MUMBAI: TV ratings giant Nielsen Media Research faces strong opposition from the Latino and black groups on its decision to electronically measure viewership in Los Angeles....
MUMBAI: Television may just be on its journey towards elevation with BBC launching its pilot project later this month that could lead to all television programmes...
MUMBAI: With the last round of the general elections done and over with, CNBC-TV18 today announced their latest election special programme called Judgement Day. The show...
MUMBAI: Elections have taken a toll on the leader among Hindi news channels. Aaj Tak, which led the pack with a market share of 36 per...
Close on the heels of TOONZ which along with WEBEL (West Bengal Electronics Industry Development Corporation Ltd ) recently set up the first animation school in...
MUMBAI: Gulf Air has signed an agreement with BBC World. The deal sees Gulf Air carrying the biggest block of BBC World programming offered by any...
MUMBAI: Close on the heels of ‘Toonz Webel’ which recently set up the first animation school in the north east, Padmalaya ZICA (Zed institute of creative...
MUMBAI: If you place a call to Singapore’s MediaCorp hq, you’d better be armed with this report. The multimedia firm has gone in for a sweeping...
MUMBAI: Aaj Tak has launched Sau Ghante, Sau Reporters (100 hours, 100 reporters), to cover the grand finale of the election coverage and the run-up to...
NEW DELHI: Business channel CNBC-TV18 has introduced a new game show titled ‘The Challenge’.Hosted by quizmaster and television personality Derek O’ Brien, the quiz show will...
NEW DELHI: The subscriber base for telephony services has continued to maintain its general growth, during the month of April. During the month, approximately 1.65 million...
MUMBAI: Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, which raised its forecast for the 2003-04 fiscal after its fiscal third quarter net income rose 69 per cent to $465...
MUMBAI: Padmalaya Telefilms with its new chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) Adiseshagiri Rao, is moving on to greater heights with a whopping figure of ten feature films all...
MUMBAI: Ask the working Americans to choose between their morning coffee and internet surfing at work – Don’t be shocked when a majority of them would...
MUMBAI: The BBC has announced that it has shortlisted three bidders for the final round in the procurement process for the technology services agreement and the...
MUMBAI: Media moghul Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp marches on. The company announced its third quarter results today with net profit of $ 465 million dollars, up...
MUMBAI: Programming overdrive! That is what Hungama is calling its latest venture. UTV’s to be launched channel Hungama TV has given commissioning letters to 16 production...
MUMBAI: It does not get any bigger than this. Join us as we light up screens and earn rewards. That in a nutshell was the message...
MUMBAI: In a tactical move to strengthen its broadband subscriber base, American Online (AOL) on Wednesday unveiled a video game site for high-speed subscribers. The launch...
MUMBAI: Fox Broadcasting Company has named ED Wilson as president of the Fox Television Network. Wilson was a former senior executive of NBC and CBS. Wilson’s...
NEW DELHI: He is 45 years old. He has traveled to more than 50 countries. He loves to eat popcorn and misses his eight-year-old daughter. Meet...
MUMBAI: Media giant Vivendi Universal has reported results for the first quarter. Cconsolidated revenues for the first quarter of 2004 amounted to 5,973 million euros a...
MUMBAI: America’s hit serial from NBC, Friends will air its final episode on Thursday 6 May. NBC estimates that 40 to 50 million viewers will experience...
MUMBAI: He may not be running against Bush at the upcoming US presidential elections but former US vice president Al Gore has found a way to...
MUMBAI: Production company K Sera Sera is training its guns on the bigs boys of the production business Balaji Telefilms and UTV. The aim is to...
MUMBAI: NBC prime-time development in-charge Kevin Reilly succeeds Jeff Zucker as the US television network’s entertainment president. Reilly, 41, will report to Zucker, who was promoted...
MUMBAI: With ‘Going Live’ in vogue among the channel fraternity, Zee Cinema is all set to be the hippest of the lot with the launch of...
MUMBAI: North America’s leading video-on-demand (VOD) provider Anime Network will soon go on air as a 24-hour, 7-day-a-week network. The company has signed an agreement on...
MUMBAI: The animation industry seems to be gearing up and how! With deals galore being signed, the Indian animation industry has its plates full. Padmalaya Telefilms,...
MUMBAI: The crowded American television landscape will welcome a new entrant next year. EdgeTV, which is positioning itself as the first 24-hour gaming network, will launch...
MUMBAI: Radio City must be humming the victory tune. Tom-tomming the ACNielsen ORG-MARG study results, Star’s FM radio arm is currently rejoicing as the No. 1...
MUMBAI: The BBC is looking to take advantage of the growing net penetration in Europe. It is launching the bbcnews.com site’s latest innovation a breaking news...
MUMBAI: This is a programme initiative that gives the word competition a new meaning. On 6 May the final episode of Friends airs in the US...
MUMBAI: It is election time again and Star News has once readied a bouquet of election related programming. The channel has already kick started its...
MUMBAI: With over 1,000 broadcasters for the 1.3 billion people in 340 million families, next only to the United States, China has become the world’s second...
MUMBAI: This finale of Fox network’s biggest hit American Idol has seen a dip in ratings when compared to last year. An estimated 31.4 million people...
Zee News is celebrating 50th episode of Cinema A to ZEE. On this occasion Zee News has specially packaged the golden jubilee episode for its viewers....
MUMBAI: The Pakistan government has decided to relax media ownership rules and allow cross-media ownership in the country. An amendment to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory...
As part of its newly-found camaraderie with UTV (see earlier story: UTV eyes foreign skies; to retain Star TV as an investor after IPO), News Television...
MUMBAI: Italy’s parliament has cleared a controversial media law that was earlier vetoed by president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. Having undergone some minor alterations, the law was...
MUMBAI: The Rupert Murodch broadcaster Star has announced the appointment of Wayne Chou as the GM of Star Taiwan. Chou will head Stars broadcasting operations in...
MUMBAI: The BBC launched its statements of programme policy for 2004/2005 in the UK. It will devote more time to arts, current affairs and documentaries. However...
MUMBAI: Content providers across the globe are hedging their bets on the fact that the mobile is going to open up a considerable source of revenue....
NEW DELHI: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has said that despite repeated pointing out, lapses have continued in India’s pubcaster Doordarshan for the...
MUMBAI: Putting an end to months of speculation, Internet search leader Google has launched its initial public offering (IPO), seeking to raise $2.7 billion. The IPO...
MUMBAI: It’s kiss and make up time looks like. French fashion channel FTV and estranged distribution partner Modi Entertainment Network today announced they were doing business...
MUMBAI: The fourth International Kingfisher Bollywood Fashion Awards 2004 is taking place tonight at Xanadu, Trump Taj Mahal and Casino, Atlantic City, USA. The announcement was...
MUMBAI: Hinduja TMT today reported a total income of Rs 1624.8 million for the financial year ended 31 March 2004 compared to Rs 1144.7 million for...
MUMBAI: Taking an inspiration from the Friday obsessed hysteria ridden world of Hindi film industry, Star Movies has lined up a special ‘Friday Premiere’ band starting...
MUMBAI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has recommended nondiscriminatory local loop unbundling (LLU) in a time bound manner for both Shared Unbundling and Bit Stream...