MUMBAI: The state-wide agitation over Telangana notwithstanding, the Andhra Pradesh government is pulling out all stops to make Hyderabad a media, animation and gaming hub. And...
James Cridland is a radio futurologist and managing director of Media UK and Radio DnS. He was the Digital Media Director for Virgin Radio in London...
MUMBAI: Women will be better represented in the BBC’s global output in future, the BBC pledged as it launched a new season of programming, 100 Women....
MUMBAI: BBC World News and BBC.com plan to boost their business coverage in the upcoming months with new coverage and analysis to give audiences the story...
MUMBAI: The festive season is already upon us and Life OK, Star Plus’s sister channel, is going all out to meet the celebratory mood head on....
MUMBAI: The acclaimed director is all set to recreate a new Sherlock Holmes movie in which McKellen will play a retired Holmes. The movie titled A...
MUMBAI: Sir David Frost, the veteran broadcaster and writer, died of a suspected heart attack while traveling aboard the Queen Elizabeth where he was delivering a...
MUMBAI: Scripps Networks International has commissioned new programming across Travel Channel and Food Network U.K., alongside announcing the launch of Food Network HD in Turkey. ...
MUMBAI: British comedian, actor, writer and presenter Michael Palin will star in TV movie The Wipers Times, a World War I drama to air on BBC2....
MUMBAI: The BBC Weather app for iOS and Android devices has reached the milestone of a million downloads. Taking just two weeks to hit the landmark...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC‘s channel BBC Three has announced the launch of a new initiative to find aspiring directors of the future with the creation...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC‘s commercial arm BBC Worldwide has announced a deal with Chinese new media company BesTV to launch a CBeebies branded block on...
MUMBAI: BBC Weather has launched a mobile application for iOS and Android devices in the UK. The free app enables users to keep ahead of the...
MUMBAI: The BBC will offer a never before seen 10 live streams as part of its coverage of this year‘s Wimbledon tennis tournament. The BBC said...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC has announced that it is to close its Digital Media Initiative (DMI). Beginning in 2008, DMI set out to move the...
MUMBAI: Twitter in an effort to guard their users from being hacked. The site would soon be introducing a new system to ensure the user logging...
MUMBAI: OTT subscription service Netflix has published a report called Long Term View. The report says that the evolution to Internet TV apps is already starting....
MUMBAI: As part of its strategy to go beyond 140 characters, micro-blogging site Twitter has tied up with BBC America to offer the first in-Tweet branded...
MUMBAI: TV guidance company What‘s-on-India today said it has expanded the reach of its TV channel distribution and connectivity monitoring system Television Street Maps (TSM) to...
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), recently implemented Mediamorph which offers business software for the global media industry to support...
MUMBAI: English general entertainment channel AXN will increase marketing spends by 30 to 40 per cent this year with more new show launches. In fact 20...
MUMBAI: BBC has commissioned a BBC Three drama strand exclusively for BBC iPlayer. The drama strand is a venture between BBC iPlayer, BBC Three and BBC...
MUMBAI: UK pay TV service provider Sky customers will be able to access that the company says is a complete catch-up TV service following the addition...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC has launched a new campaign celebrating over 90 years of innovation, telling the story of broadcasting, engineering and technological progress since...
MUMBAI: iris, a marketing and advertising agency, has appointed Kavita Kapoor as regional digital director of operations to lead and grow the innovative technology capabilities out...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC has announced that it will launch BBC Two HD on 26 March. BBC Two HD will be available on Sky HD...
MUMBAI: BBC‘s international website BBC.com has launched a sports mobile application for iPhone and iPod touch devices across the globe. The free app will deliver news,...
MUMBAI: OTT service provider Netflix has made available to everyone in its territories the first episode of the drama series ‘House of Cards‘ to enjoy for...
MUMBAI; When the new series of ‘Top Gear UK‘ returns to TV screens on BBC channels across the world next month – just days after UK...
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide Channels has signed a brand new distribution deal with Cablenet that will see the launch of BBC Knowledge in Cyprus for the first...
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide has inked a deal that will see the inaugural launch of three of BBC‘s pay TV channels in Cambodia– BBC World News, BBC...
MUMBAI: Fresh from announcing new distribution deals in the US and Burma, the BBC‘s international television news channel, BBC World News, is unveiling a new look...
MUMBAI: BBC has announced its iPlayer Radio app, launched in October this year, has been downloaded more than a million times. The most popular activity to...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC has launched Connected Red Button. The aim is to reinvent the red button service for the future by effortlessly bringing TV,...
MUMBAI: BBC Research and Development has announced a new strategic partnership with University College London, to drive innovation, and collaborate on a wide programme of R&D...
MUMBAI: Leading satellite operator SES has said its new Astra 2F satellite has been successfully launched on 28 September, on board an Ariane 5 rocket from...
MUMBAI: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles has announced the winners of this year‘s Britannia Awards, to be handed out in a...
MUMBAI: BBC Advertising, part of BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of UK pubcaster the BBC, has announced the appointment of Katy Xu as regional director for...
MUMBAI: The semi-final match between Spain and Portugal was the most watched match of Uefa Euro 2012 garnering 2.04 TVR in the six metros (Sec ABC...
NEW DELHI: The Idea 59th Idea Filmfare Awards 2011 (South), to be held in Chennai on 7 July, will be based on votes across ten categories...
MUMBAI: See-Saw Films, the producer of The King’s Speech and Steve McQueen film Shame, has hired former BBC Films executive Jamie Laurenson to spearhead its move...
MUMBAI: BBC is increasing its investments into newsgathering and international business coverage from emerging markets such as Asia and BRIC countries. The pubcaster has launched an...
MUMBAI: BBC Advertising has opened its first office in Switzerland, as it looks to capitalise on the recent growth in the market and build on its...
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide has appointed Rohit Gopakumar as VP, South Asia for BBC Advertising. Based in Mumbai, Gopakumar will be responsible for generating local and International...
MUMBAI: Harry Potter director David Yates is developing The BBC television series Who one of the longest-running in British history. The development of the film that...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC‘s channel BBC Four has announced that actor Isabelle Huppert is to be the recipient of the World Cinema Achievement Award at...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has announced that Hollywood star Jennifer Grey will foxtrot into the dance based reality show ‘Strictly Come Dancing‘ as a guest...
MUMBAI: BBC World Service has condemned the guilty verdict against its correspondent in Tajikistan, Urunboy Usmonov. Usmonov and the BBC have consistently maintained that all allegations...
MUMBAI: Mudra West has bagged the creative mandate of BBC GoodFood Magazine. This is the fifth world wide media account that the unit will handle. The...
MUMBAI: After negotiating a deal to buy jackets at a discount of 45 per cent from Berghaus clothing, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has been accused...