MUMBAI: Fremantle International Distribution (FID), the distribution arm of global production outfit FremantleMedia, has inked a deal with Australian broadcaster ABC to distribute and co-finance its...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster MTV has announced the nominees for the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs). Rock group Green Day topped the list with eight nominations,...
MUMBAI: VertigoXmedia, a US-based provider of broadcast graphics software and hardware, has added Malayalam channel Amrita TV to its clientele. The channel is using VertigoXmedia’s Xmedia...
MUMBAI: MTV Networks has announced the launch of a new, in-house mobile messaging platform in order to deliver innovative wireless entertainment content and interactivity to consumers....
NEW DELHI: Thirty-eight educational institutions have been issued letters of intent for community radio service, while 23 such organizations have signed a licence agreement with the...
MUMBAI: With the DD simulcast headache out of the way, Ten Sports is all set for the much-awaited Indian Oil Cup Tri series featuring India, Sri...
NEW DELHI: It’s not only the sports channels and pubcaster that are falling over themselves to telecast cricket. News channels have also devised ways to latch...
The action is heating up in the English entertainment space, but action adventure specialist AXN is game for the challenge.And a challenge it is to keep...
MUMBAI: China International Television Corp (CITVC) and the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (Casbaa) have announced details of the inaugural China International Sports Television...
NEW DELHI: Indian pubcaster Prasar Bharati generated revenue to the tune of Rs 8236.2 million in the financial year 2004-05 ended 31 March 2005, which is...
MUMBAI: Buena Vista International Organization film executive Daniel Battsek has been named Miramax Films president. The announcement was made on 25 July by The Walt Disney...
MUMBAI: Sahara India Management Company Limited (SIEMCL) has brought on board Rajneesh Mathur as SaharaOne Television head of distribution. Prior to joining SaharaOne Television, Mathur...
MUMBAI: National Geographic Channel will introduce a show Space: Closest Encounters on 31 July at 8 pm. The show Space: Closest Encounters will run every day...
When Television Eighteen was started in 1994, critics dismissed it as a fad. As if on cue, the company went through a bad phase towards the...
MUMBAI: Kids are soon going to be empowered and how! Pogo is back with its Amazing Kids Choice Awards. This time round the kiddies channel will...
MUMBAI: National Geographic Channel (NGC) US has announced that it has commenced the search for America‘s top kid explorers. 15 of them will win the field...
MUMBAI: US President George Bush has created a new senior-level position to fight the menace of global piracy and counterfeiting of American products ranging from Hollywood...
NEW DELHI: After uplink, it’s now time for downlinking a policy for a group of ministers (GoM) that would be headed by defence minister Pranab Mukherjee....
MUMBAI: Cartoon Network is all set to air Pet Alien on 24 July at 9:30 am. Pet Alien is about a thirteen-year-old boy Tommy Cradle, whose...
MUMBAI: Live performances of Beethoven’s complete symphonies have attracted 1.37 million download requests in a BBC trial in the UK which was offered as part of...
MUMBAI: This is an important step towards the checking of movie piracy in China. Chinese film authorities and the Motion Picture Association (MPA) have signed a...
MUMBAI: Zoom’s on ground music initiative The War of the DJ’s which is being done in association with sister company Times Music is going from strength...
MUMBAI: A hell of a place to make your fortune! Over the past couple of years English movie channels Star Movies and HBO have broadened their...
MUMBAI: The cricket fever is back this monsoon with the Tri-Nation Series between India, Sri Lanka and West Indies and Star News is all geared up...
NEWDELHI: With a public interest petition pending in Kerala, Prasar Bharati has not only rejected Ten Sports offer related to the tri-series in Sri Lanka, but...
MUMBAI: It is the turn of another popular sitcom to come to an end. Fresh off its own series record of 15 Emmy Award nominations last...
MUMBAI: Kids are soon going to be empowered and how! Pogo is back with its Amazing Kids Choice Awards. This time round the kiddies channel will...
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today poured cold water on pubcaster Doordarshan’s efforts to arm-twist the terrestrial feed from Ten Sports for the upcoming tri-series cricket...
MUMBAI: The newly launched Asianet channel targeting the youth, Asianet Plus, has devoted a major chunk of its programming to music-related shows. The shows range from...
MUMBAI: BBC World Service is launching its first online soap opera aimed at English language learners around the world. From 1 August, The Flatmates features a...
MUMBAI: The Raghav Bhal promoted Television Eighteen has recorded a net profit of Rs 80.05 million for the quarter ended 30 June 2005. The group has...
MUMBAI: Pakistan prime minister Shaukat Aziz announced that the government would launch four new channels in provincial languages on 14 August. According to Aziz, a sports...
MUMBAI: Zee TV is turning bullish on the gameshow genre with two big ticket properties in the pipeline. It is a known fact that the channel...
MUMBAI: National Geographic Channel (NGC) US has announced that it has commenced the search for America’s top kid explorers. 15 of them will win the field...
MUMBAI: The MSO Alliance, a representative body of the cable TV industry, has demanded that the government should create a level playing field that would allow...
MUMBAI: After hitting the Indian shores, US network ABC’s blockbuster series Desperate Housewives continues its Asian exploration. Next in line is China as a dubbed version...
MUMBAI: US media conglomerate Viacom has announced that its cable network TV Land will start Chasing Farrah.The reality show follows Hollywood actress Farrah Fawcett, as she...
Animal Planet captures the first 365 days in the life of wild animals, raised by their 'human parents' through a new show Growing Up Wild. Growing...
MUMBAI: ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has re-launched its sports news bulletin, SportsCenter in Hindi. Former Pakistan speedster Wasim Akram will be the show’s new host. The...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster NBC has picked up a new drama series – Windfall. The show goes on air later this year. NBC Entertainment president Kevin Reilly...
MUMBAI: Discovery Networks India VP programming Pankaj Saxena has put in his papers. Saxena quit several days ago. While confirming the news Aditya Tripathi...
MUMBAI: Cartoon Network is all set to air Pet Alien on 24 July at 9:30 am. Pet Alien is about a thirteen-year-old boy Tommy Cradle, whose...
MUMBAI: Adlabs Films Limited founder-promoter Manmohan Shetty has acquired 6.06 per cent (1516234 shares) stake on 15 July, taking his total holding to 33.16 per cent...
MUMBAI: Tamil general entertainment channel Vijay TV has a new soap in its line up. Produced by popular Tamil film director Vasanth, the serial En Thozhi...
NEW DELHI: Pubcaster Doordarshan is yet to revert to Ten Sports on an offer made by the Dubai based broadcaster relating to the forthcoming India Sri...
‘What‘s up dude?‘ ‘Much more than just KBC 2 mate.‘ An imagined exchange maybe, but not too far off from what Sameer Nair, among the country‘s...
Pop Ki Andhi will feature Remo Fernandez in a celebrity chat show 'Chit Chaat' on 27 July 2005 from 7.30 pm. Remo is in news with...
MUMBAI: Dow Jones & Company has announced it is ending its international partnership with CNBC. The company, however, has no plans to alter the Dow Jones...
MUMBAI: International media company Celador International has announced the development and launch of a pre-school animated comedy (not so) Scary Monsters. Once completed, this new series...
MUMBAI: A Rwandan student has won the BBC’s talent competition for best radio report in French. Nicolas Gatambi has been awarded the Grand Prix – a...

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