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MUMBAI: Among broadcasters in India, only Doordarshan and Kalanithi Maran’s Sun Network used to follow the slot sale system, where time slots where sold to private...
MUMBAI: The season is here for reality hunts and gameshows and it is not just the private broadcasters that are keenly exploring these genres. Doordarshan will...
New Delhi, September 2, 2005: Ozone Ayurvedics has forayed into global skin-care with plans to set up its first manufacturing facility outside India, in the UK....
While having coffee at your favourite Barista outlet this September, you stand a chance to win Free return tickets for two to London on Virgin Atlantic...
NEW DELHI: Broadcast regulator Trai today paved the way for private players entry into terrestrial broadcasting by suggesting to the government it would stoke competition and...
NEW DELHI: Indian pubcaster Prasar Bharati enterd the digital era by unveiling a swanky studio for All India Radio in the Asia-pacific region’s biggest broadcasting studio...
NEW DELHI: Even as industry bodies and private broadcasters cry foul, the government today stated in Parliament that there is a proposal to make it mandatory...
NEW DELHI: Indian pubcaster Prasar Bharati generated revenue to the tune of Rs 8236.2 million in the financial year 2004-05 ended 31 March 2005, which is...
NEWDELHI: With a public interest petition pending in Kerala, Prasar Bharati has not only rejected Ten Sports offer related to the tri-series in Sri Lanka, but...
MUMBAI: The worldwide retail value of all Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT) Set Top Boxes (STBs) will blast off next year. It will power drive up to...
MUMBAI: Doordarshan will telecast a Kisan Friendly programme titled Kisan ki Seva mein with effect from 16 May, 2005 at 6.30 am on the national channel...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati or the Broadcasting Corporation of India in its annual report has attempted to prove that it’s vast infrastructure (including real estate), estimated...
MUMBAI: Doordarshan has set up an pre-engineering helpline – a phone-in-programme to aid the class XII students who are appearing for pre-engineering examinations. The show will...
MUMBAI: Doordarshan will telecast live the One Day Internationals (ODIs) between India & Pakistan on the National Network on DD-1 and DD Sports. DD will...
NEW DELHI: Flushed with the success its free DTH service (over 2.5 million subscribers claimed) is enjoying, national broadcaster Doordarshan is now toying with the idea...
MUMBAI: With an eye to keep competition from private channels at bay, Doordarshan (DD)’s Bangalore kendra has decided to make some changes in the content line-up...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Buoyed by the success of its free Ku-band direct-to-home TV service, Indian pubcaster now plans to hold parleys next week with television manufacturers urging...
NEW DELHI: Indian pubcaster Doordarshan has finally admitted that there was a proposal to re-start DD Metro channel, which could not be carried out due to...
BANGALORE: Jayateertha Narayanrao Kamalapur, who headed the Bangalore DD Kendra during its initial years — 1983 to 1984 — passed away in Bangalore. Kamalapur who...
BANGALORE: Doordarshan’s Bangalore Kendra director R Venkateswarlu is moving to New Delhi to the Prasar Bharati directorate. Venkateswarlu, who was relieved from 5 January, will be...
NEW DELHI: With Prasar Bharati’s annual revenue on the slide as the gap between earnings and spending has increased over the years, a proposal has been...
MUMBAI: For starters, the show has nothing to do with the actress shedding tears at the Wagh border. An afternoon soap Urmila, which debut on the...
MUMBAI: Loads of action coming from the pubcaster in the week ahead. Doordarshan, aka DD1, will unleash three new shows next week. They are Unitech Indraprastha...
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: Production house UTV, currently one of the major software suppliers to Star Plus, is going back to Doordarshan by November. On the cards is a...
MUMBAI: It may not have been the first television station to go functional in the country, but Doordarshan’s Mumbai kendra can, as it turns 31 today,...
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court today directed the federal government of India to file its reply latest by Monday, listing reasons for postponing the implementation...
MUMBAI: Universal Communications, a leading content production, distribution and marketing company, has obtained a good response for its new afternoon slot programmes on Doordarshan Trivandrum’s DD...
MUMBAI: The last mile operators in Mumbai have decided to make sure that they get their pound of flesh from the broadcasters and the multi-system operators...
NEW DELHI: Indian pubcaster Doordarshan would have a new director-general as the transfer orders of the present incumbent, Dr SY Quraishi, has finally been received by...
MUMBAI: Jasoos Vijay, Doordarshan’s detective programme dealing with social issues, will return with a new series on 31 August. The serial will now also be shown...
MUMBAI: Tehelka founder Tarun J Tejpal will be back with his weekend print publication Tehelka on the Weekend in October 2003. Tejpal’s company has embarked upon...
MUMBAI: A weekly comedy show on Doordarshan (DD) metro channel that has completed 65 episodes (as of today, 21 August 2003) is definitely a rarity in...
NEW DELHI: India’s radio pubcaster All India Radio (AIR) is starting a daily news bulletin in Maithili language from Darbhanga station of AIR from today. Deputy...
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...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan’s special audience channel, DD Bharati, is participating in an international children’s environmental project, in partnership with Japan’s broadcasting corporation, NHK and five other...
MUMBAI: Looks like its spring time at the pubcaster. Doordarshan is sprucing up its content, and first step is to get in new shows. So joining...
MUMBAI: In an interview to indiantelevision.com last month UTV group CEO Ronnie Screwvala had stated that his company was looking to increase its exposure on the...
MUMBAI: The national broadcaster Doordarshan is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that it begins the CAS (conditional access system) era with an advantage and capitalises...
NEW DELHI: India’s information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that the digital revolution and the phenomenon of convergence are creating a new model...
MUMBAI: It seems to be films all the way – ever since the Hindi film shown on Friday, 2 May 2003 topped the Top 100 list...
NEW DELHI: National broadcaster Doordarshan has earned Rs 5,538.1 million in advertisement revenues during the year 2002-2003. Replying to a question by Ram Jethmalani and others...
MUMBAI: DD Metro is gaining ground in viewership with its Formula One coverage vis – a- vis ESPN Star Sports (ESS), according to Cutting Edge Media,...
NEW DELHI: The radio group, the umbrella body of Indian FM companies, made a presentation today to the I&B minister RS Prasad seeking a five per...
MUMBAI: A theatre group which plunged into TV programming nearly 18 years ago and is still going strong. Rakesh Chowdhary’s Samvaad, the production house which has...
NEW DELHI: Taking due note of the mounting pressure from the cable fraternity, the Indian government piloted task force on conditional access has agreed to rope...
CANNES: The US-Iraq war has left its impact on the 40th edition of MIPTV. This holds true if one looks at the numbers announced by organiser...
MUMBAI: Pankaj Chauhan, the Doordarshan Ahmedabad (DD 11) employee who won a special recognition award at the second Transmedia Gujarati Screen and Stage awards 2002 held...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan Guwahati Programme Production Centre’s director B Chakrabarty has been suspended on grounds of irregularity in allocation of commissioned programmes. According to Prasar Bharati...
NEW DELHI: The public service broadcaster doesn’t want to be outdone by a satellite channel where cricket is concerned. It is taking on everybody and asserts...
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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...
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