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MUMBAI: The Central government on Monday has stated that it would ask the state governments to cap entertainment tax at 45 per cent. It will also...
CANNES: It is known to be one of the biggest markets for television programming, along with Natpe, which is held in the US. And there’s no...
NEW DELHI: The battle between Subhash Chandra’s companies, ASC Enterprise and Siti Cable, and other broadcasters like Star India and Sony Entertainment Television (SET) hots up...
52-year old Peter Chernin does not come across like your typical media CEO. No flamboyance, no arrogance, no showing off. Just a regular business guy. The...
On 14 October, India's first 24-hour non-stop Punjabi music channel, Balle-Balle will complete one year of its existence. For Balle-Balle, it has been an eventful year,...
LOS ANGELES: Greg Matson has been promoted to the post of senior VP, business development and legal affairs, for Universal Studios Networks (USN). USN is the...
FRANCE: MGM Networks is rapidly expanding distribution reach in Europe. The broadcaster and Swiss pay TV provider Teleclub AG have launched the MGM Channel to Teleclub...
MUMBAI: Another production house breaks into the Balaji bastion. Cinevistaas, whose nearly two year old hospital drama turned love tangle Sanjivani, had been rising in the...
CANNES: The buyers arrived in droves to MipCom 2003. With one day left for the market to close, Reed Midem disclosed that the number of programme...
CANNES: With a day left for MipCom 2003 to close, Reed Midem distributed statistics of attendance for one of the topmost television programme markets in the...
CANNES: Reed Midem’s director of television division Paul C Johnson is a pleased man. MipCom has proved to be successful: the organisation recognised News Corp No...
LONDON: The BBC has acquired exclusive UK TV rights from Sony Pictures Television International to broadcast the new series, Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital. It is based...
NEW YORK: Eurodata TV Worldwide and consulting company TVtracker.com that specialises in US television development tracking in broadcast, cable and syndication, have joined forces. Eurodata TV...
FRANKFURT: This is a move that should give a boost to video-on-demand (VOD) in Europe. MGM International Television Distribution, has agreed to supply European Internet Service...
CANNES: He has the same passion to succeed that his father displayed. The same aggression. The same shrewd intelligence. And he’s doing something that his father...
MUMBAI: It was a befittingly glitzy affair in the city yesterday as Indian cinema’s biggest brand Amitabh Bachchan marked his 61st birthday by relaunching ABCL as...
MUMBAI: After an action packed week boasting of interesting launches including Star Plus’ weekly Jeet and magic talent show Jaaduu, Zee’s weekend special series Kabhie Kabhie,...
CANNES: The 2003 Mipcom Junior screenings which were held on 8 and 9 October in Cannes broke all viewing records since it’s launch in 1996. A...
MUMBAI: A change of face on Sab TV this week. The women centric talk shows on the ‘all laugh no tears’ channel, Kuch Diiil Se will...
CANNES: The National Geographic channel is working on streamlining its interface with producers. Towards this end, it is launching an interactive website, www.NGCIdeas.com on 20 November....
FRANCE: Philip Livingstone, who has been instrumental in the worldwide launch of the highly successful Who Wants To Be a Millionaire franchise, has been named Executive...
MUMBAI: The latest Pan Asia Cross Media Survey (PAX 2002/03 suggests that CNN’s audiences earned US$79.9 billion in the past year. According to the study posted...
CANNES: It’s international TV awards announcement time at the Palais de Festivals in Mipcom. After the iemmys, now it is the turn of the Festival Rose...
MUMBAI: ‘Paanch’ seems to be the buzz word at Vijay TV. Star networks’ Tamil channel has announced launch of five new weekly shows, scheduled to roll...
CANNES: It is now official that The History Channel is coming to India. Today, AETN International, the division of A&E Television Networks, used the MipCom platform...
NEW YORK: Barry Fischer, the Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) executive directly responsible for developing Media at the Millennium has been named executive vice president of market...
MUMBAI: One of MTV’s big ground events for the year is less than a week away. The Lycra MTV Style Awards will be held at the...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan has been re-elected as a member of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union’s (ABU) administrative council for another three-year term. In the election held at...
MUMBAI: This is a deal that marks a first for Walt Disney. In the UK the mouse is all set to launch its first wholly owned,...
NEW DELHI: Trivandrum-based animation studio Toonz Animation has appointed P. Jayakumar as the chief operating officer for Indian operations. Besides this, Toonz Animation has also announced...
CANNES: Cinar Corporation, an integrated entertainment and education company arrives at Mipcom with significant sales for two of its leading franchises, Arthur and Mona The Vampire,...
MUMBAI: LG Electronics India managing director (MD) K R Kim walked away with the Super Achievers Award organised by Consumer Electronics and TV Manufacturers Association (CETMA)....
CANNES: World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE) has secured its first terrestrial deal in Italy with the sale of 52 hours of WWE’s highly rated SmackDown! to...
MUMBAI: Last year in January the horror film The Mummy gave HBO a place in TAM’s top 100. Since then, no other blockbuster has seen that...
CANNES: Mipcom 2003 at the Palais de Festivals witnessed another important announcement a short while ago. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the...
GERMANY: Eurosport and the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour have extended their multi-year broadcast agreement. This calls for the leading pan-European sports channel to devote more...
MUMBAI: Nine out of 10 is good news, even if it is second time in row. Zee Telefilm’s Marathi arm Alpha Marathi, has its programmes bag...
LONDON: The BBC’s director general Greg Dyke will take over the chairmanship of the Cultural Diversity Network (CDN) from Channel 4 for one year from December....
MUMBAI: Seems like NDTV 24×7 is seriously bolstering its weekend viewing. While the serious news cracking is reserved for weekdays, weekends seems to drift towards lifestyle...
MUMBAI: Hinduja TMT (HTMT) has been ranked second after GE Capital among the top 15 BPO companies as per the final rankings of the Dataquest –...
MUMBAI: Former UTV COO Manish Popat has joined the AV Birla promoted Applause Entertainment as senior vice president from 6 October 2003. Popat will handle all...
NEW DELHI: What are Zee Telefilms, the biggest vertically integrated Indian media company, India’s pubcaster Prasar Bharati and TV production companies like Crest Communication doing at...
WASHINGTON, DC: The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis (OSP) and the International Bureau (IB) has released a joint staff report...
CULVER CITY: Sony Pictures Entertainment’s (SPE) action and adventure channel AXN is expanding its reach. AXN launches in six East European countries – Poland, Hungary, The...
CANNES: More than a dozen Indian companies are marking their presence at MipCom 2003 in the Palais de Festivals in Cannes. Scheduled to be held from...
PARIS: An additional 43 TVFI members have their own stands. In all, 75 members of TV France International, out of a total membership of 157, will...
MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms Ltd has announced that it will hold its Board of Directors’ (BoD) meeting on October 16, 2003. Balaji Telefilms Ltd will also hold...
The unwritten media book puts down a universal rule of thumb – guys dig news, sports, reality shows and action movies. Women prefer comedies, romance and...
MUMBAI: Independent producers associated to Doordarshan (DD) kendras in Bangalore, Tiruvananthapuram, Hyderabad and Chennai have finally ended their stir – but only after the pubcaster assured...
NEW DELHI: The seventh Pan Asia Cross Media Survey (PAX) has found that BBC World has sustained the audience it gained in 2002. It has also...
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...
