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When Adhikari brothers floated Sab TV, they had the vision of growing from a pure content to a broadcasting company. But facing competition from biggies like...
His skills as a programmer are unquestionable, going by this 30 year old’s track record. He’s been one of few individuals in this industry who managed...
Coffee culture has grown by leaps and bounds in the country and cafes have become a hotspot for the young and old alike. With more and...
S antosh Desai does not fit into any of the stereotypes that you have in the Indian advertising world. At first glance, you would not think...
Brands are an important influence on our lives. They are central to free markets and democratic societies. They represent free choice. They also have a profound...
How does a programmer really know he/she has hit the bull‘s eye with a story? Thinking of concepts and genres all the time; he/she could be...
He has seen the downside of life. Portrayed himself in a Hindi potboiler film after becoming a successful media personality. At one time, he had even...
Hollywood film distribution companies have found the going tough in India, a market which has stood firm on local tastes and preferences. Rupert Murdoch’s 20th Century...
Pre-school children’s entertainment producer and rights owner Hit Entertainment has entered the licensing business in India. It has come up with a licensing programme for its...
Professor Martin Pegler, a name considered to be one of the world’s leading voices in the field of VM and store design graced POP Asia 2005...
Point of Purchase Advertising International (POPAI) is the only non-profit trade association exclusively committed to serving the interests of all those involved in POP advertising including...
DaimlerChrysler India CEO and MD Hans-Michael Huber is bullish on the company’s India operations and targets a growth of about 10 – 15 per cent this...
A few years ago an Indian business newspaper had profiled Subhash Chandra as the Entrepreneur of the Year soon after he bought out Rupert Murdoch in...
Lintas’ media division comprises three arms – Initiative Media, Interactions and the newest baby Insight. The three media services agencies have diversified roles. Lintas was amongst...
MUMBAI: It seems that capturing the number one position in the Hindi movies channels space was not enough for Sony Entertainment Television’s (SET) movies and special...
Sunil Rohra, who took over as B4U Network’s global chief executive officer in November, was recently in India to formulate a business plan. Based out of...
NEW DELHI: ESPN Star Sports, exclusive telecast rights holder for the ongoing Bangladesh-India series, this morning filed a special leave petition in the Supreme Court challenging...
The woman behind the leading entertainment channel in India talks about the ways of maintaining the lead and keeping viewers hooked. If there is a list...
MUMBAI: What better way to attract traffic to a movie channel than to get more movies on board! Star Movie’s master plan for the year 2004...
NEW DELHI: Evan as the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) rides roughshod over the broadcast sector, the protagonists (read broadcasters vs the cable fraternity) are...
MUMABI: Channel [v]’s new quest to seek one voice has brought them to Pula Deshpande Academy, Ravindara Natya Auditorium, Prabhadevi, today, 10 November. The channel had...
Zoom, the first Indian, premium, non-fiction lifestyle and entertainment channel which targets the young and upwardly mobile. The aspirational channel knits together the many fine skeins...
They tout themselves as the best marketers to the rural consumer having had a gargantuan experience in handling a variety of FMCGs, consumer durables, industrial, agri-inputs...
MUMBAI: Tamil general entertainment channel Raj TV has completed 10 years. The channel is planning to expand its event management division to an independent entity –...
MUMBAI: Star Movies and HBO are going the mini series route in a bid to improve channel share. While the latter recently commenced airing Carnivale the...
Channel [V]’s head honcho Amar Deb isn’t really known for sugar coating his opinions.Although his hands are full with the current big reality hunt, [V] Super...
Hungama TV, which marks its official launch Sunday, 26 September, will have to do battle with strongly branded international kids channels. Aimed at the 4-14-year-olds, the...
Contrary to popular belief, it’s not just Ekta Kapoor who calls the shots at Balaji Telefilms. Oftentimes it is her trusted lieutenant, deputy creative director Nivedita...
With the exit of Ravina Raj Kohli, Uday Shankar is now firmly at the helm of affairs at Star News. Shankar, who is now officiating CEO,...
Rated as the best maintained DD kendra in 2002 and the best news channel in 2003, DD Bangalore Kendra employs 430 persons on regular basis while...
These are busy times for Max. The channel, which has been starved of cricket for over a year and a half now, is all geared up...
Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited is flirting with television once again. But group president Arun Arora is clear that this time round, the relationship with the...
The recipient of the coveted Prime Time Emmy Award for technical achievement, for the development and implementation of the industry’s first, fully integrated, digital, language localization...
His dream agency is now well in place. Following the motto of ideas being indispensable to brands and where no job is ever referred to as...
It may have been a modest beginning in 1996 for Al-Jazeera, the first independent Arabic language satellite news channel, with a core staff of less than...
MUMBAI: Zee Network is all set to unveil its Telugu channel Alpha Telugu. The 24-hour channel will start beaming from 12 September. The launch of Alpha...
When CAS went kaputt last year, ETC Networks CEO JS Kohli put his energies behind strengthening the broadcast wing of the company. etc music and etc...
Maybe the new saying should be “A company is known by the men that run it. ” The camaraderie between Optimystix‘s trio – Rajiv Vyas, Sanjiv...
Abhijit Saxena began his career with the State Trading Corporation of India, away from the media and away from the private sector. His first foray into...
One of the attractions of the inaugural Indian edition of Promax&BDA held a few weeks ago in Mumbai was the participation of BBC Broadcast. Representing the...
UTV founder-promoter Ronnie Screwvala has shown again and again that he is a smart dealmaker. He got a string of private equity funds and News Corp....
It all began with a brief affair with journalism. After doing freelance writing on entertainment for E-Times, The Metropolis on Saturday (both no more), Bombay Times,...
For Rupert Gavin, BBC Worldwide’s chief executive, a trip to India seems linked to announcing a new programming initiative with Star India. Last year he was...
MUMBAI: Star World in its effort to appeal to a wider audience and cater to a variety of tastes, is attempting newer things. The latest one...
MUMBAI: The preliminary rounds of AXN’s biggest ground event of the year, AXN Xtreme: India vs Pakistan Challenge, will commence in the last week of August....
A vibrant man, full of life and a twinkle that never leaves his eyes, Leo Burnett chairman and chief executive officer Arvind Sharma exudes charm. His...
The man behind the path breaking ‘India Shining’ campaign. A man who went on to be the youngest managing director of one of the top 10...
MUMBAI: The churn in the TV Today Network continues. The latest to join the ones on their way out is the network’s executive producer western region...
MUMBAI: UTV creative director Monisha Singh has called it quits. As of today, she is no longer an employee of UTV. The 27-year old Singh put...
He has been, it would seem, waiting in the wings for quite a while now, biding his time for his moment in the sun. Sumantra Sumo...
