Anita Horam's career graph reads like the glossary of television channels operating in India. In the 12 years she has spent in the profession, she has...
MUMBAI: Guess what, seems like reality game shows are in vogue. Earlier it was lone Mike on AXN challenging people to do things that they never...
Film fashion, heritage textiles and more designers is what FTV plans to unleash on the Indian viewer this year. It‘s bided its time well. Fashion TV...
NEW DELHI: Do you want to watch a cricket match on television while stretched out on the backseat of your car and receive live news and...
MUMBAI: If you thought that the soaps were the only never-ending series on television, think again. Ponpulari, the morning show on Surya TV, produced by Panorama...
NEW YORK: The US based cable network TNN (The National Network owned by Viacom) has announced its plans to change its name to Spike effective 16...
NEW DELHI: BBC World has appointed Seema Kotecha as head of marketing based in London. Kotecha will work closely with BBC’s director of marketing Jane Gorard...
MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms will declare its fourth quarter and financial year end results on 28 April. According to a communication sent by the company to the...
After the initial few bumps on the runway, the take off seems to have been smooth, give or take a few continuing glitches. The seamless transition...
MUMBAI: Ramayan, the epic that created history on Indian television in the late 1980s, has found new markets abroad. Improved, dubbed versions of the epic were...
MUMBAI: Star Movies has announced that it has bagged the rights for a mini series from Jurassic Park maker Steven Spielberg. The 10-episode mini...
MUMBAI: The small screen has lost another actor to Bollywood. Ashish Choudhary, who has acted in serials such as Hum Pardesi Ho Gaye(Sony TV) and Wajood...
ATLANTA: From next year, Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) will start using a Scientific-Atlanta PowerVu digital video compression system to distribute its existing digital cable networks across...
It is still early days but a little over two weeks on air indicates that the of Sahara Samay Rashtriya‘s efforts to be different have succeeded...
MUMBAI: Computer generated image (CGI) technology has made a major impression on the silver screen over the last couple of years. Shrek won Dreamworks an Oscar....
ARIZONA: The reality TV genre has proved a boon for Fox. Over 18 million viewers watched the first episode of Joe Millionaire.. Now the network is...
MUMBAI: Bollywood heroes are playing negative characters on the small screen. Aayub Khan, of Mrityudand fame, is firming plans to play Karisma Kapoor’s son on Sahara...
His reputation as a street fighter precedes him. His style of functioning may be debatable. His spoken language is not as savvy as those who sit...
MUMBAI: Don’t look, it’s changing. Fashion TV India that plans to add an additional two hours of Indian programming content to the existing hours daily, will...
MUMBAI: The war may have delivered death and destruction to Iraq, but it certainly came as good news for the news channels. Total TV news viewership...
The awards show saw 22 million kids taking part in the voting process either through the website or by calling a toll free number. Voting took...
NEW YORK: The high profile Oscars may be over and done with but the action concerning what some consider the coolest movie awards show, is about...
CHENNAI: The lucrative southern market where Kalinidhi Maran’s Sun is shining brightly is all set to see competition. Come 23 May Raj Network will launch a...
MUMBAI: The day of reckoning is here. With the NDTV news channels making their debut today, the array of news channels is finally complete – Aaj...
CONNECTICUT US: Panamsat has reported financial results for the first quarter ended 31 March. Revenues were $199.8 million, compared to revenues of $207.1 million for last...
NEW DELHI: Conditional access system is forcing various stakeholders of the industry to go in for initiatives that were not on the top of their priority...
MUMBAI: Broadcaster-MSO payment disputes are coming out in the open in Mumbai after what has been many months of relative calm. Premium sports channels ESPN and...
NEW YORK: This is a move through which media conglomerate Viacom is hoping to push towards corporate governance. The owner of MTV and Nickelodeon has announced...
LONDON: This is an initiative through which BBC Worldwide, Discovery and ProSieben are looking to build on the critical and commercial success they have had with...
LONDON: In order to help the Iraqis cope with the severe trauma that came with Uncle Sam’s incessant attacks, the BBC World Service Trust will launch...
MUMBAI: From India’s Most Wanted on the small screen to a “wanted person” being chased by legal enforcers to a feature film called Wanted No 1...
MUMBAI: It is that time of the year again when Sony Entertainment Television will be airing Sony to telecast the International Indian Film Festival (IIFA). The...
MUMBAI: City 60, the big city-focused prime time news bulletin of recently launched Star News, has already had an impact, the channel says. The City 60...
MUMBAI: With the onslaught of news channels, the battle for a larger share of the viewership pie is, but obvious. Be it hoardings, newspaper advertisements, online...
MUMBAI: Ministry of company affairs has rejected most of the contentions of the information and broadcasting ministry relating to Space TV application, while upholding a clause...
MUMBAI: Pradipto Sircar, senior VP, ad sales at Sabe TV, has moved to Sahara as senior vice president, sales and marketing. Sircar will be...
WASHINGTON: The US government’s broadcasting board of governors (BBG) is planning to set up a new Baghdad TV channel to air Arabic captioned broadcasts of US...
Asianet Satellite Communications has chosen MagnaQuest Technologies India handle its subscriber management systems (SMS). MagnaQuest provides customer management & billing (CM&B) solutions in the data, video...
CONNECTICUT: Sony Pictures Entertainment had an incredible 2002. This year could be a touch different if USA Video Interactive (USVO) has its way. USVO’s subsidiary...
LONDON: Three new music channels from the Sky stable — Flaunt, Scuzz and The Amp — will launch by 17 April 2003 coinciding with Easter weekend....
MUMBAI: A clarification has been issued by production house Sundial Communications in connection with recent reports filed by indiantelevision.com on the ongoing legal proceedings around Zee...
She personifies the image and spirit of the two spirited channels from the Zee stable that have, in a short span, asserted their identity and are...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: “Experienced journalists, not news readers is what we offer!” Thus, Dr Prannoy Roy sought to differentiate his soon-to-be-launched channels from the rest...
MUMBAI: Kuchh Ruke Hue Lamhe – When Time stood Still, a 50-minute low budget film has been selected for the New York International Independent Film and...
MUMBAI: The Supreme Court, which was expected to deliver its final verdict on Monday, 10 April 2003 about the Zee’s beleaguered Sunday morning show Kanhaiyya, has...
MUMBAI: CNBC Asia Pacific and Shanghai Media Group jointly announced a strategic partnership today. The partnership announced today has two initial elements. The first is to...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government will consider the suggestions made in the FICCI-KPMG report titled “The Indian entertainment sector – in the spotlight” while formulating policies....
NEW DELHI: It was a classic case of a set of glamorous people robbing the glam of the word glamorous. Reason: some were not prepared, while...
MUMBAI: Deepak Bukshi, who has directed several TV serials, ad films and telefilms, has sold the rights of his first feature film Meri Marzi to Raas...
NEW DELHI: Finally the radio and TV licence fee issue has been laid to rest. There is no proposal to re-impose licence fee on television and...