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MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has anounced that the Winter Olympics is one of BBC Sport’s most watched interactive television applications. BBC states that 3.99 million...
MUMBAI: The nominees for the inaugural International Interactive Emmy Awards at MIPTV are announced. Jonathan F. Miller, AOL’s chairman and CEO, will receive the Pioneer Prize....
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster BBC News had another win at this year’s Royal Television Society Journalism awards in the UK. Highlights included BBC News 24 winning the...
MUMBAI: Five days after Nimbus Communications clinched a $612.18 million (Rs 27.24 billion) global media rights deal for cricket to be played in India for the...
MUMBAI: Red Bee Media has been contracted to playout the BBC’s High Definition (HD) technical trial that will run from mid-2006. The trial will be transmitted...
MUMBAI: You’re Hired! FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide (FLW) announced a slew of UK multi-media deals for one of the most talked about reality series in the world,...
MUMBAI: BBC Showcase, which positions itself as the world’s largest international television market hosted by a single distributor, celebrates its 30th anniversary next week in the...
MUMBAI: BBC One is set to launch a brand new musical reality show Just the Two of Us, in which celebrities will team up with well-known...
MUMBAI: BBC America has given Google the rights to premiere an episode from the third season of Footballers’ Wives. Media reports indicate that the first episode...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has announced that it has selected BPO firm Capita as its preferred supplier for a ten-year HR services contract. The deal...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has appointed David Bainbridge to lead the marketing of its digital and new media services. Bainbride is currently YooMedia’s business-to-business arm...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC will air shows on the science behind and issues surrounding the hottest topic of the day – climate change. To launch...
NEW DELHI: Whats common between I&B minister Priyaranjan Dasmunshi, Prannoy Roy, old BBC hand Mark Tully, ABC chairman Donald McDonald and BBC Worlds Richard Sambrook? Well,...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has announced that Top of the Pops – the world’s biggest and longest running music show – leaves the UK for...
MUMBAI: The BBC’s sitcom The Office, is about to cross the Channel to wow French audiences with their version of the show. Le Bureau has been...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC’s famous children’s property Teletubbies celebrates ten years of existence next year. In this television show for babies, the four colourful Teletubbies...
MUMBAI: Doha based Al Jazeera International, the yet to launch 24-hour English-language news and current affairs channel has announced the appointment of journalist Barnaby Phillips as...
MUMBAI: BBC Magazines in the UK is set to expand the pre-school sector with CBeebies Weekly magazine next month. CBeebies Weekly magazine’s content has been created...
MUMBAI: BBC’s kids’ channel, CBBC has promoted chief operating officer Richard Deverell to be its controller. On the other hand, Anne Gilchrist has been appointed CBBC...
BANGALORE: Starting 12 February, BBC World will present a seven-part series Call Centre filmed in an observational reality format. It is an exclusive behind-the-scene series looking...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has announced that to celebrate the third birthday of BBC Three the channel has launched an online campaign in the UK....
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster BBC has announced the launch of BBC jam, a new broadband learning service for 5 to 16-year-olds. The service is an innovative combination...
MUMBAI: Access to BBC Persian.com, the BBC’s international news website, is being blocked within Iran at the request of the authorities. The BBC says that initial...
At a time when the Indian media industry is again buzzing with activities, information and broadcasting minister Priya Ranjan Das Munshi, who took over from Jaipal...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has announced that the reality show Millionaire’s Challenge has just gone into production for BBC Two. Mega-rich entrepreneurs will have to...
MUMBAI: One of the biggest television trade shows of the year MIPTV featuring Milia 2006, takes place from 3 to 7 April 2006 in Cannes, France....
MUMBAI: Business mogul Sir Alan Sugar, who hosts The Apprentice for BBC in the UK has released a book through the UK pubcaster’s commercial arm BBC...
MUMBAI: In a new trial project making use of 3G mobile telephone technology, UK pubcaster BBC has announced that its show Points West which airs on...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has announced that its factual commissioning department has added to its new structure and team with the appointment of a group...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC has launched its new marketing campaign for Digital Access. The first part of the campaign will run over seven weeks to...
MUMBAI: A poll of 32,439 people from 27 countries was conducted for the BBC World Service by the international polling firm GlobeScan together with the Program...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC has announced that its channel BBC One will air the drama series The Virgin Queen from next month. The show explores...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has published its Corporate Social Responsibility Review for 2005 and it is full of stories and insights into how the BBC...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster BBC Three has announced plans for a light hearted reality show Perfect Housewives produced by RDF Media. The show is hosted by Anthea...
MUMBAI: A year ago on 26 December 2004, one of the most severe natural disasters seen in recent times struck Asia. Tsunami affected several countries including...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC’s head of Television News, Peter Horrocks has announced two new appointments to his senior editorial team. Kevin Bakhurst, currently the Editor...
MUMBAI: UK broadcaster The BBC has published a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU). This is the first step in the process...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC is marking the first anniversary of the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004 with some specially commissioned programming. On Radio 4, the...
MUMBAI: Sunday Telegraph associate editor and former Financial Times financial editor, Robert Peston, has been appointed as the BBC’s new business editor. He takes up this...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC did well for itself at the Royal Television Society’s prestigious Technology Awards a few days ago.The RTS Technology Awards seek to...
MUMBAI: Australian cricketer Shane Warne who is considered by some to be the best leg spinner of all time has been awarded the accolade of BBC...
MUMBAI: Radio satellite service provider WorldSpace has announced that it recently passed 100,000 subscribers globally – reinforcing the company’s execution against its business plan through the...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC’s commercial arm BBC Worldwide has announced the appointment of BBC Head of Entertainment Group, Wayne Garvie, as its new director content,...
MUMBAI: An NFL legend, a Hollywood star, a rap singer and an Oscar winning actress are among the performers who will strut their stuff on the...
MUMBAI: John Simm is transported back to the Seventies in Life on Mars. This eight part new drama series will shortly start airing on BBC One....
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster BBC’s channel BBC Four celebrates the wealth of contemporary international cinema by bringing viewers dedicated programming which highlights the work of leading directors...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster BBC director of television Jana Bennett has appointed E4 head Julian Bellamy as the new BBC Three controller. The 35 year old Bellamy...
MUMBAI: With online retail sales booming this Christmas, UK pubcaster The BBC’s own retailer, bbcshop.com is already reporting a 40 per cent increase in sales compared...
MUMBAI: BBC’s well-known anchor Stephen Cole will be joining the Middle Eastern television company Al-Jazeera for its forthcoming English-language news and current affairs channel — Al-Jazeera...
MUMBAI: Live music, drama, emotion and celebrity performance comes to UK pubcaster BBC’s channel BBC One next year on Friday and Saturday nights in the new...
