MUMBAI: The tenth Grasim Mr.India, an event which saw the celebration of ‘manhood’, saw 31 contestants vying for the coveted Mr.India 2004 title, the male equivalent...
MUMBAI: MTV US’ next film will revolve around vampires. After a heated bidding war MTV Films and Maverick Films have acquired the film rights to Twilight....
Indian entertainment television’s first name in programming has a theory. And as Star India gets set to celebrate Year Four as top dog in the broadcast...
MUMBAI: The Yanks may turn up their noses in disdain at the corruption that marks life in India, but the way America is going, corporate scandals,...
MUMBAI: Seems like BBC World is taking a cue from our very own MAX. Furthering its popular Hardtalk franchise, BBC World has debuted Hardtalk Extra on...
NEW DELHI: Kal Ho Na Ho (if tomorrow never comes). Even as pubcaster Doordarshan made a neat killing by airing advertisements booked by it while relaying...
MUMBAI: That’s right, another leading lady walks out of a Balaji show. But this time on, the issue isn’t about the leading lady beings squeamish about...
MUMBAI: With the Sri Adhikari Brothers’ 24 hour news and current affairs channel still awaiting launch, SAB TV is introducing a daily one hour band of...
MUMBAI: Kerala based Toonz Animation has inked a $ 4.5 million contract with the leading Seoul based Korean production house ANI21 Co Ltd to produce an...
NEW DELHI: European television format, production and distribution company Fact Based Communications (FBC) is gearing up to enter Indian market, following a tie-up with Rossellini &...
MUMBAI: Elections and cricket are the talk of the nation at present. And news channels are leaving no stones unturned to cover the events extensively. Aaj...
MUMBAI: Elections and cricket are the talk of the nation at present. And news channels are leaving no stones unturned to cover the events extensively. Aaj...
MUMBAI: Sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has reached a multi-year agreement with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Asian football fans can tune in to ESS...
NEW YORK: While the situation between Ten Sports and the Indian cable ops is reading like a cliffhanger in the US Viacom and Echostar have settled...
MUMBAI: Dr Prannoy Roy’s NDTV is gearing up for its first Rs 1 billion equity issue in the primary market. The news broadcaster has filed its...
MUMBAI: The Professional Golf Association (PGA) Tour has announced that Thierry Pascal has joined the organisation as its international television director. The 33 year old Pascal...
MUMBAI: Around 1300 delegates representing 400 companies will attend Frames 2004. The convention for the media and entertainment industries kicks off in Powai on Monday 15...
MUMBAI: CNN/US has announced that it has hired four journalists for its San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago bureaus. The appointments are designed to bolster the...
MUMBAI: The BBC has announced that its radio service BBC World Service will become available across Australia on Foxtel Digital’s new Air audio system from 14...
MUMBAI: This summer Mumbaiites are going to feel sizzling Latino heat in a big way. Pop sensation Enrique Iglesias will perform in the city on 11...
MUMBAI: The telecast deal between Prasar Bharati and Ten Sports stands deadlocked as Prasar Bharati has not agreed to an offer of Ten Sports, which envisaged...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: The match is on. On Doordarshan and all cable networks in the country, even those that have not signed on the dotted line with...
NEW DELHI: The India-Pakistan cricket telecast rights deal took another bizarre turn with Ten Sports and its distribution agent, Modi Entertainment Network (MEN) offering pubcaster a...
MUMBAI: Erstwhile IndusInd COO media and communications, Rajiv Vyas has joined television software company Optimystix as the new director marketing and strategic alliances. A part of...
NEW DELHI: Broadcast and telecom regulator today said that its order, ratified by the government, denotifying conditional access from the four metros would not be valid...
MUMBAI: Sunday’s are special at Zee too. Although the channel is keeping it hush-hush on this one, it will be debuting two new shows on Sunday...
NEW DELHI: The high stakes poker game around the telecast of the historic cricket series between India and Pakistan looks to be entering the end game...
MUMBAI: No no, etc isn’t geting into electronic goods marketing, but the music channel is all geared to get the debut a new show Home Theatre....
MUMBAI: South Asian broadcaster Asian Television Network (ATN) has won exclusive Canadian rights for the India Pakistan Cricket Series 2004, which gets off in right earnest...
NEW DELHI: The high stakes poker game around the telecast of the historic cricket series between India and Pakistan looks to be entering the end game...
MUMBAI: The second edition of SportAccord, the international sports convention, will take place from 15-20 May 2004 in Lausanne, Switzerland. SportAccord will brings representatives from the...
MUMBAI: Come 13 March, one – the much awaited India Pak cricket series start and two – the BBC will be pulling out all stops for...
MUMBAI: Saturday 10 April sees an exclusive interview of Amitabh Bachchan in Zee News as Richa Anirudh takes the viewers through the unexplored territories of this...
MUMBAI: This is an initiative that seeks to uncork the imagination of budding Peter Jacksons. BBCi Films has launched One-Minute Movies. This site gives visitors the...
MUMBAI: Time for some more elections specials. Adding to the 14th general election special air time is Vijay TV’s newest show Makkal Yaar Pakkam. A daily...
MUMBAI: Frames, the convention for the entertainment industry kicks off in Powai on Monday. 375 media and entertainment firms are sending representatives to the event in...
MUMBAI: Motorola has tied up with MTV International to provide exclusive MTV-created wireless content. This will include an interactive series of games known as Plastikulture and...
MUMBAI: Academy Award nominated actress Laura Linney You Can count On Me has signed a deal with Paramount for its sitcom Frasier. In India the show...
MUMBAI: The brains behind Discovery Communications – founder and chairman John Hendricks – is stepping down as the company’s CEO. Company president and COO Judith McHale...
MUMBAI: It has been over a year since The Sopranos were seen in the US. That could explain why the ratings for the first episode of...
MUMBAI: The shareholders of Zee Telefilms have approved the issue of $100 million foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs) on the Singapore Stock Exchange. The shareholders’ nod...
MUMBAI: For those who thought cable operators fighting with broadcasters over fees is an “Indian malaise”, think again. Much the same issues are behind the head-on...
MUMBAI: Elections are around the corner, and election programming seems to be in vogue. MTV’s third edition of Rock the Vote is back to beckoning 375...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: On the eve of the departure of the Indian cricket team to Pakistan, the heady cocktail of sports and politics is threatening to derail...
MUMBAI: Ditto for Radio City. Seems like the entertainment industry really can’t resist catching the election fever. While the news channels are already into the second...
MUMBAI: Indian animation major Crest Communications has appointed AK Madhavan, formerly its international business head, as its chief executive officer, for its Indian operations. This decision...
MUMBAI: The “dry run” has proved a success. Now Dr Prannoy Roy’s New Delhi Television Ltd is plunging the whole hog into the business news space....
NEW DELHI: At a time when patriotism is being sold as a brand in the run-up to the general elections, neither the Indian government nor the...
After the Big Event what? That must have been the dilemma confronting Sony Entertainment Television’s executive V-P ad sales and revenue management Rohit Gupta in the...
MUMBAI: While future certainly seems to be looking up for the animation industry, it isn’t as a bright option unless the producers team up with animation...