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CANNES: The clouds lifted and the sun peeped out. But the drizzle continued for the first part of the day giving way to a good bright...
MUMBAI: We really believe in this market and to help expand the pie, all players should work together. A point made by Star Group CEO Michelle Guthrie...
NEW DELHI: The dragon is all set to roar in India’s tech market with all sorts of services and products. The reason is simple: most Chinese...
NEW DELHI: India is the investment destination for converged broadband services and the next generation network experts, concluded at the 12th Convergence India 2004 international exhibition...
MUMBAI: The Bamboo Curtain is finally parting. Having realised the vast potential its media industry holds, China has loosened some of the tightest fetters that shackled...
MUMBAI: Having failed to find a buyer for its Blockbuster video-rental business media conglomerate Viacom is said to be nearing a decision to spin it off....
MUMBAI: Subhash Chandra promoted Essel Propack Ltd has posted a year on year (YoY) growth in its consolidated FY03 bottom lines even as its Indian operations...
MUMBAI: So much for those who have been critical of India’s buoyant cable TV sector which has been grown by sheer private enterprise and without any...
NEW DELHI: The overall basic cable & satellite TV subscriber growth rate slowed down to 9 per cent year on year (Y/Y) in 2003 in the...
MUMBAI: Mikanos, in downtown Mumbai, rocked real hard last night. MTV had its nominees voting party at the popular hangout, to build up excitement over the...
BEIJING: The sitcom Friends may be in its last season but Joey and the gang are all set to be introduced to the worlds largest television...
BEIJING: China plans to make digital TV, popular because of its high-resolution images, available to everyone by 2010, the state media said. In seven years’...
BEIJING: Rupert Murdoch’s Star Group and Toyota Motor Corporation have formed a partnership to promote motorisation in China. The unique partnership marks the biggest collaboration to...
MUMBAI: While stage is being set for the first ever MTV India music awards IMMIES, MTV Asia is gearing up for the 2004 MTV Asia Awards...
LONDON: Paris is the current favourite to win the race to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. The next edition of the greatest sporting spectacle in...
TOKYO: The first round of the FIVB World Cup of Women’s Volleyball has produced excellent television ratings both in the Tokyo area and throughout Japan. This...
MUMBAI: French electronics major Thomson SA and TCL International Holdings Limited, the leading multimedia consumer electronic products manufacturer in China, today announced the signing of a...
MUMBAI: On 5 October, DJ Manish was declared the winner of the MTV Motoalert DJ Challenge, in a final knockout at the Velocity, Mumbai. Manish was...
MUMBAI: Indian companies can expand their horizons in Asia now. In a first-of-its-kind decision, the Chinese State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (Sarft) has relaxed...
WASHINGTON/CANNES: National Geographic has signed the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) to represent its interests in the Asia-Pacific region, as was announced yesterday by Film Library for...
LONDON: News Corp’s technology company NDS which claims to be the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV today announced its unaudited results for the...
HONG KONG: Rupert Murdoch’s Star Group is looking to make further inroads into China. The broadcaster and Chinese wireless value-added services provider Linktone Consulting have joined...
SINGAPORE : Sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has announced the appointment of Goh Theng Kie and Loh Sin Gee as finance director and financial controller...
MUMBAI: High Definition is the way forward – the pitch for the same was made at technology seminar organised by FICCI, NASSCOM, TIE and e-Entertainment alliance...
LOS ANGELES: Cartoon Network’s popular series The Powerpuff Girls, will soon be seen on terrestrial television in China through China Central Television Station (CCTV) The Powerpuff...
LONDON: The BBC World Service will showcase its English Language Teaching (ELT) in Shanghai, China, on 1 and 2 March. The BBC will team up with...
CHINA: BBC has joined forces with China’s media and internet services company, Sina, to launch a unique mobile phone service, which will teach English to upto...
MUMBAI: Rupert Murdoch’s Star Group has won nationwide landing rights for Xing Kong Wei Shi, its Mandarin-language entertainment channel. With this , it joins the league...
BEIJING: Bloomberg Television has been awarded one of the two fresh licenses issued so far this year by the Chinese broadcast regulator, to distribute its English-language...
MUMBAI: Revenues generated by the cable and satellite industry in India will increase from a current estimated $2.6 billion to $ 10.9 billion by 2015, according...
Doordarshan on Wednesday launched a satellite channel catering to the needs of the northeastern states of India. The channel was originally scheduled to begin transmission on...
HONG KONG: Asiacontent.com has announced that it has reached agreement with MTV Networks, its joint venture partner, to terminate the parties’ joint venture. The joint venture,...
SINGAPORE: The television scene in India is exploding but the local channels failed to cut any ice at the recently concluded seventh edition of the Asian...
HONG KONG : The Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (Casbaa) and Media & Marketing Ltd of Hong Kong are to co-publish the CASBAA &...
MUMBAI: A spectacular new office reflecting Leo Burnett India’s vision. Modern, bigger than what it is today and ready to face the challenges of the future....
MUMBAI: Teachers of English as a foreign language around the world will have a new online resource from 5 December. The result of a joint initiative...
MUMBAI:India is one of the countries where TM Systems, an Emmy award winner this year, is looking for international distributors/ sales/ service representatives to add to...
TAIPEI: ESPN Star Sports has just launched its dedicated Taiwan website, ESPNSTAR.com.tw, to directly provide sports news and information and build an interactive community for sports...
CHINA: Warner Bros. International Television has entered into an agreement with two companies from China and a Hong Kong-based partner, Salon Films, for the joint development,...
HONG KONG: The Star Group has announced that Olympic gymnast Sang Lan has joined the new Star channel – Xing Kong Wei Shi – as a...
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide and 19 Entertainment, whose pop act credentials include The Spice Girls, have announced a new joint venture – Pop Goes English. The aim,...
MUMBAI: Beijing will soon have over 10,000 taxis equipped with mobile TV sets. Almost 1,000 out of 66,000 taxis in the city have already been furnished...
THAILAND: The Shin Satellite Public Company Limited is deploying iPSTAR Service in China with Shanghai VSAT Network Systems Co, with the first iPSTAR Gateway to be...
THAILAND: The Shin Satellite Public Company Limited is deploying iPSTAR Service in China with Shanghai VSAT Network Systems Co, with the first iPSTAR Gateway to be...
MUMBAI:The US-based Andrew Corp is rejoicing in the Land of Siam. The reason: it has pocketed a $20 million plus contract from Shin Satellite Public Company...
The eighth Asian International Broadcast and Multimedia Technology Exhibition and Conference, BroadcastAsia2002 that took place in Singapore from 18 to 21 June saw only a marginal...
Viacom-owned children’s channel Nickelodeon will soon be broadcast in China after the localisation of all programme content, a recent report says. Viacom launched Nickelodeon programming in...
Hi! Everybody, well, great, great intro there, thanks Cyrus. I’d like to thank Mtv and Brand Equity for inviting me here today and Provogue. Just set...
NEW YORK: In the first deal of its kind for both companies, Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organisation, and Warner Bros. Consumer Products will partner to...
ViaSat has reported record sales and earnings for its third quarter of fiscal year 2002, ended 31 December, 2001. ViaSat claims to produce advanced digital satellite...
