MUMBAI: As digital television rolls out across South Korea, increasing the channel choice and bringing video-on-demand to viewers, Granada International has concluded a large number of...
MUMBAI: Guinness World Records TV (GWR TV) has teamed with Italian production company Europroduzione for a special for Canale 5 that will air tonight 7 January...
MUMBAI: Provider of mobile messaging technologies and interactive media applications mTouche Technology Berhad has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Cellcast plc to develop...
MUMBAI: US channel Oxygen dedicated to women has commissioned Fremantle Media to make a fashion based reality show The Janice Dickinson Project (Working Title). The reality...
MUMBAI: With the final numbers now in for the 2005 ratings year, TNT US says that it has scored eight cable and ad-supported cable records, including...
MUMBAI: A Slovenian edition of National Geographic magazine will launch in May 2006. This broadens the international reach of the magazine with 30 language editions. The...
MUMBAI: Star Movies is looking to end 2005 with a bang with the back-to-back premiere of the futuristic thriller I-Robot on 31 December 2005 from 9...
MUMBAI: For the first time, full episodes of US broadcaster CBS’s comedies Two And A Half Men and How I Met Your Mother will be available...
MUMBAI: This is an initiative that seeks to give the American soap opera an Asian twist. CBS is believed to have ordered the script for Red...
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Company (India) has appointed Manish Purohit as the head of their publishing business. The announcement was made by Disney India managing director...
MUMBAI: The American Film Institute (AFI)has announced the year’s AFI Moments of Significance. These six events were determined to have had an impact on the world...
NEW DELHI: A draft of the broadcasting code being proposed by the government, in consultation with the industry, attempts to give a big push to self-regulation...
MUMBAI: Building on its extensive music offerings and tradition of delivering content in new, integrated and unique ways, Comcast announced that it will offer customers a...
MUMBAI: On the first anniversary of the natural disaster that affected millions, DD is paying tribute in the form of a documentary directed by Kevin Sim....
MUMBAI: Canada based Rogers Cable Communications Inc has announced it will be adding New Delhi Television (NDTV) to its list of multicultural programming starting 21 December....
UMBAI: Viewers of US broadcaster NBC’s game show Deal or No Deal will have the opportunity to win $10,000 by playing the live interactive Lucky Case...
MUMBAI: Canada based Rogers Cable Communications Inc has announced it will be adding New Delhi Television (NDTV) to its list of multicultural programming starting 21 December....
NEW DELHI: The petition of Star India against the regulator-mandated cable TV price hike got admitted at the Delhi High Court today, but the next hearing...
MUMBAI: Softbank and Yahoo! Japan announced that TV Bank, a video content service joint venture established by the two companies, has begun providing a video content...
NEW DELHI: The mutterings in the industry over the broadcast regulator’s decision to permit only an inflation-linked four per cent annual hike in cable TV prices,...
MUMBAI: Americans are watching more television than ever – an average of eight hours a day per family. By the time most kids finish high school,...
MUMBAI: TV actor John Spencer who starred in The West Wing died of a heart attack at the age of 58. In India The West Wing...
MUMBAI: As it heads towards its 11th year as basic cable’s number-one net in total programming, Nick US says that it closes 2005 owning the top...
MUMBAI: Leading British satellite platform BSkyB has crossed its target of achieving eight million subscribers by the end of this year, 2005. In a media statement...
MUMBAI: Star World will air the final episode of the first season of Desperate Housewives at 10 pm on 23 December. The finale episode will shed...
MUMBAI: A scientist at Schepens Eye Research Institute (SERI) Dr.Eli Peli, found that increasing the contrast of details of certain sizes was of special importance in...
MUMBAI: For Anil Ambani, it has been the hardest part of the game. The last mile, crucial for offering triple play services, has so far been...
MUMBAI: Nickelodeon from the stable of Viacom International Inc. will air a special edition of Ten Things Wrong With Television on the Nick News show. This...
MUMBAI: E! Entertainment Television crowned the five actors from Desperate Housewives -Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria and Nicollette Sheridan – and the show’s...
MUMBAI: India’s communication payload Insat-4A has been installed atop its Sylda multi-payload dispenser system ahead of its 22 December launch onboard an Ariane 5 generic launcher...
MUMBAI: International production and distribution company Cableready has picked up the international rights to more than 100 hours of additional programming from New York Times Television....
MUMBAI: The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced the official selections of AFI Awards 2005. In television the list of the best shows includes the action...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC’s commercial arm BBC Worldwide has announced the appointment of BBC Head of Entertainment Group, Wayne Garvie, as its new director content,...
MUMBAI: Kairali TV, the Malayalam general entertainment channel, is changing its prime time game plan. It is introducing soaps in this band for the first time...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster BBC director of television Jana Bennett has appointed E4 head Julian Bellamy as the new BBC Three controller. The 35 year old Bellamy...
MUMBAI: The US Museum of Television and Radio has launched the She Made It website – www.shemadeit.org – to celebrate the achievements of creative and business...
MUMBAI: In2cable India Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hinduja TMT, has slashed cable Internet rates as it plans to increase subscribers in a highly competitive...
MUMBAI: Buena Vista Pictures Marketing, a unit of the Walt Disney Studios announced the availability of full- screen, theatrical-quality video content from Walt Disney Pictures/Walden Media’s...
MUMBAI: FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide (FLW) and mobile content specialist Player X have inked a licensing deal, which will see a raft of FremantleMedia’s classic TV game...
MUMBAI: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has announced financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended 28 October, 2005. Revenues totalled $88.9 million as compared to $83.9...
MUMBAI: Fox Reality which is dedicated to being the hub of reality programming in the US will offer a recap of the fourth season of music...
NEW DELH: Zee Muzic channel is once again in a revamp mode. This time its glossier and positioning itself as an aspirational channel, riding the Hindi...
Two years is a good time to take stock. It’s been just a little more than that since Michelle Guthrie, to the surprise of many a...
‘Come on girls, queue up in a single file and head to the computer lab,’ was a line my school teacher used once a fortnight. In...
The Emerald island is going to see a lot of Harish Thawani, the promoter of media firm Nimbus Communications. The reason: Thawani has in partnership with...
MUMBAI: Sting time on TV as politicians fall prey once again. It has barely being a week since Aaj Tak’s cash-for-query scam, that Star News ‘Operation...
MUMBAI: BBC World, the BBC’s international 24-hour news and information television channel, has promoted Amit Upadhyay to head distribution and business development, South Asia. Upadhyay will...
Think Miditech and flash comes the image of the two Alva brothers. While Nikhil started the company in 1992; brother Niret, who was a journalist, was...
NEW DELHI: The government today showed that it was serious about content regulation when it discussed norms framed by the UK regulator with representatives from the...
A stellar cast of regulators, media owners and distributors, media buyers, brands, leading technologists, investment banks and private equity firms gathered together at the India Television...