It‘s that time of year again, when channels try every trick in the book to attract the viewer, and consequently, the advertiser. Star Plus set off...
MUMBAI: A panel of judges, comprising test cricketers Ajit Wadekar, Sanjay Manjrekar and journalists Lokendra Pratap Sahi and Ayaz Memon, has nominated eight cricketers for the...
MUMBAI: It was supposed to deliver instant hits; instead Zee’s Thursday Premiere slot has picked up the dud of the season to be aired next week....
MUMBAI: Ashok Kumar Goel, the youngest of the four Goel brothers after Subhash Chandra, Laxmi Goel and Jawahar Goel, has been appointed vice-chairman and managing director...
MUMBAI: Nielsen//NetRatings, a global Internet audience measurement and analysis agency, has reported that more than 27 million Internet users worldwide, between the ages of two and...
MUMBAI: With the lid having been blown off Jassi’s real identity in Sony’s latest claim to fame, (Jassi is actually model Mona Singh of the Asian...
MUMBAI: Conax AS, a supplier of conditional access technology for digital TV, has opened a subsidiary in India today. The debutant company is planned so as...
NEW DELHI: The Subhash Chandra-promoted Essel Propack Limited, world’s largest laminated tubes manufacturer, registered sales of Rs 4,117 million for the nine months period ended September...
MUMBAI: Television actor Mohan Kapoor, last seen in Kaahin Kissii Roz and Kittie Party, has joined Zee Telefilms Ltd as vice-president, inhouse programming. Kapoor told indiantelevision.com,...
MUMBAI: Audiences for news programmes on television received a massive boost during the Iraq War, according to a survey released yesterday by the Independent Television Commission...
NEW DELHI: A news channel of their own! It couldn’t have been a better Diwali gift for the 120-odd employees of the Rajat Sharma-promoted Independent News...
NEW DELHI: Television personality Rajat Sharma’s Independent News Service will launch India TV, a 24-hour Hindi news channel, early next year. Company sources say Euro RSCG...
NEW DELHI: National Geographic Channel (NGC) has announced the launch of a global production unit in Singapore in 2004, to take advantage of the huge documentary...
LONDON: In a joint venture with Orbit Data Systems Limited (ODSL), Intelsat announced plans for a two-way, satellite-based broadband Internet access service to be available directly...
MUMBAI: If it’s Everest for National Geographic then for Discovery the trick to hooking viewers lies at the bottom of the ocean! The channel has announced...
MUMBAI: The apex award at the Indian Telly Awards is the award for Lifetime Contribution to Indian television. The Indian Telly Awards have set up a...
NEW DELHI: A question mark has been put on an early-November relaunch of Doordarshan’s news channel, DD News. Reason: The Election Commission (EC) may play spoilsport...
MUMBAI: With a clutch of prize NFDC-produced feature films in its kitty, Alpha Marathi is set to launch a six month long film festival in Mumbai...
LOS ANGELES: The first Joe Millionaire wooed his way into the hearts of gold-digging women with horses, jewelry and expensive meals in the US. The Next...
ARIZONA: Frost & Sullivan has awarded Hughes Global Services (HGS) their “Innovative Satellite Service of the Year Award” for 2002. HGS’ exceptional innovation in its approach...
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television India, along with Trans World International and PCM Sports (India), have thrown their hats into the ring along with current contenders Taj...
MUMBAI: News channel network Sahara Samay has launched its regional edition for Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Chhattisgarh, on Friday. News agencies quoted Sahara India V-P and...
MUMBAI: News channel CNN will launch Global Office, a new monthly feature programme hosted by Richard Quest and Liz George, at 5 pm this weekend (25...
NEW DELHI: It is almost official now. Aaj Tak’s political editor Deepak Chaurasia has been made an offer as head of pubcaster Doodarshan’s news channel, which...
On the inaugural day of the Mumbai Film Mart 2013, MPA (Motion Pictures Association) India MD Uday Singh, tried to define the ways in which Indian...
