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MUMBAI: Showing its social conscience the BBC has announced a series in the UK s aimed at helping Britain’s parents deal with toddler grievances. These will...
MUMBAI: Simon Wilson has been appointed bureau chief for the BBC in Jerusalem. Wilson has covered conflicts in the Balkans and Middle East and has been...
MUMBAI: The Beeb is all set to introduce 3-D graphics to its weather forecasting. BBC presenter Helen Willetts will present the first international forecast using the...
MUMBAI: HBO and the BBC have announced a co-production deal for Extras. This is a new comedy series from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant who created...
MUMBAI: As the clock ticks for the launch of the Bengali news channel from the ABP Group-Rupert Murdoch stable, a name has been zeroed on. The...
MUMBAI: BBCi in the UK has launched a new television service for digital satellite viewers. This will showcase real-life stories made by people from across the...
MUMBAI: The BBC has launched its News Sponsorship Scheme for 2005 in the UK. The scheme, now in its fifth year awards 15 students on the...
MUMBAI: BBC World Service has stated that its weekly audience in Bangladesh has increased by 2.6 million in the past year. Thirteen million Bangladeshis tuned in...
MUMBAI: Michele Grant, who is currently BBC News head news development, is to take up a new position as the head of BBC’s global news development...
MUMBAI: It was a close fight between BBC Broadcast and Star India in the international categories at the just-concluded annual Promax & BDA Awards, the pinnacle...
MUMBAI: Now you can download legally from the Internet. The BBC, Channel 4, the British Film Institute (BFI) and the Open University (OU) have launched the...
MUMBAI: The BBC’s attempts at using the Internet as an alternative means of delivering content to its viewers in the UK is gathering steam. The broadcaster...
MUMBAI: The BBC’s attempt to create further awareness about its radio service in Pakistan has paid off. Around 10,000 people took part in the BBC Urdu...
MUMBAI: In a bid to strengthen comedy offerings in the future the BBC has joined forces with renowned US comedy producer Caryn Mandabach (The Cosby Show,...
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide director joint venture and new channel development Olga Edridge will exit the corporation by the end of May. A seasoned journalist, Edridge oversaw...
MUMBAI: Branding is not just about marketing, but is also about creating an image, which communicates with clients and viewers alike. And, when it comes to...
NEW DELHI: The Subhash Chandra-controlled Zee Network, India’s largest vertically integrated media company, today announced that it would “soon launch” an English language global news network...
MUMBAI: BBC World Service has announced that its Learning English initiative has for the first time teamed up with China’s major universities for a multi-media English...
MUMBAI: UK broadcaster BBC has announced that CBBC controller Dorothy Prior will take up a new role. She will spearhead the drive to deliver more effective...
MUMBAI: A few days ago BBC DG Mark Thompson met representatives of the BBC’s recognised Trade Unions (BECTU, NUJ, Amicus) to discuss the BBC’s plans for...
MUMBAI: Peter Fincham has been appointed as the new Controller of BBC One in the UK. Fincham will become the channel’s creative leader and will be...
MUMBAI: Former BBC director-general Greg Dyke is believed to have been approached to head The Netherlands-based Endemol, which owns 500 different TV formats including Big Brother....
MUMBAI: Over the past month the BBC has announced two rounds of job cuts in the UK which will amount to annual costs savings of ?355...
MUMBAI: BBC DG Mark Thompson has announced savings of ?221m a year in the organisation’s content and output areas by 2008. This will be reinvested back...
MUMBAI: BBC’s smash hit Strictly Come Dancing will debut in the US following a new production agreement between BBC Worldwide and ABC. The US version of...
BBC's film based show Bollywood Bosses profiles directors Madhur Bhandarkar and Vishal Bhardwaj on 19 March at 10 pm. The show will highlight the changing market...
MUMBAI: UK broadcaster the BBC and the Corporation of London will host a major one day conference BBC Africa 2015 on 18 March 2005, at The...
MUMBAI: The BBC has announced that the first round of plans to transform the organisation will release ?139 million a year by 2008 to reinvest in...
MUMBAI: This is an attempt by UK broadcaster BBC One to fulfill its committment to engage and entertain the widest possible audience with Shakespeare’s stories in...
MUMBAI: The BBC is undergoing a major change in its sytems and processes. One of the aims is to pave the way for a new, fairer...
“Is it going to rain today? Let me check the news.” How many of us in India say that? Not too many, is the guess. But...
MUMBAI: Nicola Moody who is BBC’s commissioner for documentaries and contemporary factual series has called it a day. She has decided not to proceed with an...
MUMBAI: The Rose D’Or festival in Lucerne Swizerland which celebrates the best that television has to offer saw the BBC walking away with a few trophies....
MUMBAI: BBC DG Mark Thompson has launched an extensive cross-media, audience-focussed project Creative Futures. This will produce an editorial blueprint for BBC programmes, content and services...
MUMBAI: The row over the BBC’s broadcast of Jerry Springer – The Opera shows no sign of abating. In a lecture given in London titled Angels...
MUMBAI: UK broadcaster The BBC has welcomed the British Government’s proposal for a new 10 year Charter from 2007 and continued secure funding through the licence...
MUMBAI: The BBC has announced that its radio services in the UK are growing in popularity. Nearly seven million unique British users visited its radio websites...
MUMBAI: UK broadcaster the BBC is hoping that the changes it has recently made to the Entertainment and Comedy Commissioning team will help put the window...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has announced a package of measures to increase the prominence and appeal of current affairs programming on BBC One. This will...
MUMBAI: In the wake of the tragic death of 39-year-old BBC producer Kate Peyton, who was shot in Somalia earlier this week by militiamen outside the...
MUMBAI: In the wake of the tragic death of 39-year-old BBC producer Kate Peyton, who was shot in Somalia earlier this week by militiamen outside the...
MUMBAI: UK broadcaster BBC has announced that filming has started on a television series based on Charles Dickens’ classic Bleak House. The 16 episode series will...
MUMBAI: It is time now for an ambitious Brit to get fired! The reality show The Apprentice has crossed the Atlantic. The BBC has announced a...
MUMBAI: The BBC triumphed in six categories at the 10th annual Broadcast Awards. The ceremony took place on 27 January 2005 at the Grosvenor House Hotel...
MUMBAI: On 30 January UK broadcaster BBC Two’s show Newsnight celebrates its 25th anniversary. Over the past 25 years Newsnight has reported on major news stories...
MUMBAI: Photo agencies in the UK have been requesting copies of the BBC series Paparazzi – to give their own snappers some tips. Paparazzi ends its...
MUMBAI: It has been 25 years since the BBC kicked off a programming initiative that allowed the British consumer to voice their grievances about products and...
MUMBAI: The BBC will organise a debate that will involve the five countries that are bidding to host the 2012 Olympic Games. One...
MUMBAI: With Asian martial arts movies making their mark in the global multiplex arena it should come as no surprise that a few of them have...
MUMBAI: Uk broadcaster BBC has announced that its channel BBC Four will have a three-part series on the history of jazz in the UK. There will...
