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MUMBAI: With international eyes turned towards Beijing as the city gears up to host China’s first Olympic Games, BBC Worldwide will take audiences on an in-depth...
MUMBAI: Given that the radio industry is still at its infancy and has great employment and media opportunities in the semi-urban and rural markets,...
MUMBAI: TV stars from some of BBC Worldwide’s top-selling series are out in force in Brighton to support this year’s BBC Showcase, the world’s largest trade...
Indiantelevision.com carried a report on 15 February, 2008, under the headline ‘India TV settles CCL dues, to move to new premises by November-end.’ The report correctly...
NEW DELHI: IBN Lokmat, the upcoming Marathi news channel from the GBN-Lokmat joint venture company, is all set to launch by March-end. “We will be officially...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC will celebrate Easter with a series, The Passion. The setting is Passover week, Jerusalem, 33AD. As thousands of pilgrims pour into...
MUMBAI: INX News has appointed Karan Thapar’s company Infotainment Television Pvt Ltd (ITV) as editorial advisor to NewsX, the soon-to-be-launched English news channel. The advisory services...
After taking charge, Subroto Roy’s younger son Seemanto Roy has drawn up an aggressive plan to grow Sahara’s media and entertainment business. His target: launch of...
MUMBAI: Mark Williams is joining Newscorp as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Europe and Asia. He will be reporting directly to the company’s head of Asian...
NEW DELHI: NDTV 24X7, which had commenced a weekly half-hour slot for short films after it entered into a partnership with the Prasar Bharati-supported Public Service...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster BBC’s commercial arm BBC Worldwide has announced that BBC Magazines is to launch a new weekly football magazine Match of the Day aimed...
For the English general entertainment genre, 2007 was the year when they looked at increasing variety in their offerings and breaking out of a mould. The...
MUMBAI: Television Eighteen India on Friday said its promoter group would increase stake in the company through a creeping acquisition instead of subscribing to warrants. Network18...
MUMBAI: CNBC-TV18 is revamping its weekend programming with three market-focused shows on the weekend, led by Udayan Mukherjee. Markets Next Week, a future focused weekly markets...
MUMBAI: BBC World is launching a themed series Inside China, which run globally throughout March. The series which will include news reports, documentary and factual programmes,...
MUMBAI: Multi Screen Media (formerly known as Sony Entertainment) CEO Kunal Dasgupta has quit the organisation. Man Jit Singh, the chairman of MSM has taken over...
Big Brother will soon not just be watching but acting, and news broadcasters will have nowhere to hide because they will not have much of a...
MUMBAI: Delhi High Court on Monday gives a major relief to news channels by dismissing a suit, filed by ESPN Star Sports again them for using...
MUMBAI: With CBSE annual exams round the corner, Network 18’s English news channel CNN-IBN is all set to air a daily special report “Exam Fever” in...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster BBC has announced that Stephanie Flanders will be the economics editor for BBC News in early April following Evan Davis’ appointment to Today...
Having acquired a broadband company in 2006, Citigroup Venture Capital International has set its eyes on the cable TV business. You Telecom has floated a subsidiary...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster BBC’s commercial arm BBC Worldwide has appointed Stella Creasey to the newly-created role of VP of research for global TV sales. Creasey will...
MUMBAI: BBC Magazines’ Top Gear and Top of the Pops are two of the publisher’s success stories as part of a strong performance across its portfolio,...
A new volley of Hindi movie channels are expected to hit the market soon. With UTV, Reliance and NDTV readying for launch, the movie acquisition landscape...
MUMBAI: CNN-IBN is launching a special series India’s Incredible Homes on 16 February. The half-hour show at 12:30 pm will showcase homes ranging from an urban...
NEW DELHI: Ending one of the most vicious spats in the media industry, India TV and Century Communications Ltd have settled out of court the issue...
MUMBAI: Global Broadcast News (GBN) will be changing the name of the company to ibn18 Broadcast. For this purpose, the members of the company are going...
MUMBAI: 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. has signed with key broadcast players from across the world to sell new animation series Dinosaur King. It was announced by 4Kids...
