MUMBAI: First it was film stars, now its television stars who are fast scrambling into politics these days. Earlier this year, it was television’s ideal ‘bahu’...
Zee TV will be premiering the Hrithik Roshan, Abhishek Bachchan and Kareena Kapoor starrer 'Main Prem Ki Deewani Hoon' on February 19, 2004 at 8.30pm. Satya...
MUMBAI: Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has reported consolidated revenues of $5.6 billion for the second quarter ended December 2003. This represents a 19 per cent increase...
This Sunday, the last episode of BBC World’s Back To The Floor series features Yogesh Samat, the CEO of the $11 million Barista coffee company. He...
MUMBAI: Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting Limited has announced the trial launch of its digital pay TV service – exTV, based on NDS technology. While the satellite broadcaster...
MUMBAI: If a serial shows a dip in viewership, the best way is to reinvent it and then re-evaluate it in terms of its continuity. This...
MUMBAI: The latest buzzword among the Mumbai gliteratti and the janta is fitness, courtesy the Standard Chartered Mumbai International Marathon scheduled for this Sunday. National pubcaster...
Snob quotient is high on Star World. The snobbish, pompous yet incredible funny duo, the Crane brothers are back with their entourage for a new season...
NEW DELHI: It’s not only TV Today Network which is witnessing organizational changes, additions and promotions are in the offing at the Indian Today Group (ITG)-...
A major buzzword this Valentine weekend is SMS. Music channels have taken to this route in a big way for an event, which has over the...
MUMBAI: This February Zee MGM promises 360 degrees of love and romance. The channel will showcase a series of romantic movies every Wednesday at 9 pm...
SAHARA CITY (LUCKNOW): When you have superstar Amitabh Bachchan and one of the beautiful women in the world, Aishwariya Rai, welcoming the guests at the entrance...
LONDON: A BBC newsreader wearing a sari? True. A regional newsreader has become the first British journalist to wear a sari during a bulletin. Sharuna Sagar,...
MUMBAI: Given below, is the letter addressed to Disney’s Michael D Eisner from Comcast’s president and CEO Brian L Roberts. I am writing following our conversation...
MUMBAI: The Zee Cine Awards now in their seventh year has announced the winners for the technical category The technical category winners comprises of the...
MUMBAI: Fdration Internationale de Football (FIFA) has put out a tender for the Mascot TV Series for the 2006 Fifa World Cup. The event takes place...
MUMBAI: Officials from Indian pubcaster Prasar Bharati are meeting their counterparts from Dubai-based Ten Sports tomorrow in a last-ditch bid to squeeze something extra on the...
MUMBAI: The Jackson escapade seems to have drawn viewers towards the Grammys which were seen by 26.3 million viewers, making the show the third-most watched Grammy...
LONDON: Outsourcing to India has now spread to journalism. Reuters, which is implementing a massive cost-cutting programme, is to try out the reporting of Western business...
MUMBAI: BBC World is the most watched channel amongst decision makers in India, according to an AC Nielsen ORG Marg Decision Makers Survey (DMS4), released recently....
MUMBAI: Radio City has reason to feel satisfied with the latest wave of AC Nielsen ORG Marg study on radio listenership in Mumbai. The study, done...
MUMBAI: While other players in the news genre are haggling over male eyeballs, Sahara Samay is looking towards roping in women and children to broaden its...
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company’s board said yesterday that the campaign by two former directors, Roy Disney and Stanley Gold, to oust the chief executive, Michael...
NEW DELHI: Even as the government is waiting for the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to come up with fresh recommendations on FM radio, the...
MUMBAI: Veteran TV personality Rajat Sharma may have the channel plan set out for his India TV news venture but he has yet to get his...
LV Krishnan, chief executive of TAM India, is a soft spoken man. But that could well have worked to an advantage for someone who been in...
NEW DELHI: How much validity do chief election commissioner (CEC) TS Krishnamurthy’s utterances on the ‘India Shining’ ad campaign have? For all practical purposes, nothing. A...
MUMBAI: The Bamboo Curtain is finally parting. Having realised the vast potential its media industry holds, China has loosened some of the tightest fetters that shackled...
One of the most hotly contested battles being played out on Indian television screens at the moment is in the English movie space. It‘s basically a...
MUMBAI: Will the real Mr Mumbaikar stand up please? No this time it isn’t one of the “Mee Mumbaikar” campaigns, but it was Cinthol Alpha Gaurav...
MUMBAI: Major organisational restructuring is currently underway at CNN International. As in a lot of cases, this one will leave a few people hunting for jobs....
MUMBAI: The grim Grammys? Not quite so drastic but hot bods of pop Beyonce Knowles and Christina Aguilera, both big winners at this year’s Grammy, “demurely”...
MUMBAI: Rights holders of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), International Sportsworld Communicators, have announced the start of a comprehensive research programme with TNSSPORT. This will...
MUMBAI: Being ‘different’ pays – quite literally and otherwise as well. Pritish Nandy would agree. His production house Pritish Nandy Communications (PNC) has won the Golden...
MUMBAI: It’s not only Indian soaps that have made a success of taking plotlines 10-20 years into the future. All Grown Up, Nickelodeon’s popular Rugrats series...
MUMBAI: One fallout of all the jumping around that has been going on following pop princess Janet Jackson’s half time flash at last Sunday’s Super Bowl...
MUMBAI: A new series of the panel discussion programme Question Time India has begun on BBC World. New presenter Dileep Padgaonkar will be inviting India’s top...
MUMBAI: There are film awards and then there are film awards. Zee Cine Awards 2004 is taking to an international stage this time round. Some journey...
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Entertainment Films India proudly announces the India release of Cold Mountain, a critically acclaimed motion picture based on Charles Frazier’s award-winning novel about...
MUMBAI: Discovery has gems in its eyes this month. The infotainment channel will be airing a programme about about Cartier’s exquisite masterpiece, The Patiala Neclace, once...
NEW DELHI: Just two days after TV Today Network CMD Aroon Purie told indiantelevision.com that the organization was zeroing down on a replacement for Uday Shankar...
MUMBAI: Doesn’t seem like glamour works for Sahara. Film and television actor- turned television procuder Kunika Lall, who was appointed as senior producer by Sahara Samay...
MUMBAI: BBC Showcase which claims to be the world’s largest television programme market hosted by a single broadcaster, will play host to a record 480 of...
MUMBAI: After Jassi what? That has been the question on everyone’s mind regarding Sony Entertainment Television’s programming plans for 2004. According to reliable industry sources, the...
MUMBAI: Gemstar-TV Guide International has announced that Mark Wilson has been named chairman of its TVG Network. Wilson resigned from his earlier post in the organisation...
MUMBAI: The English general entertainment space is getting crowded this year and AXN’s strategy is quite simple. Build upon the strategy that has worked so far...
MUMBAI: Sky’s chief financial officer, Martin Stewart, has announced plans to quit his position at Sky “to pursue other interests.” Stewart said, “I have been...
MUMBAI: A new series of the panel discussion programme Question Time India begins on BBC World tonight 6 February at 10 pm. The new presenter Dileep...
NEW DELHI: Even as the Aroon Purie-controlled TV Today Network hunts for a news director for its two news channels following the departure of Uday Shankar,...
MUMBAI: French media and telecom major Vivendi Universal has reported much lower Q4 sales of 7.215 billion euros. Vivendi attributes the drop to the sale of...