Miramax Films co-founders Bob and Harvey Weinstein will end their successful, but often tumultuous, 12year relationship with the Walt Disney Co. to launch their own media company, Disney and the Weinsteins said. Read More ...

With the growing importance of the Rural Markets in corporate marketing strategies, there is an increased recognition of rural specialists in helping companies plan and implement their rural marketing activities. Read More ...

According to the latest findings of the Pan Asian Cross Media Survey (PAX), CNN International remains the undisputed news leader in Asia. Read More ...

The Northpoint Centre of Learning has announced the offer of a full time post graduate program in Advertising and Marketing Communications Read More ...

All of a sudden, sting operations are 'hot' business for television news channels. India TV's recent spycam operation on actors Shakti Kapoor and Aman Verma ensured that the channel and its promoter Rajat Sharma get talked about. Read More ...

If one had any worries about how advertising spends would behave this year and the next, a study done by Initiative Worldwide, the international mother brand of Initiative, should be welcome news. Read More ...

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Cable Operators in Lucknow on Wednesday began a 24 hours strike, a joining hand move along with the traders Read More ...

The India TV CEO Rajat Sharma, programme manager Suhaib Ilyasi and journalist Ruchi managed to increase the viewership base of the News Channel India TV. Read More ...

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Hindi film music industry loses Rs 60 crore every year. While industry folk blame the profit drain on piracy, an overexposure of film music on television and radio is the obvious threat. Read More ...

Zee TV, the flagship channel of Zee Network with a reach of more than 120 countries and access to more than 500 million viewers globally, has been using Air2Web to enable their viewers in the UK to use their cell phone to vote for their favorite actor, actress, or film, in support of the annually televised Zee Cine Awards. Read More ...

LTTE has started broadcasting of National Television of Thamil Eelam (NTT) satellite channel beaming from an undisclosed location in North East Sri Lanka. Read More ...

Sun Network, the southern cable and satellite giant, is set to buy Indian Cable Net, the distribution arm of RPG Netcom for RS 350-450 million. Read More ...

All the Zee channels will sport a New, global, contemporary, crisp and precious gem logos, so as all the channels are under the Zee brand. Read More ...

The 8th Sunfeast Zee Cine Awards, once again proved to be mother of all the Cinema Awards by the retro performances of the top stars. Read More ...

'Indian Idol' took this nation by storm and the winner of the coveted title, Abhijeet Sawant is well on his way to ultimate stardom, fame and fortune. Read More ...

The NewsCorp chief, Mr Rupert Murdoch, might have to wait a little longer for his direct-to-home (DTH) venture to take off. Read More ...

The Union Home Ministry is all set to take over from the information and broadcasting ministry a little-known set-up which listens in on foreign radio and television broadcasts for news and scraps of intelligence. Read More ...

Two people were arrested in Mumbai in connection with threatening calls made to BJP Star campaigner Smriti Irani AKA Tulsi of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. Read More ...

Cartoon Network presents a new programming block, Half Ticket Express that will provide wholesome entertainment for pre-schoolers. Read More ...

Mudra Communications Pvt. Ltd. turns 25 today. An important milestone in the agency’s young history. Mudra Communications is one of India’s largest marketing communications groups. Read More ...

The government today said that it was not opposed to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the media, both in print and electronic. Read More ...

Zoom is ready with a couple of new shows. Just Pooja is one of them which premiered on Saturday, March 26 at 10 pm. On the first episode of 'Just Pooja' the guest was Salman Khan. Read More ...

Indian Entertainment Industry will reach RS 45,000 crore by 2009, says PricewaterhouseCoopers - FICCI study in its report "Indian Entertainment Industry: An unfolding Opportunity", up at a compound annual growth rate of 18 per cent. Read More ...

Coming to a tiny screen near you: a drama to be shown on mobile phones. Read More ...

Sun Network has applied for DTH license though the clearance is in an advanced stage of processing. Read More ...

News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch has urged the Information and Broadcasting Minister, Jaipal Reddy, for a faster clearance in DTH services. Read More ...

The south of our country is the third largest ad market after Mumbai and Delhi and Deccan Chronicle will be in Tamil Nadu from March 28. Read More ...

Ten Sports, the world’s No 1 sports channel for South Asians, will telecast live the most anticipated horse race in the world, the Dubai World Cup, on Saturday, March 26. Read More ...

'Indian Idol' took this nation by storm and its 10 finalists have sung their way into the hearts of millions with their first successful music album. Read More ...

Celebrate Holi this year with colorful programmes lined up back to back on Zee TV and Zee Cinema. Read More ...

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Ten Sports, the world’s number one sports channel for South Asians, today announced an agreement with DIRECTV. Read More ...

Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corporation, on Tuesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi to discuss various circumspection aspects of foreign investment in the media sector. Read More ...

The Indian animation industry is coming of age” announced Subhash Chandra, media mughal and chairman of Zee Network, at the international launch of the Animation Producers Association of India in Cannes in October 2002. Read More ...

TEN Sports, the sports channel owned by Taj Television LTD, will now be distributed by the Sony Discovery distribution joint venture TheOneAlliance for the next five years. Read More ...

Rupert Murdoch in his Exclusive Interview to Ajay Kumar of Star News feels China's market is 10 years ahead that of India. Read More ...

Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. boss has lined up a series of meetings with Central ministers to push through the license of the DTH joint venture with the Tata group, Space TV. Read More ...

Avtar Lit, DR., 55, who runs one of the most successful and longest-running companies in the British Asian media diaspora is named as Britain's richest Asian media entrepreneur. Read More ...

