MUMBAI: K Sera Sera Productions Ltd will enter the capital market on 16 February with a fresh public offer through a 100 per cent book building...
MUMBAI: Following the successful creation of the global music recording joint venture Sony BMG Music Entertainment 18 months ago, the parent companies Sony America and Bertelsmann...
MUMBAI: When it comes to watching music shows Americans prefer to watch music wannabes compete for a chance to be recognised rather than watch the music...
NEW DELHI: A new floor price of $ 450 million set by the Indian cricket board for telecast rights of Indian cricket is being termed by...
MUMBAI: The increasing use of video on demand (VOD) does not appear to reduce traditional television viewing in the US. A research report has been released...
MUMBAI: Bangladesh is looking for quality kids’ television content and the country’s first step in this direction is the establishment of the Children’s Television Foundation of...
MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group has announced the formation of a joint venture with arvato mobile in Europe called In2Movies This is a digital download...
MUMBAI: Media conglomerate News Corps second-quarter profit has tripled from $386 million to $1.08 billion, on revenues of $6.7 billion. Television operating income went up by...
MUMBAI: After stating that it would be reissuing the Revenue Management Company tender, the Indian cricket board today scrapped the whole thing altogether and announced that...
MUMBAI: GV Films and Delhi-based real estate promoters Dynamic Infradevelopers are floating a 50:50 special purpose vehicle (SPV) for setting up a $one billion entertainment infrastructure...
MUMBAI: Malayalam entertainment channel Asianet will launch a new serial Pazhassi Raja in its 9:30 prime time slot. The serial is launching on Monday 13 February....
MUMBAI: With a view to expand their programming content, lifestyle and entertainment channel Zoom has announced two new shows Kuoni Hot Spots and Love Bites. Whilst...
MUMBAI: Bennett, Coleman & Company Ltd (BCCL) is in talks with Sahara One Media and Entertainment to take around five per cent stake in the company....
MUMBAI: With the Indian television landscape growing at a healthy rate, companies from abroad are increasingly starting to look at ways to tap it. Format creator...
MUMBAI: The Zee-Turner distribution platform has appealed to the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (Tdsat) demanding that it issue a notice to the Star-India backed...
MUMBAI: If TV Korea has its way, the words KBC will have a whole new meaning in India! The TV Korea Showcase, 2006, hosted by the...
MUMBAI: In a potential setback for public broadcasting in the US, President George Bush in a spending plan sent to the US Congress has advocated a...
MUMBAI: Doha based Al Jazeera International, the yet to launch 24-hour English-language news and current affairs channel has announced the appointment of journalist Barnaby Phillips as...
MUMBAI: Broadband connections in India have touched just one million, way behind the government’s target of three million for December 2005. Internet subscriber base, however, has...
MUMBAI: Music broadcaster MTV has announced that MTV Korea senior VP, MD HK Choi is leaving. He says, I am proud of my achievements at MTV...
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court bowled another googly today that has stumped pubcaster Prasar Bharati. On a petition by Ten Sports, which is the exclusive rights...
MUMBAI: BBC Magazines in the UK is set to expand the pre-school sector with CBeebies Weekly magazine next month. CBeebies Weekly magazine’s content has been created...
MUMBAI: CBS Corporation’s Showtime Networks and Apple today will be offering premium cable programming from Showtime, including recent Golden Globe nominees Sleeper Cell and Weeds, on...
MUMBAI: Endemol Nederland BV and the Dutch telecommunications company KPN signed a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) for the establishment of a joint venture. The purpose...
MUMBAI: NBC Universal has announced deals with US satellite platforms DirecTV and Dish Network for this month’s coverage of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino,...
MUMBAI: Want a digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) service delivered on your mobile phone? Several Korean companies have launched this service via the terrestrial or satellite route....
MUMBAI: Information technology major Wipro Ltd. is giving its consumer electronics business a serious push. The company announced today it would invest Rs 2.15 billion in...
MUMBAI: Star World India has signed a deal with the UK based Screentime Partners to telecast the television series Luxury Unveiled. Screentime Partners has also confirmed...
MUMBAI: For the fourth consecutive year, Oprah Winfrey captures the number-one position as America’s top favourite television personality. The survey was conducted by Harris Interactive. In...
MUMBAI: Rugby fans can look forward to more passion and drama from the field as ESPN Star Sports has renewed its live and exclusive cable and...
MUMBAI: Asian Television Network International Limited (ATN) will broadcast the India Pakistan One Day International cricket series live across Canada. The matches will be shown live...
MUMBAI: The Arab satellite television network Al-Jazeera is planning to launch services in Urdu, Turkish, French and Spanish. The organisation has associated with the Dubai based...
MUMBAI: Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. has announced that its shareholders approved the company’s acquisition by Cisco Systems, Inc. at a special meeting held this morning. Shareholders will receive...
MUMBAI: CNN-IBN is all set to launch a celebrities series — Being. The news channel will showcase a world of news and news-makers, of style and...
MUMBAI: DreamWorks Animation SKG will begin operating under its new seven-year distribution deal with Paramount Pictures. The deal will begin with the rights to distribute DreamWorks...
MUMBAI: Moving Picture Company India Ltd has has signed an agreement with NL Films, Netherlands for producing a Dutch feature film titled Zoop in India. The...
MUMBAI: Nortel Networks and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. are setting up a joint venture to develop ultra broadband access solutions that will carry video content. The...
MUMBAI: Jagran Prakashan Limited, publishers of 25 editions of Dainik Jagran, has finalised an issue price of Rs 320 for its just concluded initial public offer....
MUMBAI: Times Now, the news channel that started beaming on 31 January has just one agenda: try redefining the concept of news. Target audience: an urbanite....
MUMBAI: CSI: Miami proves to be growing in popularity as viewership numbers increase through the years across the Asian region. In the recently concluded season three,...
MUMBAI: Some of Britain’s shows including The Office, Little Britain, Goodness Gracious Me and Doctor Who will now be available to watch on mobile phones following...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has announced that to celebrate the third birthday of BBC Three the channel has launched an online campaign in the UK....
MUMBAI: The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved plans by Time Warner Inc.and Comcast Corp. to buy bankrupt cable operator Adelphia Communications Corp. FTC said...
MUMBAI: In a bid to recognise the animation genre, The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) which organises the Golden Globe Awards, has established the Best Animated...
MUMBAI: American consumers stand to lose $8.2 billion in the next year if policymakers fail to remove barriers to entry, including local franchise requirements, in the...
In the world of music companies that put out original work one firm that is unique is Silva Screen Records (SSR). Among other activities it puts...
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...
At a time when the Indian media industry is again buzzing with activities, information and broadcasting minister Priya Ranjan Das Munshi, who took over from Jaipal...
Group M is aiming big in India this year. Areas such as branded entertainment on television, sponsorship management for sporting events, developing search capabilities and expanding...
BANGALORE: Verismo Networks has developed a client box which will be an integral part of the new age TV, including IPTV. The company has also designed...