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MUMBAI: SET India CEO Kunal Dasgupta seems to have this penchant for making big cricket-related announcements at MAX parties. It was no different this evening during...
Kalanithi Maran is getting ready for his next big project. The Sun Network chairman and managing director has applied for a license to operate a direct-to-home...
MUMBAI: Shiksha Aapke Bachhe Ki! Zimmedari HAMARI! Over the past few months television channels have realised the need to inculcate social awareness and education themes into...
MUMBAI: Sony Discovery is carving out a powerful distribution bouquet. Its latest prize catch: Ten Sports. The distribution deal is for five years. SET Discovery and...
MUMBAI:On the auspicious occasion of Holi, Sony will showcase a musical bonanza featuring the channe’s stars, famous personalities, leading singers, and the Indian Idol finalists. The...
Indian Idol‘s finale has done for Sony Entertainment Television (SET) what no other show has done for it till date. The year on year monopoly of...
MUMBAI: In a bid to expand its reach in the Hindi entertainment space Sony has entered into a deal to acquire Sab TV for $ 13...
MUMBAI: Comedy chat show Batliwalla House No 43, Sony Entertainment Television India’s Friday slot replacement for its big-ticket reality show Indian Idol, is ready and waiting...
MUMBAI: In what can be called a rare move for a Japanese company; Sony Corp has named Sir Howard Stringer as its first non Japanese chairman...
MUMBAI: DD Sports will stop beaming the Indo-Pakistan series via PAS-10 satellite from midnight, following strong protests from Sony. As the footprint of PAS-10 spreads across...
MUMBAI: Sony, which on Friday wrested the international cricket telecast rights (for all countries except the Indian territory) for the upcoming Indo-Pak series, has sublicenced the...
MUMBAI: Earlier, I would do the rounds of TV channels asking them to reach consumers via SMS. Now even channel advertisers want to use this media...
MUMBAI: In a development late last evening, Sony Entertainment Television wrested the international cricket telecast rights (for all countries with the exception of the Indian Subcontinent)...
MUMBAI: This, certainly is a first for the Indian music industry. A top broadcaster and a leading content provider have come forward to acknowledge the copyright...
MUMBAI: Balaji Telefilms is planning to set up its own studios in Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad in a phased manner. The production house will also continue...
MUMBAI: Here’s the true picture of what’s been happening at Sony Entertainment Television as far as that crucial resource in television is concerned: people. A couple...
MUMBAI: In three weeks, as the Indian Idol climaxes in its grand finale, the question everybody seems to be grappling with is: What next? Though Sony...
MUMBAI: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and its buyers- a consortium of investors including Sony and Comcast have appointed Daniel Taylor as MGM president. It was in September 2004...
MUMBAI: Zee Movie Zone (ZMZ), thus far a distant third in English movie channel space to fierce rivals HBO and Star Movies, may just be about...
MUMBAI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has directed Sony-Discovery to immediately restore signals of its bouquet of channels to Allahabad-based Three Star Communication which...
A few years ago an Indian business newspaper had profiled Subhash Chandra as the Entrepreneur of the Year soon after he bought out Rupert Murdoch in...
Regulation, as opposed to the market, largely determined trends in India’s cable and satellite distribution business over the past 12 months. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of...
MUMBAI: At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas consumer electronics giant Sony Electronics demonstrated its advancements in high-definition (HD) entertainment and the breadth of its...
It was once a whole lot easier. Three years ago, broadcasters would press for more subscribers and rates, multi system operators (MSOs) would ask for an...
The year gone by achieved a significant benchmark in the television media space. Whether one talks about the burst of different genres of television channels or...
MUMBAI: Nine weeks since its launch and the Sony’s big-ticket property Indian Idol seems to be really feeling the heat — of weighty expectations. Idol opened...
MUMBAI: 2004 has been a financial bonanza for Hollywood who cranked out mega hits like Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban, Spiderman 2 and Shrek...
MUMBAI: After the big bang promotional blitz that marked the arrival of Sony’s big-ticket show Indian Idol in October, the marketing effort enters a new phase...
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment TV India’s movies and special events channel Max has vanquished arch rival Zee Cinema in terms of channel share and prime time viewership...
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television (SET) India is undergoing major corporate restructuring as far as its top management is concerned. The most significant elevation involves chief financial...
MUMBAI: BAG Films’ afternoon show on Star Plus Kumkum Pyaara Sa Bandhan has completed 500 episodes and to celebrate the joyous occasion, BAG Films managing director...
MUMBAI: Sony-Discovery bouquet will reduce the monthly subscription rate of its existing bouquet by Rs 5.60 to Rs 49.40 a month per subscriber in the New...
MUMBAI: The flurry of new channels entering the Indian broadcast arena is leading to new equations on the distribution front. Broadcasters are working out fresh arrangements...
MUMBAI: Sony’s attempt to spruce up its 10:30 pm band begins 27 December with the launch of CID Special Bureau. Slotted on Monday and Tuesdays, the...
The woman behind the leading entertainment channel in India talks about the ways of maintaining the lead and keeping viewers hooked. If there is a list...
MUMBAI: Channel [V]’s Super Singer, Star India’s response to Sony’s Indian Idol, which debuted on 2 December, has given reason enough for officials at India’s lead...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) initiatives have energised mangers of country’s first DTH service, Dish TV, 20 per cent owned by the...
The Left parties have sought his immediate dismissal for “criminal connivance” with private telecom operators who, they allege, are under-invoicing their access deficit charges (ADC) payments....
MUMBAI: The 9-10 pm slot in the Hindi entertainment space, traditionally defined as the peak of prime time, seems to be swinging back lead channel Star...
MUMBAI: Top-rated daytime drama The Young and the Restless will be staying on CBS for another five years as the network has secured a five-year extension...
MUMBAI: Sony’s long-running crime thriller CID, which has been a sustainable asset for the channel over the last six years, has seen a recent upsurge in...
MUMBAI: Animax, has entered into a strategic tie-up with Sony for the creation of an Animax branded block on the channel. An official release, from the...
MUMBAI: If you can’t beat them, try something distinctly different. That seems to be the tack Sony has decided upon as regards the 10:30 pm slot,...
MUMBAI: One month since Indian Idol’s launch, Sony seems to enjoying not only a rise in viewership but also the benefits of an alternate revenue stream...
MUMBAI: Moving quickly to take advantage of a new Chinese law that allows such co-ventures, Sony Corp’s television unit announced today it has set up a...
And all they want is world peace? The ‘beauty pageant‘ simile is not too far stretched if one accepts the criticism hurled at the “cosmetic nature”...
MUMBAI: It’s back to spooksville! Sony is all geared to debut Aahat2, which marks the return of its popular supernatural thriller series Aahat, on Friday, 19...
MUMBAI: Star Plus and Sony seem to be spewing a war on Friday. Come 19 November and Plus will weave in two shows at 9:30 pm...
MUMBAI: It was a night of music, colour, fun and recognition of behind the scenes talent in the Indian television industry. The 2004 edition of the...
MUMBAI: Sony’s mega budget show Indian Idol enjoyed a debut rating of 5.8, spurring the channel to launch new programmes to take Star Plus’ runaway success...
