NEW DELHI: The Indian government deferred a decision on cracking the whip on TV channels airing surrogate liquor and tobacco advertisements. A communiqué from the information...
MUMBAI: Format creator and distributor FremantleMedia has promoted Rob Clark to the position senior executive VP entertainment and production, Worldwide Entertainment. This is a part of...
MUMBAI: Amrita Enterprises Pvt Ltd (AEPL), the promoters of Malayalam channel Amrita TV, is planning to set up a separate division for feature film production. Though...
MUMBAI: US music broadcaster MTV has announced that Christina Aguilera, Beyonce, Justin Timberlake and The All-American Rejects are among the performers for the 2006 MTV Video...
MUMBAI: Saudi Arabia mobile operator Mobily has announced the offer of its 3G services internationally. Mobily subscribers will be able to make video calls to UAE,...
MUMBAI: In the first appointment of its kind for BBC Worldwide’s Global Channels business, the division’s MD Darren Childs has announced Christian Brent as VP, audiences....
MUMBAI: Sahara One Media and Entertainment Ltd. has charted out plans to spread overseas the footprint of its two entertainment channels. The first target is the...
MUMBAI: Disney Channel is paying tribute to teachers by dedicating a whole week in September to observe Teacher’s Day in a distinctive style. The channel is...
MUMBAI: National Geographic has signed a deal with Open Media Network (OMN) and FilmClix. This will bring a variety of programming to online audiences. Viewers can...
Hindustan Motors and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation announced the launch of their Premium Sports Utility Vehicle the Mitsubishi Montero at an elegant function held at capital’s Maurya...
MUMBAI: The US-based website marketing and internet market research firm Intralink has launched Search Engine Television, a weekly video stream of the latest on search engine...
New Delhi, August 18, 2006: Minister of State for Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja is embroiled in an ironical controversy. A special investigation by...
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Television International’s (SPTI) has announced that after 10 episodes, Indonesia’s terrestrial channel Trans TV, has ordered additional episodes of quintessential game show format...
MUMBAI: China.com Inc., an online game, mobile value added services and internet services provider operating principally in China, and a 77 percent-owned subsidiary of CDC Corporation,...
MUMBAI: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has paved the way for repurchase of shares by ETC Networks Ltd. The market regulator has granted...
MUMBAI: Global Broadcast News Ltd (GBN), which manages English news channel CNN-IBN and Hindi channel IBN7, has announced plans to raise Rs 1.05 billion through the...
MUMBAI: US-based India Broadcast Live, a global entertainment and media company, has unveiled Pio TV, a television channel meant for the Indian diaspora. The channel will...
MUMBAI: Eros International plc has acquired the distribution rights of Provoked starring Aishwarya Rai for the UK and US, besides the Indian terriority. Provoked is based...
MUMBAI: After the culmination of the talent hunt show Airtel Super Singer, Star India’s Tamil channel Vijay TV has announced the arrival of a new talent...
MUMBAI: The country’s most successful soap factory is looking to spread its sphere of activity into new content terrain. In its latest annual report, Balaji Telefilms...
MUMBAI: Radio Mirchi Delhi 98.3 FM will introduce humour and satire in Hello Delhi, as an attempt to continue with programme enhancement efforts, the show will...
MUMBAI: Nach Baliye, the celebrity dance talent show that propelled Star One to ratings highs last year is back and hoping to again shake up the...
MUMBAI: Maybe this should be termed as something being better than nothing. Even as Pakistan refuses to relent on its ban on Indian television channels, it...
MUMBAI: Worldspace, satellite-based digital radio services provider has announced the appointment of Harshad Jain as Chief Marketing Officer for its India operations. Jain will be responsible...
MUMBAI: The basic tier monthly rate of Rs 77 (excluding taxes) in conditional access system (CAS) areas is unrealistic and should not be below Rs 100,...
