Add one more to the list of TV channels that are trying to get the attention of viewers belonging to the Indian diaspora across the globe....
Motion pictures seem to be the only new Nimbus venture that has taken off with a measure of success in the last couple of years. While...
It came as a bolt out of the blue. Zee Telefilms and ETC Networks this morning informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that they have signed a...
More frames are being added to the ever-expanding Zee picture. Zee Telefilms announced today that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with ETC Networks to...
He forayed into television with Kavita Chaudhary’s path breaking Udaan. Sanjay Upadhyay’s career flight, which took off with directing Saaya, Aatish, Tum Pukar Lo and Hum...
Looks like the common assumption that ESPN Star Sports will be airing the India telecast of next year’s Cricket World Cup in South Africa may be...
The Hallmark channel may be struggling to find an audience in India but in America the story is different. Hallmark Channel has once again outranked all...
ViaSat has reported record sales and earnings for its third quarter of fiscal year 2002, ended 31 December, 2001. ViaSat claims to produce advanced digital satellite...
Entertainment conglomerate Viacom has reported results for the full year and fourth quarter ended 31 December, 2001. For the full year 2001, Viacom reported a 16...
Broadcast Worldwide Business Development director Pradipto Sircar refuses to be cowed down by rival regional satellite channels that are stealing viewers, while the four Tara channels...
The BBC has announced that Capita has been formally appointed to deliver field and call centre operations for TV Licensing for the BBC. An official release...
BBC World says it has registered a 16 per cent growth in its reach over last year’s figures following a series of distribution agreements worldwide. The...
First Toon Cricket, and now toon merchandising. Cartoon Network is determined to cash in on its popularity in the subcontinent by creating brands out of its...
If you have had no problems keeping track of 21 members of the Virani family, try dealing with 32 as India’s Numero Uno Hindi family drama...
Sony Entertainment Television Pictures, which had bought the overseas distribution rights of Lagaan, can look forward to a boost in earnings with the Oscar nominations announced...
The ongoing political stand-off between India and its neighbour has put paid to Sony Entertainment Television’s plans to launch in Pakistan for the foreseeable future. But...
Just 29, Kaushik Ghatak is already a veteran director on Indian television. A hundred episodes of Kyunkii Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, a few of Sanskriti...
News channels are girding their loins as they get ready to fight for viewership during the assembly elections in four states scheduled this month. While Sahara...
It seems to be Sony’s turn to ride the crest of the Balaji wave. Kkusum and Kutumb, both family soaps from the Balaji stable have peaked...
B4U is branching out into avenues less trodden. The company has developed an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system that offers integrated software solutions to media companies. ...
Cartoon Network’s offline initiatives continue to be innovative. Last week, the channel threw a bash to celebrate the birthday of Natallia Khaniejo, the Mumbai nine year...
Indian television has not been able to boast of many gorgeous women. And when the few that are, disappear from the small screen, it invites curiosity....
The four-day Information Communications and Technology (ICT) 2002 symposium that concluded on Saturday emphasised the need for the IT and entertainment industries to interconnect through synergetic...
One of themes at ICT 2002 was India as the new international hub for animation. Pointing to the scale of the business, CEO UTV Net Solutions...
If anyone had doubts regarding the value of Zee TV’s alliance with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, these numbers might be worth taking note of (Zee MGM is the English...
The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) today imposed special margins on 35 scrips, including three media shares. The media firms included in the list of companies on...
The Ark Trust, an American non-profit animal protection organisation and presenter of the annual Genesis Awards, will salute the award-winning John S Hendricks, founder, chairman and...
After the corporate and auto awards, CNBC India, the country’s fast growing dedicated business news channel, today announced the Mutual Fund awards of the year, in...
Everyone in television is talking movies. If not making them then promoting them. After the 2002’s biggest blockbuster by a mile, Gadar, Zee Telefilms is now...
B4U Network has cancelled plans to launch operations in Australia and New Zealand and is instead looking to North Africa as its next area of coverage....
ESPN Software today apparently decided to go after the big boys in its ongoing tussle with the Hinduja Group’s cable arm InCable Network. Industry sources say...
After the launch of Insat 3C, another homegrown satellite gets ready for launch in March this year. Insat 3A will join the Insat family in space...
Television and the Internet are the only media that have consolidated their reach in India in the period between December 2000 and June 2001, according to...
Pop singer Shaan and playback duo Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik brought home a slice of the action from the first ever MTV Asia awards that...
One of the Beeb’s best known faces, George Alagiah has joined BBC World to present a new weekday news programme that has started airing from 22...
Sony Entertainment Television’s top rated show, the daily drama Kkusum from the Balaji Telefilms stable, has notched a TRP of 8.9 on 24 January among all...
Aaj Tak, the Hindi news channel that has forayed into the UAE with a tie-up with a cable operator late last year, plans to cover the...
Fifteen months after big-time film financier and diamond trader Bharat Shah was incarcerated due to his alleged connections to the underworld, the Supreme Court garanted him...
The outlay for the I&B ministry in the 10th Five Year Plan has been recommended at Rs 85,500 million, of which the broadcasting sector gets the...
The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) latest multi-purpose geostationary satellite, Insat 3C, has been successfully maneuvered to move it into geo-stationary orbit. The satellite will be...
Award to honor exemplary work in the field of Water Conservation and Management Follows World Water Day where Union Water Minister Prof. Saif-Ud-Din Soz released film...
No pay no gain. That could well sum up the general sentiment in the industry that in the long run it is only the pay mode...
SABe TV continues on its promise of providing ‘relief’ to viewers with the launch on 25 February of a new sitcom Sajan Tu Jhoot Mat Bol. ...
ETC Networks Limited announced its Q-3 results for the year 2001-2002 with net profit going down by 63 per cent from Rs 3.8 million in Q2...
The year that was in television 2001: it was a year of upheaval for the Indian television industry. A year that was characterised by: *deflating ad...
MUMBAI: Moody’s Investors Service will time the entry of its mutual fund rating service in India with a collaboration with CNBC India on the Mutual Fund...
It’s all about getting the combinations spot on. In these times of rising tensions between broadcasters and cable operators, networks are offering various combinations of the...
Divinity, unlike human frailty is more consistent at producing tangible results, at least for television production houses. Ask Creative Eye. The production house that has an...
Moody’s Investors Service will time the entry of its mutual fund rating service in India with a collaboration with CNBC India on the Mutual Fund of...
It’s a cable industry versus broadcasters battle that promises to be long drawn if the government does not intervene soon. The Cable TV Equipment Traders and...