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NEW DELHI: Making a strong pitch for broadband, a senior government official said that adequate solution to the vexed issues of carrier and content will have...
MUMBAI: Come 2005, and the Indian news genre will witness a dedicated crime news channel from the Star News pad. With a tentative launch...
MUMBAI: News provider Reuters plans to increase it’s head count from the present 340 at Bangalore to about 1200 by the end of 2005. A formal...
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television India has deferred the acquisition of sister company SET Singapore as its proposed initial public offering (IPO) is unlikely to happen for...
MUMBAI: Looks like the promotional ad campaign is beginning to pay off for TV Today Network’s English news channel – Headlines Today. An official release from...
MUMBAI: Moving quickly to fill the vacancy left by the defection of its ad sales head to Disney, Rajat Sharma’s India TV today announced the elevation...
MUMBAI: Zone Vision Enterprises has signed an extensive licensing agreement with Minotaur International which will bring 10 new series to its Reality TV channels around the...
MUMBAI: Broadcasters in New Zealand have snapped up more than 130 hours of BBC factual and drama programming. At Mipcom BBC Worldwide concluded several deals by...
NEW DELHI: Dish TV, Zee Group’s direct-to-home service, has discontinued two of Doordarshan’s channels on its platform. This “arrangement” will be in force for the duration...
MUMBAI: Bill Hilary has been appointed as BBC America president and CEO. Hilary was formerly Comedy Central’s executive VP and GM. In his new position will...
CANNES: Buena Vista International Television (BVITV), the distribution arm of Walt Disney Television International, has announced three deals at the ongoing MIPCOM summit at Cannes. The...
MUMBAI: Buena Vista International Television Asia Pacific (BVITV-AP) has concluded its first features agreement for first-run movies with Hong Kong Cable. Subscribers of Hong Kong Cable will...
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today in an interim order observed that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Prasar Bharati and Sony should...
MUMBAI: Quoting the latest TAM figures, Zee News says it has grossed the highest on stickiness, with a timespend of 33 minutes per viewer, 33 per...
MUMBAI: The kids’ channel Pogo claims to have received 100,000 entries within the first two weeks. The channel receives 7,500 entries on an average per day...
NEW DELHI: As it had happened in the recent past with the historic India-Pakistan cricket series, the Supreme Court today stepped in to untangle the telecast...
CANNES: Things are looking up at Mipcom for Indian broadcasters, production and animation companies this year. At least if one goes by the strong presence of...
MUMBAI: Things are hotting up in the news channel wars. The Times of India Group, which plans to start beaming a business and news channel by...
MUMBAI: As part of plans to continuously enhance its weekend programming line-up, CNBC Asia Pacific is airing McEnroe. The hour-long topical primetime talk show is hosted...
MUMBAI: Last week’s first presidential debate for the upcoming US elections turned out to be a ratings bonanza for the US broadcast networks. Over 65 million...
MUMBAI: BBC has announced that its website bbc.co.uk/news has announced that it will begin rolling out links to other news providers alongside its own stories. The...
MUMBAI: Asian pay TV growth, video piracy, opportunities from China and the roll-out of 3G services will top the agenda when the regions leading broadcasters and...
MUMBAI: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the US will kick off a consumer education campaign today 4 October. It will aim at highlighting the importance...
MUMBAI: Buena Vista International Television Asia Pacific (BVITV-AP) has licensed the two-time Emmy Award winning reality-competition series The Amazing Race to five broadcasters across Asia Pacific....
MUMBAI: The viewers across South Africa will be able to enjoy the US drama series including Desperate Housewives, Lost, Life As We Know It, Alias and...
MUMBAI: This week, The Inside Story on Zee News covers the “growing” terrorists’ training camps of Manipur. The programme will air on Sunday at 9:30 pm...
MUMBAI: The BBC has launched its own international stock market index, made up of the top companies from 10 business sectors in the USA, Europe and...
