After the World Cup what? That is the question that the naysayers have asked of Ten Sports on the programming front. The “upstart” sports broadcaster has...
One of ESPN Star Sports’ most successful on ground initiatives to get closer to the younger generation – ESPN School Quiz 2002 – has just completed...
Hallmark Channel US has announced that one of television’s most recognisable shows “M*A*S*H” – will helicopter on to the channel in September 2003. The series will...
Over 150 attendees from 67 organisations, including government, institutions, international corporations, Internet Service Providers and broadcasters attended the Delhi workshop on Digital Video Broadcasting and Internet...
California based Fox Sports International (FSI) and Aerodrome picked up the Gold and Silver awards for the Best Sports ID Campaign of 2002 at the PROMAX/BDA...
BAM! Entertainment, a developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software, has announced a multi-faceted promotional campaign to coincide with the North American debut of The Powerpuff...
Scientific-Atlanta has announced it is laying off 1,300 workers or 30 per cent of the workforce at its Juarez, Mexico facility. The company says it was...
One more channel readies to take the pay mode plunge. The difference this time being that it will be the first pay channel to be offered...
MTV anchor Cyrus Broacha is slated to moderate an hour long programme which will have former US president Bill Clinton among other panelists who will take...
Ravina Raj Kohli is stepping into high gear. Back from a month-long tour of News Corp’s news operations in the US, the UK, east Asia, she...
Eternal Dreams, that took on the unenviable task of turning around Broadcast Worldwide’s Tara Marathi in March this year, seems to have found its forte. Buoyed...
After Chitrahar, the film song based programme, DD Mumbai has now given a facelift to that other eternal favourite of the golden DD days – Chhayageet....
Mumbai Doordarshan kendra director Mukesh Sharma was recently felicitated by film star Aamir Khan at the suburban MIG Club. Mumbai ex-sheriff Nana Chudasama (second from left)...
After three months the curtains finally fell on MTV’s third VJ Hunt last night in Mumbai. It was an action packed night at Mikano’s in Worli...
STAR snatched more awards than any other Asian broadcaster at this year’s PROMAX and BDA (Broadcast Designers’ Association) Awards in Los Angeles, USA, with 14 awards...
The recently launched docu-drama travelogue “Jahan Jahan Ram Charan Chali Jahi” by Zee Telefilms spiritual channel Zee Jagran, opened with excellent ratings on its very first...
Bangladesh’s first private television channel and only independent station Ekushey Television, better known as ETV, is teetering on the brink of closure. On a charge made...
Prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee this morning dedicated newly launched indigenous satellite INSAT 3C to the nation. At a function at the Delhi Earth Station, Atal...
It’s looking beyond its own living room. The Prasar Bharati, the holding company of DD and AIR, is looking at having non-Doordarshan channels and also the...
WorldSpace Corporation, which claims to be the global pioneer in satellite audio and multimedia services, has inaugurated three new channels. Through Orbit Rock, The Hop and...
The conditional access system (CAS) issue took another political hue today when Samajwadi Party politician and member of Parliament Amar Singh lashed out at the government...
At a meeting of the Prasar Bharati board today in Delhi, it was decided that a panel headed by the pubcaster’s CEO KS Sarma would be...
Warner Brothers was declared overall winner with five awards for its creative marketing and advertising work conducted last year at Hollywood Reporter’s 31st Annual Key Art...
Entertainment company DreamWorks SKG and consumer food products giant General Mills have announced a strategic worldwide promotional partnership. The alliance will fully integrate DreamWorks movie properties...
Ravi Kemmu took the plunge in TV direction in 1995, when satellite Indian television had just started to come of age. He debuted with a romantic...
ETC Networks has announced red ink-stained financial results for the year ended 31 March 2002, even as Zee Telefilms readies to get into the driver’s seat,...
Doordarshan’s run of bad luck continues where sporting events are concerned. The latest is that India’s pubcaster has been served out of Wimbledon, the tennis extravaganza...
3 July may not be its official birthday, but it marks a day when Star Plus was reborn and launched a gameshow that was to rewrite...
Pacific Century Matrix (PCM), Asia-Pacific’s leading provider of satellite-based broadband connectivity and network solutions is holding a workshop on DVB / IP over Satellite on 5...
Doordarshan has entered into an agreement with France-based Canal France International (CFI) to telecast 26 French films on DD Metro beginning 5 July at 11 pm.. ...
The increasing frequency with which India’s pubcaster DD is being left out of business of sports telecasts has got the goat of Doordarshan director general SY...
Bloomberg Television, the global financial broadcast network, has signed an international strategic agreement with NDS Group, a News Corp company. The first interactive broadcast combining Bloomberg’s...
It’s may be a great brand positioning statement they said. But in India its only cricket that everyone watches, they said. Well, the Fifa World Cup,...
NEW DELHI: Not only is the Cable TV (Networks) Regulation Bill, 2002, which is supposed to be discussed in Rajya Sabha during this session of Indian...
The eighth Asian International Broadcast and Multimedia Technology Exhibition and Conference, BroadcastAsia2002 that took place in Singapore from 18 to 21 June saw only a marginal...
At the end of it all, speculation of her moving out of the information and broadcasting ministry proved unfounded. A major cabinet reshuffle undertaken by Prime...
Jean-Marie Messier, chairman and CEO of beleaguered French media major Vivendi Universal, has agreed to quit after the company’s board members withdrew support to him, reports...
The print media scene in the country is set for exciting times ahead. Recently the Financial Times of London announced that it picked up a 13.85...
KS Sarma, the 50-something chief executive of Prasar Bharati, overseeing the functioning of Doordarshan and All India Radio, is not new to the system. A few...
Ronnie Screwvala promoted UTV has been in the media business for over 20 years, pioneering cable TV in 1981. The content business is just one part...
As the Fifa World Cup heads for its grand finale tomorrow between perennial favourites Brazil and a determined Germany, some tallies are already being made. B4U...
Mumbai, January 4, 2006: CNBC-TV18 and Autocar India is giving every car lover a once in a lifetime opportunity to win and drive away with the...
ESPN Classic Sport will make its debut in Italy on DTH digital satellite TELE + DIGITALE on 1 July. The new channel marks ESPN’s first branded...
It’s hotting up out there in the sports broadcasting arena. The latest card has been thrown by ESPN Star Sports (ESS) which today announced the signing...
News network CNN has bagged a top honour at one of the most prestigious competitions in the American business news industry. The network claimed a Loeb...
BBC World has announced a wide range of shows to captivate viewers of different tastes and dislikes with a line up that includes special areas including...
While broadcasters, MSOs, cable ops and consumers grapple the possibilities and frailties of CAS in India, set top box (STB) manufacturers are dealing with the more...
Broadband Communications Sector and NDS, a News Corp company and a leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay TV, say they will combine select products...
Arianespace’s eighth mission of the year, a dual telecommunications satellite launch, will take place on 5 July. A heavy-lift Ariane 5 will loft the dual telecommunications...
Pakistan is negotiating a satellite deal with European and US operators to buy two satellites, one to occupy the 38 E orbital slot allotted to the...