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MUMBAI: With Friends and Frasier coming to a close earlier this year the share of sitcoms in primetime programming in the US has gone down. However...
MUMBAI: American Desi, which claims to be the first and only 24-hour English language American television network for South Asians living in the US has announced...
MUMBAI: Veteran US television host Dick Clark whose company produces the Golden Globe Awards is in a hospital in Los Angeles after suffering a mild stroke....
MUMBAI: It is awards season time for the American film and television industries. The American Film Institute (AFI) has chosen what it considers to be the...
MUMBAI: Despite the fact that it suffered major losses on the theatrical front with films like The Alamo failing badly at the box office and the...
MUMBAI: A multi-ethnic coalition has praised US TV networks for boosting the profile of Latino talent. On the flip side they still have a long way...
MUMBAI: While cricket rules the roost in India this piece of news should shed light on how hard it is for the bat and ball game...
MUMBAI: Pianist Yanni’s first television special in seven years will be captured in high definition by 16 camera production teams and broadcast with Dolby 5.1 surround...
MUMBAI: Elton John is developing a sitcom And you can tell everybody for ABC. The show centers around an aging rock character and the relationship with...
MUMBAI: ABC in the US is hoping that the reality series Wife Swap will help it maintain momentum that had been given a kickstart by Desperate...
MUMBAI: Global online giant Yahoo has hired a former ABC television programmer Lloyd Braun to head its media and entertainment division. Braun was the brains behind...
MUMBAI: It may be turning into a much needed hit for Disney’s ABC in the US but the new show Desperate Housewives is not entirely having...
MUMBAI: The number game is on. Quoting the latest Tam rating Aaj Tak has now made a fresh claim to the number one slot. Referring to...
MUMBAI: Gilbert Cates has his 12th assignment as producer of the biggest movie awards show the 77th annual Academy Awards. The announcement was made by Academy...
MUMBAI: For Disney’s beleaguered ABC network desperate for hits Desperate Housewives has delivered the goods.. 21.3 million viewers watched the premiere episode on Sunday night making...
CANNES: BBC Worldwide has concluded a swathe of deals across Australian networks at this year’s Mipcom market in Cannes. Australia’s National broadcaster ABC has renewed its...
MUMBAI: Walt Disney India has poached another senior executive from Sony Entertainment Television India. Nachiket Pantvaidya, V-P sales and marketing English channels, is joining Disney as...
MUMBAI: Disney’s CEO Michael Eisner has finally broken his silence and has anointed company’s second-in-command, the president and COO, Bob Iger as his successor. In the...
MUMBAI: Regis Philbin, the host of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire on ABC in the US, is in the Guinness World Records for having spent...
MUMBAI: After a four year absence Garry Shandling will return as the host of the annual Primetime Emmy Awards. The 56th edition will air live on...
MUMBAI: Media speculation may have thrown up varied names, but the man who will be heading The Walt Disney Company’s diversified operations in India is Rajat...
MUMBAI: It seems popular US TV networks have no time for President Bush! The channels are not expected to carry the primetime speech on Monday night...
MUMBAI: The Brit creator of Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?, Paul Smith of Celador International, sued the Walt Disney Co. on Thursday accusing it of...
MUMBAI: The next few days could prove crucial to the American film and television industry. The Writers Guild Of America (WGA) has not yet been able...
MUMBAI: This is a programme initiative that gives the word competition a new meaning. On 6 May the final episode of Friends airs in the US...
MUMBAI: They call it Spring at Disney – the Disney corporate board meeting held every April. This year’s meet, that is currently underway, happens to be...
MUMBAI: Even as it grapples with major corporate restructuring, Disney broadcast network ABC has announced the relaunch of its popular show Millionaire . To be rechristened...
MUMBAI: Studio City Los Angeles (SCLA) has paid $125 million to acquire the legendary Culver Studios from Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). In addition to film...
MUMBAI:” Without the support of its employees, how can this CEO get the company back on track?” This was just one the many cutting remarks made...
MUMBAI: One of the media conglomerates looking at India in a major way is Disney. Walt Disney International president Andy Bird spoke on the importance of...
NEW YORK: The National Television Academy announced the nominees for the 31st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. The awards will air on 21 May on NBC in...
MUMBAI: There is some positive news for Disney’s beleagured broadcast network ABC. Its broadcast of the 76 Academy Awards on 29 February did much better than...
MUMBAI: For India’s first 24-hour non-stop Punjabi music channel- Balle-Balle, which launched on 14 October 2002, one and half years of existence has been quite rollicking...
MUMBAI: ABC is looking across the Atlantic in a bid to spice things up. The network is reported to have signed a deal with British TV...
MUMBAI:10.6 million viewers tuned in on Sunday night to bid adieu to Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda- the four central actors in Sex and the City’.....
MUMBAI: Star Plus may have decided not to restart the game show Kaun Banega Crorepati but recent ratings show that in the US viewers are still...
MUMBAI: Former CNN chief and veteran ABC executive Rick Kaplan was named president of MSNBC, on Tuesday. The announcement seems like latest effort in a bid...
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company’s board said yesterday that the campaign by two former directors, Roy Disney and Stanley Gold, to oust the chief executive, Michael...
MUMBAI: This is a big moment in the annals of American television. Anchor Barbara Walters who has done memorable interviews on ABC’s 20/20 with the likes...
MUMBAI: A struggling ABC is looking to a new format of the game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire to shore up the ratings and...
MUMBAI: Football fans across the US tuned their televisions at impressive rates to National Football League (NFL) regular-season games. NFL viewership on US broadcast television...
MUMBAI: Panamsat has announced that it has acquired Sonic Telecom a provider of international high-definition multimedia transmission services and business applications. The transaction will extend and...
CALIFORNIA: Icon Productions and Universal Network Television will make a comedy pilot at ABC. It will be executive produced by Oscar winning actor and director Mel...
CANNES: Cinar Corporation, an integrated entertainment and education company arrives at Mipcom with significant sales for two of its leading franchises, Arthur and Mona The Vampire,...
NEW YORK: ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown commentator Rush Limbaugh resigned from ESPN Wednesday night, three days after making controversial statements against Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb....
NEW YORK: The second anniversary of the events of 9/11 is expected to be a quiet affair for American television networks. While there will be news...
LONDON: Production executive Chris Pye is Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) VP Worldwide Formats. Pye formerly held top creative posts with Granada Content, BBC Production and...
LOS ANGELES: The darkly amusing drama Six Feet Under and its parent network HBO, dominated television’s Emmy Award nominations. The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will...
NEW YORK: Has televising sports lost its sheen? Several US broadcasters claim that an ad slump has made televising sports a money-losing venture and they don’t...
MUMBAI: The catchword is comedy at the top networks in the US this Fall. While back home, broadcasters continue to swear by tear jerker family dramas,...