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide has announced the appointment of Alix Tidmarsh as marketing director. Alix has been heading the company’s intellectual property management (IPM) unit responsible for...
MUMBAI: Qatar based Arabic TV broadcaster, Al Jazeera will launch a English-language satellite news channel service by the fourth quarter of 2005. Speaking at the annual...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: The Indian cricket rights imbroglio is fast entering the realm of the theatre of the absurd. Even as Zee Telefilms this morning...
MUMBAI: Hinduja TMT (HTMT) has signed an agreement with Georgeson Shareholder Communications, Inc. to acquire 100 per cent of Source One Communications Inc.USA (SOC) in an...
MUMBAI: Hinduja TMT (HTMT) has signed an agreement with Georgeson Shareholder Communications, Inc. to acquire 100 per cent of Source One Communications Inc.USA (SOC) in an...
MUMBAI: The BBC has announced that it has completed the procurement for a 10-year Technology Framework Contract (TFC) with Siemens Business Services worth almost ?2 billion....
BANGALORE: In a move to challenge the seven-week moratorium on non-Kannada films in Karnataka enforced by the state government sponsored Pandey committee, theatre owners in Karnataka...
MUMBAI: And Aaj Tak says “me too”. The ‘sabse tez’ news channel also issued a press release staking its claim as the numero uno among news...
Broadcast and cable TV regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has finally come out with its much-awaited recommendations. On first reading, the report is likely...
NEW DELHI: Broadcast and cable regulator, Trai, is expected to recommend a 5-8 per cent annual hike in the cable TV prices, in line with the...
MUMBAI: In an interesting turn of events, Walt Disney Co. president and chief operating officer Robert Iger said that it was unlikely that Disney would strike...
MUMBAI: Zee TV will air a new show Shirdi Ke Saibaba every Sunday at 9 pm starting from 3 October. The saint popularly known as Shirdi...
MUMBAI: Alfred Haber Distribution, Inc., distributor of one of the largest catalogues of music, variety and reality programming produced for US broadcast networks, is bringing the...
MUMBAI: The BBC has launched its own international stock market index, made up of the top companies from 10 business sectors in the USA, Europe and...
MUMBAI: The BBC has relaunched its BBC Azeri website – bbcazeri.com, which has been redesigned and expanded to offer news summaries and features. Azeri speakers across...
MUMBAI: BBC has appointed Dumeetha Luthra as its new Sri Lanka correspondent. Luthra has already joined her new post in the Sri Lankan capital. Prior to...
MUMBAI: The South African version of the BBC television format The Greats has resulted in Mahatma Gandhi being listed as one of the ten greatest South...
MUMBAI: NDTV India is holding on firmly to the number two position among Hindi news channels and has even managed to wittle down the lead “Sab...
MUMBAI: Marco H Deutsch has been appointed as the managing director of Fashion TV. Deutsch will take care of the worldwide activities of the channel. ...
MUMBAI: Siddharth Srivastava, has been appointed as Channel NewsAsia country manager. Based in India, Srivastava will be responsible for marketing and distributing the channel in South...
NEW DELHI: Giving away a fact that there must have been some internal differences on the matter, the Indian government, today said that a ministerial group...
MUMBAI: HTMT, at its annual general meeting (AGM), informed its shareholders that the company is actively looking out for acquisition opportunities in BPO space and the...
MUMBAI: Time Warner and Comcast have announced an agreement. This provides Comcast with an option to reduce its effective overall interest in Time Warner Cable from...
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NEW DELHI: Hamdard Laboratories gathered a cross-section of India’s achievers in New Delhi on Friday, handing out the Hakeem Abdul...
MUMBAI: For decades, creative storytelling has been the cornerstone of brand communication. The “big idea” amplified through catchy jingles, striking...
MUMBAI: Zepto has elevated Ahmad Muneeb to vice president – HR centre of excellence, placing him at the helm of...
