MUMBAI: CTV Specialty Television Inc, along with US-based Discovery Communications, has filed an application with the CRTC for a new High Definition television specialty service called...
MUMBAI: Raj TV has roped in Tamil television programming veteran V Chandrasekhar to give it a new look. The Tamil general entertainment channel brought Chandrasekhar as...
MUMBAI: The Boston Public will now become more familiar to Indian viewers as Star World brings in David E Kelley’s series from 25 April in the...
MUMBAI: The brand new channel from Broadcast Worldwide Tara Newz, in association with the Bengal Motor Sports Club, is organising the Tara Kolkata Drive motor rally...
MUMBAI: The IIFA awardees can look forward to picking tulips in Holland this time. The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards 2005 is all set to...
MUMBAI: After keeping everyone on tenterhooks, the picture is now clearer. The second channel from The Times of India Group will be an English news and...
NEW DELHI: With an eye to make more aggressive forays in the Indian market and exploit the popularity of Indian events and content abroad, the Dubai-headquartered...
MUMBAI: The death of Pope John Paul II and the election of Pope Benedict XVI seems to have done wonders on the ratings front for television....
MUMBAI: Adlabs Films Ltd will consider preferential allotment of equity shares to Singapore-based Arisaig Partners (Asia) Pte Ltd at Rs 150 a share, aggregating to $6...
MUMBAI: In its efforts to give the Indian consumer a voice, Awaaz, the Hindi consumer channel, has announced the launch of consumer preference poll for India’s...
MUMBAI: The following companies are announcing their financial results for the fourth quarter and the financial year ended 31 March 2005. Zee Telefilms’ results is scheduled...
MUMBAI: Be the first to know’ is what Ted Turner had said 25 years ago in 1980. And, Cable News Network (CNN) was born in Atlanta....
BANGALORE: Adobe Systems Incorporated has announced the promotion of Naresh Gupta to senior vice president. In his new position, Gupta joins the company’s executive team and...
MUMBAI: In a significant development, the Star Group today announced the formation of a new division called Star Ventures to manage and maximise the value of...
MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms Ltd (ZTL) has reached a settlement with the promoters of Padmalaya companies, whom it had accused of misappropriation of shares. According to the...
MUMBAI: ETC Networks has decided to buy back the company’s equity shares up to 10 per cent of paid up capital from the open market at...
MUMBAI: Crime pays, at least, for news channels. An endless list of crime shows are showcased on the telly at present. Newly-launched news channel, Channel 7,...
MUMBAI: After Sindoorr, it’s Sarrkkar. Zee TV is launching another prime time show on 25 April. Slotted for 8:30 PM, the soap is a family drama...
MUMBAI: India seems to be the favourite destination for media czars. After News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch it’s the turn of Walt Disney Company CEO Michael...
MUMBAI: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is all set to make its television debut in India on the Disney Channel on 23 April at 6 PM...
MUMBAI: Monday Night Football, the most successful series in American sports television history, will move to ESPN US, ending a marathon 36-year run on ABC. An...
MUMBAI: TV-Turnoff Week 2005 will have its largest international participation yet. TV-Turnoff Network which is a US nonprofit organization that encourages children and adults to watch...
MUMBAI: As part of its efforts to leverage its music-based reality show American Idol Fox will unveil a special American Idol: International Best Of The Worst....
MUMBAI: CNN’s Richard Quest lines up the biggest names in international comedy and satire to find out the secrets of their success. He swaps the television...
MUMBAI: CNN US has announced that John King will be its chief national correspondent. King’s new Washington, D.C.-based assignment will be a broad mandate for a...
NEW DELHI: With an eye on aggressively driving advertising revenues and viewership, National Geographic Channel (NGC) today launched its new channel positioning ‘Think Again’ in India...
MUMBAI: Weekends will spell action at the Star Plus stable in the coming months. The channel is getting into launch mode for KBC 2, and is...
MUMBAI: Asia’s documentary filmmakers will gather in Singapore for the second edition of National Geographic Channel’s (NGC) Show Real Asia Awards and public screening of the...
MUMBAI: Discovery will premiere a special series Egypt Week, from 24-27 April at 8 pm. The show will revisit the absorbing controversies surrounding Egypt’s history, and...
MUMBAI: Media conglomerate Viacom has reported a hike in revenues for the first quarter ended 31 March 2005. Revenues increased by five per cent to $5.6...
MUMBAI: The digital revolution, courtesy the Internet, is a fast-developing reality that print journalists should grasp as a huge opportunity to improve journalism and expand reach....
MUMBAI: Michele Grant, who is currently BBC News head news development, is to take up a new position as the head of BBC’s global news development...
MUMBAI: Most Americans say that they are very concerned about the amount of sex and violence in entertainment and want something done about it. However, many...
MUMBAI: Adlabs Films’ promoters have diluted 7.5 per cent stake through preferential allotment of equity shares to international equity placement firm BSMA, an affiliate of Bear...
MUMBAI: Star News is still upfront on its restructuring plans for its ad sales functions. And it is from lead Hindi news channel Aaj Tak that...
MUMBAI: As Rajdeep Sardesai embarks upon a different role as an entrepreneur too, he insists that his forte is journalism and that it will remain so....
As Rajdeep Sardesai embarks upon a different role as an entrepreneur too, he insists that his forte is journalism and that it will remain so. Though...
MUMBAI: The “Hungama” just got louder this summer! UTV’s kids channel Hungama TV is all set to raise the fun quotient with its action-packed on-air gully...
MUMBAI: Essel Propack has reported a 9 per cent jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 196 million for the first quarter ended 31 March 2005,...
NEW DELHI: Kids have got it made this summer. Cartoon Network and Pogo have lined up exciting stuff which includes some local productions too even as...
MUMBAI: Los Angeles-based media mogul and Hollywood.tv CEO and founder Sheeraz Hasan has been named ‘Hollywood Ambassador to Bollywood’ by the Bollywood Group. The Bollywood Group...
BANGALORE: Sify Ltd has announced the new rates for international calls using its Sify talk services in Mumbai and other metros around the country. As per...
MUMBAI: Come May and Zee Bangla is all set to give the people of Kolkata an experience of a lifetime. Rabindra Sandhya, which is scheduled to...
MUMBAI: Doordarshan will telecast Kiran – a five minute spot on public service issues – from 25 April. The programme will be telecast from Monday to...
MUMBAI: Sirius Satellite Radio and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc today announced an exclusive four-year agreement to create and launch a Martha Stewart-branded satellite radio channel....
MUMBAI: Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Black will be the first film to be showcased at this year’s edition of the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA...
MUMBAI: Qatar-based Al-Jazeera Satellite Television has brought in a new channel Al-Jazeera Live to provide live telecasts of conferences. The content would be unedited and without...
MUMBAI: Rajdeep Sardesai’s new venture, in collaboration with TV 18 Group, will be called Broadcast News. This new venture will launch television channels in the news...
MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms has appointed popular fashion personality Lubna Adam as the creative director of Zee Trendz, the fashion and style channel. Adam will take over...
MUMBAI: Adlabs Films Ltd is planning to raise Rs 400-500 million through a private placement to fund a chain of multiplexes across the country. The company...

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