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MUMBAI: US broadcaster A&E Television Networks (AETN), which owns The History Channel, A&E and The Biography Channel, and ZDF Enterprises have announced at the television trade...
MUMBAI: MySpace, News Corp‘s online social network, is ready to launch a new global partnership with content distributor ShineReveille International. The deal empowers MySpaceTV to...
MUMBAI: MipTV has announced the 10 winners of the 2008 Content 360 competition, which rewards outstanding interactive and multi-platform content. The contest took place in...
CANNES: TinselVision, a Tinsel Cinema LLC online service that delivers Indian and Bollywood entertainment content to people of Indian origin, has announced the pilot and global...
CANNES: The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (IATAS) has announced the winners for the International Interactive Emmy awards. “This year‘s winners are an illustration...
MUMBAI: Disney and ESPN Media Networks Latin America have announced the launch of their new Playhouse Disney Channel in Latin America. The 24-hour channel will have...
MUMBAI: In line with its commitment to expand the reach of its content internationally, Disney‘s international TV distribution arm, Disney-ABC International Television (Asia Pacific), has renewed...
CANNES: Canal France International (CFI) and the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) announced at MipTV the launch of the “France-Singapore Cross-Platform Programme Challenge” to promote...
MUMBAI: Disney ABC International television has licensed the adventure reality series The Amazing Race to Israeli broadcaster Reshet for production across Asia. This agreement was negotiated...
CANNES: Dubai-based producer of Sprocket Sciences, Soniya Kirpalani of Indian origin has bested out a strong field consisting of contestants from the US, South Africa, and...
MUMBAI: Disney-ABC International Television has licensed the recent reality series The Fashionista Diaries to Fiver in the UK. Viewers in the UK will, thus, be able...
MUMBAI: As the global television industry is busily buying and selling programmes for their international markets at the television trade event MipTV, language services company The...
CANNES: Japan is the country of honour at this year‘s MipTV, but it could well be India‘s day just like at Mipcom in October 2007. Indian...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC‘s commercial arm BBC Worldwide will be present at the television trade event MipTV. The Fixer, Kiss of Death, Cranford and Life...
MUMBAI: The Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) will be promoting a substantial slate of Asian-themed, Made-by-Singapore factual content under the Singapore Pavilion, at MipTV. Included...
MUMBAI: Television format creator and distributor FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has announced its partnership with The Travel Channel making it the exclusive international distributor for the network’s...
CANNES: “Pitching is not a matter of life and death, it is more than that.” This is how European Documentary Network (EDN) director Lena...
MUMBAI: Actors Shirley MacLaine and Sam Neill will join the new Miss World – Miss Zi Lin Zhang – and a clutch of international talent at...
MUMBAI: Content distribution company Granada International (GI) will debut a range of content at the television trade event MipTV which takes place in Cannes, France from...
MUMBAI: Canada‘s CCI Entertainment will bring Scathed and Stolen Lives, two reality-based documentaries produced by Odd Squad Productions, to Mipdoc. Mipdoc takes place in Cannes, France...
MUMBAI: Galleon Holdings is taking its latest multi-platform reality talent hunt show Super Soccer Star to international buyers at MipTV 2008. The first season of the...
MUMBAI: Rive Gauche Television will premiere the third season of Scare Tactics at MipTV. Scare Tactics is a reality revenge format series that follows...
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,...
MUMBAI: In order to give a lift to the film industry, the government is taking several measures. It will set aside Rs 200 million to encourage...
HONG KONG: Mobiles make their mark at the Hong Kong Filmart 2008. Joseph Lam‘s Infection walks away with five awards at the 1st Hong Kong...
MUMBAI: Three social media industry personalities will deliver keynote addresses at the television trade event MipTV in Cannes, France on 10 April when the spotlight will...
HONG KONG: The 3rd edition of the Hong Kong Music Fair kicked off on 17 March at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The fair...
HONG KONG: The Haf Awards in their sixth edition, which attracted over 900 participants, were announced amidst much fanfare today. The awards arranged over 500...
HONG KONG: The 12th edition of Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (Filmart 2008), which kicked off today at the Hong Kong Convention Centre,...
MUMBAI: Indian film company-Studio 18 will be attending MipTV in Cannes this year. MipTV, a market for audio-visual content, will commence on 7 April this year...
MUMBAI: Twenty-seven projects for interactive and multi-platform content have been selected for the final of the third international Content 360 festival competition, which takes place in...
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...
