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MUMBAI: WPP, the world‘s biggest advertising group, has posted a net profit of ?916.5 million for the fiscal ended 31 December, up 38.7 per cent over...
MUMABI: Today’s India is seeing things it has never seen before – medals in Olympics, cheerleaders in cricket, kissing scenes on national television, fairness creams for...
MUMBAI: With the Dow Chemicals sponsorship of next year‘s London Olympics causing anger among Bhopal Gas tragedy victims, the Sports Ministry has asked the Indian Olympic...
MUMBAI: P&G, the company behind brands such as Fairy, Gillette, Pampers and Pantene has announced that it will be supporting a number of the UK‘s athletes...
MUMBAI: The on-going Rugby World Cup 2011 could generate $1.67 billion for the global sports economy with overseas visitors to New Zealand generating $654 million, according...
While the Olympics recorded strong viewership in a lot of countries, India remained among the bottom three markets in terms of television viewership for the Olympics....
ESPN Star Sports has pumped in a whopping $2.25 billion to acquire the rights for ICC including the two World Cups, the Champions League T20, Cricket...
MUMBAI: With the 2008 Olympics now well underway, the head of London 2012 is in Beijing to find out first hand what it takes to host...
NEW DELHI: DD News will telecast daily a 30-minute special sports programme titled Beijing 2008 – Quest for Glory, from 7-25 August at 7 pm. The...
MUMBAI: BBC World News is set to screen its special programmes, which are weaved around Beijing Olympics 2008. My Games, the new BBC World News programme...
MUMBAI: BBC has announced that BBC Sport’s marketing campaign for the forthcoming Olympic Games in China will be based upon the traditional Chinese folklore Journey To...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has announced that its radio station BBC London’s Anthem for 2012 Olympics competition launches next week inviting all Londoners to compose...
MUMBAI: The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) has added its weight to the rising chorus of protests against the recent rescheduling of key events for the Beijing...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster NBC and Mark Burnett who created the business based reality show The Apprentice have joined forces to create a promotion for the show....
The eight-nation hockey tourney The Rabo Bank Trophy, featuring India, Pakistan and six of the top teams in the world begins at the Wagener Stadium in...
MUMBAI: There are less than 100 days to go before the biggest sporting spectacle of the year – the Olympic Games in Athens kicks off. Fast...
MUMBAI: Hosting the most important sporting event Olympic Games is a matter of pride and prestige for countries around the globe. China is set to host...
MUMBAI: The one partnership that has sustained the modern Olympic Movement more than any other has been further extended. Coca-Cola has extended its sponsorship for the...
NEW DELHI: Fazed by high cost of acquisition, the Indian pubcaster Doordarshan has written to the government and the Indian Olympics Association (IOA) seeking intervention, if...
MUMBAI: ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has just added the biggest soccer property of them all to its draw card. The sports broadcaster has acquired exclusive telecast...
MUMBAI: Music is the message for ESPN Star Sports (ESS) as regards creating awareness around its upcoming Premier Hockey League (PHL) initiative that kicks off on...
MUMBAI: The most important awards ceremony in the film industry the Oscar Awards will be held on 5 March 2005 instead of in February 2005. That...
MUMBAI: Star’s 24-hour general entertainment channel for Mainland China, Xing Xong has been launched in Singapore on StarHub CableTV channel 105. Featuring 900 hours of original...
MUMBAI: The Athens Olympics in August broke global TV viewing records, with nearly four billion people tuning in,. As had been reported earlier by Indiantelevision.com Doordarshan...
MUMBAI: CBS has announced that television journalist Joan Lunden will host its upcoming reality series Finding The Next Designing Diva. The series will pit 12 people...
MUMBAI: This is a piece of news that should make the media planning community sit up and take note. When the biggest sporting spectacle the Athens...
MUMBAI: Beehive Systems’ says that Star News, Zee News and Doordarshan have successfully used its laptop-based digital newsgathering system called vid’linkMoblie to help them cover 2004...
MUMBAI: BBC’s decision to provide interactive services in the UK for the Olympics has paid off. As many as 8.96 million digital satellite viewers pressed the...
NEW DELHI: When the pubcaster wants, it manages to gets its dues. Private satellite channels like Aaj Tak have said that they would pay for the...
MUMBAI: There is close connect between sport and national pride. So it comes as no surprise to learn that Chile’s Gold and Bronze medals in tennis...
MUMBAI: With the aim of further positioning itself as the preeminent television rights, sales and production house, Octagon CSI has announced the appointment of two senior...
NEW DELHI: The All India Cable Operators Forum, today said it is “suspending” (not calling off) its indefinite agitation against imposition of service tax “in the...
The Olympic Games, the biggest sporting spectacle on the planet, officially kicks off tomorrow in Athens. Over 10,000 athletes representing 202 countries, including 74 participants from...
MUMBAI: NBC has been able to cross its target of a record $1 billion in ad sales for the Athens games, which kicked off last Saturday....
MUMBAI: Omega from the Swatch Group will be responsible for the timing and scoring systems and services, as well as the on-venue results management, at the...
MUMBAI: In China, Channel [V] has joined hands with international basketball superstar Yao Ming and Asia’s top-notch artists, including Leon Lai and Halem Yu, to support...
MUMBAI: Television New Zealand (TVNZ) has announced that later this year TVNZ Satellite Services will quit the global occasional use satellite delivery industry. TVNZ Satellite Services...
MUMBAI: This is a scheme that gives Indian sports buffs the chance to fly to Greece for the Olympics. Visa has announced an offer for all...
MUMBAI: Satellite services company Globecast has announced that it has partnered with Brazilian telecommunications group Embratel to provide broadcast services, internet and telephony for Brazilian terrestrial...
MUMBAI: News broadcaster CNN International has announced that from 1 March it will rebrand two of its Hong Kong based shows. News Biz Today will be...
MUMBAI: Eutelsat has announced that it’s official sponsorship of the XXth Winter Olympics to be held in Torino 2006. In a bid to enable the Olympic...
LONDON: Paris is the current favourite to win the race to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. The next edition of the greatest sporting spectacle in...
NEW DELHI: India’s pubcaster Prasar Bharati, which oversees the functioning of Doordarshan and All India Radio, is showing rare courage of accepting challenges set by the...
NEW YORK: This is bad news for US networks who strongly rely on local advertising as a source of revenue. Media conglomerate Viacom has decided to...
NEW YORK: NBC, America’s Olympic Network and Clear Channel Advantage, a division of San Antonio-based Clear Channel Worldwide, announced a marketing alliance for the next five...
GREECE: The Main Operations Centre (MOC) also known as the ‘headquarters’ of the Olympic Games began its operations yesterday. The aim is to prepare for the...
