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It’s been 10 days since business channel CNBC India, part of the Sony bouquet, “broke” a story that it had the complete lists of all the...
CNBC’s revelations on possible “rating fudge” are significant since priorities of television in India are set by Television Rating Points (TRPs). “Stunned”, “shocked” and “damaging” are...
In the aftermath of Tuesday’s horrific multiple terrorist attacks on America’s institution’s of military and financial might, literally all eyes have been and are on the...
A poll run on indiantelevision.com over the past seven days has revealed that industry believes that all is not okay with the ratings delivered by Intam...
The debate between the two CNN network heads lasted ten seconds. “Is it appropriate for us to use the phrase America Under Attack on the screen?”...
Swar Ratna – Shri Sudhir Phadke, the doyen of Marathi light music, is one of the most popular music directors and singers of our time. Born...
Digital multimedia technology will be a significant theme at Gitex 2001 to be held from 14 – 18 October, 2001, at the Dubai World Trade Center...
Horrific. Ghastly. Dastardly. Inhuman. Unbelievable. Catastrophic. Deadly. Words that have been used to describe the airplane attacks on the World Trade Centre I and II –...
BBC News 24 and BBC World began rolling live coverage of the terrorist attacks just before 2 pm yesterday, shortly after the first plane crashed into...
Today was the day after as national broadcaster Doordarshan’s Metro channel turned the clock back a year after HFCL Nine Broadcasting took up the three-hour prime...
The attack on Manhattan’s World Trade Centre Tower I and II and the Pentagon was timed to get maximum viewing audiences globally. 9 am in New...
Some 62 of Star Plus’ shows figure in The Top 100 Intam ratings chart for the week ended 2 September 2001. 19 shows each of Zee...
Zed Career Academy, which is a division of Zee Interactive Learning Systems, will offer the ‘Genius’ software course in conjunction with Sterling Infotech and Carnegie Technology...
TV France International (TVFI), a firm which promotes the production of French Television programmes abroad, kicked off the seventh edition of its international marketplace Le Rendezvous...
The ESPN School Quiz 2001 kicked off in Mumbai last Thursday at the Shanmukhananda Hall in central Mumbai with over 3,000 schoolchildren from 150 schools in...
The Media Research Users Council (MRUC), in its response to the controversy surrounding the leakage in television panel lists in Mumbai on Monday and subsequently in...
Channel Guide, which started beaming its test signals four months ago, was formally launched earlier this week at the Club in the northern Mumbai suburb of...
The latest TAM ratings are out. And the entire industry is agog about one revelation: not one of Zee TV’s new shows figures on the Top...
The latest TAM ratings are out. And the entire industry is agog about one revelation: not one of Zee TV’s new shows figures on the Top...
In a bid to stave off allegations about manipulation of its ratings, A.C. Nielsen conducted a validation exercise today. According to TAM chief L.V. Krishnan, the...
Star Plus continues to rule the roast in the latest TRP ratings released by A.C. Nielsen’s TAM service. 40 of its shows occupy the Top 100...
SET India CEO Kunal Dasgupta is in an angry mood. The reason: the overkill of the TRP for sale coverage on CNBC India. Dasgupta told indiantelevision.com...
Launching 24 September is a new sitcom from the Star India stable, fare somewhat different in flavour from that of the staple soap variety stock that...
ORG MARG and TAM Media Research today issued releases responding to industry concerns about the credibility of the ratings systems they have instituted: ORG MARG: 1)...
The Communication Convergence Bill, 2001, which was introduced in Parliament on the last day (last Friday) of the monsoon session, has been referred to a standing...
Star India’s long awaited direct to home (DTH) project has taken another step towards becoming reality and it has teamed up with consumer electronics and telecom...
It was way back in March that Sony Entertainment Television announced it was brewing its own unique version of reality television centred around cricket, whose driving...
The Laffaire TRPs for sale has raised a few questions. Even indiantelevision.com was at the receiving end of an anonymous docket yesterday evening containing the same...
Hours after business channel CNBC India put out a report casting doubts on the reliability of the ratings systems in India, reactions from the industry were...
