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: In a development that has taken many within the cult music franchise by surprise, MTV Networks Asia executive vice-president and MTV India managing director Alex...
MUMBAI: Viacom’s board of directors on Tuesday approved the division of the media giant into two separate companies one built around MTV Networks and the other...
MUMBAI: In an attempt to project the scintillating modelling world, Vh1 and Wilhelmina Productions have joined hands to produce a reality based show titled The Agency....
MUMBAI: Christina Norman, the highly regarded president of Vh1, has been given a much more high profile role within MTV Networks. The African American media whiz...
MUMBAI: Star News brand director Keertan Adyanthaya is going back to the arena where he first made a name for himself – the music channel business....
MUMBAI: Ready, set go! Viacom’s music and lifestyle channel VH1 in the US has teamed up with culture group Ego Trip. The two will produce a...
MUMBAI: Making official a licensing agreement that had been inked in January, it was announced yesterday that EMI Music will be marketing Warner Music’s repertoire in...
MUMBAI: ‘The Sultan of Swing’ Mark Knopfler is all set to rock Mumbai this evening 5 March. The former Dire Straits singer who has become an...
MUMBAI: One case that the media is following closely is pop icon Michael Jackson’s trial in front a California judge. But regardless of the outcome of...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster VH1 has announced a new show Love Lounge. Throughout each episode of the half-hour nightly series, groups of celebrities reveal aspects about their...
MUMBAI: In a move that signals the potential of the mobile television category, Jarl Mohn aka Lee Masters has joined the board of directors of Idetic,...
NEW DELHI: Zee Turner, a joint venture between Zee Telefilms and Time Warner, is getting itself a chief finance officer (CFO) in the form of Arun...
MUMBAI: Viacom recently launched its English music channel VH1 in India. The channel however is not only about music. It also dabbles with the lifestyle genre...
MUMBAI: Music channel VH1from the Viacom stable will introduce a reality show in the US. Remaking will air from 1 January. The series of specials is...
MUMBAI: Viacom’s premium music channel VH1, which launched in India this month, has had its best year ever in the US! The year, 2004, was VH1’s...
MUMBAI: This will come as sweet news to Indian lovers of jazz music. MTV India has teamed up with the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz in...
NEW DELHI: With a view towards consolidating its position as the leading distribution platform in the country while providing a competitive edge to it, Zee-Turner has...
MUMBAI: Two years of “will it, won’t it?” is finally over with the launch in India of VH1, MTV’s upmarket sibling. Interestingly, the premium music channel...
MUMBAI: Former MTV Networks group president Judy McGrath has been promoted to the role of chairman and CEO. McGrath takes on Viacom co-COO Tom Frestons...
William H Roedy’s belief in localisation is complete. When in India, his business cards are printed in Hindi on one side, English the other. The 55-year-old...
MUMBAI: Viacom, which has just released its results for the first quarter of 2004, says its revenues have jumped 12 per cent to a record $6.8...
VH1 the division of MTV Networks owned by Viacom International, Inc. will set its foot in the Indian air space. MTV India has drawn up plans...
MUMBAI: MTV parent Viacom Inc and recent Rupert Murdoch acquisition DirecTV on Wednesday signed a deal that ensures continued carriage of all MTV Networks’ programme services...
MUMBAI: Every merger and acquisition brings with it a slew of pink slips. The media sector is no exception. Comedy Central, which claims to be the...
MUMBAI: Its raining awards at MTV. In the 25 edition of the Promax & BDA design awards that took place at Los Angeles on 4-6 June...
MUMBAI: VH1, the more mature offspring of MTV Networks, takes its first tentative step in Asia with a debut in Asia this month. VH1 will...
NEW YORK: MTV Networks chairman and CEO Tom Freston, has announced a new network group structure for the company. The new structure expands the roles of...
LONDON: MTV has taken note of the ongoing video game craze in Europe. MTV Networks Europe has acquired a 50 per cent stake in French videogames...
Virgin Mobile, US has unveiled its national, youth-focused cell phone service and its multi-year strategic partnership with MTV Networks, a division of Viacom. The deal provides...
Sahar Elhabashi has been promoted to Executive V-P, MTV Networks International. In her expanded role, Elhabashi will direct strategy, operations and business development for MTV Networks’...
Viacom Incorporated, which has been toying with the idea of setting up operations in India to give its channels other than MTV a push, has left...