MUMBAI: The Banff World Television Festival wil examine the far-reaching scope of news and documentary programming. The event takes place in June 2005 in Banff, Canada....
MUMBAI: Sports Entertainment Enterprises, Inc’s CKX Inc., the control of which was recently acquired by Robert F X Sillerman, announced that it had acquired UK based...
MUMBAI: Faced with a decline in ratings, US broadcaster NBC has decided to take the bull by the horns. NBC Entertainment has announced a major re-structuring...
MUMBAI: UTV Software Communications Ltd’s IPO (initial public offering), which closed on 25 February with a total demand for 26.12 times the issue size of approximately...
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment and NDTV India have tied up to bring out a special episode on the make-over of the Sony’s popular television programme Jassi Jassi...
MUMBAI: Disney has not yet opened its theme park in Hong Kong but already that country’s legislators have started asking awkward questions. Hong Kong Disneyland is...
MUMBAI: Division for shareholders benefit and further unlocking of value! That is what media conglomerate Viacom chairman and CEO Sumner M. Redstone is looking to achieve...
MUMBAI: The hefty cash bonus that the revenue-losing media outlet Reuters lavished on CEO Tom Glocer last year is greater than the value of cuts in...
MUMBAI: The tug-of-war continues in the business news channel space. CNBC-TV18 asserts it has retained the leadership position in the business news genre. Quoting TAM figures,...
MUMBAI: The nominations are announced for the popular, Jury and technical category for the 8th Annual Zee Cine Awards 2005, which has been bagged by Dhoom...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: It’s been five years since media mogul Rupert Murdoch last visited India, and much has changed in the interim. The biggest of...
MUMBAI: One case that the media is following closely is pop icon Michael Jackson’s trial in front a California judge. But regardless of the outcome of...
Cartoon Network will be airing the Friday Premiere: The Power Puff Girls on 18 March at 7 pm. Cartoon Network will be airing brand new episodes...
MUMBAI: The 13th Convergence India 2005 will see telecommunication majors from across the world come together to showcase the emerging convergent technologies for new generation networks....
When Adhikari brothers floated Sab TV, they had the vision of growing from a pure content to a broadcasting company. But facing competition from biggies like...
Kam Ya Zyaada was promoted aggressively through its network channels. The channel shot the show promos using its soap stars including the Hum Paanch starcast. As...
MUMBAI: Crown Media Holdings which owns and operates the Hallmark Channel, has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its international business to a group of...
MUMBAI: NBC Universal International Television Distribution will head to the television market Miptv in Cannes with a diverse product slate on offer to buyers. This year’s...
ESPN Star Sports, which already boasts of a stellar football-programming that includes the English Premier League, the Spanish Primera Liga, the UEFA Champion’s League, the UEFA...
Discovery Channel is all set to air a special programme on India's vulture population titled The Last Flight, presenting the on-ground reality, the ramifications of vulture...
MUMBAI: In a bid to drive growth, Zee Music is all set to create space in the south Indian market by tweaking its programming to suit...
This week on CNN's chat show Talk Asia the chairman of the Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) David Eldon gives viewers insights into the Asia...
MUMBAI: Can mobile phones be used to transmit video images live and be broadcast on to TV? That is what the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) did...
MUMBAI: The BBC is undergoing a major change in its sytems and processes. One of the aims is to pave the way for a new, fairer...
MUMBAI: With an eye to keep competition from private channels at bay, Doordarshan (DD)’s Bangalore kendra has decided to make some changes in the content line-up...
MUMBAI: Its celebration time at the SET stable. The grand finale of Indian Idol not only became the talking point for the nation last week but...
MUMBAI: Viacom kids’ channel Nickelodeon rolls out new live-action and animated series designed for 2005-06 season in the US. The kid’s channel is slated to introduce...
MUMBAI: It is all about the money honey! Reality television has generated ratings by showing the extent of participants’ unadulterated greed for money. It now seems...
MUMBAI: China is back to its old censorship ploys. Yesterday it repeatedly blocked transmission of BBC World’s week-long series of China-themed programmes to hotels and apartment...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster VH1 has announced a new show Love Lounge. Throughout each episode of the half-hour nightly series, groups of celebrities reveal aspects about their...
Director's Cut will features the director who interpretated Hellen Keller's execeptional life, none but Sanjay Leela Bhansali on 11 March at 7:30 pm. Bhansali 's cinema...
Richest Indian and steel magnate, the big cat very keen on bidding for SAIL, this Seedhi Baat will air on 13 March at 9:30 on Aaj...
MUMBAI: In a bid to add diversity to its programming repertoire Discovery will showcase a series that examines the effect the cult classic Star Wars had...
MUMBAI: Would you watch the finale of Indian Idol on a two inch screen attached to your mobile handset? Finnish cellphone company Nokia believes you will....
“Is it going to rain today? Let me check the news.” How many of us in India say that? Not too many, is the guess. But...
MUMBAI: US-based Wi-Fi solutions provider Abbas Sadriwalla’s Wireless Logix Group expects to increase India revenues to $ 5 million over the next 12 months. Sadriwalla has...
MUMBAI: Faced with a reduction in audiences the organisers of awards shows on television have been forced to rethink their strategy. Earlier this month the Oscars...
MUMBAI: Reality TV guru Mark Burnett whose company produces the business based reality show The Apprentice has sued an entertainment company. The company in question has...
MUMBAI: The National Television Academy in the US has announced the nominees for the 32nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. The ceremony will air on US broadcaster...
MUMBAI: Sex And The City may have ended but actress Sarah Jessica Parker who became a household name, thanks to the show, is still at home...
MUMBAI: Zee TV is pushing for a younger and contemporary look. Stuck with a 35-plus image, the channel is positioning its shows with an eye on...
MUMBAI: Nicola Moody who is BBC’s commissioner for documentaries and contemporary factual series has called it a day. She has decided not to proceed with an...
MUMBAI: Cartoon Network will be premiering the epic animation mini-series – Star Wars: Clone Wars, Volume 2 – The Beginning of the End, following the last...
MUMBAI: Shringar Cinemas Ltd, has announced the appointment of Arun Mehra as chief marketing officer (CMO). Shringar operates the Fame chain of multiplexes. According an...
MUMBAI: The Rose D’Or festival in Lucerne Swizerland which celebrates the best that television has to offer saw the BBC walking away with a few trophies....
MUMBAI: International Broadcast Communications (IBC) has announced that it will have a strong presence at the television market Miptv. The event takes place from 11-15 April...
MUMBAI: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) will have a new home on American television. One of its flagship shows Raw will leave Viacom’s male channel Spike TV...
MUMBAI: In what can be called a rare move for a Japanese company; Sony Corp has named Sir Howard Stringer as its first non Japanese chairman...
MUMBAI: The Ten Sports coverage of the upcoming Indo-Pak cricket series in the Middle East will be available on Arab Digital Distribution’s (ADD) Pehla platform. ...
MUMBAI: Ten Sports has acquired the telecast rights for the US Open, adding a further property to its tennis programming. The sports channel already has the...

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