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MUMBAI: Finding original drama for a younger audience remains an ambition for UK pubcaster the BBC. It has invited a range of in-house and independent production...
Turner is looking to take localisation efforts for its kids channels to the next level. It has announced a slew of five locally produced shows which...
Quentin Staes-Polet is the CEO and co-founder of Kreeda Games, one of the first Indian internet companies dedicated to massively multiplayer online gaming (MMOG). The company...
It’s nigh on one-and-a-half years since Star India brought in a “media outsider” Paritosh Joshi as president – advertising sales & distribution, thereby consolidating the two...
Autodesk which manufactures software technologies for the media and entertainment industry as one of its major activities, is looking to grow the business in India. ...
Gaming firm Indiagames is on the move. It recently came back into the online gaming space with its Games on Demand concept. UTV also took a...
UTV is lining up nine channels and is planning to bet Rs 6 billion in it. The company is in talks with strategic investors to support...
She waits with baited breath, jittery to unlock her next treasure. Bindass CEO Zarina Mehta is bubbling with energy as she talks about her second baby...
The media industry has recently been eyeing the advantages that radio is promising to offer, but when it comes to the monies, advertisers are still apprehensive...
MUMBAI: Japanese media conglomerate Sony has announced that users of the PlayStation 3 will shortly be able to download Sony movies and television shows on their...
For over 50 years FMCG major Hindustan Lever has dominated the Indian market with brands that have become a household name for many. Now it is...
MUMBAI: Net Insight, which develops scalable optical transport solutions for media, IP and broadcast networks, announces the Nimbra 360 multiservice access/edge switch. This solution integrates transport...
MUMBAI: The BBC Trust has provisionally approved UK pubcaster the BBC management’s proposal to develop and launch a free-to-view satellite platform, “Freesat”. BBC management envisages Freesat...
NEW DELHI: Star Group has received FIPB (foreign investment promotion board) approval for investing Rs 72.02 million to pick up a 20 per cent stake in...
MUMBAI: Televisioon format owner and distributor FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has announced the acquisition of two drama shows which will launch at the television trade event MipTV...
MUMBAI: US media conglomerate Disney plans to expand its successful cruise business by adding two new ocean liners, Scheduled to launch in 2011 and 2012, the...
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: Cookie Jar Entertainment’s series, Johnny Test has been renewed by Kids’ WB! on The CW for 13 additional episodes. The new episodes of the series...
MUMBAI: Bollywood actor and Miss Universe Sushmita Sen will join Hollywood actor Ashley Judd in a documentary on National Geographic channel to raise global awareness on...
MUMBAI: Video sharing site YouTube, Inc. and the National Basketball Association (NBA) have launched Post Up the NBA on the new NBA Channel on YouTube. The...
MUMBAI: The total size of the television hardware market in Asia measures at nearly $22 billion GfK Asia has released its 2006 year end pan Asian...
MUMBAI: Despite continued difficulties with security and reconstruction, television is gaining ground in Afghanistan as the most important news and entertainment source in urban areas, particularly...
MUMBAI: Cinema chain operator Pyramid Saimira Theatre has entered into a strategic alliance with Moser Baer India for exploiting revenues from the home video market. Under...
MUMBAI: From being a virtually non-existent market in 2003, the IP video test and measurement market saw significant growth in 2005. New analysis from Frost &...
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide’s trade event BBC Showcase is taking place in Brighton England till 1 March 2007. 560 buyers from all over the globe are in...
NEW DELHI: Acknowledging that the major hurdle in digitization presently is the absence of digital receiver sets and the fact that about 45 per cent...
MUMBAI: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published their findings on the link between unhealthy eating habits amongst children and television viewing. The research study states...
NEW DELHI: Even as President A P J Abdul Kalam declared that the year 2007 will be the ‘Year of Broadband’, there are plans to increase...
MUMBAI: DTH service providers Dishtv and Tata Sky will use the upcoming cricket World Cup to entice their viewers and increase subscription numbers. Dishtv has come...
MUMBAI: Fox Interactive Media (FIM) in the US has bought ad technology firm Strategic Data Corporation. It is hoping to better leverage the data of its...
MUMBAI: Busines and financial news service Reuters has launched Reuters Africa — a new commercial website dedicated to pan-African news and financial data. Reuters Africa, www.reuters.com/africa,...
NEW DELHI: Direct-To-Home (DTH) satellite TV operator Tata Sky has approached the Delhi High Court seeking directions to broadcaster Sun TV to share its feed. TataSky...
MUMBAI: Televison format creator and distributor Endemol has announced its results for 2006. It recorded a turnover of 1,117.4 million euros. This was a 24.1 per...
NEW DELHI: As part of their ongoing promotional campaign ‘Lifebuoy Main Bhi Krissh’, HLL brought together the movie’s super hero Hrithik Roshan to meet up with...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has announced that its radio station BBC London’s Anthem for 2012 Olympics competition launches next week inviting all Londoners to compose...
MUMBAI: Cookie Jar Entertainment has forged a deal with Kids’ WB! on The CW in the US, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and Radio-Canada to be the...
MUMBAI: The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE() has annou8nced that in its pay per view Wrestlemania which takes place next month real estate moghul Donald Trump will...
MUMBAI: Bolstering its efforts to transform the in-flight travel experience and offer customers more choices, Delta Air Lines will become the first airline to offer HBO...
MUMBAI: US media conglomerate Viacom and broadcast-quality Internet television service Joost have announced that Viacom will be a key content partner. It will offer a range...
MUMBAI: Exams can give nightmares and sweaty palms to some of the bravest kids. As exam fear inches closer, some of the tips put out by...
NEW DELHI: Many cable households are unhappy with repeated signal failure and Trai is now faced with the issue of what to do about enforcing Quality...
MUMBAI: Pyramid Saimira Theatre’s (PSTL) board has approved plans to raise $100 million through FCCB. It has also given the nod to float special purpose vehicles...
MUMBAI: Anil Ambani’s interest in the media sector seems to be growing. Reliance Capital’s subsidiary Sonata Investments has taken its shareholding in TV Today to 11.93...
MUMBAI: Zoom, the Times Group’s glamour and lifestyle Hindi entertainment channel, has crafted a movie band called Zoom Theatres. The movie band between 9 p.m to...
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) today adjourned its hearing in the case by sports broadcaster Nimbus challenging the Telecom Regulatory Authority...
NEW DELHI : India and Germany have signed an agreement on audio-visual co-production. Information and broadcasting minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi and German foreign minister Dr Frank Walter...
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: With cricket fever gripping the nation, radio has decided to jump onto the bandwagon as well. Big FM today announced two new shows based on...
MUMBAI: CNN International has made its first ever global television broadcast from a mobile phone, live from the 3GSM conference in Barcelona. As part of CNN’s...
MUMBAI: Robert Adler, co-inventor of the TV remote, has passed away. Adler, who won an Emmy Award along with fellow engineer Eugene Polley for the device...
