MUMBAI: While its English entertainment arm has gone in for an image overhaul, flagship entertainment channel Zee TV has lined up some new shows that will...
HTMT group director and CTO (chief technology officer) KV Seshasayee is the man in the centre of action. He is the man who will spearhead the...
MUMBAI: Rupert Murdoch’s hardman at News Corp’s Asian operations is moving back to the US. President and COO Bruce Churchill leaves the Star Group today to...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: SitiCable, the cable arm of the Subhash Chandra-promoted Zee Telefilms, today announced that it has restructured its scheme for set-top boxes following...
LONDON: BBC World is rapidly making its presence felt in Europe. The beeb has announced that it has become the first and so far only foreign...
MUMBAI: The television arm of music company Saregama is moving into Telugu after having launched popular Tamil serials earlier. Saregama TV has launched its serial Namo...
MUMBAI: The 2003 International Satellite & Communications exchange (ISCe) Conference and Expo takes place from 18-21 August in Long Beach, California. ISCe is a four-day global...
MUMBAI: In the Iraqi cities of Baghdad and Basra locals can now hear BBC World Service in FM as well as on short wave and medium...
MUMBAI: ESS’ promotion for the cricket world cup in March Super Selector South Africa has a winner. Kingshuk Ghosh, a 23-year-old IT Graduate from IGNOU. won...
Late into her teens, she was only known as Jeetendra’s daughter. Today, she has her own identity – as Ekta Kapoor, the creative head of Balaji...
NEW DELHI: The Subhash Chandra-promoted Zee Telefilms is restructuring its rent-a-set-top box scheme with a view to pass on the benefits that is likely to accrue...
MUMBAI: AOL Time Warner’s publishing empire Time Inc.’s CEO Ann Moore has predicted a five per cent growth in advertising revenues in 2003. Meanwhile, an adage...
MUMBAI: It’s Fashion TV’s turn to act hurt now. In a press statement issued on 28 May, Fashion TV president Michel Adam has said that the...
NEW DELHI: Even as the Indian government was initiating steps to see that the rollout of conditional access system (CAS) becomes as least bumpy as possible,...
MUMBAI: While Star World decided to go Indian, Zee English will be looking westwards to get the rating register ringing. As of Friday (postmidnight tonight), 30...
NEW DELHI: The summer special discount from the government to the cable consumers of the four metros of Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai: buy set-top boxes...
MUMBAI: Even as the Zee Group announced a new improved scheme for its set-top box, Hinduja Group MSO INCableNet also offered an “introductory deal starting from...
MUMBAI: Looks like reality bags awards. BAG films production’s serial Haqeeqat, based on human rights cases, has bagged two Rapa awards for the year 2003, says...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: The government today took a huge step towards incentivising the rollout of set-top boxes into the market by cutting tariffs on the...
MUMBAI: The Zee Network’s Alpha Punjabi regional language channel has claimed a major milestone during the live telecast of its musical event Shava Shava held on...
MUMBAI: Even as consumer organisations mull over filing public interest litigation (PIL) against proper implementation of the conditional access system (CAS), here’s one from a rather...
NEW DELHI: India’s information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that the digital revolution and the phenomenon of convergence are creating a new model...
MUMBAI: Star Vijay is gearing up to launch a new set of shows in the coming months. The channel officials claim that its recent programming initiatives...
NEW DELHI: Stung by various politicians coming out against CAS, it is the turn of the cable operators to issue warnings. Reacting to Delhi chief minister...
MUMBAI: It could be the last desperate push before the curtains fall. Or it could prove to be the turning point private radio in the country...
DUBAI: Al-Jazeera television has announced its intentions to replace its chief executive officer Mohammed Jassem al-Ali. A Reuters report quotes spokesman Jihad Ballout as saying that...
HONG KONG : Xing Kong, Star’s 24-hour Mandarin entertainment channel in Mainland China, will bring the first live telecast of Miss Universe to Mainland China on...
LONDON: MTV has taken note of the ongoing video game craze in Europe. MTV Networks Europe has acquired a 50 per cent stake in French videogames...
CALIFORNIA: In a move that underscores the strength of its worldwide home entertainment business, MGM Home Entertainment Group has assumed full control of international operations in...
Makers of software for the television industry will be among those to be hit by reduced budgets and a demand for more quality programming once CAS...
MUMBAI: Zee news channel, which witnessed a steady decline in it’s viewership with the influx of ‘new’ news channels, is making serious efforts to regain lost...
NEW DELHI: Zee Telefilms has set the cat amongst the pigeons by taking its set-top-boxes-for- rent scheme a step further. It asserts multiple TV homes consumers...
NEW DELHI: India’s Internet subscriber base increased to 3.5 million as on on March 2003 against 3.239 million in the corresponding period previous year, according to...
While Bollywood has its Kapoor ‘khandan‘ and the Khan clan, the television industry is slowly waking up to family values.You may never have guessed it, but...
NEW DELHI: There is some opposition brewing to the information and broadcasting ministry’s recent issuance of a conditional letter of intent (LoI) to Star India-promoted Space...
MUMBAI: Court cases notwithstanding, French channel Fashion TV today became a fully free to air (FTA) feed beaming off the Asiasat 2 satellite. It has stopped...
SINGAPORE: Last night Japanese hip hop group Rip Slyme won kudos at the second annual MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2003 (VMAJ 2003). The group won...
MUMBAI: Frog Books has published its second book, The Rape of News, compiled and edited by Sunil K Poolani, a Mumbai-based journalist. The theme of the...
LOS ANGELES: Harrison Ford who personified the action hero through characters such as Indiana Jones and Jack Ryan; and producer Gale Anne Hurd have been selected...
HONG KONG: Are there any life-forms in outer space? A poll released by Star Movies reveals that nine out of 10 people in Asia believe aliens...
CHENNAI: It had to happen someday! Film producers in Chennai have drawn up plans to start their own satellite TV channel which will exclusively air feature...
HONG KONG: The Star Group has announced the promotion of Michelle Guthrie to executive vice-president, regional distribution and business development. She reports to the president and...
MUMBAI: The conclusion to the second season of Fox’s music based reality show American Idol has seen the Rupert Murdoch broadcaster make major gains. Around 33.7...
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Win 94.6, one of the private FM radio stations in Mumbai billed as the underdog among the five contenders, has gone off air from...
NEW DELHI: The battle to enter the set top boxes into Indian cable homes, in the four metros initially, is getting interesting. In order to send...
MUMBAI: After Disney, it’s Fashion TV. The Modi Entertainment Network, which has been instrumental in thwarting Disney’s ambitious plans to enter India till today, now has...
NEW DELHI: Zee Telefilms may be gung-ho that, for a change, it seems to be more ready than others for a conditional access system (CAS) regime,...
MUMBAI: It hasn’t been an easy task, but Kasautii Zindagi Kay has finally ousted Balaji siblings Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and Kahaani Ghar Ghar...
MUMBAI: With a plethora of news channels dawning the indian television, competition is bound to scale new heights. Aaj Tak claims it’s exclusive coverage on the...
MUMBAI: It is ‘awards’ time again. On Saturday, 7 June 2003, the 28 annual Radio and TV Advertisers Practitioners’ Association of India Ltd. aka Rapa awards...