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...
The news television in each state in southern India has its own typical character that doesn‘t resemble each other. It‘s so hetergenous and state-centric that most...
India lives in its villages… Does it, anymore? Let’s look at the statistics… A recent Ernst & Young study indicates that 58 per cent of advertisers...
Kids channels ran the extra mile in 2009, expanding the genre by 7.9 per cent as they localised and became more interactive with their target group...
The year 2009 has been a dynamic one for the Indian cable industry. Several developments and key decisions that took place hint towards a very promising...
Good Morning and a Happy News Year. I am happy to report The News from the front lines of the news battleground. Returning after a sabbatical,...
In view of the global economic meltdown and its imminent impact on the advertising, 2009 was bound to be a challenging and tumultuous year. But, even...
2009 began ominously with dark clouds looming in the aftermath of the meltdown of financial markets in the US. In the midst of this turbulence, Star...
The way the world changed in the first decade of the 21st century can be gauged by the year-end covers of two prominent magazines. Time Magazine...
2009. A year when most of the television industry gasped as the Indian economy slowed down and advertising and distribution revenues dried up even as costs...
For most observers, 2009 was year of mixed fortunes for Bollywood. While the industry took efforts to globalize and some of its talent got global recognition...
With India having touched the monumental figure of 512 in terms of television channels including 249 news channels, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry pushed the panic...
MUMBAI: James Cameron‘s 3-D spectacle Avatar has won two prestigious Golden Globe awards. The film was chosen the best movie (drama) while Cameron won for the...
Promises, more promises, and no action. That is what the private FM radio operators felt as the government blanked out any reforms in 2009 that would...
MUMBAI: The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the organiser of the Golden Globes Award, has decided to donate $100,000 to Wyclef Jean‘s ‘Yele Haiti‘ relief fund...
MUMBAI: More than 50 Hollywood stars have been set as presenters for The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards on 17 January. Presenters include Amy Adams, Christina...
MUMBAI: The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards has created a world-class Presenters Lounge that many of Hollywood‘s celebrities will visit briefly before walking onstage to present...
MUMBAI: Ricky Gervais will go live and unscripted as he hosts the Golden Globe Awards on NBC this Sunday night. “They can‘t censor me, it‘s live....
MUMBAI: The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), NBC and Dick Clark Productions (dcp) have developed ‘Golden Globes Week‘; an online experience featuring exclusive preview content in...
Year 2009 shall be a year to recall…if not for all, at least for the Hindi general entertainment channels!!! Even through the recession fever, and the...
MUMBAI: UTV World Movies will telecast the 67th Golden Globe Awards live on 18 January at 6:30 am which will then have a primetime repeat at...
MUMBAI: The names of Cher, Jennifer Garner, Kiefer Sutherland, Kate Winslet, Chace Crawford, Cameron Diaz and Jodie Foster have been added to the list of presenters...
MUMBAI: I still distinctly remember the year 2007 when over a coffee table conversation in London, my friend started talking about Indian Idol 3 and CID...
MUMBAI: The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards has added Josh Brolin, Taylor Lautner and Amy Poehler to be among the list of presenters at the award...
MUMBAI: The beginning of the year 2009 was a huge challenge for us. We took up this challenge with great enthusiasm, confidence and a focused approach....
MUMBAI: Gerard Butler, Mel Gibson and Sophia Loren have been added to be presenters at The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards to be held on 17...
MUMBAI: I have a vivid recollection of that day in 1983, when a colour TV came into our house. The entire neighbourhood knew; there was special...
MUMBAI: Chace Crawford, Cameron Diaz and Jodie Foster have been set as presenters at The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards. They join Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Aniston,...
MUMBAI: The Hindi general entertainment channel (GEC) space is constantly changing and churning out fresh opportunities. In my opinion, it has been a year of shows...
MUMBAI: Mavis Spencer has been selected as Miss Golden Globe for The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). Traditionally, Miss...
MUMBAI: Martin Scorsese will be presented with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for his outstanding contribution to the entertainment field at the 67th Annual Golden Globe...
MUMBAI: UTV World Movies has lined up some of the award winning movies that have won the Golden Globe awards this month. With this, the channel...
MUMBAI: Five nominated films will vie for the best animated feature Golden Globe Awards after members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) voted to expand...
MUMBAI: Harischandrachi Factory and Chandni Chowk To China are among 69 foreign-language films that have qualified for the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Of these, five...
MUMBAI: Jason Reitman‘s Up In The Air emerged as the frontrunner with six nominations followed by Quentin Tarantino‘s Inglorious Basterds, Rob Marshall‘s Nine and James Cameron‘s...
MUMBAI: Actor Ricky Gervais will host The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards on 17 January, 2010. The show, which is organised by the Hollywood Foreign Press...
MUMBAI: MUMBAI: Jennifer Aniston, Mickey Rourke and Julia Roberts will be presenting the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards that takes place on 17 January. They join...
MUMBAI: Halle Berry, Colin Farrell and Matthew Fox will present the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards on 17 January. They join Jennifer Aniston, Mickey Rourke and...
MUMBAI: The Golden Globe Awards has released its list of nominations for the upcoming award ceremony scheduled to be held on 17 January at the Beverly...
MUMBAI: The Indian Premier League (IPL) emerged as a clear winner in 2009, but fortunately for sports broadcasters cricket had no losers. The three formats –...
MUMBAI: 2009 was the year to be in a different industry. ESPN-Star‘s billion dollar investment in cricket‘s Champions League made the Dubai property market look a...
Hong Kong: The Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum today announced the winners for the HAF awards, the Technicolor Bangkok awards, the Lacarno Open Doors...
Hong Kong: The opening ceremony for the fifth Entertainment Expo Hong Kong (EEHK) and the third Asian Film Awards was held yesterday evening at the Hong...
Hong Kong: During Hong Kong’s 100th year of movie making, Japanese films walked away with awards in five of the 13 categories at the 3rd Asian...
Hong Kong: Strategizing to rise above the economic downturn and restoring the faith in the film industry, Salon Films (H. K.) Ltd announced strategic alliances with...
HONG KONG: The 33rd edition of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF), which kicked off yesterday, is shaping up to be the largest and the...
HONG KONG: To promote Hong Kong film directors of the new generation and explore opportunities for cooperation on film productions and investment, the Hong Kong Film...
Cable TV companies have attracted private equity funding and used it for consolidation and digitalisation. But tight liquidity credit markets, intense competition to woo local cable...