MUMBAI: The California-headquartered Silicon Image, Inc., a global player in semiconductors for the secure storage, distribution and presentation of high-definition content, has announced a landmark agreement...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster CNN has launched a new CNN Weather Center, which it claims is the most state-of-the-art weather forecasting and reporting center in the broadcast...
MUMBAI: It was announced today by producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.and Sony Pictures Entertainment, that the 22nd James Bond adventure will be...
MUMBAI: Ceva, Inc., the California-headquartered licensor of digital signal processor (DSP) cores, multimedia and storage platforms to the semiconductor industry, and Hong Kong Applied Science and...
MUMBAI: Star News is creating space for lifestyle shows, by introducing two new programmes, Apna Khayal Rakhiyega, a health-based show and Top Speed, a handbook for...
MUMBAI: Atlantic Records has announced the release of Miami Vice: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. The album arrives in stores on 25 July, followed on 28...
MUMBAI: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has announced organisational changes to meet the challenges and opportunities of its Creative Future vision, placing future media & technology...
MUMBAI: The Asia/Pacific region is leading the global revolution of IPTV in infrastructure deployments, applications development and subscriber adoption, reports global research firm In-Stat. The study...
MUMBAI: The archives of Films Division and National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) will be converted into digital format by 31 March 2007. The information & broadcasting...
MUMBAI: This year, infotainment channel National Geographic (NGC), is setting its sights on connecting better with kids through an on ground initiative. Nat Geo Junior Hunt...
MUMBAI: Discovery Communications has formed a new integrated, multiplatform business called Discovery Health Media Enterprises, with plans to roll out the Discovery Health On-Call VOD service...
MUMBAI: The Rajat Sharma — promoted India TV has announced three new appointments within the editorial team in the Hindi news and current affair channel. The...
MUMBAI: JumpTV, a global player in the delivery of international television over the internet, has entered into a strategic partnership with Cutting Edge Media, one of...
MUMBAI: Samsung India has unveiled a new line of the World’s slimmest mobile phones with the launch of The Ultra Edition Series in India. The company...
MUMBAI: FremantleMedia has appointed Gary Carter to the newly created position of president, FremantleMedia Creative Networks. It is a new division combining the currently separate departments...
MUMBAI: UK pay TV service provider BSkyB has launched free broadband for Sky customers. The company says that the launch sets new standards in quality, ease...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster MTV has announced that Courtney William Holt is the group’s executive VP of digital music and media. A recognised expert in the convergence...
MUMBAI: Royal Philips Electronics has reported that sales in the second quarter were up 10 per cent year-on-year. Its net income was 301 million euros. Sales...
MUMBAI: Last few days, the American media industry has been full of speculation over a potential move that could change the dynamics of that country’s pay...
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Studios will be making a strategic shift toward more Disney branded movies. The studio will produce and distribute approximately 10 Disney live-action...
MUMBAI: Inspiration, the three-minute promotional film created for London’s 2012 bid, will be transformed into a full length feature film. Moongate Films’ producer and founder Caroline...
MUMBAI: National Geographic in the US has created a music initiative that offers consumers the soundtrack to the world, from traditional roots music to unexpected hybrids...
MUMBAI: French space agency Cnes, telecom firm Orange France, and communications solutions provider Alcatel have announced the selection of Toulouse and the Midi-Pyrenees Region in France...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster NBC has signed on filmmaker Spike Lee to develop a new drama series. NBC Entertainment senior VP, drama development Katie O’Connell says, “Spike...
MUMBAI: South East Asia’s leading media group Astro All Asia Networks plc is eyeing a major expansion of its activities in India. It is currently in...
MUMBAI: News Broadcaster CNN-IBN is expanding its feature programme line-up with a new weekly show exploring the art of healthy living. The half-hour weekly show Living...
MUMBAI: DIC Entertainment and Thomopoulos Productions have joined forces to launch Promise Media Productions, a new venture focused on developing, marketing and distributing properties for children...
MUMBAI: News Delhi Television (NDTV)’s revenue rose 54 per cent to Rs 640 million for the first quarter ended 30 June 2006, up from Rs 415...
MUMBAI: BBC DG Mark Thompson has topped the Guardian’s list of the most powerful figures in the UK media once again. Three people in the top...
MUMBAI: Hyderabad-based Satyam Computer Services Ltd. has recruited The Publishing Practice, Ltd. (TPP), a specialist UK consultancy in the media and entertainment industry, to spearhead the...
MUMBAI:There seems to be no end to the thrust and parry going on over the DTH airwaves. Close on the heels of Dish TV wresting a...
MUMBAI: Mainland China exports of CCTV (closed-circuit TV) digital video recorders are expected to reach US$139 million in 2006, up 70 per cent from last year....
The recent decision taken by the government to allow broadcasters to uplink directly from India seems to have caught the fancy of almost all the television...
MUMBAI: In a conscious move to boost the island nation’s slipping local entertainment industry, the Sri Lankan government has introduced strict finance regulations on foreign content....
MUMBAI: Over 30 Indian television channels will simulcast a two-minute film The Voices of India on 18 July at 6 pm and 9 pm. The aim...
MUMBAI: With the launch of CNN-IBN, the English news channel had brought in a new initiative of empowering ordinary citizen through the show Citizen Journalism. The...
MUMBAI: This yuletide season, US broadcaster NBC will air The Year Without a Santa Claus. The film which is currently in production is about Santa Claus...
MUMBAI: Wegener which provides equipment for US television, audio and data distribution networks worldwide has announced receipt of an order from Nielsen Media Research for the...
MUMBAI: Nielsen//NetRatings, which works in the field of Internet media and market research has announced that 6.6 per cent of America’s adult online population, or 9.2...
MUMBAI:Times Now is giving a double boost to news on television by launching four new daily news based shows. The new shows; News Now Morning, Business...
MUMBAI: Independent film studio Lionsgate is continuing to build its library. It has secured access of up to 2,000 titles from Studio Canal in a multi-year...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster ABC’s show Lost received two 2006 DVD Technical Awards for Best Commentary and Best Overall Presentation — Television Release at the VSDA Awards...
MUMBAI: News broadcaster Channel NewsAsia dons a new look from today 17 July. The channel says that the transformation is a celebration of its evolution and...
MUMBAI: Canadian media firm Alliance Atlantis Communications has announced the licensing of certain international second window rights for the CSI franchise including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,...
MUMBAI: The Viacom-owned film studio Paramount Pictures has announced the appointment of Frederick Huntsberry as its chief operating officer. In his new role at Paramount, Huntsberry...
Star TV is taking potshots at its former ally Zee Telefilms. It has been airing an interstitial on its Star Movies channel which takes a dig...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster Sci Fi Channel has unveiled a slate of original series and miniseries. Reality TV guru Mark Burnett The Apprentice and Dreamworks Television will...
MUMBAI: In what has come as a shock to the global music industry, The Court of First Instance of the European Communities annulled a decision made...
MUMBAI: The great wildebeest migration in East Africa is an annual feature. For over a million years, 1.4 million wildebeest and 200,000 zebras and gazelles undertake...
MUMBAI: Eurodata TV Worlwide has announced a new partnership with Gallup in Pakistan to provide TV ratings. This includes ratings by programme or by quarter hours...

