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As 2005 comes to an end, professionals in the media sector must be rubbing their eyes in disbelief looking at the numbers springing up from their...
MUMBAI: After Star Plus, Sony and Zee, it is now Sahara One Television’s turn to reschedule its primetime shows from originally airing them four days a...
MUMBAI: Star India has re-scheduled its popular gameshow Kaun Banega Crorepati 2 (KBC 2) following superstar Amitabh Bachchan’s sudden illness and his subsequent absence from work....
Two years is a good time to take stock. It’s been just a little more than that since Michelle Guthrie, to the surprise of many a...
MUMBAI: Star Gold has lined up two properties to wind up 2005, the year which saw its re-launch. To begin with, the channel will introduce the...
MUMBAI: Star Plus is launching Kaun Banega Crorepati 2 (KBC 2) on Star Plus in the US, on the DirecTV platform. The gameshow will go air...
MUMBAI: What do Zee TV, Sony Entertainment Television, Star Plus, Star One, Star Utsav and Doordarshan have in common? This is what… all these channels have...
MUMBAI: News Corp’s Asian arm Star’s first quarter FY 2006 operating income has declined versus a year ago as revenue growth of 22 per cent, primarily...
MUMBAI: November sure seems to be a month for new launches. Hardly has the dust settled on the announcement of new shows from the Sony and...
MUMBAI: Post the weekend attack, Star Plus is now concentrating on its 8 pm slot with the launch of its new show Mum Tum Aur Hum....
MUMBAI: “When we launched Star One ten months back, we had set two internal objectives. One was to present differentiated programming while the other was to...
MUMBAI: Star India’s Tamil general entertainment channel Vijay TV has joined sister channel Star Plus in the KBC 2 launch ratings celebrations. While Star Plus is...
MUMBAI: Mumbai-based production house Creative Eye Ltd has announced that its previous show Jap Tap Vratt on Star Plus is back with a bang on Star...
‘What‘s up dude?‘ ‘Much more than just KBC 2 mate.‘ An imagined exchange maybe, but not too far off from what Sameer Nair, among the country‘s...
MUMBAI: Sahara One Television looks to be perking up. The channel’s viewership increased 27 per cent from 63 to 80 GRPs in the week ending 9...
MUMBAI: Kaun Banega Crorepati 2 (KBC 2) thats makes its comeback on Star Plus on 5 August has opened its phone lines for aspiring participants. The...
Our Zee trilogy, examining the three main channels that now constitute Subhash Chandra‘s Hindi entertainment play, concludes with Zee Cinema… It was in May that Bharat...
MUMBAI: Zee TV’s most-talked about show in recent times, Time Bomb, has got its first report card. Tam ratings for week 26 (19 June to 25...
MUMBAI: Star Plus registered a historic number of 15 million calls within 10 days from viewers seeking to enter Kaun Banega Crorepati 2 (KBC 2). Hosted...
MUMBAI: Star India is suspecting sabotage of its signals from AsiaSat satellite. The company said on Monday that its transponder on AsiaSat 3S was interrupted by...
MUMBAI: Star Plus kick starts its telecast of the Samsung IIFA Awards on Sunday, 26 June at 9:30 pm. The channel will telecast the event through...
MUMBAI: The contenders are down to 14 and Sony Entertainment TV India’s D Day is 27 June. Which is when the channel will unleash its reality...
MUMBAI: Zee TV’s latest launch Time Bomb continues to be in the news. The Ketan Mehta serial, which has already created waves, be it the starcast,...
MUMBAI: The Rajan Raheja-controlled Hathway Cable & Datacom, a multi-system operator, on Wednesday filed a petition in the Delhi High Court, challenging Star India’s claim of...
MUMBAI: As part of a promotion activity of his latest production, Paheli, Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan will be hosting Ankahee Paheli, a half hour musical special,...
MUMBAI: The Samsung IIFA Awards, which was held at the Amsterdam Arena, will be broadcast on Star Plus on 26 June. The Samsung IIFA Awards was...
MUMBAI: Star Plus’ ode to its telly stars – the Star Parivaar Awards – has hit ratings gold, landing itself the first position on the TAM...
MUMBAI: In what it has called a “revolutionary” programming strategy, Zee TV today announced changes in the schedules of its serials and the 3 oclock afternoon...
MUMBAI: Star India on Tuesday served a one-month notice to Hathway Cable & Datacom threatening to disconnect its channels if outstanding dues are not cleared. The...
MUMBAI: Star Plus has rejuvenated the 9-10 pm slot. Just when its four one-hour weeklies were slipping in ratings, the channel launched two dailies to draw...
These days when you walk into the offices of Sony Entertainment Television in the television suburb of Andheri (W) in Mumbai, you can feel the charged...
In theory, the idea was good. In reality, the dividend yielded leaves much to be desired. Unlike the serials that it re-runs, free to air Star...
MUMBAI: The march of great Indian reality wave continues. Star India has acquired Dutch-based Endemol Entertainment’s Heartbeat, a high-tension quiz show. Just when Star Plus...
MUMBAI: Weekends will spell action at the Star Plus stable in the coming months. The channel is getting into launch mode for KBC 2, and is...
MUMBAI: The first report card is out. The 9 PM slot for Star Plus, which saw the launch of Miilee to break away from the clutter...
MUMBAI: The promos have been hitting viewers hard with a frequency that has probably been seen rarely before. You guessed right: we are talking about Millie...
When Adhikari brothers floated Sab TV, they had the vision of growing from a pure content to a broadcasting company. But facing competition from biggies like...
MUMBAI: Star Plus has signed an exclusive multi-year agreement with Buena Vista International Television Asia Pacific (BVITV-AP) for the broadcast of the international version of The...
How does a programmer really know he/she has hit the bull‘s eye with a story? Thinking of concepts and genres all the time; he/she could be...
Star Plus is all set to host the first set of awards of the year, they being the 11th Annual STAR Screen Awards, the only awards...
Star Plus launched KBC 2 on 5 August but preparation for the show started in early January. The show had a five phased launch – all...
MUMBAI: Come 25 January and leader of the Hindi television roost Star Plus will be incorporating some major changes in its 9-10 pm slot. The band,...
The year certainly belonged to the sindoor-n-saga joint family opiates (four years and counting); but it also saw the competition hotting up and general entertainment channels...
MUMBAI: There is no beating the biggest blockbuster movie of the year on the small screen. Main Hoon Na, which aired on Star Plus on 18...
MUMBAI: With the New Year round the corner, Star Plus in an endeavour to entertain its loyal audience on the 31st by bringing the who’s who...
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: A month after News Corp controlled digital television platform DirecTV launched its CricketTicket subscription package targeting South Asian expats in the US, it has added...
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: The Mouse has set its price. The two Walt Disney channels, distributed by Star Group in India, will cost Rs 12 a month per subscriber....
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...
