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MUMBAI: The success of Star in India has not tamed James Murdoch’s anger nine years since he last addressed Ficci-Frames in 2002. The wrath against cable...
MUMBAI: The Indian advertising industry is set to grow at a CAGR of 14.1 per cent to touch Rs 426.9 billion in 2014, says a recently...
MUMBAI: There is a worldwide shift towards broadcasting on advanced, addressable and interactive platforms. While the session Transforming Television: from HDTV, Interactive TV, PVRS, VOD and...
MUMBAI: As the global economy eases, the recruitment and retention of good employees will become a primary concern for the media and entertainment sector. Employees with...
MUMBAI: The Indian gaming and animation industry has a long road to cover before it matures. Creating a sustainable IP in India is not easy due...
MUMBAI: The last ten years may be remembered as the glorious years for the Indian broadcasting industry, but concerns like creaking infrastructure, pressure on profitability, flawed...
MUMBAI: Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni today announced that a National Heritage Mission was proposed to be set up with a budget of Rs...
MUMBAI: Traditional media owners need to form a partnership with user generated content (UGC) sites to serve their consumers. This was a point that came out...
MUMBAI: Ronnie Screwvala, the founder-promoter of UTV, believes in an integrated business model that is highly scalable. He also thinks addressing the youth will bring in...
MUMBAI: The data revenues for mobile operators are bound to grow in the years to come with media consumption devices that are technologically consumer-friendly. However, operators...
MUMBAI: Structural development and incentives for digitisation of cable are necessary if the Indian television industry is to mature according to international standards. Channels also need...
MUMBAI: Makers of animation, visual effects, gaming and comics (AVGC) today regretted that the central or state governments had done very little to help the industry...
MUMBAI: The biggest 40 hits in cinema all over the world of all time have been those with special visual effects or animation and, therefore, this...
MUMBAI: Corporate activity was growing in the entertainment sector in India and this would help in getting finance more easily in the years to come. Filmmaker...
MUMBAI: The Indian media and entertainment sector is ripe for mergers and acquisitions as bigger players look to consolidate in the backdrop of an overhang of...
MUMBAI: Good screenplay and content are what make films click at the box-office and other factors are secondary, according to renowned filmmakers and script writers. Addressing...
MUMBAI: Senior editor M J Akbar today said the entire agitation against paid news was misplaced since the media was the greatest beneficiary of doles given...
MUMBAI: Independent film producers in the US face a tough road ahead. Fewer banks are lending, financial terms are spun into complex cobwebs, some studios like...
MUMBAI: As the global market steadily walks out of the slowdown crisis, the worldwide advertising industry will have to spread across new geographical areas, segment markets...
MUMBAI: Ubiquitous access, simpler production tools, and the falling costs of technology have made sure that the boom of the Internet is here to stay, unlike...
MUMBAI: The Indian television industry is poised for a giant leap forward. With growth engines coming from both advertising and subscription revenues, the segment is estimated...
MUMBAI: Does sports stop being entertainment when one starts rooting for a team and gets emotionally attached to the game? Interestingly, this was one of the...
MUMBAI: The opening of the annual Ficci Frames 2010 was glamorous with the presence of Bollywood personalities like Yash Chopra, Karan Johar, Shah Rukh Khan and...
MUMBAI: With piracy looming as a major threat, most speakers at the inauguration of the Ficci Frames 2010 stressed the need for speeding up the process...
MUMBAI: Eminent filmmaker Yash Chopra, who is chairperson of the Ficci Entertainment Committee, said today that the film industry was planning to mark the centenary of...
MUMBAI: Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan today stressed the need for greater synergy between Hollywood and Bollywood but said what India needs is expertise and experience...
MUMBAI: The largest meet on the business of entertainment in Asia, Ficci-Frames 2010, got off today with a political statement when Chief Minister Ashok Chavan categorically...
MUMBAI: The media and entertainment industry will post a strong rebound and grow at a CAGR of 13 per cent to touch Rs 1091 billion in...
MUMBAI: The Indian media and entertainment industry, which went through a tough phase in the last two years due to a slowdown in the economy, has...
MUMBAI: Ficci has tied up with Holland as the partner country for its upcoming annual media and entertainment conference Frames 2010, to be held in Mumbai...
MUMBAI: Public apathy towards city based sports is the key challenge the BCCI‘s upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL), which kicks off on 18 April, will confront....
MUMBAI: The celebrated terminology ‘multi revenue generator‘ synergises with the new phase of film exhibition that is the multiplex era as well. Volumes have been written...
MUMBAI: Scriptwriters Rex Weiner, member of WGA (USA), Vinay Shukla, Jaideep Sahni, Anjum Rajabali and Rensil D‘Silva today spoke on the ills that plague the art...
MUMBAI: The Indian media and entertainment industry loses $4 billion (Rs 160 billion) in annual revenues due to piracy, a study said. The menace of piracy...
MUMBAI: From pasteless posters, energy-saving bulbs, digital billboards to the fast-improving audience measurement techniques, the out-of-home (OOH) industry is poised to be the most vibrant industry...
MUMBAI: Radio Mirchi CEO Prashant Panday announced that his station would offer free commercial time FCT worth $ 1 million to combat the menace of piracy...
MUMBAI: True that the emergent trends of mobile advertising, OEM-managed services, bundled content on devices and open DRM are some of the factors that will drive...
MUMBAI: The last day of Ficci Frames 08‘ witnessed a provocative discussion on “Listener‘s Choice: Changing trends in music” among Mobile Entertainment Forum Americas chairman emeritus...
MUMBAI: The last day of Ficci Frames 08‘ witnessed a provocative discussion on “Listener‘s Choice: Changing trends in music” among Mobile Entertainment Forum Americas chairman emeritus...
MUMBAI: Innovation of digital cinema is likely to revamp the way content is produced and distributed in India. The incorporation of digital cinema will open Indian...
MUMBAI: Is media socially responsible? What are the constituents of social responsibility? Does free speech entails any social responsibility on the part of the speaker? These...
MUMBAI: Tapping revenues beyond the box office is a challenge that the Indian film industry has to wake up to. This is particularly important when film...
MUMBAI: While funding remained one of the key concerns at the Ficci Frames session on “Scope of International Co-productions” saw eminent panelists insisting that this is...
MUMBAI: As mobile and online media grow in India, broadcasters have a triple play opportunity to explore the three screens: broadcast, net and mobile. TV channels...
MUMBAI: Advertiser apathy and crippling music royalties are eating away at the FM radio indstry in the country, that‘s registering fast growth and is poised to...
MUMBAI: It has been a landmark year for the media and entertainment sector. A spate of 45 private equity deals have dotted the landscape in 2007...
MUMBAI: With the explosion of multiplexes, Indian filmmakers are increasingly putting importance on the performance of a film in the first weekend. The days of the...
MUMBAI: Content is King and distribution is God. A cliché to some but that was what came out as the main concern of broadcasters in the...
MUMBAI: Reasonable men confronting unreasonable challenges. In the pursuit of more eyeballs – and by extension ad revenues – content of most Hindi news channels are...
MUMBAI: While the government has decided to up the foreign direct investment cap on distribution platforms like DTH (direct-to-home) and HITS (Headend-In-The-Sky) to 74 per cent,...
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A crime thriller steps out of the shadows as Telugu storytelling claims centre stage.
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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...
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