NEW DELHI: The Indian Media Group (IMG) – the new front for the “swadeshi” bandwagon – is not letting up on the issue of media policy....
NEW DELHI: Controversy notwithstanding, Star News is likely to get another extension for uplinking from India when the final extension expires Wednesday midnight. This was indicated...
MUMBAI: Content with the bottomline figures of Zee in the first quarter of this fiscal, Motilal Oswal has retained ‘buy’ status for the scrip at a...
MUMBAI: Mumbai-based Crest Communication Ltd has decided to go the GDR way to raise funds for the company. The Crest Communications board of directors is looking...
NEW DELHI: The Indian media barons may be proposing a uniform media policy for the print and electronic (radio and television) media, but the government does...
NEW DELHI: Commemorating the 67th year of India’s independence, Animal Planet celebrates the country’s exotic wildlife through its month-long programming line-up YEH MERA INDIA. Airing from...
NEW DELHI: Star dabao, desh bachao (suppress Star and save the country). This seems to be the clarion call of the Indian Media Group (IMG), an...
MUMBAI: When storylines hit a plateau, shake them up a bit with a fast forward seems to be the Star Plus credo. Kaahin Kissi Roz Three...
MUMBAI: Delgrada Ltd Mauritius, a group company of Zee, has offloaded 11 million equity shares in Zee of Re 1 each. This block deal is reportedly...
NEW DELHI: 93.5 RED FM says it has emerged the most popular radio station in Delhi with three of its programmes dominating the top spots among...
MUMBAI: CAS on schedule! This was the common message delivered by broadcasters and MSO (multi-system operators) representatives after the first meeting today of the recently constituted...
NEW DELHI: Zee News today announced the successful completion of 150 episodes, of the first ever-investigative programme on Indian television, Inside Story. Launched on 29 July...
NEW DELHI: Practice makes a man perfect. This seems to be the adage followed by the Indian government and pubcaster Prasar Bharati Corporation, which oversees the...
MUMBAI: Film students would do well to keep their eyes open for the latest technology and at the same time remain connected with human emotions. These...
NEW DELHI: The Anurradha Prasad and Rajiv Shukla-promoted television production house, B.A.G. Films is readying for its maiden public offer sometime this year. Simultaneously, it is...
HOLLAND: European broadcaster Eurosport will air the Rabobank Men’s Champions Trophy which takes place in Amsterdam from 16-24 August 2003. The deal, which was brokered by...
LONDON: News Corp’s technology company NDS which claims to be the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV today announced its unaudited results for the...
NEW DELHI: The Anurradha Prasad and Rajiv Shukla-promoted television production house, B.A.G. Films is readying for its maiden public offer sometime this year. Simultaneously, it is...
SINGAPORE: MGM is pushing forward in its attempt to penetrate the Asian market through MGM branded film channels. The film and television studio has announced a...
MUMBAI: Looks like Pakistan’s cable fraternity is voting with their feet on the issue of banned Indian television channels – and they have just been halted...
LOS ANGELES: Good news for the peeping Tom! Playboy is gearing up to take reality television to a deeper level with The Extreme Truth. The show...
NEW DELHI: An amount of Rs 3190 million has been provided in the 10th Plan for Doordarshan’s modernization and digitalization of various regional offices and transmission...
MUMBAI: Here is an opportunity for Mumbaiites on the go to participate in a cutting edge reality show. Over the course of the next few days...
LOS ANGELES: Sony Pictures Chairman and Chief Executive John Calley will be stepping down after seven years in the top job of the studio. Calley took...
Star India has created a powerful public service message featuring Amitabh Bachchan to sensitise and encourage viewers to their extend support in rebuilding the flood-ravaged hill-state...
MUMBAI: Indiantelevision.com’s scriptwriters’ course Qalam was officially flagged off today at production house Siddhant Cinevision’s office in Mumbai with an introduction by Nimbus Communications CEO Dr...
MUMBAI: For a week that saw a bomb blast and a Shiv Sena called bandh in quick succession, the markets were quite buoyant, showing a healthy...
MUMBAI: Sahara Media & Entertainment Network Vice President (Publicity, Promotions and PR) Prriya Raj has put in his papers citing ‘personal reasons’. Raj, also a well-known...
MUMBAI: Looks like the Balaji telefilms would be stocking up on the glycerine supply. While the season for marriage is done with, the latest fad in...
MUMBAI: Guess what, Crime sells. Starting today 8:30 pm, Star News will be launchingRed Alert – a half hour weekly crime-investigative report. The programme will provide...
MUMBAI: The television industry’s constant cry for trained scriptwriters is getting a hearing and how. With positive response from channels as well as production houses, television...
MUMBAI: The next big media player to enter the television broadcast space may well be the country’s most influential press publication, The Times of India Group....
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television has announced the launch of the seventh series of its popular weekend programme, Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat – Karzz. The show premieres...
NEW YORK: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominees for the International Emmy in the category of news coverage on 31 July....
HONG KONG: Satellite Telecommunications company Asiasat and Singapore’s MCN International have signed a lease agreement. As per this arrangement, the C-band capacity on AsiaSat 3S will...
HYDERABAD: Global Customer Management & Billing (CM&B) solutions provider MagnaQuest Solutions, (www.magnaquest.com), has announced several customer wins in the last two quarters. The countries that clients...
MUMBAI: Star India CFO Shankar Narayan who put in his papers recently, has been replaced by G Subramanian. Subramanian, who for the last two years has...
MUMBAI: The television industry’s constant cry for trained scriptwriters is getting a hearing and how. With positive response from channels as well as production houses, television...
MUMBAI: With a little over a year to go before the curtain goes up on the 38th edition of what is considered to be pinnacle of...
MUMBAI: Production house UTV, this morning, inked a three feature film deal with Star India. The deal envisages production of three big budget movies (each estimated...
MUMBAI: Thanks to Bend it like Beckham, Football has managed to squirm in the space hitherto occupied by Cricket. With East Bengal winning the LG ASEAN...
MUMBAI: Following up on a suggestion made on Wednesday by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci), industry and government officials today discussed...
LOS ANGELES: Lisa Klein Fitzpatrick has been promoted to senior VP, business and legal Affairs for MGM Worldwide Television Distribution. The announcement was made by MGM...
MUMBAI: The BBC’s two part special What The World Thinks Of America.? airs over the weekend. BBC’s political editor Andrew Marr presents these specials from the...
NEW DELHI: India’s information and broadcasting ministry, grappling with the issue of implementing conditional access (CAS) in cable homes in metros, has decided to have representatives...
MUMBAI: A Kotak Securities report dated 29 July 2003 says that the firm has retained its ‘in-line’ rating for Zee Telefilms Ltd at a target level...
LONDON: The 12th edition of the Deloitte & Touche annual review of football finance shows that the turnover of English football’s top division clubs has increased...
LONDON: TV viewers in the UK are expressing concern about reality TV shows which “humiliate and exploit” contestants. The UK’s Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) interviewed more...
MUMBAI: Zee Cinema is continuing its strategy of getting its viewers into appointment viewing groove. Following up on the success of last months Har Shaam Bajenge...
MUMBAI: TV Eighteen has posted a net profit of Rs 21.34 million for the first quarter of this fiscal. The TV 18 group includes TV 18...