NetRatings and Interactive Market Systems (IMS), the largest international provider of information systems for the advertising industry have launched WebRF, the American online industry’s only reach...
The Alliance to Save Energy’s “Static Electricity House”, a television spot on home energy efficiency was voted the No. 2 TV commercial in the world. Judges...
ZeeNext.com, the entertainment portal from the Zee Group has added , a sports portal to its bouquet of portals. Hosted on http://sports.zeenext.com, the sports website has...
A new scare has emerged in the television industry about the possibility of the current government controlling and muzzling the media – more specifically television through...
Thai communication major Shin Satellite has signed an agreement with Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) to provide and promote a Joint Satellite TV Transmission Service on...
The Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2002, incorporating mandatory conditional access for cable TV systems was introduced in the lower house (Lok Sabha) of parliament...
An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders gave Zee Telefilms chairman Subhash Chandra and the company the go-ahead to acquire 61 per cent equity of Asianet Communications,...
It’s curtains for Kamzor Kadii Kaun on Star Plus, at least temporarily. After valiantly battling to recreate the magic of KBC, the show is winding up...
Reminiscent India Television is to host the second annual Lashkara Punjabi Music Awards 2002 in June. The awards to be held in Jalandhar, would acknowledge the...
MUMBAI: In a rare business move, Prasar Bharati has signed a deal with Zee Telefilms to co-market the two One Day International (ODI) matches to be...
AXN is ready to pep up the lives of action enthusiasts with “Be a Guinness World record Holder” contest to be held in India by the...
MUMBAI: Sharp India Ltd is looking at the LCD TV segment to deliver in the Indian market. The company is expecting the sales to touch the...
ZeeNext.com, the entertainment portal from the Zee Group has added , a sports portal to its bouquet of portals. Hosted on http://sports.zeenext.com, the sports website has...
With the soccer fever on the rise, ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has found that Chinese sports fans have already made their minds up about their favourite...
Bournvita Quiz Contest, the show that dumped Zee for greener pastures, has resurfaced on Sony from 12 May, again on a Sunday morning slot. The new...
MUMBAI: Nirma, the Rs 17-billion detergent, soap and personal care products brands that gives Hindustan Lever Limited a ‘complex’ has decided to make foray into toothpaste...
Zee Telefilms is reconsidering its ADR issue. Chairman Subhash Chandra told investment analysts (at a meet organised by Zee and attended by 200 of them on...
The Consumer Guidance Society of India has recommended that the government should first ensure that CAS addresses the critical issue of dismantling the on ground cable...
A day before the amendments to the Cable TV Networks Regulations Act, 1995, is slated to be introduced in Parliament, information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj...
Even as the next six batches are underway, Zee Institute of Media Arts (ZIMA) along with Autodesk Media and Entertainment certified its first batch of students...
No, the amendment to the Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 incorporating conditional access (CAS) is not being introduced in the Lok Sabha (Lower House) today...
Maeil Business TV News (MBN) and CNBC Asia Pacific are today launching a new joint television news service, ‘MBN-CNBC’, which will beam into more than 4.5...
Ten Sports, which holds the telecast rights for the upcoming FIFA World Cup, looks like having a six-hour lead time over national broadcaster Doordarshan as far...
It is not just Subhash Chandra and his Zee TV that have struck a discordant note vis–vis the Indian Broadcasting Federation’s (IBF) opposition to the government’s...
Hallmark tried a different tack for promoting its Mother’s Day specials this year. At a bash last weekend, they roped in Aditi Gowitrikar, Fleur Xavier, Shaina...
Official World Cup sponsor Adidas has signed on as presenting sponsor of ESPN.com’s complete online coverage of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. ESPN’s online resources dedicated...
Cola wars are hotting up in tandem with the soaring mercury. Beverage conglomerate Pepsi has unveiled yet another campaign aiming to quench the thirst of happy...
CONSULTATION PAPER ON ISSUES RELATING TO REGULATION OF INTERCONNECTION FOR BROADCASTING AND CABLE TELEVISON SERVICES. TRAI today released a Consultation Paper on Issues Relating to Regulation...
Wednesday was not a good day for Zee Telefilms stocks. This inspite of the fact that the net profit of the company went up by 160%....
Shamim Shaikh is managing director and spokesperson of one of the most proactive cable TV network coalitions in India – the Seven Star Cable Network which...
The fourth player in the private radio field in Mumbai, Radio Today 93.5, has fixed its launch date for somewhere in the third week of May....
Twelve children, one of them from India, met the UN secretary general in New York on 7 May as part of a Nickelodeon effort to support...
Fueled by expansion in its business ventures, Zee Telefilms announced that its net profit has gone up by 160% to Rs 3.33 billion. Zee’s net profit...
Dutch comunication company New Skies Satellites has reported that revenues grew to $51.8 million, an increase of $0.6 million over the same period in 2001, for...
400 odd wannabe veejays from all over the city and suburbs converged at Mikanos for live auditions arranged by MTV on 10 May. The Third MTV...
A report by Opt-in News on the email marketing industry from 1999 to Q1 2002 concludes that only one per cent of media buyers claim to...
The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) members met in New Delhi today to discuss the implication of the proposed Conditional Access Systems (CAS). Any propsoal that addresses...
Kkusum, the long suffering soap on Sony has made it to the nominations for the ‘favourite drama on cable’ in the fifth edition of the Cable...
The Indian Broadcasting Foundation meeting on CAS – or conditional access system – held at the offices of Discovery in New Delhi ended after a marathon...
If the IBF is meeting on CAS, can Mumbai’s powerful cable TV lobby be far behind? Well not really. IndusInd Media & Communications executive vice-chairman R....
The Union Cabinet gave the go-ahead to bring about amendments to The Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 to allow the imposition of conditional access systems...
CAS – or conditional access systems – is causing indigestion amongst players in the broadcasting busines. The Indian Broadcasting Federation meeting which was slated to be...
‘Critics had written off Tarun Tejpal and his Tehelka (in English it would roughly translate to being ‘sensational’) venture after a run-in with the outgoing government...
Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) has announced that its fourth satellite, AsiaSat 4 satellite will not launch this month, as scheduled earlier, due to manufacturing...
Kkusum, the long suffering soap on Sony has made it to the nominations for the ‘favourite drama on cable’ in the fifth edition of the Cable...
Close on he heels of Zee-Asianet tie up, Vijay TV is getting its act together to face the competition. The UTV owned channel has tied up...
The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) members met in New Delhi today to discuss the implication of the proposed Conditional Access Systems (CAS). Any propsoal that addresses...
Recreate Solutions, a media services company based in London and Mumbai, has won three overseas contracts in interactive television programming. The company has signed on Canal+...
Film producer Vasant Chedda has hit upon a novel strategy to reach out to viewers directly with his new offering, Danger. He has had automobile guru...
Rasna has roped in well known singer Asha Bhonsle to push its revamped corporate image – ‘Relish A Gain’, and with it, the new brand policies...

