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MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: ESPN Star Sports has just upped the ante in its confrontation with Hinduja Group MSO INCableNet over the issue of outstanding dues....
NEW DELHI: The Indian government came in for flak from a certain section of policy makers in the Upper House (Rajya Sabha) of the Indian parliament...
MUMBAI: Hinduja Group MSO INCableNet has charged Star India with bowing to pressure from “other broadcasters” in its decision to switch off Mumbai’s biggest cable service...
Late last year, we (not the viewers but the trade) mourned the untimely demise of Madhuri Dixit‘s Kahin Na Kahin Koi Hai on Sony Entertainment Television...
MUMBAI: Even Bangalore will be grooving to some Hindi music now! Starting 28 April, Radio City 91 FM will be playing hit Hindi music all day...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: An online lottery on Star India or Sony Entertainment, or maybe even national broadcaster Doordarshan (a long shot this). Coming soon on...
NEW DELHI: The radio group, the umbrella body of Indian FM companies, made a presentation today to the I&B minister RS Prasad seeking a five per...
After the initial few bumps on the runway, the take off seems to have been smooth, give or take a few continuing glitches. The seamless transition...
It is still early days but a little over two weeks on air indicates that the of Sahara Samay Rashtriya‘s efforts to be different have succeeded...
His reputation as a street fighter precedes him. His style of functioning may be debatable. His spoken language is not as savvy as those who sit...
NEW DELHI: The Russian roulette being played out involving the pricing of the basic tier of free to air channels appears to be coming to an...
Monica Tata has completed a decade with the Star India network. She started her career with Sanjay Dalmia’s Independent Television and Sunday Mail. In between, she...
Keertan Adyanthaya, Star India’s vice president content & communication for Channel [V], will soon complete his first anniversary with the organisation. It’s been quite a journey...
Star India CEO Peter Mukerjea these days rues the fact that he is not getting enough time for golf and, thus, relaxation and exercise. Shuttling between...
NEW DELHI: The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), the apex body of broadcasters operating in India, in its board meeting today, decided that Peter Mukerjea, chief executive...
Channels and ad agencies feel the heat as NGOs and the government wake up to discriminatory fairness product ads Fairness products may have just lost shade...
NEW DELHI: TV Today Network, part of The India Today Group, is all set to launch its English channel over the next 10 days, even as...
NEW DELHI: If the availability of set-top boxes (STBs) is one of the speed breakers to a smooth passage of implementation of conditional access system in...
2002 will certainly be different. That was what the competition were convinced would be the case at the start of the year. And why not? Kaun...
NEW DELHI: The meeting between the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) and the MSOs is continuing here on various issues relating to CAS and no concrete decision...
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...
MUMBAI: Some observers wondered whether Star India’s management had gone bonkers. Entertainment sweepstakes leader Star Plus was launching a clutch of new high cost shows just...
Professional marketing in the business of entertainment is the need of the hour! That was the core theme at the Ad Club’s one-day seminar on ‘value...
NEW DELHI: A Christmas present to a cable operator from the Indian judiciary? It seems so. On 24 December, a civil court of Faridabad, a town...
MUMBAI: Even as Star India’s licence for uplinking Star News from Indian shores gets short shrift, Hindi entertainment channel Sahara TV looks to have stolen a...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: Having had time to consider the moves on subscription rates by both Star India and Sony Entertainment, and two days after the...
MUMBAI: Star India may have announced a 25 per cent drop in subscription rates per subscriber from the current Rs 40 to Rs 30, but cable...
Young Turks. Indiantelevision.com’s new series profiling the brightest and the best among the youth brigade in the Indian television industry. Under the spotlight are the men...
MUMBAI: It was a fitting tribute to the best of the small screen talents in the country. In a dazzling function at the Tulip Star (formerly...
MUMBAI: The off screen talent that makes for great television in India today had its day in the sun with the presentation of the Indian Telly...
NEW DELHI: ESPN is understood to be negotiating with Star India to supply it sports news for Star News when the Rupert Murdoch company takes full...
Young Turks. Indiantelevision.com introduces a new series profiling the brightest and the best among the youth brigade in the Indian television industry. Under the spotlight will...
NEW DELHI: Partners-turned-rivals Subhash Chandra and Rupert Murdoch seem to do things in tandem. The Chandra-promoted Zee Telefilms has sought permission of the Indian government to...
MUMBAI:They may be as different as chalk and cheese in their outlook and content. But the proposed entry of short range community radios is not being...
MUMBAI: If the formula works do not mess with. That is the line that Star India is taking regarding programming strategies for this quarter. Sony Entertainment...
MUMBAI: If the formula works do not mess with. That is the line that Star India is taking regarding programming strategies for this quarter. Sony Entertainment...
It was after an eight year stint in UTV Mumbai that Suresh Iyer shifted down south to start the company‘s operations in Chennai. It was during...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: Star India and its executive vice-president sales and marketing, LS ‘Raj’ Nayak, are still grappling with the issue of making the latter’s...
MUMBAI: Star India CEO Peter Mukerjea met up with Star India executive vice-president sales and marketing Raj Nayak in the afternoon yesterday to review the situation...
MUMBAI: Star India CEO Peter Mukerjea is meeting up with Star India executive vice-president sales and marketing Raj Nayak in the afternoon today to review the...
NEW DELHI: The Rupert Murdoch-controlled Star India appears to be reviving its plans of getting into interactive televiewing. As a small step towards this, it has...
NEW DELHI: Striking a bullish note, Sony Entertainment Television (SET) India feels it will make profits after tax (PAT) at the end of the current financial...
Tony D’Silva is an old hand in the distribution business. And when Star India hired the former head of international operations at Zee Telefilms, as executive...
Zee Telefilms’ aggressive no holds barred campaign to convince advertisers and media planners that its shows Jeena Issi Ka Naam Hai (JIKNH) and Khelo Number Khelo...
Star India today announced the appointment of Zee News executive editor Sanjay Pugalia as news director Star News. His appointment will be effective 1 July and...
Keertan Adyanthaya – ex-Mindshare Fulcrum – has joined Star India. He will be in charge of programming at Channel [V], Star Movies and Star World. At...
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television has set itself an ambitious agenda for the year ahead on the distribution front. By the end of this fiscal, it aims...
Getting the ground in order goes more than a long way in pushing through new subscription packages as well as in ramping up connectivity numbers. Star...
The Times Group’s Radio Mirchi got that vital head start over its rivals when Bollywood glam doll Aishwarya Rai did the honours as its FM station...
The momentum certainly seems to be building. For direct to home (DTH) telecast in India that is. The latest news emanating from the capital indicates that...
