MUMBAI: Every child in India has grown up on tales of Emperor Akbar and his trusted adviser Birbal and the tradition has continued passing from generation...
MUMBAI: Clunkers, old buckets of bolts, and other wrecks on wheels are the unlikely “stars” of LAST CAR STANDING, a new high-stakes, high-impact automotive series that...
(Silver Spring, Maryland and Paris, France): Discovery Communications and TF1 Group today announced that the former would acquire a controlling interest in Eurosport International through an...
Mumbai: Discovery Communications today announced that JB Perrette will become the next President of Discovery Networks International. Perrette takes over for 23-year Discovery veteran Mark Hollinger,...
The Indian Broadcasting Federation (IBF), which has representation from all major channels, is setting up a committee to review the television rating systems in India. Presently,...
MUMBAI: Renowned design expert Chip Foose returns with OVERHAULIN’: DECONSTRUCTED– featuring his most amazing and imaginative automotive builds yet. As the father of the modern hot...
MUMBAI: Channel 4’s 4oD has become the latest terrestrial catch-up TV service to launch on Sky’s NOW TV Box, which already offers access to BBC iPlayer...
MUMBAI: Discovery Communications President/CEO David Zaslaw has been quite clear about what’s going to drive revenues at the company: international expansion. He has stated that more...
MUMBAI: Titan Raga stands for grace, femininity and sensuality and these values make their way into its exquisite timepieces and reflect in its communication. Paying tribute...
CANNES: Whoever said Facebook and others of its ilk were responsible for driving audiences away from television would be forced to do a rethink after this...
MUMBAI: For many broadcast vets in Asia, Mark Hollinger is a familiar face. The president & CEO of Discovery Networks International has pushed growth for the...
Before the third installment of the Hrithik Roshan-starrer Krrish hits theatres this November, another superhero by the same name, albeit in a kid avatar, is set...
MUMBAI: The online retail giant that peddles everything from e-readers to UFO detectors is looking to change that and make fine art more accessible for everyone....
The clock is ticking down for the seven broadcast networks, (actually eight, if you include Discovery too that joined the fray over the weekend) which coerced...
By the end of 2011, Star had clearly established itself as the premier entertainment network in India and for Indians worldwide, with 400 million people watching...
MUMBAI: Did you know that any movement, even blinking your eyes, requires the coordinated activity of several different muscles? NDTV Good Times’ first health and fitness...
MUMBAI: Bangalore-based InMobi, an independent mobile ad network, has announced the launch of App Publish, an Android app store distribution platform. The free-to-use tool will allow...
MUMBAI: Discovery Communications has named Leslie Grandy as Senior Vice President of Product & Development within the company’s Digital Media division. Grandy, a former executive at...
MUMBAI: Infotainment broadcaster Animal Planet in the US is tackling the Internet in a big way. It has announced its first slate of original web series...
MUMBAI: 3net, the joint venture 3D network from Discovery, Sony and Imax, has reached 40 million US households even as it approaches its second anniversary on...
MUMBAI: Lifestyle channel TLC partners with Taste Of Mumbai to celebrate great taste with cuisine, wines, live demos, food, drink and much more. To be held...
MUMBAI: AOL has announced a strategic partnership with non fiction media company Discovery. The partnership brings short-form videos from Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery,...
The Indian television industry is poised for a dramatic transformation. 2012 saw significant changes in almost every aspect–increase in channel offerings, high-decibel launches, variety in content,...
MUMBAI: Two Australian filmmakers Ariel Kleiman, co-writer and director and Sarah Cyngler, co-writer of a film titled Partisan will travel to Utah to take part in...
India is one of Discovery‘s key priority markets along with Latin America where there is tremendous scope for pay-TV growth. Bullish about digitisation in India,...
MUMBAI: Discovery Channel, the flagship network in Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific‘s (DNAP) portfolio, has roped in leading information technology service provider Hewlett Packard as a presenting partner...
MUMBAI: TV Today’s flagship Hindi news channel, Aaj Tak, has emerged as the most trusted brand across the television as well as news channel category, according...
2011 was a year of dynamic transformation for the industry. It will be remembered as a landmark year with the most noteworthy announcement being the government‘s...
MUMBAI: Faced with severe competition from strong rivals like Discovery and NGC channels in the infotainment genre, late entrant History TV18’s strategy of offering the most...
MUMBAI: Discovery Channel will present the Advertising Conclave at Goafest 2011 for the third year in succession. The Advertising Conclave, presented by Discovery Channel, will take...
MUMBAI: Discovery has announced the appointment of Mehuli Shah as director – advertising sales, West. Shah will be responsible for generating advertising revenue along with planning...
MUMBAI: Discovery has announced a 12-month sponsorship deal with Nissan Motor in Australia. The partnership, an exclusive in the auto category in Australia, will feature Bear...
MUMBAI: With one of its biggest properties for the year The Hurt Locker airing on 30 October at 9 pm, Pix is doing a marketing campaign...
MSM Discovery is targeting Rs 10 billion in FY’11, an almost 40 per cent jump over the year-ago period, as it adds Neo Cricket into its...
Discovery is in restructuring mode. Earlier this year, it announced a reshuffle at the top to handle India operations. And the India office, which was reporting...
MUMBAI: The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced the year’s AFI Moments of Significance.These seven noteworthy events were determined to have had an impact on the...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC’s Natural History unit, in partnership with Discovery, is venturing into remote rainforests, high mountains and raging underground rivers to uncover the...
MUMBAI: The hidden stories of our planet’s oceans are to be told in a new BBC commission, Ocean, a documentary series for late 2008/early 2009. This...
Discovery Travel and Living VP -lifestyle networks Aditya Tripathi was in Bangalore to showcase the channel’s new local show ‘A Matter of Taste’ hosted by television...
MUMBAI: Looks like Catholics in India are more than a little touchy when it comes to Jesus on film and television. Earlier this year, they had...
MUMBAI: The video game revolution, underway for decades, has progressed from simple amusements created in the 1950s to an all-pervasive force in today’s popular culture that...
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) today upheld the tariff of Rs 5 per channel fixed by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai)...
MUMBAI: The New York-based production and development unit of Lion Television USA has received an 80-episode order from US broadcaster Discovery for the Cash Cab series.....
MUMBAI: Riding high on the ICC cricket World Cup wave, SET Discovery expects to garner a revenue of Rs 4.5 billion in 2006-07. This would mean...
MUMBAI: Continuing with our review of how different genres have fared over the last six months we now cast our eye on the infotainment space. Tam...
MUMBAI: After taking over the reins of US broadcaster Discovery earlier this year its CEO David Zaslav is ringing in the changes at the senior management...
NEW DELHI: The hearing on the constitutional aspects of the ongoing case on whether Trai can at all fix tariffs for pay channels continued today. Set...
MUMBAI: Singapore, through pay TV platform StarHub, is the first country in Southeast Asia to launch High Definition Television (HDTV). This launch follows StarHub’s successful HDTV...
MUMBAI: Discovery and the British High Commission have annouced the launch of their partnership Future Living: 2020. The UK-sponsored Future Living is a six part TV...
MUMBAI: One of infotainment channel Discovery’s biggest shows of the year focusses on Planet Earth. It kicks off on 1 February 2007 and airs every Thursday...