NEW DELHI: The minister of information and broadcasting Ravi Shankar Prasad announced yesterday that Patna FM station of All India Radio (AIR) is being upgraded from...
On International Women‘s Day, indiantelevision.com goes behind the small screen to check out life in the television industry as seen by women professionals. The women of...
NEW DELHI: Well, the government gave some way but the cable industry continues to cry foul. At today’s extended meeting of the task force on conditional...
NEW DELHI: The government cracked the whip on the stakeholders of the broadcasting and cable industry and those involved with implementation of conditional access systems, even...
NETHERLANDS: Global satellite communications company New Skies Satellites has reported revenues of $ 52 million for the three month period ended 31 March 2003. The revenues...
MUMBAI: Film mogul Subhash Ghai’s media and entertainment company Mukta Arts will shortly have a new face at the helm. With the aim of accelerating the...
MONTREAL: Polarsat, a new, privately-held Canadian company focused on the manufacture of satellite communications equipment, has purchased the assets and product lines of the former broadband...
PARIS: The Asian tigers are expected to put up a strong showing at this month’s MIPTV. MIPTV, which claims to be the largest and longest running...
MUMBAI: The media sector has received the dubious distinction of being the top loser in market capitalisation in April 2003 as compared to September 2002, says...
MUMBAI: Pradeep Dixit, CEO of fairly recent Zee Group acquisition ETC Networks Ltd, has put in his papers as of 28 February. While Dixit is officially...
MUMBAI: Motilal Oswal’s Inquire Equity Research (MOSt) report titled “Union budget 2003-04: a review” says that the provisions of the budget indicate that the total effective...
NEW DELHI: The uplinking issue keeps cropping up in the Indian parliament and government assurances keep coming, as it happened again in Lok Sabha (Lower House)...
MUMBAI: Maverick media mogul and CNN founder Ted Turner has sold 60 million of his shares in troubled AOL Time Warner. Turner, who remains the company’s...
MUMBAI: CNBC, the business channel has announced the launch of its latest initiative Lessons In Excellence: The Indian Story . The show slated to be India’s...
LOS ANGELES: Who is the most popular TV personality in the US? George Bush? Bill Clinton? No, your guess is way off the mark. The correct...
NEW DELHI: It seems that the various channels have been given some more time by the government to look into the issue of ‘objectionable’ ads on...
Shantonu Aditya, Sony Entertainment Television India’s head of distribution as well as president of the Discovery-SET India joint venture company, is a satisfied man from the...
MUMBAI: ESPN President George Bodenheimer will assume responsibility for both ESPN and ABC Sports when Howard Katz steps down as president of ABC Sports at the...
MUMBAI: In a recent Rajya Sabha session, the information and broadcasting ministry responded to a query about the uplinking issue by stating that there in total...
MUMBAI: With World Cup fever hotting up in the country, Rediff.com has announced a slew of initiatives regarding Rediff Radio. Rediff Radio will offer a package...
MASSACHUSSETTS(US): Discovery Communications, Inc.(DCI) and CameraPlanet have announced a joint venture for a series of films Discovery Docs. CameraPlanet will distribute the films theatrically in at...
MUMBAI: Nimbus Communications has promised a minimum guarantee revenue of Rs 204.3 million to Doordarshan for the matches to be aired on DD, including the deferred...
LOS ANGELES: The elephant may symbolise God in Asia, but its treatment in the region would make any animal lover hang his/her head in shame. National...
NEW DELHI: The next meeting of the government – piloted task force on conditional access system (CAS), scheduled to be held on Friday, may be crucial,...
NEW DELHI: Well, news is filtering out from the closely guarded headquarters of the Capital-based TV software company-and-soon-to-turn-broadcaster NDTV. The two proposed news channels from Prannoy...
MUMBAI: BBC World is looking at increasing viewership in the Asian region through shows that build up intimate contact. Not too long ago, HardTalk’s Tim Sebastian...
MUMBAI: Tech majors Philips and Thomson figure in the list of set top box manufacturers who have an eye on the Indian market with the imminent...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: After a “disappointing” budget, the Consumer Electronics Traders and Manufacturers Association (CETMA), the apex body of electronics goods manufacturers in India, had...
MUMBAI: CNN’s Terror on Tape series has bagged the UK Royal Television Society’s (RTS) International News Journalism Award. The series, which unveiled Al Qaeda from a...
MUMBAI: It’s that winning feeling all round, following the Indian team’s stellar performance in the ICC World Cup 2003, and “everyone’s invited”. Nimbus, the exclusive airtime...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: After a “disappointing” budget, the Consumer Electronics Traders and Manufacturers Association (CETMA), the apex body of electronics goods manufacturers in India, had...
PARIS: MIPTV (International Television Programme Market), which claims to be the television industry’s largest and longest-running trade event, is looking to add glamour through music artistes...
MUMBAI: The Subroto Roy promoted Sahara group, all set to foray into news broadcasting with the launch of a national and 30 odd region specific channels,...
PARIS: Reed Midem, which organises the international television programming event MIPTV, has announced price freezes and initiatives which aim to provide better value and reliable service...
MUMBAI: Encouraged by the success of Ji Mantriji , the Indianised version of Yes Minister, BBC Worldwide has signed another deal with Star Plus. The new...
MUMBAI: Packaged products are being marketed as services in the post Internet era! It is more about desire rather than the need factor! These are some...
LOS ANGELES: There is sad news in store for television fans who have been enthralled at the sight of the high flying Sarah Michelle Gellar kicking...
MUMBAI: Satellite communications operator Inmarsat has pushed its backup satellite into the front line to meet the expected demand triggered by the impending Iraq conflict. Inmarsat...
MUMBAI: As India prepares for the implementation of conditional access system (CAS), there is news that developed countries are finding it difficult to meet deadlines for...
MUMBAI: MTV India has finally found someone to head sales in the country following the elevation of Sanjay Puthli to man the Viacom affiliate’s operations in...
MUMBAI: While all mainstream channels are sprucing their programme content with new saas-bahu sagas and talent shows, DD Metro has opted for Bhaginee, a new series...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: Doordarshan has claimed an edge in covering the ongoing Iraq war by meticulously planning its news operation with a team of reporters...
MUMBAI: The wheel has come full circle. CNN, which made its reputation covering the 1991 Gulf War from Baghdad, has been ordered to leave Iraq along...
MUMBAI: Surya TV, part of the Sun Network, will be the official TV channel for the mega event called Ammayodoppam Oru Thara Sandhya, organised by the...
MUMBAI: Zee TV is all set to revive its Sunday morning slot. Kick starting the whole series is Kanhaiya , a weekly family entertainer, to be...
LOS ANGELES: Cartoon Network’s popular series The Powerpuff Girls, will soon be seen on terrestrial television in China through China Central Television Station (CCTV) The Powerpuff...
MUMBAI: The maiden Union Budget 2003-2004 by Finance Minister Jaswant Singh has received an overwhelming response from apex industry associations. Surprisingly, both FICCI and CII have...
MUMBAI: Media scrips dipped today as the finance minister appeared to have ignored the media and entertainment sector. Apart from Zee Telefilms and Cinevistaas, several other...
MUMBAI: Turner International’s MD Anshuman Misra has expressed disappointment with the budget as reagrds the entertainment sector. He said,” The government has not paid any heed...
MUMBAI: Finance minister Jaswant Singh has ended his budget speech. Service tax has been increased from five per cent to eight per cent, even as 10...