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MUMBAI: In the UK there is strong demand for watching television delivered over mobile phones. However people prefer watching mobile television at home rather than when...
MUMBAI: Nelvana, producers and distributors of children’s programming and products owned by Canada-based Corus Entertainment, has inked a video-on-demand agreement with British Telecommunications Inc. (BT) in...
MUMBAI: Sex, sex and more sex! It’s not that anyone needs proof of the old adage, but entertainment broker Distraction Formats says that it has the...
MUMBAI: Business mogul Sir Alan Sugar, who hosts The Apprentice for BBC in the UK has released a book through the UK pubcaster’s commercial arm BBC...
MUMBAI: British DTH broadcaster BSkyB has launched a service that allows its consumers to legally download movies and sports packages from the Internet. The service, ‘Sky...
MUMBAI: In the build-up to the Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship (7-15 January), BBC Worldwide has announced a new three-year deal with the pan-European cable and...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has announced that its division BBC News Interactive has released nearly 80 online news reports, for the first time from the...
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: The Cable TV Show 2005, organised by the Kolkata-based Cable TV Equipments Traders & Manufacturers Association (CTMA), commenced today. The three-day annual event expects participation...
MUMBAI: With online retail sales booming this Christmas, UK pubcaster The BBC’s own retailer, bbcshop.com is already reporting a 40 per cent increase in sales compared...
MUMBAI: FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide (FLW), the licensing division of FremantleMedia has inked a deal with leading games manufacturer, Britannia Games to create and produce board games...
MUMBAI: In order to expand its international reach, global interactive digital broadcaster – Cellcast plc – has set shop in Mumbai. The new subsidiary company will...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC’s children’s channel CBBC’s acting controller Richard Deverell has announced a raft of new commissions to add an energising new twist to...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster is looking to make magic for its young viewers this Christmas on CBBC. There will be a sack full of fairy tales, favourite...
MUMBAI: The BBC’s DG Mark Thompson presented leading academic institutions in the UK with recordings of more than 1,000 people from all parts of the UK...
MUMBAI: The Prannoy Roy promoted — NDTV is now tapping the Indian American diaspora.The company has partnered with DirecTV in US with a view to increase...
MUMBAI: Turner Broadcasting will launch two kids’ channels — Cartoon Network TOO and Boomerang+1 in the UK next year in a bid to increase its penetration...
Mumbai, November 15, 2005: With the wedding season around the corner, STAR News, India’s trendsetting first homegrown news channel, today announced a new addition to its...
INTERVIEW WITH SAMIRA JUMANI The first wife of Abu Salem – Salem is a cowardly person – He almost killed me – Salem beat up Monica...
MUMBAI: BBC News television and radio can for the first time be delivered directly to computer desktops in the UK via RSS – also known as...
MUMBAI: Discovery Holdings, which, owns a 50 per cent stake in Discovery Communications (DCI) has announced its results for the third quarter, ended 30 September 2005....
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...
MUMBAI: Ravi Sagoo has beaten off competition from 700 aspiring broadcasters to land a plum job as a radio presenter on the BBC Asian Network in...
MUMBAI: BBC’s Head of Television News in the UK, Peter Horrocks, has announced a number of changes to BBC News’ television operation. The changes are the...
MUMBAI: Fremantle International Distribution (FID), the distribution arm of global production outfit FremantleMedia, has licenses The Story of 1 to US pubcaster PBS. The Story of...
MUMBAI: Samsung Electronics, which claims to be the number one producer of television sets by revenue, has opened a digital research center in Korea. This is...
MUMBAI: When Peter E Poon, general manager Fortune Star (the Star Group’s distribution and licensing arm) met Indiantelevision.comat Cannes during MipTV in April, he had said...
MUMBAI: The BBC has appointed Vin Ray as the first director of its newly established College of Journalism. Vin Ray, currently the deputy jead of the...
Mumbai 18th October: Tune into your television sets this Sunday at 12:30 p.m. on Sony Entertainment Television and watch Fair & Lovely Shikhar as hostess Pooja...
MUMBAI: The BBC will launch a new learning service for five to 16 year olds in the UK in January 2006. This new public service BBC...
MUMBAI: Digital Television penetration has been estimated to have reached 63 per cent in the UK in the second quarter of 2005, which is up from...
MUMBAI: “Digital television is no longer a probability, it is a certainty. And I believe it can leave us with a legacy of more choice, for...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC’s children’s channel CBBC has announced that its show Blue Peter, in association with Arts Council England, has launched a children’s writing...
In this week’s “Jaanbaaz” STAR News features three sensational stories, one of Suniel Shetty’s – the ‘brave’ Bollywood actor – organization that helped Mumbaikars during the...
MUMBAI: Discovery has launched a new lifestyle channel – Discovery Real Time Extra – in the UK. Media reports indicate that the new channel is...
MUMBAI: Television channels on the web! That is what UK’s pubcaster BBC will be making available to consumers. In a significant development, the BBC has decided...
MUMBAI: Homes, motoring and food categories have once again boosted the sales of BBC Magazines in the UK. Titles such as Top Gear, the local version...
MUMBAI: FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide (FLW), the licensing division of FremantleMedia, has appointed Claire Baker as head of retail for the UK. In this newly...
MUMBAI: UK-based private equity and venture fund 3i is acquiring around 33 per cent stake in Mumbai-based Nimbus Communications for $45.50 million (approx Rs 1.97 billion),...
MUMBAI: Live performances of Beethoven’s complete symphonies have attracted 1.37 million download requests in a BBC trial in the UK which was offered as part of...
MUMBAI: For the first time, there are now more households in Britain with broadband than dial-up internet connections. 2005 was the year in which broadband became...
MUMBAI: “If you prick us do we not bleed”! On Sunday 3 July, 10,000 young performers from 400 schools will bring Shakespeare to life in 100...
MUMBAI: The BBC, together with the Financial Services Authority (FSA), have created a new online interactive tool to help consumers manage their money. A third of...
MUMBAI: As the world turns its attention to the upcoming G8 Summit in Scotland CNN International will produce a distinctive week of programming from 2-10 July...
MUMBAI: The G8 Summit which will deal with the challenges of Africa and climate change kicks off on 6 July in Scotland As a prelude to...
MUMBAI: The British public have nominated their top five finalists in BBC’s car show Top Gear’s search for the greatest driving song ever. Seventies rock rules....
MUMBAI: A little over six months after consumer electronics major LG unveiled the world’s largest commercial PDP plasma display panel (PDP) TV, the giant 71-inch set...
MUMBAI: Vh1, the lifestyle international music channel, is sponsoring the rock band Pentagram to perform at the Glastonburg Festival in UK. The band will perform on...
MUMBAI: Former British High Commissioner to Canada Sir Andrew Burns has been appointed to the BBC’s Board of Governors as International Governor. Burns, who will take...
MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) has acquired Minds Eye Productions, an interactive TV game developers in Europe. The agreement demonstrates WDIG’s commitment to the...
