CHENNAI: Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) is gearing up to promote its faith channel TBN India in the western and northern parts of the country. TBN channel...
MUMBAI: Regional cable has emerged as a strong contender in the advertising stakes. The local cable channels are wooing small advertisers and also bidding aggressively for...
MUMBAI: There’s no slowing down the septuagenarian media baron Rupert Murdoch. Wendi and Rupert Murdoch – getting ready to change diapers again Even as his...
MUMBAI: Minister of state for I&B with independent charge Ravi Shankar Prasad has placed consumer interest above all. Prasad, today, asked broadcasters to find ways and...
MUMBAI: ‘Change is always constant’,as far as Star Plus is concerned. After the launch of six new shows in January 2003, Star Plus is now focussing...
MUMBAI: National broadcaster Prasar Bharati has invited tenders for Hindi feature films based on festive themes to be telecast on DD 1 in the afternoon slot...
PARIS: Private European rocket company Arianespace has posted a heavy operating loss of between 50 and 60 million euros (dollars) in the fiscal just ended. The...
The world over more and more countries understands the rewards of attracting International film productions to shoot within their boundaries. In the short term not only...
MUMBAI: Indian news television channels wanting to give their viewers a peek at whom the US calls the monster from Baghdad can do so now. Courtesy...
No frills. All business. That’s Alexander “Sandy” Brown for you. In and out of meetings at his headquarters in Singapore’s International Plaza, head down to the...
NEW DELHI: New minister of state for information and broadcasting Ravi Shankar Prasad today impressed upon the broadcasting fraternity that content on television should be such...
MUMBAI: If awards for adult “performers” can become annual fixtures, why not for kids. Buena Vista Television India has announced that it is all set for...
CAIRO: Satellite broadcaster Middle East Broadcasting Centre (MBC) will launch a 24-hour Arabic news channel, Al Arabiya, in mid-February with an estimated investment of US $200...
NEW DELHI: A top level delegation of the Indian Broadcasting Federation is slated to meet newly inducted minister of state for information and broadcasting Ravi Shankar...
MUMBAI: Confusion may still shroud the actual implementation of conditional access in the country, but the industry cannot be faulted for not trying its bit to...
LONDON: The man the pop world now loves to laugh at can still draw viewers like nobody in the business. British broadcaster Granada said its Living...
First of all on behalf of all Lastmile Service Providers (LSPs) we welcome you to the coveted post of Minister for Information and Broadcasting and assure...
CHENNAI: Radaan Mediaworks, the Rs 210 million television content provider promoted by popular southside actress R Radikaa Sarathkumar, has lined up some mega plans to make...
SOUTH AFRICA: Listeners to South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) radio channels will now get daily access to the best of BBC news and current affairs programmes...
NEW DELHI: Hype is a necessity and parties are results of that. Sounds like a Sidhuism? With India catching the cricket fever, why not? Not to...
MUMBAI: Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network has posted a loss of Rs 68.73 million (unaudited) for the nine months ended 31 December 2002 as against a...
NEW YORK: Longtime NBC executive Randy Falco was last week was named group president of the NBC television network, taking over from Andrew Lack, who quit...
Piracy law are in place but lack implementation a. Cable Network is a haven for pirates b. Cable Network licensing policy...
LUCKNOW: Emotions before economics. Sounds good in advertisements, but don’t be mistaken that the Subrata Roy-promoted Sahara India group (current assets: over Rs. 320 billion) has...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan is “struggling” to meet its annual revenue target, a senior official of Prasar Bharati said today. While speaking to the journalists about Doordarshan’s...
MUMBAI: Somehow, cable and satellite channels have been unable to create a programming mix that brings in audiences to the Sunday morning slot. This is in...
MUMBAI: In response to the nationwide uproar over the humiliating depiction of Mahatma Gandhi in its series, Clone High USA,, MTV United States has tendered an...
LONDON: In a major cost cutting drive, BBC bosses are axing 60 jobs in its news operation. More jobs may be lost when BBC’s Ceefax and...
NEW YORK: CNN has won 12 WorldMedal awards at the 45th Annual International Television Programming & Promotion Awards held by the New York Festivals, last Friday....
MUMBAI:In a major cost cutting drive aimed at reducing redundancies, BBC bosses are axing 60 jobs in the news operation. More jobs may be lost when...
LONDON: The BBC will be in South Africa to bring extensive, live coverage from the ICC Cricket World Cup, the world’s biggest cricket tournament, across radio...
HOLLYWOOD, California: NBC may have to do some hard thinking about its comedy lineup. The days for serials such as Friends are numbered and now the...
CALIFORNIA: Underscoring the success of their alliance, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and NBC Enterprises have jointly announced that they have agreed to extend their international distribution agreement for...
MUMBAI: News channel BBC World has announced that it has signed a deal with Qatar Airways and Kenya Airways for in-flight news content. The arrangement with...
MUMBAI: One of the sessions at the ScaT workshop in Mumbai dealt with Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Specifications for Set Top boxes. Col V C...
The debate over conditional access system continues in India even as the government has set July 14, 2003 as the deadline for completing implementation of CAS...
MUMBAI: The original mytho moghul is looking to tread new ground. BR Films is producing four new serials: Dhristi and Kaamna on Doordarshan; Asha Nai Asha...
NEW YORK: CNN News,a division of Turner Broadcasting System will have a new chief executive officer in the next four months. Current chief executive officer Walter...
COLORADO: EchoStar Communications Corporation has announced that it has acquired exclusive television, radio and internet distribution rights for the International Cricket Council (ICC) 2003 Cricket World...
MUMBAI: The BBC appears to be scenting an opportunity that will put a spoke in rival international news network CNN in the AOL Time Warner subsidiary’s...
MUMBAI: Former Channel News Asia presenter Vidya Shankar Aiyar lost a sexual harassment case in Singapore yesterday. District judge Victor Yeo sentenced him to 16 months’...
LOS ANGELES: One of the highest-profile anchors on cable business network CNBC has left the network while his show, jointly produced with the Wall Street Journal,...
MUMBAI: To bring the common man closer to the stock market, BSE Training Institute and Zee News will launch a new weekly program Talking Stock- An...
NEW DELHI : The new year has arrived. From today, Star has 88 days before D-day dawns on April 1, 2003. And in the run up...
MUMBAI: Not to be outdone by private channels lining up fresh programming in the new year, Prasar Bharati too is gearing to make its presence felt. ...
NEW DELHI: 24-hour international news and information channel, BBC World, will air the first ever Wheels Awards 2002 today at 11.00 pm as its year-end special....
MUMBAI: The media and entertainment sector stocks ended the calendar year on a high note. The market sentiments improved due to varied reasons such as the...
MUMBAI: The long-in-gestation Malayalam satellite TV Indiavision is gearing up to launch its earth station on 3 January. The ribbon cutting will take place at the...
MUMBAI: B4U Movies has announced the acquisition of over 200 films for the domestic and international market. On the international front, B4U will be showcasing the...
MUMBAI: Music channel etc’s plans for staying one step ahead of the competition are straightforward. Build further on core programming strengths through constant innovation. Keeping this...