NEW DELHI: The Bhaskar group, a diversified media group, today announced that it has acquired newspapers, Divya Bhaskar of Baroda and Saurashtra Samachar, apart from launching...
NEW DELHI: CNN International, part of the Time Warner group, today said that the news channel is open to extending its brand name in the local...
BANGALORE: Another 47 theatres in Bangalore have announced closure from today onwards, taking the total number of cinema houses that have shut shop since yesterday (21)...
MUMBAI: The recently concluded Videocon Cup may have been an overall damp squib but has worked wonders for Max. The second and decisive half of the...
NEW DELHI: ASC Enterprise’s Dish TV, country’s first KU-band DTH service, has signed an exclusive deal with ABC Asia Pacific, an Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s free-to-air international...
BANGALORE: Protesting a government committee’s decision to delay the entry of non-Kannada films in Karnataka for seven weeks after release, a section of the state’s film...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster CBS has announced a new reality series called The Cut and has roped in American fashion icon Tommy Hilfiger for the same. The...
MUMBAI: Exhausted! Yet satisfied at a job well done aptly describes how the jury felt at the end of it all. Not surprising considering that the...
BANGALORE: The future seems bleak for non-Kannada film screen if the government agrees to the decisions arrived at by the panel headed by the chief secretary...
MUMBAI: Alfred Haber Distribution, Inc., distributor of music, variety and documentary catalogue programming produced for US broadcast networks, will be showcasing World Poker Tour, the international...
NEW DELHI: When the pubcaster wants, it manages to gets its dues. Private satellite channels like Aaj Tak have said that they would pay for the...
MUMBAI: One of the leading dailies reported today that market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has initiated an investigation into the insider trading...
MUMBAI: Hinduja TMT Ltd has announced the audited consolidated results for the year ended 31 March, 2004. It has also informed BSE that the annual general...
MUMBAI: With the aim of further positioning itself as the preeminent television rights, sales and production house, Octagon CSI has announced the appointment of two senior...
MUMBAI: Following up on the announcement made last week that Star Group affiliate Asian Broadcasting FZ LLC (ABF) was to take a 25.1 per cent stake...
MUMBAI: TWI has announced that it was re-appointed by the FA Premier League to be its production partner. TWI will produce and distribute all its matches...
MUMBAI: Private television channel has come to Kabul. The first private television channel in the Afghan capital of Kabul has commenced broadcasting. Named as Afghan Television...
MUMBAI: Pritish Nandy Communications Ltd (PNC) has been awarded the ISO 9001:2000 certificate. PNC is the first entertainment company in India to be ISO compliant in...
BANGALORE: The panel headed by Karnataka chief secretary KP Pandey has given in to the demands of the Karnataka Film Producers Association (KFPA) and the Karnataka...
MUMBAI: Dubai TV, which is investing in a new television studio with cutting-edge high-tech equipment in the Dubai Media City, has signed on Barco to provide...
MUMBAI: Orange and Endemol are teaming up to produce a network ITV series called Orange Playlist, according to reports appearing in a section of the European...
MUMBAI: Balaji Telefilms has informed Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) that an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) will be held on 17 September. According to the announcement posted...
MUMBAI: Reality TV, an entertainment channel that entered India in 2003, depicts stories of real people in real life situations and shows events as they actually...
NEW DELHI: Internationally acclaimed author and spiritual guru Deepak Chopra has joined the international advisory board of the iSOMES- International School of Media and Entertainment Studies...
Media baron Aroon Purie, almost 60-but-looking-like 50, wears various hats as one of the most successful entrepreneurs of post-Independence India. He is the founding editor &...
NEW DELHI: The operating earnings of News Corp’s Asian subsidiary Star Group has exceeded $50 million for the full year (ending June 30, 2004) with advertising...
MUMBAI: Regis Philbin, the host of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire on ABC in the US, is in the Guinness World Records for having spent...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: The rumour mills that have been doing the rounds for a while now can finally be confirmed. Media Content & Communication Services...
MUMBAI: Prasar Bharati has invited bids from agencies for language dubbing of serials, documentaries, tele-films and other television shows for Doordarshan. Additionally, the pubcaster has also...
MUMBAI: In tandem with its excecutive rehaul, production house UTV has made a strategic appointment to complete the process of putting the new team in place....
MUMBAI: The scene is abuzz with the cricket fever building up as the Videocon Cup rolls out on 21 August. Maxing on the opportunity, Sony Entertainment’s...
MUMBAI: Star Group and Balaji Telefilms Ltd. Balaji announced that Asian Broadcasting FZ-LLC (ABF), a Star affiliate, and Balaji today reached a definitive agreement under which...
MUMBAI: “Telemart isn’t like any other conference. The focus here is on actual trade and not just company plugs. In fact, the two-hour conference held every...
MUMBAI: British pay TV broadcaster BSkyB has filed a legal claim alleging “deceit, negligent misrepresentation and breach of contract” against US-based IT provider Electronic Data Systems...
MUMBAI: CNN will host a live one-hour town meeting on 19 August in Canton, Ohio. The aim is to directly examine and discuss key concerns of...
MUMBAI: A five-member pre-selection jury for the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Prizes 2004 competition has announced the finalists in four TV categories and the nominees for...
NEW DELHI: Rampant piracy in the entertainment industry has leads to an estimated loss of Rs 4 million annually for the Indian film industry. Pointing out...
MUMBAI: The latest addition to the expanding UTV team is Tanuj Garg, who has quit the Birla promoted Applause Entertainment to join the Ronnie Screwvala promoted...
MUMBAI: One of the prominent film companies in Hollywood, Miramax Films has laid-off 65 of its 485 employees. The middle management and lower-levels staffers in the...
MUMBAI: Going by the tremendous response to the CNN Young Journalist Award (YJA) last year, which was launched to recognise quality journalism among media professionals between...
MUMBAI: Intelsat, today, announced the signing of a definitive agreement that provides for the amalgamation under Bermuda law of Intelsat and a subsidiary of Zeus Holdings...
MUMBAI: TV Today Network’s English baby – Headlines Today may have had a slack start but the channel is slowly but steadily climbing up the popularity...
BANGALORE: Karnataka cable operators, protesting the Udaya network turning into pay, held a rally in Bangalore today. The cable operators from all districts of Karnataka state...
MUMBAI: Television and film actor Mohnish Behl’s father Colonel Rajneesh Behl died last night after his flat in the high rise building – Sagar Sangeet, situated...
MUMBAI: The BBC has commissioned legendary television host Sir David Frost to host a new high-profile series of interviews. These will be done for the programme...
MUMBAI: US president George Bush has been in the news a lot though not necessarily for the right reasons. Earlier this year, Michael Moore’s documentary Farenheit...
MUMBAI: The cat is out of the bag. Former UTV creative director Monisha Singh, who called it quits at Ronnie Screwvala’s company last month, has joined...
MUMBAI: Yes, production major UTV is definitely evolving with major expansion plans that promise to change the role of production houses today. United Television is all...
MUMBAI: Beehive Systems, a software and solutions company focusing on the broadcast industry, has set its foot in the Middle East. The multi-national company, which has...
MUMBAI: Even as the Indian hockey contingent readies to take on the best at the Olympic Games, comes a some serious inspiration. Zee News is offering...