MUMBAI: Hit Entertainment, which owns children’s characters including Bob the Builder, has said that its shareholders have approved a takeover offer of $933 million from Apax...
MUMBAI: His colleagues turned up in full strength to pay tribute to his family and him. As did the chairman of Zee Telefilms Subhash Chandra and...
MUMBAI: SaharaOne has bagged the Rapa Award for their telefilm Phir Se, which will be to the company at the 30th All India Awards function in...
MUMBAI: Wrestling fans tuned into record numbers on television to watch Batista defeat Triple H to become the heavyweight chyampion. World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has said...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: Cricket or no cricket, the Subhash Chandra promoted Zee Telefilms is ready to play ball and much more with its proposed sports...
MUMBAI: Malayalam general entertainment channel Asianet has launched a new soap in the 9 pm slot. The daily serial Sindoorarekha is directed by popular Malayalam film...
At Jaya TV, KP Sunil is preparing for a bigger role. As head of news, he is eagerly waiting for the news and current affairs channel...
MUMBAI: MTV celebrated the launch of its 100th channel worldwide and also MTV’s first ever African music channel – MTV Base – in South Africa yesterday....
MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms is working on a new recipe to take grip of the Telugu language market which has been traditionally under the dominance of Gemini...
MUMBAI: Raj TV has roped in Tamil television programming veteran V Chandrasekhar to give it a new look. The Tamil general entertainment channel brought Chandrasekhar as...
MUMBAI: The IIFA awardees can look forward to picking tulips in Holland this time. The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards 2005 is all set to...
NEW DELHI: With an eye to make more aggressive forays in the Indian market and exploit the popularity of Indian events and content abroad, the Dubai-headquartered...
MUMBAI: Adlabs Films Ltd will consider preferential allotment of equity shares to Singapore-based Arisaig Partners (Asia) Pte Ltd at Rs 150 a share, aggregating to $6...
MUMBAI: The following companies are announcing their financial results for the fourth quarter and the financial year ended 31 March 2005. Zee Telefilms’ results is scheduled...
MUMBAI: Crime pays, at least, for news channels. An endless list of crime shows are showcased on the telly at present. Newly-launched news channel, Channel 7,...
MUMBAI: After Sindoorr, it’s Sarrkkar. Zee TV is launching another prime time show on 25 April. Slotted for 8:30 PM, the soap is a family drama...
MUMBAI: India seems to be the favourite destination for media czars. After News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch it’s the turn of Walt Disney Company CEO Michael...
MUMBAI: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is all set to make its television debut in India on the Disney Channel on 23 April at 6 PM...
NEW DELHI: With an eye on aggressively driving advertising revenues and viewership, National Geographic Channel (NGC) today launched its new channel positioning ‘Think Again’ in India...
MUMBAI: Weekends will spell action at the Star Plus stable in the coming months. The channel is getting into launch mode for KBC 2, and is...
MUMBAI: Los Angeles-based media mogul and Hollywood.tv CEO and founder Sheeraz Hasan has been named ‘Hollywood Ambassador to Bollywood’ by the Bollywood Group. The Bollywood Group...
MUMBAI: Doordarshan will telecast Kiran – a five minute spot on public service issues – from 25 April. The programme will be telecast from Monday to...
MUMBAI: Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Black will be the first film to be showcased at this year’s edition of the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA...
MUMBAI: Adlabs Films Ltd is planning to raise Rs 400-500 million through a private placement to fund a chain of multiplexes across the country. The company...
MUMBAI: He was brought on board to revamp Sahara Manoranjan and design the look of the proposed movie channel from the Sahara stable. But SaharaOne creative...
MUMBAI: Ladies and… more ladies were there to finally get credit for outstanding work they’ve been doing all along. The occasion was Zee Astitva awards, instituted...
MUMBAI: Sahara is finally gearing up to go ‘Filmi’. The company is putting in place a senior team to launch ‘Filmi’ – its movie channel. Ashutosh,...
MUMBAI: Zee’s English general entertainment channel Zee Cafe is launching the new season of award winning series The West Wing and The Sopranos this April. The...
MUMBAI: Malayalam channel Asianet is sprucing up its primetime band with new daily shows. During the last few weeks, the channel launched new shows in the...
MUMBAI: Vijay TV has lined up special shows on the occasion of ace Kollywood star Vikram’s birthday on 17 April. A programme titled Autograph will be...
MUMBAI: The first report card is out. The 9 PM slot for Star Plus, which saw the launch of Miilee to break away from the clutter...
His Greek God like well chiseled looks and physique made many a young lady’s heart throb as he strode across the ground to hurl his outswingers...
MUMBAI: Music broadcaster MTV has kicked off its initiative MTV Youth Icon of the Year 2005. Every year, young Indians vote for their favourite Youth Icon...
MUMBAI: Malayalam general entertainment channel Asianet is greeting the New Year on 14 April with a variety of special programmes, in addition to its regular shows....
MUMBAI: Vijay TV is presenting an interesting line-up of shows for the Tamil New Year’s day, 14 April. The channel has a mix of film-based shows...
MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms is finally unveiling its 2D animation film Bhagmati mid June this year. Zee has plans to tap the international market by going for...
MUMBAI: Raj TV conducted a star studded event on 9 April to honour the doyen of the South Indian film industry K Balachander. The event was...
MUMBAI: The Kyunki’s and Kasautii’s of Indian television are not just helping Indian channels stay on top of the ratings charts, they seem to be helping...
MUMBAI: Star One’s ready to tickle your funny bone. Considering the fact that reality seems to be the flavour of the season, Star One’s latest endeavour...
MUMBAI: Star India’s top management seems to be on the move. Considering the expanding business plans of the leading network, Star India is looking at infusing...
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television India seems to be in an overdrive on the film acquisition front. Making a clean sweep of all the Yash-Raj films released...
MUMBAI: Broadband is the mantra being chanted by the broadcasters as they seek to leverage emerging new media platforms. MTV is no exception. Earlier this year,...
MUMBAI: CNBC-TV18 and ICICI Bank have tied-up with CRISIL to shortlist the nominees for ‘Emerging India Awards’, an initiative to recognise the the contribution of small...
MUMBAI: Mammooty films had a ball at the 7th Asianet film awards. The actor bagged the best actor award for his role in the films Kazhcha...
MUMBAI: Asianet has started beaming on StarHub in Singapore from today. The channel targets about 25,000 strong Malayali population in the country. Contrary to earlier reports,...
MUMBAI: Zee Network has launched its fifth channel in the UK. The Gujarati channel, catering to the sizable Gujarati community in the UK, will be free...
MUMBAI: National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has announced that it will launch a new anthology of bold and provocative feature length documentaries in July. These will...
MUMBAI: Non-fiction reality producers GRB Entertainment (“Growing up Gotti”, “Intervention”, “Invasion Iowa”), has announced it will be spinning off its existing international distribution division and transforming...
MUMBAI: Perhaps reality is stranger than fiction, after all. Though the weepy soaps still rule primetime on many channels, format shows have been gaining ground in...
MUMBAI: Buena Vista International Television Asia Pacific, which is the distribution arm of Walt Disney Television International, has plans up its sleeve for India that go...

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