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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: Ramayan, the epic that created history on Indian television in the late 1980s, has found new markets abroad. Improved, dubbed versions of the epic were...
CHENNAI: The lucrative southern market where Kalinidhi Maran’s Sun is shining brightly is all set to see competition. Come 23 May Raj Network will launch a...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: Guess what? The Big Daddy of them all – Doordarshan – is about to enter the direct to home (DTH) arena. It...
NEW DELHI: At a time when the world over KU-band direct-to-home (DTH) television service works better in a monopolistic situation or at best in a duopoly,...
MUMBAI: The times they are a changin’ on All India Radio and Doordarshan. Prasar Bharati will revamp the two by investing Rs 110 billion during the...
MUMBAI: Ministry of company affairs has rejected most of the contentions of the information and broadcasting ministry relating to Space TV application, while upholding a clause...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government will consider the suggestions made in the FICCI-KPMG report titled “The Indian entertainment sector – in the spotlight” while formulating policies....
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: Sagar Arts is now gearing up to realise the family’s dream of creating another epic Durga – the third in the trilogy, following Ramayan and...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan Guwahati Programme Production Centre’s director B Chakrabarty has been suspended on grounds of irregularity in allocation of commissioned programmes. According to Prasar Bharati...
He wears several hats – producer, director, cinematographer, marketing director – and has contributed to the enviable success of the Ramanand Sagar family. Meet Prem Sagar...
NEW DELHI: If the availability of set-top boxes (STBs) is one of the speed breakers to a smooth passage of implementation of conditional access system in...
The 50-something president of NDTV, Prannoy Roy, is not only his competitors’ envy and the idol of millions of Indian youngsters aspiring to make it as...
MUMBAI: Crisil risk evaluation for the Indian entertainment industry, a pioneering initiative undertaken by CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) would play a catalytic role in channelising...
India’s new information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is of the opinion that in the national interest, cable operators should desist from re-distributing Pak TV....
Ravi Shankar Prasad, the new minister of information and broadcasting is a no-nonsense man. He speaks haltingly, in a measured manner, mulling, chewing and pondering over...
NEW DELHI: The government has completed the formation of the task force that will decide the pricing and composition of the basic tier of service in...
MUMBAI: Prasar Bharati has invited proposals for serials and soaps based on socially relevant issues. The notice placed by the national broadcaster in all the leading...
Over the last decade or so, broadcasting markets around the world have changed dramatically. De-regulation of terrestrial markets, growth of multi-channel radio and television and emergence...
A second generation scion belonging to a family of successful film makers has adapted to the small screen with ease! Ravi Chopra's drive, passion and talent...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati is likely to take a decision by Monday as to whether it would agree to a proposal from ESPN Star Sports (ESS)...
*Gets Rs 1 billion for fresh programming *Successfully markets the India-Windies cricket series itself; seals ICC cricket terrestrial telecast deal *Puts in place strategies to augment...
NEW DELHI: If Doordarshan has sewn up a cricket deal which is quite a win-win situation for it, sister concern All-India Radio isn’t far behind. According...
LG India, one of the official sponsors for the forthcoming World Cup cricket, has been in the spotlight of the cricket sponsorship row. The LG stance...
MUMBAI: MAX executive vice president and business head Rajat Jain has lashed out at the viewership claims made earlier this week by DD-Nimbus for the Champions...
Doordarshan director general Dr S Y Quraishi was pretty upbeat on the evening of the announcement of its World Cup Cricket 2003 telecast plans on the...
MUMBAI: Aamrapali , the grand historical epic that airs on Doordarshan, has plans of reaching out to international audiences as well. “We are looking at the...
NEW DELHI: French Fashion TV has run into rough weather with the Indian authorities again. This time it has been denied membership to the Indian Broadcasting...
MUMBAI: Pubcaster Prasar Bharati has invited tenders from firms and manufacturers for vital installations like TV studios, radio studios and transmitter for the supply, installation, testing...
NEW DELHI: Taking a leaf out of private satellite broadcasters’ strategy book, India’s Prasar Bharati is contemplating hiring the services of a top notch advertising professional...
A alumnus from the National School of Drama, B M Vyas has experience of more than 15 years writing for film and TV. Also associated with...
NEW DELHI: The first television telecast may have actually happened sometime early last century, but it is 21 November which is celebrated as World Television Day...
MUMBAI: It’s an incentive that could well help upgrade the quality of programmes on Doordarshan, not to mention encourage talent that usually goes unnoticed in the...
NEW DELHI: Former Zee Telefilms chief executive and marketing whiz Vijay Jindal, who had been appointed as the chairman of the advisory marketing committee of Prasar...
MUMBAI: Doordarshan is aggressively turning to the booming lottery market to boost ad revenue on the channels. Although it had issued a circular on 31 July...
MUMBAI: Doordarshan has invited proposals from experienced producers of television programmes under sponsored category for shows on Christmas and New Years Eve on its Metro channel....
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati CEO KS Sarma has been elected vice-president of the Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) for a three-year term. Sarma was elected for...
MUMBAI: MTV fans in India will see the second season of the Emmy-award winning reality sitcom The Osbournes, sometime in late November or early December. In...
MUMBAI: If dubbing Hollywood blockbusters can work for the big screen why not the small screen. Star Gold was first off the blocks on this but...
MUMBAI: If dubbing Hollywood blockbusters can work for the big screen why not the small screen. Star Gold was first off the blocks on this but...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati Corporation (PBC) wants to add more flab to its 40,000 plus employee base. Reason: there are not enough programming and technical staff...
NEW DELHI: 11 November, 2002 marks the centenary of recorded music in India. In celebration of the 100 years of recorded music, national broadcaster Doordarshan is...
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court today said the dispute between national broadcaster Doordarshan and TransWorld International /Stracon over the telecast of ongoing India-West Indies cricket...
NEW DELHI: In a bid to improve the Prasar Bharati infrastructure, the government sanctioned a special package of Rs 4300 million for improvement of AIR/Doordarshan infrastructure...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: Modi Entertainment Network, the distributors of DD sports and the Star India-backed MSO Hathway Cable and Datacom, appear to have declared a...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: In what could be termed a minor victory for ESPN-Star Sports, the Delhi High Court today allowed highlights of the cricket matches...
Two Indian broadcasting professionals have made it to the One World Broadcasting Trust’s fellowships for October – November 2002, from among 120 entries received globally. Doordarshan...
MUMBAI: The semi final that topped the ratings heap last week was a mere trailer. The latest lot of the TRPs, just in, reaffirmed cricket’s hold...
MUMBAI: Just three days after ESPN STAR Sports announced the acquisition of telecast rights to feature comprehensive daily highlights of all international cricket played in India...
