MUMBAI: Barely after a four-month stint at Sahara India Media, Sanjeev Srivastava has quit as CEO and Editor-in-Chief. Srivastava had joined Sahara Group in January this...
Viacom and Raghav Bahl-promoted Network18 are furiously working together to create an entertainment conglomerate in India. The central piece in their build-up plan is a Hindi...
MUMBAI: BBC‘s social welfare initiative BBC Children in Need has announced that ?14.8 million has been awarded in grants to 422 projects across the UK which...
MUMBAI: Discovery and Hasbro have announced an agreement to form a 50:50 joint venture, including a television network and website, dedicated to children’s and family entertainment...
NEW DELHI: Cartoon Network has promoted Chris Waldron as vice president – Gaming Operations. Waldron will be responsible for overseeing Cartoon Network‘s game development studio, game...
NEW DELHI: Kids channel Nickelodeon will be rolling out four week contest ‘Horlicks chill dood-Nick big Ninja fan’ from 4 May. Additionally, the channel will be...
MUMBAI: Cartoon Network‘s night programming block ‘Adult Swim‘ has acquired rights of two seasons of the U.K. version of BBC worldwide‘s The office. Directed by Ricky...
MUMBAI: Toei Animation Europe S.A.S, a subsidiary of Toei Animation, and Zaoza have announced the launch of mobile products for Space Pirate Captain Harlock and Ken...
MUMBAI: To improve kids‘ learning ability, Disney Interactive Studios, in a tie-up with Excel Interactive, has introduced PC games on DVD for children. The DVD that...
MUMBAI: Cartoon Network‘s Foster‘s Home for Imaginary Friends will conclude with a series finale on 3 May.Beginning 1 pm, the channel will broadcast seven favourite episodes....
MUMBAI: DHX Media has announced six new international sales of its live-action youth series The Latest Buzz. Season three of the series has been picked up...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster Fox has announced that music group Jonas Brothers will host the Teen Choice 2009 awards. The show airs on 10 August.The Grammy-nominated artistes...
MUMBAI: Breakthrough Entertainment has licensed the children‘s animated series Jimmy Two-Shoes to Cartoon Network (CN) in Asia and Australia. CN has acquired 26 half-hour episodes. “CN...
MUMBAI: Cartoon Network and Pogo will telecast nine animated movies under the segments, ‘Cartoon Network popcorn: may all mighty’ and ‘May movie magic’ every Sunday at...
MUMBAI: Viacom18‘s kids entertainment channel Nick has edged out market leader Cartoon Network (CN) to enjoy life at the top for the first time across the...
NEW DELHI: MTV Networks International has elevated Nina Hahn to senior vice president – international production and devepoment for Nickelodeon. Prior to this, Hahn was VP...
NEW DELHI: Chafed at the abrupt termination of his services as the newsroom head of NewsX, Arup Ghosh is in the process of taking legal action...
MUMBAI: Zapak Games, the merchandise and distribution arm of Zapak Digital Entertainment, has announced the launch of a new range of ‘The Battle of Brawlers‘ toys....
MUMBAI: Canada‘s 9 Story Entertainment announced a three-pronged new broadcast sales for their teen-targeted outdoor survival series, Survive This. The channels include Cartoon Network‘s Boomerang Channel...
MUMBAI: Kids entertainment channel Nick has joined hands with theatre producer-director Raell Padamsees‘ ACE (Academy for Creative Expression) Productions to roll out the ‘Reach for the...
MUMBAI: Daro Films has bagged the television rights of Breakthrough Entertainment‘s King of the Camp for the Eastern Europe and African markets. “We‘re happy to have...
MUMBAI: Turner International has acquired Hyderabad-based DQ Entertainment‘s Omkar, an Indian mythological TV feature, for showing it on its kids network in India. Omkar will premiere...
MUMBAI: ABC’s cancelled series, Pushing Daisies has found new life in DC comics with the latter deciding to publish approximately 12 issues of the series initially....
MUMBAI: Continuing the BBC‘s investment in originals, UK children‘s content CBBC controller Anne Gilchrist has announced two entertainment shows for CBBC. Putting children through their paces,...
