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A little over a month after media baron Subhash Chandra’s Zee Telefilms Ltd, announced its promoters had placed 5 million shares with a U.S.-based institutional investor,...
Raman Kumar needs no introduction. He is one of the most successful personalities on the tube today. Indeed personality would be the right way to describe...
It’s not just cricket series that SET MAX, the movies and cricket channel from the Sony Entertainment stable, is lining up for viewers. Launching tomorrow, every...
Yet another family drama targeted at the Indian housewife (or should that be North Indian housewife) hits the small screen today with the launch of “Kangan”...
Modi Entertainment Network (MEN) Television was in the process of working out a plan to increase ad sales for the French channel Fashion TV CEO Rajan...
One of the recurring themes in the just-concluded Enter Media 2001 conference organised by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) in Mumbai was the issue of...
Watch out Femina Miss India, there is competition on the horizon. The Zee Network has announced plans to foray into one as yet unexplored arena –...
The The convergence bill may be a long way away but it was very much on the radar screen as the two-day Enter Media 2001 conference...
The battle for the No 4 slot in the general Hindi entertainment channel sweepstakes is hotting up. Sahara TV has refocused itself and is readying for...
Star Group Limited and UTV announced in Chennai today the formation of a joint venture which will oversee Tamil regional language channel Vijay TV. Star has...
The Entermedia 2001 conference kicked off in Mumbai’s western suburb of Andheri today with the issue of addressability forming the core of discussions at the session...
The two-day Entermedia 2001 conference was flagged off today in Mumbai by chief minister of Maharashtra Vilasrao Deshmukh who announced that the state government would not...
Star India and Ronnie Screwvala’s UTV are set to formalise a deal to hand over control of the Tamil language channel Vijay TV it owns to...
The Broadcast Worldwide-promoted Tara regional channel bouquet has recently launched a collection of Hindi and Punjabi songs in partnership with Milestone Entertainment. The audio cassette has...
Ashok Pandit shot into prominence with Filmi Chakkar – one of the more successful comedies on satellite TV. Soon after he made Tere Mere Sapne, a...
The stage is set for the Enter Media 2001 conference to be held in Mumbai on 7 and 8 August. The seminar for the media...
Balaji Telefilms Ltd has announced its financial results for the quarter ended ended 30 June 2001 which show impressive growth as well as a strong bottomline....
In a reflection of the importance that the Ronnie Scewvala-promoted UTV attaches to the “nonfiction area”, it has formed a separate division (set up a month...
The media has been pretty critical of the performance put up by Zee Telefilms in Q1 of FY 2001-002. And it has also been going hell...
Zee Telefilms continues to surprise you. Just when everyone was writing its obituary and investigations were proceeding against the firm and his group, chairman Subhash Chandra...
Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Ltd (SABTNL) today announced its financial results for the quarter ended 30 June 2001. SABTNL, which runs SABe TV and is...
Zee Telefilms has appointed Mega Magic, a group company of the WorldCall Telecommunications Group, to provide legal distribution of Zee TV to be broadcast in Pakistan....
Celebrating Baishakhi, Bhangra can’t be far behind. Doordarshan will celebrate Baisakhi with a Specail telecast of the biggest Bhangra Music Concert in the World – World...
It takes one cine star to get not just one, but a host of them to add glamour and fun to television viewing. And that’s what...
It was in May 2000 that a media monster was born. Starcom and MediaVest merged to create Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) which now ranks among the...
The media has recently been agog about an impending alliance between Sony Entertainment and Time Warner on the television front in India. That seems to be...
The television industry has dismissed Sahara TV as a lost cause. Eyes have mainly been on Star, Zee and Sony Entertainment. However, if the aggressive stance...
It’s hoping to act as a guide in the maze that is Indian cable & satellite television today. Channel Guide a specific preview and menu channel...
Fire & Ice, the popular nightclub in Mumbai’s Parel suburb, now has its own in-house channel. Launched last Friday as Fire & Ice Weekend TV, the...
Moved but not shaken is Shekhar Suman, former anchor of Sony Entertainment’s hit talk show Movers and Shakers. Suman is all set to get back to...
