MUMBAI: China’s broadcasting watchdog State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has issued a notice banning its local broadcasters from using news footage taken from...
MUMBAI: Mary Hockaday has been announced as the BBC’s Deputy Head of Radio News, a new post working across the whole department in the UK. At...
MUMBAI: US network CBS has launched a new broadband television network to capture a greater share of the booming internet advertising market. The network Innertube will...
MUMBAI: B4U Network chief operating officer of India operations BL Gautam has quit the company. He has joined UTV Software Communications where he will head the...
MUMBAI: Hasbro has been awarded the master toy and game license to BBC Worldwide and Ragdoll Ltd’s new upcoming preschool television series In the Night Garden....
MUMBAI: Buena Vista International Television (BVITV) EMEA has appointed Simon Taylor as vice president legal and business affairs. This was announced by BVITV EMEA executive vice...
BANGALORE / MUMBAI: India’s I-T hub of Bangalore shut down today as increasingly violent mourners gathered from around the state for Karnataka cinema’s legendary icon Rajkumar’s...
MUMBAI: ESPN has launched the 10th international version of its news and information show SportsCenter. The Japanese edition will air on J Sports ESPN every Monday...
MUMBAI: Europe’s largest broadcaster, RTL Group has taken full control of the German news network n-tv, acquiring CNN’s 50 percent stake for an undisclosed sum. The...
MUMBAI: On the occasion of the Tamil New Year day on 14 April, Vijay TV will begin the day with Kandha Shashti Kavasam, a tribute to...
MUMBAI: Asianet is celebrating this Vishu on 14 April with a host of special programmes. The Programme packag is branded as Vishu Kazhcha. Vishu songs by...
MUMBAI: Mountain Dew, the drink that celebrates the adventurous pulse of the youth, has launched an adventure reality show with Mountain Dew Himalayan Challenge 2006. Mountain...
MUMBAI: Baby TV and Dori Media International have signed an agreement with Indovision, Indonesia’s first Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) provider, to launch Baby TV, the television...
MUMBAI: TiVo, which creates television services for digital video recorders (DVR), has announced the winner of a contest to crown the top TiVo enthusiast in the...
MUMBAI: On Easter Sunday, 16 April, US broadcaster GSN, which deals with games will air the special Anything To Win: Soap Operas Wars. The channel notes...
MUMBAI: There is an opportunity for talented Chennaities to walk in to the video booths at Chennai and register their voice to compete in the upcoming...
BANGALORE: A sad day indeed in the annals of the film industry, especially for the Kannada Film industry. The biggest and one of the first superstars...
MUMBAI: A search for the next great wildlife filmmaker, an eco-reality series with WWF and a three-part natural history documentary are among the new programming initiatives...
MUMBAI: Focus Features has acquired the worldwide rights to Patricia Foulkrod’s documentary feature The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends. The film tells the stories of...
MUMBAI: Internet video services are on the brink of becoming a mainstream phenomenon in the United States. According to a new forecast from IDC, internet video...
MUMBAI: The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Atas) in the US has named television executive Alan Perris as its COO. Perris will be based at...
MUMBAI: This is a piece of news that should put a word of caution on telecom firms like Reliance Infocomm and Bharti who are keen on...
MUMBAI: Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Ltd has appointed Mahendra Kumar Aggarwal as an additional director of the company with effect from 31 March, 2006. Aggarwal...
MUMBAI: Comcast and Sony Pictures Entertainment unveiled plans to premiere a new Horror and Thriller multi-platform network on Halloween, 31 October, 2006. Plans for the new...
MUMBAI: FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide, Americas (FLW, Americas) has appointed Nora Wong as licensing manager, Americas. In this newly created position, Wong will manage the licensing of...
MUMBAI: Following a calendar switch, Mumbai is becoming the second city in India after Chennai to host an ATP tournament. Mumbai replaces the $380,000 Vietnam Open...
MUMBAI: Tandberg Television will unveil for the first time an on-demand interactive advertising system at the NCTA National Show 2006. The company’s new dynamic ad placement...
MUMBAI: Endemol has taken some significant steps in terms of retaining its key talent. The company has announced that the contracts of senior management of operating...
MUMBAI: Get ‘Desperate’ and ‘Lost’ online! With an aim to expand its network and channel brands across multiple platforms and connecting viewers with their favorite shows...
MUMBAI: With an aim to expand its network and channel brands across multiple platforms and connecting viewers with their favorite shows anytime and anywhere, Disney-ABC Television...
MUMBAI: With election fever gripping Tamil Nadu media, the Chennai-headquartered Raj Television Network (RTN) has started telecasting news bulletins on its flagship channel Raj TV as...
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) has inked a distribution agreement with Boonty, a global expert in the digital distribution of video games, to make...
MUMBAI: If the news and radio space swung into acquisition mode early this year, it is the other areas of media business which are now attracting...
MUMBAI: Sun TV Ltd. is set to fix a price of Rs 875 per share, mopping up Rs 6.3 billion ($134.2 million) from its initial public...
MUMBAI: The California headquartered SCM Microsystems, which provides solutions that open the digital world has sold its digital TV solutions business to the Swiss based Kudelski...
MUMBAI: www.sifymall.com, the online store on portal Sify has launched magazine subscription service online. The store has magazines from both Indian and foreign publications across categories...
MUMBAI: This is a piece of news that would bring some cheer in the Jayalalitha camp, after the assembly election debacle. Mavis Satcom Ltd, which operates...
MUMBAI: The women of Wisteria Lane have just found a second home! US women’s broadcaster Lifetime Television has acquired the basic cable rights from Buena Vista...
MUMBAI: Deloitte’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) industry group predicts that, in 2006, search will displace email as the most used digital application, girls will hit...
MUMBAI: American television personality Meredith Vieira has been named co-anchor of US broadcaster NBC News’ Today, This announcement follows the departure of Katie Couric to CBS...
Mumbai, February 9, 2006: Hanmer & Partners Communications Pvt. Ltd. (Hanmer & Partners) has bagged the Public Relations mandates for a slew of top corporate clients...
MUMBAI: The BBC News website in the UK has won prizes at an awards ceremony a few days ago celebrating the world’s best visual journalism. A...
MUMBAI: What if an ancient gospel were rediscovered that offered a radically different perspective on a man that history has painted as the ultimate villain? What...
MUMBAI: There is a Zee-BCCI face off in the offing as the former has decided to sue BCCI VP Lalit Modi for using “abusive and unparliamentary...
MUMBAI: English general entertainment channel Star World will start airing the medical soap Grey’s Anatomy every Wednesday at 9 pm from 12 April. Nominated for three...
“We will have to speak to our competitors and see how they are placed before scheduling our press conference,” says a PR executive who works for...
MUMBAI: Television format crestor and distributor Fremantle has announced that David Ellender who is currently Fremantle International Distribution (FID) MD, has been promoted. He is now...
MUMBAI: Patni Computer Systems Ltd has entered into an IT services agreement with Disney Mobile. This multi-service contract is for Disney’s new mobile phone service, which...
MUMBAI: Vh1 will be reliving the days of yore with classic videos and shows this April. Also, MTV favourite Headbanger’s Ball will air not only old...
MUMBAI: Sun TV Ltd and Raj TV Network have reached an out-of-court settlement over disputes on 66 Tamil films valued at around Rs 19 million. According...

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