MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide has concluded a deal with Australian free-to-air network SBS to license the rights to a local version of Top Gear. This is the...
NEW DELHI: Two news television channels have run scrolls expressing apology for airing adult content, for which the ministry of Information & Broadcasting had warned them....
MUMBAI: George Entwistle has been named as the new BBC Controller of Knowledge Commissioning. In this role, Entwistle will be responsible for delivering the recently launched...
MUMBAI: CNN International has made two senior level appointments, laying the foundation for future growth and development across CNN’s global network. Journalist and news programming executive...
MUMBAI: As part of its international expansion plans, ABC News has launched its international service ABC News Now in three European territories on the internet service...
BANGALORE: Round four of the Good Earth Super Series, national junior tennis tournament kicked off in Bangalore, after an action packed week in New Delhi. As...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has announced that its charity Children in Need has raised 19 million pounds. BBC Children in Need is an annual British...
MUMBAI: Triveni Media, part of the Rs 30 billion Triveni Group, is likely to operate its set of news channels under the brand name ‘Voice of...
MUMBAI: From Sir David Attenborough to Jeremy Clarkson, Michael Palin to Jane Austen, Cinderella to Igglepiggle, UK pubcaster the BBC ‘s commercial arm BBC Worldwide goes...
MUMBAI: In the biggest expansion of international newsgathering resources in its 27-year history, CNN Worldwide has announced plans to significantly increase the number of correspondents worldwide,...
MUMBAI: US news broadcaster CNN has opened a hub within Second Life, a three-dimensional virtual world entirely created by its residents. The network will look to...
MUMBAI: IBN7 has tied up with Divya Bhaskar for a show ‘Gujarat Chunav – Satta Nau Sangharsha’ on Gujarat assembly elections. The month-long show, kicking off...
MUMBAI: News broadcaster CNN has announced the winners of the inaugural Asia Pacific Screen Awards at a ceremony on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Over 500...
MUMBAI: Star News has launched a show ‘Wah! Cricket’ for the on-going Indo-Pak cricket series. It provides updated happenings on and off the ground and forecasts...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC’s Natural History unit, in partnership with Discovery, is venturing into remote rainforests, high mountains and raging underground rivers to uncover the...
MUMBAI: BBC World in association with InterContinental Hotels and Resorts will launch a five-part series called The Real Cities. Starting on 17 November, the first episode...
MUMBAI: BBC Arabic has announced that it will host a series of interactive workshops called The World As You See It for aspiring broadcasters across the...
Quentin Staes-Polet is the CEO and co-founder of Kreeda Games, one of the first Indian internet companies dedicated to massively multiplayer online gaming (MMOG). The company...
NEW DELHI: Upset over News Broadcasters Association’s (NBA) silence on the Content Code almost a month after sending a letter, the Information and Broadcasting ministry (I&B)...
MUMBAI: BBC Hindi has won an award at the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). Its radio documentary – Rising Mercury, Deepening Crisis – won the Best Radio...
MUMBAI: On the occasion of Diwali, CNN-IBN will air a one-hour, special episode of All About The Money from Dalal Street Mumbai on 10 November at...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has announced that its channel BBC One will go ahead with the planned series about the working lives of The Queen...
MUMBAI: Justin Webb has been appointed to the new post of BBC News US editor. Webb has been the North America correspondent since 2001 and takes...
MUMBAI: NDTV 24X7 is telecasting the semi-finals and finals of the 120 Durand Cup 2007. This is for the first time a non-sports channel will broadcast...
MUMBAI: Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group announced the promotions of two digital executives: Stacey Kaufman has been upped to VP digital marketing; and Tony Zito has...
MUMBAI: NDTV 24X7 is telecasting the semi-finals and finals of the 120 Durand Cup 2007. This is for the first time a non-sports channel will broadcast...
NEW DELHI: Even as a Delhi Metropolitan Court granted bail to Live India reporter Prakash Singh and co-accused Virender Arora, Delhi school teacher Uma Khurana who...
NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan skipper Inzamam-Ul-Haq is hosting the special series planned to cover the current India-Pakistan cricket series on Zee News. The cricket icon will...
BBC is expanding in the media space in India with not just new channel launches but also in the arena of FM radio and TV production....
MUMBAI: Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L‘il Champs Challenge 2007 launched its website www.lilchamps.zeetv.com. Viewers can catch videos of each episode, get to know more about...
MUMBAI: Former BSkyB director of corporate finance and Goldman Sachs banker Neil Chugani joins BBC Worldwide as its chief financial officer, succeeding David King who has...
NEW DELHI: Discharging school teacher Uma Khurana who had been accused in a fake sting operation on a prostitution racket, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Alok Aggarwal...
MUMBAI: Following a review of how UK pubcaster BBC handles complaints it receives, the BBC Trust is proposing new ways to strengthen and simplify systems and,...
MUMBAI: NDTV will make its entry into Singapore on the SingTel’s mio TV platform. The channels that are to be available for the Singapore audience from...
MUMBAI: TV18‘s consolidated revenue grew 67 per cent year-on-year to be at Rs 882.97 million for the quarter ended 30 September 2007. Revenue from news operations...
MUMBAI: CNN-IBN is launching a special series ‘Retail Revolution’ on the booming retail business in India. The week long series will look at the distinctly transforming...
NEW DELHI: The proposed Code of Content drafted by news broadcasters in retaliation to the government’s attempt to ‘curb press freedom’ through the latter’s Content Code...
MUMBAI: TV18’s consolidated revenue grew 67 per cent year-on-year to be at Rs 882.97 million for the quarter ended 30 September 2007. Revenue from news operations...
MUMBAI:Disney Channel kicked off the second season of ‘My School Rocks‘. Inspired by Disney Channel Original Movie – High School Musical 2, ‘My School Rocks‘ celebrates...
MUMBAI: After facing a blackout in Ahmedabad for showing the Tehelka sting expose, the seven news channels are back on air since late Saturday. Aaj Tak,...
MUMBAI: Scot Safon has been promoted to CNN Worldwide executive VP, chief marketing officer. Safon will oversee branding; consumer and trade advertising; and marketing and promotion...
MUMBAI: News broadcaster CNBC has expanded significantly in Asia Pacific this year, adding nearly two million households to their regional footprint. CNBC Asia Pacific re-launched their...
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...
MUMBAI: Following Tehelka’s ‘Operation Kalank’ sting expose of the Gujarat riots, seven news channels have been put off air in Ahmedabad since 26 October. Ahmedabad District...
MUMBAI: A British football chief has revealed how a Fifa VP asked him to pay Football Association money into his own personal bank account. The former...
MUMBAI: Filmy has roped in IBN 7 as media partner for their new reality quiz, Bollywood ka Boss. Slated to kick off in January 2008, the...
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company (India) has named Mahesh Samat as managing director. The announcement was made by Walt Disney International president Andy Bird. Samat will...
MUMBAI: NDTV has appointed Shyatto Raha as the CEO of NDTV Group’s subsidiary company Emerging Markets BV. Heading the company’s business and operations, Raha will report...
MUMBAI: Zee News Limited (ZNL) has posted a standalone net profit of Rs 57 million for the quarter ended 30 September 2007, up 97 per cent...
MUMBAI: BBC Entertainment and Simon Fuller’s 19 have confirmed plans for a brand new Spice Girls documentary. Spice Girls: Giving You Everything, to be screened in...

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