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MUMBAI: The much-awaited launch of the popular ABC show Desperate Housewives on China’s CCTV8 failed to impress the tube thermometer. Thanks to the broadcaster’s insistence that...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster NBC’s sitcom Will and Grace will welcome 2006 with the second live episode of its eighth and final season on 12 January 2006....
MUMBAI: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has announced several measures to protect the interest of consumers. TRAI guidelines in this regard are given below for...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster NBC has announced that its business based reality show The Apprentice has been picked up for a sixth season with a new twist....
MUMBAI: National Geographic Channel (NGC) in the US has announced that its special Inside 9/11 managed to do well on the ratings front. The broadcaster states...
One of action oriented broadcaster AXN’s most successful franchises is Crime Scene investigation (CSI). The show, which sees forensic experts solving crimes, has enabled the the...
MUMBAI: EarthTV has inked a deal for two of its shows with Philippines free-to-air broadcaster ABS CBN and on the cable news channel, ANC. The World...
MUMBAI: With F1 getting a local flavour courtesy Narain Kartikeyan, ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has worked hard on growing the popularity of the sport to get...
MUMBAI: Resuming its arguments on the serial Time Bomb in the Delhi High Court, Zee Telefilms today argued that, presentation features and formats were not bound...
MUMBAI: Australia’s third-ranked television broadcaster Ten Network Holdings Ltd. is in the firing line over its reality show Big Brother Uncut. Critics argue that, the fifth...
MUMBAI: Independent children’s entertainment company DIC Entertainment and children’s broadcaster Nickelodeon International have concluded an agreement. Nick has acquired the rights to the adventure series Trollz....
MUMBAI: Online TV Company, Japan’s multi-channel TV service that delivers online video content into broadband homes, has added two new channels to its kitty. The German...
MUMBAI: UK public broadcaster The BBC has announced an interactive initiative in the UK Wordhunt. This aims at rewriting the the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). BBC...
MUMBAI: On 11 July US broadcaster CBS wil kick off its reality show Rock Star. It will see 15 participants trying to become the newe singer...
MUMBAI: In the recent past UK pubcaster the BBC has had to face fire from religious groups over shows like Popetown. The BBC ended up withdrawing...
MUMBAI: The European Commission gave its go-ahead on Tuesday to plans for a French international television news network to rival the BBC and CNN. The French...
MUMBAI: Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) and sports broadcaster ESPN STAR Sports have signed a three year exclusive telecast deal for all international hockey matches, under the...
MUMBAI: Mobile Interactive Group (MIG), the global multimedia mobile services specialist, announced a unique technical partnership to provide Europes largest broadcaster, ITV, with a full range...
MUMBAI: For the third year in a row, US broadcaster CBS has catalogued efforts by its television network, programming arms and local television stations in a...
MUMBAI: Asian satellite operator Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company (Asiasat) and Pakistan’s Recorder Television Network have signed a lease agreement. As per this the Pakistan company...
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television (SET) has made a composite bid of $40 million to get the satellite TV telecast rights of the upcoming India-Pakistan cricket series,...
MUMBAI: News broadcaster CNN given a boost to its online services. The new addition enables its users to post and view the latest headlines through a...
MUMBAI: Mobile is the buzz word for broadcasters looking to connect with viewers in different ways. US broadcaster ABC is the latest to join the chase....
MUMBAI: Bigger is better! It was a decade ago that Star Movies launched as India’s first pay channel. The Rupert Murdoch owned broadcaster is showing no...
MUMBAI: The Rupert Murdoch owned broadcaster Fox has announced that the action charged 24 will return in January in the US for a fourth season of...
MUMBAI: Things are certainly looking up for format show specialists Optimystix. The production house which took a leap into the fiction arena early this year with...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government expects that the broadcast and cable regulator would submit a favourable recommendation within “a few days” on making available TV channels...
NEW DELHI: Whatever may be the final outcome of the bidding process for India cricket rights, on one thing there is certainty. All matches would be...
NEW DELHI: National broadcaster Doordarshan today announced it would be launching its classic series with the airing of Premchand’s acclaimed Godan (the Gift of a Cow),...
MUMBAI: Australia-based television distribution company Zebra has expanded its Asian operations by opening an office in Beijing. Zebra is currently supplying movies, dramas, music and comedies...
MUMBAI: 35 years ago Neil Armstrong was the first man to land on the moon. The History Channel will commemorate the landmark with a series Moon...
MUMBAI: It is hard at work trying to carve out a niche in India and it is as part of this effort that Nickelodeon is pushing...
MUMBAI: Pan-European integrated children’s entertainment broadcaster Fox Kids Europe has announced financial results for the six months ended 31 March 2004. Revenues increased by 17 per...
MUMBAI: This is an initiative through which ESPN Star Sports (ESS) is hoping to connect further with the Indian expat population in Singapore. The broadcaster and...
MUMBAI: Playin’TV, the interactive game channel, is now available on Digital+ in Spain. Visiware, the publisher of Playin’TV, and Digital+, the major Spanish satellite TV broadcaster,...
MUMBAI: Dr Prannoy Roy’s New Delhi Television Ltd. (NDTV) has announced its results for the quarter ended 31 March 2004. The company achieved cash break even...
MUMBAI: Even as it grapples with major corporate restructuring, Disney broadcast network ABC has announced the relaunch of its popular show Millionaire . To be rechristened...
MUMBAI: CNN has won kudos for last year’s coverage of the Iraq war. The broadcaster got all three awards in the major news event category. It...
MUMBAI: After the turmoil that went on within the BBC regarding the Iraq dossier there is finally some positive news. The broadcaster has announced that it...
MUMBAI: Last month, there was organisational upheaval at the BBC following the publication of Lord Hutton’s report on the death of weapons expert David Kelly. The...
MUMBAI: BBC Showcase which claims to be the world’s largest television programme market hosted by a single broadcaster, will play host to a record 480 of...
MUMBAI: MTV has scored a coup with Hollywood actress Cameron Diaz. She has signed up with to present her own travel show for the broadcaster. The...
MUMBAI: The European Commission’s competition services have reached a provisional agreement with the Football Association Premier League (FAPL) regarding the joint selling of the media rights...
NEW DELHI: Miditech Private Limited is working on a new advertising/marketing show for BBC World. The 13-episode series is expected to go on air by March...
NEW DELHI: Star may have decided to play it down where Star News and its proposed DTH venture were concerned, but on the Radio City, its...
NEW YORK: The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced that veteran television broadcaster, Bob Costas, of HBO’s Emmy-winning On the Record with Bob Costas,...
MUMBAI: Jasoos Vijay, Doordarshan’s detective programme dealing with social issues, will return with a new series on 31 August. The serial will now also be shown...
LONDON: The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has announced it has concluded further television rights sales for the UEFA Champions League, carried out by UEFA’s...
MUMBAI: The watered down version of FTV that has turned FTA and is available on Asiasat 2 now has a specially customised programme for India. According...
MUMBAI: The television business is all a matter of perception and Discovery is well aware of this. The broadcaster is trying to boost desi content through...
