MUMBAI: The opening statement, “It’s a win-win situation for advertisers if they pitch in their products in films,” set the tone of the session: ‘Untapping Opportunities...
MUMBAI: “Evenings” are going to be special at CNBC- TV 18. The business channel has announced a programming revamp with a special focus on a special...
MUMBAI: BBC Television director Jana Bennett will kick off proceedings at MIPTV and Milia 2004. The event takes place in Cannes from 29 March – 2...
MUMBAI: Frames, the convention for the entertainment industry kicks off a week from now in Powai. On 17 March, a session will look at the opportunities...
MUMBAI: There’s good news at Zee. The “mother of all awards” has delivered healthy ratings for Subhash Chandra’s flagship channel, catapulting Zee TV into the top...
NEW YORK: The National Television Academy announced the nominees for the 31st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. The awards will air on 21 May on NBC in...
NEW DELHI: ESPN Star Sports, along with the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) and Leisure Sports Management, is not only trying to do a Kerry Packer with...
MUMBAI: The launch of its channels in India may be delayed but in the rest of the Asia Pacific region, the mouse is not wasting time...
MUMBAI: One of the biggest television events of the year, the World Wrestling Entertainment’s (WWE) Wrestlemania XX tales place this year on 14 March. In India,...
MUMBAI: A lot of television viewers in the UK (58 per cent) think the BBC’s programmes are similar to those on other broadcasters. Support for the...
MUMBAI: The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) and the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (Casbaa) agreed to work together to combat signal theft in the...
MUMBAI: Technology today has made possible for the first time in hindi cinema an item number in a live-action, animation combined format. Shaadi Ka Laddoo, a...
MUMBAI: With Cas all but officially dead, it has not taken long for the cat and mouse mind games to start between the cable ops and...
MUMBAI: Music channel Etc claims to have stolen a march over the Filmfare Awards. The broadcaster issued a release stating that when telecast at the same...
MUMBAI: Global news and information company Reuters has appointed Niall FitzGerald as its next chairman on Wednesday. He is leaving his post as the head of...
MUMBAI: Global news and information company Reuters has appointed Niall FitzGerald as its next chairman on Wednesday. He is leaving his post as the head of...
MUMBAI: Right now Christ is in the news thanks to the debate over Mel Gibson’s film The Passion of the Christ. The film’s dialogues are in...
MUMBAI: CNN has won kudos for last year’s coverage of the Iraq war. The broadcaster got all three awards in the major news event category. It...
MUMBAI: In the UK the BBC has major plans up its sleeve as far as broadband is concerned. It will launch its major broadband-enabled public service...
MUMBAI: Last year the Fedration Internationale de l Automobile (FIA) had decided to modify its rules during the off season, in order to stop the regular...
MUMBAI: Dubai-based Ten Sports is spreading into the Land of the Rising Sun on the wings of its hockey rights. The coverage of ten matches of...
MUMBAI: In about a months time from today, over 10,000 candidates from 170 political parties will be appealing to 653,726,115 voters. A single question that will...
MUMBAI: BBC World is now exploring the advertising sector by focussing on a whole new show Ad World which see its sight at what really goes...
MUMBAI: Star Movies is presenting the first International Women’s Film Festival (IWWF) in India from 5 March to 9 March across various cities like Mumbai, Delhi,...
MUMBAI: An official Pakistani entertainment industry delegation is slated to visit India to participate in Ficci Frames 2004. The delegation includes the Pakistan Film Producers Association...
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney company is in the news yet again. While last month it was in the limelight because of the unsolicited bid made by...
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has notified that Television Eighteen India has reached the foreign investment trigger limit of 24 per cent of its...
MUMBAI: Foxtel announced launch of digital subscription TV platform in Australia with NDS technology. NDS group plc, a News Corporation company and provider of technology solutions...
NEW DELHI: Fixing 14 April as the next date of hearing, the Delhi High Court today directed the centre, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) and...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: The much-hyped multi-system operators’ (MSOs) meet in Delhi today failed to come up with concrete conclusions, though various issues arising out of postponement of...
MUMBAI: Come 11 March, Sony Entertainment Television will add another ‘K’ serial- Balaji Telefilms’ Kkehna Hai Kuch Mujhko – to their buffet of weekend shows. The...
MUMBAI: Looks like politics has become an alternate profession for many in the entertainment industry. Statements made by them that they want to contribute to the...
CANNES: In a world that’s changing so rapidly with many new modes of delivery for content like mobiles, broadband, digital TV, HDTV, interactive TV, hand-held devices,...
MUMBAI: The contours of Sony Entertainment Television’s programming strategy for 2004 appear to be slowly taking shape. SET India executive VP, content and response Tarun Katial...
MUMBAI: DD Bharati is set to launch a gamut of programmes on health, children, art and culture from this month. Featuring in the health band, is...
MUMBAI: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Michael Powell has announced that David J. Barrett will assume the chairmanship of the newly re-chartered Media Security and Reliability...
MUMBAI: Time Warner has announced that it has completed the sale of Warner Music Group (WMG), including its recorded music operations and Warner/Chappell music publishing business....
MUMBAI: Tennis Properties Limited (TPL) – the commercial arm of the Tennis Masters Series tournaments and the Tennis Masters Cup – has announced an extension of...
MUMBAI: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios has promoted attorney Laura Tunberg to VP, intellectual property enforcement. Tunberg will report to MGM’s senior executive VP and secretary William A. Jones....
MUMBAI: BBC Radio has announced that it will have live coverage and in depth analysis of India’s upcoming tour of Pakistan from next week. BBC Asian...
MUMBAI: Frames 2004 , the global convention on the business of entertainment will kick off in two weeks’ time in Powai. The three-day event takes place...
MUMBAI: Discovery has announced a major programme initiative Dinosaur Planet, a show that will air every Wednesday this month at 10 pm. The show combines the...
MUMBAI: Shunning the ballot box, a common trend in our country, will be tackled by Channel [V] with an election awareness drive called [V] The Big...
MUMBAI: The National Association of Television Programme Executives’ (NATPE) Educational Foundation in the US has announced that it is accepting submissions for its annual Student Video...
MUMBAI: With India’s hotly anticipated tour of their arch rivals Pakistan a mere ten days away Ten Sports has firmed up its coverage plans. There is...
MUMBAI:Ultimately, it was independent media auditor Meenakshi Madhvani from the audience who stole the show with her well timed quip at the CNBC TV18 organised panel...
MUMBAI: Road shows, youth hangouts and extensive press promotions mark Southern Spice Music’s launch of the veejay hunt, The VJ Factor in Hyderabad this week. The...
MUMBAI: The Comcast – Disney drama takes a new turn every week since it all began with the unsolicited bid that the US cable giant made...
MUMBAI: While the issue about it being number one is often challenged by competitors, Star Movies is definitely on a roll this year. With the Oscar...
MUMBAI: Ronnie Screwvalas UTV Software Communications, which is launching a kids channel through its recently floated subsidiary United Home Entertainment (UHE), has finally homed in on...