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NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: The Delhi High Court has observed that Star India should change the logo of its new channel (launching 1 November) from “One”...
MUMBAI: The BBC has signed a deal with the Rupert Murdoch owned broadcaster Fox for the UK TV rights to Fox’s comedy American Dad. It has...
MUMBAI: Bigger is better! It was a decade ago that Star Movies launched as India’s first pay channel. The Rupert Murdoch owned broadcaster is showing no...
MUMBAI: Darlene Investments a minority shareholder in DirecTV Latin America has filed a lawsuit against the Rupert Murdoch owned News Corporation, The DirecTV Group and their...
MUMBAI: ESPN is looking to build its brand further in China. The sports broadcaster will launch a Chinese-language monthly magazine in December. It will target the...
MUMBAI: The Rupert Murdoch owned broadcaster Fox has gotten itself into regulatory trouble in the US. Federal regulators have proposed a record indecency fine of nearly...
MUMBAI: The DirecTV Group and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation announced yesterday that they are consolidating their pay platforms in Latin America through a series of deals...
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...
MUMBAI: The Rupert Murdoch owned broadcaster Fox has announced that the action charged 24 will return in January in the US for a fourth season of...
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Match-fixing charges reared its ugly head in Indian cricket today, but on a surface different to that of the playing field. Following the Board...
MUMBAI: In an event that seeks to mix music with fashion, the Rupert Murdoch-owned broadcaster Fox in the US will celebrate the fusion of fashion and...
A quick question: Why is Zee Telefilms CMD and maverick media baron Subhash Chandra willing to stick his neck out by bidding a humungous $308 million...
MUMBAI: Media conglomerate News Corp’s chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch has been hired as a non-executive director of China Netcom. China Netcom is one of China’s...
MUMBAI: The Rupert Murdoch-owned media conglomerate News Corporation has reported full year revenues of $21 billion. This marks an increase of 20 per cent over the...
MUMBAI: Media conglomerate News Corporation has announced that a special committee of non-executive directors and the full board of directors have recommended the proposed reorganisation of...
MUMBAI: Robert Greenwald’s controversial documentary film – Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism, was released in theatres on 6 August in New York, Los Angeles, San...
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Who all would bid for the telecast rights of BCCI-organised home series? Or, who won’t ? Who are the serious players? How are the...
MUMBAI: Media conglomerate News Corp has announced that its president and COO Peter Chernin has signed a new, five-year employment pact. Chernin has been News Corps...
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: News Corporation has appointed Jeremy Philips to the position of senior vice president of the office of the chairman. He will assist News Corporation chairman...
MUMBAI: News Corp chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch is back to number one position on the MediaGuardian 100 list, the annual ranking of media executives in...
MUMBAI: Talk about build ups to the BIG push… It started last year with Jassi and is continuing with Yeh Meri Life Hain. However, it is...
MUMBAI: News Corporation has elected John L Thornton to its board of directors. His appointment is effective immediately. Alongside appointment of the Thornton, News Corp has...
NEW DELHI: Star India, part of Rupert Murdoch’s pan-Asian venture, is going in for a flanking strategy to couch its bottomline – healthy though it looks...
One could be excused for wondering if the head honcho of India’s largest media house and largest-by-far broadcast company isn’t getting bored of the sameness of...
NEW DELHI: Okay, it’s time for some revamp of the management team at the Rupert Murdoch-controlled Star India Pvt. Ltd., which is largely fuelling the Star...
MUMBAI: Tracy Katsky has joined HBO US as its senior VP. She will also head its independent productions division. Katsky will be responsible for the development...
MUMBAI: Rupert Murdoch’s Star India is keenly looking to tap the non resident Indian population. Star Plus will launch in Singapore on StarHub CableTV on 2...
MUMBAI: Star India’s programming folks will be dealing with a new man in Star’s One Harbourfront head office in Hong Kong : Paul O’Hanlon. The Rupert...
MUMBAI: Media research giant Nielsen has scheduled their New York launch of the controversial modified television ratings system for Thursday, 3 May. The launch, which was...
NEW DELHI: Singapore seems to be flavour of season for Indian channels and those operating here. The Subhash Chandra-promoted Zee Network has launched a dedicated beam...
NEW DELHI: She has interviewed Rupert Murdoch in her capacity as a business reporter and loved doing so. Doesn’t have any immediate plans to switch organisations...
MUMBAI: When it come to sport acquisitions cricket is certainly the flavour of the season. Ten Sports has taken the worldwide rights to the upcoming South...
MUMBAI: TV ratings giant Nielsen Media Research faces strong opposition from the Latino and black groups on its decision to electronically measure viewership in Los Angeles....
MUMBAI: Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, which raised its forecast for the 2003-04 fiscal after its fiscal third quarter net income rose 69 per cent to $465...
MUMBAI: This is an initiative that seeks to infuses fresh doses of energy and creativity into American television. Even as the Writers Guild of America (WGA)...
MUMBAI: Media moghul Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp marches on. The company announced its third quarter results today with net profit of $ 465 million dollars, up...
The British televsision house Sky Television Network has revealed that the media magnate Rupert Murdoch is suffering from a low grade prostrate cancer. The News Corp...
MUMBAI: Viacom’s US broadcast network CBS has announced that it placed first in viewers, households, men 18-49, men 25-54 and second in adults 25-54. This was...
MUMBAI: Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News has signed a deal with digital satellite radio service provider Worldspace, making the channel available to subscribers of Worldspace throughout Asia,...
MUMBAI: We really believe in this market and to help expand the pie, all players should work together. A point made by Star Group CEO Michelle Guthrie...
NEW DELHI: Hong Kong-based Star Group Ltd., controlled by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, plans to launch two more entertainment channels outside the direct-to-home (DTH) package of...
MUMBAI: Hughes Electronics has announced that it has changed its company name to The DirectTV Group. In addition, the Company has changed its ticker symbol on...
MUMBAI: Asiasat has announced that it is providing back up facilities and services to Rupert Murdoch’s broadcaster Star at its new Tai Po earth station in...
MUMBAI: The latest innovation around the reality television genre is no bigger than a dwarf. Fox has announced that it will air a two part special...
MUMBAI: Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has reported consolidated revenues of $5.6 billion for the second quarter ended December 2003. This represents a 19 per cent increase...
MUMBAI: Following the $66 billion unsolicited bid made by US cable TV biggie Comcast for the Walt Disney Company yesterday, many developments have come forth from...
MUMBAI: The Bamboo Curtain is finally parting. Having realised the vast potential its media industry holds, China has loosened some of the tightest fetters that shackled...
MUMBAI: Hollywood’s major media conglomerates are hungrily eyeing Pixar after the animation studio declined to renew its deal with Disney. Two companies said to be in...
MUMBAI: Faced with mounting competition from Rupert Murdoch’s Fox and other news networks CNN is said to be looking at a major changes in its functioning...
