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MUMBAI: Electronic media company ATN International has launched its ‘social channel’ Ahimsaa on October 2. The bi-lingual channel has received support from major cable operators in...
ADELAIDE: Rupert Murdoch said on Wednesday that his sons will have to face a long wait before taking over at the helm of his global media...
NEW DELHI: Buoyed by an increase in advertising revenue in the second quarter ended 30 September, Zee Telefilms is getting into an overdrive with Zee English...
MUMBAI: Latest fall addition to the UPN programming line up, All of us and Monday night hit Eve, have been given a full season order, announced...
NEW DELHI: Zee Telefilms’ second quarter results exceeded market expectations when the company clocked a 28.46 rise in the second quarter net profit to Rs 700.8...
MUMBAI: The future of cable television in India lies in the value additions that addressability can deliver in the days to come. Overtly as well as...
MUMBAI: The last of the Lord of the Ring troika – Return of the King – scheduled to hit the theaters in December has an Indian...
MUMBAI: Art and Fashion will come together in a celebration of individualistic style on 17 October. The Lycra MTV Style Awards to be held at the...
MUMBAI: The football crazy city of Kolkata gave ESPN excellent ratings. The broadcaster has stated that its live telecast of the final between East Bengal and...
MASSACHUSSETTS: Discovery Networks US has announced that it will relaunch The Health Network on 1 January. It will be given back its old name FitTV. The...
LONDON: Independent sports producer and sports programme distributor TWI will produce an innovative Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships for BBC TV next January. Part of the...
MUMBAI: Sports broadcaster ESPN-Star Sports (ESS) is putting the celebrated Pakistani cricketer Wasim Akram on its ‘Few Good Men’ commentary team as an exclusive presenter and...
MUMBAI: For probably the first time on Indian television, Star Plus is marrying two prime time rival shows in a programming coup of sorts Prerna (Shweta...
MUMBAI: The Who’s who of the cable and satellite industry will be attending the FICCI SCaT conference on the Indian Cable & Satellite sector as part...
MUMBAI: Sab TV’s faith in the comedy genre is reaping some dividends. Sab’s brand of comedy, that includes sitcoms and slapstick, has been gaining steadily as...
MASSACHUSSETTS: Discovery Networks US has announced that it will relaunch The Health Network on 1 January. It will be given back its old name FitTV. The...
MUMBAI: It was only in May that Sony Entertainment Television (SET) launched its reality show Crime Patrol (CP)from the Cinevistaas stable. The show received a positive...
MUMBAI: Hitherto marketing head of Ten Sports Mumbai, Mohit Mehra has moved to Nimbus Communications as associate vice-president (movies division). He starts work tomorrow (15 October)....
MUMBAI: The Central government on Monday has stated that it would ask the state governments to cap entertainment tax at 45 per cent. It will also...
CANNES: It is known to be one of the biggest markets for television programming, along with Natpe, which is held in the US. And there’s no...
NEW DELHI: The battle between Subhash Chandra’s companies, ASC Enterprise and Siti Cable, and other broadcasters like Star India and Sony Entertainment Television (SET) hots up...
52-year old Peter Chernin does not come across like your typical media CEO. No flamboyance, no arrogance, no showing off. Just a regular business guy. The...
On 14 October, India's first 24-hour non-stop Punjabi music channel, Balle-Balle will complete one year of its existence. For Balle-Balle, it has been an eventful year,...
LOS ANGELES: Greg Matson has been promoted to the post of senior VP, business development and legal affairs, for Universal Studios Networks (USN). USN is the...
FRANCE: MGM Networks is rapidly expanding distribution reach in Europe. The broadcaster and Swiss pay TV provider Teleclub AG have launched the MGM Channel to Teleclub...
MUMBAI: Another production house breaks into the Balaji bastion. Cinevistaas, whose nearly two year old hospital drama turned love tangle Sanjivani, had been rising in the...
CANNES: The buyers arrived in droves to MipCom 2003. With one day left for the market to close, Reed Midem disclosed that the number of programme...
CANNES: With a day left for MipCom 2003 to close, Reed Midem distributed statistics of attendance for one of the topmost television programme markets in the...
CANNES: Reed Midem’s director of television division Paul C Johnson is a pleased man. MipCom has proved to be successful: the organisation recognised News Corp No...
LONDON: The BBC has acquired exclusive UK TV rights from Sony Pictures Television International to broadcast the new series, Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital. It is based...
