MUMBAI: The BBC’s board of governors has published the pubcaster’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2004/05 which records a year of radical change throughout the corporation....
MUMBAI: Software major Microsoft has struck a deal with Marvel Comics which owns the rights to characters like Spiderman. The deal will put Spidey, the Incredible...
MUMBAI: It was not just newspapers that went to town on the Salman Khan-Aishwary Rai tapes scandal story broken yesterday by Hindustan Times to coincide with...
Zee News is coming out with another interactive show Chai Time that will present the happenings of the day in an entertaining way. The show will...
Radio City FM 91, Bangalore launched in July 2001. Promoted by Music Broadcast Private Limited (MBPL), and with 75 per cent equity from GW Capital, Radio...
MUMBAI: Malayalam news channel Indiavision is beefing up its Middle East operations. Towards this end, the channel is expanding its news coverage in the area apart...
MUMBAI: Zee News, the country’s first Hindi news channel, claims it has seen a rise in viewership in the four metros riding a slew of new...
MUMBAI: In China, the daily average times spent surfing the net exceeds the time spent on watching TV. Net scored 2.73 hours ahead of TV’s 1.29...
MUMBAI: CNN has appointed Matthew Chance, the international correspondent based in CNN’s London production center, as senior international correspondent in the network’s Moscow bureau. Chance takes...
MUMBAI: Channel 7 is exploring the interactive frontier with Newsroom Ka Sawaal’ ka do Jawaab. The news channel, through the contest, will offer viewers an opportunity...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC has achieved its best ever performance against the statutory 25 per cent independent production quota in 2004. It achieved 30 per...
MUMBAI: Channel 7, promoted by media group Jagran Prakashan, has roped in Shantanu Guha Ray from ESPN India to head its business and sports desk. He...
MUMBAI: Elaine Bedell who is currently the BBC’s independent executive, has been appointed commissioning editor for features and factual entertainment. She completes the line up of...
NEW DELHI: WorldSpace Satellite Radio, which has the world’s largest global satellite radio broadcast footprint, today announced the launch of its services in the nation’s capital...
MUMBAI: The BBC World Service has renewed its transmission agreement with the Singapore-based MediaCorp Technologies. The contract signed a few days ago in Singapore will see...
MUMBAI: At a time when news channels put up fierce competition in whatever they attempt, can news break be different? The latest claim has come from...
MUMBAI: In April 2005 in order to broaden its programme offerings CNN had aired a special Quest. In it its correspondent Richard Quest tracked down some...
MUMBAI: American broadcaster CBS is looking at broadband as a major platform to hook news viewers. CBS Digital Media and CBS News have announced plans to...
MUMBAI: News broadcaster CNBC Asia Pacific has announced the promotion of Gregg Creevey to senior VP, sales and marketing. Creevey joined CNBC a year ago...
MUMBAI: News channel Channel 7 has incorporated some changes in time as regards to the present shows and has also included two shows: a health show...
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide, which is the distributor and the global rights partner for the preschool series Little Robots, has appointed the Joester Loria Group to act...
MUMBAI: The BBC and the Radio Independents Group (RIG) have agreed new Terms of Trade for commissioning radio programming from independents. The new terms apply to...
MUMBAI: It is anand (happiness) for the fledgling news channel from the ABP-Star stable – Star Ananda – targeted at the 100 million strong Bengali populace....
MUMBAI: The Times Global Broadcasting Company Ltd, which has been targeting to launch before the festive season, has christened its English news channel as – –...
MUMBAI: Star India and Hathway Cable & Datacom have told the Delhi High Court that they would amicably settle their disputes over payment of dues. Following...
MUMBAI: BBC Three is to premiere comedy series The Mighty Boosh on the internet before it is broadcast on television in the UK. The second series...
MUMBAI: EarthTV has inked a deal for two of its shows with Philippines free-to-air broadcaster ABS CBN and on the cable news channel, ANC. The World...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC has announced that it will host a conference on Video journalism on 7 and 8 July in the UK. This is...
Israeli authorities target some suspected terrorists for assassination. French prosecutors can question suspects for up to four days without charges and for the first 24 hours...
MUMBAI: “If you prick us do we not bleed”! On Sunday 3 July, 10,000 young performers from 400 schools will bring Shakespeare to life in 100...
MUMBAI: In an exclusive interview given to NDTV 24×7 on 1 July, Nobel peace prize winner and the former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger expressed...
MUMBAI: Zee TV’s most-talked about show in recent times, Time Bomb, has got its first report card. Tam ratings for week 26 (19 June to 25...
MUMBAI: With the launch date drawing nearer, Times Global Broadcasting Co Ltd, the joint venture news broadcasting company of The Times of India Group and Reuters,...
MUMBAI: The BBC, together with the Financial Services Authority (FSA), have created a new online interactive tool to help consumers manage their money. A third of...
MUMBAI: Australia’s Sky News has signed a two-year deal with interactive TV player Two Way TV to enhance viewer interaction. This arrangement will help viewers to...
MUMBAI: BBC World viewership figures hitting an all-time high since the first quarterly PAX data in 2003, states through the latest Pan-Asia-Pacific Cross Media Survey [PAX],...
MUMBAI: CNN Newsource in the US has announced the launch of its redesigned affiliate Web site. Built on a tradition of affiliate communication and customer service,...
MUMBAI: Sahara India’s long awaited Sahara Samay NCR, the network’s news channel catering specifically to Delhi and NCR, has launched. Headed by Prabudh Raj, Sahara Samay...
MUMBAI: Global satellite communications provider Intelsat has announced that it is donating satellite transmission contribution services to broadcast all five Live 8 mega-concerts to more than...
MUMBAI: ICICI Equity Fund has exited from NDTV Ltd, selling its 14.93 per cent stake in installments. The last sale of 10 per cent (6,077,528 shares)...
MUMBAI: Australia’s Sky News has signed a two-year deal with interactive TV player Two Way TV to enhance viewer interaction. This arrangement will help viewers to...
MUMBAI: ICICI Equity Fund has exited from NDTV Ltd, selling its 14.93 per cent stake in installments. The last sale of 10 per cent (6,077,528 shares)...
MUMBAI: One of CNBC-TV18 faces Mini Menon has switched over to the proposed news channel from the Times of India Group. In a statement issued by...
MUMBAI: With the launch date drawing nearer, Times Global Broadcasting Co Ltd, the joint venture news broadcasting company of The Times of India Group and Reuters,...
MUMBAI: Media stocks climbed steeply on Thursday, with companies involved in FM radio broadcasting the biggest advancers. The government today allowed the FM radio sector to...
NEW DELHI: With the Indian government liberalizing foreign investment norms in quite a few sectors, the US companies are now mounting pressure to further open up...
MUMBAI: Channel [V] has teamed up with Nestle Pure Life for the Summer Shake 2005, the largest outdoor music event in China. The event was kicked...
MUMBAI: As CNN celebrates its 25 anniversary, the latest findings of Pan Asian Cross Media Survey (PAX) states that CNN International is the number-one pan-regional channel...
MUMBAI: Hosting the most important sporting event Olympic Games is a matter of pride and prestige for countries around the globe. China is set to host...
MUMBAI: Ambikanand Sahay, the man who was overseeing the various TV and print medium products from the Sahara stable, has put in his papers. Sahay, who...