MUMBAI: Shaw Wallace has launched a new campaign for its flagship whisky brand Royal Challenge, titled What’s life without Royal Challenge. The new communication seeks to...
Despite consistent lobbying by a clutch of broadcasters right from Zee TV to Star TV to Prasar Bharati chief RR Shah, the government is not going...
MUMBAI: And then there were three. After Sikkim and Karnataka, Subhash Chandra’s online lottery venture added Maharashtra to its portfolio with the launch last night of...
It was an ominous email sent out to staffers by CNN News group chairman Tom Johnson and president Phil Kent: expect aggressive changes in the news...
LONDON:The Situation Room, a reality drama on BBC based on a hypothetical scenario involving India and Pakistan, has grabbed media attention with its conclusion which shows...
MUMBAI: Pubcaster Prasar Bharati has invited tenders from firms and manufacturers for vital installations like TV studios, radio studios and transmitter for the supply, installation, testing...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: Subhash Chandra’s Zee Telefilms is certainly not letting any grass grow under its feet following the defection of movie channel HBO from...
MUMBAI: Om Namah Shivay , a mythological series that had a two year-run on national broadcaster Doordarshan’s main DD1 channel, is taking a bow on Sony...
Doesn’t it seem a lot like deja vu? The Convergence Bill may finally not make its way to Parliament in the Winter session which is on...
MUMBAI: A spectacular new office reflecting Leo Burnett India’s vision. Modern, bigger than what it is today and ready to face the challenges of the future....
DD is all set to launch its new 24-hour Tamil channel, Podhigai, on January 15. The channel will be an addition to the already existing private...
Infosys tecnologies was voted the most admired company according to a survey conducted by The Economic Times. Infosys beat heavyweights such as Hindustan Lever, Reliance Industries, Larsen...
The 40 year old Kermit Channel which entered India in 1999 has drawn up strategies for the year 2000. The Jim Henson Company’s and Hallmark Entertainment...
The Rathikant Basu promoted Broadcast India has planned to launch four encrypted regional channels–Bangla, Punjabi, Gujarati and Marathi. The channels are expected to be on air...
The ad industry seems to have no qualms about the recent budget. Industry professionals believe that the recent excise hike that the budget imposed on several...
Star TV India is on the prowl for a dot com chief. The company is scouting around for an individual who will steer its forway in...
The faceoff between ESPN-Star Sports and Mumbai’s cable TV trade continues as cable operators are adamant that they will continue to hold their ground and are...
MUMBAI: MagIndia, a division of Mudra Communications has launched a paid marketing and advertising reference service (MARS). MARS will deliver breaking advertising and marketing news for...
MUMBAI: Cartoon Network is all set to inject fun ‘n’ frolic into the lives of kids who go wild at Dexter’s crazy antics in the laboratory...
NEW YORK: Sony Music and Pepsi Cola have unveiled plans for a multifaceted, global marketing campaign that will span the worlds of radio, television and retail....
French group Lagardere is planning to launch a 24-hour interactive computer and video game channel, Game One from mid-December over Asia. The channel, which will be...
NEW DELHI: Taking a leaf out of private satellite broadcasters’ strategy book, India’s Prasar Bharati is contemplating hiring the services of a top notch advertising professional...
NEW DELHI: Some members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on IT and Telecom, which recently submitted its report on the Communication Convergence Bill 2001, have expressed...
MUMBAI: The addition of English movie channel HBO to the Sony Entertainment bouquet has led to some corporate restructuring within SET. Rohit Gupta, executive V-P sales...
MUMBAI: Teachers of English as a foreign language around the world will have a new online resource from 5 December. The result of a joint initiative...
MUMBAI: Joshua Chan is a man with a mission. The business & Asean marketing manager – entertainment imaging of Kodak Singapore is keen to bring digital...
NEW DELHI: After an exciting spell of selling sports and movies, Sanjay Reddy left Sony Entertainment TV India to join Rajat Sharma’s company to sell and...
MUMBAI: We’ve heard of advertising in between programmes on television. Now fathom this… advertisements in VCDs and DVDs, and legally at that. It was two months...
The Standing Committee on telecom and IT, which submitted its report a few days ago to Parliament, has highlighted the fact some people who had deposed...
MUMBAI: You can’t fault Coudert Brothers partner Edward S Labowitz for spending time in Asia these days. Based in Los Angeles, he chairs the firm’s Entertainment...
NEW DELHI: There is a big gap between running expenses of India’s pubcasters Doordarshan and All India Radio and the revenue being generated by the organisation,...
MUMBAI: Erring on the side of abundant caution? Maybe, maybe not. Sony Entertainment’s One Alliance Network, which has just added premium movie channel HBO to its...
NEW DELHI: India will have to wait for at least six months before having a legislation to regulate and govern the convergence space encompassing the sectors...
NEW DELHI: It may sound contradictory, but the government has admitted in Parliament that “market forces” guide the subscription fee of pay channels and at present...
MUMBAI: When the going gets tough, the tough get going. That’s an oft-quoted adage. And it’s most relevant to the once-ruler of Indian TV land –...
MUMBAI: Universal Communications has entered into an alliance with Onyx Webtech for exclusive promotions of their clients on the Internet. The web needs of all the...
MUMBAI: The launch of Arianespace’s first increased-lift Ariane 5 has been given the “green light” following the successful readiness review conducted at the Spaceport. The upgraded...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: Despite her comments to the contrary, consensus continues to elude I&B minister Sushma Swaraj on the passage of the Cable TV Regulation...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: The Cable TV Regulation Amendment Bill 2002 was again listed in the agenda of Rajya Sabha (the Upper House of the Indian...
MUMBAI: When premium movie channel HBO launched in India two years ago, it had set itself a goal of breaking even within three to five years....
CALIFORNIA: Sony Pictures Entertainment has formed the Digital Policy Group, a new corporate level organisation designed to address the challenges and opportunities arising with the digital...
NEW DELHI: It is not just television channels that are planning to use music to spread the message about the mesage of the menace of aids....
The Indian leg of the Hong Kong AXN Challenge organised by the Hong Kong Tourism Board and AXN took place on Saturday in South Mumbai. Senior...
HONG KONG: News Corp technology arm NDS today announced the opening of its set-top box (STB) testing and integration laboratory in Seoul, South Korea. The lab...
WASHINGTON: Intelsat has announced the acquisition of Intelsat Global Service Corporation and its affiliates of the World Systems business unit of Lockheed Martin. “The closing of...
NEW DELHI: The information and broadcasting ministry managed to cross one big hurdle today. Get the Cable TV Network (Amendment) Bill 2002, which aims at facilitating...
NEW DELHI: India will have to wait for at least six months before having a legislation to regulate and govern the convergence space encompassing the sectors...
MUMBAI: For the first time ever, Doordarshan has agreed to telecast one of music channel MTV’s concerts, in a prime time 90-minute weekend slot on DD...
MUMBAI:Although the rights to the World Cup have been bagged by MAX, ESPN and Star Sports are hoping to cash in on cricket fever with a...
MUMBAI:Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Limited (SABTNL) will start work on its second feature film in January next year. The movie which is yet to be...