MUMBAI: The Montreal-based format distribution specialists Distraction Formats has announced that it has agreed with the French production company Ardisson et Lumieres that it will represent...
MUMBAI: Buena Vista International Television (BVITV) will bring seven new live action network series to the MIPCOM international TV market. The seven new live action series...
MUMBAI: Midnight Movies, the 80-minute documentary tribute to cult films, has completed principal photography and begins posting in Hollywood this October. The announcement came in from...
MUMBAI: Canal, the French broadcaster has lincensed the new US network drama series Desperate Housewives and Kevin Hill on pay TV from Buena Vista International Television...
MUMBAI: Canal, the French broadcaster has lincensed the new US network drama series Desperate Housewives and Kevin Hill on pay TV from Buena Vista International Television...
MUMBAI: Solid Entertainment, an expanding worldwide distributor of factual programming, headquartered in the US, has announced the acquisition of three new risk-oriented documentary titles from documentary...
MUMBAI: France-based Reed Midem, organiser of professional and International tradeshows and the official organiser of the 2004 Mipcom DVD Awards, yesterday announced the launch of the...
MUMBAI: Business should be soon booming on television. During the Mipcom ’04 MIPTV/MILIA, which took place 29 March – 2 April ’04 in Cannes, it was...
CANNES: For all those doomsayers who said MipTV was out, the verdict is that it is back and with a vengeance. According to Reed Midem television...
CANNES: Outside, the wind was blowing hard threatening to tear off the roof of the tent which houses the Press Club close to the Palais de...
CANNES: Reed Midems MipDoc appears to have done many shades better this year as compared to the 2003 edition. Held over 27-28 March in Cannes at...
MUMBAI: Zee telefilms subsidiary Padmalaya Telefilms signed up a $ 14 million deal with Mondo TV for the co-production and licensing of animation, at the ongoing...
MUMBAI: One hundred TV productions of Francophonie countries of the South are participating at the MIP-TV in Cannes. The event which is starting on 29 March...
MUMBAI: Ficci Frames 2004 saw a lot of firsts in the entertainment industry. This was the fifth successive year of Frames which began in the year...
MUMBAI: Cheers, whistles, applause and a standing ovation! The 1st Shaf IBM FICCI BAF Awards held last evening had the (100 plus audience) on their feet...
MUMBAI: The session “Cinema: NexGen” at the Ficci FRAMES 2004, began with the host CNBC TV 18 features editor Anuradha Sen Gupta introducing the distinguish line...
MUMBAI: Reed Midem will award Robert Halmi, Sr., chairman of Hallmark Entertainment a Lifetime Achievement Award at MIPTV. Halmi has to his credit more than 200...
MUMBAI: News (channels) continued to make news. And, that seemed to be the underlying theme throughout 2004 for the news genre. Whether it was the revised...
News (channels) continued to make news. And, that seemed to be the underlying theme throughout 2004 for the news genre. Whether it was the revised uplinking...
CANNES: Reed Midem‘s director of television division Paul C Johnson is a pleased man. MipCom has proved to be successful: the organisation recognised News Corp No...
CANNES: He has the same passion to succeed that his father displayed. The same aggression. The same shrewd intelligence. And he’s doing something that his father...
CANNES: The National Geographic channel is working on streamlining its interface with producers. To The initiative which was announced at Mipcom allows documentary producers to submit...
CANNES: It’s international TV awards announcement time at the Palais de Festivals in Mipcom. After the iemmys, now it is the turn of the Festival Rose...
CANNES: In news from Mipcom in Cannes, US-based non-profit educational programming producer Sesame Workshop announced that it had promoted Renee Mascara to vice-president international TV distribution....
CANNES: Mipcom 2003 at the Palais de Festivals witnessed another important announcement a short while ago. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the...
CANNES: Cinar Corporation, an integrated entertainment and education company arrives at Mipcom with significant sales for two of its leading franchises, Arthur and Mona The Vampire,...
CANNES: More than a dozen Indian companies are marking their presence at MipCom 2003 in the Palais de Festivals in Cannes. Scheduled to be held from...
CANNES:Two youngsters from Hyderabad, India have a dream: create animation from within the country’s shores which gains acceptance internationally. So what do they do? Well, they...
CANNES: What are the trends that are going to hit kids television programming? That is one of the topics that was discussed a short while ago...
PARIS: An additional 43 TVFI members have their own stands. In all, 75 members of TV France International, out of a total membership of 157, will...
CANNES: The winds were gusty and howling at Canne’s Le Croissette on the eve of the flag off of Reed Midem’s Mipcom Junior market at The...
PARIS: It is not just broadcasters and content distributors that are looking to take advantage of MIPCOM. The event which claims to be the worlds largest...
Sitars, tanpuras and dhols mashed up with dance floor beats, rocky guitar riffs and catchy vocal. International music with eastern influences, is what music fans can...
NEW DELHI: Real life does not always imitate reel life. Unlike some of the perky women in her ‘K’ serials who take critics head on, the...
PARIS: The concern over the Iraq conflict saw a drop in attendance for the 40th anniversary edition of MIPTV (International Television Programme Market) . The Cannes...
MUMBAI: Hinduja TMT executive vice-president (corporate affairs) Ashok Mansukhani , in his presentation at ficci FRAMES 2003 on ‘Conditional Access System : a mid term review’,...
MUMBAI: With 14 July 2003 , the date decided by the government for the final rollout of CAS (conditional access system) fast approaching, it was one...
MUMBAI: Responding to the “constant carping” about the problems facing the media and entertainment industry, IT telecom and disinvestment minister Arun Shourie suggested they look within...
MUMBAI: Better institutional financing would require a higher degree of professional management, better collaterals and tighter budgetary and time frame control from filmmakers. Bankers who addressed...
MUMBAI: Better institutional financing would require a higher degree of professional management, better collaterals and tighter budgetary and time frame control from filmmakers. Bankers who addressed...
MUMBAI: Content aggregators, ad agencies and advertisers should jointly work out 360 degrees multimedia consumer interactions to provide positive experiences and move away from intrusion to...
MUMBAI: The session ‘Multiple Revenue streams for entertainment industry: Out of the ‘box’ thinking’ had some innovative and bold suggestions coming from Neeraj Roy who co-ordinated...
MUMBAI: The panelists at the session on “Films sans frontiers” at Ficci FRAMES 2003 were clear that Indians must make crossover films that had clear, national...
MUMBAI: Content aggregators including TV channels have failed to convert products to long-lasting brands. There is lack of consistency and an inherent failure in marketing good...
MUMBAI: “The potential is there as an alternate platform. But to drive DTH forward the government should rethink its stand on cross media ownership restrictions as...
MUMBAI: After well over a year in nowhere land, the Convergence Bill has got some oxygen pumped into its motor. Union minister for information technology and...
MUMBAI: 1+1=3, film co-production is financially beneficial to the countries involved but one has to be wary of the euro pudding, ensure legal due diligence. These...
MUMBAI: Roshan Abbas flagged off the session on ‘TV format- A boon for Indian Production?’ with an introductory speech which began taking one back to the...
MUMBAI: “There is a dearth for good kids’ programmes and movies in our country” was a fact that was reiterated time and time again on the...
Indiantelevision.com’s feedback from speakers for next week’s FICCI FRAMES 2003 convention rolls on with comments from Mid-day Multimedia managing director Tariq Ansari. The last couple of...