Media Futures, the media consulting wing of Lintas India, has been put in charge of formulating a strategy for ETC Music. The two year contract, says...
City eveninger Mid-day’s station becomes the third private FM player in Mumbai to go on air from today. Christened Go 92.5 FM, the channel will be...
NEW DELHI: Officials from the information and broadcasting ministry and the Bureau of Indian Standards are slated to meet on 20 August. The agenda: to discuss...
Zee Telefilms chairman Subhash Chandra today hinted that the group is not immediately interested in starting a direct-to-home (DTH) TV service. “DTH is not as big...
Subhash Chandra, chairman of Zee Telefilms, one of the biggest broadcasting companies in India, today set the cat amongst the pigeons when he said that he...
CNN has invested nearly one million dollars to step up security and safety training for news personnel stationed in different parts of the globe. Responding to...
Requirement of new norms and standards for the cable industry and viewers was the main topic in a discussion on `The Cable Industry and the Viewers:...
After going all out to jump into the Internet bandwagon, media companies are now hunting for people to head these ventures. Both the channels have given...
Columbia Tristar is banking on film property Spiderman to weave a web of magic in India. That the movie major’s expectations are high can be gauged...
The Showman – as Subhash Ghai is known – has found a buyer for his 15 strong movie library, a year after B4U failed to deliver...
The enabling provision giving the government powers to modify the The Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 to incorporate CAS raises questions which beg answers. Legislators...
The Union cabinet okay on 7 May to CAS, increasingly becoming synonymous with a Can of Assorted Sorrows rather than Conditional Access System, has compelled both...
The Hallmark channel is gallopping ahead if one goes by the annual numbers released by its parent Crown Media Holdings. Crown claims that its subscribers globally...
Demand for a regulatory authority and implementation of the CAS ranked high on the agenda of the seminar on ‘Cable TV : New Age Dictatorship’ held...
Despite information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj’s assertion on 6 May that efforts will be made to bring in the Convergence Bill during the current session...
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...
Ten Sports CEO Chris McDonald in a late night statement today denied that any negotiations were on between DD and Ten Sports for delayed telecasts of...
In a move timed to capitalise on the football fever on the eve of the World Cup, Discovery Channel has announced a series of documentaries about...
Ten Sports had announced earlier this week that it has the exclusive telecast rights of the FIFA World Cup and that state-owned broadcaster DD will be...
There’s been a lot of yo-yoeing on whether the Indian government would today consider modifying the Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act 1995 to accomodate compulsory migration...
Indian information and broadcasting (I&B) minister Arun Jaitley said once again yesterday that the Broadcasting Bill is before the group of ministers telecom and IT convergence....
Indigenous comic strip character Chacha Chaudhary will come to life on Sahara TV from 13 May. Produced by Ketan Mehta’s Maya Entertainment, the simple, earthy Chacha...
Discovery channel returns to India for the second instalment of its reality show featuring babies, World Birthday. The concept involves filming babies born on the same...
The revamped Tara Marathi is ready for the second phase of its relaunch with a slew of new programmes and novel concepts that kick off 13...
Sony Entertainment Television is off DTH television screens in the US for the past four days. The reason: DTH provider Direct TV has switched off the...
Mr. SHIVJIT KHULLAR What apart from the marketing efforts etc. what was so different in India that gives you such a big lead i.e. India is...
HBO has announced an initiative reflecting on the events of 9/11 in New York in collaboration with HBO.com, a web-based initiative and outreach campaign. The site...
MUMBAI: Is it a game of “me too” going on in sports broadcasting land? First was cricket “World Cup Network” SET MAX’s announcement that it had...
US-based marketing and advertising magazine Ad Age has announced the winners of the best of advertising for work produced for TV, magazines, newspapers and out-of-home categories...
A recent survey concuded by PricewaterHouse Coopers on ‘global entertainment and media business, concluded that the ratio of advertising expenditure to GDP in India is about...
Another year and the industry continues to scan the horizon for the chimera of clarity of purpose from the powers that be in the government. The...
B4U, the music channel, which is making a hard play at finding its place in the crowded channel bazaar in India, is slated to debut tomorrow,...
Hi! Everybody, well, great, great intro there, thanks Cyrus. I’d like to thank Mtv and Brand Equity for inviting me here today and Provogue. Just set...
The results of exit poll undertaken by AC Neilson for Indiavision, has achieved 98.98% accuracy. The exit poll predicted 99 seats for left democratic front. It...
Member of audience to Chris: My question is that with the advent of gaming portals and onset of broad band internet do you see any threat...
After the IT stocks hit rock bottom it’s the turn of media stocks to do the same. Even as Zee Telefilms stocks continue to fall, Cinevista...
Jupiter Media Metrix has reported that contrary to widespread belief, advertising buys across fewer online networks are often far less efficient than buys across several networks....
The R.Basu-Murdoch promoted Braodcast Worldwide has signed a memorandum of understanding with Win Television Pty under which the latter will carry the four Tara channels on...
CNBC India has teamed up with Sun Microsystems and SAP India to launch the first of it’s kind multimedia property that will focus on key industry...
The ultimate search for the best voice of Tamilnadu “Airtel Super Singer” was going on through out Tamilnadu for the past few weeks starting from Coimbatore...
The MSN network and NBC have announced the launch of the official web site for “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.” The launch coincides with the...
The Indian Broadcasting Foundation has a new chairman in KS Sarma, the new Prasar Bharati CEO. Sarma’s appointment was decided at an IBF board meeting held...
We’ll just get Julian back for a very brief round of questions on his fascinating brand and you’ll notice the ideal way to double your brand...
The 2002 MTV Video Music Awards will be hosted for the fourth time running in New York city and will be aired live on the channel...
Reuters, the global information, news and technology group has announced ambitious multimedia plans for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The event kicks off on 31 May...
ESPN Star will strengthen its approach to ad sales as part of the company’s overall strategy to grow its business based on a four ‘O’ strategy...
BBC World, has signed a significant new advertising with SWISS/Crossair, the new airline launched in march this year. The Agreement will see SWISS/Crossair advertise with the...
A small victory is in sight for cable operators who have been lobbying hard for the implementation of the conditional access system (CAS) – a move...
Even as the government is readying to formalise the implementation of the conditional access system (CAS), chairman of the Hong Kong-based Star Group Ltd, James Murdoch,...
A place in Mumbai, which has one of the biggest gaming zones, a state-of-the art multiplex and more. If you have not been there already, you...

