MUMBAI:Sahara TV’s kids’ fantasy serial Chacha Chaudhary will now air four days a week. The show that has been airing from Mondays to Wednesdays at 7...
MUMBAI:Renowned composer-playback singer Sudhir Phadke passed away in Mumbai this morning. Phadke, who was admitted to hospital last week after he suffered brain haemorrhage, died at...
NEW DELHI: In what is termed a bid to strengthen its marketing efforts, national broadcaster Doordarshan has brought in former Zee Telefilms CEO Vijay Jindal to...
MUMBAI: A gamble more than two years in the making is about to be played out on Sony from Monday. At stake are not only the...
Balaji Telefilms, at a meeting of its board today, approved the sub-division of the leading production house’s shares of face value of Rs 10 each into...
MUMBAI:Balaji Telefilms has said that its board will meet tomorrow to consider a stock split. The company has not mentioned the split ratio but the meeting...
LONDON:Cricket fans will be able to listen to live BBC coverage when Test Match Special, normally found on BBC Radio Four LW and BBC Radio Five...
MUMBAI:Fashion buffs waiting to catch the heat from the hottest Indian fashion event of the year can tune in to Star World to have their fill....
MUMBAI:Two diverse studies on kids’ television viewing patterns would have us believe that while the couch potato is growing increasingly younger, television should not be blamed...
MUMBAI:Desi All India Radio is joining hands with the British Broadcasting Corporation again. After a joint coverage of the FIFA soccer world cup, AIR is bringing...
America Online and the Latin Recording Academy have announced that AOL Music will be the exclusive online partner for the Latin Grammy Awards. Beginning with the...
Virgin Mobile, US has unveiled its national, youth-focused cell phone service and its multi-year strategic partnership with MTV Networks, a division of Viacom. The deal provides...
MUMBAI: After venturing into untested waters with a religious band on Sundays, Star Plus is now ready with a weekly college romance and a weekday kids’...
MUMBAI: In the ongoing debate on the efficacy of set top box systems that will finally enable implementation of CAS, DALVI, a six-year-old encryption systems company...
MUMBAI: RiTV has decided to get active during the festival season this monsoon. The network will spruce up its August programming with special shows on both...
The Wisden honour has come at an opportune time. The One Alliance, the conglomeration of six channels of the Sony-Discovery bouquet, is actively using brand ambassador...
NEW DELHI: To reintroduce or not to reintroduce? That is the question exercising information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj. Well not this week anyway. The Cable...
MUMBAI: After the Fifa World Cup what next has been what the naysayers have been harping on when it comes to new kid on the block...
MUMBAI: The 23rd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards this year have a record 1,654 entries, up from last year’s 1450. PBS leads the final tally...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Even before the champagne bottles could be opened, a chasm seems to have appeared in the cable operators’ fragile unity. After meeting information and...
MUMBAI: Hospital series Dhadkan, along with twin dilemma Hubahu are making way for the Madhuri matchmaking show Kahin Na Kahin Koi Hai that commences telecast on...
MUMBAI: Talk about good timing. With just about six weeks to go before the “mini world cup” (the Champion’s Trophy in Sri Lanka that kicks off...
China said on Friday it had removed the BBC World television news channel from its airwaves for “infringing” broadcast rules, a move the corporation said was...
LONDON: Next time you log on the Beeb’s online news service, you will have access to content more relevant to the country of your origin. Using...
NEW DELHI: At a time when the government is attempting to push through a Central legislation to mandate what people should see (or not see) on...
NEW DELHI: If Doordarshan revenues are on the downswing, then blame it on those who owe DD money and the inadequacy of the current system to...
NEW DELHI: Till date Rs 79.77 million has accrued to the government as licence fee from FM radio broadcasters. Bank guarantees of Rs 19 million in...
NEW DELHI: So you thought national broadcaster Doordarshan was a pushover? Data says otherwise. Between 9-11 pm in all TV homes on all days among viewers...
MUMBAI: ESPN’s live telecast of the NatWest series finals on 13 July registered an unprecedented viewership with ratings touching a record high of 19.31 TVR for...
NEW DELHI: In what is a strong defence of the conditional access system (CAS) Information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj today likened CAS to a multi-cuisine...
MUMBAI: It was just under a year ago that Star India announced it had acquired a majority stake in the Tamil regional language channel Vijay TV...
MUMBAI: This is certainly a departure from the normal trend of private broadcasters retaining the rights of the serials telecast on their channels. B.A.G. Films, producer...
NEW DELHI: The temperatures have cooled a bit on the the vexed issue of the introduction of conditional access systems (CAS) among the cable fraternity. Mollified...
Mumbai, April 24, 2006: In a significant honour, VSNL’s Executive Director, Mr. N Srinath has been named the ‘Telecom CEO of the Year’ by the leading...
NEW DELHI: The conditional access system issue will be reintroduced in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament) on Thursday, the information and broadcasting ministry announced...
NEW DELHI: The government today said that the Cable Television Networks (Regulations) Bill, 1995, already passed by the Lok Sabha, is being considered by the Rajya...
NEW DELHI: The Hong Kong based Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (Casbaa) – a representative organisation of close to 120 pay TV and related...
NEW DELHI: The conditional access system issue is likely to be reintroduced in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament), according to government sources. From the...
If the Central Government is satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, it may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify...
MUMBAI: Kids’ channel Nickelodeon from the MTV stable has commenced 24 hours broadcast in Pakistan. Nickelodeon is available to the market through cable and is distributed...
MUMBAI:There was no prime time in Mumbai tonight. All across the city from 9 pm onwards, cable feeds went blank for an hour. This followed a...
NEW DELHI: The public broadcaster’s gross commercial revenues have taken a beating this year. In a reply to a query in the Upper House of Parliament...
NEW DELHI: The Raghav Bahl-promoted Television Eighteen Ltd has recorded a net profit of Rs 15.25 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2002 as compared...
MUMBAI: Cox Communications, Universal McCann to explore new advertising platforms together. Cox Communications has announced a collaborative alliance with Universal McCann (UM), the media planning and...
MUMBAI: Mudra Communications has won critical acclaim for its anti-smoking commercial Godfather. London’s popular show Tarrant On TV has decided to telecast the commercial, ‘as it...
MUMBAI:Corporate chieftains and bigwigs from Indian industry attended the interactive session organised on 19 July in Mumbai by CNBC India and Computer Associates. The first of...
Godrej and Boyce – Appliances Division, the innovator in consumer appliances has introduced a new range of washing machines with ‘Force 4’ technology that dislodges the...
MUMBAI: Former Balaji Telefilms CEO Sanjay Dosi has joined Ronnie Screwvala-promoted UTV as COO finance & operations. Dosi, who left Balaji towards the end of May,...
The momentum among private players to enter the DTH broadcast arena appears to be building, if reports circulating in the industry are to be believed. After...
HONG KONG: News Corp’s technology solutions arm NDS Group has announced that Sichuan Provincial Network has deployed NDS end-to-end solutions for the commercial launch of their...