MUMBAI: The not so new sports channel on the block, Ten Sports may be maintaining a low profile but in terms of ratings it seems to...
CALIFORNIA: Dr Phillip C McGraw, known to millions the world over as Dr Phil, the host of the hugely popular daily, syndicated series of the same...
MUMBAI:The emergence of the HITS (headend in the sky) operator is on the anvil in the fast changing broadcast scenario in the country, even as confusion...
MUMBAI: BJP MP Kirit Somaiya, along with MLAs Mangal Prabhat Lodha and Atul Sharma, finally filed a public interest litigation on the issue of hike in...
MUMBAI: The final session of the SCaT workshop on Wednesday had an optimistic note to it. The session was presided over by IndusInd Media and Communications...
MUMBAI: After the cricket World Cup what? That’s been the question regarding MAX. Well the broadcaster has chosen one of the biggest names in the music...
PARIS: Satellite operator Eutelsat, which claims to be the main capacity provider for TV and radio broadcasting in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, has...
Hong Kong: Intelsat and Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) have struct an agreement to provide a new pay-television service for Hong Kong. Through the agreement, Intelsat will...
NEW DELHI: With the latest buzz in the information and broadcasting ministry being self-regulation, it seems that former I&B minister Sushma Swaraj’s grand plans to have...
NEW DELHI: If the availability of set-top boxes (STBs) is one of the speed breakers to a smooth passage of implementation of conditional access system in...
MUMBAI: The stage is set for Kalanithi Maran’s Sun Network to launch its Tamil FM radio station Suryan. Suryan will launch simultaneously in two cities in...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: It’s action time. And one is not referring to a particular brand of shoes, but the stage that has been set for...
MUMBAI: “Subscriber management doesnt have to be boring. But it needs to be the best”. At the ongoing ScaT workshop in Mumbai, a large gathering from...
LONDON: BBC Worldwide, the commercial consumer arm of the British Broadcasting Corporation, and Opus Arte, the Anglo-Dutch multimedia company and a leading player in the classical...
MUMBAI: Zee Group cable arm Siticable is planning to unveil its HITS (headend in the sky) model in April. Zee also plans to leverage some kind...
MUMBAI: The All India Council for Technical Education has launched GD-3 an education channel, exclusively for technical education. The AICTE, has in a notice in...
MUMBAI: What’s happening? A World Cup under way and none of the usual reports of rogue cable ops resorting to piracy and raids conducted to get...
MUMBAI: Post CAS, the cable trade will don the new mantle of building infrastructure for the convergence era. This is how MSOs and other experts are...
SINGAPORE: Hot on the heels of a successful awards function for the Asian region, MTV has announced that Frank Brown will take over as the president...
NEW DELHI: The broadcasters seem to have been cornered for the moment even as the MSOs, cable operators and the government took a strident stand over...
MUMBAI: Pandora’s box is finally open. The CAS bill, which has thrown up more questions than answers at least for the present, was the subject of...
CALIFORNIA: Warner Bros. International Television Distribution has anounced a series of executive appointments. Ronald W Miele has been promoted to executive vice president, business affairs, operations...
CALIFORNIA: Nickelodeon will once again give kids the chance to vote for their favourite movie and music stars when its 16th Annual Kids Choice Awards is held...
LONDON: BBC Showcase, the world’s largest television programme market hosted by a single broadcaster, will play host to more than 460 of the world’s top TV...
NEW DELHI: The meeting between the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) and the MSOs is continuing here on various issues relating to CAS and no concrete decision...
Touchtel, which claims to be Delhis first private fixed line service provider, has introduced a special Voice Portal value added service, to mark what it terms...
MUMBAI: Making good on his threat to made last Saturday to get after the television trade, BJP member of parliament (MP) from north-east Mumbai Kirit Somaiya,...
MUMBAI: Private FM players have finally forced staid broadcaster All India Radio Mumbai out of its ennui. The two channels run by AIR, FM Metro and...
NEW DELHI: The meetings that the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) panel had separately today with some of the MSOs in Delhi over various issues relating to...
MUMBAI: A series of invigorating promotional and marketing initiatives coupled with a localisation drive last year have paid action oriented channel AXN rich dividends. In...
MUMBAI: The ratings for the opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 have come in, and Extraaa Innings, the cricket related programme on MAX,...
LOS ANGELES: Yahoo! Movies which claims to be the Number one movie site on the Web has announced the launch of its comprehensive coverage of the...
MUMBAI: Zee Interactive Learning Systems has setup an IT training centre inside Maharashtra state police headquarters to conduct training in MS-CIT Course with the support &...
MUMBAI: Media baron Rupert Murdoch has been, thus far, known as the biggest share holder of NewsCorp. Turns out that he shall not be the title-holder...
NEW YORK : The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (IATAS) has issued a call for entries for the 31st International Emmy Awards which will...
MUMBAI: BJP member of parliament (MP) Kirit Somaiya is sending out a message that he means business. Apart from announcing on 15 February that he would...
MUMBAI: BJP member of parliament (MP) Kirit Somaiya is gunning for the television trade. Somaiya today announced that he is going to file a criminal, cognizable,...
WASHINGTON, DC: Intelsat announced today that the Intelsat 907 satellite was successfully launched aboard an Ariane 44L vehicle at 2:00 EST . The satellite is expected...
NEW DELHI: A new controversy threatens to rock the ongoing World Cup, the Indian cricket team especially, with the ICC (International Cricket Council) issuing notices to...
MUMBAI: For all those who have fears about the Indian team getting the World Cup home, just logon to the mtvindia.com website to get their fears...
LONDON: Sky Digital subscriptions will touch its yearend target of 7 million, as per the latest results announced by the company. By the end of December...
NEW YORK: Media conglomerate Viacom has reported record results for the fourth quarter and full year ended 31 December 2002. For the fourth quarter, Viacom revenues...
LONDON: Rupert Murdoch has strengthened the Murdoch family presence on the board of BSkyB by appointing his son non executive director. 30 year old James Murdoch...
CHENNAI: The new merged entity comprising Telephoto Entertainments (TE) and In House Productions are gearing up to leverage their individual strengths and produce content for national...
FRANCE: The International Television Programme Market held at Cannes turns 40 next month. MIPTV serves as a world-wide meeting place for all professionals in the field...
New Delhi: Eutelsat, one of the world’s leading providers of satellite communication, has been selected by Connexion, a business unit of Boeing for a three-month demonstration...
NEW JERSEY: Interactive Systems Worldwide has announced that ukbetting, a strategic partner of its wholly owned subsidiary, Global Interactive Gaming Ltd. (GIG), has introduced into live...
NEW YORK: Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has done well in the fourth quarter of 2002; thanks to video and DVD sales of its Oscar nominated animated...
LONDON: There was a time when the picture that came up when one thought of Aunty Beeb was that of an old lady in flannel frocks...
ZURICH: A report by The Interactive Publishing GmbH consultancy provides good news for the online news services still standing after the dotcom bloodbath. IP Zurich...