MUMBAI: Its FM radio broadcasting business is on the turnaround trail. And that – apart from its mainstay its news TV channels Aaj Tak, Headlines Today,...
MUMBAI: The Network18 group is doing very well, thank you. The group’s media holding company Network18 Media & Investments has reported results which show that the...
MUMBAI: OTT subscription service Netflix has published a report called Long Term View. The report says that the evolution to Internet TV apps is already starting....
MUMBAI: RRsat Global Communications Network has entered into an agreement with SIS Live to provide international sports distribution solutions for the Asian market, including uplink and...
MUMBAI: News broadcaster New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV) is setting up a new subsidiary where it will park its convergence and technology businesses. The company...
MUMBAI: US-based Rentrak Corporation, a leading multi-screen media measurement agency serving the advertising, television and movie industries, has collaborated with independent marketing research firm Majestic Market...
MUMBAI: The 3rd Indian Screenwriters‘ conference will be held from 25 to 27 February at Bandra in Mumbai. Organised by the Film Writers Association (FWA), the...
MUMBAI: Reliance Broadcast Network (RBNL) has launched a Multiple Media Customer focused campaign across its bouquet of English and regional channel offerings. This campaign, targeted at...
Kalanithi Maran-owned media conglomerate Sun TV Network has won the Hyderabad Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise putting in the highest bid that was 23 per cent...
NEW DELHI: Ford India has launched a new campaign to unveil the new avatar of its car Ford Figo, embodying the philosophy of ‘Change is a...
Leading broadcasters will continue to post strong ad revenue growth while the long tail will be severely hurt as advertisers tend to consolidate their spends in...
HDFC Life‘s advertising spend will stay flat this year as it seeks to turn profitable for the first time. The insurance company, which ranks No....
Ormax Media, the consumer knowledge and consulting firm for the media and entertainment industry, was launched jointly by Vispy Doctor, the managing director of Ormax Consultants,...
In view of the global economic meltdown and its imminent impact on the advertising, 2009 was bound to be a challenging and tumultuous year. But, even...
MUMBAI: I still distinctly remember the year 2007 when over a coffee table conversation in London, my friend started talking about Indian Idol 3 and CID...
MUMBAI: As part of CNN’s association with the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, the news broadcaster is seeking submissions from viewers for their photos or videos that...
Sir John Hegarty stands tall in whatever he does. Starting Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH), of which he is chairman & worldwide creative director, four years into...
2 009 is expected to be a rough year for all in media. Television is no exception. With the stockmarket collapsing and balance sheets getting battered,...
With industry pundits expecting the television content industry to explode from Rs 14 billion to Rs 30 billion over the next two years, UTV Software Communications...
It’s the festival of lights. And for many the festival of noise courtesy exploding fireworks. In the hope of reducing the number of those belonging to...
As localized channels are gaining momentum on television, the Zee Network has been quick to grab untapped genres in regional markets. Spearheading four regional channels from...
MUMBAI: According to the results of a YouGov poll, parents in Great Britain place a high value on originally produced, children’s programming and like to watch...
MUMBAI: US media conglomerate CBS has recorded a profit in the fourth quarter from a year ago period. This included a major charge to write down...
MUMBAI: Sci Fi Channel, an NBC Universal network, is teaming up with Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Comics to create a co-branded multimedia partnership called Sci Fi/Virgin...
MUMBAI: UK content regulator Ofcom is going ahead with its earlier announced intentions to restrict television advertising of “junk food” targeting children under 16. Television advertising...
MUMBAI: Hong Kong communications firm PCCW has announced that its broadband platform now TV has won the media rights to broadcast Italy’s soccer event – the...
MUMBAI: Television format cerator and distributor FremantleMedia has signed a deal with Canadian firm Alliance Atlantis Communications and Insight Production. The deal is for the fashion...
MUMBAI: In an effort to tap into the burgeoning mobile sphere, Star India is launching the platform Plus by the end of February. Star is hoping...
SABTNL vice chairman and managing director Markand Adhikari assures us that his long-in-the-pipeline channel ‘Mi Marathi’ will finally be making its appearance in February 2007. With...
MUMBAI: The Indian arm of IPTV firm Kasenna Incorporated – Kasenna India today announced PortalTV 2.0, a suite of integrated products sporting a user interface and...
MUMBAI: The mobile video market in China will take off in 2008, driven by interest in the Beijing Olympics. A new study from ABI Research published...
MUMBAI: The Iraqi government has ordered the closure of the Baghdad office of a Dubai-based television station. That is because the newscaster wore black mourning clothes...
MUMBAI: UK organisation The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) says that teen characters in British soaps lack ambition and are not great role models for viewers....
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC’s commercial arm BBC WOrldwide has announced that Simon Clift, Unilever’s global chief marketing officer has joined its board as a non-executive...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC has announced that BBC Vision, an integrated multimedia broadcast and production group has launched. The aim is to create high quality...
MUMBAI : The market is expecting founder-promoter Kalanithi Maran to merge the affiliate companies, Udaya TV Pvt Ltd and Gemini TV Pvt Ltd, where he has...
MUMBAI: Zoom, India’s lifestyle channel is launching Popkorn Newz, an hourly show which will be aired every Monday to Friday at 7:30 pm with a repeat...
MUMBAI: BBC World Service has announced that its radio service BBC Hindi hopes to meet more than 20,000 listeners in a series of roadshow events across...
MUMBAI: The BBC has revealed the cast of its new high-definition children’s spy series from the maker of Spooks, Kudos Film and Television. MI High (10×30′)...
MUMBAI: Television format creator and distributor Endemol has announced that the sound performance in the first half-year of 2006 continued into the third quarter of 2006....
MUMBAI: The annual Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) prizes awards ceremony, hosted by China Central Television (CCTV-China) has presented awards to broadcasters in the Asia-Pacific region in...
MUMBAI: Canadian firm Peace Arch Entertainment has announced that Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired the distribution rights outside the US for DVD, television, mobile and new...
The Media Research Users Council (MRUC) has released the topline findings of the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2006 (Round 16). The study, conducted for the period...
There’s no escaping now, everywhere you go it follows, across buses, trains, kiosks and more. Striving to use every possible object within its reach to grab...
MUMBAI: TV actor and producer Anuj Saxena has reasons to smile. He along with filmmaker and producer Subhash Ghai, will be the juror for the 34th...
MUMBAI: TNS has appointed Andrea Mezzasalma as head of TNS’ Internet, Television and Radio Audience Measurement sector (iTram), responsible for managing the global business. Mezzasalma will...
MUMBAI: TNS has appointed Andrea Mezzasalma as head of TNS’ Internet, Television and Radio Audience Measurement sector (iTRAM), responsible for managing the global business. Mezzasalma will...
Mumbai, August 10, 2006: The Divya Bhaskar Gujarat Team will contribute a day’s salary alongwith the Bhaskar Group, contributing similar funds, to assist the victims of...
MUMBAI: Overcoming fierce competition from a consortium fronted by sports agency TWI and backed by the UK’s five mobile phone networks – Orange, Vodafone, 3, T-Mobile...
Usually my Sunday afternoon siestas are broken by Barking Boxer. He lives in the building behind ours and his weekly treat is playing cricket with his...