This is the second installment of Anil Wanvari‘s three-part interview with Sameer Nair, executive vice-president, content and communications, Star India where in a really free-flowing account,...
Office Office, the leading weekly sitcom from the Sabe TV stable, is all set to become a daily. According to Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Ltd...
Zee TV has announced it will shortly be bringing updated versions of the superhit mythologicals – Ramayana and Mahabharata – to Indian viewers. Zee TV will...
The stage is set as Zee TV prepares for Act II of its play for the leadership position in the channel wars. CEO Sandeep Goyal has...
Produced by Smita Thackeray’s Rahul Productions, the serial has a big-league star cast. Khel features Dilip Tahil – his first venture on the small screen, Nirmal...
Media baron Subhash Chandra’s Zee Telefilms Ltd, which announced last Thursday that its promoters had placed 5 million shares with a U.S.-based institutional investor, will receive...
Sony Entertainment Television has finally decided to pull the plug on its high profile gameshow Jeeto Chappar Phaad Ke, industry sources indicate. The last of the...
He had just stepped into his twenties when he was handed over the task of directing that cult like soap of the mid-nineties Tara by Tracinema’s...
Keeping in line with its runaway success in The Indian Telly Awards 2001, Star has pocketed 24 awards – seven gold, 13 silvers and seven bronze...
The Ronnie Screwvalla-promoted UTV Software Communications Ltd’s financials are out and it has made a net profit of Rs 160 million rupees on a total revenue...
The first anniversary of Star India’s flagship channel Star Plus becoming a 24-hour Hindi channel – 3 July – has been chosen as the kick-off date...
Star Plus, the flagship channel of the Star Network, completes a year of turning a 24-hour Hindi channel 3 July. Yesterday, the team behind what...
The Board of Directors of ETC Networks Limited have decided to have a meeting on June 30, 2001 to consider the audited financial report for the...
The Ronnie Screwvala-promoted UTV Entertainment – which produces two of CNN International’s “made in India” programmes – has extended its production contract for CNN indiadotcom for...
In what is claimed to be a unique concept for the media and entertainment sector, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is organising on 7 and...
SABe TV and Sony Entertainment Television have won three and two awards respectively at the 26th Annual RAPA Awards (Radio & TV Practitioners’ Association of India)...
Suhail Tatari’s Breast Cancer, a story depicting the trauma of a woman suffering from this debilitating disease, has just won the Screen Videocon award for the...
The Zee Network, which had initially been quite cool to making a bid for slots on national broadcaster Doordarshan’s Metro Channel, now says it is interested...
Star India this evening switched off all its feeds to IN Cable in Mumbai city over what it said were unpaid payments going back three months...
Zee Telefilms’ effort to migrate the free to air (FTA) analogue Zee TV to pay TV digital mode is facing teething problems. At the time of...
Platforms get three years to add features for hearing and visually impaired
Strong word-of-mouth turns Pongal satire into remake pick
Streaming giant bets on a seasoned marketer who helped build Amazon and Netflix into household names
Communications leader exits after three years spanning MD office strategy and media outreach.
Cricket star named face of Delhi Khel Mahakumbh to fuel youth talent hunt.
Kolkata-based beverage maker reports stronger revenues and profits for December quarter.
A crime thriller steps out of the shadows as Telugu storytelling claims centre stage.
From boards to bytes, chess readies for a nation-first showdown in Riyadh.
Leadership change follows layoffs, protests and a bruising battle over trust.
Revenue rises 4.3 per cent to Rs 10,209.33 crore while deferred tax gain lifts bottom line sharply
Akshay Kumar and stars launch awards at NSCI Dome on Feb 28
Merger creates one-stop hub for content, digital, and delivery
NEW DELHI: Hamdard Laboratories gathered a cross-section of India’s achievers in New Delhi on Friday, handing out the Hakeem Abdul...
MUMBAI: For decades, creative storytelling has been the cornerstone of brand communication. The “big idea” amplified through catchy jingles, striking...
MUMBAI: Zepto has elevated Ahmad Muneeb to vice president – HR centre of excellence, placing him at the helm of...
