The India-West Indies test series saw viewership ratings touching as high as 10.29 during the second test match featured on Star Sports, according to an an...
The major bugbear for new sports broadcaster the Bukhatir-promoted Ten Sports has been the lack of penetration in cable and satellite TV homes in India. That...
ESPN Star Sports may not have the telecast rights but just ahead of FIFA World Cup action, the channel launched this week the new version of...
Hotel Regent in Mumbai will see the hosting of a seminar on the fast changing media scenario in the country. The seminar dubbed Mediamorphosis will be...
Predominantly music channel etc is adding interactive elements to its long-running Bollywood Birthmarks, which features filmstars whose birthdays fall in a particular week. Bollywood Birthmarks gives...
In what it calls the biggest advertising tie-up of its kind in the UK, Unilever has signed a ?320 million ($460 million) deal with UK broadcasters...
With just three days left for the kick-off the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Japan and Korea, indications are that B4U Networks and Doordarshan are on...
B4U Networks and Doordarshan thrashed out an agreement today that clears the way for the deferred telecast on DD of four matches and a daily highlights...
Information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj set the ball rolling again today on the conditional access issue following her trip to Cannes. Swaraj convened a meeting...
The event which marks the coming together of all the industry people for latest developments in the broadcasting world and also for networking with peers is...
On the back of what has been a tremendously successful year for the Jeetendra Kapoor family-promoted Balaji Telefilms, the production house is expanding into new genres...
The Indian government would ideally like to keep the price of the basic tier of free-to-air (FTA) channels, once the conditional access system (CAS) is implemented,...
A report, about to be released by analyst Kagan Media Appraisals shows that hard drive-enabled set-top boxes and the personalised services they make possible will give...
Sportsworld Australia, earlier a part of the Sportsworld Media Group, has changed ownership and is now christened Sportsbrand Media Group. Sportsbrand carries forward the heritage of...
Close on the heels of winning the Ground Breaker award as the top National Programmer by US-based trade publication Multichannel News International, Zee Telefilms has one...
Sanjay Dosi has put in his papers as CEO of Balaji Telefilms. The company that posted a net profit of Rs 290.15 million for FY 2001-02,...
Beginning 28 May, Bloomberg Television will globally simulcast financial coverage of US, Asian and European markets on a daily show, The Bloomberg World Financial Report. Marshalling...
A new study by Jupiter Media Metrix, the Internet and new technology analysis and measurement agency, reports that more than two-thirds of US consumers would not...
US consumers are increasingly likely to watch TV while surfing the Internet, according to findings from Knowledge Networks/SRI. The Menlo Park, California-based company’s bi-annual survey found...
The MTV Youth Marketing Forum promised a lot. For the first time, the naughty music channel decided to shift it away from its sinful commercial capital...
The race is on to bag the rights to telecast Sri Lankan cricket in India. The major players in the running are Sony Entertainment Television’s Set...
In what is seen as a move to avoid any complications which may arise due to ‘restrictions on cross media holdings’, Zee Telefilms announced that it...
Action channel AXN India claims to have stolen a march over rival English movie channels last month in the ratings game. The channel telecast Commando on...
Satellite launcher Arianespace is readying for its seventh launch of the year. The Intelsat 905 satellite to be carried aboard an Ariane 4, will be launched...
If the government decides to go ahead with the promulgation of an Ordinance (executive order) by the President of India making implementation of conditional access system...
After waiting for nearly seven years to launch his first four channels, Kalanithi Maran, the 35-year old chairman and managing director of Sun TV, is now...
Kids entertainment channel Nickelodeon has announced the launch of the Nickelodeon Caught in the Spider’s Web Contest for children. The contest is open to all kids...
Manufacturers of liquor and tobacco products advertising on various TV channels under the garb of surrogate advertising, beware. The information and broadcasting ministry is in the...
The market was expecting good results but this good? The Jeetendra Kapoor family’s Balaji Telefilms posted a net profit of Rs 290.15 million for FY 2001-02...
Spurred by stupendous success of its Playwin Lottery, Subhash Chandra’s Essel group is moving its golden goose to fresh pastures. A variant of Playwin’s Super Lotto...
Following yesterday’s announcement made by B4U Networks that it had secured the terrestrial telecast rights for the FIFA soccer World Cup from Taj Sports, the promoter...
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today dedicated the Insat-3B satellite which was launched earlier on March 22. The Prime Minister will dedicate the satellite in Bhubaneshwar...
It was in January 2001 that faith channel Aastha set a landmark of sorts with the live telecast from Allahabad of the 45-day religious mega-event –...
Scientific Atlanta has introduced Integra5 Communications, the latest application developer in its CreativEdge Developer Program. Cable operators can offer consumers this program over the Explorer set-top...
Children’s entertainment company Egmont Imagination India Ltd., in association with Kapoor and Kaushik Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. today launched the merchandise for their film Badhaai ho Badhaai...
Here’s yet another twist to the convoluted tale of national broadcaster Doordarshan’s bid to arrange World Cup soccer telecast. DD now has to deal with a...
Pubcaster Prasar Bharati’s board these days is seized with matters mostly related to telecast rights. If it is not football, then it must be cricket. A...
Business channel CNBC India is launching yet another weekend business show, Global Market Wrap from 25 May. The 30-minute show aims to focus on key developments...
After being off for close to a month in the US, Hindi entertainment channel Sony Entertainment Television is looking at making a comeback by next month....
Media agency Madison’s Programme Predictor (MPP) claims to have accurately predicted ratings for nearly 70 per cent of new programme launches in the last two years....
The DNA Files bagged the prestigious Peabody/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award for Excellence in Health and Media Programming last weekend. The DNA Files, a five-part radio...
Keertan Adyanthaya – ex-Mindshare Fulcrum – has joined Star India. He will be in charge of programming at Channel [V], Star Movies and Star World. At...
Broadcasters and sections of the television industry who were just about heaving a sigh of relief that the Cable TV amendment on conditional access, proposed by...
It may have lost the first mover advantage in Mumbai, but Music Broadcast promoted Radio City is brimming with the same confidence of storming the audio...
The three member high-level committee appointed for the restructuring of Prasar Bharati has finally submitted its report to the government after much delay. The committee consisting...
Software and film animation major Padmalaya Telefilms Limited has declared its unaudited financial results for the year ended 31 March 2002. The net sales of the...
Hindi Entertainment channel Sahara TV is sprucing up its one-hour children’s band with new shows set to launch. The kids band, called Just Kids, will be...
US-based company Adwired is making a push with its online content and payment management solution for TV commercials. The service helps TV commercial creators and content...
Cooking gas users need not have to wait for days for their new LPG cylinders or cough up a tip to get one earlier. At least...
American organisation Recording Artists, Actors and Athletes Against Drunk Driving (RADD) have announced a global marketing alliance with Starry Eyes Celebrity and Media Placement Network and...

