MUMBAI: The new man at the helm of the information and broadcasting ministry is reputed to be one of the rising stars of the Bharartiya Janata...
MUMBAI: While Hindi soap operas hog all the attention, a silent revolution is taking place in the Marathi language serials genre – at least in western...
TOKYO: Sony Corporation today announced its consolidated results for the third quarter ended 31 December 2002. Consolidated sales increased slightly year on year to achieve a...
MUMBAI: The countdown to World Cup has begun and with that the hullabaloo associated with it in print media, television and (the latest entry ) FM...
MUMBAI:Rupert Murdoch is one of the key names from media in Fortune magazine’s fourth annual list of ‘People to Watch in 2003’. The 71-year-old chairman and...
MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms reported third quarter consolidated revenues of Rs 3,075 million (up 10.2 per cent) and the consolidated operating profit has grown 13.7 per cent...
MUMBAI: Republic Day is the time to wear your patriotism on your sleeve. And if it is a patriotic programme like Zee TV’s new show Mulk,...
MUMBAI: All the channels are stepping up preparations for gearing towards the implementation of conditional access system (CAS). Raj TV plans to go pay with effect...
LONDON: In a major cost cutting drive, BBC bosses are axing 60 jobs in its news operation. More jobs may be lost when BBC’s Ceefax and...
MUMBAI: Prasar Bharati has invited proposals for serials and soaps based on socially relevant issues. The notice placed by the national broadcaster in all the leading...
NEW DELHI: MAX is all set to launch Jung World Cup Ki, in the immediate run-up to the clash of the titans in South Africa. This...
NEW YORK: CNN has won 12 WorldMedal awards at the 45th Annual International Television Programming & Promotion Awards held by the New York Festivals, last Friday....
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television has acquired telecast rights of the much talked about blockbuster of the year -Devdas. Sony announced on Saturday that it has acquired...
MUMBAI: Will the Indian consumer get a raw deal after the implementation of the conditional access system (CAS) Experts, who beg to differ with the popular...
Inmarsat the Total Communications Network has appointed Paul Griffith to the position of vice president, Portfolio Development and Marketing, replacing Paul Branch who has retired. Previously...
SportzBiz 2003, India’s first-ever forum on “Sports Marketing – The New Frontier” – was kicked off in Mumbai’s ITC Grand Maratha Sheraton Hotel when four-time world...
MUMBAI:In a major cost cutting drive aimed at reducing redundancies, BBC bosses are axing 60 jobs in the news operation. More jobs may be lost when...
LONDON: The BBC will be in South Africa to bring extensive, live coverage from the ICC Cricket World Cup, the world’s biggest cricket tournament, across radio...
HOLLYWOOD, California: NBC may have to do some hard thinking about its comedy lineup. The days for serials such as Friends are numbered and now the...
SINGAPORE: Awesome. That was what British pop sensation Robbie Williams and Taiwanese heartthrob Jay Chou were at the MTV Asia Awards last night. Though it was...
Conditional access may have been okayed by Parliament, but questions still haunt the industry. In its constant endeavour to present views of several experts and industry...
MUMBAI: Star’s Radio City is all set to roll out innovative content that will be heard for the first time on FM radio during the coming...
MUMBAI: Star Plus takes out yet another new show called Kuch Kar Dikhana Hai from its kitty at 8:30 pm tonight. The programme, slated to be...
SINGAPORE: Frenzy! That is the the kind of buzz there is in the air in Singapore as the hours tick towards what is MTV’s big event...
MUMBAI: Sahara India’s office complex and godowns in Mumbai suburb Goregaon suffered heavy damages when a fire broke out at 6:02 pm yesterday. The blaze engulfed...
MUMBAI: Some of the biggest names in sports, sports marketing and management, advertising and television will converge at India’s first sports marketing forum Sportzbiz 2003 tomorrow...
LONDON: Associated Press Television News (APTN), video news agency with 500 broadcasters, major portals and web sites with video, has appointed Nicky de Blois as the...
NEW JERSEY: The ABC Television Network has committed to co-sponsor the 2003 Total TV Audience Monitor (T-TAM) study in the US. The study was announced by...
MUMBAI: Despite vain attempts at hatching an alliance with national broadcaster Doordarshan, ESPN Star Sports is pushing ahead with its attempts at innovating around World Cup...
MUMBAI: ASIFA(Association Internationale Du film D’Animation) India, the only recognized organisation for animation in the country has announced a special workshop for writers in Mumbai. The...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government is expected to finalise today the composition of the task force that will decide the price for the basic tier of...
MUMBAI: It is finally taking a hit in its balance sheet for its adventurous forays during the peak of the dot com and convergence craze. Subhash...
Some of the reasoning behind the Republic Day specials this year is patriotic; most of it, sound commercial sense. National broadcaster Doordarshan will, per tradition, air...
MUMBAI: Gaurab Pandey, who has written and directed several telefilms for India’s mass entertainment channels, is ready with Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon’s feature film Stumped. The...
MUMBAI: While mainstream channels are sprucing up their programme line up with sitcoms, soaps and children’s programmes, national channel Doordarshan has decided to opt for Galati...
HONOLOLU : Intelsat has announced the signing of an agreement with REACH to lease teleport services from the company’s Stanley Teleport in Hong Kong. The signing...
MUMBAI: Vissa TV, the Telugu channel from the Raj TV stable which launched a month ago, is lining up fresh programming from August to boost its...
HONG KONG: Asia Satellite Telecommunications has signed telecoms carrier Reach Ltd as the first subscriber on its AsiaSat 4 to be launched in March this year....
AHMEDNAGAR: Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Ramesh Bais on Tuesday said that there were no plans to privatise either Doordarshan or All India...
MUMBAI: Friday will be a day of reckoning for Star Plus as it unveils two new shows -Karishma Kaa Karishma at 8:00 pm and Shararath Thoda...
LONDON: News Corp technology arm NDS Group said on Tuesday a United States district court judge has dismissed most of a lawsuit filed last September by...
CALIFORNIA: Underscoring the success of their alliance, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and NBC Enterprises have jointly announced that they have agreed to extend their international distribution agreement for...
NEW DELHI: In a major development that is bound to bring a sigh of relief within the ranks of Sony Entertainment Television India, Prasar Bharati today...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati has decided against having an outside organisation like ESPN Star Sports producing pre and post match programmes during the cricket World Cup...
NEW DELHI: Even as the Delhi High Court weighed in to the ongoing dispute between the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Board of Cricket Control...
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court today weighed in to the ongoing dispute between the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Board of Cricket Control in...
MUMBAI: After having established a stronghold among the female audience with soaps like Kyunki…..and Kahaani….. Star Plus is now gearing up to lure the youth. Shararath...
MUMBAI: Findings of Generations 2002, the study on media consumption habits of Asian children, with particular reference to Indian kids are likely to be released by...
MUMBAI: Even as Zee English gets increasingly aggressive in its programming strategies, Star World is revving up in its own way with a new India-centric show....