MUMBAI: B4U Music, hitherto a quiet player in the music channel segment, is bustling to make its presence felt among the plethora of me too music...
MUMBAI: Although most of the five star hotels in Mumbai are playing the wait and watch game, few of them have announced their plans to have...
MUMBAI: An innovation must result in the development of a successful business model at an appropriate time. These words by Madison Communications CMD Sam Balsara summed...
MUMBAI: The conditional access system (CAS) provides a golden opportunity for the media fraternity to go beyond ratings and industry constituents must join forces to relook...
MUMBAI: The free to air channels will provide the eyeballs and the pay channels will provide stickiness. These words by TV Today’s Aaj Tak CEO G...
MUMBAI: To mark the launch of a dedicated India feed from Asiasat 2 satellite, FTV will air special programmes beginning 7 July. The Indian touch would...
MUMBAI: The barometer 30-stock Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Sensex continued its ascent; gained 39.28 points to settle at 3,622.34 on Friday (4 July) as compared to...
MUMBAI: There is no logic in banning advertisements on pay TV channels but higher subscription rates might allow pay channels to reduce their dependence on ad...
MUMBAI: They were referred to as the “unsung heroes” — a term used by CMCG managing director Samir Kale for cable channels — but several MSO...
NEW DELHI: A suitable CASe for deferment seems to have been drummed up. The Indian government has seemingly blinked first. After maintaining all these days there...
MUMBAI: From 6 July, BBC World starts a new series of its popular programme Business Bizarre, profiling some unusual businesses in India. They run the gamut...
MUMBAI: Even as a section of broadcasters remained closeted with Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) officials today, another got together separately to voice its opposition to the...
MUMBAI: This is a piece of news that represents a major leap forward in the area of streaming media. The Films Division, attached to the information...
MUMBAI: The Karishma imbroglio notwithstanding, Sahara Manoranjan has been gaining viewership for its entertainment programmes. As per the recently released TAM media report for Hindi speaking...
MUMBAI: Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Ltd. (BECIL) has conducted a live test on Hathway’s Digital Set Top Box (STB) and confirmed that it meets BIS specifications....
Mumbai: CAS stands for confusion, anarchy, stupidity. That is the way media expert and former Star India ad sales head Raj Nayak described the CAS conundrum...
NEW DELHI: Zee Turner Pvt. Ltd has conveyed to the government its a la carte price with the promise that in every city where CAS is...
MUMBAI: What’s with television production houses and filmmakers? Despite burning their fingers with Yeh Mohabbat Hai some years back- a debut venture under independent banner Eagle...
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: It’s another day of meetings over CAS for the major pay broadcasters in the Capital with the Prime Minister’s Office officials Today’s meeting at...
NEW DELHI: A limited edition of conditional access in the four metros, especially in Delhi and Mumbai, is on its way. The MSOs and cable operators...
MUMBAI: The host of popular shows such as Boogie Woogie (Sony TV) and song and dance talent show Grooves (Sahara) Jaaved Jaaferi is back in the...
MUMBAI: It might seem like the world can’t get enough of the cricket celebrities or the football studs but there are certain pockets of the world...
MUMBAI: Less than a fortnight before the conditional access system (CAS) gets implemented in Mumbai, the first of its kind suburban news channel has been launched....
MUMBAI: The Prannoy Roy-promoted news network NDTV, has entered into an agreement with Standard Chartered Private Equity Limited (SCPEL) for the infusion of approximately $11 million...
NEW DELHI: Close on the heels of a meeting that the PMO officials had with broadcasters yesterday, leading MSOs today agreed that if there is an...
MUMBAI: When it comes to awards Max appears to be the channel to beat. At the Promax & BDA Asia Awards 2003 in Singapore last evening,...
It's a pleasant surprise when one sees her for the first time, shorn of the burden of age that dogs her on screen. If Kamalika Guha...
MUMBAI: “This is our World… And the rest of the World is still in black and white.” A Kodak moment? Not quite. Just the tag line...
NEW DELHI: The MSOs cannot come to a consensus on the areas that may be first included for conditional access rollout in the four metros. The...
MUMBAI: Sitars, tanpuras, dhols and thumbi mashed up with dancefloor beats, rocky guitar riffs and catchy vocal. International music with eastern influences. is what music fans...
NEW DELHI: One more politician has entered the fray! Janata Dal supremo Sharad Yadav, who is also a minister of consumer affairs, food and public distribution...
MUMBAI: In what looks like an attempt to expand its viewer base in the UK, Zee Music is all set to turn free-to-air this month (exact...
NEW DELHI: The MSOs cannot come to a consensus on the areas that may be first included for conditional access rollout in the four metros. The...
LONDON: To accommodate increased customer demand for video services, Intelsat has appointed Doug Triblehorn and Jean-Philippe Gillet to head regional sales efforts for the company’s media...
LONDON: In line with it’s commitment to its long-term regional expansion strategy, MTV Europe is set to launch its 11th channel, MTV Portugal on 3 July....
NEW DELHI: The confusion over the alternative and seemingly unviable options being mooted by the information and broadcasting ministry have forced broadcasters to approach PMO officials....
MUMBAI: The watered down version of FTV that has turned FTA and is available on Asiasat 2 now has a specially customised programme for India. According...
MUMBAI: Radio City, the private FM radio station backed by Star, turns two years old on 3 July in the Garden City. The channel has organised...
MUMBAI: “This is our World… And the rest of the World is still in black and white.” A Kodak moment? Not quite. Just the tag line...
MUMBAI: The first tennis Grand Slam of the year the Australian Open has announced that IBM has extended its role as the official information technology and...
NEW DELHI: It took the Indian government and bureaucrats almost six months to realise that conditional access system may not turn out to be as consumer...
MUMBAI: Veteran funny man of Broadway, nightclubs, TV and Hollywood movies Buddy Hackett, died on Monday, 30 June. He was 78. The talk-show host, television and...
MUMBAI: The government’s decision to implement the conditional access system (CAS) by way of dual illumination has created problems for the multi-system operators (MSOs) such as...
MUMBAI: In sync with its new positioning of a channel with a “Bharatiya Dil” (Indian heart), music and entertainment channel etc has taken its shows Essence...
MUMBAI: It’s time for some happy weekdays at Hallmark. Starting today, 1 July, Hallmark Channel will be featuring sitcom slot every Monday to Friday at 6...
MUMBAI: If all goes well, the long delayed Kaalki should finally make its appearance on Star Plus by the first week of August. The 45 minute...
MUMBAI: Its show time folks. Star World is ready to debut three new launches for the season. The trio to be unveiled in forthcoming weeks comprise...
ETC Networks director and Broadband Pacenet India chairman Jagjit Singh Kohli is a man doing a tight-rope balancing act as far as the conditional access system...
NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: Karishma may yet shine on the small screen and Sahara TV may yet be able to woo the viewers in an effort to cash...
HONG KONG: Rupert Murdoch’s Star Group is looking to make further inroads into China. The broadcaster and Chinese wireless value-added services provider Linktone Consulting have joined...