MUMBAI: Having failed to find a buyer for its Blockbuster video-rental business media conglomerate Viacom is said to be nearing a decision to spin it off....
MUMBAI: Warner Bros International Cinemas (WBIC) has announced that it has become the first Western cinema investor approved to hold majority ownership in a Chinese cinema...
MUMBAI: Panamsat has announced a multi-year, multi-satellite, multi-transponder agreement with the Fox Entertainment Group. Under the terms of the agreement, Fox will consolidate its entire suite...
MUMBAI: Even the courts appear to be waiting for the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) offer some clarity of the vexed issue of conditional access....
MUMBAI: Harmony Gold?s five MIP market premieres now has a basket of goodies to offer, including a prestigious documentary, a modern screwball comedy and high-speed motorcycle...
With polls around the corner, it's a little surprise that news channels are constantly trying to develop newer programming strategies. NDTV's Hindi news arm, NDTV India...
MUMBAI: ETC Channel Punjabi has announced the Punjabi Music Awards 2004 to honour excellence in the vibrant Punjabi music industry. The awards which will be held...
MUMBAI: The Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) has been surrounded by controversies from Day 1 and still continues to be. First, filmmakers boycotted the festival; then...
MUMBAI: Subhash Chandra promoted Essel Propack Ltd has posted a year on year (YoY) growth in its consolidated FY03 bottom lines even as its Indian operations...
MUMBAI: The only indigenous music channel south of the Vindhyas is sharpening its claws and getting ready for the fight that will break out in the...
MUMBAI: What do you add to an event that is to be held on ‘romantic’ Valentine’s Day? But of course some oomph. The MTV Asia Awards...
MUMBAI: Entertainment takes pride of place. Even on the “Old Aunty.” Come 2 February and Bollywood glam doll Preity Zinta will be joining the BBC as...
MUMBAI: Star Movies may have a lock on the Oscars ceremony, but rival HBO is not letting that get in the way of its annual movie...
MUMBAI: Last year Discovery US entered the reality genre with American Chopper. The documentary style reality series chronicled a family-owned motorcycle building business in a small...
MUMBAI: It’s raining award ceremonies. After the Golden Globe Awards, it’s time now for the 46th Annual Grammy Awards which is scheduled to be held on...
MUMBAI: The following is the full text of Andrew Gilligans resignation statement: “I am today resigning from the BBC. I and everyone else involved here have...
MUMBAI: Any hopes that 10 Downing Street may have harboured that Gerg Dyke, dubbed “Tony’s Crony” when he took the reins at the BBC four years...
NEW DELHI: Well, well! Doordarshan News, the channel that was relaunched late last year, is getting another face-lift as the country gets into the general elections...
MUMBAI: The children’s channel space in the country gets a shade denser. The Kalanithi Maran-promoted Sun Network has announced its plans to launch a Telugu general...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government’s fascination for the glitteratti continues and it shows in the reconstitution of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). The new...
MUMBAI: A few days ago the ICC Development International (IDI), and the Sportsbrand Media Group reached a three year agreement to produce and distribute on a...
MUMBAI: Distraction Formats which specialises in formatting and packaging shows in a unique manner has announced a deal with Jennifer Lopez?s Nuyorican Productions. As per the...
MUMBAI: Hollywood’s major media conglomerates are hungrily eyeing Pixar after the animation studio declined to renew its deal with Disney. Two companies said to be in...
MUMBAI: Heads continue to roll at the BBC in the wake of yesterday’s damning findings by Lord Hutton in his investigation into the death of weapons...
MUMBAI: After the long lull that followed the launch of Sahara’s supposed big ticket, Karishma – The Miracles of Destiny last year, the channel started the...
MUMBAI: Fast and now is what describes the pace at Adlabs Films and the Shettys are not pausing for breath yet. After diversifying into the immensely...
NEW DELHI: And so the blame game goes on. First it was the government that was in the line of fire of the broadcast and cable...
MUMBAI: The third quarter results for Pritish Nandy Communications Ltd. are in. The company’s net profit for the quarter ended 31 December 2003 stands at Rs...
MUMBAI: Zee News might not be shining on the TRP ratings charts but it is certainly shining in terms of high impact news operations. If Zee...
MUMBAI: The battle for the top among production houses has now spilled over from cable and satellite homes and into all TV homes. The UTV produced...
MUMBAI: AC Nielsen ORG Marg’s wave six of the Radio Audience Measurement in Mumbai favours Radio City once again. While the fifth wave report too had...
NEW DELHI: Well, the business of news is now taking on an entertainment hue. Close on the heels of a NDTV show, which is a spoof...
MUMBAI: BBC chairman Gavyn Davies, who has stepped down from his post, has been the first casualty of the Lord Hutton report on the BBC. But...
MUMBAI: Given below, is the full text of the statement made by the BBC director-general on the Hutton report: “Dr Kelly’s death was a tragedy for...
NEW DELHI: With the coalition government deciding to dissolve the Lok Sabha (Lower House) on 6 February after a go-ahead for interim rail and Union Budgets...
MUMBAI: Star TV CEO Michelle Guthrie could well be the star attraction at the fourth edition of Frames, that gets underway in Mumbai on 15 March...
MUMBAI: Convergence, animation and entertainment will receive special focus at the fourth edition of the Federation of Indian Chambers, Commerce & Industry’s (Ficci) convention for the...
MUMBAI: Cable TV Operators Associations of South India have come together and formed the South Indian Federation of Cable TV Operators Association (Sifcoa). The associations...
MUMBAI: Media conglomerate Time Warner has announced that revenues increased for 2003 increased by six per cent over 2002 to $39.6 billion. This reflected increases at...
NEW DELHI: The Anurradha Prasad and Rajiv Shukla-promoted B.A.G. Films, a television software house with ambitions of morphing into a broadcasting company, has announced that it...
MUMBAI: Faced with mounting competition from Rupert Murdoch’s Fox and other news networks CNN is said to be looking at a major changes in its functioning...
MUMBAI: The stars were out in full force at the 61st annual Golden Globe Awards. The biggest surprise of the evening came courtesy the BBC. BBC...
NEW DELHI: It’s jockeying that’s going on big time as the different stakeholders try to get their point across to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India...
MUMBAI: One of the biggest sporting spectacles in the US Super Bowl XXXVIII gets underway on CBS on 1 February. It will co-produce a one-hour special...
MUMBAI: The fight over the sharing of music over the Internet is gaining steam. College students across America struck a note of belligerence after the Recording...
NEW DELHI: It’s jockeying that’s going on big time as the different stakeholders try to get their point across to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India...
MUMBAI: This is a big moment in the annals of American television. Anchor Barbara Walters who has done memorable interviews on ABC’s 20/20 with the likes...
MUMBAI: Subhash Chandra must be smiling at the man in the mirror. The Zee numbers are in and the media major has come out with flying...
MUMBAI: A struggling ABC is looking to a new format of the game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire to shore up the ratings and...
MUMBAI: ‘Celebrate the spirit of Mumbai with music’ was B4U Music and Sadbhavna Ke Sipahi’s agenda, when they bought the traffic to halt near Lokhandwala, Andheri...