MUMBAI: One television genre that is catching on in the country is the lifestyle brand. Last year Discovery had launched the Discovery Travel and Living channel....
BANGALORE: Doordarshan’s Bangalore Kendra director R Venkateswarlu is moving to New Delhi to the Prasar Bharati directorate. Venkateswarlu, who was relieved from 5 January, will be...
BANGALORE: Tickets prices for films running in multiplexes are set to be lowered as the state government cabinet exempted them from the payment of entertainment tax...
MUMBAI: The mobile phone is the name of the game for broadcasters seeking to broaden revenue sources. A case in point is MTV Networks US which...
DaimlerChrysler India CEO and MD Hans-Michael Huber is bullish on the company’s India operations and targets a growth of about 10 – 15 per cent this...
MUMBAI: From Jakarta to New York and Baghdad to Paris, more than two million Muslims are expected to take part in this year’s Hajj pilgrimage to...
MUMBAI: Etc Networks delivered a strong performance during Q3 ended 31 December 2004. The company has posted a net profit of Rs 28.74 million as compared...
MUMBAI: Who is the greatest American ever? Discovery Channel US and America Online have teamed up to answer that question with a campaign that combines on...
MUMBAI: Walt Disney Television International (India) has appointed Amitabh Srivastava as director affiliate relations for Disney Channel and Toon Disney. As reported by Indiantelevision.com earlier, Srivastava...
MUMBAI: CNBC-TV18 in association with Autocar magazine today announced the winners of the fourth CNBC-TV18 Autocar Auto Awards 2005, which was held in Mumbai. Hyundai Getz...
MUMBAI: Encouraged by the success of its reality show The Osbournes MTV US has announced a new initiative that will follow yet another music superstar. ...
MUMBAI: Sesame Workshop and Turner International India have teamed up to co-produce Sesame Street in India. The development phase of the Sesame India was provided through...
MUMBAI: In a bid to boost its online presence, kids brand Nickelodeon in the US will later this week debut NickMail Maker on its site Nick.com....
13th January, 2005: Come Sunday January 15, and People Group will participate in the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon for the third consecutive year in a very...
Buckle up for the big fight. Monday on, the next big battle in the news channel space will be truly joined.17 January is when NDTV‘s business...
MUMBAI: Hindi general entertainment (GEC) space was in jeopardy in 2004 with the genre dipping in share year-on- year. Across all Hindi GEC channels, 2004 saw...
MUMBAI: Sahara India Parivar today launched yet another 24-hour free-to-air regional news channel for Bihar and Jharkhand, which will bring forth local news from all parts...
This month CNN’s programme Mainsail – dedicated to the world of sailing arrives in Sydney. The programme features the 60th anniversary of one of the world’s...
MUMBAI: Tomorrow 15 January US broadcaster NBC will air a benefit concert on its channel and across the NBC Universal platforms. Actors Brad Pitt, Drew Barrymore,...
MUMBAI: Following the CNBC Strategic Forum: The New Indonesia 2005: Policy and Action, which took place in Jakarta 24 January, CNBC has kicked off its comprehensive...
MUMBAI: Media conglomerate Viacom has announced that Joel Hollander will be the president and COO of its radio network Infinity Broadcasting. The announcement was made by...
MUMBAI: National Geographic Television & Film (NGT&F) in the US has announced promotions for two senior members of its production team to the newly created positions....
Doordarshan will telecast live the Standard Chartered Mumbai International Marathon which is to be held at Mumbai on 16 January. The coverage will air at 7:30...
MUMBAI: MagnaQuest, the Hyderabad based global customer management & billing (CM&B) solutions provider, has bagged a $350,000 contract from AlMajd Satellite Broadcasting, which is a new...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: The spat between Hathway Datacom and ESPN Star Sports has been thrashed out — seemingly for the time being — and the channels are...
MUMBAI: Its only two weeks into the new year and the battle for supremacy in the English movie channel space is already on the boil. Star...
MUMBAI: UK broadcaster The BBC has announced that the UK Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has approved the sale of BBC Broadcast. This...
MUMBAI: US public broadcaster PBS and cable network HBO have announced a documentary partnership. As per the deal three provocative films from Home Box Office on...
Star Plus is all set to host the first set of awards of the year, they being the 11th Annual STAR Screen Awards, the only awards...
MUMBAI: The Times of India Group is going the whole hog as far as making new appointments for their new business and news channel is concerned....
MUMBAI: Cicadas, tarantulas and beetles! The adventures of Animal Planet US’ bug man, quirky entomologist Ruud Kleinpaste will take viewers on a journey into the world...
MUMBAI: ETC Music business head Ashutosh has quit the company. Zee Telefilms company secretary Vikas Gupta will take additional charge with the heads of marketing, sales...
MUMBAI: UK broadcaster BBC News director Helen Boaden has announced that Sue Inglish has been appointed to the new combined role of head of political programmes,...
MUMBAI: Media moghul Ted Turner, founder CNN, has once again taken aim at his arch nemesis Rupert Murdoch. Traversing terrain that Turner has covered before, the...
MUMBAI: Channel [V]’s Super Singer quest for that virgin voice has arrived at its final destination – amchi Mumbai. The seventh episode will be...
NEW DELHI: Giving a call to the Indian media companies to go out and straddle the globe, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that India should...
NEW DLEHI: Zee spiritual channel Jagran successfully completed one year and has claimed a fairly large viewership by giving a fresh outlook to its programming. The...
MUMBAI: Media conglomerate News Corp has announced that Hutch Parker has been promoted as the president of its film studio Twentieth Century Fox (TCF). With this,...
MUMBAI: Chennai-based Kalasa Entertainment Media Private Limited (KEMPL) which is into digital delivery of movies in Tamil Nadu is planning to equip 60 theatres in Tamil...
MUMBAI: Zee News has roped in VJ turned actor Munish Makhija to play the lead role in its election special comedy spoof Vote for Chaudhary. Chaudhary,...
MUMBAI: Zee’s Bangla entertainment channel Alpha Bangla has decided to conclude its longest running soap Ek Akasher Niche. The prime time show has had a successfull...
A few years ago an Indian business newspaper had profiled Subhash Chandra as the Entrepreneur of the Year soon after he bought out Rupert Murdoch in...
Andre Nair, the man who has been the face of India’s most powerful media independent for the last three years, is all set to move on....
ESPN will telecast the studio round of Harsha Ki Khoj on 13 january at 9:30 pm. Targeted at the sports fanatic who has it in him...
MUMBAI: English language infotainment channel South Asia World (SAW), floated by Television Eighteen promoter Raghav Bahl late last year in the US, is all set to...
MUMBAI: At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas consumer electronics giant Sony Electronics demonstrated its advancements in high-definition (HD) entertainment and the breadth of its...
MUMBAI: Humour and current affairs channel Sab TV has gotten into an over-drive with a launch planned for nine new shows. The first four will hit...
MUMBAI: A business show dedicated to reporting news, trends and stories of the companies, governments, and people worldwide who are redefining success with socially and environmentally...
Star Plus launched KBC 2 on 5 August but preparation for the show started in early January. The show had a five phased launch – all...
Among the English entertainment channels there was a fair bit of activity that Star Movies did. In order to add variety it aired the TV series...

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