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MUMBAI: On its foreign debut, the sci-fi film Looper did impressive business with a gross of $36 million over the weekend with most of the intake...
New Delhi: Ten films are to feature in the New Currents Competition in South Korea‘s Busan International Film Festival next month. The section in the Festival...
MUMBAI: Ever since the advent of 3D formatted movies, practically every big-budget film is being released in the format, with higher ticket prices boosting the box-office...
MUMBAI: In its endeavour to cement the increasing global image of Bengali films, the organisers of the International Bangla Film Academy (IBFA) has decided to host...
MUMBAI: In its bid to pep up the number of Indian filmmakers shooting their films in Thailand, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is making fresh...
MUMBAI: Thailand is putting pressure on Singapore to return satellites it acquired as part of a $3.8 billion purchase of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s telecom...
MUMBAI: MTV’s music channels across the globe are presenting a special series of programming featuring hip-hop mogul Jay-Z in support of his highly anticipated new album...
MUMBAI: On the heels of the luanch of the channel Vom HD launch at the recently concluded television trade eevnt in Mipcom, France Rainbow HD Holdings,...
MUMBAI: Zee Sports, the television partner to the All India Football Federation (AIFF), will produce and telecast the AFC Youth Championship from Kolkata and Bangalore starting...
MUMBAI: BBC News has appointed Damian Grammaticas to the post of South Asia correspondent, based in the BBC’s hub bureau in Delhi. A well-known journalist with...
MUMBAI: MIH, part of the multinational media group Naspers Limited, is making a foray into the Indian internet and digital space. “MIH plans to develop internet...
ESPN-Star Sports along with its sponsors will expand its X Games Brand to include new tours in Thailand, Singapore and Taiwan. The ESS event management group...
SINGAPORE: BroadcastAsia 2006, which kickstarted on 19 June, has attracted more than 847 exhibiting companies (88.5 per cent from overseas) from 46 countries. The conference saw...
SINGAPORE: The second session at the Asian D-Cinema Summit, at the Broadcast Asia summit 2006, was all about taking stock of the Asian scenario in the...
MUMBAI: TNS is launching its 6th dimension online access panels in Malaysia and Thailand. The panels, which will be introduced in August and September this year,...
MUMBAI: MediaCorp Studios, the production arm of MediaCorp, has sold a range of Chinese-language drama into Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. MediaCorp Studios will supply more than...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC is marking the first anniversary of the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004 with some specially commissioned programming. On Radio 4, the...
MUMBAI: News broadcaster CNN will air two documentaries-Undercover In the Secret State and Living With Aids. Undercover In The Secret State features secretly filmed footage of...
MUMBAI: MTV has announced that after a long tenure of 18 years with the company, Frank Brown has decided to leave his post as MTV Asia...
MUMBAI: BBC Prime will launch in Singapore on StarHub Cable TV tomorrow 1 September 2005. StarHub will package BBC Prime together with four new...
MUMBAI: Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has announced that the heaviest commercial satellite ever iPStar-1 satellite has arrived at the Arianespace spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. It is...
BANGALORE: IT research firm Gartner, Inc. has issued a new report encouraging enterprises to develop contingency plans for reducing dependency on products and services from northeast...
MUMBAI: Further accelerating its presence throughout Asia, MGM Networks, a unit of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. has launched the MGM Channel to subscribers in Thailand via UBC. “In...
MUMBAI: Business and financial news network Bloomberg Television has launched its 24-hour business and financial news network in Thailand. The channel will now air on United...
MUMBAI: Star World has started beaming in Thailand on UBC digital channel 57 from 1 February. Star World brings viewers in Asia the best in television...
MUMBAI: This piece of information should be lapped up by Asians who cannot get enough of news from the US. Turner will introduce another news service...
MUMBAI: ESPN Star Sports (ESS) recently renewed multi-year syndication deals in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar with terrestrial broadcasters Channel 3, BBTV7, VTV-3, TV5, CTN and...
MUMBAI: One of the leading dailies reported today that market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has initiated an investigation into the insider trading...
MUMBAI: After the successful launch of its dedicated Zee TV beam for Singapore, Zee Network has announced that it will further extend its South East Asia...
MUMBAI: ESPN Star Sports (ESS) and Thai pay TV operator UBC have reached a multi-year renewal agreement for carriage of the two sports channels. ESS MD...
MUMBAI: Samsung Electronics has announced the second consecutive year of its largest Asian social program — Samsung DigitAll Hope. The company plans to contribute $1.05 million...
Mumbai: Business news and information network CNBC Asia Pacific has appointed Nartwanee Chantharojwong as account director, advertising sales, based in Bangkok, Thailand, in conjunction with the...
MUMBAI: Move over Singapore and Maldives – if Thailand can charm the visiting Indian film producers, we would get to watch the exotic Thai locations on...
MUMBAI: Asia’s premier electronic media event BroadcastAsia2004 will be held in Singapore from 15 – 18 June. Themed Redefining Broadcasting, BroadcastAsia2004 will encompass the entire spectrum...
NEW DELHI: He is 45 years old. He has traveled to more than 50 countries. He loves to eat popcorn and misses his eight-year-old daughter. Meet...
MUMBAI: Seems like wave of digital radio broadcasting will soon engulf Bangkok. Next month, Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) is all geared to promote introduction of digital...
MUMBAI: The Thai government has outlined a ten point plan to improve the pay TV piracy environment within Thailand, including commitments by cable ops to respect...
MUMBAI: Ever since his promotion in early October, Steve Askew has been functioning as chief operating officer (COO) of Star Group Ltd, in all but name....
MUMBAI: Turner India managing director Anshuman Misra is all set to take on additional responsibilities to manage Turner’s distribution and content sales in South East Asia....
HONG KONG: The cable and satellite TV industry would have lost US$874 million in net revenues by the end of 2003 due to piracy. This was...
MUMBAI: While in India it is Star Plus that rules, looking at the Asian region as a whole, leading English movie channel HBO is the winner...
MUMBAI: The latest Pan Asia Cross Media Survey (PAX 2002/03 suggests that CNN’s audiences earned US$79.9 billion in the past year. According to the study posted...
Purchase of high-end products among elite consumers in Asia has shown an increasing trend, according to Synovate Pax – a survey conducted by global market research...
NEW DELHI: There should be an independent broadcast regulator to address issues like technology and pricing and to administer the conditional access system, according to Federation...
MUMBAI: VH1, the more mature offspring of MTV Networks, takes its first tentative step in Asia with a debut in Asia this month. VH1 will...
HONG KONG: The Star Group has announced the promotion of Michelle Guthrie to executive vice-president, regional distribution and business development. She reports to the president and...
MUMBAI: Cindy Burbridge, a former Miss Thailand and Miss World 1996, will soon feature on Channel [V]’s show The Juice sometime in the first week of...
LONDON: The board of WPP Group plc (WPP) has announced reportable revenue was down to ?3.908 billion (almost three per cent) in the unaudited results for...
LOS ANGELES: CBS has won the November sweep in viewers and households, according to Nielsen ratings through Wednesday night’s preliminary affiliate based ratings. The victory was...
MUMBAI: CNN has announced a series of specials later this month that will focus on popular tourist destination Thailand. Anchor/correspondent Lian Pek talks to business leaders...
