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MUMBAI: It was a fun evening alright, but it was with a good cause. Around 35 thousand screaming youngsters joined in to watch MTV VJs,...
NEW DELHI: At a time when India’s No. 1 news channel, Aaj Tak, has breached the 40 per cent-mark channel share amongst news channels at prime...
NEW DELHI: India’s pubcaster Prasar Bharati has threatened to take legal action against unauthorised use of its sports-related software by private satellite channels. Most satellite channels...
NEW DELHI: India’s pubcaster Doordarshan, which has got government permission to start a KU-band direct-to-home television service in India, may advance the launch date to February...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati is going ahead with its news channel in great gusto and would see that government orders make it mandatory for cable operators...
MUMBAI: Independent producers associated to Doordarshan (DD) kendras in Bangalore, Tiruvananthapuram, Hyderabad and Chennai have finally ended their stir – but only after the pubcaster assured...
MUMBAI: Production house UTV, currently one of the major software suppliers to Star Plus, is going back to Doordarshan by November. On the cards is a...
NEW DELHI: It came, but a trifle too late. S Y Quraishi, who was relieved of his duties as director general of Doordarshan (DD) from 1...
MUMBAI: With the uncertainty prevailing around the implementation of the conditional access system (CAS), marketing concessionaires for public broadcaster Doordarshan are picking up lots of new...
MUMBAI: Independent producers affiliated to Doordarshan (DD) kendras in Thiruvanthapuram, Hyderabad and Chennai are scheduled to join the stir started by the Bangalore producers – who...
NEW DELHI: Leoarts Communications, Delhi-based animation, documentary and film production house, has been commissioned a 30-minute program titled 12PM on the prime ministers of India by...
MUMBAI: Seems like Sahara and glamour go hand in hand or rather hand in glove. After roping in the film stars for its entertainment channel, Sahara...
MUMBAI: Choravar Mor, a daily comedy show by Sri Adhikari Brothers, will be launched from 15 September on DD Sahyadri (Marathi). The show will be aired...
If she is not slogging away on the sets to shape up her TV serials, she is seeking divine protection and blessings. “I just returned from...
Her week never ends. You will find the Balaji head in her office on Sundays too. “Now that I have a public limited company in television...
MUMBAI: The public broadcaster Doordarshan (DD) has made its hunt for a new ‘director general’ official. Prasar Bharati has released ads soliciting applications for the post...
NEW DELHI: The reason of an existing `great divide’ amongst stakeholders of the broadcast and cable industry – that the government uses to continue playing the...
A mischievous twinkle greets you when you suggest that he would have made a good looking actor. Pat comes the response that probably he should have...
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...
NEW DELHI: India’s information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said there would be strict implementation of the programming code for TV channels. In reply...
NEW DELHI: If the news channel was not enough of a pain for Star, the government today admitted in Parliament that Space TV’s application for direct-to-home...
NEW DELHI: Provisions of Rs 1705.5 million and Rs 3805.5 million have been kept for All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan, respectively in the 10th five-year...
Her gentle demeanour masks her grit, determination and risk taking abilities. Meet Prasar Bharati director marketing Vijaya Laxmi Chhabra. Originally from Orissa, Chhabra spent the formative...
MUMBAI: Looks like its spring time at the pubcaster. Doordarshan is sprucing up its content, and first step is to get in new shows. So joining...
It may just all be finally coming together for UTV group CEO Ronnie Screwvala. His organisation has regrouped in the last year and there is clarity...
MUMBAI: Marketing concessionaire Omega Mass Media has launched a daily Tamil soap called Maithili on Doordarshan Chennai. The family drama tackling socially relevant issues will be...
With one foot planted firmly on the mythological and another on the social, production house Creative Eye has slowly and steadily climbed its way up the...
MUMBAI: Vissa TV, the Telugu channel from the Raj TV fold, launches today. Marred by hiccups and delays ( it was earlier scheduled to launch a...
MUMBAI: The national broadcaster Doordarshan is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that it begins the CAS (conditional access system) era with an advantage and capitalises...
MUMBAI: Creative Eye and the FX Factory have together created a technology that promises to bring the 3D experience into analog TV homes. The 3D...
His affable manner complements his shrewd business sense. UTV group CEO Ronnie Screwvala is literally one of the survivors who has seen many crests and troughs...
MUMBAI: The conditional access system (CAS) will provide several opportunities to production houses as well. One of the biggest players in the market is already mulling...
There was once a vibrant industry in cable TV land. The advertising market was blooming. Television channels were flourishing, courtesy the influx of TV commercials and...
NEW DELHI: Shape up, or ship out. This is the message that Prasar Bharati is giving out to private producers of programmes who have made hay...
NEW DELHI: The local law of the land cannot be taken for granted and its adherence should be must. This seems to be the strict message...
NEW DELHI: All India Radio (AIR) may soon get a full fledged director general (DG), a post that has been lying vacant for quite sometime now...
NEW DELHI: India’s pubcaster Prasar Bharati Corporation, which has said that Doordarshan is planning a KU-band direct-to-home (DTH) television service foray, will form a consortium with...
NEW DELHI: National broadcaster Doordarshan has earned Rs 5,538.1 million in advertisement revenues during the year 2002-2003. Replying to a question by Ram Jethmalani and others...
LONDON: Broadcasters are stepping up the pitch for offering widescreen programming and dolby digital services on the small screen. Effective 3 June, all Sky Movie channels,...
NEW DELHI: Information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today told policy makers that pubcaster Doordarshan was opting for a KU-band DTH scheme at an estimated...
SRINAGAR: Prasar Bharati is now considering life insurance cover for its staff in the Kashmir Valley. This move has been prompted by the suicide attack attempt...
MUMBAI: The topline figures of the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2002 (round 10) were released today. The findings reveal that the Top 10 list for TV...
NEW DELHI: Do you want to watch a cricket match on television while stretched out on the backseat of your car and receive live news and...
MUMBAI: BBC World Service Trust is hiring. After a successful run of the first edition of its interactive TV detective series Jasoos Vijay, which airs every...
MUMBAI: Scopus Network Technologies which supplied digital platforms to FIFAs 2002 World Cup has announced that national broadcaster Doordarshan, has once again selected Scopus’ digital broadcast...
MUMBAI: Doordarshan (DD) seems to be banking on the Bollywood formula to woo viewers during the afternoon slot on the last Saturday of the month. Starting...
NEW DELHI: The public service broadcaster doesn’t want to be outdone by a satellite channel where cricket is concerned. It is taking on everybody and asserts...
MUMBAI: Nimbus Communications has promised a minimum guarantee revenue of Rs 204.3 million to Doordarshan for the matches to be aired on DD, including the deferred...
MUMBAI: It’s that winning feeling all round, following the Indian team’s stellar performance in the ICC World Cup 2003, and “everyone’s invited”. Nimbus, the exclusive airtime...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: Doordarshan has claimed an edge in covering the ongoing Iraq war by meticulously planning its news operation with a team of reporters...
