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A few days ago (Friday, 23 June) Aaron Spelling, who holds the Guinness World Record as the most prolific producer in television, passed away. The 83-year-old,...
MUMBAI: UK pay television service provider Sky is looking to launch a fifth sports channel to add to its Sky Sports 1, 2 and 3 and...
MUMBAI: A few days ago UK broadcaster BBC One controller Peter Fincham delivered a speech to the Royal Television Society. The speech was called BBC One...
In the last two years, the South Indian television market has witnessed much churn in terms of fresh investments and new initiatives. In all the languages...
MUMBAI: Many of Hollywood’s talents in film, television and music will descend in Beverly Hills on 24 June for the 33rd Annual Vision Awards. Television producer...
Since Kalanithi Maran started his media business 13 years back, he has been fighting against one rival: himself. Now, after years of staying almost unchallenged in...
BANGALORE/MUMBAI: Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd has launched an Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) for users of Windows XP Media Centre PCs. Making its debut in India,...
MUMBAI: The second edition of the China International Cartoon and Animation Festival was kicked off in China on Thursday. The highlight of the festival is the...
MUMBAI: Entertainment via television is competitive and viewer-driven. Last season’s strategy of Theme Week series on weekdays prime time has worked for the lifestyle channel Discovery...
MUMBAI: The Hong Kong Commerce, Industry and Technology Bureau has set up working groups with Asia Television Limited (ATV) and Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) to ensure...
MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Television Group has promoted Karen Miller to the position of senior vice president for its Worldwide Television Creative Services. It was announced today...
After joining Sahara One Television in April last year as COO, Purnendu Bose has been able to steer the channel through a period of growth and...
MUMBAI: While there seem to be more outlets than ever for American adults to get news, a new Harris Poll shows that the majority choose to...
MUMBAI: Electronics major Sony has tied up with film educational institution Whistling Woods International (WWi) in Film City. Sony is the technology partner and will share...
MUMBAI: Satellite communications company Intelsat announced that it will provide transport services for Qualcomm’s MediaFLO USA mobile broadcast television network. Intelsat will offer satellite bandwidth to...
MUMBAI: Harmonic Inc. announced that direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television provider DirecTV, Inc. has selected the DiviCom MV 100 standard definition encoder for new MPEG-4 AVC (H.264)...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster BBC News has announced two new appointments within its senior editorial teams in current affairs and newsgathering. Karen O’Connor, who is currently the...
MUMBAI: Touchstone Television has reportedly offered a huge salary hike to cast members of its popular ABC show Lost. The offer is meant to get the...
MUMBAI: The market for ‘digital home’ services (TV, broadband internet and telephony) in Europe is set to take off in 2006, according to a study by...
MUMBAI: The television rights for the Indian Football Association (IFA) in West Bengal are up for grabs. Sports marketing firm Total Sports Entertainment India (TSEI) is...
When the history of television in India is written, 2005 will be hailed as the YEAR OF MARKETING. The year when shouting was not enough, channel...
MUMBAI: Korean fixed-line operator KT Corp is planning to launch IPTV service in Korea by the second half of 2006. The announcement came during a demonstration...
MUMBAI: John Simm is transported back to the Seventies in Life on Mars. This eight part new drama series will shortly start airing on BBC One....
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster BBC director of television Jana Bennett has appointed E4 head Julian Bellamy as the new BBC Three controller. The 35 year old Bellamy...
he European Audiovisual Observatory has just published the first volume of the 2005 edition of its Yearbook – Cinema, television, video and multimedia in Europe. This...
MUMBAI: Star One has associated with the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune (FTII Pune) to telecast diploma films shot by the institute’s graduate students...
MUMBAI: The clock is winding down for tomorrow’s first ever India Television Summit, organised by Indiantelevision.com and Media Partners Asia. Endorsed by the Ministry...
MUMBAI: BBC World Service asks the question Who Runs Your World?. This is patr of a season of programmes that turn the spotlight on power: who...
MUMBAI: Digital television (DTV) sales continue to rise in the US. This has been demonstrated by the latest factory-to-dealer sales released by the Consumer Electronics Association...
MUMBAI: Television production is continuing a multi-year trend as the driving force behind Los Angeles’ production industry. A report by the Los Angeles’ Entertainment Industry Development...
MUMBAI: Percept Picture Company’s television division – Percept Television – has completed a year of operations and the company, which until now was producing shows only...
MUMBAI: The performance of ABC and ESPN have helped boost the third quarter results of US media conglomerate Disney. Disney reported third quarter earnings of $0.41...
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: The Cincinnati-based consumer-goods giant Procter & Gamble Co. is reportedly is slashing its TV advertising budget. The growing doubts about the effectiveness of traditional TV...
MUMBAI: After a 14 month stint, UTV COO Vikas Varma has put in his papers and is currently serving his notice period. Former UTV creative director...
MUMBAI: MTV in the US has launched a new division MTV Games. Dedicated to developing, producing and promoting unique and creative gaming experiences that resonate with...
MUMBAI: In response to the latest NRS 2005 (National Readership Survey) findings that showed an increase in the television and satellite universe numbers, Tam Media Research...
MUMBAI: Malayalam channel Asianet is bringing a new daily serial. The soap Sahadarmini will telecast Monday – Friday at 8 pm. The serial will mark the...
MUMBAI: Online portal major Yahoo Inc. shut down its user-created chat rooms, which is part of its instant messenger service, after a Houston-based TV network showed...
MUMBAI: The BBC has launched the latest edition of its editorial guidelines, the corporation’s code of ethics for all BBC staff. The Corporation will introduce a...
MUMBAI:The digital era will set in motion a whole new revolution in the way television content is produced, distributed and consumed. “Viewers can have one minute...
MUMBAI: Indian media companies are heading towards vertical models, spread across television and print businesses. A case in point: Sun Network snapping up Dinakaran, marking an...
MUMBAI: Jeremy Bowen has been appointed to the newly-created post of BBC Middle East Editor. He will take up his appointment after he leaves his current...
MUMBAI: Kalanithi Maran’s Sun Network has bought out Tamil publication giant Dinakaran. With this deal, Maran, who enjoys prominence in television and FM radio, has now...
MUMBAI: The broadcast world and telecom operators are keen on joining hands to churn out content for third-generation phones to offer entertainment clips. China’s state-owned television...
MUMBAI: Americans can prepare to relive some of the funniest, happiest and most emotional moments from the past 50 years of television. Viacom’s cable network TV...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster Fox and the pop culture magazine for teens Teen People have opened the voting polls for teens ages 13 through 19 for The...
MUMBAI: The Television Critics Association in the US has unveiled the 2005 TCA Award nominations. ABC’s hit show Desperate Housewives received five nominations. As had been...
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company (India) Pvt. Ltd. has appointed Shantanu Nalavadi as director of business development with immediate effect. This was announced by The Walt...
MUMBAI: Sun Network will launch its Tamil channel Sun TV on the Malaysian Astro Direct-To-Home satellite multi-channel television platform in July this year. “Early this year,...
