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NEW DELHI: Sanju Saha, executive vice president, human resources at Star News, has put in his papers and is slated to join Pepsi in a much...
MUMBAI: Zee News Ltd. (ZNL), the demerged company of Zee Telefilms which houses the news and regional channels, is targeting 25 January as the launch date...
NEW DELHI: The controversy over Cas (conditional access system) does not seem to end. If the broadcasters have taken shelter in the various legal courts, consumers...
MUMBAI: 2006 has not been an easy year for the English movie genre. Firstly there was the order from the Mumbai High Court, which saw HBO...
NEW DELHI: CNN here is in top gear for this year’s “Young Journalists Awards” (YJA), with many more entries than in the previous three years and...
NEW DELHI: This December, The History Channel will trace the adventures of the one of the greatest all-time favourite fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and his trusted...
MUMBAI: While its electronics division is in trouble one area where Sony has been doing really well in is in films. For the first time in...
MUMBAI: The Indian operations of Sony Pictures Entertainment are going from strength to strength. Following a disappointing 2005, the studio has rebounded and has announced that...
NEW DELHI: Can school children in India and Pakistan help in the peace process between the two countries? At least, they can try, if the elders...
MUMBAI: It has been six months since The History Channel (THC) went a repositioning from an infotainment channel to an entertainment one. After having consolidated its...
With conditional access system (Cas) coming in next year and DTH already in, the time is right for television technology firms to take a serious look...
MUMBAI: Hyderabad-based Color Chips (India) Ltd is planning to invest Rs 350 million in setting up an animation production centre at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh as...
MUMBAI: Talk about making a big play. Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC), Star India’s talismanic gameshow, will be back early next year with Bollywood’s biggest superstar Shah...
MUMBAI: Sun TV Ltd has decided to merge satellite broadcasting companies Gemini TV Pvt Ltd and Udaya TV Pvt Ltd (except its FM radio division) with...
MUMBAI: The rights for a key sports property English Premier League (EPL) are in the process of being decided. While the decision for India is expected...
MUMBAI: For the Bollywood industry which is keen to tap the overseas market, there is good news. The Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) is willing...
MUMBAI: MAl Jazeera International, the English version of leading news broadcaster, Al Jazeera, announced the selection of a wide range of Apple products to deliver a...
MUMBAI: SaharaOne has appointed Kalyan Sundaram to head programming for the channel. Sundaram was roped into the network in 2004 when the new team structure was...
NEW DELHI: The stage is set for the sixth edition of the Indian Telly Awards, the oldest and most credible annual celebration of creative excellence in...
MUMBAI: Noted film producer and Kaleidoscope Entertainment promoter Bobby Bedi is on an epic project. His plan: to repurpose Mahabharata so that it can roam across...
MUMBAI : The market is expecting founder-promoter Kalanithi Maran to merge the affiliate companies, Udaya TV Pvt Ltd and Gemini TV Pvt Ltd, where he has...
MUMBAI: Soon after restructuring its shareholding, Maa TV Network Ltd has roped in former Prasar Bharati CEO KS Sarma to head the company. Sarma will chalk...
MUMBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) will be discussing the matter of the sale of its broadcast rights at a meeting of the ICC’s Board only...
MUMBAI: In the peaceful abode of so called ‘Lanka’, Zee TV unveiled its latest mythological drama Ravan. From comedy to reality, the network aims to strengthen...
MUMBAI : Essel Shyam Communication Ltd, a 50:50 joint venture between Essel Group and Shyam Group, is looking at an initial public offering (IPO) size of...
MUMBAI: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Mohammad Ali Asghar has resigned to clear the way for the government to sign a record television deal with Singapore-headquartered...
MUMBAI: Tata Sky has moved the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) against the south Indian media major Sun TV Group’s reluctance to make available...
Television Eighteen has been on the acquisition mode for a while now to create more revenue opportunities for its shareholders. After creating a new division for...
MUMBAI: Raj Television Network plans to raise Rs 1 billion through its initial public offering (IPO). The issue proceeds will be used for launching a niche...
MUMBAI: Just two years after launch, Raghav Bahl has shut down his English infotainment channel, South Asia World (SAW). “The channel has discontinued to broadcast. It...
MUMBAI: News Corp-controlled News Outdoor Group (NOG)’s Indian arm News Outdoor India (NOI) has taken up a 10-year lease on bus shelters in Greater Bangalore. According...
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television India, the “incumbent” holder of telecast rights for ICC cricket in the subcontinent, has withdrawn from the bidding process for the next...
MUMBAI: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), which has issued a tender to sell marketing rights including those for television and the Internet for six years until...
MUMBAI: Mobile games are closing the gap to traditional computer games with the launch of a new technology that enables richer mobile experience. US broadcaster NBC...
MUMBAI: After a number of delays, Doha-based Al-Jazeera Network has set the launch of its English news and current affairs channel AL Jazeera International for 15...
MUMBAI: Earlier this year Excel Home Video entered the television segment. It released the first seasons of Desperate Housewives and Lost. Encouraged by the response the...
MUMBAI: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has issued a tender to sell marketing rights including those for television and the Internet for six years until 2012....
It was in June that media conglomerate Interpublic combined its Draft and Foote Cone & Belding (FCB) units around the world to create a channel-neutral agency...
MUMBAI: After Abu Dhabi (DLF Cup) and Malaysia (tri-series), the next offshore cricket venue for the Indian cricket team will likely be in North America. Indian...
MUMBAI: SaharaOne Television is about to make a big splash in the Hindi General Entertainment Channel (GEC) space by introducing not less than eight new programmes....
From the world of advertising to the world of television. That’s exactly what Sony Sab senior vice president and business head Vikas Bahl has done. Now...
MUMBAI: With the Conditional Access System (CAS) controversy continuing unabated at the broadcasters’ level, Nimbus Sports Broadcast has quoted a premium price for two of its...
MUMBAI: The Zee Network today announced an agreement with Beijing based China Central Television, China’s largest national TV network. China Central Television has licensed to Zee...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster Discovery will pay tribute to the late host Steve Irwin. Irwin the channel acknowledges was instrumental in building Animal Planet into a global...
MUMBAI: In line with its localisation strategy, Walt Disney is working on two original, live-action Hindi-language TV series to be shown on the Disney Channel. The...
MUMBAI: In April, The History Channel (THC) had repositioned itself as an entertainment channel while staying true to its core proposition of airing content with a...
Worldspace VP Global Programming William Sabatini has more then 22 years of major market radio experience working at radio stations in New York (WNBC-AM, WXRK-FM and...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster ABC is being put under pressure from democrats including former president Bill Clinton not to air the five hour miniseries The Path to...
MUMBAI: It has been two weeks since English film channels HBO and Star Movies have been off air in Mumbai. While the Hindi film channels have...
MUMBAI: The Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG)-backed Adlabs Films is set to formally make a foray into the television business. According to capital market sources, Adlabs...
