MUMBAI: One of the biggest sporting spectacles of this year the 2006 football World Cup takes place in Germany later this year. Discovery India, which airs...
MUMBAI: India and Pakistan will jointly bid for the 2011 cricket World Cup. The two countries have in the past hosted the event in 1987 and...
The opera singer Jose Carreras has told BBC World that although the Three Tenors would be “quite happy” to perform at football’s World Cup in June,...
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...
MUMBAI: Yahoo! has partnered with FIFA to launch a co-branded football site for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, ahead of the eagerly anticipated final draw...
MUMBAI: Infront Sports & Media which is football’s governing body Fifa’s ,marketing agency ,has signed a second broadcast agreement in Italy for next year’s World Cup...
MUMBAI: As football’s governing body Fifa embarks upon a new era in the field of TV, the organisation has announced that it has secured a long-term...
MUMBAI: Sachinam Travels, the official travel agent in India for the ICC World Cup 2003, has sold a total of 1500 full packages. Speaking to indiantelevision.com,...
NEW DELHI: The Pepsi brand/ad has emerged as the most likable brand with 30 per cent respondents of a survey rooting for it during the India-Zimbabwe...
MUMBAI: With the cricket World Cup scheduled to kick off next week, Sony Entertainment’s Max has got a raft of sponsors on board. Information available with...
MUMBAI: The action in the South American world cup qualifiers reaches its peak as soccer superpowers Brazil and Argentina lock horns on 9 June. Ten Sports...
MUMBAI: Drinks firm Diageo has joined hands with the International Cricket Council (ICC). It has agreed a multi-brand, multi-region sponsorship for its Johnnie Walker and Red...
MUMBAI: As a special initiative to mark the cricket World Cup, Zee News has gone interactive by launching a two-way messaging contest via SMS for the...
MUMBAI: Football’s governing body Fifa has announced a public tender for the broadcast and media rights to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Fifa will...
MUMBAI: With the mini world cup, The Champions Trophy, kicking off today (10 September) it will be a fight between Max and Doordarshan to see who...
At first glance, Star India’s senior vice president ad sales, Kevin Vaz comes across as unassuming to a fault. But there is no getting away from...
MUMBAI: Fifa has appointed Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) as its worldwide licensing representative for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. The deal is for all...
MUMBAI: In India cricket may rule the roost but in Asia and other continents television viewers are increasingly playing footsie. Last year soccer attracted the largest...
This year promises to be a cricket fiesta like no other. It started in January with India finishing their tour of Australia followed by India-Pakistan. We...
MUMBAI: With the ICC Cricket World Cup excitement mounting to a feverish pitch, KFC, fast food retail outlet is sending winners of the ‘Yeh contest hai...
MUMBAI: Sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has reached a multi-year agreement with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Asian football fans can tune in to ESS...
MUMBAI: It may not be giving Max the viewership hoped for, but the Under19 cricket world cup is seeing a decent crowd attendance. The International Cricket...
MUMBAI: Indian cricket board chief Jagmohan Dalmiya left for London on Sunday where he will try to settle the release of India’s World Cup guarantee money...
MUMBAI: Fdration Internationale de Football (FIFA) has put out a tender for the Mascot TV Series for the 2006 Fifa World Cup. The event takes place...
LV Krishnan, chief executive of TAM India, is a soft spoken man. But that could well have worked to an advantage for someone who been in...
NEW DELHI: ESPN Software India, part of the Disney group, has expressed its keenness to bid for the telecast rights of cricket matches organised by the...
MUMBAI: Infront Sports & Media and NOS, Hollands national broadcaster have signed an exclusive agreement for the Dutch broadcast rights to the 2006 Fifa World Cup....
MUMBAI: It was a hip ‘n’ happening night where bellies shook and the cable fraternity had a blast courtesy the SET-Discovery One Alliance. If the enthusiastic...
MUMBAI: In India it may be Max that has C&S telecast rights for the World Cup, but in Pakistan it is Ten Sports. Ten Sports has...
Star Plus has always been known for marketing innovations. Recently, it agreed to get involved in a contest – sponsored by Samsung India – during its...
SYDNEY: The launch of the official Rugby World Cup (RWC) website took place in Sydney a few days ago. The event kicks off on 10 October...
SOUTH AFRICA: The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has announced that it has secured the exclusive rights in the country to become the official broadcaster of...
MUMBAI: After its convergence adventure, Zee is cleaning up after its sports quest too. To pay off the dues of Zee and Essel Propack, Subhash Chandra...
MUMBAI: If all goes well, the long delayed Kaalki should finally make its appearance on Star Plus by the first week of August. The 45 minute...
NEW DELHI: To further ignite the world cup fever, Luxor Writing Instruments (LWIPL) has come up with the Catch A Ball Promotion . To make this...
MUMBAI: Colour TV sales during the World Cup season are likely to touch the two million mark. This market estimate should come as specially good news...
MUMBAI: A JP Morgan Asia Pacific Research report dated 28 April 2003 has stated that Zee Telefilms has reported good 4QFY03 numbers and that advertising revenues...
It’s been a while out of the spotlight for ESPN Star Sports, what with the Champions Trophy last September and the World Cup in March. On the...
MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms Ltd has posted a net profit of Rs 325.7 million for the fourth quarter ended 31 March, 2003, 134.65 per cent higher compared...
MUMBAI:Trust MAX to experiment and innovate – that too in style. After the much-hyped Cricket World Cup that reaped fruitful returns for the channel, it is...
MUMBAI: The times they are a changin’ on All India Radio and Doordarshan. Prasar Bharati will revamp the two by investing Rs 110 billion during the...
Mandira Bedi had the long Shanti, the evergreen Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge and the never ending Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi to her noteworthy credit,...
MUMBAI: The question was never whether the World Cup would deliver monster ratings, just how high could it go? TVRs for the ICC World Cup 2003...
MUMBAI: Broadcasters MAX, Sony and Doordarshan would all be on cloud nine if every cricket match could be one between India and Pakistan. According to TAM...
MUMBAI: With reference to the article headlined Sony readying five new shows for launch post-World Cup, indiantelevision.com is issuing the following clarification. In the report a...
MUMBAI: After the cricket World Cup what? That’s been the question regarding MAX. Well the broadcaster has chosen one of the biggest names in the music...
2002 will certainly be different. That was what the competition were convinced would be the case at the start of the year. And why not? Kaun...
Touchtel, which claims to be Delhis first private fixed line service provider, has introduced a special Voice Portal value added service, to mark what it terms...
MUMBAI: For all those who have fears about the Indian team getting the World Cup home, just logon to the mtvindia.com website to get their fears...
MUMBAI: The Mumbai Cable Operators’ Federation (MCOF) is getting active, following the announcement of its formation in the city on 13 February. (see Mumbai’s small cable...

