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MUMBAI: When the industry was moving in full force towards digitising phase III and phase IV cities, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry announced the postponement of...
MUMBAI: Even as signs of a delay from Broadcast Audience Measurement Council’s (BARC) side are doing the rounds, the audience measurement company has already got on...
MUMBAI: It was a decision that most had been anticipating would be taken. But when it did come, it came as a bolt from the blue....
NEW DELHI: What constitutes commercial or non-commercial subscribers for broadcasting and cable TV services? This question remained largely unresolved in an open house discussion on...
MUMBAI: If you look back a few years it was the MSOs who were arm twisting the Broadcasters and carriage subsidies shot up to an estimate...
The Telecom Regulaotry Auhtority of India (TRAI) was right in both identifying and bringing in new regulation in an attempt to curb content aggregator aggression (read:...
MUMBAI: Starsports.com and Twitter have evolved their ongoing strategic partnership. Twitter users will now be able to directly view Starsports.com videos in-stream, without leaving Twitter. This...
MUMBAI: Discovery Communications President/CEO David Zaslaw has been quite clear about what’s going to drive revenues at the company: international expansion. He has stated that more...
BENGALURU: The painstaking rollout of the digitisation of India’s cable TV ecosystem and the depreciation of the rupee are taking their toll – both positively and...
MUMBAI: The sun is likely to set on Reliance Big TV. The south’s leading broadcaster has issued a public notice to the Anil Ambani-owned Big TV...
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: The mighty fallout between broadcasters and TAM Media which has left the entire television and media fraternity in a tizzy, will take some time to...
MUMBAI: News broadcaster New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV) has turned profitable in the fiscal-third quarter due to gains from digitisation and internal cost controls. The company...
MUMBAI: TV18 Broadcast turned profitable in the third quarter ended 31 December on fall in operating expenditure and a small rise in operational income from a...
MUMBAI: Miami Metrozoo, one of the top 10 zoos in the US, the Zoological Society of Florida (ZSF) and US kids broadcaster Nickelodeon have entered into...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster HBO and American Girl a direct marketer, children’s publisher and experiential retailer, have entered into an overall relationship to develop a variety of...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster Fox has renewed the drama show House and Bones for next season. House, picked up for its fourth season, stars two-time Golden Globe...
MUMBAI: Disney’s TV distribution arm Buena Vista International Television–Asia Pacific (BVITV-AP) has announced a TV licensing agreement with China’s movie channel, CCTV-6. This agreement builds on...
NEW DELHI: Following an assurance that it was prepared to give live feed to Prasar Bharati and action against it was unwarranted, Nimbus was today directed...
MUMBAI: US kids broadcaster Cartoon Network and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are unrolling a public education campaign this month. It encourages kids and tweens...
MUMBAI: US video game developers Slitherine Software and Black Bean Games have partnered with US broadcaster The History Channel to deliver a gaming experience, The Hustory...
MUMBAI: After taking over the reins of US broadcaster Discovery earlier this year its CEO David Zaslav is ringing in the changes at the senior management...
MUMBAI: Following the criticism of racism on its show Celebrity Big Brother which saw Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty win, UK broadcaster Channel 4 has decided to...
MUMBAI: The latest in line of executive departures at MTVN, MTV Networks Europe president and CEO Simon Guild announced his decision to not renew his contract....
MUMBAI: US broadcaster Fox will expose the battle of the sexes, turning traditional gender roles upside-down and giving women all the power on When Women Rule...
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal on Friday adjourned the hearing in the appeal by Tata Sky against Zee Turner’s demand for carrying all...
MUMBAI: Sports marketing firm iSe International Sports and Entertainment AG reached broadcasting agreements for the Fifa Club World Cup Japan 2006. It got deals with broadcasters...
MUMBAI: Real Madrid, soccer’s richest club by sales, has sold its television rights to its games through 2013 to production company Grupo Mediapro for $1.4 billion,...
MUMBAI: The week of 4 December 2006 on CNN marks a series of special programming focusing on the diversity and complexity of Japan. The news broadcaster...
MUMBAI: The Marathi TV creative community in Mumbai was excited last month. The reason: pubcaster Doordarshan flagged off a high definition (HD) production studio at its...
MUMBAI: Alfred Haber, who founded Alfred Haber Distribution (AHDI), has announced that the company has been selected as the international distributor for the two hour Madonna:...
MUMBAI: The reality show Big Brother has run into hot water in Australia. The show is about a group of individuals living in a house and...
MUMBAI: A hotel Enclave in the Mumbai suburb of Khar was raided a few days ago for violation of copyright and theft of signals of ESPN...
SINGAPORE: Broadcasters – with their need to transport uncompressed studio-quality video – are the most demanding customers for video, voice and data networks. Broadcasters face an...
MUMBAI: The Toronto based JumpTV which provides ethnic television over the Internet, announced that it has signed 11 new exclusive internet broadcast agreements with channels from...
MUMBAI: The biggest global sporting event on the planet kicked off in Germany with the hosts playing Costa Rica. Around 1.5 billion viewers around the globe...
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) and Korean satellite TV broadcaster SkyLife will be launching their joint venture channel Animax in Korea on 29 April. The...
MUMBAI: The Asian video on demand (VOD) channel Anytime has reached a distribution deal in Taiwan with the interactive broadband platform TDMC. TDMC TV chairman Zhong...
MUMBAI: Global satellite services provider Panamsat and On Call Communications have developed a new satellite-based communications solution to enable the coverage of breaking news and live...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster HBO has renewed the drama series Big Love for a second season. HBO Entertainment president Carolyn Strauss says, “Big Love is a unique...
MUMBAI: International format distributor Distraction adds two hot new properties to its classic gameshow catalogue, now re-launched as The Gameshow Zone. “These shows have an enduring...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster CBS and entertainment firm DIC have announced the programming slate for their new 2006/2007 children’s programming line-up. CBS’ Saturday Morning Secret Slumber Party...
MUMBAI: “My time is prime time. Today consumers want to watch television at their own time, place and convenience. The scenario is moving from a phase...
MUMBAI: It’s all about advertising sales. That is clearly the revenue story for England’s tour of India that kicks off 1 March. This is amply borne...
MUMBAI: MTV Intl creative president Brent Hansen who is also the chief editor has put in his papers. He spent 15 years at MTV, which was...
MUMBAI: Steve McMahon, ex Liverpool and ex England footballer has joined ESPN Star Sports (ESS). McMahon joins the team of analysts to provide his views on...
MUMBAI: Music broadcaster MTV has announced that MTV Korea senior VP, MD HK Choi is leaving. He says, I am proud of my achievements at MTV...
MUMBAI: For the first time, full episodes of US broadcaster CBS’s comedies Two And A Half Men and How I Met Your Mother will be available...
UMBAI: Viewers of US broadcaster NBC’s game show Deal or No Deal will have the opportunity to win $10,000 by playing the live interactive Lucky Case...
NEW DELHI: The petition of Star India against the regulator-mandated cable TV price hike got admitted at the Delhi High Court today, but the next hearing...