Business channel CNBC India today broke a story casting doubt on the efficacy of television peoplemeters in India, saying it was “not foolproof, not confidential and...
National Geographic channel has lined up a special series on Africa as a part of its programming initiative. The eight-hour long compelling series premiers on September...
Telecoms minister Ram Vilas Paswan apparently got his just reward for increasing teledensity in India during his two year tenure and piloting the Communication Convergence Bill...
Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has invited proposals from experienced producers and production houses for event-based television shows that will be made exclusively for Doordarshan’s National Channel....
Sony Entertainment Television is on the move. It was on 4 August that the channel started beaming in Australia on the South Asia Television platform along...
Communications minister Ram Vilas Paswan finally did it. After a lot of hectic activity behind the scenes which saw the printing of copies of The Communication...
It’s all about geography after all. When in Greece do as the Greeks would do. Most international satellite television and cable TV channels have been going...
Tomorrow Sony Entertainment Television joins Star India and Zee TV as a completely pay-driven bouquet with its flagship channel becoming fully encrypted. The channel will...
Information & Broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj has scheduled a meeting today evening at 5:00 pm with cable operators where major issues impacting the industry are to...
Four days into Zee Television’s journey to reinvent itself and the news is good for the Subhash Chandra-promoted channel. According to Partha Sinha director-marketing Zee...
That’s Life! It took all of 14 years of litigation for the rights of the popular eighties comedy Yeh Joi Hai Zindagi to finally land with...
SABe TV, the Hindi entertainment channel promoted by the Adhikari brothers, which had announced a new programming schedule earlier in the month, will introduce the new...
Can the industry finally look forward to the Convergence Bill seeing the light of day, at least in Parliament? Well if clued-in sources are to be...
Faced with mounting losses at home because of declining interest in its theme parks and a slump in ad revenues entertainment and media giant Walt Disney...
After a long while in which Sony Entertainment seemed to be in hibernation while the Zees and the Stars did all the running, the channel today...
Kaun Banega Junior Shaktiman, a contest idea that that Mukesh Khanna, actor-producer of the popular Shaktiman series on national broadcaster Doordarshan, has been trying to get...
MTV Asia announced today that the inaugural MTV Asia Awards (MAA) will be held in Singapore at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on 2 February, 2002. The...
Cartoon Network has announced plans to introduce a new programming franchise Toonami with the unveiling of two feature-length Indian made 3D animation shows: Pandavas – The...
I. Income Tax on foreign telecasting Channels: a) Para 117 on page 36 of FM’s speech (Part B) says 177. The foreign telecasting channels will henceforth...
In the western Indian state of Maharashtra the Ganesh festival is huge. And this year the Marathi language channels have tried their levellest to outdo each...
The long awaited Communications Convergence Bill 2001, which has far-reaching implications on how the media industry is to be run in India, is expected to be...
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Platforms get three years to add features for hearing and visually impaired
Strong word-of-mouth turns Pongal satire into remake pick
Streaming giant bets on a seasoned marketer who helped build Amazon and Netflix into household names
Communications leader exits after three years spanning MD office strategy and media outreach.
Cricket star named face of Delhi Khel Mahakumbh to fuel youth talent hunt.
Kolkata-based beverage maker reports stronger revenues and profits for December quarter.
A crime thriller steps out of the shadows as Telugu storytelling claims centre stage.
From boards to bytes, chess readies for a nation-first showdown in Riyadh.
Leadership change follows layoffs, protests and a bruising battle over trust.
Revenue rises 4.3 per cent to Rs 10,209.33 crore while deferred tax gain lifts bottom line sharply
Akshay Kumar and stars launch awards at NSCI Dome on Feb 28
Merger creates one-stop hub for content, digital, and delivery
NEW DELHI: Hamdard Laboratories gathered a cross-section of India’s achievers in New Delhi on Friday, handing out the Hakeem Abdul...
MUMBAI: For decades, creative storytelling has been the cornerstone of brand communication. The “big idea” amplified through catchy jingles, striking...