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MUMBAI: Something is definitely brewing on the sets of Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand. When quizzed, both the channel and the producers have a common refrain...
Till two years ago, prime time for Marathi channels in Maharashtra ended at 8:30 pm. Cable and satellite viewers, fed with small doses of Marathi shows,...
MUMBAI: Star Plus’ “flanker” channel sibling is finally ready to make its bow and it’s not named Classic. Come 7 June and the Hindi entertainment space...
UMBAI: Hatim has not set the TRP ratings soaring so Star Plus will be hoping for better things from its next kiddies show that launches 21...
MUMBAI: Move over Balaji Telefilms, here comes BAG Films. The production house’s soap Kumkum – Pyara Sa Bandhan which airs on Star Plus at 1 pm...
MUMBAI: With summer vacation round the corner, Star Plus has created a special weekend show called Bachcha Party for its young viewers. Starting 16 April, this...
The queen of soaps may just lose her title this year. Not because there are any pretenders to her throne, but because she is expanding her...
MUMBAI: Both Ten Sports and Doordarshan have propelled into the top ten in the ratings charts this week, the satellite broadcaster a whisker ahead of the...
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: A first ever joint venture in the arena of film production is the first most likely outcome of the visit of the Pakistani delegation to...
MUMBAI: The contours of Sony Entertainment Television’s programming strategy for 2004 appear to be slowly taking shape. SET India executive VP, content and response Tarun Katial...
MUMBAI: The game show Who Wants to Be A Millionaire has received a shot in the arm courtesy broadband. AOL UK and Celador International have announced...
MUMBAI: Star Plus may have decided not to restart the game show Kaun Banega Crorepati but recent ratings show that in the US viewers are still...
MUMBAI: Two weeks after I&B minister RS Prasad exhorted Pakistan to allow the return of Indian satellite channels into its airwaves, come reports that the country...
Eye-popping stuff this. The promotional efforts that is. Five channels, road shows, hoardings, the leading newspaper in the country, online, offline, radio. That is the kind...
MUMBAI: While the Boney Kapoor produced Malini Iyer is yet to make its presence felt in the top rated shows on satellite TV, Sahara Manoranjan seems...
MUMBAI: After The Mummy it is the turn of the caped figure Spiderman to bring in a ratings bonanza for HBO. Quoting TAM data the channel...
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: After Jassi what? That has been the question on everyone’s mind regarding Sony Entertainment Television’s programming plans for 2004. According to reliable industry sources, the...
MUMBAI: Star Plus’ latest rage show Kahiin to Hoga is reaping dividends for its stars from the oddest places. Aamna Sharriff, lead protagonist (she plays the...
MUMBAI: Going by the success some of the Hindi remakes of Tamil feature films have seen, it is no surprise that producers down south are now...
If there is a list drawn up of the hottest young television professionals in India, her name will surely figure in it. Coming from a family...
MUMBAI: Star Plus and Star News look set to get serious a leg-up in their UK distribution numbers. Come 1 March 2004, Star Plus and Star...
MUMBAI: Seems like ‘walk-ins’ (guest appearance) are infectious, after Star Plus and Sony its Zee’s turn to do so. But this time on, the intentions are...
MUMBAI: If it was Star Plus’ soaps that ruled the TRP charts in the year gone by, the tale was no different as Hindi entertainment television...
MUMBAI: One of the innovations that ESPN Star Sports did for its recent coverage of the India Australia test series was The Shahz And Wahz Show....
The phones haven‘t stopped ringing at Pereira Mansion in Mahim, Mumbai and neither have the cash registers. Especially after the numerologist Sanjay B Jumaani‘s year-end special...
Sameer Nair, the chief operating officer of Star India, an arm of the Rupert Murdoch-controlled Star Group Pvt Ltd, can be a reticent man. Very unlike...
MUMBAI: Welcoming the New Year, Star Plus has good reason to fan out its plumage and show it off in full splendour. The grandeur and special...
Sameer Nair, the chief operating officer of Star India, an arm of the Rupert Murdoch-controlled Star Group Pvt Ltd, can be a reticent man. Very unlike...
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 latest launch to hit the Star Plus’ screen is Hatim. Based on Persian children’s classic Hatim Tai, the fantasy show is being brought to life...
NEW DELHI: Even as the Centre is contemplates bringing in an executive order to denotify Delhi from the CAS rollout map again – and prepare a...
NEW DELHI: It would be too optimistic to think that Star Plus and the whole Star Network would be dislodged from the top spot in 2004,...
NEW DELHI: Star India, the Indian arm of Rupert Murdoch’s pan-Asian television venture Star Group Pvt Ltd, has drawn up some ambitious plans for 2004, which...
MUMBAI: Regional catches up Alpha Marathi, the local language channel from the Zee stable now is running a neck to neck battle with leader Star Plus...
NEW DELHI: The Alva brothers promoted Miditech, a TV software production house, is looking at joining hands with a broadcaster (like the one TV 18 had...
NEW DELHI: Delhi’s cable fraternity is breathing a sigh of relief following the postponement of a hearing on a public interest litigation (PIL) in a Delhi...
NEW DELHI: It may or may not spark off a trend, but in a quiet way, Zee Turner has conveyed to multi-system operators in Delhi that...
MUMBAI: International entertainment channel BBC Prime has secured a deal that widens the channel’s German digital distribution. BBC Prime, is now available on ish Plus TV....
MUMBAI: Star’s Indian DTH platform is a priority for newly appointed Group chief executive Michelle Guthrie, as is “getting paid for the subs (subscribers) we aren’t...
MUMBAI: The ratings roost was supposedly ruled by soaps and comedies – most of them from the Star Network, and Doordarshan (DD) was hardly the one...
Beatific smile and sexy churidars seems to be ruling the roost on Star Plus’ late nights. With her ideal daughter act, Aamna Shariff has managed to...
MUMBAI: Kuch Kar Dikhana Hai will make way for kids’ show Hatim Tai on Star Plus, beginning 26 December. Ramanand Sagar’s Sagar Arts has created...
MUMBAI: Kuch Kar Dikhana Hai will make way for kids’ show Hatim Tai on Star Plus, beginning 26 December. Ramanand Sagar’s Sagar Arts has created the...
NEW DELHI: The Rupert Murdoch-owned News Corp’s jewel in the crown, Star India, is in discussion with Disney to distribute the channels that it proposes to...
NEW DELHI: The market for entertainment products, including television, films, video games and music, is huge in India and Asia, in general. But for that a...
MUMBAI: The longest running kids show on cable & satellite TV, Star Plus’ Shakalaka Boom Boom, has just undergone a reinvention (thankfully not another 20-year fast...
MUMBAI: UTV claims to have beefed up its television programming front with a clutch of new shows on channels, both domestic and overseas. From pubcaster...
MUMBAI: The Indian Trade and Technical Telly Awards, given away at a well attended function tonight, set the tone for the third edition of the annual...
