NEW YORK: The European Patent Office has granted a broad patent to a US company for its methods of communication and technology that are the bases...
VIRGINIA: Orbital Sciences Corporation has signed a contract with Indonesia’s state-owned telecommunications company, PT Telkom to manufacture a communications satellite. The satellite, based on the company’s...
NEW DELHI: BBC World Service is taking its flagship news and current affairs programme, The World Today for South Asia, to Delhi, where it will be...
MUMBAI: The following is a list of winners who walked away an Indian Telly on 1 November 2002 at the Hotel Tulip Star Juhu (formerly The...
MUMBAI: The off screen talent that makes for great television in India today had its day in the sun with the presentation of the Indian Telly...
MUMBAI:The most eagerly awaited television awards for the year gone by are a mere 24 hours away. The popular awards category of the Indian Telly Awards...
MUMBAI: MTV fans in India will see the second season of the Emmy-award winning reality sitcom The Osbournes, sometime in late November or early December. In...
MUMBAI: The Raghav Bahl-promoted Television Eighteen India Ltd, which runs the CNBC India business news channel, has reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 9.81 million...
LONDON: News Corp technology arm NDS has announced plans for the pioneering interactive TV (iTV) service developed for MTV UK & Ireland, owned by Viacom for...
MUMBAI: Family entertainment channel Hallmark claims to be on the upward tack in the ratings, at least for some of its shows. The first episode of...
MUMBAI: If dubbing Hollywood blockbusters can work for the big screen why not the small screen. Star Gold was first off the blocks on this but...
MUMBAI: If dubbing Hollywood blockbusters can work for the big screen why not the small screen. Star Gold was first off the blocks on this but...
MUMBAI: HTMT, which handles its BPO and Call Center activities from Bangalore, is presently operating a Voice Call Center with 660 Customer Service Representatives (CSRs). To...
Adults beware, because kids have a mind of their own. This is one of the conclusions that one could draw from the recent study conducted by...
The Rathikant Basu promoted Broadcast India has planned to launch four encrypted regional channels–Bangla, Punjabi, Gujarati and Marathi. The channels are expected to be on air...
The Delhi government has lifted its policy of not allowing sale of liquor brands advertised on television in the state. The doing away of the ban...
Like several other satellite operators, even the Indian Space Research Organisation’s Insat series of satellites continued humming even as the clock moved Planet earth into the...
The Hinduja run IN CableNet has inaugrated a new headend at Matunga, King Circle in Mumbai to service the areas of Sion, Wadala, Dadar, Chunabhatti, Dharavi...
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and Doordarshan are planning a joint venture educational TV channel, which would be the first of its kind in India....
MUMBAI: Subhash Chandra’s Zee Telefilms Ltd saw net profit for the network as a whole rise 2.4 per cent to Rs 545.50 million for the quarter...
MUMBAI: The clock is ticking for the Trade and Technical categories of the Indian Telly Awards 2002, to be given away on 31 October. A total...
MUMBAI: Recently acquired Zee Group company ETC Networks has notched up a net profit of Rs 21.56 million for the second quarter. This marks an increase...
MUMBAI: As part of its Diwali celebrations, Star Movies has lined up a 72-hour non -stop movie marathon starting 3 November 2002. Star Movies is also...
MUMBAI: Surya TV, the Malayalam channel from the Sun fold, claims to have established its hold over audiences in Kerala with its shows sweeping the top...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: Prannoy Roy’s New Delhi Television (NDTV) has made official its intent to launch its Hindi news channel after March 2003, with advertisements...
MUMBAI: It will be server permanently down for the newspapertoday.com (TNT), the online newspaper from the India Today group, from 1 November 2002. A notice cites...
MUMBAI: Doordarshan is commencing the broadcast of locally relevant programmes, popularly known as ‘narrowcasting’, beginning 29 October. The programmes will be originated and telecast from 12...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati Corporation (PBC) wants to add more flab to its 40,000 plus employee base. Reason: there are not enough programming and technical staff...
MUMBAI:Zee Telefilms has officially amalgamated its four subsidiaries with the company. At a court convened general meeting on 25 October, the earlier decision to merge Programme...
MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms has officially amalgamated its four subsidiaries with the company. At a court convened general meeting on 25 October, the earlier decision to merge...
CHENNAI:The Tamil- dubbed version of Asoka , the epic directed by Santosh Sivan starring super star Sharukh Khan, Ajith, and Kareena Kapoor, will premiere on Vijay...
With cable operators in Mumbai taking a decision to pull the plug on ESPN-Star Sports for three days, the ESPN Software India management has issued a...
MUMBAI: If there was any doubters as to the possibilities open to the news channel wannabes queuing up to launch over the next few months catch...
MUMBAI: The wait is finally over those wondering what exactly ESPN Star Sports had lined up with its brand ambassador cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar opens...
LONDON: News Corp technology arm NDS Group has responded to the latest suit filed against it by Malaysian billionaire Ananda Krishnan’s satellite group, MEASAT Broadcast Network...
MUMBAI: After the success of the tiger animation he did for the SET MAX for the ICC Champions Tournament, animator Kireet Khurana is ready with Chhota...
NEW YORK: Media conglomerate Viacom has had a happy Q3 2002. The results show that revenues increased 10 per cent to $6.3 billion from $5.7 billion...
NEW DELHI: ESPN is understood to be negotiating with Star India to supply it sports news for Star News when the Rupert Murdoch company takes full...
MUMBAI: Television actress Anita Kanwal seen in serials like Chanakya and Humraahi’ will produce Sony’s new serial Goonj Ateet Ki. The show premieres on the channel...
SINGAPORE: ESPN Star Sports has boosted its on-air commentary and presentation team with the appointment of Richard Drew, an experienced presenter and commentator with a wide...
NEW DELHI: Flush with the success of their Suno Aur Lakhpati Bano campaign and the way the market has responded, Star Radio, operating in the FM...
MUMBAI: The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has given the green signal to United Television (UTV) , to increase its foreign equity in the company from...
A day after the Adhikari brothers’ SABe TV celebrated two years on air, the “relief channel” yesterday launched another rib-tickler – Doli Leke Aiyee Hai Dullhaniya....
NEW DELHI: ESPN is understood to be negotiating with Star India to supply it sports news for Star News when the Rupert Murdoch company takes full...
NEW DELHI: 11 November, 2002 marks the centenary of recorded music in India. In celebration of the 100 years of recorded music, national broadcaster Doordarshan is...
NEW DELHI:The battle against cable piracy has taken an interesting turn with a clutch of Hollywood studios alleging that the Delhi Home Cable Network owned by...
MUMBAI: Suits and countersuits are flying thick and fast around the technology arm of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, NDS Group. A day after NDS countersued DirecTV,...
MUMBAI: The Chinese have invaded the cable industry in India. And how. At the Scat India trade show 2002 that began at the World Trade Centre...
MUMBAI: Did someone say dotcoms are dead? A recent survey by tech researcher IDC reveals that that spending for online content worldwide will total over $...
MUMBAI: Kids channel Cartoon Network has added Hungarian and Romanian to its language services making it available in 11 languages in Europe. Starting out as a...