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MUMBAI: He has spent 10 long years at one of the leading DTH companies in India. Now, Tata Sky chief commercial officer (CCO) Vikram Mehra has...
MUMBAI: Days after Rajiv Lakshman quit his as COO of Coloscem, he has announced a new venture with his twin brother Raghu Ram. The duo has come...
“I had never gone away”, says the man who is credited with bringing KBC and K shows to the Indian television screens. Sameer Nair, after a...
MUMBAI: He has donned numerous hats. From selling space in Yellow Pages to being a member of a political party, Sameer Nair has had a volatile...
MUMBAI: Atul Phadnis’ What’s-ON, a television search and electronic programme guide (EPG) data provider for India and the Middle East, has been acquired by Tribune Digital...
MUMBAI: In a year that was relatively sluggish for the industry, Lowe Lintas and Partners announced today that they registeredover 100 business wins in the past...
MUMBAI: After divorcing his third wife, Wendi Deng, Rupert Murdoch has ended all ties with China by selling off 21st Century Fox’s minority stake in the...
MUMBAI: The News Corp owned Star TV UK has got all its channels onto Sky Digital’s on demand service and has become the first Asian broadcaster...
MUMBAI: The Anurradha Prasad owned BAG Films has been strengthening its senior management. A couple of months ago, it announced the appointment of television veteran Ravina...
MUMBAI: Not very long ago, Star Plus launched its magnum opus, Mahabharat, a contemporary retelling of the ancient Indian epic, on a scale never-seen-before and amidst...
NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Minister (I &B) Manish Tewari today stressed that the government wanted the relationship with the media to be one of persuasion...
MUMBAI: In a landmark deal with Star TV, Spuul – one of the most popular online streaming service for Indian movies and TV shows – will...
MUMBAI: Dolby Laboratories (DLB) has announced that Star TV has selected Dolby Digital Plus as the surround sound format for the broadcast of the ongoing ICC...
MUMBAI: TalkTalk has further extended its popular range of On Demand content with the addition of the Star TV Boost package comprising Star Plus, Star Gold,...
MUMBAI: Lalit Bhagia has decided to quit from his post of vice president and head-digital (internet & mobile) at Star TV after a stint of almost...
MUMBAI: Tyroo Direct, a performance marketplace, has launched mobile performance product offerings. The mobile performance solutions will enable existing and new advertisers to scale their digital...
MUMBAI: Prime Focus Limited has posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 262.9 million for tthe fiscal-third quarter ended December 2011, which is 50.4 per cent...
MUMBAI: The best ideas in the digital arena are simple and straightforward. Simplicity can be a very big idea. It is not necessary to have a...
MUMBAI: An irate mob belonging to a little known organisation called Hindu Rashtriya Sena ransacked the Star TV office in Mumbai today, smashing cars parked outside...
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today completed hearing arguments from both sides, Star TV and Sea TV, a franchise of WWIL, on the question of whether...
MUMBAI: Star TV, has agreed to provide Chinese music content to China Mobile,asserts an official release. According to the statement, China Mobile will offer Channel V...
MUMBAI: AsiaSat satellite system operator CEO Peter Jackson has been awarded with the Casbaa chairman’s award 2006 for outstanding contribution to the Asia Pacific multi-channel cable,...
MUMBAI: IOL Broadband Ltd has signed an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) deal with the Star network. Following yesterday’s signing of the deal, all subscribers of the...
MUMBAI: Sahara One Television chief operating officer Purnendu Bose has resigned from the post. With Bose moving out, the hunt for the post has begun. Meanwhile,...
Star TV is taking potshots at its former ally Zee Telefilms. It has been airing an interstitial on its Star Movies channel which takes a dig...
MUMBAI: MTV Asia has announced that Todd Phillips is its senior VP, communications. Phillips will provide leadership and direction to the corporate and regional Asia-Pacific communication...
MUMBAI: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) has launched a new media division. Douglas A. Lee will oversee the new unit as executive VP. Lee will oversee MGM’s digital...
Is global media baron Rupert Murdoch coming to town? If reports are to be believed a visit is being planned for the News Corp chief to...
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, which holds a 37 per cent stake in the Ronnie Screwvala promoted United Television (UTV) is negotiating with Screwvala to retain a...
Is Disney getting into the Indian market? We have been hearing reports that the company is in conversation with Star TV to distribute the channel in...
Rupert Murdoch landed in his private jet at Mumbai’s Sahar International Airport with his entourage a short while back. Special arrangements were made at the airport...
MUMBAI: The Star Group has strongly refuted a recent report in the Financial Times that News Corp “has discussed withdrawing from Phoenix Satellite Television, its Hong...
MUMBAI: Media conglomerate News Corps second-quarter profit has tripled from $386 million to $1.08 billion, on revenues of $6.7 billion. Television operating income went up by...
MUMBAI: BBC World, the BBC’s international 24-hour news and information television channel, has promoted Amit Upadhyay to head distribution and business development, South Asia. Upadhyay will...
MUMBAI: Search engine major Yahoo! India has appointed Star TV online editor Deepak Karambelkar as its head of production and content. Karambelkar will take charge of...
MUMBAI: The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) has announced the sixth annual IIFA Weekend and Awards, at a press conference held in Amsterdam. To be hosted...
On 17 May, a Tuesday, even as the new information and broadcasting ministry secretary SK Arora, after taking over from his predecessor Navin Chawla, was telling...
Star TV India is on the prowl for a dot com chief. The company is scouting around for an individual who will steer its forway in...
A look at the way the industry functions shows that broadcasters are largely self-censored and generally follow a certain content code that has been set by...
MUMBAI: IBF-AAAI have in the past few months developing a software that would allow their monthly billing and payment procedure to go online. Called the ‘Online...
MUMBAI: Sahara One is going for the jugular. Even as it has won the battle with Star TV on the One branding, it is now looking...
NEW DELHI: Superbrands India bestowed The Superbrand award to Star TV for being the strongest brand in the media category. The much anticipated first list of...
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court’s order issued yesterday restraining TV channels from telecasting adult movies or programmes without prior permission of the Central Board of Film...
MUMBAI: Star TV’s general manager in Taiwan, Ivan Yuan Chih Yeh has moved to China Entertainment Television (CETV) Broadcast Limited this week as its chief executive...
United Television is getting ambitious these days. And How. The content provider is looking at multi dimensional fields like Internet, entertainment & production of TV series...
MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms chairman Subhash Chandra echoed Star TV CEO Michelle Guthrie’s sentiments when he too stressed that addressability will come about in India, but only...
MUMBAI: The customer continues to be king. Star TV CEO Michelle Guthrie put the viewer-consumer firmly on top of the agenda during her maiden speech at...
NEW DELHI: Given below is the reply to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (Trai) by the National Cable & Telecom Association (NCTA). We are grateful...
ADELAIDE: Rupert Murdoch said on Wednesday that his sons will have to face a long wait before taking over at the helm of his global media...
MUMBAI: The television industry’s constant cry for trained scriptwriters is getting a hearing and how. With positive response from channels as well as production houses, television...
