MUMBAI: With the Indian government having allowed foreign investment in FM radio ventures, the sector has started singing deals. Radio FM operator Radio Today, part of...
NEW DELHI: A draft of the broadcasting code being proposed by the government, in consultation with the industry, attempts to give a big push to self-regulation...
MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms Ltd is gearing up to expand its business in the Middle East. The company is launching early next year a movie channel for...
MUMBAI: The television marketplace Mipcom kicks off on Monday 17 October 2005 in Cannes France. Around 100 delegates from India representing 38 companies will take part....
MUMBAI: While it is trying its very best to get the rights for India cricket the latest sports channel on the block Zee Sports has been...
MUMBAI: While none of the Indian ads made it to the Top 50 Leo Burnett Cannes Predictions 2005, the agency, however, did take opinions from all...
HONG KONG: The Indian presence at Filmart has largely been on the distributor side. A number of small Indian companies essentially into selling of film, video...
HONG KONG: Interest in India comes from the oddest places. How does Argentina sound as a location for Indian TV and film productions? That’s just the...
MUMBAI: The Indian entertainment industry will grow yearly at the rate of 18 per cent to reach Rs 450 billion in 2009. This data is contained...
MUMBAI: Foreign channels have discovered that the best way to penetrate the Indian market further is through dubbing and procuring locally relevant content. Discovery will...
MUMBAI: This is an initiative that targets NRIs living in New Zealand. The 60,000 or so members of Auckland’s Indian community and all who enjoy a...
MUMBAI: If there is a genre on Indian television that lends itself to reruns it is the mythological epic. Production House Creative Eye has signed a...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: Indian pubcaster Prasar Bharati believes it has got the telecast rights for the upcoming “blockbuster” cricket series between Indian and Pakistan for...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: Indian pubcaster Prasar Bharati believes it has got the telecast rights for the upcoming “blockbuster” cricket series between Indian and Pakistan for...
MUMBAI: American consumers continue to experiment with fee-based online digital music services and download stores in record numbers. For the Indian music companies, battling with piracy,...
NEW DELHI: Indian pubcaster Doordarshan is aggressively attempting to recover dues to shore up its bottomlines, while continuing to programme acquisitions of events held outside India....
MUMBAI: Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) is becoming popular for all the news channels in India as the competition is on to be the first to...
CANNES: The Indian participants are singing the praises of MIPCOM. Sellers, buyers, co-production hunters – all of them have had their day under the Cannes sun....
MUMBAI: Debutant director Anup Kurian’s Manasarovar has been selected to the prestigious feature film section of the Indian Panorama of International Film Festival of India (IFFI)...
BANGALORE: The Indian film industry and the Kannada filmdom have agreed to a ceasefire it seems. In a move to give the newly elected KFCC (Karnataka...
MUMBAI: Satellite radio service provider Worldspace has launched two 24-hour Indian classical music channels. Shruti is dedicated to Carnatic music while Gandharv is for lovers of...
MUMBAI: Indian weddings besides being a blossoming industry are a visual treat- display of fashion and style. Zee’s premium fashion and style channel Trendz, in a...
ATLANTA: The Coca-Cola Company reported second quarter (2Q 2003) earnings per share of $0.55, a 12 percent increase from the prior year second quarter earnings of...
MUMBAI: It’s that time of year again. The “judges” have gathered and are in session. The onerous task before them: vetting the record number of entries...
MUMBAI: Computer peripherals manufacturer TVS Electronics Limited (TVS-E) launched the first Indian made set top box (STB) today, which have been manufactured at its newly commissioned...
MUMBAI: Recently in a promotional campaign conducted by Star Plus’ new show Saara Akaash, the channel managed to garner 150,000 signatures for the Indian Air Force....
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: While future certainly seems to be looking up for the animation industry, it isn’t as a bright option unless the producers team up with animation...
NEW DELHI: Information officers in the news division of India’s public broadcasters All India Radio and Doordarshan Thursday protested the induction of “outsiders” into the staff....
MUMBAI: Subhash Chandra promoted Essel Propack Ltd has posted a year on year (YoY) growth in its consolidated FY03 bottom lines even as its Indian operations...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: The so-called swadeshi lobby is getting active and aggressive too. Having successfully made the Star News case as a swadeshi vs. videshi...
The conditional access system has certainly changed a lot of things.Even in those particular niche segments not believed to be of much consequence in the mainline...
MUMBAI: It is not just sports channels that are looking to derive mileage from next year’s cricket World Cup. BBC World has announced a series of...
Localise content or perish. Nickelodeon Asia seems to be following on the dictum with yesterday’s unveiling of the first show it has produced specifically for Asian...
The toothless tiger is attempting to bare its teeth. The Indian Broadcasting Foundation – a representative body of a small but powerful interest group of...
Cartoon Network has announced plans to introduce a new programming franchise Toonami with the unveiling of two feature-length Indian made 3D animation shows: Pandavas – The...
Yet another family drama targeted at the Indian housewife (or should that be North Indian housewife) hits the small screen today with the launch of “Kangan”...

