MUMBAI: Looks like live shows have given Zee Music a much needed shot in the arm. The channel claims that ever since they started airing their...
MUMBAI: Media software production powerhouse Balaji Telefilms has finally reached India’s most literate shores, the southern state of Kerala. Attempting to woo the Malayalam-speaking audience, Balaji...
MUMBAI: After a gap of two years, it’s comeback time for ghosts and ghouls on Malayalam channels.Two years ago, the top two Malayalam channels — Asianet...
MUMBAI: Dr Prannoy Roy’s New Delhi Television Ltd. (NDTV) has announced its results for the quarter ended 31 March 2004. The company achieved cash break even...
MUMBAI: Small pay television license holders in Hong Kong, Hong Kong’s Yes Television and Taiwan’s TV plus have decided to say good bye to the country’s...
MUMBAI: It is learnt that Pakistan’s Ministry of Culture is likely to allow the screening of Indian films on a selective basis by next week. According...
NEW DELHI: Hindi news channels Zee News may not rank very high on the “media noise” quotient but that is not to say it is out...
MUMBAI: Comcast Cable and Microsoft Corp. today announced an agreement that extends their existing relationship and gives Comcast the ability to make Microsoft TV Foundation Edition...
MUMBAI: Ten Sports will air the 2004 French open live. The channel has acquired the exclusive cable and satellite television rights to telecast the tournament live....
MUMBAI: For the financial year ended 31 March, 2003, Balaji Telefilms has posted a net profit of Rs 554.08 million, down from Rs 574.14 million; a...
MUMBAI: New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV) board today approved to launch a separate Business News channel. This, however, is subject to obtaining necessary approvals and premissions...
MUMBAI: The Brit creator of Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?, Paul Smith of Celador International, sued the Walt Disney Co. on Thursday accusing it of...
MUMBAI: Something is definitely brewing on the sets of Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand. When quizzed, both the channel and the producers have a common refrain...
MUMBAI: The first phase has been rolled out.Bollywood film star Saif Ali Khan as brand ambassador and a tie up with Hum Tum is just the...
BERMUDA: Intelsat has announced that it has withdrawn its plan to launch an initial public offering. The communication company also declared its intention to explore strategic...
MUMBAI: Monsoon showers, movies and tea – talk about bliss. This monsoon, HBO has lined up some good movies for its viewer. While the “Big One”...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati has taken strong exception to the fact that private satellite news channels relayed almost in full Doordarshan News’ exclusive coverage of the...
NEW DELHI: The new Congress-led coalition government would like to de-saffronise Prasar Bharati, which would mean that people owing allegiance to it and other allies of...
MUMBAI: Ajay Patadia, former Balaji Telefilms president has taken the entrepreneurial plunge. The 29-year-old has teamed up with Prima Entertainment, a South East Asian media company,...
MUMBAI: Veteran television executive Mark Thompson is the new director general of BBC. Thompson, the chief executive of the private Channel 4 television, will replace Greg...
MUMBAI: TVC a leading brand in direct selling and a pioneer of teleshopping in India has launched TVC Online, a 24 hour dedicated teleshopping channel. This...
MUMBAI: CBS has crafted a traditionalist’s schedule, bringing in Jason Alexander, Rob Lowe and John Goodman to anchor new series. The nation’s most popular network unveiled...
Till two years ago, prime time for Marathi channels in Maharashtra ended at 8:30 pm. Cable and satellite viewers, fed with small doses of Marathi shows,...
MUMBAI: America’s Collectibles Network (ACN) has relaunched its 10-year old shopping network as Jewelry Television by ACN. The announcement was made yesterday. The stated aim of...
The name is Shroff… Shravan Shroff. Claim to fame: Fame Adlabs. Armed with an MBA degree, this alumnus of Melbourne Business School, Australia came back to...
MUMBAI: Two days of uncertainty came to an end this evening after it became clear that the “father of the Indian reform process” Dr Manmohan Singh...
