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The Indian Premier League (IPL) promises huge space for revenue growth. The team franchises will have to focus on building the brand consistently, project a healthy...
Pix is lapping up new movies to shed its image of being an English movie channel that showcases only classic films. Its most prize catch: Oscar-winning...
Australia Network, the international channel from the stable of Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), has a hybrid mix of news, drama, lifestyle and kids programming. The...
Cracking the Chinese wall, the National Basketball Association (NBA) plans to break into the Indian market and become the No. 2 sporting power within five years....
2 009 is expected to be a rough year for all in media. Television is no exception. With the stockmarket collapsing and balance sheets getting battered,...
With the Indian Premier League (IPL) in its catch, the World Sport Group (WSG) is sitting pretty. Even as it plans to cash in on the...
After succeeding in the first edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Emerging Media-owned Rajasthan Royals has big plans to develop the franchise into a global...
The English movie channel genre will have a new aggressive player in MGM. After making the channel available on Dish TV, the largest direct-to-home operator in...
Discovery is in restructuring mode. Earlier this year, it announced a reshuffle at the top to handle India operations. And the India office, which was reporting...
As the television landscape gets more crowded with new entrants, the challenge for existing players is to keep innovating. HBO, which has bought out the stakes...
With a war chest of $100 million (Rs 4 billion), Reliance Entertainment’s online gaming portal Zapak is looking to invest in infrastructure and expand even beyond...
As the television landscape in India gets more fragmented, channels try to come up with customised solutions for clients by trying to understand their business requirements...
BigFlicks, Reliance Entertainment’s online film rental service, plans to invest $100 million over three years. The plan includes a strong offline presence as well. With 50...
The Indian Premier League (IPL) has got off to a solid start. The ratings have been positive and crowds have thronged the stadiums. For Sony the...
When Zee launched the Indian Cricket League in the face of a take-no-prisoners campaign of opposition from the Board of Control for Cricket in India last...
Being a regional player in the media business, Deccan Chronicle saw an opportunity in IPL to grab the national platform in line with the company’s strategy...
The Indian Premier League (IPL), which kicks off next month, has brought in $2 billion into the Twenty20 format over a 10-year period, involving big corporates...
As India enters a digital environment with more delivery platforms like direct-tohome (DTH) scheduled for launch this year, television technology firms are looking to service broadcasters...
With the Indian television market booming and the NRI community becoming more affluent, platforms in the UK and US are looking to service this community better....
Last year Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) set up an office in India. The aim was to get more closely involved with the market and help...
As 2007 comes to a close, Reliance Entertainment president Rajesh Sawhney is an apt choice for our year-ending interview, not necessarily in the context of what...
As 2007 comes to a close, Reliance Entertainment president Rajesh Sawhney is an apt choice for our year-ending interview, not necessarily in the context of what...
Marvel Entertainment is tapping the comics business in India. Holding the rights to iconic characters like Spiderman, X-Men and Hulk, it has appointed Kids Media India...
Marvel Entertainment is tapping the comics business in India. Holding the rights to iconic characters like Spiderman, X-Men and Hulk, it has appointed Kids Media India...
For Discovery Networks India, 2007 has been a year of growth. The company carried out a slew of local initiatives including celebrating 60 years of India’s...
It has been a busy and somewhat testing time for Ten Sports. Last year Zee took a 50 per cent stake in its parent Taj Television...
Turner is looking to take localisation efforts for its kids channels to the next level. It has announced a slew of five locally produced shows which...
Autodesk which manufactures software technologies for the media and entertainment industry as one of its major activities, is looking to grow the business in India. ...
Gaming firm Indiagames is on the move. It recently came back into the online gaming space with its Games on Demand concept. UTV also took a...
Neo Sports has had a testing time. The distribution deal with Star did not work out and the two channels – Neo Sports and Neo Sports...
This has been a busy year for Sony’s international channels AXN and Animax. The task has been to pace up to the market competitiveness while staying...
Former tennis player turned Hollywood film producer Ashok Amritraj has reason to celebrate. Having spent 25 years in filmmaking, he was recently in India to collaborate...
For Excel Home Video, it is time to expand as big companies like Anil Ambani’s ADAG are planning an entry. The firm recently added MGM to...
These are busy times for Percept Holdings as it plans to build a strong growth engine in the entertainment space. The company has a war chest...
Moser Baer is shaking up the home video market with its low pricing. While VCDs are available at Rs 28, DVDs are priced at Rs 34....
Viacom’s channels in India have not had an easy time in the last couple of years. For starters, the music genre has been stagnating in terms...
With the advent of digitisation in India, more international broadcasters are looking to launch channels in the country. A case in point is E! Networks. It...
Media research agency Tam is in an expansion mode. Recently, it increased the number of peoplemeters from 4800 to 6917. And as direct-to-home (DTH) and conditional...
With user generated content (UGC) on the rise globally,UK-based Cellcast is betting that its Sumo.TV platform for broadcasters would catch on in India and other parts...
With conditional access system (Cas) coming in next year and DTH already in, the time is right for television technology firms to take a serious look...
It has been an eventful time for Max. It recently aired the champions Trophy. Having successfully shored up its share on the weekend due to its...
These are busy times for Sony in the English entertainment space. Earlier this year it launched an English movie channel Pix. It also revamped Animax which...
Early this year in February, Nimbus shook up the sports broadcasting sector by bidding $ 612.8 million for the rights to India cricket. Driven by the...
Live the Story! With the aim of competing better in the English entertainment space The History Channel is pursuing a new strategic direction in India. The...
Having been in the country for nine years now LG Electornics is for the first time using a Bollywood star as its brand ambassador. It has...
IMG Fashion Asia Pacific MD Simon P Lock, the man who thrust Australian fashion onto the world stage, is in town for the Lakme Fashion Week,...
The world of market research in India is growing. Both channels and advertisers are seeking more clearer understanding of the consumer and his/her evolving media behaviour....
As the mobile continues growing as a source of entertainment, companies are looking at ways in which they can enhance the value that this medium provides....
India is increasingly becoming an attractive destination for foreign television firms wishing to do business. Some of them are looking to set up shop. The latest...
In the world of music companies that put out original work one firm that is unique is Silva Screen Records (SSR). Among other activities it puts...
