NEW DELHI: Pune-based 2D animation studio Digikore Studios Limited is on the lookout for acquiring an equity stake in 2D animated television series. The studio, which...
MUMBAI: When it comes to awards Max appears to be the channel to beat. At the Promax & BDA Asia Awards 2003 in Singapore last evening,...
NEW DELHI: The Bill relating to the proposed Broadcast Content Regulatory Authority of India may not be taken up by policy-makers during the present winter session...
MUMBAI: The ship is shaking in unsteady waters at the moment for media conglomerate Disney. Its vice chairman Roy Disney who is the nephew of the...
NEW DELHI: Padmalaya Telefilms Limited (PTL) is on the verge of signing a major co-production deal with an European studio, for production of four episodes and...
MUMBAI: The Laureus World Sports Academy will visit India tomorrow, with its annual forum to be held at the Amby Vally, Sahara India’s hill city at...
SINGAPORE: The Asia Media Festival (AMF) 2003, an annual media industry fiesta hosted by the Media Development Authority (MDA) and organised by Reed Exhibitions, is set...
MUMBAI: World Cup champions Australia took home most of the spoils at the 8th Annual Ceat International Cricket Rating Awards for the year 2002-2003. The awards...
NEW DELHI: After the launch of animation series Adventures Of Chhota Birbal in Cartoon Network earlier this month, the show’s Mumbai-based producer CB Media Ventures is...
MUMBAI: Haath Se Haath Milaa, a TV show produced by BBC World Service Trust, Delhi, in partnership with Prasar Bharati and NACO (National Aids Control Organisation),...
FRANKFURT: Cut-throat competition forced by fiction based programmes and reality television have pushed some Formula One event organisers to modify their offerings in order to attract...
MUMBAI: The war regarding who is numero uno among the music channels is getting red hot. Yesterday Channel [V] held a party boasting that it was...
MUMBAI: National Geographic Channel (NGC) unveiled its final big programming of the year 2003 today (Thursday). The channel has announced the premiere of Secrets Unveiled, a...
MUMBAI: The husband and wife team of Radhika and Prannoy Roy of New Delhi Television (NDTV) have won the Ernst & Young (E&Y) Entrepreneur of the...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati is going ahead with its news channel in great gusto and would see that government orders make it mandatory for cable operators...
MUMBAI: 72 per cent of television sets in urban Bihar are the black and white types. Close to 57 per cent of TV sets in the...
ATLANTA: Time Warner Cable, New York, has agreed to license a new disaster recovery system from Scientific-Atlanta (SA) that will enable the company to minimise the...
NEW DELHI: In a development that is likely to significantly impact the media sector, information technology, communications and parliamentary affairs minister Pramod Mahajan resigned from his...
MUMBAI: After a hiatus of almost year and half, Zee Telefilms is back in the Friday race with Khosla ka Ghosla and Dollar Aunty. The Subhash...
HONG KONG: The cable and satellite TV industry would have lost US$874 million in net revenues by the end of 2003 due to piracy. This was...
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) has decided that the relaunch of Doordarshan’s news channel early November does not breach the model poll conduct and would...
NEW DELHI: India has carried off the lion’s share of prizes awarded by the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) this year. Infact, the country dominated all other...
BANGALORE: UK’s commercial rock music station Virgin Radio will now be featured as a premium channel on WorldSpace Corporation’s satellite service. This strategic partnership has been...
WILTON: Last week Panamsat reported its financial results for the third quarter and nine months, which ended 30 September 2003. In the third quarter, the company...
NEW YORK: Things are looking up for media conglomerate Viacom. The MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures owner has announced record results for the third quarter ended 30...
MUMBAI: Some more chuckles coming your way, courtesy SabTV. Promoted by the Adhikari Brothers, the Hindi entertainment channel has plans to earmark 3 November with two...
MUMBAI: Balaji Telefilms Ltd has posted a net profit of Rs 142.34 million for the quarter ended 30 September, 2003, down 6.89 per cent as compared...
LOS ANGELES: In honor of one of television’s brilliant pioneers, Natpe – a global non-profit organisation – has unveiled The Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards to recognize...
MUMBAI: Banff Television Foundation, France, has announced 20 February, 2004, as the deadline for entries for the 25th edition of the Banff Rockie Awards. The organisation...
MUMBAI: A panel of judges, comprising test cricketers Ajit Wadekar, Sanjay Manjrekar and journalists Lokendra Pratap Sahi and Ayaz Memon, has nominated eight cricketers for the...
MUMBAI: It was supposed to deliver instant hits; instead Zee’s Thursday Premiere slot has picked up the dud of the season to be aired next week....
MUMBAI: Ashok Kumar Goel, the youngest of the four Goel brothers after Subhash Chandra, Laxmi Goel and Jawahar Goel, has been appointed vice-chairman and managing director...
MUMBAI: With the lid having been blown off Jassi’s real identity in Sony’s latest claim to fame, (Jassi is actually model Mona Singh of the Asian...
MUMBAI: Conax AS, a supplier of conditional access technology for digital TV, has opened a subsidiary in India today. The debutant company is planned so as...
MUMBAI: Television actor Mohan Kapoor, last seen in Kaahin Kissii Roz and Kittie Party, has joined Zee Telefilms Ltd as vice-president, inhouse programming. Kapoor told indiantelevision.com,...
NEW DELHI: A news channel of their own! It couldn’t have been a better Diwali gift for the 120-odd employees of the Rajat Sharma-promoted Independent News...
NEW DELHI: Television personality Rajat Sharma’s Independent News Service will launch India TV, a 24-hour Hindi news channel, early next year. Company sources say Euro RSCG...
LONDON: In a joint venture with Orbit Data Systems Limited (ODSL), Intelsat announced plans for a two-way, satellite-based broadband Internet access service to be available directly...
MUMBAI: If it’s Everest for National Geographic then for Discovery the trick to hooking viewers lies at the bottom of the ocean! The channel has announced...
MUMBAI: The apex award at the Indian Telly Awards is the award for Lifetime Contribution to Indian television. The Indian Telly Awards have set up a...
NEW DELHI: A question mark has been put on an early-November relaunch of Doordarshan’s news channel, DD News. Reason: The Election Commission (EC) may play spoilsport...
MUMBAI: News channel network Sahara Samay has launched its regional edition for Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Chhattisgarh, on Friday. News agencies quoted Sahara India V-P and...
MUMBAI: Leading Indian portal Rediff.com India Limited has announced its financial results for the second fiscal quarter ended 30 September with total revenues of $3.4 million....
LOS ANGELES: Veteran television actors Suzanne Pleshette and James Garner will join comedy 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter “to help fill the void...
MUMBAI: “This is a fun award and I accept it with humour.” The Maha Style Icon of the MTV Lycra Awards, Amitabh Bachchan summed up the...
MUMBAI: A major fire broke out at the Air India Radio (AIR) office in Ahmedabad early this morning destroying official records, PTI news agency quoted a...
MUMBAI: B.A.G Films Ltd share listed yesterday at the bourses at a price of Rs 14.80 per share. The Stock Exchange, Mumbai, organised the listing ceremony,...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Stars and pre-poll campaigning have always been an intrinsic part of India’s politics. And keeping the tradition alive, the Bharatiya Janata Party, which leads...
MUMBAI: “We want to bridge the gap between the Islamic world and the West by reaching out to the countries with a seizable Muslim population, and...
MUMBAI: Hathway Cable and Datacom’s movie and entertainment channel, Cine Channel (CCC), celebrates its fifth year of existence today. The channel, which was launched on October...

This will close in 10 seconds