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India is increasingly becoming an attractive destination for foreign television firms wishing to do business. Some of them are looking to set up shop. The latest...
NEW DELHI: A new floor price of $ 450 million set by the Indian cricket board for telecast rights of Indian cricket is being termed by...
MUMBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) Full member countries will meet in Karachi on 12 January to discuss the issue of television rights in India. Representatives...
MUMBAI: Cable TV operators feel the Bombay High Court’s interim order is impossible to implement on the ground. “We can’t monitor so many channels,” says Siticable...
MUMBAI: Ofcom, the UK media watchdog, has given its nod to product placement on British television. In a consultation paper issued on 19 December, the regulator...
MUMBAI: Ten Sports has done it again by going to court against the government / pubcaster Prasar Bharati over telecast rights issue. Dubai-based Taj TV Limited,...
MUMBAI: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has said that it would be specifying the procedure to be adopted by the broadcasters for the filings due...
MUMBAI: Ravi Sagoo has beaten off competition from 700 aspiring broadcasters to land a plum job as a radio presenter on the BBC Asian Network in...
NEW DELHI: Like a lethal Shoaib Akhtar or Brett Lee delivery, private sports broadcasters are still trying to fathom what hit them and are fuming that...
NEW DELHI: Broadcasters in India are contemplating moving the court against the fringe benefit tax (FBT) levied by the government from this year on taxpayers. ...
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide has announced that it has sold the upcoming football series The Greatest Show On Earth to three broadcasters. The series which has been...
When it rains, it pours. Just as Mumbai’s television industry was in the process of picking up the pieces left after the ravages of last Tuesday’s...
MUMBAI: In response to the latest NRS 2005 (National Readership Survey) findings that showed an increase in the television and satellite universe numbers, Tam Media Research...
MUMBAI: The government may come out with a downlinking policy soon but Zee Telefilms chairman Subhash Chandra has reservations on whether it would be a complete...
MUMBAI: With the clear vision of being a One-Stop media analysis hub, Tam Media Research’s AdEx India has launched the latest version of Media Analyzer Package...
CANNES: “Be afraid. Be very afraid.” That’s what “traditional” broadcasters present during Wednesday’s presentation by Microsoft Windows eHome GM Joe Belfiore, were told while he outlined...
CANNES: The United Nations (UN) has started a satellite feed UNIFEED, offering free video stories to television news broadcasters, which will be available on the Global...
MUMBAI: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is spreading its wings across Asia. It has announced a three-year, multi-million dollar agreement with CJ Media which is one of...
MUMBAI: Broadband is the mantra being chanted by the broadcasters as they seek to leverage emerging new media platforms. MTV is no exception. Earlier this year,...
NEW DELHI: Digital technology in various segments of broadcasting and broadband dominated the second days proceedings at the 11th International Conference and Exhibition on Terrestrial and...
MUMBAI: While lauding its efforts to migrate to a digital era, affluent industry bodies like the Motion Picture Association of America (MPA) and US-India Business Council...
MUMBAI: In its efforts to raise funds for Tsunami victims, Kapil Dev-headed Hero Indian Sports Academy (HISA) is intiating a cricket match between stars from the...
MUMBAI: The television fraternity has not been spared the wrath of the Tsunami natural disaster. The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) has announced that more than 30...
MUMBAI: Transparency, a dirty word in the cable TV industry, is what the Telecom and Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is pressing for. Broadcasters and multi-service...
NEW DELHI: Evan as the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) rides roughshod over the broadcast sector, the protagonists (read broadcasters vs the cable fraternity) are...
MUMBAI: How about making use of the internet to measure the success potential of television shows? The US-based media planning group Initiative is doing the same....
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has announced that it is expanding its sales distribution team in Asia. It has appointed Janet Eng as sales director...
NEW DELHI: Siti Cable’s franchisee cable operators in Delhi have expressed their initial inability to cough up additional subscription money for new channels and have sought...
MUMBAI: Broadcasters are using the might of the big cable networks to drive revenue growth from subscription business in a price regulated and highly fragmented cable...
MUMBAI: The fate of BBC Worldwide hangs in the balance. While the Beeb is said to have decided against selling its commercial arm reports indicate that...
MUMBAI: The fate of BBC Worldwide hangs in the balance. While the Beeb is said to have decided against selling its commercial arm reports indicate that...
MUMBAI: .The over-reliance on television income has left many soccer clubs in Europe alone either already out of business or on the brink of bankruptcy. This...
MUMBAI: An international committee is being established to investigate the dangers facing journalists around the world. The committee chaired by the BBC’s Global News division’s director...
MUMBAI: An international committee is being established to investigate the dangers facing journalists around the world and to recommend ways to protect them in their work....
MUMBAI: The payouts of smaller cable networks towards pay channels have been going up. And this is despite the price freeze on subscription rates imposed by...
MUMBAI: Uefa has invited tenders for the TV rights for the European Football Championship (Euro) 2008. In India ESPN Star Sports had aired Euro 2004 a...
MUMBAI: At the forefront of the interactive TV (ITV) experience is the sport genre. ITV shows great potential in enriching the sports viewing experience and deepen...
MUMBAI: BBC chairman, Michael Grade has reinforced the broadcaster’s commitment to working more closely with the interactive TV industry to create a vibrant market. In his...
MUMBAI: Asiasat and Satlink Communications have launched a Multiple Channels per Carrier (MCPC) digital platform on Asiasat 2 satellite’s C-band coverage beam. Satlink provides end-to-end solutions...
MUMBAI: The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), an apex body of broadcasting companies, will soon submit before the information & broadcasting ministry its viewpoint on the recent...
CANNES: BBC Worldwide has concluded a swathe of deals across Australian networks at this year’s Mipcom market in Cannes. Australia’s National broadcaster ABC has renewed its...
MUMBAI: Broadcasters are weighing the impact of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s recommendations. Of foremost concern is the suggestion that pay channels launched after December...
NEW DELHI: Contrary to speculations and expectations – the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), it seems is unlikely to make a definitive recommendation on introduction...
MUMBAI: With recent studies suggesting that television has an impact on teen violence and sex in American society, it should come as no surprise that concerned...
MUMBAI: A new study in the US has stressed the need for speeding up the digital television transition process. The Digital Transition Coalition (DTC) has said...
MUMBAI: INT-Channel 4 News, based in Central London has bagged the 2004 International Emmy for the best news programme produced The Madrid Bombing. The announcement was...
MUMBAI: A clear mandate and sufficient funding to offer a full and evolving range of services in the new media is what the European Broadcasting Union...
NEW DELHI: The Indian entertainment industry is at the threshold of emerging as a big market internationally with an expected growth rate of 20 per cent,...
MUMBAI: Max is steadily planning expansion overseas with its international channel, which is all set to launch in the US in October. Speaking to indiantelevision.com, Sony...
MUMBAI: Crown Media Holdings which runs the Hallmark Channel is said to be talking to different groups of investors to sell the broadcasters international operations. A...
