MUMBAI: “The post-CAS scenario – good interplay of market forces; healthy intervention of the government!” These were the words with which information and broadcasting minister Ravi...
LONDON: Television viewers show a high degree of acceptance of disabled people on screen, with 79 per cent saying they would not mind if a disabled...
MUMBAI: Modi Entertainment Network, after an apparently failed attempt to patch up matters with Fashion TV, Paris, has issued a statement today claiming that the fashion...
MUMBAI: Fashion TV has finally decied to act. In a statement issued yesterday in Paris, FTV has said it is preparing ‘a civil criminal charge against...
LONDON: BBC Worldwide has announced that its channel BBC Food has launched across Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. BBC Food is the first new BBC channel...
HONG KONG: Ever since last year member channels of the Cable and satellite broadcast association of Asia (CASBAA) have been concerned over the sale of decoders...
NEW DELHI: Facing opposition from Shiv Sena Supremo Bal Thackeray on the Conditional Access System, information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is likely to meet...
NEW DELHI: In a major communications overhaul, the Subhash Chandra-led Essel Group has decided to create a signature group under Corporate Brand Development Group (CBDG) for...
LOS ANGELES: Tinseltown Entertainment has announced that its top-rated weekly entertainment program, Tinseltown Live, marks its first anniversary next week as the number one program in...
MUMBAI: To feed the appetite of cricket fans in Indonesia, ESPN STAR Sports and Kablevision jointly announced that they had reached an agreement to bring the...
MUMBAI: Nine cable operators have come together to form Manthan Broadband, a service that aims to offer cable TV services in Kolkata in a post conditional...
NEW DELHI: In a bid to strengthen ts local content, Cartoon Network has gone in for its fourth local acquisition in two years. More such acquisitions,...
MUMBAI: One of the most important events in the calendar of the Indian fashion industry, the fourth Lakme India Fashion Week (LIFW) will kick off in...
MUMBAI: It’s finally here. An incisive look at the story behind the news that Star’s 24 hour Hindi news channel l had announced during its launch...
MUMBAI: If its News Corp company Global Cricket Corporation (GCC) that is claiming damages from the International Cricket Council (ICC) for non-delivery of various rights and...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government has decided to authorize all registered Indian newspapers to enter into syndication arrangements with foreign publications, under an automatic approval route...
CHICAGO: ABC News and RealNetworks, which claims to be a global leader in network-delivered digital media, have announced that they have expanded their agreement. With this...
MUMBAI: VH1, the more mature offspring of MTV Networks, takes its first tentative step in Asia with a debut in Asia this month. VH1 will...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: Hook on early and get to see your favourite pay channels at an attractive “invitation price”. That is the proposition that the...
MUMBAI: Television, film actor Trevor Goddard died on Sunday from a suspected drug overdose at his North Hollywood home, say media reports. The 37-year-old actor, a...
MUMBAI: With the countdown to the conditional access rollout deadline well and truely on, the information and broadcast ministry is attempting to “educate” the public on...
NEW DELHI: After the government ‘s summer offer in the form of slashed duties on import of set top boxes, it’s the turn of the broadcasters...
MUMBAI: SET’s packaging, channel ID and on air look won kudos at the 25th annual BDA Design Awards at a ceremony in Los Angeles on 6...
MUMBAI: The peak of India’s fashion scene, The Lakme India Fashion Week, is shifting broadcast residence. The showcase event that has been hitherto airing on Star...
MUMBAI: The Discovery Channel has announced that Egyptologist Dr Joann Fletcher has perhaps discovered and identified the mummy believed to be that of ancient Egypt’s stunningly...
MUMBAI: If there was an element of speculation earlier it is now official. A watered down version of French fashion channel FTV will be what is...
From actor to scriptwriter and teacher to CEO of a multifaceted production house, Akash Khurana stands out as a rare example of talent and passion married...
CHICAGO: Blackbelt TV which claims to be the world’s first and only 24-hour martial arts entertainment cable network has announced a programming coup. This includes an...
MUMBAI: ETC Networks’ channels etc Music and etc Channel Punjabi will remain free-to-air post 14 July 2003. According to a press release, the company has made...
MUMBAI: Friday the 13th. A lot riding on that date for Subrata Roy’s Sahara TV because that is when the copywrite infringement case brought against its...
MUMBAI: ESPN Star Sports bossman in India Manu Sawhney has been promoted and is moving to Singapore. Sawhney, currently ESPN Software India Pvt Ltd managing director,...
MUMBAI: It is boom time for ad buyers and media planners who had earlier opted for the current surprise toppers on Star Plus. For the third...
NEW DELHI: Taking a cue from renowned fable Panchatantra, Moving Picture Company (India) Ltd is producing its first long format 3D animation series Jungle Tales. The...
MUMBAI: CNBC goes vroom vroom, this time with consumer angle in mind. Starting today, 10 June at 10:30 pm, the business channel will be getting behind...
NEW DELHI: Consumer Coordination Council to information and broadcasting ministry: the conditional access system (CAS) is still not consumer friendly and should be implemented only after...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: The government today offered a significant concession to the pay broadcasters on the issue of their channel pricing by giving them some...
MUMBAI: ESPN Star Sports bossman in India Manu Sawhney has been promoted and is moving to Singapore. Sawhney, currently ESPN Software India Pvt Ltd managing director,...
These days information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad does not look uncertain as he did some months back when he was allocated the I&B ministry...
CHICAGO: With cable customers gradually realising its benefits high definition television (HDTV) is rapidly spreading its wings across the US. Cable customers in 78 of...
MUMBAI: The amount of children’s TV programming has tripled in the UK since 1997, says research published by the Broadcasting Standards Commission and the Independent Television...
MUMBAI: The head of BBC’s Hindi Service Achala Sharma has been awarded the World Hindi Honour at the seventh World Hindi Conference held in Surinam a...
MUMBAI: Last year in a BBC poll, 1.6 million UK viewers voted for Sir Winston Churchill as the “greatest Briton”. Now, the survey broadens it’s reach...
MUMBAI: It was time for the backroom professionals in the glamourous business of advertising, television and radio to take centrestage at the 28th RAPA (Radio &...
MUMBAI: Playwin Infravest’s newest online game on the block, Keno, kicked off without much fanfare and promotions yesterday. From the Karnataka online state lottery...
MUMBAI: Now fans of the bat and ball game can place their bets on test cricket. Interactive Systems Worldwide (ISWI) has announced that ukbetting , a...
MUMBAI: The newly appointed Nimbus MD and CEO Dr Akash Khurana has already starting initiating the process of making Nimbus a “creative powerhouse” as well as...
MUMBAI: Lead music channel MTV is launching two new shows — Graveyard Shift and Sitara. Graveyard Shift, presented by Bacardi, airs daily at 10.30...
MUMBAI: Star News, the 24-hour Hindi news channel, seems to be using every trick in the trade to ensure that it recreates the old magic associated...
The conditional access system has certainly changed a lot of things.Even in those particular niche segments not believed to be of much consequence in the mainline...
His affable manner complements his shrewd business sense. UTV group CEO Ronnie Screwvala is literally one of the survivors who has seen many crests and troughs...