MUMBAI: Nimbus Communications Ltd CMD Harish Thawani is set to hand over the day-to-day management of the company he incorporated in 1987 to someone else, most...
MUMBAI: It is time to get into the spirit of testing knowledge in the best brains in the country. BBC World, the BBC’s commercially funded international...
LONDON: Broadcasters are stepping up the pitch for offering widescreen programming and dolby digital services on the small screen. Effective 3 June, all Sky Movie channels,...
MUMBAI: The creation of an Italian pay television platform Sky Italia through the acquisition of Telepiu has meant one less headache for Rupert Murdoch. One of...
MUMBAI: After the launch of Sambhav Asambhav on 1 May, Sony Entertainment Television (SET) is all set to launch yet another weekly soap Naam Gum Jayega...
The pace grips, the presentation rivets and the variety of news offered is enough to relax that itching finger on the remote control. But the rate...
MUMBAI: A JP Morgan Asia Pacific Research report dated 28 April 2003 has stated that Zee Telefilms has reported good 4QFY03 numbers and that advertising revenues...
MUMBAI: A Motilal Oswal Inquire India Research (MOSt) report dated 28 April 2003 states that Zee Telefilms’ FY03 advertising revenues have been stronger than expected and...
MUMBAI: The Merrill Lynch report dated 28 April 2003 states that the Zee’s 4QFY03 result reinforces the analysts’ confidence in Zee’s business model. However, the report...
MUMBAI: The goings on in the white House courtesy The West Wing have captivated the global audience. In India the show is enjoying a run on...
MUMBAI: What do you do when you want your request to air on Nickelodeon? Simple, say please. Well no, Nick is not starting an obedience school....
NEW DELHI: CNBC Asia may hold up to 15 per cent equity stake in Television Eighteen Ltd., which also recently obtained a licence to uplink from...
MUMBAI: Media company UTV has confirmed the report carried by indiantelevision.com (UTV) that Sanjay Bhattacharjee, the chief operating officer of its motion picture division, is indeed...
WASHINGTON: It is not just Indian music companies that are seeing their profits being eroded by the pirate. The US recently issued its annual list of...
HONG KONG: The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has announced that the tenth annual CASBAA Convention will be held in Hong Kong from...
MUMBAI: The Jeetendra Kapoor family’s Balaji Telefilms will be declaring its financial results on 22 May, 2003. The Balaji board of directors will meet on 22...
MUMBAI: Raghav Bahl’s Television Eighteen, TV18, announced its financial results yesterday. For the year ended March 2003, revenue is up 25.06 per cent, at Rs 361.7...
MUMBAI: DD Metro is gaining ground in viewership with its Formula One coverage vis – a- vis ESPN Star Sports (ESS), according to Cutting Edge Media,...
MUMBAI: While SARS is leading to a cancellation of trade gatherings in Singapore, in India the TV production community and Bollywood are going to be hit...
MUMBAI: Now it’s official. News Corp technology arm NDS yesterday announced that Hathway Cable & Datacom has selected its systems to launch the MSO’s conditional access...
MUMBAI: Raj TV, the Tamil entertainment channel is adding another soap called Rekkai Kattiya Manasu (RKM) to its roster . Directed by renowned K Balachander, the...
MUMBAI: More news is definitely good news, especially with the news channels beginning to act more and more like good Samaritans. While two weeks back, a...
It’s been a while out of the spotlight for ESPN Star Sports, what with the Champions Trophy last September and the World Cup in March. On the...
MUMBAI: Zee TV scored another first with the launch of the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Golden Voice Hunt on 29 April. “The aim is to...
MUMBAI: Over the past few years, action oriented AXN has succeeded in developing admirable viewer cachet with reality shows like Fear Factor, The Amazing Race.. The...
MUMBAI: Even Bangalore will be grooving to some Hindi music now! Starting 28 April, Radio City 91 FM will be playing hit Hindi music all day...
MUMBAI: The story of the revamped Zee Cinema is not one of great acquisitions. It’s rather one of smart packaging and aggressive promotions. It may not...
BBC World has appointed Seema Kotecha as the new head of marketing based in London. Kotecha will work closely with BBC’s director of marketing Jane Gorard...
NEW DELHI: Its radio ga ga in Delhi. Whether it was RED FM to strike a tune on the air waves or was it Radio City...
SRINAGAR: Prasar Bharati is now considering life insurance cover for its staff in the Kashmir Valley. This move has been prompted by the suicide attack attempt...
MUMBAI: The topline figures of the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2002 (round 10) were released today. The findings reveal that the Top 10 list for TV...
ETC Networks’ total income for the quarter ended 31 March 2003 (4QFY03) was Rs 88.21 million (as compared to Rs 92 million for the corresponding period...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: An online lottery on Star India or Sony Entertainment, or maybe even national broadcaster Doordarshan (a long shot this). Coming soon on...
MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms Ltd has posted a net profit of Rs 325.7 million for the fourth quarter ended 31 March, 2003, 134.65 per cent higher compared...
NEW DELHI: The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) today decided that it should put up a united front and thrash out various differences, including those on conditional...
NEW DELHI: Zee Telefilms today announced the launch of Trendz, a 24-hour fashion and style channel from 1 May (reported first by indiantelevision.com on Friday). Subhash...
BBC World has the highest percentage of unduplicated viewers after Aaj Tak, concludes a NFL MBO study that surveyed India‘s leading consumers to observe their lifestyle,...
MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures has lost a good resource. Its chief operating officer (COO) Sanjay Bhattacharjee will be leaving the organisation after 11 years on 10...
MUMBAI: SAB TV is definitely on a revamp mode. The channel which has humour as its USP, is now gearing for some serious stuff as well....
MUMBAI: What is good for the goose read The Osbournes may not be good for the gander read OJ Simpson! He was the darling of US...
MUMBAI: NDTV 24×7 & NDTV India will be releasing the results of a poll on Iraq on the 9 pm news in Hindi and English from...
BOSTON: Awareness of high-definition television (HDTV) among US consumers is quite high, according to a newly-released Dove Consulting study. Eighty one per cent of survey respondents...
MUMBAI: CNN has just added another feather to its cap. At the Overseas Press Club’s (OPC) 64th annual awards held a few days ago in New...
MUMBAI: The original was the MTV Music Awards. Then came the MTV Europe Music Awards. The MTV Asia Music Awards had their second run in January....
MUMBAI: When it finally happened, a terse three-paragraph statement was all that was offered. Viacom kids channel Nickelodeon India today formalised a break that has been...
NEW DELHI: The Zee-Turner distribution platform is taking in another entrant. Zee is set to announce next week the addition of a lifestyle channel T (Trends)...
NEW DELHI: Unfazed by mounting losses – approximately Rs 360 million in the last financial year ended 31 March – Star and Music Broadcast Pvt. Ltd....
NEW DELHI: The apex body of all broadcasting companies operating in India (pay as well as free to air channels), Indian Broadcasting Foundation, stands on the...
MUMBAI: A success story in the war against the cable pirate. Only it is far removed from Indian shores. The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of...
MUMBAI: The gloves are off. Literally. The irrepressible founder of CNN Ted Turner has called his pet hate of long standing Rupert Murdoch a warmonger for...