MUMBAI: Emmy award-winning actor Tony Randall has died at age 84. Randall is known for his brilliant portrayl of the character of fastidious photographer Felix Unger...
MUMBAI: Even as rumours of an affiliation with music major MTV do the rounds, relative greenhorn channel Southern Spice claims it is the reigning sound of...
MUMBAI: Rakesh Sharma’s documentary film Final Solution won the silver award in the Best Documentary category at the 28th Hong Kong International film festival. Eight films...
MUMBAI: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) in the US has announced that grants of over $ five million, in an attempt to help 76 public...
MUMBAI: CNBC’s endeavour to pepper its programming with Hindi shows has borne another fruit – Aaj Ka Karobar. CNBC-TV18, India’s only business channel will debut its...
NEW DELHI: Even as Indian pubcaster Doordarshan is fine-tuning its act to launch its proposed KU-band direct-to-home (DTH) television service via a non-Indian satellite early June,...
MUMBAI: After the blitzkrieg, comes the angle of social responsibility. May be, President APJ Abdul Kalam’s message on pubcaster Doordarshan too acted as a catalyst as...
NEW DELHI: Like the Sehwag-Sachin duo of masterblasters, TV channels too seem to be hunting in pairs during the big test of general elections. Rajat Sharma...
MUMBAI: No surprise here. Summer time is children’s time and the pubcaster is all geared to set the ball rolling. DD will kick start it’s summer...
MUMBAI: Election time translates into boon time for the electronic medium. Touted as the make or break point for news channels, this time on, the election...
MUMBAI: ‘Get wet and down right funky’ that’s Zee Music’s idea of fun. Starting this Sunday, Zee’s music channel will host music concerts at Water...
MUMBAI: Adiseshagiri Rao, one of the founder members of Padmalaya Telefilms, has officially taken over as chairman-cum-managing director of the company after the resignation of GSR...
Sagar Entertainment will be investing up to Rs 1.4 billion in expansion. It has also kicked off global vision with the signing of a US $...
NEW DELHI: Information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is likely to agree to partial sops for private players in the FM radio sector, though he...
MUMBAI: The Beeb has announced that all its 40 radio stations in the UK will be streamed on the internet. This means that listeners who log...
MUMBAI: “Movies will regularly premiere in the US on cable and satellite, rather than in theatres within the next ten years.” The prediction comes from Starz...
MUMBAI: BBC World features American virgins in their upcoming episode of The World Uncovered, a current affairs strand of the channel. The new weekly current affair...
MUMBAI: Popular TV serial actor Smriti Z Iraani aka Tulsi of Balaji Telefilms’ flagship show Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi will be the BJP candidate...
Etc music is will present Aryans in its Chit Chaat show to be aired on Wednesday 21 April at 7:30 pm. The show will be anchored...
MUMBAI: Shortly after receiving distributor honours from Japan’s Motion Picture Exhibitors Association, Warner Bros. Japan will also be awarded the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry...
MUMBAI: Media conglomerate Viacom which owns MTV and Paramount has announced that 15 of its board directors will stand for a re-election at the annual stockholders...
MUMBAI: Rahul Chakkara has been appointed as the new controller of BBCi’s 24/7 interactive TV services. These are the BBC’s ‘always-on’ information services and are available...
MUMBAI: Although the top show on the channel is a supernatural thriller Aap Beeti, DD seems to be slowly warming up to women centric shows. Just...
NEW DELHI: The cricket series is about to get over, but the fight between Doordarshan and Ten Sports continue; with the former today asking the latter...
Americom Asia-Pacific (AAP) last week announced the appointment of Elias B. Zaccack as Managing Director, based in Singapore, replacing Cynthia Dickins. Dickins who had been the...
MUMBAI: On 7 May one of the most critically acclaimed films of the year – Mel Gibson’s The Passion Of The Christ will be released in...
MUMBAI: Television New Zealand (TVNZ) has announced that later this year TVNZ Satellite Services will quit the global occasional use satellite delivery industry. TVNZ Satellite Services...
MUMBAI: Prasar Bharati chief executive K.S. Sarma has asked the pubcaster’s regional channels to come up with innovative concepts. Speaking at the inauguration of DD Sahyadri’s...
MUMBAI: After the success of Hero Honda Sa Re Ga Ma Pa’s World Series in Dubai, the team is back in Mumbai again with yet another...
MUMBAI: Sahara Manoranjan is all geared up to launch its new horror show – Raat Hone Ko Hai to compete with Sony’s Kya Haadsa Kya Haqeeqat...
NEW DELHI: The latest findings from the Zee News TALEEM opinion poll offers no drastic change in opinion from the last round of results and the...
MUMBAI: Seems like wave of digital radio broadcasting will soon engulf Bangkok. Next month, Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) is all geared to promote introduction of digital...
MUMBAI: The beeb is looking to enhance its presence in the Arab online world. With this mind it has announced the finalisation a deal. This will...
MUMBAI: Subhash Chandra’s Zee Telefilms is all set to launch a new magazine for its subscribers of the Hindi and English Asian television network. The aim...
MUMBAI: ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has renewed a deal for one of its key tennis properties – Wimbledon. ESS has renewed the rights for another...
NEW DELHI: Radaan Mediaworks is gearing up for a host of new production initiatives, including a mystery-based one-hour weekly thriller serial Sivam Deva Ragasyam, scheduled to...
MUMBAI: Music channel Etc registered an increase in profits in the financial year 2003-2004. According to a press release, Etc made a profit after tax of...
MUMBAI: Completing a year to the day of launching two news channels (launched 14 April 2003), the Prannoy Roy-promoted NDTV had its first roadshow event for...
MUMBAI: High definition programming is not coming – it’s already here. Since the beginning of 2004 Euro 1080 has been broadcasting a daily schedule of music...
NEW DELHI: The Subhash Chandra-promoted Dish TV, the country’s first KU-band direct-to-home television service has signed exclusive deals with five international channels. The deals, signed...
MUMBAI: There is some major churn happening at Star Group’s head office in Hong Kong. Three senior executives – Digital Platforms Group president Altaf Alimohamed, advertising...
MUMBAI: The road shows for the initial public offer (IPO) that the Prannoy Roy-controlled NDTV is opening on 21 April are set to kick off throughout...
BBC World’s flagship interview programme, HARDtalk, will have an Indian special starting 12 to 16 April. BBC's presenter Tim Sebastian will travel to India to meet...
MUMBAI: Samar Khan, the man behind Bollywood Tonight on Zee Cinema has quit Applause Entertainment and will be joining UTV shortly. Khan started his career as...
MUMBAI: Move over Balaji Telefilms, here comes BAG Films. The production house’s soap Kumkum – Pyara Sa Bandhan which airs on Star Plus at 1 pm...
With the government relaxing the FDI norms for leisure and general interest print publications, among the international publishers to take advantage of this is BBC Worldwide...
The Securuties and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has finally given the much awaited green signal to media, entertainment and telecom companies who had been demanding...
MUMBAI: CNN International has appointed journalist and news executive Tony Maddox to executive vice president and managing director. As announced by CNN Worldwide president Jim Walton,...
A day after Prasar Bharati deputy director general Vijaya Laxmi Chhabra struck an “unconventional” cricket marketing deal with Zee Telefilms, we requested an immediate interview and...
MUMBAI: The country’s most influential press publication, The Times of India Group, looks to have more or less finalised the channels with which it will make...