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With the Indian television market booming and the NRI community becoming more affluent, platforms in the UK and US are looking to service this community better....
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting is under intense pressure from the judiciary on the issue of a content code and has informed the...
NEW DELHI: IBN 7, the Hindi news channel from the Network 18 group is going for a total overhaul of its look to match the profile...
When she started Bhagwan Allah God Films, a television content production company, many thought she was out of her mind. The company (known better by the...
MUMBAI: A near three-year old relationship between Reuters Group Plc and Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd in Times Global Broadcasting, the joint venture which owns and...
NEW DELHI: Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhury today emphasised that the electronic media should not show the face of child or women victims of...
Last year Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) set up an office in India. The aim was to get more closely involved with the market and help...
NEW DELHI: Vir Sanghvi, CEO of INX News and editorial head of the group’s upcoming news channel News X, has finally left the INX group and...
A lot of flip-flop happening in the Hindi general entertainment channels. Yet Star Plus is the leader in the game, while Star One has consolidated its...
For Sony Entertainment Television (Set) India CEO Kunal Dasgupta, the big wish for 2008 is to throw up that one hit narrative show that would get...
As 2007 comes to a close, Reliance Entertainment president Rajesh Sawhney is an apt choice for our year-ending interview, not necessarily in the context of what...
Marvel Entertainment is tapping the comics business in India. Holding the rights to iconic characters like Spiderman, X-Men and Hulk, it has appointed Kids Media India...
NEW DELHI: The information and broadcasting ministry today said that news broadcasters must meet the deadline set by themselves for 31 January 2008 and submit their...
MUMBAI: Global Broadcast News (GBN) is buying out the 10.01 per cent stake of Mauritius-based New Vernon Private Equity Fund in Jagran TV for Rs 200...
For Discovery Networks India, 2007 has been a year of growth. The company carried out a slew of local initiatives including celebrating 60 years of India’s...
Subhash Ghai-promoted Mukta Arts has churned out several blockbusters in the past. But it has had to wait till 2006-07 to cross Rs 1 billion in...
Riding high on the ICC World Cup, Set Discovery reaped a harvest of $120 million (around Rs 4.8 billion) in 2006-07. The challenges, though, are stiff...
It has been a busy and somewhat testing time for Ten Sports. Last year Zee took a 50 per cent stake in its parent Taj Television...
NEW DELHI: IBN 7, the 24/7 Hindi news channel, is building at least two power backup systems to avoid the unprecedented crash it suffered for two...
Turner is looking to take localisation efforts for its kids channels to the next level. It has announced a slew of five locally produced shows which...
Quentin Staes-Polet is the CEO and co-founder of Kreeda Games, one of the first Indian internet companies dedicated to massively multiplayer online gaming (MMOG). The company...
NEW DELHI: Upset over News Broadcasters Association’s (NBA) silence on the Content Code almost a month after sending a letter, the Information and Broadcasting ministry (I&B)...
BBC is expanding in the media space in India with not just new channel launches but also in the arena of FM radio and TV production....
NEW DELHI: The proposed Code of Content drafted by news broadcasters in retaliation to the government’s attempt to ‘curb press freedom’ through the latter’s Content Code...
It’s nigh on one-and-a-half years since Star India brought in a “media outsider” Paritosh Joshi as president – advertising sales & distribution, thereby consolidating the two...
MUMBAI: Zee News has roped in Barun Das as the CEO. The channel was operating without a CEO after former CEO Harish Doraiswamy resigned in mid-September....
Synergy Communications founder Siddhartha Basu shot to fame as the curt quizmaster in BBC’s Mastermind India. But he sure knows a thing or two about drama....
Autodesk which manufactures software technologies for the media and entertainment industry as one of its major activities, is looking to grow the business in India. ...
NEW DELHI: The News Broadcasters Association (NBA) has received the draft code of conduct from the member who had been entrusted with the job, and are...
Gaming firm Indiagames is on the move. It recently came back into the online gaming space with its Games on Demand concept. UTV also took a...
NEW DELHI: Live India, which ran into controversy after telecasting a sting operation that was subsequently declared as fake, has been issued a showcause notice by...
NEW DELHI: The Editors of news TV channels based in Delhi met to discuss the issue of Code of Conduct and have charted 10 areas of...
As localized channels are gaining momentum on television, the Zee Network has been quick to grab untapped genres in regional markets. Spearheading four regional channels from...
Neo Sports has had a testing time. The distribution deal with Star did not work out and the two channels – Neo Sports and Neo Sports...
This has been a busy year for Sony’s international channels AXN and Animax. The task has been to pace up to the market competitiveness while staying...
UTV is lining up nine channels and is planning to bet Rs 6 billion in it. The company is in talks with strategic investors to support...
Reliance ADAG has aggressive plans laid out for its radio venture Big FM. With 29 stations already in place, Big FM has 16 more waiting in...
NEW DELHI: India’s longest and largest single-theme television programming – “Rising India” from the TV 18 group’s CNN IBN and IBN 7 – is poised to...
Former tennis player turned Hollywood film producer Ashok Amritraj has reason to celebrate. Having spent 25 years in filmmaking, he was recently in India to collaborate...
MUMBAI: Donning a fresh look, Broadcast Initiative Limited’s Hindi ‘views’ channel Janmat is being re-christened as Live India with effect from 3 August. Shedding its old...
Filmy, the one and a half year old Hindi movie channel from the Sahara Group, has experimented with a varied mix of movies and shows to...
She waits with baited breath, jittery to unlock her next treasure. Bindass CEO Zarina Mehta is bubbling with energy as she talks about her second baby...
Radio One has changed its positioning from a niche to a mass station. With help from BBC which picked up a 20 per cent stake in...
NEW DELHI: A clear chapter on news content code based on Ofcom, the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries, will be put...
For Excel Home Video, it is time to expand as big companies like Anil Ambani’s ADAG are planning an entry. The firm recently added MGM to...
B.A.G Films & Media Ltd. managing director Anurradha Prasad has her plate full. Having created a long list of popular TV shows, she now has her...
NEW DELHI: The information and broadcasting ministry today agreed to consider a suggestion that news channels should not be guided by the content code drawn up...
These are busy times for Percept Holdings as it plans to build a strong growth engine in the entertainment space. The company has a war chest...
Moser Baer is shaking up the home video market with its low pricing. While VCDs are available at Rs 28, DVDs are priced at Rs 34....
Baljit Singh Lalli, who took charge as chief executive officer of Prasar Bharati at the end of December 2006, is an Indian Administrative Service officer of...
