MUMBAI: Popular kids’ show Sesame Street could soon appear in an Indian avatar, if the producers manage to find a local production partner. The top rated...
MUMBAI: N Ali Hussain, the owner of a local television news channel – Tehelka Samachar – was shot dead in the western Mumbai suburb of Andheri...
NEW DELHI: In a bid to popularise programmes being broadcast on pubcasters Doordarshan (DD) and All India Radio (AIR), Prasar Bharati Corporation is planning to come...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati Corporation is attempting to keep up with the times and distribution of DD — and maybe even All India Radio — programmes...
MUMBAI: Balaji Telefilms intention is to spread its programming across as wide a canvas as possible. Yesterday it made another move in that direction with the...
NEW DELHI: When Parliament reconvenes for its Winter Session from 18 November, the decks appear to be clear for the introduction of Bill incorporating amendments to...
The cell phone buzzes constantly, but Apurva Purohit, president of Zee TV, the flagship channel of the Subhash Chandra-promoted Zee Telefilms, doesn’t mind attending to the...
MUMBAI: It’s not got a slotting on any channel as yet but a new soap (working title Missing), being directed by Arun Frank with a backdrop...
NEW DELHI:Sagar-O- Papuni , a musical play produced by All India Radio, Bhavanipatna in Orissa has won this year’s prestigious Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union’s Award for...
MUMBAI: There appear to be only two things that can make any sort of impression on the stranglehold that Star Plus has on the ratings –...
NEW DELHI: Results of various competitions organized by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to promote the use of Hindi in official work during the ‘Hindi...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati will observe 12 November, as done every year, as the Public Service Broadcasting Day. It is on this day in 1947, Mahatma...
MUMBAI:India is one of the countries where TM Systems, an Emmy award winner this year, is looking for international distributors/ sales/ service representatives to add to...
The Subhash Chandra promoted Zee Telefilms could not have been going through a worse phase. With TRPs of programmes failing to register in the Top 50...
NONTHABURI (Thailand): Recently privatised international telecommunication operator Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) and Thailand’s Shin Satellite have signed a contract to provide premium satellite television transmission...
Nimbus Communications is on an expansion spree and has set aside RS 2 billion for this purpose. As part of the expansion plan Nimbus will be...
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Film Federation is threatening action against actors and actresses who recently appeared on television channels for special festival programmes in violation of...
MUMBAI: If the proof of the pudding is in the eating, Zee Telefilms Ltd’s (ZTL) strategy to introduce a Hindi film at Thursday prime time slot...
MUMBAI: BBCs audiobook of Vikram Seths novel A Suitable Boy has won two Gold Awards at the 2002 Spoken Words Awards scheme. It was the only...
MUMBAI: The second flight of the Geo-stationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV)-D2 is scheduled for February 2003, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Dr K Kasturirangan has...
MUMBAI: Celebrating Excellence. The Bajaj Boxer Indian Telly Awards 2002 truely lived up to the core premise of these awards instituted by television services company Indian...
LONDON: New research put out by UK’s Independent Television Commission (ITC) has recommended that a more user-centred design approach is needed for digital TV products in...
MIAMI: To commemorate 40 years of success, Latin American programme Sabado Gigante will air an anniversary special on Saturday, 9 November. Sabado Gigante holds the ‘Guinness...
MUMBAI: Doordarshan has invited proposals from experienced producers of television programmes under sponsored category for shows on Christmas and New Years Eve on its Metro channel....
FLORIDA: Playboy TV International and Hong Kong Cable Limited have signed an agreement launching Playboy TV on the leading Hong Kong cable operators digital platform. Under...
SINGAPORE: ESPN Star Sports, has announced that it has acquired live cable and satellite broadcast rights to NBA for the next four consecutive seasons, the first...
LONDON: Internationally renowned musicians, artists and journalists will help celebrate the 70th anniversary of BBC World Service next month. The major special broadcasts in the week...
MUMBAI: Aspiring child cartoon filmmakers will have their day in the sun. On 14 November Cartoon Network will showcase six animation shorts based on stories submitted...
It‘s sweet revenge time for cinema theatres across the country. For long at the receiving end of cable piracy that weaned away the avid movie buff...
MUMBAI: After Raamkhilavaan CM n family , a spoof on Bihari chief minister Laloo Prasad Yadav which ran into rough weather, SABe TV is poised to...
NEW YORK: India is not too “e-media friendly,” with only 31.9 hours being spent per person per week on electronic media. The country however leads several...
MUMBAI: Crown Media Holdings has reported its operating results for the three months ended 30 September 2002, posting a net revenue increase of 52 per cent....
NEW YORK: Reality shows have stirred up debate and controversy in the past. Now the latest issue to have come out relates to possible copyright infringement....
PARIS: Reed Midem, which organises the international television programming event MIPTV, has announced that next year there will be a close association with leading digital and...
MUMBAI: The southern leader claims another win. The Sun Network that is riding a high with Tamil channels Sun and KTV, has now announced that its...
FRANCE: Following the successful Launcher System Rehearsal in Kourou on 5 November, Arianespace has announced that its Flight 157 is now scheduled for a 28 November...
TAIPEI: ESPN Star Sports has just launched its dedicated Taiwan website, ESPNSTAR.com.tw, to directly provide sports news and information and build an interactive community for sports...
MUMBAI: Asia’s number two satellite operator Shin Satellite Plc. of Thailand today announced it had signed a $390 million loan deal for its long in gestation...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati CEO KS Sarma has been elected vice-president of the Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) for a three-year term. Sarma was elected for...
MUMBAI: Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp yesterday reported first quarter consolidated revenues of $3.8 billion (1 July to 30 June financial), a 12% increase over the $3.4...
ATLANTA (Georgia): Cable television set-top box maker Scientific-Atlanta announced on Monday that it won another round in its legal battle with the Rupert Murdoch-controlled Gemstar-TV Guide...
MUMBAI: Fox Television Network, that has broken ground in the past with reality shows like Temptation Island (voted off air by Indian viewers) and Who Wants...
MUMBAI: Lower telecasting and production expenses as well as a lower wage bill have helped SABTNL post a healthy RS 27.60 million as profit after tax...
Young Turks. Indiantelevision.com’s new series profiling the brightest and the best among the youth brigade in the Indian television industry. Under the spotlight are the men...
MUMBAI: Arabic satellite channel Al-Jazeera may be hoping to take wing into non-Arabic speaking homes but before that it may well need to protect its existing...
MUMBAI: The following is a list of winners of the Trade and Technical Categories who walked away an Indian Telly on 31 October 2002 at the...
MUMBAI: It was a fitting tribute to the best of the small screen talents in the country. An evening where the Indian television industry congregated to...
MUMBAI: It was a fitting tribute to the best of the small screen talents in the country. In a dazzling function at the Tulip Star (formerly...
MUMBAI: NDTV is moving into high gear as far as the rollout plans for its soon to launched English and Hindi news channels are concerned. Three...
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television’s post -Lagaan offerings are ready and waiting for launch. Next week the channel launches four new shows which form part of its...