...
MUMBAI: Duniya ko dika do kisme mein hai kitna dum! The latest programming initiative from Hindi general entertainment channel Sahara TV sees the channel muscling into...
LONDON: After having claimed dominance in the US and European markets, the DVD (Digital Video Player) is now poised to sweep the video business in the...
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment has instituted some repositioning in its executive hierarchy both at the national and international level. Rajan Singh has been promoted to executive V-P...
NEW DELHI: Minister of Information and Broadcasting Ravi Shankar Prasad reiterated on Monday that developmental information can also be presented in a way that is both...
NEW DELHI: The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has decided to form a task force to come up with recommendations on the specifications of set-top boxes...
Multimedia and animation industry has witnessed a tremendous growth rate in last few years. Worldwide, 2D and 3D animation offers a huge potential. US and Canada,...
NEW DELHI: The pessimistic outlook on the retail and fashion segment seems to have turned into a positive one. The Consumer Outlook study conducted by KSA...
CALIFORNIA: It may have been the least watched Oscar telecast ever in the US but a study shows that TV and Internet advertisers have reason to...
MUMBAI: After the Australian tourism board promoting its business through Balaji Telefilms’ soaps likeKyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and Kasutii Zindagi Kay, it is BBC...
COLORADO, US: EchoStar Communications Corporation has announced that it has reached a joint sublicensing agreement with the Asian Television Network International Limited (ATN) and Viewer’s Choice...
he world over more and more countries understands the rewards of attracting International film productions to shoot within their boundaries. In the short term not only...