MUMBAI: Blake Flynn of MGM has been promoted to VP business affairs for worldwide television distribution. He looks after negotiations with overseas carriage partners and with...
MUMBAI: TV Eighteen annual results for the year ended 31 March 2004 reports their net profit at Rs.130.73 million excluding forex gains/losses and deferred tax adjustment....
MUMBAI : The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) will hold its second annual Television Producers Boot Camp- workshops and pitch pit, a two-day event...
MUMBAI: Looks like Tony Shalhoub is a hot property on Star World. After the channel re-launched Monk , it is all set to launch Shalhoub’s ‘new...
MUMBAI: Communications test solutions provider Acterna has appointed John J. Jones IV as its new vice president of sales and services for the Asia Pacific region....
MUMUMBAI: Emmy-award winning home decorating and cooking show Martha Stewart Living Television would be placed on hiatus as Stewart contends with a criminal conviction, informed Martha...
MUMBAI: Q Television Network has confirmed their successful soft launch. The test broadcast went on for five hours. The sample broadcast signal was available throughout all...
MUMBAI: “The 2004 expo and conference is a reality check in the classic sense. The dream sequence of the global marketplace converging at Computer graphics and...
MUMBAI: CNN has appointed Atika Shubert as a CNNs Tokyo correspondent.Shubert will be replacing Rebecca Mackinnon. Her latest job portfolio include responsibility for the global news...
MUMBAI: Time Warner Inc., is considering buying the bankrupt Colorado based cable operator Adelphia Communications Corp. Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons was recently quoted in the...
MUMBAI: Alfred Haber Distribution has reached a deal with Italy’s Lux Vide to distribute the mini-series Mother Teresa in Latin America and the Caribbean. It has...
MUMBAI: Asia’s premier electronic media event BroadcastAsia2004 will be held in Singapore from 15 – 18 June. Themed Redefining Broadcasting, BroadcastAsia2004 will encompass the entire spectrum...
MUMBAI: GRB Entertainment scores its first simulcast for Next Action Star by completing a deal with Canadian broadcaster CTV. The series launches in prime time throughout...
MUMBAI: New Delhi Television India Ltd (NDTV) joined the big league today as it was officially listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange at 9:55 am this...
MUMBAI: Mid-March this year, Balaji Telefilms’ Kya Haadsa Kya Haqeeqat (KHKH) which was originally a one-hour Fri-Sat-Sun show from 8 – 9 pm, became a Fri-Sat...
MUMBAI: Star Plus’ “flanker” channel sibling is finally ready to make its bow and it’s not named Classic. Come 7 June and the Hindi entertainment space...
MUMBAI: A circular issued by China’s State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) emphasises improving the quality and quantity of domestically created cartoons, while at...
MUMBAI: NBC’s hit medical comedy Scrubs has got an extension of two seasons. Announcing the decision, NBC Universal Television Group president Jeff Zucker and NBC Entertainment...
MUMBAI: Celebrity anchor Jimmy Fallon won’t be there anymore to present the hit NBC comedy show Saturday Night Live. Fallon has announced that he was leaving...
MUMBAI: Is the pubcaster looking at a complete image overhaul? Although the idea seems preposterous, if the new serial Miss India, which is set to air...
MUMBAI: Television Eighteen India Ltd today announced that resources upto Rs 500 million will be raised for funding the Companies expansion by way of Rights Issue/Preferential...
MUMBAI: DD Sahyadri is set to make hay from the first mega scale commissioned programming from Prasar Bharati to hit the terrestrial small screen in a...
MUMBAI: Bringing an extreme makeover of its primetime schedule for next season, ABC network is expected to reduce its comedy programme strength from 10 shows to...
MUMBAI: It’s time to gear up for competition, existing and imminent. Pogo, the five month old children’s channel from Turner, is ready with phase II of...