Will conditional access prove to be the one shot medicine for all the ailments that afflict the various constituents in the Indian television industry and the...
MUMBAI: What is conditional access? How does it work? Is it prevalent globally? What should India do? Is the CAS Amendment a good enough framework? These...
MUMBAI: What is conditional access? How does it work? Is it prevalent globally? What should India do? Is the CAS Amendment a good enough framework? These...
MUMBAI: A new 24-hour entertainment channel called “Simply Asian” was launched in UK on Tuesday. The channel which claims to be the first free-to-air Asian channel,...
MUMBAI: Given below are relevant excerpts of a document prepared by Zee Telefilms and put out earlier (before the passage of the Bill in the Rajya...
Will conditional access prove to be the one shot medicine for all the ailments that afflict the various constituents in the Indian television industry and the...
MUMBAI: AC Nielsen’s TAM Media offers its viewpoint on the government’s plans to introduce conditional access systems (CAS). What CAS is expected to deliver: Security, reliability,...
MUMBAI: A new 24-hour entertainment channel called “Simply Asian” was launched in UK on Tuesday. The channel which claims to be the first free-to-air Asian channel,...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: Having had time to consider the moves on subscription rates by both Star India and Sony Entertainment, and two days after the...
MUMBAI: The first international conference on Communications Convergence : The Multi-Billion Indian Opportunity takes place on 13-14 December at The Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai. Hinduja...
NEW YORK : It was a deal that could have created a satellite behemoth. But US satellite television service provider EchoStar Communications Corp, on Tuesday said...
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide, the commercial consumer arm of the BBC, has appointed Sandra Braun as its head of New Business Development for Europe, Middle East, India...
CAPE TOWN: Aids awareness concerts and events are the flavour of the yuletide season. The Mandela SOS Concert ,to be held on Robben’s Island in South...
NEW DELHI: The Subhash Chandra-promoted Zee Telefilms is exploring the “feasibility” of starting an English language news channel. “No concrete plans have been made as such...
NEW DELHI: The total assets of Prasar Bharati Corporation, the autonomous body modelled on the UK pubcaster BBC to oversee the work of Doordarshan (DD) and...
MUMBAI: The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia’s (Casbaa 2002) conference ended on 5 December in Singapore’s splendid Esplanade Theatres on Bay complex on a...
DEL MAR: NRI cricket fans in America have something to look forward to. Cavalcade of Sports Media has announced that its affiliate, The Bollywood Channel, has...
NEW DELHI: It was the day after for the I&B ministry as far as conditional access system (CAS) rollout is concerned. The outcome of a meeting...
Zee TV, finally deciding that discretion is the better part of valour, has decided to discontinue for the present its much criticised game show Sawaal Dus...
Zee TV’s decision on Sunday to suspend Sawaal Dus Crore Ka, its answer to Star TV’s Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC), elicited suitably gracious reactions from rivals...
NEW DELHI: NDTV’s proposed news channels in Hindi and English are slated to be launched between end-March and early April 2003, according to a senior executive...
NEW DELHI: The Cable TV (Networks) Regulation Amendment Bill 2002, the passage of which will bring in conditional access system (CAS) in the country, has been...
NEW DELHI: Information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj today pulled out another ace from her sleeve, getting one of her favourite subjects – the introduction of...
MUMBAI: Ahimsaa, a 24-hour global satellite television channel is all set for its launch on 30 January next year. The content of the channel will primarily...
Information and Broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj has ruled out any change in the prevailing policy of pubcaster Doordarshan being barred from airing surrogate liquor and tobacco...
NEW DELHI: The cable TV (Network) Regulation Amendment Bill 2002, was passed in the Rajya Sabha, Upper House of the Indian parliament, with a minimum of...
NEW DELHI:The Rajya Sabha today unanimously passed the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Amendment Bill. The Lok Sabha had earlier passed the Bill in May this year....
CALIFORNIA: Cavalcade of Sports Media has announced that it has acquired Ethnic Broadcasting Company (EBC) and completed the second phase of its organisational restructuring. EBC broadcasts...
SINGAPORE:MTV has reaped a rich harvest of awards this year. In addition to clinching several prominent awards in the region, it recently bagged four awards at...
MUMBAI: You have to give it to Star India. It does not believe in half measures. The jewel in Rupert Murdoch’s Asia operations effectively re-set the...
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television Asia has entered into a distribution agreement with Asian Television Network International Limited (ATN) Canada, a leader in the provision of South...
SINGAPORE: The television scene in India is exploding but the local channels failed to cut any ice at the recently concluded seventh edition of the Asian...
KOUROU: The go-ahead for Arianespace’s first Ariane 5, with a 10-ton payload lift capacity, has been given. The lift-off will take place on 11 December between...
MUMBAI: Star India may have announced a 25 per cent drop in subscription rates per subscriber from the current Rs 40 to Rs 30, but cable...
Karan Thapar, Indian chat show host and head of production company UTV’s current affairs division, has won the Asian Television Award 2000 for Best News/Current Affairs...
Competition in the Kannada TV firmament is all set to heat up with the launch of a new Kannada Channel from Ramoji Rao’s Eenadu TV (ETV) stable...
Star TV India is bringing in television industry veteran Altaf Ali Mohammed to look after its digital platform – DTH and broadband – in India. Mohammed...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: The switch-offs have started. Even as the World Cup cricket draws nearer, a face off has developed between Sony Entertainment TV and Zee Group...
MUMBAI: Niret Alva, presenter of BBC World’s car and bike show Wheels, has won the award for the ‘Best Current Affairs or Infotainment Programme Presenter’ at...
NEW DELHI: The sixth Pan Asia Cross Media Survey (PAX) has found that unlike other news channels, BBC World has held onto the audience it gained...
MUMBAI: While all mainstream Hindi entertainment channels are banking on drama and movie premieres to boost ratings, SABe TV intends to strengthen its primetime USP –...
LOS ANGELES: The America Channel is planning to launch a new cable channel aimed at showing real American life between the East and West coasts is...
BBC World has emerged as the most-watched channel in a decision makers’ survey conducted by market research firm ORG-Marg for the news and information channel. The...
HONG KONG : The Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (Casbaa) and Media & Marketing Ltd of Hong Kong are to co-publish the CASBAA &...
HONG KONG: SpeedCast, a satellite-enabled broadband ISP in Asia, and Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific have announced that the latest news headlines on CNN and CNNfn...
NEW DELHI: Information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj has done it again. The government is confident that the process of implementation of the conditional access system...
NEW DELHI: BBC News has apppointed its first ever South Asia editor. The British broadcaster’s newsgathering division has appointed Paul Danahar to the newly created role...
MUMBAI: Free-to-air Hindi general entertainment channel Sahara TV is going digital from Tuesday, 10 December. Sahara has also set up its own multiple channel digital uplink...
It’s not often that one of CNN’s star anchors comes calling in India. And when it comes to business matters, even less so. It may be...
MUMBAI: The public broadcaster, it would seem, has also realised the potential of shows based on spirituality. Prasar Bharati has invited proposals from experienced producers for...