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MUMBAI: As the first anniversary of Janet Jackson’s exposure during the Super Bowl half time show approaches a study commissioned by media watchdog the Federal Communications...
MUMBAI: Star has created a new post to handle government and regulatory affairs. Joe Welch has been appointed as senior vice president government affairs, and will...
Conventional, customary, commonplace… Certainly NOT words in the almanac of marketers who are looking to break away from the clutter as they strive to connect to...
MUMBAI: The number of internet users in China surpassed 94 million by the end of 2004, recording a year-on-year growth of 18.2 per cent. According to...
BANGALORE: Matrix Partners, the US-based venture capital firm, prefers India over China to do some major investments. The firm, which focuses on early stage technology startups,...
NEW DELHI: British news major Reuters is planning to launch television channels in India and China, according to the media company’s CEO Tom Glocer, who said...
MUMBAI: This is a piece of news that should interest marketers and advertisers keen on seeing the direction that point of purchase (Pop) advertising is taking....
MUMBAI: Walt Disney International president Andy Bird today announced the appointment of Stanley Cheung as the managing director of The Walt Disney Company (China). In this...
MUMBAI: Media and entertainment company Discovery Communications has announced that it will make available its high definition channel Discovery HD Theater globally shortly. The channel had...
MUMBAI: Discovery Communications has announced plans to extend the availability of providing high definition network, Discovery HD Theatre in the international markets. Discovery Communications launched Discovery...
MUMBAI: Pritish Nandy Communications (PNC) has bagged Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific Award 2004. The company has won the award for the second consecutive year....
MUMBAI: For the third consecutive year, Channel [V], China Central Television (CCTV) and Shanghai Media Group will join forces to present the biggest Chinese music event...
MUMBAI: China has brought out new regulations for foreign investment, technology and expertise to promote the country’s broadcasting and film industry. Jointly issued by the State...
MUMBAI: This should come as sweet music to lovers of architecture. The southern Chinese city Guangzhou plans to enter the record books by building the tallest...
MUMBAI: Women who take the battlefield like their male counterparts! That is the subject of the five part series Warrior Women that Discovery India recently acquired...
MUMBAI: In an effort to improve the quality of movies on cable TV in China China Digital Television Production has signed a contract with HBO Asia....
MUMBAI: Even as Walt Disney is working overtime to have everything in place for what now looks increasingly like a year-end coming out party for its...
Globalization is at a crossroads, and businesses are now entering into a major war. We must take some very aggressive action because at this very second,...
MUMBAI: Buena Vista International Television Asia Pacific (BVITV-AP) has renewed its features package with China’s CCTV-6. This was announced today by BVITV-AP vice president and general...
MUMBAI: Buena Vista International Television Asia Pacific (BVITV-AP) has licensed the two-time Emmy Award winning reality-competition series The Amazing Race to five broadcasters across Asia Pacific....
MUMBAI: Viacom chairman and CEO Sumner Redstone has announced several initiatives for its businesses in China for MTV and Nickelodeon. These include a partnership with Beijing...
Ever wondered how different the Chinese are from the Indians when it comes to enjoying their home entertainment products? Whether men really love watching sports on...
BANGALORE: Worldspace Satellite Radio has launched a Kannada satellite radio channel on 3 September. The radio channel Sparsha will cover programmes on art, culture, fashion, sports...
NEW DELHI: ASC Enterprise’s Dish TV, country’s first KU-band DTH service, has signed an exclusive deal with ABC Asia Pacific, an Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s free-to-air international...
MUMBAI: Malayalam channel Asianet will celebrate its 11th anniversary with a 11-day long festivities starting tomorrow (20 August). The anniversary celebrations coincide with Kerala’s principal festival...
MUMBAI: Star has announced the appointment of Grace Gu as general manager of Channel [V] China. Gu will be replacing Scarlett Li, who has resigned for...
MUMBAI: State Administration of Radio, Film and Television China has granted licence to four companies in the country for digital television broadcasting. The decision indicates country’s...
MUMBAI: Channel [V] is all set to present the largest outdoor music festival in China called Summer Shake in the outskirts of Shanghai on 20 and...
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney company is looking to enhance its presence in China through its association with the National Basketball Association (NBA) by sponsoring the first-ever...
MUMBAI: A survey commissioned by electronics major Philips has found that anywhere from 68 to 90 per cent of respondents globally found the home theatre experience...
MUMBAI: Essel Propack, laminated tubes manufacturer head quartered in India and promoted by Essel Group, today announced the un-audited consolidated global results for the first half...
MUMBAI: Thomson has announced that it is acquiring a major stake in Nokia/CITIC Digital Technology (NCDT). Thomson delivers integrated solutions (technologies, equipment and services) for the...
MUMBAI As a part of the National Basketball Association (NBA) China Games 2004, the NBA, DisneyHand which is a worldwide outreach programme and Hong Kong Disneyland...
China may have overtaken other countries in the number of mobile phones and Star may be reaping the harvest of SMSs in the country, but in...
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: The Hong Kong-based Star TV is set to launch an advertising firm in China. The News Corp broadcaster has won the approval to launch China’s...
MUMBAI: Fifa has appointed Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) as its worldwide licensing representative for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. The deal is for all...
MUMBAI: International media company, Zone Vision has signed a deal with Travel Satellite Television (TSTV) for carrying a branded block of programming from the Reality TV...
MUMBAI: Coming not-so-soon to TV screens in the People’s Republic of China, a kids channel created under the “guidance” of the Communist Party of China (CPC)....
MUMBAI: The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) in cooperation with Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Ltd. (AsiaSat) and the State Administration for Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) of...
MUMBAI: Ajay Patadia, former Balaji Telefilms president has taken the entrepreneurial plunge. The 29-year-old has teamed up with Prima Entertainment, a South East Asian media company,...
MUMBAI: Communications test solutions provider Acterna has appointed John J. Jones IV as its new vice president of sales and services for the Asia Pacific region....
MUMBAI: A circular issued by China’s State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) emphasises improving the quality and quantity of domestically created cartoons, while at...
MUMBAI: Chinese government has asked the country’s television presenters to stop dyeing their hair, exposing too much flesh and using English words. The government’s new policy...
NEW DELHI: He is 45 years old. He has traveled to more than 50 countries. He loves to eat popcorn and misses his eight-year-old daughter. Meet...
MUMBAI: With over 1,000 broadcasters for the 1.3 billion people in 340 million families, next only to the United States, China has become the world’s second...
MUMBAI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has recommended nondiscriminatory local loop unbundling (LLU) in a time bound manner for both Shared Unbundling and Bit Stream...
MUMBAI: Subhash Chandra promoted Essel Propack ltd has posted 29 per cent growth in its global sales for the first quarter that ended on 31 March,...
NEW YORK: Now Chinese children will be able to explore the world around them with their favourite friends from Zhima Jie, the Chinese version of Sesame...
MUMBAI: Essel Propack recently announced the appointment of R Chandrasekhar as its chief operating officer (COO). Chandrasekhar would be taking over this portfolio with immediate effect....
