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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Toonz Animations has announced that it will launch its second home production, an animated series called Adventures of Hanuman on Cartoon Network next year. ...
MUMBAI: Preparations for the last round of the FIA’s (motorsports’ world body) Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) 2003, the MRF India Rally, are hotting up. ...
MUMABI: At the Seagate Technical Awards, Maya Entertainment Ltd won the excellence in Digital Technology for films and TV for Jajantaram Mamantaram (J2M2) and 6X4 –...
GREENWOOD VILLAGE: 11/05/2003 — Hallmark Channel, and Comcast Cable announced on 5 November that they had reached an agreement providing for additional carriage opportunities for the...
COLOMBO: Ten Sports can breathe a little easier for the moment. Michael Vaughan and his England cricket team will tour Sri Lanka from next week as...
MUMBAI: The music industry is in consolidation mode battered and bruised as it is by Internet music sharing, poor retail revenues and competition with other sources...
LONDON: Paris is the current favourite to win the race to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. The next edition of the greatest sporting spectacle in...
NEW DELHI: In a bid to give further fillip to the entertainment sector in India, the government recently set up a high-powered committee to suggest ways...
MUMBAI: If the Hindi Entertainment channels go ballistic over Big B’s birthday celebration, its time for the Tamil entertainment channel Star Vijay to turn on the...
LONDON: UK entertainment channel BBC Prime will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the music countdown show Top of the Pops with a special New Year’s Eve...
MUMBAI: The National Basketball Association (NBA) is rapidly expanding television coverage. It has signed deals in seven countries including China and Georgia. In India, NBA action...
MUMBAI: A true story about former president Ronald Reagan and his family generated a storm of criticism from the conservative majority in the US. Such was...
NEW YORK: Penthouse International Inc., whose General Media Inc. unit publishes the adult magazine Penthouse, said on 6 November the magazine’s founder, Robert Guccione, has resigned...
WASHINGTON D.C: Leaders from the US broadcast, cable and satellite industries have made a detailed presentation to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). It consists of over...
TOKYO: The first round of the FIVB World Cup of Women’s Volleyball has produced excellent television ratings both in the Tokyo area and throughout Japan. This...
MUMBAI: While Aaj Tak is airing a survey on crime against women as a week long news capsule, Zee news will air its initiative in unearthing...
NEW YORK: Things are looking up at Rupert Murodoch’s media conglomerate News Corp. The company has reported that its first-quarter profit more than doubled on strong...
MUMBAI: They said it wouldn’t work. But we said we wouldn’t say so until we’d tried. The response to the Indian Telly Awards Nominee’s Nite held...
MUMABAI: etc is up in arms. The music channel claims that with its innovative programming and an all-new Bollywood centric approach, it has turned into the...
NEW DELHI: Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Ficci), in association with the Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS), is working on a proposal to...
NEW YORK: Bill Bolster, the former chairman and chief executive of financial news channel CNBC, is retiring, NBC said on 5 November. Bolster, 59, was...
LOS ANGELES: For weeks, Fox used every opportunity during the network’s high-rated playoff broadcasts to relentlessly plug the new Jerry Bruckheimer drama Skin. On 4...
NEW DELHI: India’s pubcaster Prasar Bharati has threatened to take legal action against unauthorised use of its sports-related software by private satellite channels. Most satellite channels...
LONDON: UK broadcaster ITV has stated that over 70 million viewers have so far watched its coverage of the Rugby World Cup from Australia. In India...
NEW YORK: The National Hockey League (NHL) in conjunction with ESPN International have announced that international distribution of NHL programming is at an all time high....
NEW JERSEY: Bollywood Group’s Bollywood Music Awards (BMA) 2003 was held recently at Atlantic City, New Jersey, to honour the artistes of Bollywood music industry. ...
LONDON: Maciek Bernatt-Reszczynski has been appointed as head of BBC World Service in Ukraine. He will take up this position on 7 November. Maciek joined...
LONDON: It may be the all-time box office champion of the UK, US and the world. It may have won 11 Academy Awards. But all that...
WASHING D.C: Authorities in the US are coming down hard on the internet being used a media delivery system. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) HAS adopted...
LOS ANGELES: This is the kind of thing that would give newly appointed censor chief Anupam Kher many a sleepless night! A new reality TV show...