MUMBAI: Mobile TV will succeed if the content on offer is compelling. Also one or two channels will not suffice. An operator should give around 20...
MUMBAI: The third annual Entertainment, Media and Marketing (em2) forum organised by the Film and Television Producers Guild of India (FTPGI) was held in Mumbai today....
MUMBAI: Print major Malayala Manorama Group has launched its maiden television broadcast venture Manorama News, a 24-hour free-to-air news channel. The channel hit the airwaves with...
MUMBAI: Harish Thawani’s Nimbus Communications Limited appears to be on track as regards its stated aim to launch three sports channels between October 2006 and September...
MUMBAI: Starting 20 August, Star News will launch an automobile handbook show targteing auto lovers and the layman alike, Top Speed. The show will offer a...
MUMBAI: AOL has acquired GameDaily, one of the Internet’s leading independent video game publications, from Gigex, Inc, but did not disclose the financial terms. As part...
MUMBAI: In October, the International Cricket Council (ICC) will begin the process of selling the audio-visual rights for 18 ICC tournaments starting from the second half...
MUMBAI: As part of MTV International’s ongoing HIV and Aids prevention campaign – Staying Alive, the company announced its first film competition, 48fest. It will be...
MUMBAI: BBC World Service has started recruiting senior editorial staff for the BBC Arabic Television service to be launched next year. Salah Negm has joined the...
MUMBAI: Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Ltd (MTNL) has signed content delivery network affiliation contracts with Aksh Optifibre Ltd and IOL Broadband Ltd, which would allow the state-owned...
MUMBAI: Gameloft, a developer and publisher of games for mobile phones, has signed an exclusive multi-year agreement with Touchstone Television to develop, publish and distribute mobile...
NEW DELHI: Fazed by strident criticism of certain provisions in a proposed Broadcast Bill, the government on Monday agreed to take industry’s concerns into consideration while...
MUMBAI: Fox Interactive Media (FIM) and Twentieth Century Fox have inked a multi-year agreement to provide feature films and television shows on a download-to-own basis across...
MUMBAI: The Cricketers Benefit Fund Series (CBFS) is looking to relaunch Sharjah as an international venue with a Twenty20 club championships early next year. Media reports...
Mumbai, August 16th: TIMES NOW, the 24 hours English news television channel with more news and more shows has established, when it comes to big stories,...
MUMBAI: Less than a month after laying off 650 employees US media conglomerate Disney has announced a major restructuring of its home entertainment division. Buena Vista...
MUMBAI: Southern Spice Music (SS Music), the Chennai-based multi-lingual music channel targeting the youth, has entered its sixth year of operations. The channel is firing on...
MUMBAI: Following the success of the documentary special Inside 9/11, National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) and National Geographic Channel have commissioned Towers Productions for a two-hour...
MUMBAI: Sesame Workshop has promoted Celia Schneiderman to manager international television distribution. Responsible for program sales in Asia, Latin America, Canada, the Caribbean, and in-flight, Schneiderman...
MUMBAI: The Doha based Al Jazeera International, the proposed 24-hour English-language news and current affairs channel has appointed renowned correspondent Shiulie Ghosh as news anchor. Ghosh...
MUMBAI: The value of the marketing rights for the 2010 soccer World Cup in South Africa is set to take a further leap to reach close...
MUMBAI: Sahara Group promoters have taken back operational control of Sahara One Media and Entertainment Ltd. Seemanto Roy, the younger son of Sahara chairman Subroto Roy,...
MUMBAI: Doordarshan’s Urdu channel — DD Urdu — was officially launched on 15 August to coincide with India’s 60th Independence Day. With its launch, DD Urdu...
MUMBAI: Fox Interactive Media (Fim) and Twentieth Century Fox have announced a multi-year agreement to provide feature films and television shows on a download-to-own basis across...
NEW DELHI: What had been earlier put off has finally happened. Channel7 has been rechristened IBN7 and has been sporting the new name from India’s Independence...

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