After the Big Event what? That must have been the dilemma confronting Sony Entertainment Television’s executive V-P ad sales and revenue management Rohit Gupta in the...
MUMBAI: While English movie channels HBO and Star Movies are done with their quota of Oscar movies line-up, Zee MGM’s ode to the Oscars comes in...
MUMBAI: Star Plus may have decided not to restart the game show Kaun Banega Crorepati but recent ratings show that in the US viewers are still...
MUMBAI: It was a night of fond farewells for the cast of Sex and the City. HBO’s sitcom was recognised for its ensemble acting at this...
MUMBAI: After co-producing the television miniseries Band of Brothers; HBO and BBC have come together once again for a multimillion pound co-production series. This time round,...
MUMBAI: “It is the last season – but doesn’t mean it’s the last you’ll see of us,” Jessica Parker, producer of sitcom Sex and the City...
MUMBAI: After The Mummy it is the turn of the caped figure Spiderman to bring in a ratings bonanza for HBO. Quoting TAM data the channel...
MUMBAI: While a lot of speculations are being made in the media about the outcome of the Comcast-Disney merger if it does come about; here’s the...
One of the most hotly contested battles being played out on Indian television screens at the moment is in the English movie space. It‘s basically a...
MUMBAI: Star Movies may have a lock on the Oscars ceremony, but rival HBO is not letting that get in the way of its annual movie...
MUMBAI: The stars were out in full force at the 61st annual Golden Globe Awards. The biggest surprise of the evening came courtesy the BBC. BBC...
MUMBAI: A wider choice of English films is what is promised when new movie channel Cine World makes its debut in the first week of February...
MUMBAI: Think movies! Think big! Think HBO! That is the message HBO is looking to get across to the viewer when it kicks off its new...
MUMBAI: The fifth season of HBO’s gangster saga The Sopranos debuts on HBO in the US on 7 March. This will comprise of 13 episodes. ...
MUMBAI: HBO has announced that it will premiere Sony’s box office sensation Spiderman in Singapore on 25 January at 8 pm. Released in cinemas last year,...
MUMBAI: An HBO presentation, the six-hour mini-series Angels in America, the Mike Nichols adaptation of Tony Kushner’s play about AIDS during the Reagan administration, walked off...
MUMBAI: The nominations for the 61st Golden Globe Awards were announced last evening. In India, the show will air live on Star World on 26 January....
Crest Communications, one of the leaders in 3D animation in India, has big plans up its sleeve. It is constantly looking to set benchmarks in this...
Surajeet Dasgupta, living in the Chittaranjan Park area of South Delhi, is not unduly perturbed that at the stroke of midnight (or so the cable operators...
MUMBAI: Just in time when the last of the Lord of the Rings troika premiers on the big screen, HBO will air the first part The...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: What the I&B minister proposes, the I&B ministry is left with the onerous task of disposing. I&B minister RS Prasad’s recent comments...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Seems like information and broadcasting (I&B) minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has unwittingly created a controversy where there was none. Media reports yesterday quoted Prasad...
LONDON: APTN Library and Grinberg Film Libraries, two of the world’s leading sources of historical footage have signed a representation deal to exchange and sell each...
MUMBAI: Zee English’s year end bonanza includes three new shows. With rival English entertainment channel Star World seriously bolstering its programming line up, Zee’s English entertainment...
MUMBAI: 31 days of non-stop excitement is what HBO plans to offer the viewers this December. HBO will present a countdown of blockbuster movies as a...
MUMBAI: B4U has appointed Samir Mazgaonkar as the new head of sales at B4U India. Taking on the role with immediate effect, Mazgaonkar will be responsible...
LONDON: The success of Oscar winning filmGladiator a couple of years ago stirred interest in Roman culture and history. Taking a hint from this, the BBC...
MUMBAI: The war regarding who is numero uno among the music channels is getting red hot. Yesterday Channel [V] held a party boasting that it was...
MUMBAI: The bubble burst forth in full flow this evening as Star’s music channel – Channel [V] celebrated its status as the number one music station...
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: 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: Movie channel HBO, which brings Hollywood to our homes, is now promising to take us to Hollywood. The channel plans to premiere The Mummy Returns,...
MUMBAI: Last year in January the horror film The Mummy gave HBO a place in TAM’s top 100. Since then, no other blockbuster has seen that...
ATLANTA: Atlanta-based cable network TBS Superstation from the Time Warner stable will air a cleaned-up version of HBO’s Sex and the City. The telecast will commence...
Ever since HBO launched in India three years ago, the English movie channel scene has seen a jump in terms of the quality of films aired....
GotoBavaria, Locations 2003, Dr. A Jayathilak, GotoBavaria, Oscar, The Black Forest PlagueLOS ANGELES: HBO led the way in the 55th Primetime Emmy Awards which concluded yesterday....
LOS ANGELES: The hottest stars in television land were out in force this morning as the 55th edition of the Primetime Emmy Awards took place. The...
MUMBAI: Time Warner is now finally rid off the AOL adjunct to its name that was the most vivid symbol of the failure of the great...
NEW YORK: The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced that veteran television broadcaster, Bob Costas, of HBO’s Emmy-winning On the Record with Bob Costas,...
MUMBAI: After quite a while HBO has finally decided to start tapping its original series. The first one off the block is Sex And The City....
LOS ANGELES: On Saturday night, The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) awarded the 2002-2003 Creative Arts Prime time Emmys for programmes and individual achievements....
NEW YORK: Gigli may have turned out to be the biggest box office flop of the year, but that is not stopping its star Jennifer Lopez...
MUMBAI: Hollywood movie channel, HBO, will telecast a series of action, comedy, drama and thriller flicks in September. The channel has also lined up a number...
NEW YORK: The world’s largest media company will officially drop “AOL” from its name on Thursday, returning to the name “Time Warner Inc.” “AOL” was added...
SINGAPORE: Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) which claims to be Asia’s leading communications and satellite service provider has announced that it has been appointed by HBO Asia...
MUMBAI: Star Movies may lay claim to being India’s number one movie channel but if one looks at the 2003 Asia Pay Television Operators’ Survey, then...
LOS ANGELES: The darkly amusing drama Six Feet Under and its parent network HBO, dominated television’s Emmy Award nominations. The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will...
MUMBAI: What is it about men (and women) pummeling each other to pulp that draws viewers? In India, one constant on Ten Sports’ top rated shows...
Theres a lot of wishful thinking going on in government. That it can and should control pricing. That too, in a country which is moving from...
CHICAGO: With cable customers gradually realising its benefits high definition television (HDTV) is rapidly spreading its wings across the US. Cable customers in 78 of...

