Punit Goenka is in control of the media empire that patriarch Subhash Chandra built assiduously over almost two decades. He is quick to take decisions, is...
Leading broadcasters will continue to post strong ad revenue growth while the long tail will be severely hurt as advertisers tend to consolidate their spends in...
FoodFood, one of the three recently launched food specialty channels in India, is completing six months on 24 July. With Sanjeev Kapoor and Astro as promoters...
Earlier this year to better reflect its business, World Wrestling Entertainment rebranded as WWE. Among other things, it is looking to develop new television products...
HDFC Life‘s advertising spend will stay flat this year as it seeks to turn profitable for the first time. The insurance company, which ranks No....
Sony Pictures Television is on a major expansion course in Asia. It has widened its portfolio with the launch of a new channel, ONE. AXN HD...
IndusInd Media and Communications Ltd (IMCL), the media subsidiary company of Hinduja Ventures Ltd, plans to raise $100 million, a major chunk of which will be...
In a rapidly changing business environment where brands need to be constantly rejuvenated, it is not only important to analyse but also interpret data from a...
Amid controversies surrounding shareholding issues and a termination notice from the BCCI, the spirit of Kings XI Punjab hasn‘t dampened. The Indian Premier League franchise expects...
he English movie channel genre is sized at Rs 3.25 billion and is expected to grow at 20-25 per cent due to the entry of new...
CNN is banking on India to boost its ad revenue this year as the international news outfit hunts for fast-growing economies in a downturn environment. ...
Driven by the rapid development in digital and mobile technologies, sound company Dolby is expanding its market base from cinema to the broadcasting sector. ...
A new entrant in the infotainment space, Nat Geo Wild launched in India last year to cater to the need for high quality wild life and...
Knocked down by a model that relied heavily on acquisitions, Network18 founder-promoter Raghav Bahl has reworked on the movie production business that he has moved to...
The International Emmy Awards have been growing in strength from year to year. These recognise the best in television from around the world. This time...
Multi Screen Media‘s hybrid channel Max has completed 11 years and today is a prime asset of the company. While it telecasts the lucrative Indian...
When Star floated a company for DTH, there were several issues raised on shareholding and other related matters. Was that a ghost that initially haunted you...
Ormax Media, the consumer knowledge and consulting firm for the media and entertainment industry, was launched jointly by Vispy Doctor, the managing director of Ormax Consultants,...
Discovery is upping the ante in India. Leading the infotainment genre, the company has crafted three channel launches in India this year: Discovery Science, Discovery Turbo...
Manjunath Hegde, masters in marketing management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute, has over 23 years of experience in 360 brand management and consumer insight based strategy and...
Struggling to jump into the top Hindi GEC league, it was a year back when Sony Entertainment Television decided to undergo a complete overhaul. New programmes...
NEW DELHI: Zee’s direct-to-home (DTH) company Dish TV has appointed Salil Kapoor as its chief operating officer (COO). The appointment follows Vinay Agarwal‘s joining Dish...
Thirteen years on, Star India’s music channel is experimenting with ‘blogumentary’ content and has adopted the tagline Channel [V] made by you. The recipe for getting...
MUMBAI: Zee Network’s Wire & Wireless India Ltd. (WWIL) is in the process of lining up a debt of Rs 2 billion for funding its digital...
BENGALURU: What good would a FICCI MEBC event be in Bengaluru without a discussion on the current status of regional TV, ratings, content and formats? The...
MUMBAI: Television Eighteen India Ltd. is, in its qualified institutional placement (QIP) issue, allocating 3.08 million shares at a price of Rs 650 per equity share....
MUMBAI: Lifestyle channel Zoom is all set to launch Pond’s Banungi Main Miss India (BMMI), a 12-episode reality series based on the Pond’s Femina Miss India...
MUMBAI: It was 19 January that Indiantelevision.com first broke the news that Global Broadcast Network (GBN), owners of English news channel CNN-IBN, were in talks with...
MUMBAI: Tam India vice president Atul Phadnis has put in his papers at the agency. He is launching a strategic media studies group called Media e2e...
MUMBAI: Preparations are in its final stages for the launch of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) latest satellite, Insat-4A, on board the 169th flight of...
MUMBAI: Children’s entertainment brand Hit Entertainment has done its first ever direct sale with Sri Lanka. Speaking to Indiantelevision.com this afternoon, Hit Entertainment brand director Asia...
MUMBAI: Star News is gearing up its Delhi operations with a view to sharpen its competitiveness that would herald a major shift in its functioning. In...
MUMBAI: Star India has re-scheduled its popular gameshow Kaun Banega Crorepati 2 (KBC 2) following superstar Amitabh Bachchan’s sudden illness and his subsequent absence from work....
MUMBAI: As part of its commitment to develop sports in India ESPN Star Sports (ESS) will showcase live the semi-finals and the final of the IFA...
MUMBAI: Sting time on TV as politicians fall prey once again. It has barely being a week since Aaj Tak’s cash-for-query scam, that Star News ‘Operation...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government is optimistic that the companies evincing interest in FM radio licences, up for grabs during the second phase, are serious players...
MUMBAI: Rainbow Media has appointed Gang TVs Gregory Ang as a consultant for Asia. The company is preparing to develop and launch its Voom HD channels...
MUMBAI: After a 14 month stint, UTV COO Vikas Varma has put in his papers and is currently serving his notice period. Former UTV creative director...
MUMBAI: With the launch date drawing nearer, Times Global Broadcasting Co Ltd, the joint venture news broadcasting company of The Times of India Group and Reuters,...
MUMBAI: Anil Ambani looks to be in a mighty hurry to carve out a telecom and entertainment empire, soon after splitting from his brother Mukesh. His...
MUMBAI: India’s prominent spiritual network, Aastha Broadcasting Network Ltd (ABNL), is setting up a Wholly Owned Subsidiary (WOS) in Singapore. The subsidiary will take care of...
BANGALORE: A robotic arm sent to the moon to do some sample analysis? That is what Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is dreaming to do in...
MUMBAI: Martha Stewart has announced that she is looking for the worst cooks in the US to become students during her latest television show in the...
MUMBAI: The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has put on hold New Delhi Television Ltd’s proposal to transfer part of the promoters’ (Dr Prannoy Roy and...
MUMBAI: Broadcast News, Rajdeep Sardesai’s new venture in collaboration with Television Eighteen Group, has sought permission to uplink a news channel. A government source confirmed the...
NEW DELHI: As part of the revised uplinking policy, the Indian government has proposed that all foreign news channels like CNN and BBC seeking temporary uplink...
MUMBAI: It appears that as a natural progression for the Prannoy Roy-promoted NDTV Ltd, the network is moving forward to have a bouquet of channels, on...
MUMBAI:The Delhi High Court has declined to grant an injunction against the scheduled launch tonight of Zee TV’s big budget primetime weekly Time Bomb. The court...
MUMBAI: Crest Animation Studios and its wholly owned US subsidiary RichCrest Animation are getting into an end-to-end production deal valued at around $2 million for an...
MUMBAI: The BBC could face an investigation by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) if it does not scale back its commercial activities. Media reports indicate...