Gujarati theatre producer Sanjay Goradia is getting quite hot under the collar these days. And what’s raising the temperature for him is the Balaji Telefilms produced...
Hallmark has acquired 18 major motion pictures for its Latin American markets from Walt Disney Television International – Latin America (WDTVI-LA). The package boasts prominent titles...
The search for a business head for Sony Entertainment Television appears to be over, if the buzz in the industry is to be believed. Sunil Lulla,...
Kids channel Nickelodeon held auditions for kids who want to be a VJ on the channel on Saturday and Sunday at Worli Naka in South Mumbai....
Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has invited bids for Hindi feature films to be telecast on public holidays for the rest of the year. The films are...
Even as Ten Sports makes hay with World Cup soccer, it is making sure that the fledgling channel does not fade from public memory once soccer...
Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) and Macau’s Cosmos Satellite Television (Macau Satellite TV- MSTV) have signed a long-term satellite transponder leasing agreement for the use...
The last bastions have surrendered. MSOs Hathway and InCable, who have been holding out against carrying the signals of exclusive Fifa rights holder Ten Sports for...
Stung by telecast rights holder like World Sports Group Nimbus and Taj Sports (managing Ten Sports channel) not willing to play ball, Prasar Bharati has decided...
Sport. A programming property that keeps millions glued to their TV sets in India, especially when cricket and Tendulkar are in full flow. In recent times,...
With a view to connecting further with viewers and strengthening its online community of users, Sony Entertainment is in the process of revamping www.setindia.com. Senior V-P...
Zee Telefilms’ aggressive no holds barred campaign to convince advertisers and media planners that its shows Jeena Issi Ka Naam Hai (JIKNH) and Khelo Number Khelo...
PanAmSat Corporation today announced that more than 24 top broadcasters, programmers and news agencies in over two-dozen countries are using the company global satellite network for...
Trust Star to do it. It will soon start another daily soap beginning with ‘K’ a letter which has not only turned round the fortunes of...
Channel Guide, India’s first and only free to air digital satellite TV guide channel, is set to complete one year of operations. It now reaches over...
Mumbai and Delhi will lead the country in the growth of CAS. Kolkata will be slow in catching the trend, and Chennai will comprise mostly of...
Intelsat announced today that at 2:44 a.m. EDT the Intelsat 905 satellite was successfully launched aboard an Ariane 44L vehicle. The satellite is expected to be...
The rather sorry deal national broadcaster Doordarshan has got for the ongoing FIFA World Cup seems to have galvanised Prasar Bharati to get proactive on the...
Digital distribution of content, aided by rising broadband penetration, will be the greatest driver of new entertainment and media spending in 2005-2006, says the just released...
Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has floated global tenders for the supply of studio equipment, as well as for the supply of 1,100 set top boxes for...
Television has emerged as a primary source for news and current affairs and a new survey undertaken by the Delhi-based Centre for Media Studies (CMS) indicates...
From music to alternative healing, etc seems determined to innovate in a bid to bring in the viewers. Claiming supremacy among the current crop of music...
SINGAPORE: Intelligent Enterprise Asia conferred the 3rd Annual Intelligent20 Awards to the region’s top 20 enterprises that use infocom-related technologies to drive new levels of operational...
The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has restrained Doordarshan Kendra Delhi from transferring specialist programme executives to non programme production related jobs. The restraining order applicable for...
Prasar Bharati has apparently decided to give the fledgling DD Bharati a shot in the arm with some original content. The channel has commenced a live...
Sony Entertainment Television has secured the cable and satellite television rights for all ICC-designated One-Day cricket for the next seven years, which includes the next two...
Staid Doordarshan may not have managed the soccer World Cup well, but for fans of Bryan Adams, Ozzy Osbourne and Eric Clapton, the Queen’s Golden Jubilee...
Online voting for this year’s MTV Movie Awards has crossed the eight million mark, an all time high, says the channel. The figure represents an increase...
Viacom chairman and CEO Sumner M Redstone will receive the Media Person of the Year Award at this year’s Cannes Lions Festival. The trophy will be...
Intelsat, the company offering telephony, corporate network, video and internet solutions, has announced the appointment of KPMG LLP as its independent auditor for the fiscal year...
An Indian version of Russian Roulette, the popular game of chance, and a weekend series from the Balaji stable on Sony are set to propel the...
No more unauthorised reception of the FIFA world cup soccer. Armed with a restraining order issued by the Delhi High Court last night, applicable across the...
Go for the jugular. Thats a tactic used in the animal kingdom when a hunter is close to a prey it has been stalking for some...
It’s not only Sony Entertainment that is bidding to push sporting spectacle on its entertainment channels. If Sony will be pushing ICC cricket on its SET...
After a long hiatus, Mudra Videotec, the television software production and marketing arm of advertising major Mudra Communications is all set to renew the golden relationship...
A dip stick report prepared by the Indian Market Research Bureau (IMRB) has placed Radio Mirchi’s listening audience at 70 per cent of the total listenership...
Cartoon Network is all set to deliver a high flying kick to the toon scene in India by premiering Jackie Chan Adventures. The star of films...
Hubahu, the twin dilemma on Sony Entertainment Television, is packing up. High costs of production and corresponding low ratings are the primary reason for the series...
If there is one talismanic individual that represents India’s greatest triumph in the one-day cricket arena it is Kapil Dev, the captain of that 1983 winning...
World Cup soccer telecaster Ten Sports announced late tonight (30 May) that its parent Taj Television and distribution partner HMA Udyog had struck a deal with...
The Subhash Chandra-promoted Zee Telefilms Ltd today got the formal nod from shareholders to raise the FII limit in India’s leading media company to 49 per...
Star India today announced the appointment of Zee News executive editor Sanjay Pugalia as news director Star News. His appointment will be effective 1 July and...
Zee Telefilms has made another big move to consolidate its position of strength in the convergence business. The company is picking up a 26 per cent...
Ten Sports is taking the novel route to increasing awareness about the channel in the interiors of the country. The channel that has secured exclusive rights...
National broadcaster Doordarshan is inviting sealed tenders from parties /agencies who are interested in distribution and marketing DD-World Channel of Doordarshan in the USA and Canada...
The industry has reacted cautiously to Prasar Bharati’s (Broadcasting Corporation of India) move throwing open bidding for all time slots on its Doordarshan Metro channel. ...
Sony Entertainment Television yesterday announced the launch of a new daily soap Kaun Apna Kaun Paraya, part of an initiative on SET’s part to repackage its programming...
The major bugbear for new sports broadcaster the Bukhatir-promoted Ten Sports has been the lack of penetration in cable and satellite TV homes in India. That...
ESPN Star Sports may not have the telecast rights but just ahead of FIFA World Cup action, the channel launched this week the new version of...
Hotel Regent in Mumbai will see the hosting of a seminar on the fast changing media scenario in the country. The seminar dubbed Mediamorphosis will be...