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MUMBAI: The year 2005 saw an estimated 387 million mobile connections in Europe representing a continental penetration rate of 97 per cent. Total revenues generated in...
MUMBAI: Indian media companies are finding Dubai a hot destination. After Zee Telefilms and Mukta Arts, it is the turn of K Sera Sera Productions which...
MUMBAI: ITN reporter Dan Rivers has been appointed CNN’s Bangkok correspondent. He will be based in Thailand and report from the region for all of CNN’s...
MUMBAI: Bolstered by its scripted television business format, Endemol reported a rise in turnover for calendar year 2005 by 5.8 per cent to 900.1 million euros,...
MUMBAI: The global distribution arm of FremantleMedia, Fremantle International Distribution (FID) announced the signing of a development deal with award-winning UK independent, Absolutely Productions. The deal...
MUMBAI: From 24 February Entertainment Ka Naya Funda, Interesting! is Siti Channel’s new catch line. Siti, which “upgraded” from a cable channel to a satellite channel...
MUMBAI: Reinforcing its commitment to the global HDTV industry, the Banff World Television Festival in Canada has joined forces with NHK, Japans public broadcaster, to offer...
MUMBAI: Radio Mirchi in the cities of Ahmedabad, Indore and Pune has moved to a common frequency of 98.3 FM, following the changes made earlier this...
MUMBAI: Hyderabad-based Color Chips (India) Ltd is considering a global depository receipts (GDR) issue of up to $10 million to fund its expansion plans. “We are...
MUMBAI: Looks like television too is not safe from the grip of clever con artistes! Actress Alison Heruth has appeared in court in the US charged...
MUMBAI: MTV US has annouced that it has appointed Colette Chestnut as its executive VP and CFO. Chestnut will be based in New York and report...
MUMBAI: The James Murdoch-led BSkyB DTH operator in the UK has become the first broadcast platform to take a hit after Nimbus Communications won the telecast...
MUMBAI: Can old still deliver ratings gold? The jury is still out on that one but Sahara One must certainly feel encouraged by the first week’s...
MUMBAI: Nielsen//NetRatings, which provides data on Internet media has announced that the number of sponsored link advertising impressions on the Google and Yahoo! ad platforms grew...
MUMBAI: International Sportsworld Communicators (ISC), the global media and commercial rights holder for the Fia World Rally Championship (WRC) has announced the latest TV audience statistics...
MUMBAI: MarkMonitor, which works in the area of online corporate identity protection, has announced that World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has selected MarkMonitor’s Auction Monitoring solution. The...
MUMBAI: Market research firm GfK Asia has released its 2005 Year End Pan Asian Consumer Electronics Data Summary. This highlights the trends in the region’s consumer...
MUMBAI: After a little over 20 months of existence, Rajat Sharma’s India TV has stepped into the revamp mode. Even as the genre gets more competitive,...
NEW DELHI: Director General of All India Radio (AIR) Brijeshwar Singh has been appointed the vice- president of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA). The elections to...
MUMBAI: Disney Channel U.S.,will launch a new short-form series featuring the star of the popular Playhouse Disney show JoJo’s Circus on 20 February. Feeling Good with...
MUMBAI: The Banff World Television Festival and Canadian broadcaster CTV are teaming again to host the CTV Canadian Documart. This is an annual competition offering development...
MUMBAI: French media group Lagardere agreed to pay $624 million to Vivendi and transfer its 34% stake in CanalSat to get a 20% stake of Canal+...
MUMBAI: Following encouraging on-air ratings and increases in mobile downloads, viewer-submitted video uploads, and VSpot mobile streams, US broadcaster VH1 and IFilm have announced plans to...
MUMBAI: Singapore’s MediaCorp TV is inviting 2,000 users to be part of the Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) trial group for its new video-on-demand service – MediaCorp...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has announced that it has selected BPO firm Capita as its preferred supplier for a ten-year HR services contract. The deal...
MUMBAI: Animax is all set to woo teens with a whole lot of gaming. Three new shows are set to launch on the channel. Starting 18...
MUMBAI: Tata Sky Ltd has joined hands with Thomson for set-top-boxes (STBs) to support the launch of its direct-to-home (DTH) service in mid 2006. Thomson, well...
MUMBAI:The US-based CDMA Development Group (CDG) has reported that the CDMA2000 subscriber base reached 225 million users worldwide at the end of 2005, a 25 million...
MUMBAI: Trudy Corporation has inked a deal with Sesame Workshop for a new publishing license focusing on book and audio CD formats. The license territory includes...
MUMBAI: This summer, MTV US will launch three new series out of its News & Docs division. This follows the success of the True Life series....
NEW DELHI: The Indian Broadcasting Foundation has petitioned the government to remove the disparity between the electronic and print media by seeking exemption from service tax...
MUMBAI: Zee Trendz will telecast the 22nd Annual Miss Hawaiian Tropic International Pageant Finals on 18 February at 9:30 pm with repeats on 19 February at...
MUMBAI: The Prannoy Roy-promoted NDTV Ltd is set to make its next big move in the news space by launching a news channel that will primarily...
MUMBAI: Ever wondered what the world would look like tomorrow? Do we have a sense of the actual extent and nature of the changes that are...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster NBC has announced that it has upped the ante by raising the top prize money, along with contestants’ blood pressure, by half a...
NEW DELHI: NDTV Profit is poised to breakeven in slightly over a year’s time (NDTV Profit launched on 17 January 2005) even as its parent, NDTV...
MUMBAI: Discovery US is looking to expand its brand presence further through airport stores. For this purpose it has tied up with transportation retail specialist Hudson...
MUMBAI: A plenary session of the Frames convention which takes place from 22 to 24 March 2006 will look at the Future of Print Media as...
MUMBAI: Live mobile TV is set to become a reality as British Telecom (BT) announced that Virgin Mobile will be the first mobile operator to sign...
MUMBAI: K Sera Sera Productions Ltd has fixed the price band of Rs 64-70 for its public issue of 50,00,000 equity shares The IPO is scheduled...
MUMBAI: British Telecom (BT) has inked a deal with Endemol to license programming and develop cutting-edge interactive content for its next-generation TV offering. Endemol will work...
MUMBAI: The Internet appears to be the threshold of new technology these days, and the future of TV may be in its hands. A recent survey...
NEW DELHI: Star India’s president corporate affairs Nitin Atroley has decided to quit the organization to pursue new challenges. A Star India spokesperson confirmed that Atroley...
MUMBAI: Broadcom Corporation has announced that its VideoCore mobile multimedia platform now supports Microsoft Windows Media Video. Microsoft’s implementation of the Society of Motion Picture and...
MUMBAI: The Indian television Industry turned up in strength at the Fifth Indian Telly Awards Trade Technical Channel and Programming Nite to recognize and celebrate excellence...
MUMBAI: The sixth edition of Frames, the convention for the Indian media and entertainment industry takes place in Mumbai from 22 to 24 March 2006. It...
MUMBAI: Despite a history of hype and limited actual success in the 1990s, digital convergence has now become a reality in several countries. Deloitte’s Technology, Media...
MUMBAI: UTStarcom, Inc., a global player in IP-based, end-to-end networking solutions and services, has announced contracts with China Telecom to deploy its RollingStream(TM) end-to-end IPTV solution...
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: US media regulatory body the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a Further Report on the packaging and sale of video programming services to the...
