NEW DELHI: The Indian government now has advised the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) to hang on to a proposal from Star News broadcasting to pick...
MUMBAI: Rupert Murdoch’s Star Group has won nationwide landing rights for Xing Kong Wei Shi, its Mandarin-language entertainment channel. With this , it joins the league...
MUMBAI: A meeting of the board of directors of Zee Telefilms is scheduled to be held on 28 January, 2003 to consider and take on record...
This is in reference to the news item on our website on 13 January, 2003 under the headline ‘ZEE STRIKES A BARTER DEAL WITH DD SERIALS...
LONDON: BBC News has signed a newsgathering exchange agreement with Qatar-based TV news channel Al-Jazeera, granting reciprocal access to material. Head of newsgathering at BBC News,...
MUMBAI: Two crucial space missions have been slated for 2003. First will be the placing of Insat 3A, the indigenous communication satellite in orbit by hi-tech...
NEW DELHI: The cricket controversy today took another turn when the Delhi high court admitted a petition by some former cricketers and a former BCCI chief...
MUMBAI: Guess what the Balaji stalwarts are up to? Gearing for a change, what else. The trio Kyunki Saas Bhi Kaabhi Bahu Thi, Kahaani Ghar Ghar...
LONDON: The BBC increased spending on programmes and services by a further ?346 million last year.This is a 35 per cent increase since 2000. At the...
NEW DELHI: Even as FM radio station Radio City in Mumbai prepares to air live the Star Screen Awards this evening, the Star-Music Broadcast Pvt Ltd....
NEW DELHI: About 1000 radio stations are likely to be set up this year in the country by the educational institutions like the Universities, IITs, IIMs...
MUMBAI: Heena, one of the longest running soaps on Sony, has just completed four years on air. The serial produced by Rakhee Tandon, is a story...
MUMBAI: MTV, Nickelodeon, Pepsi and MAX have announced the Pepsi Badaa Shikari Hunt which gives six kids the chance to lead the Indian team onto the...
MUMBAI: The much hyped and talked about sitcom which marks former cine star Sridevi’s debut in a television series, will go on the floors in the...
MUMBAI: In a bid to liberalise its broadcasting policy, the Pakistani government is not only allowing the formation of private radio and television stations, but may...
MUMBAI: In a meeting with all the major Multi System Operators (MSOs) and independent cable operators today, information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj has set a...
MUMBAI: The great Indian soap just got a whole lot bigger. Sony Entertainment Television announced the launch today of a “mega family entertainer” Kahani Terri Merri,...
NEW DELHI: India’s information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj today asserted that the rollout of conditional access in the first phase should be done by 14...
MUMBAI: The BBC’s Digital Curriculum, a new public service, will provide interactive learning materials via the internet to support the school curriculum. The BBC will now...
NEW DELHI: As a part of an amicable settlement, the Subhash Chandra-promoted Zee Telefilms is likely to offer Prasar Bharati some serials in lieu of Budha...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: Sony Entertainment Television India reacted with outrage today to an announcement by Harish Thawani’s Nimbus Communications that national broadcaster Doordarshan (DD) has...
MUMBAI: Sony may have managed a programming coup of sorts on the last day of 2002 by slotting Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (K3G) at prime time,...
NEW DELHI: The Manufacturers Association of IT (MAIT) has revised its growth projections revised from the earlier 15per cent to 20 per cent and the sales...
MUMBAI: While other mainstream Hindi channels have often been accused of dishing out fare that has a sameness about it, SABe TV has managed to carve...
MUMBAI: Sahara Samay Mumbai, one of the Sahara news channels, claims that it is ready and raring to go. Sahara Samay Mumbai head Rajiv Bajaj says...
MUMBAI: Sony has appointed World Sport Nimbus (WSN) to handle production on Extraaa Innings – the two-hour pre-match and one-hour post-match programming that MAX has developed...
MUMBAI: A darkly funny drama involving death! A gay man and a straight woman whose relationship constantly blows hot and cold! Sex and married life from...
MUMBAI: Salomon Smith Barney (SSB), in a report just released, believes the failure of the channels in the Zee bouquet to rope in telecom ads is...
MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms continued its upward rise on the Indian stock markets, edging up 0.78 per cent to Rs 103.75 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)....
NEW DELHI: Star India today indicated that it is not afraid of cricket eating into its viewership base, even as it announced a series of new...
MUMBAI: I ts ‘K’ time on Zee again. Balaji Telefilms is back on Zee, albeit little more cautiously. Besides launching two new shows on Star Plus...
MUMBAI: JP Morgan India’s report on the Indian cable industry titled: “CAS: The Medicine for a chronic ailment” points out that the consumer opting for pay...
MUMBAI: With the World Cup less than a month away, the International Cricket Council is pulling all stops to make sure its official sponsors are not...
MUMBAI: JP Morgan India’s report on the Indian cable industry titled: “CAS: The Medicine for a chronic ailment” states that the location where the signal would...
NEW DELHI: The last legislative requirement as far as bringing addressability in Indian cable homes has been cleared. President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam yesterday gave his...
MUMBAI: Zee has finalised its strategy for combating the threat of World Cup cricket that is ostensibly looming large over all the mass entertainment channels. The...
MUMBAI: With promises of more sex and nudity, a movie on the mega hit American sitcom, Friends is poised for a debut this year. With no...
MUMBAI:The Madras High Court has directed the Crime Branch-CID to probe into the alleged violation of telecasting rules and regulations and broadcast of alleged pirated Tamil...
MUMBAI: JP Morgan India’s report on the Indian cable industry titled: “CAS: The Medicine for a chronic ailment” believes that the full implementation of the...
MUMBAI: The first salvo has been fired. Star Plus, which has planned a slew of new serials before World Cup cricket starts next month, has firmed...
MUMBAI: Revenues generated by the cable and satellite industry in India will increase from a current estimated $2.6 billion to $ 10.9 billion by 2015, according...
MUMBAI:Merrill Lynch’s India Media and Entertainment Industry report on the media sector post the conditional access (CAS) legislation, produced in conjunction with DSP Merrill Lynch Limited...
MUMBAI: Merrill Lynch’s India Media and Entertainment Industry report on the media sector post the conditional access (CAS) legislation, produced in conjunction with DSP Merrill Lynch...
MUMBAI: Subhash Chandra’s online lottery juggernaut just gets bigger and bigger. Following the successful launch of Maharashtra’s first online lottery “Megawin Bonus Ball”, E-Cool Gaming Solutions,...
MUMBAI: The Rajan Raheja owned multi system operator (MSO) Hathway Cable and Datacom, in which Star India has a strategic 26 per cent stake, has completed...
MUMBAI: It is the sheer numbers that must have come as a shock to even the most hopeful – that somehow the 1 June ruling of...
Celebrities and the paparazzi. Conjures up images of a feeding frnzy where both need each other. But where does intrusioin become invasion? Witness the debate between...
Bon Jovi's One Last Wild Night concert will feature on Star World on 1 October at 5: 30 pm and 9 pm. The channel claims that...
Directed by Robert Enrico it stars Bernard Giraudeau, Maria de Medeiros. On a bright summer's morning of 1944, Major Antoine de Saint-Exup'ry prepares to leave on...
Adnan Sami , the singer who scaled popularity charts with his hit single Lift Karadey last year , is all set to release Tera Chehra, his...

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