MUMBAI: Michael Grade has been appointed BBC chairman in place of Gavyn Davies, one of the high profile heads to roll in the wake of the...
All of 30, CNN International’s anchor Monita Rajpal has been with the news channel since 2001. Rajpal anchors World News and has previously also hosted CNN’s...
“All the important decision makers, including the information and broadcasting minister, the deputy prime minister, the finance minister and the Amit Mitra headed task force have...
NEW DELHI: Didn’t we tell you that country’s “sab se tez” news channel is poaching and with a vengeance too? Apart from at least three persons...
All set to hit the screen tomorrow, Lavanya, next edition of Zee's Chausatth Panne, is a love story of a girl called Lavanya. Produced by Moving...
In yet another series of investigative reporting specials, Zee News this weekend will showcase some investigative reports and nerve wrecking crime stories in the Inside Story,...
MUMBAI: BBC World has been named the largest international news channel across four key markets in Asia Pacific, according to peoplemeter data for February 2004 in...
The FA Cup is the longest-standing and the most popular football competition in the world. Manchester United, the world’s favourite team, has won it a record...
MUMBAI: The World Broadcasting Unions International Satellite Operations Group (WBU-ISOG), which includes broadcasters, satellite operators, transmission service providers and industry groups have unanimously approved a set...
MUMBAI: DG2L Technologies, Inc., the premier provider of next-generation digital media technologies and producer of the most advanced set-top box solution, announced on 31 March that...
History will be made in the desert this weekend as Bahrain hosts its first ever Formula One Grand Prix. The track at Sakhir is one of...
The History Channel will be premiering a new, innovative 13 part, 26 episode series called Hollywood Heroes beginning 3 April at 10 pm. The series takes...
CANNES: Indian entertainment companies take heed. If you are not on the mobile promoting or providing an experience for your potential customer you are not there....
Zee TV is launching a new lifestyle and listings magazine to tab its UK Asian subscribers. Aimed at appealing the traditional as well as the young...
The Advertising Club Bombay unleashed on 31 March, the Abby 2000 awards for excellence in creative advertising which attracted 4,109 entries. Oglivy & Mather (O&M) swept...
MUMBAI: The ripples in the aftermath of the Janet Jackson super bowl incident are still being felt in the US broadcast industry. A couple of days...
MUMBAI: Has Sakshi Tanwar aka Parvati of Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii upped and left the long-running hit soap on Star Plus? If yesterday’s (1 April) episode...
NEW DELHI: From documentaries, television shows, cross-over films, promotional advertising films and 3 D long-format television series, Moving Pictures Company Limited (MPCL) is moving on to...
MUMBAI: Don’t cut us out. That is the message that black and Hispanic groups are trying to get out to television measurement system Nielsen in New...
MUMBAI: Fox’s musical reality show American Idol is going from strength to strength in the US. Looking to expand the reality genre the Murdoch network is...
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: The alliance between Mumbai Mid-day and Zee News is coming to an end as per an agreement this month. The alliance for sharing content...
MUMBAI: BBC’s acting DG Mark Byford committed himself to defending the BBC’s independence, which he described as “non-negotiable”.He recently delivered a lecture to the foreign press...
NEW DELHI: Known for its exploits in the edutainment genre and production of the adaptations of the international formats, Synergy Communications is all set for one...
MUMBAI: Marking its first volume programming distribution deal with a Chinese broadcaster, Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) has concluded a multi-year, television deal with China...
Indian television has recently seen a surge in shows based on political satire. With elections round the corner, apart from bringing hard news, almost all news...
MUMBAI: Prannoy Roy’s NDTV channels have just completed a month on air on Pehla, the DTH platform in the Gulf targeting viewers from the subcontinent. Pehla...
MUMBAI: Summer vacations are round the corner and capture kids’ attention, Hallmark has planned a summer full of horror, laughter, suspense, adventure and excitement for the...
MUMBAI: Who says it’s all about cut throat competition and politics among rivals! In a first of sorts, on April Fool’s Day, radio broadcasters Win 94.6...
CANNES: We have heard of direct to home television. Move over, its now time for direct to mobile television. News Corp senior vice-president content and marketing...
CANNES: The clouds lifted and the sun peeped out. But the drizzle continued for the first part of the day giving way to a good bright...
MUMBAI: Radio broadcaster 93.5 Red FM is all geared up for the Samsung IIFA Awards. This is the second consecutive year that Red FM has been...
MUMBAI: The Indian Hockey Federation (IHF), India’s apex hockey body, today announced that the proposed domestic hockey league it is setting up in association with Kolkata-based...
CANNES: US independent distribution company International Broadcast Communications (IBC) has sold its “Famous” series to A&E Network’s Biography channel in the US and the UK. The...
For the next eight weeks BBC World’s Question Time India will be presenting a series of in-depth discussions of the major topics that lie at the...
Channel Nine chief Kerry Packer had a very busy India visit last week. He announced that he was very firm on making India his numero uno...
MUMBAI: Television Eighteen India Ltd (TV18), India’s premier business news broadcaster and a leading media content provider, informed Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) that the Delhi High...
MUMBAI: With Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters, Friday nights are going to get action packed week after week during this April with Star Movie’s Friday Night Premiere. ...
MUMBAI:Channel [V] unleashes masti, madness and mayhem with a Phone Call from today. Answering a phone call can be a different experience this April with channel...
CANNES: Zee TV group outfit Padmalya Telefilms will be developing a kids channel as part its relationship with Italian firm Mondo TV. The channel called Space...
NEW DELHI: The Empire strikes back? Seems so. And with a vengeance too as news market leader Aaj Tak lures back people to its fold. Among...
CANNES: Zee TV group outfit Padmalya Telefilms will be developing a kids channel as part its relationship with Italian firm Mondo TV. The channel called Space...
NEW DELHI: For the new Star News director of news and editor Uday Shankar, the channel can almost run on an autopilot with its format and...
NEW DELHI: For the new Star News director of news and editor Uday Shankar, the channel can almost run on an autopilot with its format and...
MUMBAI: Tam India has reason to celebrate. At the fourth Esomar Asia Pacific Conference which concluded yesterday in Shanghai, Tam’s paper on Product Placement was selected...
MUMBAI: Blame it on Titanic! A potent mixture of risk and glamour, travel in luxury liners is such a great lure that makers often push themselves...
MUMBAI: There are those in the industry who say this was a case that Star India and Zee Telefilms were bound to lose and so it...
MUMBAI: Gay television will shortly receive a shot in the arm. Media conglomerate Viacom is said to be interested in developing a homosexual themed channel for...
MUMBAI: Zee seems all set to tickle that funny bone. The next big launch to buttress the line-up is Sanjay Chhel Telefilms Pvt Ltd’s Hum Sab...
CANNES: Day Two of MipTV in Cannes was unpredictably wet, soggy and well chillingly cold.. Sales of umbrellas simply soared as savvy roadside touts exploited the...
MUMBAI: US broadcast network NBC has signed on talk show host Jay Leno for a further four years. Leno hosts The Tonight Show. The earlier contract...