PARIS: The winners of the sixth Hot Bird TV Awards were announced a few days ago at a ceremony in Venice. Organised by Eutelsat and Eurovisioni,...
MUMBAI: There is no bigger draw in sport as far as India is concerned than India cricket. From today Saurav’s boys seek to gain revenge over...
MUMBAI: Time to put on your dancing shoes. Channel [v] has earmarked 11 October, for its music scene for The Big [V] Concert. The concert will...
NEW DELHI: Synergy amongst all group companies under the umbrella of the Subhash Chandra-controlled Essel Group is the key word these days. In line with that...
MUMBAI: Has Tarun Katial, Star India’s senior vice-president, programming, content and communication, put in his papers following his transfer to Star Asia’s head office in Hong...
CANNES: The winds were gusty and howling at Canne’s Le Croissette on the eve of the flag off of Reed Midem’s Mipcom Junior market at The...
SYDNEY: The launch of the official Rugby World Cup (RWC) website took place in Sydney a few days ago. The event kicks off on 10 October...
LONDON: Investment in new, quality programmes on British television is the highest level per head in the world. Overall market investment is also encouraged by strong...
LONDON: Investment in new, quality programmes on British television is the highest level per head in the world. Overall market investment is also encouraged by strong...
MUMBAI: Has Tarun Katial, Star India’s senior vice-president, programming, content and communication, put in his papers following his transfer to Star Asia’s head office in Hong...
PARIS: The winners of the sixth Hot Bird TV Awards were announced a few days ago at a ceremony in Venice. Organised by Eutelsat and Eurovisioni,...
MUMBAI: While Star Plus’ claim to fame can be Saas Bahu genre, it’s thrillers that rule the rooster at Sony Entertainment Television. Come October 10 and...
For someone who was pursuing geology at Kumaon University in the beautiful and quiet town of Nainital; National School of Drama (NSD) sure was a different...
NEW DELHI: The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) today cleared the application by Media Content Communications Services (MCCS) India, the holding company for the Star News...
MUMBAI: News Corp’s proposed takeover of General Motor’s Hughes Electronics Corp has received shareholder approval. In a statement issued yesterday, GM said that of the stockholders...
MUMBAI: Niche channel Discovery is upping the ante on India-specific programming under its Discover India block. Discover India, a one-hour series focusing on various facades of...
MUMBAI: Ex-cricketer and actor, Salil Ankola today launched the DVD and VCD version of The Lion King, along with his wife and kids at the Oxford...
MUMBAI: Zee Cinema’s Sholay gamble has paid off, claims the channel. The evergreen hit that had an unprecedented run in cinema theatres when it was released...
MUMBAI: On 5 October, DJ Manish was declared the winner of the MTV Motoalert DJ Challenge, in a final knockout at the Velocity, Mumbai. Manish was...
MUMBAI: A car hanging on a crane 25 feet in the air! People attempting to walk on slippery soap from one end of a place to...
When the 20-something Sushanto Roy was named CEO of Sahara India’s media and entertainment division, sceptics tittered that it was father and chairman Subrata Roy’s way...
Associated Press Television News (APTN) is the world’s largest video news agency, breaking international news service delivered via satellite to 87 per cent of the world’s...
CALIFORNIA: This has the makings of a revolution in terms of who really controls the idiot box – the viewer. Internet-based television network Mastery Television has...
NEW YORK: Viacom owned US broadcaster CBS is doing its best to bring to the fore efforts made in the areas of community outreach, programming and...
MUMBAI: When you have dominated the weekday afternoon and evening prime time for a length of time that probably has no parallels in television history, what...
MUMBAI: The Motion Picture Association (MPA), through its legal advisors Lall & Sethi, is organising a Copyright Enforcement of Motion Pictures seminar. The seminar will take...
MUMBAI: Veteran journalist and CNN anchor Judy Woodruff has received the 2003 International Matrix Award. The citation was given by US organisation The Association for Women...
MUMBAI: The Ronnie Screwvala-promoted production house UTV Asia hopes to sell and syndicate its two international co-productions Infinite Darcy and Bollywood Road at this year’s Mipcom...
MUMBAI: Its show time for the news channels. The Election Commission (EC) today announced that elections in Madhya Pradesh, new state Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Delhi will...
MUMBAI: With the Union Cabinet on Friday clearing a proposal for starting DD News by closing DD Metro, national broadcaster Doordarshan is all set to launch...
NEW DELHI: Zee News has put in place an aggressive programming line-up through state-of-the-art technology and viewer interface to cover the forthcoming assembly elections across five...
MUMBAI: Keertan Adyanthaya, Star India’s vice president content & communication for Channel [V], has moved on to take over as brand director, Star News. Amar Deb,...
NEW DELHI: Zee News has put in place an aggressive programming line-up through state-of-the-art technology and viewer interface to cover the forthcoming assembly elections across five...
LONDON: This is a move aimed at preventing monopoly in the British football television market. The European Commission is poised to block the sale of English...
MUMBAI: Production house UTV, currently one of the major software suppliers to Star Plus, is going back to Doordarshan by November. On the cards is a...
LONDON: Kenya’s Eddie Ogembo and Switzerland’s Anuradha Swaminathan have won the two top honours in the BBC World Service International Playwriting Competition for this year. While...
HASSAN: In the third and final stage of orbit-raising operation conducted on 1 October at Master Control Facility (MCF) in Hassan (Karnataka), INSAT-3E was placed near...
WASHINGTON DC: Media conglomerate Viacom’s radio unit Infinity Broadcasting has drawn the ire of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The media watchdog has fined the company...
MUMBAI: Three more exclusive movie channels are expected to come on board Zee’s direct-to-home (DTH) venture DishTV, after Smile and Premier TV – the two home...
NEW YORK: ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown commentator Rush Limbaugh resigned from ESPN Wednesday night, three days after making controversial statements against Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb....
Star World is counting on the science fiction genre to widen its audience base and maintain viewer loyalty. Dark Angel from the mind of Oscar winner...
MUMBAI: While NBC’s enormously popular Friends has already stepped into the 10th and final season on US television, Zee English is all set to welcome the...
CULVER CITY: Sony Pictures Television International’s (SPTI) top-rated German series produced for the RTL network took home top honours in all categories in which they were...
NEW YORK: ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown commentator Rush Limbaugh resigned from ESPN Wednesday night, three days after making controversial statements against Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb....
NEW DELHI: India Business Report, the popular weekly business programme on BBC World, is back with a brand new series City Business Guide which will profile...
MUMBAI: Television actor Amarr Upadhyay has been provided police protection after five armed robbers yesterday looted the office of his recently formed marketing firm. DP Singh,...
MUMBAI: 93.5 RED FM, from the Living Media group, has launched a radio game show in Delhi on Thursday. 93.5 RED FM’s RED ka Dhan Dhamaka...
MUMBAI: It may not have been the first television station to go functional in the country, but Doordarshan’s Mumbai kendra can, as it turns 31 today,...
NEW DELHI: The Aroon Purie-controlled India Today Group (ITG) , leading Indian magazine publishing company and publisher of India Today, has announced a new licensing agreement...
MELBOURNE: The first tennis Grand Slam tournament of the year The Australian Open is played in incredible heat in January. Dehydration and cramps are common. So...