NEW DELHI: Michael Cairns, Disney Channel Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) managing director, has put in his papers along with Steve Aranguren, VP – Global...
MUMBAI: In a bid to expand its coverage on environmental issues, CNN International (CNNI) will focus on environment-based topics through its “Going Green” special on Earth...
MUMBAI: Nickelodeon has announced the roll out of ‘The Nickelodeon Endowed Scholarship in Animation‘ in honour of Jules Engel at the California Institute of the Arts...
MUMBAI: Hyderabad-based DQ Entertainment, which inked a co-production agreement with Europe-based Method Animations for television series The Little Prince, will receive €7.13 million ( Rs 464.7...
Australia Network, the international channel from the stable of Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), has a hybrid mix of news, drama, lifestyle and kids programming. The...
NEW DELHI: After the general election coverage, it is the second season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) which is consuming most of the airtime on...
MUMBAI: Viz Media, the comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing company, will launch five of its animation series on Funimation Channel, the premiere 24-hour anime network from...
MUMBAI: Classical music meets pop head on in Clash, a new six-episode series for CBBC which sees BBC Radio 1 DJs Bobby Friction and Nihal join...
MUMBAI: Toei Animation‘s Mononoke is set to be screened at this year‘s Nippon Connection Film Festival. The event will take place in Frankfurt, Germany from 15-19...
MUMBAI: Tokyo Disneyland has unveiled its new ride, ‘Monsters Inc Ride and Go Seek!‘ which is based on Walt Disney‘s animation blockbuster Monsters Inc. To be...
MUMBAI: Euronews South Africa has appointed Romanian journalist Lucian Sârb as director – news and programmes. Sârb will assume charge from 4 May onwards. With 15...
NEW DELHI: Funskool India, a joint venture between MRF Tyre and Hasbro Inc, has launched its new range of toys and games for kids based on...
NEW DELHI: Kids entertainment channel Nickelodeon has lined up an array of programmes in April to celebrate Spongebob Squarepants‘ 10th anniversary. While the channel will telecast...
MUMBAI: Kids Animation India (KAI), the publishing and merchandising division of Spacetoon India, has rolled out its first intellectual property, Fafa & Juno. KAI will initially...
Cracking the Chinese wall, the National Basketball Association (NBA) plans to break into the Indian market and become the No. 2 sporting power within five years....
MUMBAI: Earlier this year, Hungama TV had held the ‘wacky‘ on-air contest Hungamalogy with an aim to help kids relieve exam stress. And now, as part...
MUMBAI: Nickelodeon has planned a line up of eco-friendly programming and off-channel initiatives to celebrate Earth Day on 22 April. The channel will air new ‘green-themed‘...
NEW DELHI: Kids entertainment channel Cartoon Network has unveiled an array of shows for its viewers in the Asia Pacific region. The list includes shows such...
NEW DELHI : The News Broadcasting Standards Disputes Redressal Authority, the self-regulatory authority created for news television channels under News Broadcasters Association (NBA), has slapped India...
MUMBAI: Spacetoon Kids TV, the recently launched kids‘ edutainment channel, is firming up its summer programming line up with eight new shows in a bid to...
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company (Asia Pacific) and Hong Kong Disneyland have renewed their alliance with Visa. Under the fresh contract, Visa will continue to be...
MUMBAI: Come 10 April and Disney Channel will roll out the third season of its most popular franchise Hannah Montana. Since its launch on Disney Channel,...
NEW DELHI: RDF Kids, the kids distribution division of UK-based RDF Media, has inked multiple distribution deals with various international broadcasters for its kids-based programme, Tricky...
MUMBAI : BBC is pumping up its election coverage in India. An army of reporters from BBC World Service English, BBC Hindi, BBC Urdu, BBC Tamil,...
NEW DELHI: Zee News Ltd (ZNL) said Monday it launched a Hindi news channel for Uttar Pradesh and Uttarkhand on 5 April. The channel has the...
Sir John Hegarty stands tall in whatever he does. Starting Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH), of which he is chairman & worldwide creative director, four years into...

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