Star India CEO Peter Mukerjea these days rues the fact that he is not getting enough time for golf and, thus, relaxation and exercise. Shuttling between...
MUMBAI: The JP Morgan report concludes the final price of the FTA (free-to-air) bouquet will be around Rs 70-80 per subscriber per month. The JP Morgan...
LONDON: Associated Press Television News (APTN), the world’s leading television news agency, made broadcast history when it helped bring live coverage of the war in Iraq...
MUMBAI: It’s not just the US networks that are in a ratings and influence peddling war as the US-led invasion rumbles on. On one hand, there’s...
MUMBAI: The impending conditional access system (CAS) has definitely changed the rules of the broadcasting and cable business in one way – distribution and marketing functions...
MUMBAI: As a host for a reality show, you couldn’t get someone more qualified than this. Monica Lewinsky, whose affair with former US president Bill Clinton...
MUMBAI: The last date for receiving entries for the 28th Rapa (Radio and TV advertisers practitioners association of India) awards for radio and TV productions is...
CNN‘s chief Chris Cramer‘s speech at Ficci Frames 2003 has really put “reality TV in India under perspective! Taking about reality TV, Cramer said that this...
NEW DELHI: KPMG released its first “Fraud and Misconduct Diagnostic Survey in India” today. Releasing the report KPMG Forensic global managing partner Norman D. Inkster, who...
NEW YORK: Turner Broadcasting System is in the middle of restructuring its divisions in order to increase strategy focus, align and expand operations. The aim is...
NEW DELHI: HITS (headend in the sky), pushed by Zee Telefilms, seems to have become a hit with conditional access technology providers with the France-based Canal+...
MUMBAI: It is a known fact that real life emulates reel life. A recent study presented in the March issue of the journal Developmental Psychology by...
On International Women‘s Day, indiantelevision.com goes behind the small screen to check out life in the television industry as seen by women professionals. The women of...
Shantonu Aditya, Sony Entertainment Television India’s head of distribution as well as president of the Discovery-SET India joint venture company, is a satisfied man from the...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: After a “disappointing” budget, the Consumer Electronics Traders and Manufacturers Association (CETMA), the apex body of electronics goods manufacturers in India, had...
MUMBAI: Encouraged by the success of Ji Mantriji , the Indianised version of Yes Minister, BBC Worldwide has signed another deal with Star Plus. The new...
SABe TV, a channel which recently completed two years of telecast, has carved a niche for itself as a channel which banks on humour as its...
MUMBAI: With the union budget due to be announced on Friday news channels are gearing up with a slew of specials and in-depth analysis. Indiantelevision.com has...
MOSCOW: MTV Russia has announced that the best Russian and international music, artists and videos will be honoured at the inaugural MTV Russia Music Awards. The...
MUMBAI: Surabhi, the programme produced by Siddharth Kak, is back in action and is extending its concept to on-ground promotional events! Surabhi Force, a trust established...
BERMUDA: Intelsat a global satellite communications leader providing services in over 200 countries and territories has reported results for the fourth quarter and full-year ended 31...
It may not have the best of reasons to be complacent, but RED, the FM offering from the India Today stable, is gung ho about its...
NEW DELHI: News is now filtering out as to why the proposed news channel backed by the Videocon group of India still remains off air and...
MUMBAI: ESPN Star Sports has appointed Charles Less as vice president, advertising sales for Southeast Asia. Leading the sales team of Justin Sampson, Dennis Lim and...
MUMBAI: The Mumbai Cable Operators’ Federation (MCOF) is getting active, following the announcement of its formation in the city on 13 February. (see Mumbai’s small cable...
The 50-something president of NDTV, Prannoy Roy, is not only his competitors’ envy and the idol of millions of Indian youngsters aspiring to make it as...
Cartoons are serious business for Duncan Morris. As vice president of research, Turner International Asia Pacific, Morris is responsible for assessing the potential and effect of...
MUMBAI: Gul Panag, the former Femina Miss India Universe recently seen in Star Plus’ Kashmeer, has commenced her Bollywood innings with an Om Puri starrer called...
MUMBAI: UK broadcaster BBC has announced the launch of its website – bbcnews.com/cricket to coincide with the ongoing cricket World Cup. The site, according to the...
MUMBAI: Duniya ko dika do kisme mein hai kitna dum! The latest programming initiative from Hindi general entertainment channel Sahara TV sees the channel muscling into...
(While some people love the shrews on television, others love to hate them. How important are they to a script ?Are the formulaic arched eyebrows, rolling...
MUMBAI: Some observers wondered whether Star India’s management had gone bonkers. Entertainment sweepstakes leader Star Plus was launching a clutch of new high cost shows just...
It’s a young woman’s world. That truism applies quite firmly on television today and has resulted in a sense of disillusionment amongst the older breed of...
Young Turks. The fourth in indiantelevision.com’s series profiling the brightest and the best among the youth brigade in the Indian television industry, focuses this time on...
MUMBAI: Concentrate on non-theatrical releases! Producers, exhibitors need to arrive at a consensus! The film industry needs to embrace new technology! These were some of the...
MUMBAI: All the channels are stepping up preparations for gearing towards the implementation of conditional access system (CAS). Raj TV plans to go pay with effect...
SINGAPORE: Awesome. That was what British pop sensation Robbie Williams and Taiwanese heartthrob Jay Chou were at the MTV Asia Awards last night. Though it was...
Conditional access may have been okayed by Parliament, but questions still haunt the industry. In its constant endeavour to present views of several experts and industry...
WASHINGTON DC: As part of a continuing commitment to facilitate communications with the customers worldwide, Intelsat has opened an additional field office located in Dubai, United...
LAS VEGAS: A “single, seamless platform across AV, PC and mobile devices, with TV at the centre” is at the core of Sony’s global strategy to...
MUMBAI: The Mahasangram has begun in India exactly one month before the first ball of the South Africa versus West Indies match is bowled. While unveiling...
When an advertising agency decides to get into feature film making, you can be sure it’s going to be a methodical affair.The Savita Raj promoted Tandav...
The Sahara India Parivaar, estimated to have a turnover of Rs 160 billion, has this knack of getting into the news and, most of the time,...
‘Work hard, party hard’ seems to be an adage applicable only to on screen talent on the telly. With 2003 less than 36 hours away, artistes we...
Beautiful, charming, suave and hard working are qualities that best define Poonam Dhillon. An actress who made heads turn with her debut film Noorie, when she...
Militancy is not the only worry of the people of Jammu. Currently a vicious tussle is on between the Zee Telefilms’ owned cable network Siticable and...
Zee folklore has it that when Zee Telefilms was riding the crest of success a few years ago, a journalist came to do a cover story...
The courts have decided for the present but the battle lines are still drawn between peeved actor Anupam Kher and Zee Telefilms over his summary dismissal...
It’s a quiet revolution. After keeping a low profile for a while, Zee English and Zee MGM, the two niche channels from the Zee stable, are...
Rajat Jain is the man in the hot seat as MAX prepares to stir up passions, drum up hype and hoopla. The next three months will...