MUMBAI: Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand seems to be going the Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi way. Ashlesha Savant Tonight’s Des Mein… episode will...
NEW DELHI: Giving a thumbs up to the Indian economy, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today announced its monetary and credit policy review for the...
MUMBAI: At least eight million viewers in South East Asia and Taiwan followed Steven Spielberg’s epic saga Taken on Star Movies. In India, however, the show...
NEW DELHI: Radio City 91 FM has announced the launch of “Radio Awards for Public Service” on the theme “Educate the Girl Child” in association with...
MUMBAI: Galaxy Entertainment Corporation, a public limited company listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange, has declared a net profit of Rs 8.741 million during the second...
NEW DELHI: DD News, the news channel from the Indian pubcaster Doordarshan’s stable, relaunched today, sporting a new, on-air look. The channel logo – DD’s...
MUMBAI: The musical countdown has begun. MTV has positioned its lights and camera and music and has announced the nominees for its first ever music awards...
NEW YORK: Bloomberg Television has been nominated for an Emmy Award in the First Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards For Business and Financial Reporting. ...
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 humour...
The total number of frequencies that an entity may hold, directly or indirectly, nationally in each phase should not be more than 25 per cent of...
The PBS (Public Broadcast Service in the USA) model and the BBC model for non-commercial channels are widely followed abroad, where the programmes are funded by...
Networking or chain broadcasts means simultaneous transmission of programmes by various broadcast stations (transmitters). Licensees in Phase I were not permitted to Network except on important...
MUMBAI: It is edging towards an image overhaul. From being labeled as the blood and gore channel, it is gradually moved towards being action and adventure...
MUMBAI: The ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 will feature 16 teams but the final format for the event is still to be agreed after the ICC...
The Committee is of the view that it is possible to help the market process in the direction of development of niche channels. In this respect...
LONDON: BSkyB, the satellite television group, is set to put through its fourth successive inflation-busting price rise to customers. The increase – more than many analysts...
MUMBAI: 30 minutes of unadulterated, timeless, good music, is B4U Music’s recipe for a great Sunday brunch. Starting 2 November, every Sunday at 11 am, B4U...
NEW YORK: The United States Tennis Association (USTA) and CBS Sports have announced a landmark broadcast television partnership that includes an extension of CBS Sports’ America...
MUMBAI: Seems like loads of actions happening on telly this week. While Sab TV launches two new shows, AXN, CNBC and Star World will be releasing...
MUMBAI: B.A.G Films Ltd reported a whooping 177 per cent increase in Net Profit After Tax for the half year ended 30 September, 2003 over the...
NEW DELHI: Happy days for the Zee family of channels? If the flagship, Zee TV, is moving ahead by garnering an additional channel share in the...
LONDON: The BBC and Fox Television Studios in the US are joining forces to make a drama about a fictional terrorist attack on London. The three...
MUMBAI: On November 7, Henna on Sony TV will complete 250 episodes. And who can be happier about the show’s success than it’s lead protagonist Simone...
MUMBAI: The power of Generation Next in deciding family purchase decisions ranging from media and entertainment to even what food is eaten in American homes is...
BARBADOS: The next edition of the World Cup is four years away but the sparks are already starting to fly. West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president...
MUMBAI: With the news channels bolstering its weekend viewing, CNBC had to jump in to buttress its menu. The business news channel has got back the...
CALIFORNIA: Making the audience suspend their disbelief to a greater degree is one of the main challenges that the action series 24 is facing. The third...
SINGAPORE: The Asia Media Festival (AMF) 2003, an annual media industry fiesta hosted by the Media Development Authority (MDA) and organised by Reed Exhibitions, is set...
LOS ANGELES: Comedian Dennis Miller will become a TV talking head again in January, this time hosting an hour long show five nights a week on...
MUMBAI: World Cup champions Australia took home most of the spoils at the 8th Annual Ceat International Cricket Rating Awards for the year 2002-2003. The awards...
HONG KONG: Discovery Networks Asia has expanded its penetration in the Asia Pacific region. The broadcaster has signed a five-channel carriage deal with Hong Kong Cable...
NEW DELHI: After the launch of animation series Adventures Of Chhota Birbal in Cartoon Network earlier this month, the show’s Mumbai-based producer CB Media Ventures is...
MUMBAI: Haath Se Haath Milaa, a TV show produced by BBC World Service Trust, Delhi, in partnership with Prasar Bharati and NACO (National Aids Control Organisation),...
NEW YORK: Most mobile telephone users in the US have a chance to participate directly in America Rocks the Vote. The Democratic presidential candidate forum takes...
FRANKFURT: Cut-throat competition forced by fiction based programmes and reality television have pushed some Formula One event organisers to modify their offerings in order to attract...
MUMBAI: The war regarding who is numero uno among the music channels is getting red hot. Yesterday Channel [V] held a party boasting that it was...
Deepak Segal had films in his blood but hated watching them as a kid. Aeroplanes is what excited him. Segal is a walking encylopeadia on...
MUMBAI: New BPO clients and resource optimisation have helped Hinduja TMT post net profit of Rs 203 million for the quarter ended 30 September, 2003, 18...
MUMBAI: Frames 2003, billed as Asia’s biggest convention on the business of entertainment, will reflect on the future direction for the mantra of corporatisation and convergence....
MUMBAI: National Geographic Channel (NGC) unveiled its final big programming of the year 2003 today (Thursday). The channel has announced the premiere of Secrets Unveiled, a...
MUMBAI: The bubble burst forth in full flow this evening as Star’s music channel – Channel [V] celebrated its status as the number one music station...
MUMBAI: Star World is in for some image sprucing. Moving away from its predominant Western content, the English entertainment channel split its beam with an India...
MUMBAI: The husband and wife team of Radhika and Prannoy Roy of New Delhi Television (NDTV) have won the Ernst & Young (E&Y) Entrepreneur of the...
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is continuing to expand the line up of television channels in Asia. Animax Asia will launch in January 2004. The Singapore,...
MUMBAI: In India it may be Max that has C&S telecast rights for the World Cup, but in Pakistan it is Ten Sports. Ten Sports has...
TRIVANDRUM: As many as 26 films from production houses such as Channel V and MTV are competing for top honours at the fourth Week With The...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati is going ahead with its news channel in great gusto and would see that government orders make it mandatory for cable operators...
LONDON: Following a competitive tender, the BBC and software major Microsoft have signed a contract. As per this Bill Gates’ conglomerate will develop the technology to...
LOS ANGELES: Sports broadcaster ESPN has reached a new multi-year agreement for telecast rights to the Spanish Football League throughout Latin America and the Pacific Rim....
MUMBAI: 72 per cent of television sets in urban Bihar are the black and white types. Close to 57 per cent of TV sets in the...