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There is no shake-up at the top in the English movie channel space but a grim battle is being waged at the lower level as the...
A small group of 40-somethings is discussing Akira Kurosawa‘s film Seven Samurai in a roadside tea shop in Mumbai. The ravages of nature, the tension between...
Surely the biggies of the Hindi general entertainment space have been channelising their efforts to attract the kids segment. If Colors has been trying to capture...
The corporatisation of Bollywood helped clean ‘underworld‘ connections to a certain extent but it also created two new power centers – the producers and the multiplex...
Multiplexes have taken a Rs 450 million knock since the producers began to stop supply of their fresh slate of movies from 4 April. The pinch...
Indian news television channels have been lambasted by one and all for their over-the-top telecast of the terrorist strike late last month. While some of the...
While the Olympics recorded strong viewership in a lot of countries, India remained among the bottom three markets in terms of television viewership for the Olympics....
Around the world, the pure form of TV news is vanishing. The ‘flag-waving‘ style of coverage by Fox News Channel in Iraq and Afghanistan may be...
There‘s no business like news business. Or at least that’s what it appears given the way new players are surfacing with amazing regularity. The national news...
On a typical day, you could see Sujay Gupta juggling three phones, hurriedly taking notes and issuing advisories to his team of reporters. The chief of...
Getting in new audiences without losing the core identity. This is one of the main challenges facing the English general entertainment genre as the Indian television...
The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands. –...
Kids TV is poised for expansion in India with Reliance ADAG‘s Big Broadcasting set to debut this fiscal. Anticipating an increase in competition, the existing broadcasters...
The fight for audience attention in the English movie genre is getting fierce as fresh competition arrived with the launch in February of World Movies from...
The Marathi movie market is set to enter into a new phase of growth as Star, Reliance ADAG and the Sakaal Group plan to launch general...
IPL lived up to the hype Still hung over. That is what many of those directly involved in putting together the greatest pop cricket...
Sony reaps IPL rewards for innovation, concerted effort The Indian Premier League‘s success has exceeded everybody‘s expectations, including that of broadcast rights holder MSM India‘s...
Hindi movie channels are finding a new way to get into the viewing of kids. They are creating specific slots that will air movies for the...
Summer brings excitement for kids as well as kids broadcasters as the genre sees high growth during this vacation period. Sample this: last year after the...
The Indian Premier League onslaught is beginning to hurt Hindi general entertainment channels. With an average TVR of 5 (Tam data for week ended 26 April,...
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...
First the good news. The Marathi general entertainment space is expanding. The market is currently estimated to be above Rs 2 billion for 2007-2008. Now the...
Three decades after Kerry Packer revolutionised cricket with the World Series, cricket stands on the threshold of another potentially disruptive revolution. On 18 April, the Board...
The Hindi General Entertainment Channel (GEC) space is getting replete with strategies, counter strategies, experiments and innovations. While newbie NDTV Imagine has grabbed the number three...
News is back,” said Anurradha Prasad at the launch of B.A.G Films and Media‘s Hindi news channel News24. Now does that simply indicate that news channels...
With national news broadcasters feeling the need to expand into regional markets, it is the Marathi space that is grabbing their attention.Joining Zee 24-Taas and Star...
For the English general entertainment genre, 2007 was the year when they looked at increasing variety in their offerings and breaking out of a mould. The...
Big Brother will soon not just be watching but acting, and news broadcasters will have nowhere to hide because they will not have much of a...
A new volley of Hindi movie channels are expected to hit the market soon. With UTV, Reliance and NDTV readying for launch, the movie acquisition landscape...
Testimonials by celebrities “are below average in their ability to change brand preference. Viewers guess the celebrity has been bought, and they are right…. Viewers have...
West is best,” said Edward Said. It seems Indian broadcasters have taken a cue from Said and are ready to experiment heavily with international content in...
English movie channels have seen an almost flat ad revenue growth in 2007. The challenge has also been to innovate programming slots even as viewers have...
Think television and what commonly springs to mind are Hindi general entertainment channels (GEC) like Star Plus, Zee TV, Sony, etc… That list keeps getting longer...
The viewer‘s verdict for music channels for the year 2007 is out. The long established players like MTV and Channel [V] are losing on the front...
Want to woo the kids? Infuse those lifeless characters with some animation, mix of fun, action, comedy, a lot of interactivity and of course speak the...
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...
With just five permanent staff members working out of a temporary accommodation, Doordarshan Archives is digitally archiving intellectual property wealth that took roughly Rs 7.5 billion...
The DVD market in India is witnessing major change. The prices of both hardware and software has become highly competitive and a host of online rental...
The declining importance of the conventional Hindi general entertainment channel (GEC) on Indian television has thrown up considerable challenges for all broadcasters.Confronting the gradual fall of...
It has been a busy six months for Hindi movie channels. While Max has tried to latch on to its gains from the ICC World Cup...
R iding high on the claim of carrying ‘exclusive’ and ‘breaking’ stories, news channels are rating their success stories. The route is not through digging a story...
As the path ahead for television in India is to adopt the ‘niche’ approach, here’s a look at one such genre: kids channels. An audience (4...
The Indian Hindi general entertainment space is heating up and could possibly be on the brink of a huge change as Subhash Chandra‘s flagship channel Zee...
A giggling gang of girls queues up at the popcorn counter at a plush multiplex, discussing a high-profile celebrity split.Cash in hand, they also have their...
Weekend primetime viewing is bracing up for some nail biting competition across the top general entertainment channels, each sprucing up its reality offerings to capture audiences....
The message is loud and clear: growth of radio listenership in the two metros of Mumbai and Kolkata is slowing down. Even Delhi is seeing single-digit...
Mobile music has emerged as the most prominent segment in the digital music industry and is a major money making business. Today, the definite buzzword with...
The Indian music scenario keeps changing all the time. Where Bollywood ruled the roost earlier, gradually indi-pop grounded itself and with its buoyant marketing attracted the...
Radio is theater of the mind. Once you get people laughing, they’re listening and you can tell them almost anything. That’s the motto of Radio MUST,...
“Who has that time and that energy and that passion [to make mashups, do blogs, make YouTube videos, etc.]?” “The answer is, you do. And for...
Platforms get three years to add features for hearing and visually impaired
Strong word-of-mouth turns Pongal satire into remake pick
Streaming giant bets on a seasoned marketer who helped build Amazon and Netflix into household names
Communications leader exits after three years spanning MD office strategy and media outreach.
Cricket star named face of Delhi Khel Mahakumbh to fuel youth talent hunt.
Kolkata-based beverage maker reports stronger revenues and profits for December quarter.
A crime thriller steps out of the shadows as Telugu storytelling claims centre stage.
From boards to bytes, chess readies for a nation-first showdown in Riyadh.
Leadership change follows layoffs, protests and a bruising battle over trust.
Revenue rises 4.3 per cent to Rs 10,209.33 crore while deferred tax gain lifts bottom line sharply
Akshay Kumar and stars launch awards at NSCI Dome on Feb 28
Merger creates one-stop hub for content, digital, and delivery
NEW DELHI: Hamdard Laboratories gathered a cross-section of India’s achievers in New Delhi on Friday, handing out the Hakeem Abdul...
MUMBAI: For decades, creative storytelling has been the cornerstone of brand communication. The “big idea” amplified through catchy jingles, striking...
MUMBAI: Zepto has elevated Ahmad Muneeb to vice president – HR centre of excellence, placing him at the helm of...
