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MUMBAI: Zee has bagged the telecast rights of an unreleased film Raincoat. The channel also plans to telecast Aitraaz will screen the movie post June ’05....
MUMBAI: The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has finally cleared a proposal for Star Group’s acquisition of up to 26 per cent stake in Balaji Telefilms...
MUMBAI: Walt Disney International president Andy Bird today announced the appointment of Stanley Cheung as the managing director of The Walt Disney Company (China). In this...
MUMBAI: The B4U Network unveiled details of its latest movie acquisitions that are lined up to air in the new year on its movie channel B4U...
MUMBAI: Multiple Grammy Award-winning artist, Christina Aguilera, will be making her debut appearance in Asia as a host for the 2005 MTV Asia Awards, which are...
BANGALORE: Asianet Satellite Communications, the largest cable service provider in Kerala, has accused Zee-Turner of illegally switching off signals without giving prior notice, thereby violating the...
MUMBAI: Over the past couple of years Donald Trump has been very much in the limelight courtesy his reality show The Apprentice which airs in the...
MUMBAI: The man behind American Idol is going to be leading the effort to get Fox television’s upcoming Fox Reality Channel off and running. David Lyle...
MUMBAI: Which people, moments, news and trends captivated Americans in 2004? Fox’s American Idol was the television show that people searched the most for further information...
MUMBAI: Media and entertainment company Discovery Communications has announced that it will make available its high definition channel Discovery HD Theater globally shortly. The channel had...
MUMBAI: The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced that the recent Davis Cup for men by BNP Paribas and Federation Cup for women finals reached over...
MUMBAI: BBC Radio has announced that its downloading trial using mp3 in the UK has been a success with more than 70,000 downloads of Radio 4’s...
MUMBAI: BBC World has admitted to have been tricked into airing an interview with a man pretending to be a spokesman of the Dow Chemical group....
MUMBAI: On its 15th annual ‘Entertainer of the Year 2004: An E! Entertainment Television Special’ on 17 December, E! Entertainment Television bestowed the multi-platinum selling artist...
MUMBAI: BAG Films’ afternoon show on Star Plus Kumkum Pyaara Sa Bandhan has completed 500 episodes and to celebrate the joyous occasion, BAG Films managing director...
MUMBAI: Sony-Discovery bouquet will reduce the monthly subscription rate of its existing bouquet by Rs 5.60 to Rs 49.40 a month per subscriber in the New...
MUMBAI: Hathway Cable & Datacom on Monday dismissed ESPN Star Sports (ESS) charges against it as “malafide, baseless and false.” “ESPN has been billing us erroneously...
MUMBAI: The flurry of new channels entering the Indian broadcast arena is leading to new equations on the distribution front. Broadcasters are working out fresh arrangements...
MUMBAI: Hollywood movie channel HBO will be priced at Rs 25 per subscriber per month when it migrates to the Zee-Turner bouquet from the One Alliance...
BANGALORE: Discovery Channel had announced an association with the Lance Armstrong Foundation that includes sponsorship of his team and programming initiatives across Discoverys US and international...
MUMBAI: Viacom’s premium music channel VH1, which launched in India this month, has had its best year ever in the US! The year, 2004, was VH1’s...
MUMBAI: ESPN will use the mobile phone in a big way in the US to connect further with sports fans. The broadcaster will create a wireless...
MUMBAI: Media moghul and billionaire chairman of News Corp Rupert Murdoch has, according to agency reports, offered to buy a penthouse in New York’s upscale Manhattan...
MUMBAI: News Corporations Class A stock was included in the S&P 500 index at the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on...
MUMBAI: Music is the message for ESPN Star Sports (ESS) as regards creating awareness around its upcoming Premier Hockey League (PHL) initiative that kicks off on...
MUMBAI: With the Hindi entertainment space going all out with reality-talent based shows, the trend seems to have caught up in the South as well. Star...
NEW YORK: Warner Music Group has announced financial results for the 10 month period ended 30 September 2004. Revenue for the period was $2.5 billion, up...
MUMBAI: The Indian gaming industry is heating up and how on the world stage. Nasdaq-listed TOM Online Inc, China’s leading wireless Internet company, announced today it...
MUMBAI: Alpha Bangla has lined-up an international concert, Concert for Peace by acclaimed music bands from India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. The concert is scheduled for 25...
MUMBAI: Football’s governing body Fifa will invite tenders for the European media rights of the 2010 World Cup on 20 December 2004. The public tender comprises...
MUMBAI: BBC Sport in the UK has announced that former Wimbledon champion Jimmy Connors will be joining its television commentary team to cover the 2005 Wimbledon...
MUMBAI: Television entertainment programmes in the US mention God more often than they did in the mid-1990s but tend to depict organised religion negatively This information...
MUMBAI: The most important awards ceremony in the film industry the Oscar Awards will be held on 5 March 2005 instead of in February 2005. That...
MUMBAI: Raghav Bahl is quietly expanding his media business. On Thursday, he launched in the US an English-language news and infotainment channel – South Asia WorldR...
MUMBAI: British independent television production company RDF Media has filed a lawsuit against US broadcaster Fox. The lawsuit has accused Fox Broadcasting and Rocket Science Laboratories...
MUMBAI: The agreement between Turner India and the Zee Network, wherein the former handled the ad sales for Zee’s English entertainment channels – Zee English, Zee...
MUMBAI: A month after News Corp controlled digital television platform DirecTV launched its CricketTicket subscription package targeting South Asian expats in the US, it has added...
MUMBAI: Star News is gearing up for the New Year and lined up a set of innovative programmes. Amongst the shows to watch out for are...
MUMBAI: Prasar Bharati today told the Kerala High Court that it was willing to simulcast live the India-Bangladesh one-dayers if ESPN Star Sports (ESS) would part...
MUMBAI: One more of Britains crown jewel sports is set to fall completely off UKs terrestrial television map and into the all-encompassing embrace of BSkyB. The...
MUMBAI: International Channel has signed licensing agreements with Mirovision is a major distributor for nine Korean films and Central Park Media for seven anime titles. The...
MUMBAI: MipTV featuring Milian, set for April 11 -15 ’05 in Cannes, will showcase a series of special conferences about the Korean television and new technology...
MUMBAI: Estee Lauder chairman global affairs Fred H Langhammer has been elected by Disney as an independent director. He takes up his post from January 2005....
MUMBAI: Discovery Communications has announced plans to extend the availability of providing high definition network, Discovery HD Theatre in the international markets. Discovery Communications launched Discovery...
MUMBAI: Loudeye which provides business-to-business solutions has announced a new multi-year agreement with MTV whereby MTV will launch two new online music stores in Italy and...
MUMBAI: With Friends and Frasier coming to a close earlier this year the share of sitcoms in primetime programming in the US has gone down. However...
NEW DELHI: On the eve of a formal launch of Doordarshans DTH service by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Prasar Bharati said that it has set a...
MUMBAI: Disney Channel will bank on movies to drive family-viewing audiences. “We will be telecasting 60 movies a month. We have already dubbed 130 movies. The...
MUMABI: Nick as part of the channel’s local initiative drive is launching on 18 December Dum Duma Dum, an international game format show. The show will...
MUMBAI: This will come as sweet news to Indian lovers of jazz music. MTV India has teamed up with the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz in...
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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.
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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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