MUMBAI: News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch and elder son Lachlan are being sued by shareholders in TV guide company Gemstar over the $30 billion fall in...
Now here’s a channel that will definitely give Star movies a run for its money. Come 1 September and Home Box Office or HBO as it...
UTV chairman Ronnie Screwvala denied any possibilities of Vijay TV being taken over by Star TV. This was to clear the faux pas made by The...
Alarmed by the recent fall in stock prices, dismal Q1 results for the year 2000 – Zee reported a mere 5% increase in the net profits...
India‘s very own Jay Leno was back where he belonged last night after a longish break. So what was the first episode of the new “Mr...
MUMBAI: Amrita TV News has kicked off a campaign on issues affecting the public at large. To begin with, the first campaign launched in July focuses...
It was a celebration of survival. Sony‘s court battle scarred Shubh Vivaah, now officially christened Kahin Na Kahin Koi Hay (KNKKH numerology, Balaji tactic) celebrated its long...
The recently launched docu-drama travelogue “Jahan Jahan Ram Charan Chali Jahi” by Zee Telefilms spiritual channel Zee Jagran, opened with excellent ratings on its very first...
ETC Networks has announced red ink-stained financial results for the year ended 31 March 2002, even as Zee Telefilms readies to get into the driver’s seat,...
KS Sarma, the 50-something chief executive of Prasar Bharati, overseeing the functioning of Doordarshan and All India Radio, is not new to the system. A few...
Ronnie Screwvala promoted UTV has been in the media business for over 20 years, pioneering cable TV in 1981. The content business is just one part...
Ek Mahal Ho Sapano Ka, the precursor to the tide of saas-bahu sagas that swept Indian television in the last two years, has just crossed the...
His stint on television started nearly eight years ago, but his claim to fame came only recently with a controversial rape scene in the Balaji saga...
A man who happened to chance upon advertising, an individual who stands by his beliefs in this very pseudo world of advertising. A die hard Ilyaraja...
Sony Entertainment Television has secured the cable and satellite television rights for all ICC-designated One-Day cricket for the next seven years, which includes the next two...
Go for the jugular. Thats a tactic used in the animal kingdom when a hunter is close to a prey it has been stalking for some...
Hubahu, the twin dilemma on Sony Entertainment Television, is packing up. High costs of production and corresponding low ratings are the primary reason for the series...
If there is one talismanic individual that represents India’s greatest triumph in the one-day cricket arena it is Kapil Dev, the captain of that 1983 winning...
The Subhash Chandra-promoted Zee Telefilms Ltd today got the formal nod from shareholders to raise the FII limit in India’s leading media company to 49 per...
Star India today announced the appointment of Zee News executive editor Sanjay Pugalia as news director Star News. His appointment will be effective 1 July and...
Noted filmmaker Subhash Ghai had a 20-year dream: to set up an international film and media institute in Mumbai. Whistling Woods International Ltd (WWIL) came up...
The MTV Youth Marketing Forum promised a lot. For the first time, the naughty music channel decided to shift it away from its sinful commercial capital...
Roshan Abbas is one of the more popular hosts seen on the small screen today. Roshan first shot into fame as anchor of Public Demand, one...
Keertan Adyanthaya – ex-Mindshare Fulcrum – has joined Star India. He will be in charge of programming at Channel [V], Star Movies and Star World. At...
In a swift turn around on Monday, the Bangladesh government lifted its ban on 11 of the 13 satellite channels it had imposed on Sunday. The...
SABe TV’s celebrated variety entertainment show Office-Office has won the RAPA (Radio and TV Advertising Practitioners’ Association of India) Award for “Best Comedy” serial for the...
“We are on track to achieve our aim of becoming the number one network as far as subscription revenues are concerned.” This is what Shantonu Aditya,...
The Sahara India Group’s ambitious plans to launch a national Hindi news channel, along with a number of independent city-based regional news stations (mainly in the...
Sri Adhikari Brothers Television (SABTNL) continues its long association with national broadcaster Doordarshan with the launch on Monday of a new daily social drama Kuntee on...
Hindi entertainment channel Sahara TV has taken home five trophies at the Radio and TV Advertising Practitioners Association (RAPA) awards that were held in Mumbai on...
One crime show is being replaced by another on Star Plus. Kahaani Jurrm Ki, which made its debut nearly a year ago on the Friday Sachin...
Mumbai, May 25 , 2006: To give the viewers entertainment galore, just after the launch of its biggest historical series STAR PLUS draws out another offering...
Even as the next six batches are underway, Zee Institute of Media Arts (ZIMA) along with Autodesk Media and Entertainment certified its first batch of students...
Kkusum, the long suffering soap on Sony has made it to the nominations for the ‘favourite drama on cable’ in the fifth edition of the Cable...
The Showman – as Subhash Ghai is known – has found a buyer for his 15 strong movie library, a year after B4U failed to deliver...
Indigenous comic strip character Chacha Chaudhary will come to life on Sahara TV from 13 May. Produced by Ketan Mehta’s Maya Entertainment, the simple, earthy Chacha...
The revamped Tara Marathi is ready for the second phase of its relaunch with a slew of new programmes and novel concepts that kick off 13...
MUMBAI: Is it a game of “me too” going on in sports broadcasting land? First was cricket “World Cup Network” SET MAX’s announcement that it had...
Rakesh Sarang is one of the few cameramen in the industry who have made the transition to direction effortlessly. The fact that his work has been...
Monster, which claims to be the leading global online careers site and flagship brand of TMP Worldwide, and Viacom Plus, the cross-platform sales and marketing unit...
Subhash Chandra’s Zee Telefilms today announced a revenue growth of 10 per cent, EBITDA growth of 30 per cent and profit after tax growth of 16...
One thing that has been more than amply borne out in the communal conflagration that has engulfed Gujarat is that the government is speaking in different...
MUMBAI: While the production industry might be in its nascent stages in India, but the popularity of animation certainly isn’t. Animation company Toonz Animation and ETV...
Subhash Chandra’s Zee Telefilms today announced a revenue growth of 10 per cent, EBITDA growth of 30 per cent and profit after tax growth of 16...
It’s getting rather disconcerting. Ekta Kapoor’s overbearing presence across time bands and channels that is. Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms is about to add another to the ever-growing...
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television has set itself an ambitious agenda for the year ahead on the distribution front. By the end of this fiscal, it aims...
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....
The much delayed launch of the education channel Zed TV from the Zee TV stable finally took place late last evening at the hands of Indian...
Bollywood showman Subhash Ghai’s Mukta Arts yesterday ended all speculation regarding the sale of satellite telecast rights of its film library when it announced that Sony...
The rise and rise of the media stocks continue. The last few days has seen Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms scale new peaks. Today it was Subhash...