Connect with us
MUMBAI: Visitors at this year’s ongoing consumer electronics event IFA in Berlin which concludes on 7 September 2005 will for the first time ever be able...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC has announced that it will host a conference on Video journalism on 7 and 8 July in the UK. This is...
MUMBAI: A little over six months after consumer electronics major LG unveiled the world’s largest commercial PDP plasma display panel (PDP) TV, the giant 71-inch set...
MUMBAI: National Geographic Television International (NGTI) has issued licenses for its documentary Tsunami: Killer Wave to a number of broadcasters, globally. These include ZDF Arte in...
MUMBAI: Media and entertainment company Discovery Communications has announced that it will make available its high definition channel Discovery HD Theater globally shortly. The channel had...
MUMBAI: Discovery Communications has announced plans to extend the availability of providing high definition network, Discovery HD Theatre in the international markets. Discovery Communications launched Discovery...
MUMBAI: Loudeye which provides business-to-business solutions has announced a new multi-year agreement with MTV whereby MTV will launch two new online music stores in Italy and...
MUMBAI: In spite of changes in the regulations and with the launch of new Grand Prix races around the world, Formula One recorded uneven TV ratings...
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide has unveiled plans to celebrate the 2006 football World Cup in Germany. It will come out with a major documentary series celebrating the...
The men’s Hockey Champions Trophy, which begins on 4 December in Pakistan will be aired live and exclusive on Ten Sports. The teams participating are Pakistan,...
MUMBAI: CNN’s show Spark, hosted by Kristie Lu Stout examines the latest in cutting-edge technology by exploring the use of high-tech digital tagging devices. Stout kicks...
Ever wondered how different the Chinese are from the Indians when it comes to enjoying their home entertainment products? Whether men really love watching sports on...
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television Asia (SET Asia) recently launched in Germany following the signing of a distribution deal with the pay-TV platform Decimus GmbH of Mainz-based...
MUMBAI: A survey commissioned by electronics major Philips has found that anywhere from 68 to 90 per cent of respondents globally found the home theatre experience...
MUMBAI: Fifa has appointed Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) as its worldwide licensing representative for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. The deal is for all...
MUMBAI: Essel Propack recently announced the appointment of R Chandrasekhar as its chief operating officer (COO). Chandrasekhar would be taking over this portfolio with immediate effect....
MUMBAI: The next Fifa Confederations Cup will be played in Germany from 15 to 29 June 2005. In India the event will air on ESPN Star...
MUMBAI: Ficci Frames 2004 saw a lot of firsts in the entertainment industry. This was the fifth successive year of Frames which began in the year...
CANNES: In a world that’s changing so rapidly with many new modes of delivery for content like mobiles, broadband, digital TV, HDTV, interactive TV, hand-held devices,...
KOLKATA: The Indian football fraternity is planning to protest against the state-owned Doordarshan television channel’s alleged apathy towards the game and want live coverage of India’s...
MUMBAI: Fdration Internationale de Football (FIFA) has put out a tender for the Mascot TV Series for the 2006 Fifa World Cup. The event takes place...
MUMBAI: So much for those who have been critical of India’s buoyant cable TV sector which has been grown by sheer private enterprise and without any...
MUMBAI: Eurodata TV, the international database of programmes and TV audiences has launched its new reference survey Eurodata TV Sport Insight. This survey which will be...
MUMBAI: International entertainment channel BBC Prime has secured a deal that widens the channel’s German digital distribution. BBC Prime, is now available on ish Plus TV....
MUMBAI: The Asia Media Festival (AMF) 2003 is currently taking place in Singapore. The annual media industry fiesta hosted by the Media Development Authority (MDA) and...
LONDON: BBC Worldwide has been recognised in the Trade Partners UK-backed International Business Awards where it bagged three trophies. The awards won were Overall Exporter...
CALIFORNIA: John McMahon has been promoted to Senior Executive Vice President, Managing Director for Sony Pictures Television International’s European operations. The announcement was made by President,...
FRANCE: MGM Networks is rapidly expanding distribution reach in Europe. The broadcaster and Swiss pay TV provider Teleclub AG have launched the MGM Channel to Teleclub...
BONN: Television commercials will soon be a thing of the past and are going the way of dinosaurs, according to a new study in Germany. Mercer...
CALIFORNIA: Secure in its committment to produce and distribute multi-platformed programming with extended demographic appeal, GRB Entertainment has named international broadcast sales executive Marielle Zuccarelli as...
HOLLAND: European broadcaster Eurosport will air the Rabobank Men’s Champions Trophy which takes place in Amsterdam from 16-24 August 2003. The deal, which was brokered by...
MUMBAI: During the 2002/2003 season there were 1 086 new programmes, almost as many as last year (1095). The broadcasters took more time to put in...
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,...
Multimedia and animation industry has witnessed a tremendous growth rate in last few years. Worldwide, 2D and 3D animation offers a huge potential. US and Canada,...
HONOLOLU : Intelsat has announced the signing of an agreement with REACH to lease teleport services from the company’s Stanley Teleport in Hong Kong. The signing...
MUMBAI: Cartoon Network announced today the launch of a daily three-hour block for pre-schoolers – Tiny TV that kicks off from 27 January. Prime among the...
Recent legislation in India mandates the use of conditional access systems (CAS) for pay TV channels. Presently, every subscriber to the network receives all the channels...
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide, the commercial consumer arm of the BBC, has appointed Sandra Braun as its head of New Business Development for Europe, Middle East, India...
BERLIN: Intelsat yesterday launched its broadband service that provides direct Internet access via satellite up to 10 times faster than dial-up in Europe. The broadband service...
LONDON: BBC Worldwide, the commercial consumer arm of the BBC, has been recognised for its Outstanding Export Achievement in the Trade Partners UK-backed International Business Awards....
MUMBAI: From I November, Zee channels will be going off the Germany cable provider Media Vision. However, viewers still have the option of watching Zee TV...
CONNECTICUT- The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has announced its international live event tour schedule for 2003. The eight tours will visit five continents and include visits...
CALIFORNIA (US): MGM Worldwide Television Distribution and Premiere, the leading pay-television provider in Germany and Austria have entered into a long-term, multi- faceted agreement to launch...
BELGIUM: Barco, the image processing company, today signed a contract with TAN Projektionstechnologie GmbH & Co.KG and TAN AG, based in Düsseldorf, Germany and Marin, Switzerland....
MUMBAI: This piece of news should certainly interest Indian TV production houses looking to find a market for their programming beyond the traditional Indian Diaspora audience....
MUMBAI: Anheuser-Busch which owns beer brand Budweiser has extended its partnership with the Federation Internationale de Football Association (Fifa) as the official beer of the 2010...
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) will get its latest generation satellite Insat-3C into space in early 2002, 16 Januaryy 2002, to be exact, if one...
India’s next generation communication satellite Insat-3C, which was originally scheduled to be launched in September, will not be placed in orbit before January at the earliest....
Fire & Ice, the popular nightclub in Mumbai’s Parel suburb, now has its own in-house channel. Launched last Friday as Fire & Ice Weekend TV, the...
