Go for the jugular. Thats a tactic used in the animal kingdom when a hunter is close to a prey it has been stalking for some...
Nickelodeon, MTV’s sister channel, is all set to stir up some heat on the kids entertainment scene. And in true MTV-style, yesterday it unveiled its first...
It is not just Subhash Chandra and his Zee TV that have struck a discordant note vis–vis the Indian Broadcasting Federation’s (IBF) opposition to the government’s...
CAS – or conditional access systems – is causing indigestion amongst players in the broadcasting busines. The Indian Broadcasting Federation meeting which was slated to be...
Zee Telefilms chairman Subhash Chandra today hinted that the group is not immediately interested in starting a direct-to-home (DTH) TV service. “DTH is not as big...
The enabling provision giving the government powers to modify the The Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 to incorporate CAS raises questions which beg answers. Legislators...
Zee TV is pulling out all the stops to increase its visibility at the ground level. To this effect it has announced a unique talent contest...
The state of the Indian television advertising market is not looking too good. Ditto as far as the health of some of the television channels is...
It’s the biggest whodunit for the television industry in recent times. Who is behind the huge recruitment ad in leading daily The Times of India last...
When the DTH notification was issued by the information & broadcasting (I&B) ministry this week, it was not clear whether the 20 per cent restriction was...
It came somewhat like manna to travellers lost in the desert. The Union Cabinet’s decision on 2 November 2000 to lift the four-year ban on DTH...
Cable TV addressability has been brought out into the open. Earlier this week, an Andhra Pradesh high court has said that all subscription channels should stop...
Farooq Shaikh made his debut as an actor some 32 years ago in the MS Sathyu-directed classic Garam Hawa. Soon to follow was an immensely successful...
Mumbai: Pradhan Mantri – a drama series on Indian politics – from the Zee TV stable has got a lot of media pundits confounded. They have...
The whole Zee network is going pay from May, group corporate affairs head RK Singh confirmed today, adding that the rollout of set top boxes for...
Instead of politicians dancing to popular tunes it was people who were dancing to politicians' tunes last Friday when leaders from different parties participated in a...