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MUMBAI: Discovery has launched its first direct-to-consumer Wap portal in the UK This allows consumers to access content via Wap, mobile TV and i-mode platforms across...
MUMBAI: Ever wondered what the world would look like tomorrow? Do we have a sense of the actual extent and nature of the changes that are...
MUMBAI: Discovery US is looking to expand its brand presence further through airport stores. For this purpose it has tied up with transportation retail specialist Hudson...
MUMBAI: News broadcaster BBC World has signed a long-term distribution deal in America with Discovery. Media reports indicate that Discovery could offer BBC World as a...
MUMBAI: One of the biggest sporting spectacles of this year the 2006 football World Cup takes place in Germany later this year. Discovery India, which airs...
MUMBAI: Global media firm Discovery has announced that it has reached a milestone in the global growth of its television business. It has launched the 100th...
MUMBAI: Discovery HD will launch in the UK and Ireland this year as part of UK pay TV service provider BSkyB’s high-definition television package. Discovery’s dedicated...
MUMBAI: Lifestyle channel Discovery Travel and Living will telecast Long Way Round Week on 16 January. The channel will air the adventure show featuring actors Ewan...
MUMBAI: Global media firm Discovery Communications has announced its entry into the global free-to-air television business. It has acquired a controlling stake in German free-to-air channel...
MUMBAI: Veteran journalist Ted Koppel has joined Discovery Communications as managing editor. He will produce news documentaries for the Discovery channel. Discovery said Koppel had signed...
MUMBAI: A year ago on 26 December 2004, one of the most severe natural disasters seen in recent times struck Asia. Tsunami affected several countries including...
MUMBAI: Discovery Asia will produce a series of biographies of prominent Taiwanese personalities in association with Taiwans Government Information Office (GIO). The initiative is called Portraits:...
MUMBAI: Discovery US will air the new geological evidence that seafloor uplift from the 9.2 magnitude Great Sumatra earthquake — not a giant underwater landslide as...
MUMBAI: Since the beginning of time,male or female, on land, water or air; we all want to get to places faster and enjoy the exhilaration of...
BANGALORE: International lifestyle channel Discovery Travel & Living (DTL) is bringing out two series next year which will be localised in India. DTL is also making...
Think Miditech and flash comes the image of the two Alva brothers. While Nikhil started the company in 1992; brother Niret, who was a journalist, was...
India’s very first Jodi No1 perform LIVE in a musical extravaganza for the launch of their maiden music album ‘Jodi No 1’ After the grand...
MUMBAI: Discovery Holdings, which, owns a 50 per cent stake in Discovery Communications (DCI) has announced its results for the third quarter, ended 30 September 2005....
MUMBAI: Discovery Intl will launch its Discovery HD service in Japan and Canada by the end of the year. Discovery HD, which is the company’s first...
MUMBAI: To commemorate the successful completion of ten years in India Discovery is launching a 10-day long programming bonanza for its viewers in 10 Years Of...
BANGALORE: Discovery, which is celebrating 10 years in India has announced a new show which will present landmark discoveries that have been made in the past...
MUMBAI: Discovery channel in an attempt to understand the hurricane ‘Katrina’ is presenting its premiere programme Killer Hurricane : Anatomy of Katrina. The programme details out...
MUMBAI: Speed will take centre stage in a new programming stunt from Discovery International. The new global franchise will deal with the science and psychology of...
MUMBAI: Discovery US received the 2005 CIO 100 award. This was presented by CIO magazine a few days ago. The annual award programme recognises organizations around...
MUMBAI: Discovery has bought the show Feast India from Australian television firm SBS International. The show has been bought for Discovery India as well as Discovery...
MUMBAI: As the fourth anniversary of 9/11 draws near Discovery has announced that it will air a two-hour special programme The Flight That Fought Back. The...
MUMBAI: Discovery has launched a new lifestyle channel – Discovery Real Time Extra – in the UK. Media reports indicate that the new channel is...
Variety and innovation are becoming increasingly important in the niche English entertainment segment as channels fight to hold on to share and attempt to grow the...
One of staples of the English entertainment scene in India is AXN. The seven-year-old action channel constantly looks for ways to increase variety. For this purpose...
If 2004‘s big media story from the Telugu regional language broadcast space had been the market getting bullish on the news genre, this year the entertainment...
MUMBAI: Discovery Networks India VP programming Pankaj Saxena has put in his papers. Saxena quit several days ago. While confirming the news Aditya Tripathi...
Great gambler! If there is one head honcho in the broadcast business on whom that title sits well, it is without doubt the broad-girthed chief executive...
MUMBAI: It’s now official. Anuj Gandhi, senior V-P sales and marketing, has replaced Shantonu Aditya as president of SET Discovery. Confirming a development first put out...
MUMBAI: SET Discovery president Shantonu Aditya, who quit the company last week, takes charge as chief executive officer of Sahara India Entertainment Management Co Ltd (SIEMCL)...
BANGALORE: When Star Wars first hit movie theatres in 1977, the world had never seen a motion picture quite like it featuring massive space stations, intelligent...
MUMBAI: SET Discovery president Shantonu Aditya has quit and is joining Sahara One as chief executive officer. His responsiblity will extend to all Sahara’s media and...
MUMBAI: Have you ever wondered how celebrities manage to look so flawless? With perfect pouts, mesmerising eyes it is easy to think that only stars with...
MUMBAI: Discovery Docs, the documentary arm of Discovery Communications, has entered new terrain with its latest film With All Deliberate Speed, which it co-produced with CameraPlanet...
MUMBAI: Discovery Channel brings the theory of Da Vinci Code on the latest episode of Conspiracies on Trial. Conspiracies on Trial, latest episode will showcase Undiscover...
MUMBAI: Having joined The One Alliance at the start of the month, Ten Sports is now putting in place an internal team that will work with...
MUMBAI: Discovery will premiere a special series Egypt Week, from 24-27 April at 8 pm. The show will revisit the absorbing controversies surrounding Egypt’s history, and...
MUMBAI: After the launch of their lifestyle channel – Discovery Travel & Living – the Discovery Networks International is now spreading its wings with the launch...
MUMBAI: Discovery Communications has announced it has created a consolidated global new media group to leverage the strength of its distinctive real-world media and entertainment brands,...
CANNES: What’s hot in docs? The same as is to be expected if truth be told. Good content allied to the creative use of the latest...
MUMBAI: Diversity is the name of the game for Discovery as it tries to hook viewers with varied fare. One of them is the series Amazing...
Kishore Bhatt is a happy man! In 2001, the 50-year old gave up a secure job in State Bank of India for a career in dubbing....
MUMBAI: International lifestyle channel, Discovery Travel & Living, has got into an over-drive with its new programming initiative and has lined up a total of five...
MUMBAI: Sony Discovery is carving out a powerful distribution bouquet. Its latest prize catch: Ten Sports. The distribution deal is for five years. SET Discovery and...
MUMBAI: In a bid to add diversity to its programming repertoire Discovery will showcase a series that examines the effect the cult classic Star Wars had...
MUMBAI: Foreign channels have discovered that the best way to penetrate the Indian market further is through dubbing and procuring locally relevant content. Discovery will...
