If anyone thought the Zee Telefilms scrip had finally bottomed out better think again. Down is where it has been plummeting since yesterday. And there seems...
Sony Entertainment, the flagship channel of the SET network, celebrated its sixth 6th anniversary yesterday and CEO Kunal Dasgupta asserts it is as good a time...
Delhi’s district court today ruled in favour of ESPN Software India Ltd in a case filed by Home Cable Network Ltd. ESPN Software India Ltd. had...
There is one television network that all major news networks are sourcing for any worthwhile footage on the world’s most wanted man – Osama Bin Laden....
There is one television network that all major news networks are sourcing for any worthwhile footage on the world’s most wanted man – Osama Bin Laden....
The world yesterday entered Act II of America’s “War Against Terrorism” with the launch of cruise missiles against multiple targets in Afghanistan. The terror attacks on...
After having burnt its fingers with the second season of the reality show ‘Survivor’ AXN is not taking chances with its third season. After just...
It is a case of Haan (yes) and Naa (no). What is good for the goose may not be good for the gander in television land....
Localise content or perish. Nickelodeon Asia seems to be following on the dictum with yesterday’s unveiling of the first show it has produced specifically for Asian...
The new regional language addition to the Star bouquet – Vijay TV – which launched its new improved programme line-up from 1 October, has had an...
Asia’s first “pitch session” – Super Pitch 2001 – takes place in Singapore on 7 December during this year’s Asia Television Forum. The session, which...
Ideal Systems Asia Pacific Limited, a Hong Kong-based product distribution and system integration company, has started its Indian operations through its newly set up Indian affiliate...
National broadcaster Doordarshan has reissued a tender notice seeking for applicants for distribution and marketing of DD-World in USA, Canada, UK, rest of Europe and Australia...
As senior V-P programming and production Rekha Nigam gets ready to clear her desk over the next few days, the reports coming out of Sony Entertainment...
Lakshmi Venkat has joined United Television as a creative director telefilms. Venkat, who took up office on 1 October, is responsible for developing new shows...
Hardly had the dust settled on the bombshell that programming head Rekha Nigam was leaving Sony Entertainment Television, its head office in Mumbai’s Andheri suburb had...
Business channel CNBC India is keenly pushing its ‘Managing India’ brand forward. ‘Managing India’ is a half-hour program that showcases company leaders and people whose hands...
The rumours have been doing the rounds for a while now about an impending shakeout in Sony Entertainment Television. It began today. Senior V-P programming and...
From next month the kid’s channel Nickelodeon, which claims to be available in more than 300 million homes in 149 countries (but is almost invisible in...
When the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)-organised Enter Media 2001 conference ended in Mumbai on 9 August, it had been declared that a white paper would...
Arianespace has successfully orbited the Atlantic Bird 2 satellite for international telecommunications operator Eutelsat. Conducted its second mission in 25 days, Arianspace used an Ariane 4...
After the the relaunch of Zee TV in India, there has been a complete makeover of Zee UK as well. Zee UK took on its new...
ESPN Star Sports Super Selector, the interactive game show launched on September 21, has set a world record for the number of entries received for any...
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, from the Walt Disney stable, is all set to make its splash on Indian television on Sunday 7 October 2001 on...
It’s not just Zee TV that has a lot riding on the new programming initiative that it instituted recently. Ronnie Screwvallah-promoted television production major United Television...
Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network (SABTNL) on Friday denied reports that Turner International India, which distributes its Hindi entertainment channel SABe TV in the country, has...
ETC Networks, the only Hindi language channel broadcaster after Jain TV to get government clearance for uplinking from India, sees the teleport facility that it will...
The Indian Broadcasting Foundation, which met yesterday to discuss the TRP issue, has set up a committee to go into the issue, it has been revealed....
Balaji Telefilms’ creative director Ekta Kapoor’s must be finding it difficult finding cupboard space going by the number of awards she has been collecting. Kapoor added...
Turner International India, which had a tie-up with Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network to distribute the Hindi entertainment channel SABe TV in the country, has broken...
The 5th Casbaa China Roundtable in Beijing and Shanghai, held between 11 and 13 September, attracted significant support from government officials, mainland operating companies and Casbaa...
Matches they say are made in heaven or as in this case on heavenly sets. Sony Entertainment Television’s soon to-be-launched mega-programme Shubh Vivaah (happy marriage) has...
Subhash Chandra-promoted Zee Telefilms holds its annual general body meeting today in Mumbai. The meeting comes at a time when the company is organising a major...
It’s all happening at the Indian Broadcasting Foundation. The representative body of broadcasters is meeting today at 6:00 pm at The Club in Mumbai’s western suburb...
It now appears that efforts are on to discredit the ratings system further. Industry sources say that recently two individuals claiming to be the representatives of...
With latest addition to the family Vijay TV firmly in tow, Star India today gave notice it was ready for a long haul battle with undisputed...
For cable operators focused on increasing new services and capacity within their existing networks, Scientific-Atlanta and Pacific Broadband Communications (PBC) have announced the launch of two...
Zee Telefilms chairman Subhash Chandra today warned investors that the overall negative market scenario prevailing was going to impact on financials as companies cut back on...
Following close on the heels of its tie-up with the RPG-owned HMV Saregama, Etc has linked up a deal with Sony Music for joint marketing of...
Hallmark, which claims a viewership base of 8.2 million in India, is pushing hard to become the channel that the whole family can enjoy. Hallmark is...
Radio City, the Star India-managed private FM radio station that has had a successful debut in Bangalore, plans to open its next station in Lucknow in...
CNN International Networks president Chris Cramer is livid. The reason. “Respected news organisations such as CNN and Reuters have become a target of a war of...
The race to be numero uno among television channels is hotting up what with tumbling TRPs, declining ad revenues and bumbling repetitive programmes. Over the past...
This is a channel, which is crackling – crackling with electrifying programming. And if it does not regain its rightful place at the top of the...
Entertainment music channel etc has signed a strategic deal with RPG owned music company Saregama HMV. Under this agreement, Saregama HMV and etc will jointly present...
Star host Naseeruddin Shah couldn’t make it but there were two legends from the cricket world – Sunil Gavaskar and Geoffrey Boycott – on hand to...
The MSOs are moving into Mysore. Zeenext.com, the cable ISP from the Zee Network stable, launched its Internet over cable TV services in Mysore on Wednesday...
Sony Entertainment Television, which joined Star India and Zee TV as a completely pay-driven bouquet when its flagship channel became fully encrypted on 1 September, expects...
After winning three medals at Taiwan’s 4A Advertising Awards in April, ESPN STAR Sports has gone one better at the prestigious China Times Advertising Awards. Its...
Mukesh Sharma is not the kind of guy you would expect to find in a government job. Suave and with filmstar like good looks, Sharma has,...