With the festival of lights knocking at the door and gifting at its peak, the-commerce portals are raining flash sales, lucky draws, special portfolios and exclusive...
As families and friends come together to celebrate Diwali and spend personal time with loved ones at home, English movie and general entertainment channels (GEC) have...
Big ideas seen on television in the recent and not so recent past have been the positioning of ICICI Bank in Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC). There...
He is the ‘Dukh Harta’ and the one who removes obstacles. So be it any new project, a new house or a new car, everything starts...
For many it is a daily struggle – how to balance their daily routines between work and perosnal life. But there are occasions when even the...
The two countries were divided, thousands were left homeless, and since then many wars have been fought between the two nations as well. But there still...
In a world where everyone is busy achieving their personal goals, we as individuals have stopped thinking about the nation as a whole. A flip through news...
A TV remote control is the most sort-after item in a household. From parents to kids, everyone wants to get their hands on the small black...
By 2020, the average age of an individual in India will be 29 years, making it the youngest country in the world. Keeping this in...
To most viewers, he looked fit as a fiddle. Hence, when news broke that NewsX editor in chief Jehangir Pocha had breathed his last, it came...
If you thought FIFA was all about the game then you are highly mistaken. While Brazil was spending millions to prepare for the world’s biggest extravaganza,...
MUMBAI: Kiwi cricketers Stephen Fleming and Brendon McCullum have been the nightmare of many a rival team captain and bowler on the field, thanks to their...
MUMBAI: The empire is striking back. In the US, broadcasters won a battle to disallow transmission of their free to air signals to Aereo subscribers when...
When India’s leading broadcast network Star India announced last month that it was exiting the Star CJ joint venture (in favour of Providence Equity) which it had...
MUMBAI: At a time when presentation matters as much as content if not more, news channels are leaving no stone unturned to better package their coverage...
MUMBAI: In an election season when every second channel is belting out poll-related news and shows, how does one stand out in a crowd? The answer...
MUMBAI: The 2014 election fever has gripped the nation and news channels in their quest to feed the hungry electorate with innovative and comprehensive news coverage,...
MUMBAI: At a time when daily soaps the likes of Kyun Ki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki ruled the small screen,...
MUMBAI: Imagine you’re in a far out place like Serbia and switch on the television to find Anandi of Balika Vadhu emoting in Serbian or in...
MUMBAI: The newest addition to his portfolio is Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya, which premiered on Zee TV last month. Known to have a keen eye for...
MUMBAI: Over the years, television has spawned a slew of successful non-fiction franchises which in turn have given birth to a riot of sub-franchises that are...
NEW DELHI: Films like ‘Satta’, ‘Nayak’ and ‘Rajneeti’ in recent years, have shown the Bollywood filmmakers’ interpretation of the way politics works in this country. Not...
Season seven of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is just a couple of weeks away, but instead of worrying about possible loss of viewership and ad...
Of late, several projects have deployed the process of making stereo images from non-stereo traditional 2D images, also called stereo conversion or dimensionalisation or 3D imagery....
For a television channel, programming is the key to garnering TVTs but passing the litmus test becomes that much harder when you happen to be in...
MUMBAI: Squirt coloured water on your friends and dear ones or smear their faces with Gulaal… anything goes for it’s that time of the year when...
MUMBAI: Cartoon Network is taking its promise to reach children whenever they want and wherever they want rather seriously. The network has grandiose plans to be...
If in doubt about the formidable reputation that social media enjoys today, look no further than these figures: There are over 9 crore people on Facebook...
MUMBAI: Two years ago, the television premiere of Ekta Kapoor’s The Dirty Picture became a magnet for controversy, when at the nth hour the Information &...
MUMBAI: This day fourteen years ago, the idea of Indiantelevision.com was born. It became the one-stop information resource for the blossoming television industry and also for...
MUMBAI: This day fourteen years ago, the idea of Indiantelevision.com was born. It became the one-stop information resource for the blossoming television industry and also for...
MUMBAI: English was the language of cricket commentary when it started in India in the early 1940s on All India Radio. The listenership was limited to...
Barely a year old and starsports.com could well qualify as an example of the limitless possibilities of the World Wide Web. Ever since its launch in June...
MUMBAI: A change is gonna come, wrote one of the most revered R&B artists, Sam Cooke, in 1963. Possibly singing the same tune today is...
MUMBAI: There’s heaps of buzz going around leading Hindi General Entertainment Channel (GEC) Star Plus that, many say, is all set to offer an extra dose...
MUMBAI: If you saw the 2013 film Rush about the fierce rivalry between 70s Formula One racing drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda, Sony Six seems...
MUMBAI: Two giants came together around three years ago: the Los Angeles based CBS Studios International and the Reliance ADA group’s Reliance Broadcast Networks Ltd (RBNL)’s...
MUMBAI: To have foreign direct investment (FDI) in TV ratings or not, that is the question. And the recently-cleared TV ratings guidelines by the Cabinet Committee...
With the ongoing season of reality shows ending and viewers’ choice highly unpredictable, the past couple of months have seen Hindi General Entertainment Channels (GECs) and...
MUMBAI: When the cabinet committee on economic affairs announced that it had approved the Telecom Regulatory of India (TRAI) recommendations on TV ratings guidelines in the...
By Neeraj Vyas If we were to reflect on the landmark moments of 2013, we could proudly say that it has been an impactful year with...
The year Indian news television channels got a sneak peek at what Pi Patel must have experienced while battling the raging storm in mid-seas in Ang...
Even as Sunil ‘Gutthi’ Grover’s recent exit from Colors’ popular show, Comedy Nights with Kapil, continues to be grist for rumour mills, the latest development flies in...
“To improve is to change, to be perfect is to change often.” This quote from Winston Churchill is in my opinion the best way to describe...
While the Indian television industry is no stranger to 5.1 Dolby surround sound, the recently concluded season of Anil Kapoor’s 24 on Colors garnered much appreciation...
It’s the season to be jolly. It’s that time of the year when children are told to be on their best behaviour so that Santa Claus...
MUMBAI: As the headline states, Year 2013 will go down in history as the year of the big risk in Indian television and media. Whether it was...
Television viewing has always been about appointment viewing – catch up with your favourite shows on a particular day at a particular time. While airing fiction...
Star Sports presented a unique series of Knowledge Sessions – the India Pro Leagues Forum 2013 in New Delhi. STAR India President – Sports Nitin Kukreja...
It’s the festival of lights. And for many the festival of noise courtesy exploding fireworks. In the hope of reducing the number of those belonging to...