MUMBAI: Media stocks showed varied movements on the stock market and rallied smartly after the government today announced FIIs, non-resident Indians and overseas corporate bodies will...
MUMBAI: UTV sure is beefing up its sales team. While Radio City’s Rajesh Chakrabarti has joined the production house as national ad sales head; New Age...
MUMBAI: “Eta Halo Star. Apanara Dekchen Star Ananda” (This is Star. You are watching Star Ananda). This signature tune was reverberating in a large number of...
MUMBAI: What’s The Problem? This is the issue that British television host tries to solve through her new chat show which kicks off on BBC One...
MUMBAI: With eight series currently on the air and entering its 17th year of business, Atlas Media Corp., one of America’s largest independent producers of non-fiction...
MUMBAI: Satish Menon, who recently left Sahara One, is joining Nimbus Communications as president – sports and media. He will be based in Mumbai and report...
MUMBAI: Looks like airline passengers are in a treat from television networks! The latest to cash in on this high-flying viewer segment is CNBC. The business...
MUMBAI: In terms of statistics, its share transfer. But at a different level, it also denotes the love of parents for their kid. Tara Roy, daughter...
MUMBAI: CNN marks its 25 anniversary with a special televised program Defining Moments: Stories that Touched Our Lives. The show will look back at events that...
MUMBAI: Even the most successful television and film producers have products that do not work. Reality TV guru Mark Burnett is no exception. US broadcaster...
MUMBAI: Viewers can stay in constant touch with the latest news as BBC World will beam real-time live programmes to passengers onboard later this year. The...
MUMBAI: BBC chairman Michael Grade has expressed the BBC’s fundamental opposition to the idea of contestability – or top slicing – the licence fee. He warned...
MUMBAI: The BBC has announced the shortlist of bidders for the sale of BBC Broadcast. The sale is subject to the final approval of the BBC...
MUMBAI: News broadcaster CNN has announced that its website cnn.com has made a significant investment in broadband. This includes free video and a premium product that...
MUMBAI: Thousands of journalists and technicians of British Broadcasting Corp had taken part in a 24-hour long work stoppage. The strike, staged to protest the broadcaster’s...
MUMBAI: Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd (DCHL) has acquired 67 per cent stake in Asian Age Holdings Ltd for Rs 171 million, scaling up its holdings in...
NEW DELHI: The Prannoy Roy-promoted NDTV Ltd has drawn up plans to reach out to the grassroots by starting a new news channel where the focus...
MUMBAI: What is the greatest driving song of all time? That is the question that the BBC is looking to answer through its car show Top...
MUMBAI: After slightly over nine months of existence, the Rajat Sharma-promoted India TV has effected a major restructuring plan in the editorial domain. The spin-offs from...
MUMBAI: BBC World has been rated as the most trusted international news channel, according to International Air Travellers Survey (IATS), Global 2005. BBC won with 46...
MUMBAI: From 27 May, BBC World, the 24-hour international news and information channel, is available to viewers across Sri Lanka on the country’s first direct-to-home platform...
MUMBAI: CNBC Asia Pacific has signed an agreement to launch the CNBC Asia channel into Vietnam’s capital through the recently launched Ho Chi Minh City Television...
MUMBAI: In what could be construed as a move towards self-sufficiency, Star News is absorbing professionals from outside. While its marketing head has quit, the engineering...
MUMBAI: Among The first to leave the NDTV fold after Rajdeep Sardesai is one of the two NDTV India channel heads (production), Rajen Garabadu , who...
MUMBAI: Zee News is all set to launch a new show Andaaz Apna Apna in its endeavor to reach out to common men. As reportred by...
MUMBAI: The big fight in the news space is about to become even bigger. The Prannoy Roy-promoted New Delhi Television (NDTV) Ltd has announced its intentions...
MUMBAI: Broadcast News, the new venture that ex-NDTV stalwarts Rajdeep Sardesai and Sameer Manchanda have floated in collaboration with TV 18 Group, has identified prime space...
MUMBAI: He is known for great acting skills and charismatic personality. The latest from him – the alzheimer-striken teacher in Black – has been a revelation!...
MUMBAI: The BBC Board of Governors will hold a seminar on Friday 13 May in the UK to examine the broadcaster’s religious programming. The Governors will...
MUMBAI: NDTV Profit is set to launch India Inc on 16 May. The show would be hosted by journalist Tavleen Singh, who traces early entrepreneurs to...
MUMBAI: Veteran communications executive and brand builder Laurie Goldberg will join the CNN News Group executive team in the US. She will lead the broadcaster’s to...
MUMBAI: Liberty Media Corp. may seek to buy the National Geographic Channel and may close in on a deal to sell a voting stake back to...
MUMBAI: Daily News & Analysis (DNA), the soon to be launched English daily from the Zee-Dainik Bhaskar combine, has appointed Khalid Mohamed to their editorial board....
MUMBAI: After a recent visit of News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch to India, Star is looking at sharing more with its Indian partner global experiences relating...
MUMBAI: One of the prominent European news channels EuroNews has come to India on Essel Group’s DTH offering DishTV. The channel will be formally launched on...
CNN's chat show Talk Asia catches up with British author Alan Hollinghurst. He won the prestigious Booker Prize in 2004. He talks about his award-winning novel...
MUMBAI: The BBC has announced that its version of The Apprentice in the UK has a winner. After a gruelling and intense 12 week job interview...
News channels are changing and how! When Sony‘s plain Jane Jassi turned into a television temptress, NDTV India‘s cameras went behind the-scenes to capture this metamorphosis....
MUMBAI: Dainik Jagran has bought Beehive Systems’ suite of media technology solutions for its newly launched Hindi news channel – Channel 7. The suite of solutions...
MUMBAI: BBC’s new media division in the UK has engaged design consultancy firm Graphico to redesign the site bbc.co.uk/broadband. The aim is to showcase the increasing...
MUMBAI: Simon Wilson has been appointed bureau chief for the BBC in Jerusalem. Wilson has covered conflicts in the Balkans and Middle East and has been...
MUMBAI: Global English news channel BBC World’s low profile resident director for India, Vinod Bakshi, has departed after being with the company for over five years....
MUMBAI: Former CNN International anchor Riz Khan has joined the upcoming news network Al jazeera International. He will host an interactive interview show. When he was...
MUMBAI: It is a myth that US media ownership is over concentrated today. Another myth prevalent is that programming choices available to American consumers are shrinking...
MUMBAI:Arup Ghosh, news director of Channel 7, the news channel from the Jagran group, has put in his papers after a short stint there. Contacted by...
MUMBAI: Rupert Murdoch owned News Corp’s net income in the fiscal third quarter ended 31 March 2005 has fallen 8 per cent due to higher programming...
MUMBAI: As the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond heads toward its final episode on 16 May US broadcaster CBS is continuing to roll out an aggressive multi-platform...
MUMBAI: Sahara Samay Madhya Pradesh and Chhatisgarh has won the Madhav Jyoti Alankaran award for the best news channel for the second time in a row....
MUMBAI: US media conglomerate Time Warner has reported financial results for its first quarter ended 31 March 2006. Revenues rose by one per cent over the...
MUMBAI: The Beeb is all set to introduce 3-D graphics to its weather forecasting. BBC presenter Helen Willetts will present the first international forecast using the...