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As 2007 comes to a close, Reliance Entertainment president Rajesh Sawhney is an apt choice for our year-ending interview, not necessarily in the context of what...
Marvel Entertainment is tapping the comics business in India. Holding the rights to iconic characters like Spiderman, X-Men and Hulk, it has appointed Kids Media India...
For Discovery Networks India, 2007 has been a year of growth. The company carried out a slew of local initiatives including celebrating 60 years of India’s...
Subhash Ghai-promoted Mukta Arts has churned out several blockbusters in the past. But it has had to wait till 2006-07 to cross Rs 1 billion in...
Riding high on the ICC World Cup, Set Discovery reaped a harvest of $120 million (around Rs 4.8 billion) in 2006-07. The challenges, though, are stiff...
Turner is looking to take localisation efforts for its kids channels to the next level. It has announced a slew of five locally produced shows which...
Quentin Staes-Polet is the CEO and co-founder of Kreeda Games, one of the first Indian internet companies dedicated to massively multiplayer online gaming (MMOG). The company...
BBC is expanding in the media space in India with not just new channel launches but also in the arena of FM radio and TV production....
It’s nigh on one-and-a-half years since Star India brought in a “media outsider” Paritosh Joshi as president – advertising sales & distribution, thereby consolidating the two...
Synergy Communications founder Siddhartha Basu shot to fame as the curt quizmaster in BBC’s Mastermind India. But he sure knows a thing or two about drama....
Autodesk which manufactures software technologies for the media and entertainment industry as one of its major activities, is looking to grow the business in India. ...
Gaming firm Indiagames is on the move. It recently came back into the online gaming space with its Games on Demand concept. UTV also took a...
As localized channels are gaining momentum on television, the Zee Network has been quick to grab untapped genres in regional markets. Spearheading four regional channels from...
The declining importance of the conventional Hindi general entertainment channel (GEC) on Indian television has thrown up considerable challenges for all broadcasters.Confronting the gradual fall of...
This has been a busy year for Sony’s international channels AXN and Animax. The task has been to pace up to the market competitiveness while staying...
UTV is lining up nine channels and is planning to bet Rs 6 billion in it. The company is in talks with strategic investors to support...
Thirteen years on, Star India’s music channel is experimenting with ‘blogumentary’ content and has adopted the tagline Channel [V] made by you. The recipe for getting...
Reliance ADAG has aggressive plans laid out for its radio venture Big FM. With 29 stations already in place, Big FM has 16 more waiting in...
Former tennis player turned Hollywood film producer Ashok Amritraj has reason to celebrate. Having spent 25 years in filmmaking, he was recently in India to collaborate...
Filmy, the one and a half year old Hindi movie channel from the Sahara Group, has experimented with a varied mix of movies and shows to...
The Indian Hindi general entertainment space is heating up and could possibly be on the brink of a huge change as Subhash Chandra‘s flagship channel Zee...
First Shaheen, and now Kumkum. For Juhi Parmar who came in quite green behind the ears when she first landed in Mumbai from Rajasthan, it’s been...
She waits with baited breath, jittery to unlock her next treasure. Bindass CEO Zarina Mehta is bubbling with energy as she talks about her second baby...
Radio One has changed its positioning from a niche to a mass station. With help from BBC which picked up a 20 per cent stake in...
For Excel Home Video, it is time to expand as big companies like Anil Ambani’s ADAG are planning an entry. The firm recently added MGM to...
B.A.G Films & Media Ltd. managing director Anurradha Prasad has her plate full. Having created a long list of popular TV shows, she now has her...
These are busy times for Percept Holdings as it plans to build a strong growth engine in the entertainment space. The company has a war chest...
Moser Baer is shaking up the home video market with its low pricing. While VCDs are available at Rs 28, DVDs are priced at Rs 34....
Baljit Singh Lalli, who took charge as chief executive officer of Prasar Bharati at the end of December 2006, is an Indian Administrative Service officer of...
Discovery Travel and Living VP -lifestyle networks Aditya Tripathi was in Bangalore to showcase the channel’s new local show ‘A Matter of Taste’ hosted by television...
Electronics major LG Electronics India Ltd (LGIL) recently announced their foray and focus on digital audio video products in Bangalore. LG showcased their latest offerings in...
The media industry has recently been eyeing the advantages that radio is promising to offer, but when it comes to the monies, advertisers are still apprehensive...
Just when everyone was thinking that sports broadcasters might look to “de-risk” the cricket story, ESPN Star Sports has announced the launch of a dedicated cricket...
It’s now a known fact that HLL has pulled its advertising off the Star India Network, but whether a non co-existence and exchange between the biggest...
As the sun and sands of Goa beckon the Indian advertising, media and marketing community for the AAAI organized ad festival Goafest from 19 – 21...
With the advent of digitisation in India, more international broadcasters are looking to launch channels in the country. A case in point is E! Networks. It...
The biggest bouquet of channels on Indian television and the second largest player in the GEC space, the Zee Network has been in the limelight recently,...
Sitting in a make shift office with everything from ‘superhit music’ to the constant chatter of the Red FM staff around thrown in, I sit down...
The mobile retailing space is hotting up in India. Essar Telecom Retail, an Essar group company has entered mobile retailing in India with the launch of...
A little girl from a small town in Bihar who migrated from India to the US when she was just six years old, Rena Golden is...
ITC Foods, the foods division of ITC Limited has built many brands and sub brands through aggressive advertising and marketing moves. This year the foods division...
For over 50 years FMCG major Hindustan Lever has dominated the Indian market with brands that have become a household name for many. Now it is...
After carving out a separate space for Hungama TV in the kids genre, Zarina Mehta is at work again. Her challenge this time is to hook...
NEW DELHI: Star Group has received FIPB (foreign investment promotion board) approval for investing Rs 72.02 million to pick up a 20 per cent stake in...
MUMBAI: The special episode of Titan Antakshri on Zee Television was made even more memorable for the visually impaired participants with the presence of Amitabh Bacchan....
MUMBAI: The video game revolution, underway for decades, has progressed from simple amusements created in the 1950s to an all-pervasive force in today’s popular culture that...
MUMBAI: The total size of the television hardware market in Asia measures at nearly $22 billion GfK Asia has released its 2006 year end pan Asian...
MUMBAI: Cinema chain operator Pyramid Saimira Theatre has entered into a strategic alliance with Moser Baer India for exploiting revenues from the home video market. Under...
SET Discovery has been riding high on the wave of ICC cricket for over four years. Having the ICC Championship and World Cup in a single...
BANGALORE: The impasse over the airing of Tamil channels continues here, the capital of the southern state of Karnataka, with seemingly no end in sight since...
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...
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