MUMBAI: Walt Disney Internet Group has unveiled a line-up of mobile games along with customised content. Incorporating a wide range of genres, it also provides Disney...
MUMBAI: CNN-IBN has launched a weeklong series Whose City is it Anyway? that explores the rising threat of a clash between locals and migrants over space,...
MUMBAI: Adness Entertainment has signed in with major licencees and media companies for popular kids and teen character based franchise Crack & Bonky. Amongs the licencees...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster BBC has completed a reprocurement exercise for the management of its TV licencing cash schemes and the TV licencing savings card. The contract...
With the Indian television market booming and the NRI community becoming more affluent, platforms in the UK and US are looking to service this community better....
NEW DELHI: NewsX has gone into a 24-hour dry run, covering news across the country. The brand campaign will start later this month, said NewsX news...
West is best,” said Edward Said. It seems Indian broadcasters have taken a cue from Said and are ready to experiment heavily with international content in...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC’s commercial arm BBC Worldwide has sold several shows to Seven Network in Australia. The shows that the Australian network has purchased...
MUMBAI: Zee News has inked a marketing, licencing and distribution deal with BBC Worldwide. BBC Worldwide will market, licence and distribute Zee News’ archive clip footage...
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting is under intense pressure from the judiciary on the issue of a content code and has informed the...
NEW DELHI: IBN 7, the Hindi news channel from the Network 18 group is going for a total overhaul of its look to match the profile...
MUMBAI: Indrani and Peter Mukerjea’s INX News Pvt Ltd has announced the appointment of news broadcast veteran Arup Ghosh as its newsroom head. Ghosh’s appointment marks...
When she started Bhagwan Allah God Films, a television content production company, many thought she was out of her mind. The company (known better by the...
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company has extended the contract of its CEO and president Robert A Iger by five years. The announcement was made by the...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has announced that Asian Network will launch its biggest marketing campaign next week across television, radio and online. The New Sound...
English movie channels have seen an almost flat ad revenue growth in 2007. The challenge has also been to innovate programming slots even as viewers have...
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide’s audio and music business, under a new five-year strategy developed to drive the exploitation of popular music and capitalise on the corporation’s rich...
NEW DELHI: Reiterating that the government would not interfere in the internal affairs or administraton of any media house or television channel, information and broadcasting minister...
NEW DELHI: The deadline has passed. Now the information & broadcasting ministry is seriously upset that the News Broadcasters Association has not sent them any communiqué...
MUMBAI: Chintamani Rao has been appointed CEO of Times Global Broadcasting – Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd’s broadcast arm that owns and operates English news channel...
MUMBAI: A near three-year old relationship between Reuters Group Plc and Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd in Times Global Broadcasting, the joint venture which owns and...
MUMBAI: Television 18 India Ltd declared its third quarter results for the period ended 31 december 2007. Net profit for the quarter (after deferred tax) was...
Platforms get three years to add features for hearing and visually impaired
Strong word-of-mouth turns Pongal satire into remake pick
Streaming giant bets on a seasoned marketer who helped build Amazon and Netflix into household names
Communications leader exits after three years spanning MD office strategy and media outreach.
Cricket star named face of Delhi Khel Mahakumbh to fuel youth talent hunt.
Kolkata-based beverage maker reports stronger revenues and profits for December quarter.
A crime thriller steps out of the shadows as Telugu storytelling claims centre stage.
From boards to bytes, chess readies for a nation-first showdown in Riyadh.
Leadership change follows layoffs, protests and a bruising battle over trust.
Revenue rises 4.3 per cent to Rs 10,209.33 crore while deferred tax gain lifts bottom line sharply
Akshay Kumar and stars launch awards at NSCI Dome on Feb 28
Merger creates one-stop hub for content, digital, and delivery
NEW DELHI: Hamdard Laboratories gathered a cross-section of India’s achievers in New Delhi on Friday, handing out the Hakeem Abdul...
MUMBAI: For decades, creative storytelling has been the cornerstone of brand communication. The “big idea” amplified through catchy jingles, striking...
MUMBAI: Zepto has elevated Ahmad Muneeb to vice president – HR centre of excellence, placing him at the helm of...
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