MUMBAI: Dentsu Inc’s subsidiary Dentsu Sports will be acquiring a 33 per cent stake in sports agency Athletes First, LLC, which is headquartered in California. ...
BENGALURU: The Walt Disney Company Inc reported an increase of seven per cent in its revenue in Q2-2015 (quarter ended 28 March, 2015, current quarter) to...
MUMBAI: With the proliferation of digital devices and today’s ever changing market of always–on connectivity, broadcasters are looking beyond TV to stream and monetise their content....
Over the weekend ESPN Star Spotrs (ESS) will air the second race of the F1 season 2005. The race takes place in Sepang, Malaysia . Karthikeyan...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati was asked today by the Supreme Court to examine the feasibility of starting a new Doordarshan channel exclusively to telecast 2015 World...
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has stayed the order of the Delhi High Court barring Doordarshan from sharing the signals of the ICC Cricket World Cup...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati today filed a special leave petition in the Supreme Court (SC) to appeal against the judgment of the Delhi High Court (HC)...
NEW DELHI: The countdown to the 2015 Cricket World Cup has begun, and even as teams gear to battle it out on ground, back home, public...
NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court has barred public broadcaster Doordarshan from sharing the live feed of the 2015 Cricket World Cup, of which ESPN and Star...
MUMBAI: While it has been just a few days since the year has reigned in, it has already brought in cheer to sportscaster ESPN. The sportscaster’s...
MUMBAI: Stuart Scott, one of ESPN’s signature SportsCenter anchors, died after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was 49. Scott is survived by...
MUMBAI: IMG/Poe Boy/Atlantic recording artist Flo Rida has announced an array of activity surrounding his hot new single, G.D.F.R. (feat. Sage the Gemini and Lookas) is...
BENGALURU: The National Basketball Association, USA (NBA) is likely to receive $ 24 billion (about Rs 1,47,000 crore) from Time Warner’s TNT and Disney’s ESPN and...
MUMBAI: 12 new channels have been added to the list of permitted private satellite TV channels in India after they received licence clearances from the Ministry...
MUMBAI: It was in March, this year, that Metallica first debuted the song at a concert in Bogotá, Colombia. The new recording dubbed ‘First Pass...
MUMBAI: Ferri Lighting Design & Associates (FLDA) today announced that it has designed and installed the lighting for the new flagship ESPN ‘Sportscenter’ studio, at ESPN’s...
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Arbitration Tribunal (TDSAT), on 22 April, directed six broadcasters and content aggregators to enter into agreements with the Andhra...
MUMBAI: English was the language of cricket commentary when it started in India in the early 1940s on All India Radio. The listenership was limited to...
WORLD: ESPN Films, creators of the critically-acclaimed 30 for 30 film series, will premiere a new series in April surrounding the 2014 FIFA World Cup on ESPN. 30 for...
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: From broadcasting to selling sports programming and event properties – that’s the path Former ESPN Star Sports business development & corporate communication (south Asia) director...
MUMBAI: Do it in style. Do it big. That’s what big brands do. And Star India has taken the same tack during the ongoing relaunch of...
NEW DELHI: In less than two months since Media Pro Enterprises India was given directions to supply the channels it distributes to JAINHITS, the country’s only...
MUMBAI: Come 14 November and that will be the time when Cricket fans world over will be glued to their TV sets to witness “the little...
MUMBAI: After testing waters with badminton through IBL (Indian Badminton League) and football through the Barclays Premier League, the Star network is all set to build...
MUMBAI: ESPN said on 3 October it will end the international versions of its X Games extreme sports competitions because it could not make money on...
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justice Pradeep Nandrajog of the Delhi High Court have said that any channel telecasting a live television broadcast...
The non-coverage of the last historic test match of Sachin Tendulkar by Doordarshan entailed numerous explanations by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry. Prasar Bharati – on...
MUMBAI: All cricket fans now have a one stop solution in the name of ESPN Star Sports. The BCCI’s marketing committee has awarded the rights for...
GOA: After a fruitful day one of IDOS 2013, day two kicked off with a presentation by Media Partners Asia executive director Vivek Couto on ‘Sports...
MUMBAI: Twitter has been frantically adding partners to its Amplify advertising program ever since it began informally last year with a partnership between the social network,...
MUMBAI: The coming weeks are going to be a treat for cricket lovers as they have many reasons to cheer. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid will...
MUMBAI: TheOneAlliance (TOA) has elevated Makarand Palekaras to executive VP – sales and strategy for its joint venture network TheOneAlliance – MSMD. With over 17 years...
Bringing more joy to the festival of Onam, Sun Direct, gifts Kerala viewers utmost entertainment with its exciting Onam offers. Sun Direct has over 12 lakh...
MUMBAI: Television networks and publishers are really getting on board with Twitter Amplify. In the second development of its kind during the last few days, ESPN...
MUMBAI: ESPN and Turner Sports are talking with NASCAR about getting out of their broadcast rights agreement a year early, a move that could allow Fox...
MUMBAI: ESPN Star Sports seems to be scoring well with its viewers with the telecast of Barclays Premier League (BPL) this year. And it’s no plain...
MUMBAI: Cable companies have been rolling out their own apps for years now. But Cox Communications’ new Contour experience, which incorporates a tablet app, aims to...
MUMBAI: Fox Sports 1, Rupert Murdoch’s challenge to ESPN, will face tough competition from NBC Universal as it opens the first season of its three-year, $250...
KOLKATA: At a time when some cable television viewers in Kolkata are worried about their TV sets going blank for not filling up consumer application forms...
Chennai, 13th August, 2013: On the eve of the Independence Day (August 15th), Sun Direct announces a limited period special offer priced at Rs.1947 for the...
Bangalore: In one of the most anticipated statements of the high-impact Indian Badminton League, it was announced today that Vodafone India, India’s leading telecommunications service providers...
MUMBAI: The shuttle is really going to fly around during the Indian Badminton League (IBL) for 18 days from 14 August as players belonging to six...
NEW DELHI: A new study shows there is a large amount of TV-related social activity on Facebook – in numbers approximately five times as large as...
MUMBAI: Statistician Nate Silver rose to prominence by accurately forecasting the results of the 2008 presidential election as an independent blogger and the 2012 presidency as...
MUMBAI: US sports broadcaster ESPN will shut down its three year old 3D channel by the end of this year. There is a lack of viewer...
MUMBAI: Star Sports has launched a digital campaign to engage cricket fans on-line for the on-going ICC Champions Trophy 2013. An extension of the main marketing...
MUMBAI: It was a spat, which was in the works for almost six months. But now it has been resolved – amicably, at least if one...
MUMBAI: OTT subscription service Netflix has published a report called Long Term View. The report says that the evolution to Internet TV apps is already starting....
MUMBAI: As part of its strategy to go beyond 140 characters, micro-blogging site Twitter has tied up with BBC America to offer the first in-Tweet branded...