MUMBAI: Leading Indian portal Rediff.com India Limited has announced its financial results for the second fiscal quarter ended 30 September with total revenues of $3.4 million....
MUMBAI: Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment, along with Asia Vision Home Entertainment yesterday launched international quality DVDs in India at the Times Group owned music store Planet...
LOS ANGELES: Veteran television actors Suzanne Pleshette and James Garner will join comedy 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter “to help fill the void...
MUMBAI: “This is a fun award and I accept it with humour.” The Maha Style Icon of the MTV Lycra Awards, Amitabh Bachchan summed up the...
MUMBAI: A major fire broke out at the Air India Radio (AIR) office in Ahmedabad early this morning destroying official records, PTI news agency quoted a...
MUMBAI: B.A.G Films Ltd share listed yesterday at the bourses at a price of Rs 14.80 per share. The Stock Exchange, Mumbai, organised the listing ceremony,...
MUMBAI: Hinduja TMT Ltd (HTMT), the IT flagship company of the Hinduja Group, has announced that the project for implementing SAP solutions at INCableNet, a division...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Stars and pre-poll campaigning have always been an intrinsic part of India’s politics. And keeping the tradition alive, the Bharatiya Janata Party, which leads...
MUMBAI: The information & broadcasting ministry’s Films Division has signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Mauritius Film Development Corporation to conduct an International Film Festival...
MUMBAI: “We want to bridge the gap between the Islamic world and the West by reaching out to the countries with a seizable Muslim population, and...
MUMBAI: Mumbai-based Crest Communication Ltd, which in August had announced that it was looking looking at an issue of Global Depository Receipts (GDRs) to the tune...
MUMBAI: Hathway Cable and Datacom’s movie and entertainment channel, Cine Channel (CCC), celebrates its fifth year of existence today. The channel, which was launched on October...
CALIFORNIA: John McMahon has been promoted to Senior Executive Vice President, Managing Director for Sony Pictures Television International’s European operations. The announcement was made by President,...
NEW YORK: Time Warner, the world’s largest media company, officially began using its new name and released its new logo on 16 October. The company, formerly...
MUMBAI: Movie channel HBO, which brings Hollywood to our homes, is now promising to take us to Hollywood. The channel plans to premiere The Mummy Returns,...
MUMBAI: Broadcasters from the Asia-Pacific region and Europe have agreed to step up the exchange of information on digital terrestrial broadcasting, to help eliminate the information...
MUMBAI: Pritish Nandy Communications has aggregated profits of Rs 12.6 million for the quarter ended June 2003, claiming doubling of its turnover during the period. With...
NEW DELHI: One out of three persons, among the highest level of financial managers in Europe, North America and Asia, watches BBC World regularly, according to...
NEW DELHI: The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) today cleared the application by Media Content Communications Services (MCCS) India, the holding company for the Star News...
MUMBAI: Raghav Bahl’s Television Eighteen, the owner of business news channel CNBC-TV18, has reported a net profit of Rs 23.9 million for the July-September quarter. This...
MUMBAI: The television sector can hope for a faster redressal of its ills with the appointment of Sony Entertainment Television India CEO Kunal Dasgupta as the...
NEW DELHI: The total foreign shareholding in the Subhash Chandra-promoted Zee Telefilms stands at 61.70 per cent in which the foreign promoters’ holding is 24.20 per...
MUMBAI: The Chinese influx continues. At the annual three-day SCaT (Satellite and Cable TV) 2003 trade show that began at the World Trade Center, Mumbai, on...
HYDERABAD: Padmalaya Telefilms Limited has posted a net profit of Rs 40 million on sales income of Rs 260 million for the second quarter ended 30...
LOS ANGLES: Domestic diva Martha Stewart has described her fears in an exclusive interview with ABCNews’ Barbara Walters. The wide-ranging interview addresses the controversy around Stewart...