MUMBAI: While in India it is Star Plus that rules, looking at the Asian region as a whole, leading English movie channel HBO is the winner...
MUMBAI: “The best press and poster ads in 2003 made us gape in amazement whereas the film ads and TV commercials had us in splits.” This...
MUMBAI: Now preschoolers can have their very own playdate with some of their favourite Sesame Street friends every day. Featuring Ernie, Bert and Grover, Play With...
MUMBAI: The Crown Media Holdings owned Hallmark Channel has every reason to rejoice. The channel has secured 18 nominations for the 55th Annual Emmy Awards 2003...
NEW YORK: In October, Hallmark Entertainment arrives at the television trade fair MIPCOM with four new miniseries being offered for the first time. The content runs...
MUMBAI: It’s time for some happy weekdays at Hallmark. Starting today, 1 July, Hallmark Channel will be featuring sitcom slot every Monday to Friday at 6...
MUMBAI: Niche English entertainment channel Hallmark is showcasing the story of the infamous Enron Corporation this month. The film marks a bit of a departure from...
MUMBAI: Hallmark may continue struggling to find its ground in the country but it is certainly sticking to its guns on the pay vs. free to...
MUMBAI: Television channels are realising that FM Radio is an effective way to create and build up brand awareness about their programming. Star World and Hallmark...
MUMBAI: Family oriented Hallmark has announced that it has acquired three shows from Sony. The aim is to strengthen the late primetime programme slots, which air...
MUMBAI: A female protagonist starts from scratch after her husband ditches her. This is the theme around which Hallmark’s new series Family Law revolves. The show...
MUMBAI: The reality programming genre is spreading its wings beyond AXN and Reality TV. Hallmark, which claims to be the channel with emotions, is looking at...
MUMBAI: Family entertainment channel Hallmark is adding to its film title offerings with some new acquisitions from Disney. It will also be unveiling a Valentine Movie...
MUMBAI: Rescheduled ad breaks. Revamped logo. Catchier promos and fresh programming. That seems to be Hallmark India’s strategy to woo the slippery viewer. Latest in the...
Kermit Channel has ceased transmission in India, the only market where the children’s channel was still distributed in Asia. Crown Media Holdings, the Los Angeles-based...
Hallmark Entertainment Network on Wednesday signed agreements with two new partners, Videoland in Taiwan and Korea’s World Event Network Co. Ltd (WENTV). The move comes just...
It‘s sweet revenge time for cinema theatres across the country. For long at the receiving end of cable piracy that weaned away the avid movie buff...
MUMBAI: Family entertainment channel Hallmark claims to be on the upward tack in the ratings, at least for some of its shows. The first episode of...
MUMBAI: The Chinese have invaded the cable industry in India. And how. At the Scat India trade show 2002 that began at the World Trade Centre...
Channels all over the country are deep focusing on the housewife. And the afternoon is the time to get her undivided attention. Suddenly, the plain housewife...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: The Hathway-Modi Entertainment Network (MEN) face-off seems to be spreading. According to indications, if negotiations do not work out between the two...
Modi Entertainment Network expects to add four channels to its bouquet by November. The distribution network, which has national broadcaster Doordarshan’s DD Sports, the Dubai-based Taj...
LOS ANGELES (US): Hallmark has added another feather to its cap, with the Congressional Directors of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) honouring the channel...
MUMBAI: Hallmark is taking special pains to strengthen its position in the late night block. With this in mind, the channel will push The Guardian and...
HONG KONG: The Hallmark Channel is about to launch a weekly two-hour programming block showcasing original productions on Hong Kong’s terrestrial network, ATV World Channel from...
MUMBAI: Hallmark has announced that its kids show Sesame Street will introduce a HIVpositive Muppet. The as yet unnamed character will appear next month on Takalani...
MUMBAI: The critically acclaimed The Guardian has added another feather to its cap. The series, which airs Sundays in India on the Hallmark Channel, was honoured...
MUMBAI: The critically acclaimed The Guardian has added another feather to its cap. The series, which airs Sundays in India on the Hallmark Channel, was honoured...
NEW DELHI: Which is the best of the lot? Star Movies, armed with TAM data, has claimed that it is dominating viewership (target group: C&S SEC...
NEW DELHI: Which is the best of the lot? Star Movies, armed with TAM data, has claimed that it is dominating viewership (target group: C&S SEC...
Hallmark channel is all set and ready to roll for its latest programme initiative The Guardian. The show commences on 7 July and will air every...
Hallmark has acquired 18 major motion pictures for its Latin American markets from Walt Disney Television International – Latin America (WDTVI-LA). The package boasts prominent titles...
Action channel AXN India claims to have stolen a march over rival English movie channels last month in the ratings game. The channel telecast Commando on...
Hallmark tried a different tack for promoting its Mother’s Day specials this year. At a bash last weekend, they roped in Aditi Gowitrikar, Fleur Xavier, Shaina...
The Hallmark channel is gallopping ahead if one goes by the annual numbers released by its parent Crown Media Holdings. Crown claims that its subscribers globally...
James Paul Marturano is the executive vice president, HBO Asia and managing director of HBO South Asia. As executive VP of HBO Asia, Marturano heads the...
US-based Crown Media Holdings, parent of Crown Media International, is in talks with the Modi Entertainment Network (MEN) to set up an Indian joint venture for...
Consolidate distribution, increase reach and brand visibility through aggressive marketing. That is the target that general entertainment English channel Hallmark has set for itself in India...
Indian spiritual channel Aastha will soon be spreading its wings to the UK, USA and Canada. According to Kirit Mehta, promoter of CMM Broadcasting Network Limited,...
Hallmark Channel US has acquired the rights to the movie Courage Under Fire. The Gulf War drama,starring Academy Award winner Denzel Washington and Meg Ryan, marks...
“Everyone is talking to everyone.” That was all Lalit Modi, vice-chairman and president, Modi Entertainment Network, would offer other than a “no comments” when asked about...
Crown Media International, which operates the Hallmark Channel outside America, has announced the signing of a three-year regional contract with ACNielsen Media International. AC Nielsen claims...
It’s a tie-up which has ample scope. Crown Media, the parent company of made for TV movie channel Hallmark, has signed on media sales company the...
Crown Media Holdings, Inc. has announced the issuance of $265 million of 6.75 per cent subsidiary trust preferred securities and contingent appreciation certificates in a private...
MUMBAI: When English movie channel Hallmark launched in Asia, not many industry watchers were confident that it would last out the long haul. The Asian viewer...
Hallmark, which claims a viewership base of 8.2 million in India, is pushing hard to become the channel that the whole family can enjoy. Hallmark is...
Seven seems to be a number with Hallmark Entertainment Network in its efforts to have a more significant presence in India. Towards the end of last...
The Hallmark Channel is making a thrust into expanding its programming library. The network has appointed Kirstine Layfield to the newly-created position of senior vice president,...