MUMBAI: The winners of the music based reality show American Idol are seeing their albums do well on the charts. American Idol stars Carrie Underwood, Bo...
MUMBAI: Keeping with its annual tradition, Etc’s Kahani Kismat Ki will showcase the annual forecast of all the 12 star signs. Kahani Kismat Ki will be...
MUMBAI: Insat 4A telecommunications satellite has been successfully placed in near-geosynchronous orbit by Indian space scientists. The deployment of solar panels and two antennas have been...
1 M/s Malayalam Communication Ltd. 2 M/s Raj Television Network Ltd. 3 M/s Creamline Dairy Products Ltd. 4 M/s Gwalior Farms Pvt. Ltd. 5 M/s Swar...
MUMBAI: Cable operators have agreed to abide by the rules and regulations of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) regarding re-broadcasting of channels without ‘lending...
MUMBAI: ImaginAsian Entertainment has announced the addition of two new executives to its team, as well as two promotions. The New York based firm provides cross-platform...
NEW DELHI: The government is examining the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) recommendations for a national plan for digitalisation of cable television. Informing fellow parliamentarians,...
MUMBAI: With the growing likelihood that the US House and Senate will pass the Digital Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 early next year, Standard...
MUMBAI: In a first-of-its-kind event for Shemaroo, Punjabi Comedy film Jija ji starring three comedians has been premiered directly on home video. The film stars Jaspal...
MUMBAI: Microsoft is ending a partnership that had long turned sour. The software giant is selling most of its stake in MSNBC TV, the television venture...
MUMBAI: The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (Isro) telecommunications satellite Insat 4A’s orbit has been raised further. In the second orbit raising manoeuvre conducted at 1.24 pm...
MUMBAI: The Google – AOL stake deal hints at the possibility of an AOL initial public offering in 2008, according to a regulatory filing. The deal,...
MUMBAI: Music channel MTV in the US has announced that 2005 was the highest rated year in the channels existence in the P12-34 age group. In...
"We launched Star One with the purpose of wooing those audiences who showed this tendency to break away from Star Plus. Star Plus in the Hindi...
MUMBAI: Cable TV operators feel the Bombay High Court’s interim order is impossible to implement on the ground. “We can’t monitor so many channels,” says Siticable...
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MUMBAI: The Union government is examining the recommendations of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on digitalisation of cable television, the Lok Sabha was informed on...
MUMBAI: Jeff Bewkes has been named president and chief operating officer of Time Warner Inc. The announcement was made by Time Warner chairman and CEO Dick...
MUMBAI: Cable TV networks are slashing prices and working out consumer friendly schemes to push their digital set-top boxes (STBs), ahead of the launch of Tata...
MUMBAI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today announced that its order imposing a four per cent cable TV price hike will not come into...
NEW DELHI: Pubcaster Prasar Bharati has raked in a profit of Rs 200-300 million from the two one-day series and one Test series. Speaking to reporters...
MUMBAI: Bose Corporation, which deals with audio technology,has launched retail operations in Kolkata. It has thus strengthened its retail footprint with a total of ten company...
MUMBAI: A year ago on 26 December 2004, one of the most severe natural disasters seen in recent times struck Asia. Tsunami affected several countries including...
MUMBAI: World’s second largest mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo Inc is in talks with Japan’s Fuji Television Network Inc. to buy a stake in it. DoCoMo...
NEW DELHI: The petition of Star India against the regulator-mandated cable TV price hike got admitted at the Delhi High Court today, but the next hearing...
MUMBAI: Softbank and Yahoo! Japan announced that TV Bank, a video content service joint venture established by the two companies, has begun providing a video content...
MUMBAI: The much-awaited launch of the popular ABC show Desperate Housewives on China’s CCTV8 failed to impress the tube thermometer. Thanks to the broadcaster’s insistence that...
MUMBAI: VeriSign, Inc., a provider of intelligent infrastructure services for the internet and telecommunications networks, has appointed Star Group CEO Michelle Guthrie to its board of...
MUMBAI: Preparations are in its final stages for the launch of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) latest satellite, Insat-4A, on board the 169th flight of...
MUMBAI: This is a move through which Sony Pictures in the US is looking to leverage the mobile as a distribution platform. Some of Hollywood ‘s...
MUMBAI: Leading British satellite platform BSkyB has crossed its target of achieving eight million subscribers by the end of this year, 2005. In a media statement...
MUMBAI: Pakistan telecom is planning to offer IPTV services in order to enter the triple play space and thereby boost its telecommunication service. Pakistan IT and...
MUMBAI: Cable news and infotainment channel C TV has ambitions to widen its satellite footprint beyond Mumbai. And the man who will bankroll C TV managing...
MUMBAI: The Sardar Patel Trust in association with Yes Bank have launched the collectors edition DVD and VCD of Ketan Mehta’s National Award winning film Sardar...
MUMBAI: Munich-based live television content provider earthTV is now offering content to the Australian television network Special Boradcasting Service (SBS). earthTV’s global camera network will bring...
MUMBAI: A scientist at Schepens Eye Research Institute (SERI) Dr.Eli Peli, found that increasing the contrast of details of certain sizes was of special importance in...
MUMBAI: For Anil Ambani, it has been the hardest part of the game. The last mile, crucial for offering triple play services, has so far been...
MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms’ lone southern player Zee Telugu has completed six months. The channel, originally soft launched in September 2004, was re-launched in May 2005 with...
MUMBAI: French electronic vendor Thomson has announced an agreement to acquire the Thales Broadcast & Multimedia (TBM) business unit, which provides IPTV services (TV services over...
MUMBAI: Sahara One’s thriller Kohinoor, which is loosely based on The Da Vinci Code, will be completing its run tomorrow (15 December). The channel is planning...
MUMBAI: Animal Planet has commissioned Oxford Scientific Films to produce an hour-long documentary about a former game warden and his family who rescue and raise a...
MUMBAI: The International Hockey Federations (IHF) drive to increase the global exposure of hockey continues with the launch of WorldHockey.tv, an Internet television channel. WorldHockey.tv is...
MUMBAI: Preparations have begun to create and launch the new English language website for Al Jazeera International headquartered in Doha. The company has signed an agreement...
MUMBAI: E! Entertainment Television crowned the five actors from Desperate Housewives -Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria and Nicollette Sheridan – and the show’s...
MUMBAI: The year of the Desperate Housewives, it is turning out to be on American television. All four of the main cast of Desperate Housewives are...
MUMBAI: A little over a year has gone by since lifestyle channel Discovery Travel and Living (DTL) launched in India. The channel has announced that it...
MUMBAI: India’s communication payload Insat-4A has been installed atop its Sylda multi-payload dispenser system ahead of its 22 December launch onboard an Ariane 5 generic launcher...
MUMBAI: International production and distribution company Cableready has picked up the international rights to more than 100 hours of additional programming from New York Times Television....
MUMBAI: Remember Burt Reynolds bring muscle cars back to life with the movie Smokey and the Bandit, thus igniting America’s love of muscle cars. This winter,...
Adlabs Films Ltd is Anil Ambani’s first big catch in the entertainment arena: Rs 3.6 billion for a 51 per cent stake. Moving rapidly to arm...

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