MUMBAI: With Christmas just a month away, Hallmark plans to fill the air with good cheer through films and a musical special. On 21 December,...
LOS ANGELES: This is an event that aims at showcasing advanced television programming. On 2 December, the American Film Institute will conduct its annual Enhanced TV...
NEW DELHI: Turner International is now eyeing the tween of India. After the hugely successful Cartoon Network, Turner now plans to launch a new channel,...
NEW YORK: This is an initiative that seeks to clear the air that surrounds the miniseries The Reagans. Showtime will air the controversial film on 30...
NEW DELHI: Padmalaya Telefilms Limited (PTL) is gearing up to air a 52-episode 22-minute flash animation series on Zee TV, scheduled for early 2004. The serial,...
Phase-I licensees were not permitted to broadcast news and current affairs. The Committee recommends that the restriction on news and current affairs should be lifted and...
MUMBAI: The longest running kids show on cable & satellite TV, Star Plus’ Shakalaka Boom Boom, has just undergone a reinvention (thankfully not another 20-year fast...
MUMBAI: National broadcaster Doordarshan was out in full strength on Saturday at the Goregeon Sports Club in Mumbai to honour and award its own. Information and...
MUMBAI: Whether it was the first time or even the third time, there was pride as well as a commitment that they would be back on...
MUMBAI: One of the charming sidelights of this year’s MTR Foods Indian Telly Awards 2003 was the husband-wife duo of Supriya Pathak and Pankaj Kapoor winning...
NEW YORK: The International Tennis Federation (ITF) and broadband and mobile sports provider Sportev have announced the launch of DavisCup.tv. The comprehensive broadband offering covers action...
BIRMINGHAM: Audiences want television and radio content to be regulated, but they can imagine a future in which a ‘multi-layered’ approach to regulating channels might be...
NEW YORK: Cable network UPN’s reality show America’s Next Top Model is going from strength to strength. The hit dramality series featuring world-renowned supermodel Tyra Banks,...
LONDON: Australia and South Africa will be the first and second seeds respectively for the ICC Champions Trophy 2004. The event which takes place in England...
MUMBAI: The best came, saw and conquered. Indiantelevision.com’s The MTR Indian Telly Awards held tonight at the Tulip Star in Mumbai had the best of talent...
BEIJING: The sitcom Friends may be in its last season but Joey and the gang are all set to be introduced to the worlds largest television...
HONG KONG: Shin Satellite and Asia Satellite Telecommunications (Asiasat) have announced that the administrations of China and Thailand have concluded a frequency coordination agreement between both...
MUMBAI: First was the shut-off. Now the courts have been drawn into the dispute. A week after ESPN Star Sports (ESS) cut off signals to Hinduja...
CHICAGO: Our media czars could sure learn a thing or two from Time Warner in terms of giving back to society. The Time Warner Foundation has...
MUMBAI: Seems like Radio City 91 FM, the private FM radio station backed by Star, is gearing up to supersede competition. As a part of its...
WASHINGTON: The US House and Senate negotiators defied a White House veto threat on 19 November and agreed to a provision that would prevent the Federal...
WASHINGTON: Intelsat and Level 3 Communications Inc announced an agreement to launch a new video delivery network to serve North American broadcast customers, yesterday. Scheduled for...
MUMBAI: MTV Immies are all set to heat up the music scene with some international sensations. Latest news is that the youth channel has roped in...
MUMBAI: It will be an evening of song, dance and reward for hard working folk in the television industry. The third annual Doordarshan Awards will take...
MUMBAI: Diwali, at [V], isn’t just a time to set off the crackers, it’s also time to defuse the competition, it would seem. The latest salvo...
MUMBAI: The Indian Trade and Technical Telly Awards, given away at a well attended function tonight, set the tone for the third edition of the annual...
DUBAI: Pehla Academy, recently launched by Gulf-based entertainment TV platform Pehla, has announced its support to Aid the Weaker Trust, an organization working towards betterment of...
LONDON: A couple of days ago the BBC romped home at awards ceremonies. It took home a host of accolades at both the Royal Television Society...
WELLINGTON: Here is some good news for Pakistan cricket fans. New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has set aside security threats regarding their upcoming tour of Pakistan. The...
MUMBAI: After Vijay and Teja, another regional Southern channel has shifted focus to the lucrative afternoon band. Gemini, the Telugu channel from the Sun stable, is...
NEW YORK: The latest controversy on American television involved the television movie The Reagans. For several weeks the conservative majority has been up in arms over...
KABUL: BBC World Service has announced the launch of a new dedicated schedule of programming for Afghanistan. This features all the key languages of the country....
The Committee strongly recommends that after being awarded the license, it is mandatory for Licensee to operationalize the license within a maximum period of one year....
MUMBAI: Star Movies has again chosen to be associated with the Sixth International Film Festival that kicks off in Mumbai tomorrow. The highlight of this year’s...
LOS ANGELES: With December fast approaching the movie awards season is all set to kick off. One of the first winners is actor Michael Douglas Wall...
MUMBAI: Seems like Hinduja Group’s MSO InCableNet has finally decided to even the scores with ESPN Software India. In a point-by-point rejoinder issued today, InCableNet accused...
WASHINGTON: The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) resumed its informal 180-day clock for reviewing News Corp Ltd’s plan to acquire control of US satellite television provider...
MUMBAI: Crown Media, the parent company of Hallmark in India, has posted net revenues of $ 51 million in the third quarter of 2003, 27 per...
MUMBAI: British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) has hit a viewer milestone. On Friday, the UK/ Ireland satellite TV platform controlled by News Corp claimed that it had...
MUMBAI: ATN International, which launched the Ahimsaa Channel on 2 October 2003, has gone in for a name change and will now be known as Ahimsaa...
MUMBAI: It was a fun evening alright, but it was with a good cause. Around 35 thousand screaming youngsters joined in to watch MTV VJs,...
MUMBAI: An event to commemorate the 25 years of Tamil actor Satyaraj was held at Coimbatore on 9 November at 6:30 pm. Witnessing a attendence of...
MUMBAI: Fox TV’s hit show Pop Idol creator Simon Fuller has announced a face-off among the winners of Pop Idol versions world over, to be called...
MUMBAI: Seems like a good year in broadband terms. While the number of global broadband subscribers grown 72 per cent in 2002, the republic of Korea,...
WASHINGTON: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has initiated a proceeding proposing rules for satellite services on vessels. This includes broadband services. The proposals implement the results...
PARIS: The future of Disney’s theme park in France Euro Disney is in doubt. The amusement attraction has reported 700,000 fewer visitors in 2002-2003 than the...
NEW DELHI: Minister for information and broadcasting Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that there is a definite need for a separate regulatory body for electronic media....
CALIFORNIA: This is an alliance that aims at taking the concept of Video on Demand (VOD) beyond just films. TVN Entertainment which provides on demand television...
NEW DELHI: Whoever said Indian women were coy? An Outlook-NFO Opinion Poll in the weekly news magazines annual Stree issue on Indian women showed that 52...
NEW DELHI: This could turn out to be music to the ears of the financially beleaguered private players in the FM radio sector. In what...