NEW YORK: Eurodata TV Worldwide and consulting company TVtracker.com that specialises in US television development tracking in broadcast, cable and syndication, have joined forces. Eurodata TV...
FRANKFURT: This is a move that should give a boost to video-on-demand (VOD) in Europe. MGM International Television Distribution, has agreed to supply European Internet Service...
CANNES: He has the same passion to succeed that his father displayed. The same aggression. The same shrewd intelligence. And he’s doing something that his father...
MUMBAI: It was a befittingly glitzy affair in the city yesterday as Indian cinema’s biggest brand Amitabh Bachchan marked his 61st birthday by relaunching ABCL as...
MUMBAI: After an action packed week boasting of interesting launches including Star Plus’ weekly Jeet and magic talent show Jaaduu, Zee’s weekend special series Kabhie Kabhie,...
CANNES: The 2003 Mipcom Junior screenings which were held on 8 and 9 October in Cannes broke all viewing records since it’s launch in 1996. A...
MUMBAI: A change of face on Sab TV this week. The women centric talk shows on the ‘all laugh no tears’ channel, Kuch Diiil Se will...
CANNES: The National Geographic channel is working on streamlining its interface with producers. Towards this end, it is launching an interactive website, www.NGCIdeas.com on 20 November....
FRANCE: Philip Livingstone, who has been instrumental in the worldwide launch of the highly successful Who Wants To Be a Millionaire franchise, has been named Executive...
MUMBAI: The latest Pan Asia Cross Media Survey (PAX 2002/03 suggests that CNN’s audiences earned US$79.9 billion in the past year. According to the study posted...
CANNES: It’s international TV awards announcement time at the Palais de Festivals in Mipcom. After the iemmys, now it is the turn of the Festival Rose...
MUMBAI: ‘Paanch’ seems to be the buzz word at Vijay TV. Star networks’ Tamil channel has announced launch of five new weekly shows, scheduled to roll...
CANNES: It is now official that The History Channel is coming to India. Today, AETN International, the division of A&E Television Networks, used the MipCom platform...
NEW YORK: Barry Fischer, the Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) executive directly responsible for developing Media at the Millennium has been named executive vice president of market...
MUMBAI: One of MTV’s big ground events for the year is less than a week away. The Lycra MTV Style Awards will be held at the...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan has been re-elected as a member of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union’s (ABU) administrative council for another three-year term. In the election held at...
MUMBAI: This is a deal that marks a first for Walt Disney. In the UK the mouse is all set to launch its first wholly owned,...
NEW DELHI: Trivandrum-based animation studio Toonz Animation has appointed P. Jayakumar as the chief operating officer for Indian operations. Besides this, Toonz Animation has also announced...
CANNES: Cinar Corporation, an integrated entertainment and education company arrives at Mipcom with significant sales for two of its leading franchises, Arthur and Mona The Vampire,...
MUMBAI: LG Electronics India managing director (MD) K R Kim walked away with the Super Achievers Award organised by Consumer Electronics and TV Manufacturers Association (CETMA)....
Platforms get three years to add features for hearing and visually impaired
Strong word-of-mouth turns Pongal satire into remake pick
Streaming giant bets on a seasoned marketer who helped build Amazon and Netflix into household names
Communications leader exits after three years spanning MD office strategy and media outreach.
Cricket star named face of Delhi Khel Mahakumbh to fuel youth talent hunt.
Kolkata-based beverage maker reports stronger revenues and profits for December quarter.
A crime thriller steps out of the shadows as Telugu storytelling claims centre stage.
From boards to bytes, chess readies for a nation-first showdown in Riyadh.
Leadership change follows layoffs, protests and a bruising battle over trust.
Revenue rises 4.3 per cent to Rs 10,209.33 crore while deferred tax gain lifts bottom line sharply
Akshay Kumar and stars launch awards at NSCI Dome on Feb 28
Merger creates one-stop hub for content, digital, and delivery
NEW DELHI: Hamdard Laboratories gathered a cross-section of India’s achievers in New Delhi on Friday, handing out the Hakeem Abdul...
MUMBAI: For decades, creative storytelling has been the cornerstone of brand communication. The “big idea” amplified through catchy jingles, striking...
MUMBAI: Zepto has elevated Ahmad Muneeb to vice president – HR centre of excellence, placing him at the helm of...
