NEW DELHI: It’s that time of the year when India’s finance minister would present budgetary proposals and the railway minister his rail budget, which will be...
MUMBAI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is preparing a consultation paper on digitalisation of TV broadcasting. The regulator is expected to submit the paper...
NEW DELHI: Sometimes unusual suspects come up with something that is out of the ordinary while touching upon routine subjects. Take Sony Entertainment Television (SET) India...
NEW DELHI: Planning Commission, a government think-tank on economic issues, has set up two cells to look into the issues of infrastructure and regulatory mechanism in...
NEW DELHI: Rampant piracy in the entertainment industry has leads to an estimated loss of Rs 4 million annually for the Indian film industry. Pointing out...
NEW DELHI: India has a strong footing in entertainment and IT segments, but has failed to make much progress in allied sectors like animation and gaming...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Broadcast and cable regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has set the ball rolling for the second phase of privatization of FM radio...
S K Palekar, 50, has 25 years of experience with borh MNCs and Indian firms marketing branded consumer products. He is a god medal winner...
MUMBAI: Production house B. A. G. Films in collaboration with Missouri School of Journalism, USA, has announced the launch of iSOMES — International School of Media...
NEW DELHI: Consultation paper on frequency spectrum will be released this week by the Telecom regulatory Authority of India (Trai), while recommendations on cable TV is...
MUMBAI: Doug Miller has been appointed executive VP and MD of Walt Disney International Asia-Pacific and Walt Disney Television International Asia Pacific. He will oversee all...
MUMBAI: After a long while, some cheer for private FM radio broadcasters. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today issued its interim recommendations on private...
MUMBAI: Cheers, whistles, applause and a standing ovation! The 1st Shaf IBM FICCI BAF Awards held last evening had the (100 plus audience) on their feet...
MUMBAI: Estimated to grow into a $30 billion business worldwide by year 2006, gaming is a full-fledged industry in the making. That is good news for...
MUMBAI: An official Pakistani entertainment industry delegation is slated to visit India to participate in Ficci Frames 2004. The delegation includes the Pakistan Film Producers Association...
NEW DELHI: The government is contemplating on taking a final view on the recommendations of an expert panel, on FM radio broadcast policy, before the country...
NEW DELHI: The government is contemplating on taking a final view on the recommendations of an expert panel, on FM radio broadcast policy, before the country...
MUMBAI: The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) announced its Hall of Frames Awards at its ‘Frames 2004 Knowledge Series’ seminar at Mumbai...
MUMBAI: The global entertainment industry generates $1.2 trillion revenue every year. However, the Indian industry – which contributes in a big way to the global market...
NEW DELHI: FICCI unveiled a new brand logo in capital today. Speaking about the incorporation of the new logo FICCI president Dr A C Muthiah said,...
NEW DELHI: In a bid to give further fillip to the entertainment sector in India, the government recently set up a high-powered committee to suggest ways...
NEW DELHI: Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Ficci), in association with the Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS), is working on a proposal to...
MUMBAI: The President of ETC Punjabi and Alpha Punjabi Rabindra Narayan has been honoured by the Punjabi Academy, Government of NCT. He has been given the...
NEW DELHI:The ministry of information & broadcasting will take steps to evolve Model Cinema Regulations, which could be adopted by the States. A delegation of the...
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....
NEW DELHI: Real life does not always imitate reel life. Unlike some of the perky women in her ‘K’ serials who take critics head on, the...
MUMBAI: Aamir Khan may be the star of day two at the ongoing FICCI-Frames convention but it’s clearly Shekhar Kapur who’s hogging all the media attention....
MUMBAI: “Animation is the greatest frontier of human expression! But, visual effects are merely one of the tools which beef up good story-telling and content. Finally,...
MUMBAI: Content was the buzzword at the inaugural session of FRAMES 2003 as film luminaries as well as government bigwigs stressed on the need for good...
MUMBAI: FRAMES 2003, the biggest global convention in Asia on the business of entertainment organised by the apex business organisation of India FICCI, kicks off tomorrow....
MUMBAI: The maiden Union Budget 2003-2004 by Finance Minister Jaswant Singh has received an overwhelming response from apex industry associations. Surprisingly, both FICCI and CII have...
MUMBAI: With Budget 2003-4 just three days away, various sections of the entertainment industry are ready with their own wish lists, hoping for a bigger pie...
Doesn’t it seem a lot like deja vu? The Convergence Bill may finally not make its way to Parliament in the Winter session which is on...
MUMBAI: The Broadcast India Exhibition & Symposium will take place from 29 October to 2 November in Mumbai. The symposium will be held on 29 and...
NEW DELHI: The government yesterday had a preliminary round of talks with the various industry bodies on media regarding the WTO agreement. According to government sources,...
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Chairman of the entertainment committee of Ficci, Yash Chopra says the film industry will shortly unveil a task force to combat piracy, on the lines of...
CANNES: Walt Disney Television International president David Hulbert is quite gung-ho about India. At MipTV in Cannes, Hulber told a European media website that his company...
It ended as it had begun. With a call to corporatise or perish. The film industry that is. The other key issue – piracy being the...
Ficci convergence committee chairman Amit Khanna believes the Indian entertainment industry is following a healthy growth curve and that piracy in the industry can be countered...
News channels are rolling up their sleeves once again, as the second important event of the Indian polity’s calendar year unfolds on 28 February. The claimant...
The four-day Information Communications and Technology (ICT) 2002 symposium that concluded on Saturday emphasised the need for the IT and entertainment industries to interconnect through synergetic...
A five-year service tax holiday and waiver of customs duty on broadcast uplinking equipment figured prominently in the entertainment industry’s pre budget pitch to information &...
Address by Smt. Sushma Swaraj, Union Information & Broadcasting Minister, at FRAMES 2001 Global Convention On The Business Of Entertainment, March 30 and 31, 2001, in...
Pawan Chopra, secretary of the I&B mministry observed that we were living in rapidly-changing, exciting times and we must keep pace with the changing trends and...
The two-day global convention on the business of entertainment organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) concluded Saturday with a number...
The two-day global convention on the business of entertainment organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) concluded in Mumbai Saturday with...

