MUMBAI: A five-member pre-selection jury for the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Prizes 2004 competition has announced the finalists in four TV categories and the nominees for...
MUMBAI/DELHI: The cricket telecast rights mega show is all set to roll with the rights for BCCI (Board for Control of Cricket in India)-organised home series...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: The suspense continues for Zee Telefilms and ESPN Star Sports, the main title contenders for the biggest prize in Indian broadcast television today –...
MUMBAI: Reality shows rule the roost at Channel [V]. And it is paying rich dividends for Star’s music arm, the channel claims, detailing how its reality...
NEW DELHI: Rampant piracy in the entertainment industry has leads to an estimated loss of Rs 4 million annually for the Indian film industry. Pointing out...
MUMBAI: All that you wanted to know but didn’t know whom to ask, till now. Star Plus is all set to launch a new show on...
MUMBAI: The latest addition to the expanding UTV team is Tanuj Garg, who has quit the Birla promoted Applause Entertainment to join the Ronnie Screwvala promoted...
MUMBAI: After the successful launch of its dedicated Zee TV beam for Singapore, Zee Network has announced that it will further extend its South East Asia...
MUMBAI: One of the prominent film companies in Hollywood, Miramax Films has laid-off 65 of its 485 employees. The middle management and lower-levels staffers in the...
MUMBAI: Going by the tremendous response to the CNN Young Journalist Award (YJA) last year, which was launched to recognise quality journalism among media professionals between...
NEW DELHI: The suspense continues for Zee Telefilms and ESPN Star Sports, the main title contenders for the biggest prize in Indian broadcast television today –...
MUMBAI: Star has announced the appointment of Grace Gu as general manager of Channel [V] China. Gu will be replacing Scarlett Li, who has resigned for...
MUMBAI: Intelsat, today, announced the signing of a definitive agreement that provides for the amalgamation under Bermuda law of Intelsat and a subsidiary of Zeus Holdings...
MUMBAI: TV Today Network’s English baby – Headlines Today may have had a slack start but the channel is slowly but steadily climbing up the popularity...
MUMBAI: The working committee of the Board for Cricket Control in India (BCCI), which met in Kolkata today to discuss the telecast rights of cricket matches...
BANGALORE: Karnataka cable operators, protesting the Udaya network turning into pay, held a rally in Bangalore today. The cable operators from all districts of Karnataka state...
MUMBAI: Star World is starting a new series Ed from Wednesday 18 August in the 8 pm slot. From the writer/producer of the Late Show with...
MUMBAI: The action plan is ready. A distant second on the Bangla entertainment channel horizon, Alpha Bangla is all geared to do some damage control. The...
MUMBAI: Television and film actor Mohnish Behl’s father Colonel Rajneesh Behl died last night after his flat in the high rise building – Sagar Sangeet, situated...
MUMBAI: The BBC has commissioned legendary television host Sir David Frost to host a new high-profile series of interviews. These will be done for the programme...
MUMBAI: US president George Bush has been in the news a lot though not necessarily for the right reasons. Earlier this year, Michael Moore’s documentary Farenheit...
MUMBAI: The cat is out of the bag. Former UTV creative director Monisha Singh, who called it quits at Ronnie Screwvala’s company last month, has joined...
MUMBAI: Yes, production major UTV is definitely evolving with major expansion plans that promise to change the role of production houses today. United Television is all...
MUMBAI: Although the shows is yet to dazzle on the home ground, looks like its has created some curiosity overseas. Zee UK has bagged rights for...
NEW DELHI: A day after the tenders for BCCI-controlled cricket telecast rights were opened, the action continues to heat up. Highest bidder Zee Telefilms ($ 260...
MUMBAI: Beehive Systems, a software and solutions company focusing on the broadcast industry, has set its foot in the Middle East. The multi-national company, which has...
Branded entertainment is slowly gaining pace in India and one of the active players in the space is WPP’s Group M. The company has inked a...
MUMBAI: Even as the Indian hockey contingent readies to take on the best at the Olympic Games, comes a some serious inspiration. Zee News is offering...
Indian entertainment television’s first name in programming has a theory. And as Star India gets set to celebrate Year Four as top dog in the broadcast...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: Seeing what it had assumed till now was a deal done and sewn up suddenly having slipped out of its grasp, ESPN...
MUMBAI: The fashion channel under the Zee bouquet Trendz TV won’t end its exploration of the localised content with Diabolical, the fashion and lifestyle show it...
MUMBAI: Marathi language channel ETV Marathi has announced its programme packaging targeted at the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections. Randhumali – Chanda teh Bandha, anchored by famous...
Zee’s Marathi language channel Alpha Marathi has set its sights on the international market. According to Zee chairman Subhash Chandra, the channel would ‘hopefully’ make it...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: Talk about pulling a rabbit out of the hat. Zee Group CMD Subhash Chandra certainly chose a mighty big one in the...
MUMBAI: As this year’s independence day falls on a Sunday, we have our television channels making their best efforts to match their programming line up with...
MUMBAI: The much acclaimed television presenter Rajat Sharma’s trademark show Aap Ki Adalat, which has featured more than 400 guests in its earlier spell, returns on...
MUMBAI: Sesame Workshop, whose India operations launched last week, plans to start airing its Indian content by December 2005. A research team comprising educators, media programmers...
MUMBAI: Star Movies has planned two consecutive Saturday nights this August dedicated to critically-acclaimed director Manoj Night Shyamalan and his movies. The channel is not only...
MUMBAI: Looks like Sahara is keen on buttressing its afternoon slot. Come 23 August and Rajaa Mukerji’s (better known as Rani Mukerji’s brother) maiden venture Prratima...
One of the attractions of the inaugural Indian edition of Promax&BDA held a few weeks ago in Mumbai was the participation of BBC Broadcast. Representing the...
NEW DELHI: The government is unlikely to accept a recommendation of the broadcast and cable regulator that a revenue-sharing model be adopted during the second phase...
MUMBAI: ESPN Star Sports (ESS) is pulling out all the stops to make sure that viewers are tuned to its coverage of the English Premier League...
MUMBAI: The Delhi High Court has dismissed the chargesheet filed against four Aaj Tak scribes, who last year stage-managed the entry into Parliament of then union...
MUMBAI: Attacked in the line of duty! A Star News crew was manhandled by employees at Rail Bhavan in New Delhi yesterday. Reason: they were on...
MUMBAI: Balaji Telefilms is ready to unleash at least nine more shows on various channels before the year ends. Ekta Kapoor – failures notwithstanding, she’s ready...
NEW DELHI: India has a strong footing in entertainment and IT segments, but has failed to make much progress in allied sectors like animation and gaming...
MUMBAI: The Rupert Murdoch-owned media conglomerate News Corporation has reported full year revenues of $21 billion. This marks an increase of 20 per cent over the...
BANGALORE: The Karnataka Film Producers Association (KFPA) has requested all non-Kannada film distributors to refrain from releasing non-Kannada films starting 13 August. As per industry sources,...
MUMBAI: Zee chairman Subhash Chandra has revealed Zee Telefilms’ plans to support the Marathi film industry financially. Chandra was speaking on the occasion of Alpha Marathi’s...
MUMBAI: AXN has announced that its biggest ground event of the year AXN Xtreme: India vs. Pak Challenge kicks off on 21 August with a series...

