MUMBAI: After HARDTalk Pakistan that launched in May, BBC World is launching another weekly current affairs programme focused on the pressing issues of the day. Question...
MUMBAI: Contrary to popular perception that Raamkhilavaan C.M. n Family is inspired by Laloo Prasad Yadav and his family, Vineet Kumar, who plays Raamkhilavaan, Sushmita Mukherjee,...
MUMBAI: Four new shows and not one soap among them. This could happen only on SABe TV, the relief channel as it calls itself. After taking...
MUMBAI: Balaji Telefilms continued its prosperous streak with a net profit of Rs 126.8 million for Q1 2002-3. This marks a 157 per cent increase over...
MUMBAI: News Corp controlled UK satellite broadcaster BSkyB has obtained the UK telecast rights of the ICC World Cup tournament to be played in March 2003...
Marketers looking to create a ‘buzz’ among global youth should focus on the Bees (the trend spreaders rather than the trendsetters) and get serious about brand...
MUMBAI: South Indian language Sun Network is aiming to start test marketing its transition towards pay TV services in Andhra Pradesh. This was revealed by network...
MUMBAI: The Malayalam channel space is becoming increasingly crowded. After Jeevan TV, which is all set to go on air from 1 August, it will be...
MUMBAI: Hit shows Kavyanjali and Marumagal are among the programming content that Star’s Tamil language channel Vijay TV is marketing to a Sinhalese channel in the...
MUMBAI: Hinduja TMT Ltd has posted a 67.5 per cent increase in total income to Rs 246.1 million and a 39.6 per cent increase in net...
G Venkatesh Babu, director and COO, Pentamedia Graphics Ltd, has resigned from the company from 22 July, according to a communication from the company to the...
The BBC’s international broadcast wings, BBC World and BBC World Service, have appointed a creative agency WARL to handle a jointly branded creative campaign worldwide. London-based...
MUMBAI: German media giant Bertelsmann’s chief executive Thomas Middelhoff was forced to step down yesterday due to a fierce dispute over his strategy. A report from...
MUMBAI: Jeevan TV the fifth Malayalam news channel, will begin telecasting 20 hours a day from Thursday. The channel, promoted by the Catholic Church of Kerala,...
MUMBAI: National Geographic is beefing up its prime hour of nine pm – Nat Geo Max – with specials targeted at the thinking viewer. The Space...
MUMBAI: Even as MTV India has commenced telecasting the hit reality series The Osbournes on the life of rock star Ozzy Osbourne, the serial is causing...
NEW DELHI: It’s war out there in the cricket broadcasting arena. Sony Entertainment Television may have ICC cricket, including the next two World Cups, but for...
MUMBAI:Marriages are the in thing on television, it would seem. Zee Television has joined the bandwagon with a new series Love Marriage directed by Manisha Sharma...
MUMBAI:Sahara TV’s kids’ fantasy serial Chacha Chaudhary will now air four days a week. The show that has been airing from Mondays to Wednesdays at 7...
MUMBAI:Renowned composer-playback singer Sudhir Phadke passed away in Mumbai this morning. Phadke, who was admitted to hospital last week after he suffered brain haemorrhage, died at...
NEW DELHI: In what is termed a bid to strengthen its marketing efforts, national broadcaster Doordarshan has brought in former Zee Telefilms CEO Vijay Jindal to...
MUMBAI: A gamble more than two years in the making is about to be played out on Sony from Monday. At stake are not only the...
Balaji Telefilms, at a meeting of its board today, approved the sub-division of the leading production house’s shares of face value of Rs 10 each into...
MUMBAI:Balaji Telefilms has said that its board will meet tomorrow to consider a stock split. The company has not mentioned the split ratio but the meeting...
LONDON:Cricket fans will be able to listen to live BBC coverage when Test Match Special, normally found on BBC Radio Four LW and BBC Radio Five...
MUMBAI:Fashion buffs waiting to catch the heat from the hottest Indian fashion event of the year can tune in to Star World to have their fill....
MUMBAI:Two diverse studies on kids’ television viewing patterns would have us believe that while the couch potato is growing increasingly younger, television should not be blamed...
MUMBAI:Desi All India Radio is joining hands with the British Broadcasting Corporation again. After a joint coverage of the FIFA soccer world cup, AIR is bringing...
America Online and the Latin Recording Academy have announced that AOL Music will be the exclusive online partner for the Latin Grammy Awards. Beginning with the...
MUMBAI: After venturing into untested waters with a religious band on Sundays, Star Plus is now ready with a weekly college romance and a weekday kids’...
MUMBAI: In the ongoing debate on the efficacy of set top box systems that will finally enable implementation of CAS, DALVI, a six-year-old encryption systems company...
MUMBAI: RiTV has decided to get active during the festival season this monsoon. The network will spruce up its August programming with special shows on both...
NEW DELHI: To reintroduce or not to reintroduce? That is the question exercising information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj. Well not this week anyway. The Cable...
MUMBAI: After the Fifa World Cup what next has been what the naysayers have been harping on when it comes to new kid on the block...
MUMBAI: The 23rd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards this year have a record 1,654 entries, up from last year’s 1450. PBS leads the final tally...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Even before the champagne bottles could be opened, a chasm seems to have appeared in the cable operators’ fragile unity. After meeting information and...
MUMBAI: Hospital series Dhadkan, along with twin dilemma Hubahu are making way for the Madhuri matchmaking show Kahin Na Kahin Koi Hai that commences telecast on...
MUMBAI: Talk about good timing. With just about six weeks to go before the “mini world cup” (the Champion’s Trophy in Sri Lanka that kicks off...
China said on Friday it had removed the BBC World television news channel from its airwaves for “infringing” broadcast rules, a move the corporation said was...
LONDON: Next time you log on the Beeb’s online news service, you will have access to content more relevant to the country of your origin. Using...
NEW DELHI: At a time when the government is attempting to push through a Central legislation to mandate what people should see (or not see) on...
NEW DELHI: If Doordarshan revenues are on the downswing, then blame it on those who owe DD money and the inadequacy of the current system to...
NEW DELHI: Till date Rs 79.77 million has accrued to the government as licence fee from FM radio broadcasters. Bank guarantees of Rs 19 million in...
NEW DELHI: So you thought national broadcaster Doordarshan was a pushover? Data says otherwise. Between 9-11 pm in all TV homes on all days among viewers...
MUMBAI: ESPN’s live telecast of the NatWest series finals on 13 July registered an unprecedented viewership with ratings touching a record high of 19.31 TVR for...
NEW DELHI: In what is a strong defence of the conditional access system (CAS) Information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj today likened CAS to a multi-cuisine...
MUMBAI: It was just under a year ago that Star India announced it had acquired a majority stake in the Tamil regional language channel Vijay TV...
MUMBAI: This is certainly a departure from the normal trend of private broadcasters retaining the rights of the serials telecast on their channels. B.A.G. Films, producer...
NEW DELHI: The temperatures have cooled a bit on the the vexed issue of the introduction of conditional access systems (CAS) among the cable fraternity. Mollified...
NEW DELHI: The conditional access system issue will be reintroduced in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament) on Thursday, the information and broadcasting ministry announced...