MUMBAI: Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting Limited has announced the trial launch of its digital pay TV service – exTV, based on NDS technology. While the satellite broadcaster...
MUMBAI: If a serial shows a dip in viewership, the best way is to reinvent it and then re-evaluate it in terms of its continuity. This...
MUMBAI: The latest buzzword among the Mumbai gliteratti and the janta is fitness, courtesy the Standard Chartered Mumbai International Marathon scheduled for this Sunday. National pubcaster...
NEW DELHI: It’s not only TV Today Network which is witnessing organizational changes, additions and promotions are in the offing at the Indian Today Group (ITG)-...
SAHARA CITY (LUCKNOW): When you have superstar Amitabh Bachchan and one of the beautiful women in the world, Aishwariya Rai, welcoming the guests at the entrance...
LONDON: A BBC newsreader wearing a sari? True. A regional newsreader has become the first British journalist to wear a sari during a bulletin. Sharuna Sagar,...
MUMBAI: Given below, is the letter addressed to Disney’s Michael D Eisner from Comcast’s president and CEO Brian L Roberts. I am writing following our conversation...
MUMBAI: The Zee Cine Awards now in their seventh year has announced the winners for the technical category The technical category winners comprises of the...
MUMBAI: Fdration Internationale de Football (FIFA) has put out a tender for the Mascot TV Series for the 2006 Fifa World Cup. The event takes place...
LONDON: Outsourcing to India has now spread to journalism. Reuters, which is implementing a massive cost-cutting programme, is to try out the reporting of Western business...
MUMBAI: BBC World is the most watched channel amongst decision makers in India, according to an AC Nielsen ORG Marg Decision Makers Survey (DMS4), released recently....
MUMBAI: Radio City has reason to feel satisfied with the latest wave of AC Nielsen ORG Marg study on radio listenership in Mumbai. The study, done...
MUMBAI: While other players in the news genre are haggling over male eyeballs, Sahara Samay is looking towards roping in women and children to broaden its...
NEW DELHI: Even as the government is waiting for the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to come up with fresh recommendations on FM radio, the...
MUMBAI: Veteran TV personality Rajat Sharma may have the channel plan set out for his India TV news venture but he has yet to get his...
NEW DELHI: How much validity do chief election commissioner (CEC) TS Krishnamurthy’s utterances on the ‘India Shining’ ad campaign have? For all practical purposes, nothing. A...
MUMBAI: The Bamboo Curtain is finally parting. Having realised the vast potential its media industry holds, China has loosened some of the tightest fetters that shackled...
MUMBAI: Major organisational restructuring is currently underway at CNN International. As in a lot of cases, this one will leave a few people hunting for jobs....
MUMBAI: Rights holders of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), International Sportsworld Communicators, have announced the start of a comprehensive research programme with TNSSPORT. This will...
MUMBAI: Being ‘different’ pays – quite literally and otherwise as well. Pritish Nandy would agree. His production house Pritish Nandy Communications (PNC) has won the Golden...
MUMBAI: It’s not only Indian soaps that have made a success of taking plotlines 10-20 years into the future. All Grown Up, Nickelodeon’s popular Rugrats series...
MUMBAI: One fallout of all the jumping around that has been going on following pop princess Janet Jackson’s half time flash at last Sunday’s Super Bowl...
MUMBAI: A new series of the panel discussion programme Question Time India has begun on BBC World. New presenter Dileep Padgaonkar will be inviting India’s top...
MUMBAI: Discovery has gems in its eyes this month. The infotainment channel will be airing a programme about about Cartier’s exquisite masterpiece, The Patiala Neclace, once...
NEW DELHI: Just two days after TV Today Network CMD Aroon Purie told indiantelevision.com that the organization was zeroing down on a replacement for Uday Shankar...
MUMBAI: Doesn’t seem like glamour works for Sahara. Film and television actor- turned television procuder Kunika Lall, who was appointed as senior producer by Sahara Samay...
MUMBAI: BBC Showcase which claims to be the world’s largest television programme market hosted by a single broadcaster, will play host to a record 480 of...
MUMBAI: Sky’s chief financial officer, Martin Stewart, has announced plans to quit his position at Sky “to pursue other interests.” Stewart said, “I have been...
MUMBAI: A new series of the panel discussion programme Question Time India begins on BBC World tonight 6 February at 10 pm. The new presenter Dileep...
NEW DELHI: Even as the Aroon Purie-controlled TV Today Network hunts for a news director for its two news channels following the departure of Uday Shankar,...
MUMBAI: French media and telecom major Vivendi Universal has reported much lower Q4 sales of 7.215 billion euros. Vivendi attributes the drop to the sale of...
MUMBAI: It has put all its fingers in as many pies and is gunning for more. Obviously, it needs funds to keep the mega plans going....
MUMBAI: In its fourth year now, India’s Mutual Fund Excellence Awards will be held on 9 February in Mumbai. The announcement was made today by CNBC-TV18...
MUMBAI: CNBC-TV18 today announced the launch of Awaaz, a bilingual new series that focuses on business away from the metros, in the small towns, in booming...
MUMBAI: Given below is the response in full issued by the Indian broadcasting Foundation to the Telecom Authority of India: Without Prejudice To The Preliminary Submissions,...
NEW DELHI: Given below is the reply to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (Trai) by the National Cable & Telecom Association (NCTA). We are grateful...
MUMBAI: Sky Sports has announced that it has secured the exclusive live rights to the Super League and international Rugby League for the next five years....
MUMBAI: In a bid to boost its broadcast and newsgathering operations, CNN has appointed new correspondents globally and will also be deploying a lap-top based Digital...
MUMBAI: For Aroon Purie’s TV Today Network (TVTN), the second fortnight of January started with one bang and ended with another. Fortunately for the company, both...
Political spoofs ? as short vignettes ? seem to be the latest trend among Indian news channels.As part of their never-ending endeavour to attract viewers, many...
MUMBAI: BBC One’s new show for the UK gives Brits a chance to decide whom they want to see represent the country at this years edition...
MUMBAI: CNBC-TV18 announced the launch of Expectations 2004 yesterday which is a comprehensive on-air, on-ground initiative that will analyse the government’s economic policies in the short...
MUMBAI: The latest addition to CNN Intl’s list of anchors and correspondents is Martin Soong. He will anchor the network’s news programmes produced out of CNN’s...
Political spoofs as short vignettes seem to be the latest trend among Indian news channels. As part of their never-ending endeavour to attract viewers, many top...
MUMBAI: It’s awards time yet again and this time it comes from down South. In its fifth year now, the Jeeva Asianet Awards 2004 are scheduled...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: A fresh Telecom Regulatory Authority (Trai) order on interconnect agreements, issued on a day when the nation is grappling with the interim Budget, can...
NEW DELHI: We hate to say we told you so but we told you so. India’s finance minister Jaswant Singh, hemmed in by the fact that...
MUMBAI: Sahara India Pariwar has tied up with K Sera Sera and Varma Corp in a Rs 350 million (35 crore) deal. The deal envisages production...
MUMBAI: The Sridevi lure via massive promotional efforts has worked for Sahara Manoranjan. Malini Iyer has thrown up the best ratings enjoyed in the first week...
MUMBAI: The Asian American Journalists Association (Aaja) has announced plans to debut a DVD to attract more Asian American males to the profession of television journalism...