NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: A fresh Telecom Regulatory Authority (Trai) order on interconnect agreements, issued on a day when the nation is grappling with the interim Budget, can...
NEW DELHI: It’s jockeying that’s going on big time as the different stakeholders try to get their point across to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India...
MUMBAI: It’s official! Tarun Katial has joined Sony Entertainment Television as the executive vice president – programming & response. Katial, according to a company release, is...
MUMBAI: The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) announced its Hall of Frames Awards at its ‘Frames 2004 Knowledge Series’ seminar at Mumbai...
MUMBAI: It is not merely a story but an epic saga! This is the tagline that MAX is using for its latest programme initiative. This will...
MUMBAI: 10 years old and it was a time to celebrate. BAG Films’ 10th anniversary party held in Mumbai’s Taj Land’s End clearly showed the kind...
NEW DELHI: Sony Entertainment Television India (SET) is all set to take the fight into the den of No. 1 Star Plus, with big ticket programming,...
NEW DELHI: With conditional access all but consigned to limbo bar an official announcement, television companies have started turning their attention to other issues. Sony Entertainment...
MUMBAI: Following up on a suggestion made on Wednesday by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci), industry and government officials today discussed...
Kunal Dasgupta has just completed eight years as chief executive of Sony Entertainment Television India, which makes him the longest serving professional CEO in the television...
NEW DELHI: Political uncertainty over conditional access systems (CAS) notwithstanding, the government today made the right noises and, reportedly, conveyed to broadcasters and multi-system operators (MSOs)...
NEW DELHI: A suitable CASe for deferment seems to have been drummed up. The Indian government has seemingly blinked first. After maintaining all these days there...
NEW DELHI: After the government ‘s summer offer in the form of slashed duties on import of set top boxes, it’s the turn of the broadcasters...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: The government today offered a significant concession to the pay broadcasters on the issue of their channel pricing by giving them some...
MUMBAI: The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), which has been riven recently by persistent reports of major rifts between pay and free-to-air lobbies within it, sought today...
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television, India’s No. 2 general entertainment television channel, has recently appointed Anjani Kumar as Vice-President – Human Resources. Kumar’s key responsibilities will...
NEW DELHI: A delegation of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) today made a strong pitch for some relaxation in the government-mandated deadline for implementation of conditional...
MUMBAI: The Indian team may be giving its fans ulcers by its up and down displays at the ongoing ICC World Cup 2003 but viewers just...
NEW DELHI: Sony Entertainment Television India – part of the Japanese conglomerate Sony group- has raked in Rs. 10,000 million worth of revenues this financial year...
NEW DELHI: New minister of state for information and broadcasting Ravi Shankar Prasad today impressed upon the broadcasting fraternity that content on television should be such...
It’s an incongruity but one any marketer would have no issue with! India may be a sports-dud country but when it comes to cricket we...
MUMBAI: Concentrate on non-theatrical releases! Producers, exhibitors need to arrive at a consensus! The film industry needs to embrace new technology! These were some of the...
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television has acquired telecast rights of the much talked about blockbuster of the year -Devdas. Sony announced on Saturday that it has acquired...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: Sony Entertainment Television India reacted with outrage today to an announcement by Harish Thawani’s Nimbus Communications that national broadcaster Doordarshan (DD) has...
MUMBAI: Former Test cricketer K Srikkanth’s summation of the current state of cricket as a means of business and entertainment aptly described the mood at a...
MUMBAI: SET India CEO Kunal Dasgupta has claimed that the World Cup cricket 2003 telecasts on MAX will provide 40 brands with a unique opportunity to...
MUMBAI: The svelte cricket-loving Mandira Bedi has replaced bubbly Ruby Bhatia in MAX’s Extraaa Innings during the forthcoming World Cup Cricket 2003. SET India CEO Kunal...
MUMBAI: CNBC‘s “The Entertainment Industry: Taking The Big Leap” brainstorming session held on 19 December in Mumbai, resulted in a lot of soul-searching amongst industry experts...
NEW DELHI: Information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj today pulled out another ace from her sleeve, getting one of her favourite subjects – the introduction of...
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television Asia has entered into a distribution agreement with Asian Television Network International Limited (ATN) Canada, a leader in the provision of South...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: It would have been surprising if it hadn’t happened thus. Simply because of the big stakes for which some of the members...
MUMBAI: Erring on the side of abundant caution? Maybe, maybe not. Sony Entertainment’s One Alliance Network, which has just added premium movie channel HBO to its...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: Give this to SET India CEO Kunal Dasgupta – he does not lack for dogged determination. Today Dasgupta pulled another rabbit out...
Amidst fanfare and with a host of dignitaries in attendance, Sony Entertainment Television made its entry into Australia and New Zealand at a glittering function in...
MUMBAI: A few months short of three years after he was appointed as the head of the human resources division at Sony Entertainment Television India, Nalin...
MUMBAI: A few months short of three years after he was appointed as the head of the human resources division at Sony Entertainment Television India, Nalin...
NEW DELHI: The Indian and NRI shareholders may dilute their stakes further in Sony Entertainment TV (SET) India, according to one of the Indian shareholders of...
MUMBAI: It’s early days no doubt. But the first week’s TAM ratings of Sony Entertainment’s matchmaking blockbuster show hosted by Bollywood screen siren Madhuri Dixit, Kahin...
MUMBAI: It’s early days no doubt. But the first week’s TAM ratings of Sony Entertainment’s matchmaking blockbuster show hosted by Bollywood screen siren Madhuri Dixit, Kahin...
MUMBAI: Talk about good timing. With just about six weeks to go before the “mini world cup” (the Champion’s Trophy in Sri Lanka that kicks off...
MUMBAI: That Sunil Lulla would be joining Sony Entertainment Television was first reported in indiantelevision.com (on 8 June). Today it was made official with the announcement...
It was a celebration of survival. Sony‘s court battle scarred Shubh Vivaah, now officially christened Kahin Na Kahin Koi Hay (KNKKH numerology, Balaji tactic) celebrated its long...
NEW DELHI: In a conference hall which had the festive look of a wedding pandaal, including facilities for girls to put on mehndi and an astrologer,...
The rather sorry deal national broadcaster Doordarshan has got for the ongoing FIFA World Cup seems to have galvanised Prasar Bharati to get proactive on the...
Sony Entertainment Television has secured the cable and satellite television rights for all ICC-designated One-Day cricket for the next seven years, which includes the next two...
An Indian version of Russian Roulette, the popular game of chance, and a weekend series from the Balaji stable on Sony are set to propel the...
The big question mark on the introduction of conditional access systems in India will be how to keep a check on the subscriber management systems (SMS)...
If there is one talismanic individual that represents India’s greatest triumph in the one-day cricket arena it is Kapil Dev, the captain of that 1983 winning...
The industry has reacted cautiously to Prasar Bharati’s (Broadcasting Corporation of India) move throwing open bidding for all time slots on its Doordarshan Metro channel. ...
The Showman – as Subhash Ghai is known – has found a buyer for his 15 strong movie library, a year after B4U failed to deliver...