MUMBAI: The latest in Cartoon Network’s new slew of programme initiatives comes from Star Wars creator George Lucas. Star Wars: Clone Wars an epic micro-series consisting...
MUMBAI: It’s not just a phenomenon on the Indian shores, even in the Hollywood actors cave in to the Television reach. While Will Smith and Jada...
MUMBAI: Even as United Television (UTV)’s air-time sales and syndication COO Anil Mishra confirmed his resignation yesterday, the production house has announced another addition to its...
NEW DELHI: Delhi’s bid team for the 2010 Commonwealth Games closely watched the progress of first r Afro-Asian Games which were held in Hyderabad. The final...
MUMBAI: B4U has appointed Samir Mazgaonkar as the new head of sales at B4U India. Taking on the role with immediate effect, Mazgaonkar will be responsible...
LONDON: In the end, the plot went just about according to script for News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch. After over a month of speculation, Murdoch’s youngest...
MUMBAI: Taking an inspiration from the Cannes awards, Radio Mirchi will be launching the Kaan awards. While the Times Group’s radio station has already started inviting...
MUMBAI: Raj TV has announced a celebration night to commemorate the 25 years of Tamil actor Satyaraj. The event will be held at Coimbatore on 9...
LONDON: NDS Group, the maker of pay TV anti-piracy equipment owned by News Corp, announced today that its first-quarter earnings rose 24 per cent to 8.34...
Committee is of the view that the released frequencies for phase II of liberalization of FM transmission will include unutilised spectrum in phase I after migration....
NEW DELHI: Zee Telefilms vice-chairman Jawahar Goels 20-something daughter, Sarika Gupta, died here last evening at the Apollo Hospital of suspected dengue. Sarika, niece of...
NEW DELHI: India’s pubcaster Doordarshan, which has got government permission to start a KU-band direct-to-home television service in India, may advance the launch date to February...
MUMBAI: United Television (UTV)’s chief operating officer, air-time sales and syndication Anil Mishra, has put in his papers after nine year of service. He will be...
Ever since the Election Commission (EC) announced last month that the assembly elections to the four states of Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan would be...
LONDON: The success of Oscar winning filmGladiator a couple of years ago stirred interest in Roman culture and history. Taking a hint from this, the BBC...
LONDON: Over a month of speculation on the appointment of the next CEO of British pay television operator BskyB looks likely to come to an end...
PARIS: The trend towards high definition television (HDTV) is growing steadily. In the US, 2.5 million HD sets will be sold this year according to the...
NEW DELHI: A fragmented cable industry is once again attempting to come together to put up a united front against the pay broadcasters in India. Yet...
MUMBAI: French electronics major Thomson SA and TCL International Holdings Limited, the leading multimedia consumer electronic products manufacturer in China, today announced the signing of a...
MUMBAI: The ‘Only Smiles, No tears’ entertainment channel SAB TV is raring to go places. The channel, which has carved a niche for itself with its...
Platforms get three years to add features for hearing and visually impaired
Strong word-of-mouth turns Pongal satire into remake pick
Streaming giant bets on a seasoned marketer who helped build Amazon and Netflix into household names
Communications leader exits after three years spanning MD office strategy and media outreach.
Cricket star named face of Delhi Khel Mahakumbh to fuel youth talent hunt.
Kolkata-based beverage maker reports stronger revenues and profits for December quarter.
A crime thriller steps out of the shadows as Telugu storytelling claims centre stage.
From boards to bytes, chess readies for a nation-first showdown in Riyadh.
Leadership change follows layoffs, protests and a bruising battle over trust.
Revenue rises 4.3 per cent to Rs 10,209.33 crore while deferred tax gain lifts bottom line sharply
Akshay Kumar and stars launch awards at NSCI Dome on Feb 28
Merger creates one-stop hub for content, digital, and delivery
NEW DELHI: Hamdard Laboratories gathered a cross-section of India’s achievers in New Delhi on Friday, handing out the Hakeem Abdul...
MUMBAI: For decades, creative storytelling has been the cornerstone of brand communication. The “big idea” amplified through catchy jingles, striking...
MUMBAI: Zepto has elevated Ahmad Muneeb to vice president – HR centre of excellence, placing him at the helm of...
