MUMBAI: While other broadcasters are humming and hawing about the pricing mechanism for their pay bouquets in a post-CAS scenario, Subhash Chandra’s Zee Telefilms has decided...
With the cricket World Cup out of the way, action channel AXN is moving into high gear. The channel launched 47 new shows last year and...
MUMBAI: The question was never whether the World Cup would deliver monster ratings, just how high could it go? TVRs for the ICC World Cup 2003...
NEW DELHI: The government is finally getting it right. It’s involving the industry where its diktat had failed, especially where surrogate and objectionalble advertising on various...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: The great thing about Zee is that it cannot be far behind from what others have done and this time round it...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: “The Ball’ed and the Beautiful”. That would be an apt tag line for the latest (and surprisingly unheralded) programming initiative from Star...
MUMBAI: AXN is going about its mission of providing thrills through the critically acclaimed espionage drama 24. Kiefer Sutherland plays a counter terrorism unit agent trying...
NEW DELHI: Close on the heels of the government giving a 90-day reprieve to Star News under a Transitory Arrangement clause in the new guidelines for...
MUMBAI: IndusInd Media & Communications Limited has been awarded the ISO 9001certification (for Quality Management System) by Lloyds Register Quality Assurance, 5making it the only multi-service...
MUMBAI: BAG Films’ afternoon soap Kumkum – ek pyaarasa bandhan has beaten the veterans of the soap genre with its unprecedented success in the mid-day slot....
MUMBAI: Doordarshan (DD) seems to be banking on the Bollywood formula to woo viewers during the afternoon slot on the last Saturday of the month. Starting...
Keertan Adyanthaya, Star India’s vice president content & communication for Channel [V], will soon complete his first anniversary with the organisation. It’s been quite a journey...
MUMBAI: It’s raining soaps on Doordarshan Metro. Four new shows -Deewar , Aane Wala Pal, Papa and Kinare Milte Nahin from the IPTV (Indraprastha Television Network)...
LONDON: News organisations are seeing a spurt in the take up of services offered not just on air, but also online on account of the ongoing...
WASHINGTON: Noted zoologist Jane Goodall has moved to the Discovery network, ending a long association with National Geographic, where she worked as the explorer-in-residence. The network...
MUMBAI: The Supreme Court has given temporary relief to Zee’s beleaguered Sunday morning show Kanhaiyya. Last weekend, the apex court temporarily set aside the stay on...
NEW DELHI: The business news channel that the Zee Group has been talking about is taking shape. Zee Biz is expected to be launched around June...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government’s new Exim (export-import) policy unveiled today lays emphasis on the entertainment industry, apart from giving a massive thrust to services, exports,...
NEW DELHI: With the Subhash Chandra-promoted ASC Enterprises having got the government go-ahead for a teleport facility in India, specifically for its headend in the sky...
FRANCE: The uptake of the electronic medium shows no signs of slowing down. The average time spent by the television buff across the globe last year...
MUMBAI: The BBC has come up with a helpline to assist Indian families worried about the well being of their relatives working in the region. The...
MUMBAI: Private channels and public broadcasters will have to do their bit to create awareness about health related issues. Union health minister Sushma Swaraj asserts that...
MUMBAI: The leader has to keep pace with the times too. Aaj Tak, the news channel that has cornered 59 per cent of the market share...
NEW DELHI: Three months is what Star India has been given to get the foreign direct investment (FDI) component in its news broadcast operations down to...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: After much suspense and waiting, the TV Today Network has finally decided on a name for Aaj Tak’s sister English news channel....
Apara Mehta's life tracked on the lines of the life of Paro, the happy-go-lucky daughter-in-law she played in Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka(EMHSK). As in the...
NEW DELHI: The Capital-based Foreign Corespondents’ Club, a cosy organisation for all foreign correspondents working in India, has sent out an appeal for any information on...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: On 1 April if you thought some new news channels would make their debut, as was being envisaged and claimed, it’s not...
MUMBAI: A theatre group which plunged into TV programming nearly 18 years ago and is still going strong. Rakesh Chowdhary’s Samvaad, the production house which has...
MUMBAI: Are you missing the pulsating excitement of cricket already? Well there’s no reason to fret as the next mega cricket tournament – the Cherry Blossom...
MUMBAI: With the Cricket World Cup over and the contests associated with it coming to an end, its time now for results- both in terms of...
Star India CEO Peter Mukerjea these days rues the fact that he is not getting enough time for golf and, thus, relaxation and exercise. Shuttling between...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: The clock is ticking. With the uplinking issue “clarified” for the present, all systems are ready and waiting for the orders that...
NEW DELHI: Zee News announced today that it has revamped the look of the news channel, including the launch of the new studio, the logo and...
MUMBAI: The JP Morgan report states that states that MSOs (multi-system operators) have already started making moves to gear up to the challenge offered by the...
MUMBAI: According to the JP Morgan, the HITS model is the only option which provides a win-win situation in a scenario as the reach of the...
LONDON: BBC Worldwide has announced that its TV and TV related exports have, once again, made a significant contribution to the UK’s total TV export industry,...
MUMBAI: A JP Morgan report points out that the monthly financial charge (depending on the price of the set top box) will be a key determinant...
NEW DELHI: Divisions seem to be appearing within the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), the apex body of broadcasters operating in India, even as Sahara TV president...
NEW YORK: The US-Iraq conflict has hit ad revenues of US television networks but if media reports are anything to go by, matters are not as...
MUMBAI: The JP Morgan report concludes the final price of the FTA (free-to-air) bouquet will be around Rs 70-80 per subscriber per month. The JP Morgan...
MUMBAI: The cricket World Cup has taken its toll on Zee, notwithstanding its aggressive promotions that include the Daily Dhoom Megawin Zee promo. The Zee Telefilms...
MUMBAI: The board of directors of Television Eighteen India has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) that it has been decided that the foreign investments (by...
MUMBAI: The Sharjah Cup will take place at the original venue notwithstanding the Iraq Conflict. South Africa, one of the teams originally scheduled to participate in...
MUMBAI: The implementation of conditional access systems (CAS) in the metros, for which the government has mandated a 14 July deadline, will take about three months,...
NEW YORK: Media conglomerate Viacom has announced that MTV Networks has achieved breakthrough distribution agreements for MTV and kids’ channel Nickelodeon in the tightly controlled Chinese...
CANNES: The sixth edition of MIPDOC focused primarily on ‘quality programming’. Current affairs, history and ancient civilisations were some of the most popular themes at the...
NEW DELHI: Taking due note of the mounting pressure from the cable fraternity, the Indian government piloted task force on conditional access has agreed to rope...
MUMBAI: After Zee’s Thursday Premieres, it is time for “Friday Blockbusters” down south as Raj Television Network is planning to launch Velliminnalgal superhit feature films from...
MUMBAI: B4U Worldwide, the holding company of B4U Movies and B4U Music, has managed an operating profit of $ three million this fiscal. B4U CEO Ravi...