MUMBAI: Deepak Chaurasia, executive editor and anchor of TV Today’s Hindi news channel Aaj Tak, has put in his papers. If the buzz in the market...
MUMBAI: The linear TV channel – even as actual viewing habits shift – can continue to hold its place as what you might call the central...
MUMBAI: EMI Music and UK pubcaster the BBC’s commercial arm BBC Worldwide have struck a deal that will see thousands of hours of pop and rock...
MUMBAI: The BBC Trust’s Public Value and Fair Trading Committee has decided to apply a public value test (PVT) to UK pubcaster the BBC’s local video...
MUMBAI: As part of it global expansion move, Congress backed Malayalam channel Jai Hind TV has kick-started its Middle East operations to cater to the large...
MUMBAI: Al Jazeera English (AJE) has won the award for ‘Best 24 Hour News Program’ at the 48th Monte Carlo Television Festival. The channel beats entries...
MUMBAI: English business news channel NDTV Profit, in association with Reliance Money, is launching the second season of Money Mantra. Primarily focussing on investment awareness and...
MUMBAI: India TV has filed a complaint in the ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) saying its “fair name and goodwill” were being compromised because of...
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide Channels will launch a suite of BBC-branded thematic channels in Africa. The channels will be available via MultiChoice’s DStv platform, Africa’s leading television...
MUMBAI: For the second year in succession, the BBC’s combined international news services attracted a global weekly audience of over 233 million during 2007/8, according to...
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide has succeeded in picking the international distribution rights to highly anticipated Canadian drama, The Session. The deal sees BBC Worldwide as the exclusive...
MUMBAI: Al Jazeera Network DG Wadah Khanfar will give the Worldview Address at this year’s MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, which takes place from 22 –...
MUMBAI: CNBC-TV18 will air the four-part series Lessons in Excellence that shares insights from management experts and marketers on the mantras of success in the Indian...
MUMBAI: The BBC is making the best deals for acquiring talent on television, an independent review report said. The BBC Trust has published its conclusions and...
MUMBAI: NDTV has announced the launch of an environment-based reality show, India’s Environmentalist. To commemorate ‘The World Environment Day’, NDTV is kick-starting its first phase of...
MUMBAI: Marathi news channel Star Majha is set to premiere a 30-minute programme So Kool from 7 June for its prime time band at 8 pm....
MUMBAI: CNN is launching a global weekly show Fareed Zakaria – GPS (stands for Global Public Square). The international news and discussion programme with author and...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has announced that the BBC Trust has completed its review of the online service bbc.co.uk. This is the first service review...
MUMBAI: BBC has announced that BBC Sport’s marketing campaign for the forthcoming Olympic Games in China will be based upon the traditional Chinese folklore Journey To...
MUMBAI: CNBC-TV18, in association with Enlighten Film Society, is organising International film festival ‘Wall Street meets 70mm’ in Mumbai. The theme of the festival, to be...
MUMBAI: News broadcaster CNN will launch the show My City My Life on 3 May at 6:45 pm and 10:45 pm and on 4 May at...
MUMBAI: BBC has announced that Newsround presenter and reporter Lizo Mzimba has been appointed entertainment correspondent for BBC News. In this new, specialist role Lizo will...
MUMBAI:TV18 has posted a net profit of Rs 189.52 million for the quarter ended 31 March 2008, up 25.51 per cent as against Rs 150.99 million...
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting will soon call the News Broadcasters Association (NBA) for a meeting on the issue of the Code of...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC is set to make a show on Saddam Hussein named House Of Saddam. The four-part drama series will tell the story...
MUMBAI: UTVi, the soon to be launched English business news channel, has announced a content tie-up with financial daily Business Standard. Aimed at augmenting the news...
MUMBAI: Tony Snow, a former Fox News host and White House press secretary, has joined CNN as a conservative political commentator. Snow has spent around ten...
NEW DELHI: The News Broadcasters Association (NBA) today sent to the MIB a set of two documents, a Code of Ethics and Broadcasting Standards and a...
NEW DELHI: Five and half minutes of news footage of the Indian Premier League will now be available on all the news channels as the News...
NEW DELHI: The News Broadcasters Association has decided that it will blackout all news on the Indian Premier League (IPL) from midnight tonight as the League...
MUMBAI: The HBN Group has soft launched its 24-hour Hindi news and entertainment channel CNEB. CNEB, which stands for Complete News and Entertainment Broadcast, has signature...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has announced that it is looking for the next generation of TV writers for its Drama Writers Academy. This is a...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC will launch a debate with the public and the creative communities to garner views on public service broadcasting, ahead of its...
MUMBAI: BBC Arabic has extended its television availability in the UAE. It has partnered with the UAE-based cable TV platform, E-Vision for this. BBC Arabic’s news...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC is celebrating after winning a raft of accolades at two awards ceremonies over the past week. BBC programmes dominated this year’s...
MUMBAI: IBN-Lokmat, the the GBN-Lokmat joint venture’s Marathi news channel, began its test signals and soft-launched on some cable networks in the city this evening. However,...
NEW DELHI: Media Content and Communications Services (MCCS), the joint venture company between ABP Ltd and Star Group, has appointed Ashok Venkatramani as CEO. Venkataramani comes...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC’s TV Licensing division has announced the launch of a new integrated communications campaign, Circuit City, which will be rolled out from...
As the world’s largest television news bazaar – with over 40 dedicated news channels, unrivalled by any other country – India offers exciting possibilities for broadcast...
BANGALORE: Asianet Communications Ltd (ACL) today launched Suvarna News, a 24-hour Kannada news channel. ACL is planning to launch its Telugu general entertainment channel (GEC) Sitara...
MUMBAI: The BBC’s Journalism division has unveiled plans for a new look for its BBC News and BBC Sport websites.The first phase of the revamp will...
NEW DELHI: NewsX, the English news channel from the INX Media’s stable, has gone on air since 9 am this morning. But this is a soft...
NEW DELHI: The Self-regulating Guidelines for the Broadcast Sector, 2008 has special provisions for news channels, and is tough on ‘sting’ operations, mentioning it as issues...
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting today placed before the Delhi High Court a Self Regulatory Guidelines for the Broadcasting Sector (2008) that proposes...
MUMBAI: Formula One Administration Limited and BBC Sport has announced the return of Formula One (F1) to BBC Television. The five-year deal will run from 2009...
NEW DELHI: CNN-IBN will launch its weeklong programme State of India’s Airports from 24 March, based on interviews of users – both commuters and pilots –...
MUMBAI: BBC’s teen brand BBC Switch has announced a raft of new content aimed at 12 to 17-year-olds, across TV and online at bbc.co.uk/switch. The first...
MUMBAI: BBC correspondent Alan Johnston was given an award by BBC World Service for his outstanding contribution to the international broadcaster. The award coincided with the...
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide has promoted Marcus Arthur to its board, appointing him as MD of global brands. Currently BBC Magazines (London) MD Arthur will report directly...
MUMBAI: Britain’s comedy writers are backing a new “BBC College of Comedy.” The scheme, which launches today (12 March), will take six writers and train them...

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