Concerts to show solidarity with victims of the terrorist attacks in America appear to be the order of the day. The latest one is happening comes...
The Cartoon Network is gearing up for the festive season and how. It is organising a Dream Diwali contest which gives kids a chance to meet...
If anyone thought the Zee Telefilms scrip had finally bottomed out better think again. Down is where it has been plummeting since yesterday. And there seems...
Sony Entertainment, the flagship channel of the SET network, celebrated its sixth 6th anniversary yesterday and CEO Kunal Dasgupta asserts it is as good a time...
Delhi’s district court today ruled in favour of ESPN Software India Ltd in a case filed by Home Cable Network Ltd. ESPN Software India Ltd. had...
There is one television network that all major news networks are sourcing for any worthwhile footage on the world’s most wanted man – Osama Bin Laden....
There is one television network that all major news networks are sourcing for any worthwhile footage on the world’s most wanted man – Osama Bin Laden....
The world yesterday entered Act II of America’s “War Against Terrorism” with the launch of cruise missiles against multiple targets in Afghanistan. The terror attacks on...
After having burnt its fingers with the second season of the reality show ‘Survivor’ AXN is not taking chances with its third season. After just...
It is a case of Haan (yes) and Naa (no). What is good for the goose may not be good for the gander in television land....
Localise content or perish. Nickelodeon Asia seems to be following on the dictum with yesterday’s unveiling of the first show it has produced specifically for Asian...
The new regional language addition to the Star bouquet – Vijay TV – which launched its new improved programme line-up from 1 October, has had an...
Asia’s first “pitch session” – Super Pitch 2001 – takes place in Singapore on 7 December during this year’s Asia Television Forum. The session, which...
Ideal Systems Asia Pacific Limited, a Hong Kong-based product distribution and system integration company, has started its Indian operations through its newly set up Indian affiliate...
National broadcaster Doordarshan has reissued a tender notice seeking for applicants for distribution and marketing of DD-World in USA, Canada, UK, rest of Europe and Australia...
As senior V-P programming and production Rekha Nigam gets ready to clear her desk over the next few days, the reports coming out of Sony Entertainment...
Lakshmi Venkat has joined United Television as a creative director telefilms. Venkat, who took up office on 1 October, is responsible for developing new shows...
Hardly had the dust settled on the bombshell that programming head Rekha Nigam was leaving Sony Entertainment Television, its head office in Mumbai’s Andheri suburb had...
Business channel CNBC India is keenly pushing its ‘Managing India’ brand forward. ‘Managing India’ is a half-hour program that showcases company leaders and people whose hands...
The rumours have been doing the rounds for a while now about an impending shakeout in Sony Entertainment Television. It began today. Senior V-P programming and...
Turner International Asia Pacific, which manages the services TCM, Cartoon Network, CNN and HBO in Asia and in India, has appointed two senior executives to help...
From next month the kid’s channel Nickelodeon, which claims to be available in more than 300 million homes in 149 countries (but is almost invisible in...
As it enters year 9, MIPCOM JUNIOR, the youth screenings event held in Cannes from 6 to 8 October, will open amidst a hyperactive and rapidly...
When the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)-organised Enter Media 2001 conference ended in Mumbai on 9 August, it had been declared that a white paper would...
Arianespace has successfully orbited the Atlantic Bird 2 satellite for international telecommunications operator Eutelsat. Conducted its second mission in 25 days, Arianspace used an Ariane 4...
India’s next generation communication satellite Insat-3C, which was originally scheduled to be launched in September, will not be placed in orbit before January at the earliest....
Bitstream Inc. and NDS Group plc have have entered into a long-term, large volume contract to license Bitstream’s Korean stroke-based font for use in NDS’ digital...
After the the relaunch of Zee TV in India, there has been a complete makeover of Zee UK as well. Zee UK took on its new...
Net4India, India’s leading and the single largest domain name registration company in South Asia, today announced that their customers can now own a dot INFO domain...
In what is seen as an industry first, the US cable industry on 27 September awarded certification status to DOCSIS* 1.1 cable modems, adding to the...
ESPN Star Sports Super Selector, the interactive game show launched on September 21, has set a world record for the number of entries received for any...
Broadband may be a while coming to Indian shores but the big MSOs are all readying the backend for it. Rajan Raheja-promoted Hathway Cable & Datacom,...
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, from the Walt Disney stable, is all set to make its splash on Indian television on Sunday 7 October 2001 on...
It’s not just Zee TV that has a lot riding on the new programming initiative that it instituted recently. Ronnie Screwvallah-promoted television production major United Television...
Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network (SABTNL) on Friday denied reports that Turner International India, which distributes its Hindi entertainment channel SABe TV in the country, has...
ETC Networks, the only Hindi language channel broadcaster after Jain TV to get government clearance for uplinking from India, sees the teleport facility that it will...
The Indian Broadcasting Foundation, which met yesterday to discuss the TRP issue, has set up a committee to go into the issue, it has been revealed....
Balaji Telefilms’ creative director Ekta Kapoor’s must be finding it difficult finding cupboard space going by the number of awards she has been collecting. Kapoor added...
Turner International India, which had a tie-up with Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network to distribute the Hindi entertainment channel SABe TV in the country, has broken...
The 5th Casbaa China Roundtable in Beijing and Shanghai, held between 11 and 13 September, attracted significant support from government officials, mainland operating companies and Casbaa...
Matches they say are made in heaven or as in this case on heavenly sets. Sony Entertainment Television’s soon to-be-launched mega-programme Shubh Vivaah (happy marriage) has...
Subhash Chandra-promoted Zee Telefilms holds its annual general body meeting today in Mumbai. The meeting comes at a time when the company is organising a major...
It’s all happening at the Indian Broadcasting Foundation. The representative body of broadcasters is meeting today at 6:00 pm at The Club in Mumbai’s western suburb...
It now appears that efforts are on to discredit the ratings system further. Industry sources say that recently two individuals claiming to be the representatives of...
With latest addition to the family Vijay TV firmly in tow, Star India today gave notice it was ready for a long haul battle with undisputed...
For cable operators focused on increasing new services and capacity within their existing networks, Scientific-Atlanta and Pacific Broadband Communications (PBC) have announced the launch of two...
When information technology minister Pramod Mahajan was given additional charge of the telecommunications ministry on 1 September in a cabinet reshuffle it was seen as a...
Zee Telefilms chairman Subhash Chandra today warned investors that the overall negative market scenario prevailing was going to impact on financials as companies cut back on...
Following close on the heels of its tie-up with the RPG-owned HMV Saregama, Etc has linked up a deal with Sony Music for joint marketing of...
Hallmark, which claims a viewership base of 8.2 million in India, is pushing hard to become the channel that the whole family can enjoy. Hallmark is...