NEW DELHI: Facing opposition from Shiv Sena Supremo Bal Thackeray on the Conditional Access System, information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is likely to meet...
NEW DELHI: In a major communications overhaul, the Subhash Chandra-led Essel Group has decided to create a signature group under Corporate Brand Development Group (CBDG) for...
MUMBAI: To feed the appetite of cricket fans in Indonesia, ESPN STAR Sports and Kablevision jointly announced that they had reached an agreement to bring the...
MUMBAI: Nine cable operators have come together to form Manthan Broadband, a service that aims to offer cable TV services in Kolkata in a post conditional...
MUMBAI: It’s finally here. An incisive look at the story behind the news that Star’s 24 hour Hindi news channel l had announced during its launch...
MUMBAI: If its News Corp company Global Cricket Corporation (GCC) that is claiming damages from the International Cricket Council (ICC) for non-delivery of various rights and...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government has decided to authorize all registered Indian newspapers to enter into syndication arrangements with foreign publications, under an automatic approval route...
CHICAGO: ABC News and RealNetworks, which claims to be a global leader in network-delivered digital media, have announced that they have expanded their agreement. With this...
MUMBAI: VH1, the more mature offspring of MTV Networks, takes its first tentative step in Asia with a debut in Asia this month. VH1 will...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: Hook on early and get to see your favourite pay channels at an attractive “invitation price”. That is the proposition that the...
MUMBAI: Television, film actor Trevor Goddard died on Sunday from a suspected drug overdose at his North Hollywood home, say media reports. The 37-year-old actor, a...
MUMBAI: With the countdown to the conditional access rollout deadline well and truely on, the information and broadcast ministry is attempting to “educate” the public on...
NEW DELHI: After the government ‘s summer offer in the form of slashed duties on import of set top boxes, it’s the turn of the broadcasters...
MUMBAI: SET’s packaging, channel ID and on air look won kudos at the 25th annual BDA Design Awards at a ceremony in Los Angeles on 6...
MUMBAI: The Discovery Channel has announced that Egyptologist Dr Joann Fletcher has perhaps discovered and identified the mummy believed to be that of ancient Egypt’s stunningly...
MUMBAI: Friday the 13th. A lot riding on that date for Subrata Roy’s Sahara TV because that is when the copywrite infringement case brought against its...
NEW DELHI: Taking a cue from renowned fable Panchatantra, Moving Picture Company (India) Ltd is producing its first long format 3D animation series Jungle Tales. The...
MUMBAI: CNBC goes vroom vroom, this time with consumer angle in mind. Starting today, 10 June at 10:30 pm, the business channel will be getting behind...
NEW DELHI: Consumer Coordination Council to information and broadcasting ministry: the conditional access system (CAS) is still not consumer friendly and should be implemented only after...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: The government today offered a significant concession to the pay broadcasters on the issue of their channel pricing by giving them some...
CHICAGO: With cable customers gradually realising its benefits high definition television (HDTV) is rapidly spreading its wings across the US. Cable customers in 78 of...
MUMBAI: The head of BBC’s Hindi Service Achala Sharma has been awarded the World Hindi Honour at the seventh World Hindi Conference held in Surinam a...
MUMBAI: Last year in a BBC poll, 1.6 million UK viewers voted for Sir Winston Churchill as the “greatest Briton”. Now, the survey broadens it’s reach...
MUMBAI: It was time for the backroom professionals in the glamourous business of advertising, television and radio to take centrestage at the 28th RAPA (Radio &...
MUMBAI: The newly appointed Nimbus MD and CEO Dr Akash Khurana has already starting initiating the process of making Nimbus a “creative powerhouse” as well as...
MUMBAI: Star News, the 24-hour Hindi news channel, seems to be using every trick in the trade to ensure that it recreates the old magic associated...
MUMBAI: For the English serial buff craving fare with a difference, Sunday evenings are all set to get juiced courtesy a slew of new initiatives from...
NEW DELHI: The prices of pay channels are not expected to be revised upward over the next 12 to 24 months after conditional access system in...
LONDON: BT Broadcast Services (BTBS) which claims to be the world-leading supplier of bespoke global broadcast solutions has announced its first-ever move into the Asia Pacific...
MUMBAI: Dil Na Jaane Kyun, the first leaf out of Zee’s innovative Chausath Panne, which is poised to reach an unexpected climax in a couple of...
MUMBAI: Action oriented AXN’s unwavering approach towards giving viewers ‘the buzz’ is paying off. A study conducted by Emediaplan for the week starting 18 May...
MUMBAI: Conditional access could bring in inventory pressures for free to air channels if demand for their air-time explodes. This is the conclusion drawn by TAM...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government may open up FM radio sector to news and current affairs programming as also the content being provided by a foreign...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government today further tightened the screws on the broadcast and cable industry on conditional access system (CAS) by issuing a notification that...
MUMBAI: ATN International is planning to launch a satellite channel, Ahimsaa from 15 August 2003. The company has informed the National Stock Exchange that the board...
MUMBAI: The board of directors of Nimbus Communications Ltd has announced the appointment of Dr Akash Khurana as MD and CEO with immediate effect. Khurana succeeds...
MUMBAI: The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), which has been riven recently by persistent reports of major rifts between pay and free-to-air lobbies within it, sought today...
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena supremo and an important ally of the NDA government, Bal Thackeray, has warned the government that it will find its decision to go...
MUMBAI: Now this is what is called reel life awards. In possibly a first for television anywhere in the world, India’s lead entertainment channel Star Plus...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government wants to ensure a smooth rollout of conditional access system (CAS) in the first phase in the four metros — maybe...
MUMBAI: The television business is all a matter of perception and Discovery is well aware of this. The broadcaster is trying to boost desi content through...
MUMBAI: There is a buzz going around Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book what with the sequel to the 1967 film currently running in theatres. Now Hindi general...
LONDON: The BBC has chosen Intelliseek’s Enterprise Search Server (ESS) technology to power a research portal for BBC journalists, producers and researchers who need single-point access...
MUMBAI: Star Movies’ Sunday night 9 pm hook of English films with a “desi” touch is giving way to Steven Spielberg blockbusters for the rest of...
MUMBAI: The repeat telecast of the Indian Telly Awards 2002 on Star Plus, an event organised by www.indiantelevision.com managed to hold it’s own against the much...
NEW DELHI: The Subhash Chandra-promoted Zee Telefilms is very bullish on certain aspects of conditional access system (CAS) and feels that it is rightly positioned to...
CALIFORNIA: TiVo which creates television services for digital video recorders (DVRs) has announced a new audience measurement tool. The tool will give broadcasters and advertisers the...
NEW YORK: Bill Gates software major Microsoft and media conglomerate AOL Time Warner have announced an agreement to collaborate on long-term digital media initiatives that will...
NEW DELHI: Not satisfied with passing a law, the Indian government now wants to do micro-management of the implementation of the law. Especially when it comes...
MUMBAI: ISRO’s latest satellite INSAT-3A, which was launched on 10 April has taken over the Satellite Aided Search and Rescue services that were being provided by...