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NEW DELHI: There’s a new species of viewer out there tuning in to the Hindi entertainment space. And it is Star One that they are watching....
Have Hindi general entertainment channels (GEC) reached a stage of saturation? Will 2005 see a further regression of this genre or is this space going to...
MUMBAI: They claim that they have beaten Star Plus’. While that might be quite an opportunist statement, but both ETC Punjabi and Alpha TV Punjabi,say that...
MUMBAI: Seems like the attack of the thrillers. Tonight Star Plus debuts its latest supernatural thriller Kaalchakra. Starring Nausheen Ali Sardar in a triple role, the...
MUMBAI: News Corp controlled digital television service provider DirecTV today officially announced a multi-year agreement with the Star Group making available four Star India channels as...
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: Star Plus has acquired the worldwide telecast rights for blockbuster movie Main Hoon Na, even as Sony has run away with the two biggest hits...
MUMBAI: Seems like K is not just popular with Star Plus, Doordarshan has launched a new daily Kkaanch from 1 November 2004. Produced by Raman Kumar...
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...
Whoever said soaps on television are passe? Fatigued and routine kitchen politics maybe! But have they stopped delivering? Are they no more an advertiser‘s dream? Have...
MUMBAI: Star has finally launched in the US on the News Corp controlled DirecTV platform. Alongside flagship channel Star Plus, the three other channels that launched...
MUMBAI: The ruling deity of the Hindi entertainment genre is now unleashing its latest offering in the afternoon band. Star Plus’ 1 – 3 pm afternoon...
MUMBAI: Diwali is certainly not going to come cheap for those wishing to advertise on Hindi entertainment television’s lead channel Star Plus. The Star Network’s flagship...
MUMBAI: The Rupert Murodch owned media conlgomerate News Corporation has announced that its shareholders and optionholders have approved the company’s reincorporation in the US. News Corp...
MUMBAI: Fours years running and there’s still no stopping Star Plus’ flagship soap Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu. Soap factory Balaji Telefilms and Star Plus’ hit...
MUMBAI: The weekly one-hour show on Star Plus, Kehta Hai Dil (KHD) in the last 17 weeks, has been the top rated programme 12 times in...
MUMBAI: With every new show that Star Plus adds to its platter, the format seems to be veering evermore towards an urban and contemporary look and...
MUMBAI: The stage is set for the 1 November launch of StarOne, the most ambitious channel offering from India’s lead broadcast network. With StarOne’s launch, the...
MUMBAI: The generational leap forward — a programming ploy oft used by Hindi entertainment television’s lead channel Star Plus to take the plots of its “saas-bahu”...
Channel [V]’s head honcho Amar Deb isn’t really known for sugar coating his opinions.Although his hands are full with the current big reality hunt, [V] Super...
Hungama TV, which marks its official launch Sunday, 26 September, will have to do battle with strongly branded international kids channels. Aimed at the 4-14-year-olds, the...
MUMBAI: Males! That’s what Star Plus is now betting on hooking with its new daily K.Street Pali Hill, slotted at 11:30 pm. With the 8 –...
MUMBAI: The latest New Generations 2004 Cartoon Network kid’s lifestyle survey suggests that achieving good grades in school and staying healthy are the two most important...
MUMBAI: ETC channel Punjabi’s live telecast of the historic celebration of 400 years of Sri Guru Granth Sahib’s installation on 1 September beat Star Sports’ live...
MUMBAI: Star Plus’ Priya Mishra has shifted loyalties to Disney. Mishra, who held the post of group head executive producer in Star Plus, has joined Disney...
Contrary to popular belief, it’s not just Ekta Kapoor who calls the shots at Balaji Telefilms. Oftentimes it is her trusted lieutenant, deputy creative director Nivedita...
MUMBAI: Shaka Laka Boom Boom (SLBB) is changing decades. After the completion of season Jaaduu High; Star looks at pumping SLBB with some real variety. The...
MUMBAI: Khulja Sim Sim, which went off air in October last year, is soon going to be back in a new avtaar on Star Plus. And...
She is a stunner! And that is an honest confession. After witnessing her on -screen avtaar at a staged launch, one wasn't really sure what to...
MUMBAI: While the soon-to-be-launched Hungama TV is enjoying the limelight now, it doesn’t mean that the production arm UTV is lying low. In an official communique,...
NEW DELHI: The operating earnings of News Corp’s Asian subsidiary Star Group has exceeded $50 million for the full year (ending June 30, 2004) with advertising...
Star India COO Sameer Nair calls it a strategic investment. Which indeed it is. And it is not the first time that the Murdoch owned network...
MUMBAI: All that you wanted to know but didn’t know whom to ask, till now. Star Plus is all set to launch a new show on...
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: The ratings are in for the first of the new 8 ‘o clock shows off the blocks — Star Plus’ Spanish infant Dekho magar pyaar...
It all began with a brief affair with journalism. After doing freelance writing on entertainment for E-Times, The Metropolis on Saturday (both no more), Bombay Times,...
MUMBAI: Talk of competition. If Sony is ready to launch two new dailies on the same day, sometime next month (tentatively 2 August), viz Miditech’s Hum...
MUMBAI: Melodrama-packed family sagas may still be ruling Indian television, but they better get set for some erosion in their popularity as some serious competition is...
MUMBAI: The leader is at it again. Star Plus, reigning deity of the couch potato, is sharpening its claws to build a fresh ‘prime time’, after...
There is an unwritten rule for those in Delhi, who cover the media: don’t miss any event where Sony Entertainment TV India CEO Kunal Dasgupta is...
NEW DELHI: The countrys first private regional language channel in non-southern states of India, Alpha Marathi, turns five on 15 August and wants to celebrate 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: The hype and the hoopla created around the much-celebrated Star Parivaar Awards, the brainchild of Star Plus, were worth it. Almost. Though the prime property...
At first glance, Star India’s senior vice president ad sales, Kevin Vaz comes across as unassuming to a fault. But there is no getting away from...
MUMBAI: Mythological soap opera specialist Creative Eye is set to start shooting for a weekly hour-long ‘social drama’, set on a Spanish format show, that will...
MUMBAI: So it is the No 2 option that Star Plus has opted for… After the tragic death of the original protagonists- Pammi and Dev, Des...
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: Heat is on! The votes have started rolling in and Star Plus claims to have received 1.4 million votes in just six days for its...
MUMBAI: The Apsara awards organised by the Film Producers Guild Awards were termed as an honour to the television and film fraternity by its own peers....
MUMBAI: The first salvo was fired and now its time for the smart retort as the battle between the numero uno general entertainment channel – Star...