Sony's plain Jane Jassi is turning into a television temptress and entertainment eyeballs are craving to know more. Read More ...

Sanjay Gupta, 40, an independent cable operator was shot dead today afternoon by three unknown assaulters in Navi Mumbai. Read More ...

The Madras High Court gave an judgment today, terming that the BCCI gave an "improper decision" of cancellation of the tender for the telecast of cricket matches for the next five years. Read More ...

God knows how O&M gets Ideas, Ideas which sell. Its celebration time for Ogilvy & Mather president Piyush Pandey and his team as they receive the Creative Agency of the Year title, again during the Abby Awards 2005 presentation in Mumbai. Read More ...

A controversial television advertisement has been withdrawn from South African television after complaints that it was disrespectful to the Indian community. Read More ...

Rasna, the market leader with 93% of the Soft Drink Concentrates (SDC) market brings to you the heartthrob of Bollywood, Hrithik Roshan, as their new brand ambassador. Read More ...

The streets of our capital today, witnessed hundreds of Delhites marching on the drumbeats of Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM. Read More ...

Encounters, murders, kidnapping, child swapping and eve teasing...does one feel safe in Mumbai any more??? Read More ...

Rupert Murdoch, Australian-born media mogul arrived to Mumbai today in his Boeing 737 after a long lapse of four years. Murdoch who at his febrile pitch is very busy for the coming four days. Read More ...

Public broadcaster Doordarshan is planning a TV channel for the Indian diaspora in Britain, Prasar Bharati Corporation CEO KS Sarma said in New Delhi. Read More ...

For Sumner M Redstone, it is not just billions of dollars that are riding on his proposal to split his company into two pieces. It is his legacy.
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Bollywood actors rose to the defence of Aman Verma, who was caught on an India TV sting operation trying to seduce a reporter posing as a wannabe star. Read More ...

Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati on Friday sent legal notices to 16 channels, including NDTV, Aaj Tak, ESPN-Star Sports and CNBC, for "violating copyright law" while showing footage of the India-Pakistan cricket series. Read More ...

BBC may cut about 1,500 jobs in the near future to save the company's approx. 200 million pounds. Read More ...

Prasar Bharti, the Public Broadcaster is all set to send notices to some news channels for airing footage of Indo-Pak cricket series and violating broadcast guidelines. Read More ...

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In a bid to expedite clearance for the Rs 1,600 crore DTH proposal, Tatas and Star have modified their joint venture agreement including the procedure for appointment of key officials to comply with conditions put forth by the government. Read More ...

Tata Indicom, telecom service provider of Tata Teleservices, announced that Sania Mirza will be its new brand ambassador, adding substantially to the already long list of endorsements for the 18year-old Hyderabadi tennis sensation. Read More ...

In a significant order that could affect the cable TV industry, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that States were legally competent to levy entertainment tax on Multi System Operators Read More ...

A big campaign to reintroduce Pepsi One diet cola will be different in one big way from the campaigns that came before, as well as from typical campaigns for Pepsi-Cola soft drinks: no television commercials. Read More ...

ESPN STAR Sports, Asia’s leading sports network, will telecast a special two hours highlights programme called ‘SHOWDOWN’ starting with the Kolkata test, tomorrow, March 16. Read More ...

In continuation with its marketing leadership initiatives, McDonald’s India launched its ‘Music Meal’ campaign in association with Coca-Cola India and Universal Music India. Read More ...

Abhijeet Sawant became India's first Indian Idol. He has won a contract worth Rupees One Crore with Sony Entertainment Television. Read More ...

Popular TV actress and BJP star campaigner Smriti Irani said she is receiving threats over telephone and lodged an FIR with a police station. Read More ...

The first time I switched on the radio, our very own exceedingly tame Vividh Bharti, my daughter and her teenage friends gawped, and I was asked to explain in great detail what the gadget was all about. Read More ...

The Tirumala-Tirupati Devasthanams is all set to launch an exclusive TV channel to telecast its spiritual and devotional programmes. Read More ...

WALT DISNEY has ended its contentious search for a new leader without leaving the house that Mickey Mouse built, naming current company president Robert Iger to succeed chief executive Michael Eisner, who will step down a year before he planned. Read More ...

After saying "This is Kerala" with its iconic `Watercolours by God' campaign released in 2000, Kerala Tourism has now unveiled a set of fresh television commercials that depict "God's own country in a new light." Read More ...

Prasar Bharati is reconstructing the low-power transmitter (LPT) of Doordarshan (DD) at Car Nicobar Island at a cost of Rs 80 lakh, according to Mr S. Ramaswamy, Chief Engineer (South Zone), All India Radio and Doordarshan, Chennai. Read More ...

Shakti Kapoor on Monday came under attack for his purported remark that Bollywood personalities were indulging in "casting couch" even as an apex body of film and television producers suggested a ban on him. Read More ...

Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network (SABTNL) has entered into an long-form agreement with SET Satellite (Singapore) Pte LTD to sell the SAB TV brand, 1,305 hours of programming and all the related assets for $ 13 million (approx. Rs 570 million), as the valuation of the broadcasting company. Read More ...

The Walt Disney Co. said today its President, Robert Iger, will succeed Michael Eisner as chief executive after another top contender for the job dropped out of the running. Read More ...

In these competitive times, many brand marketeers resort to indiscriminate price cutting which is neither good for the company nor for the brand nor for the market. A price cut, to my mind is like pressing of a nuclear button. Read More ...

We passionately believe that advertising has a future and therefore, early this year, the global management at JWT collectively gave serious thought to designing and implementing strategies that would have a revolutionary impact on the world of advertising. Read More ...

India TV host Suhaib Ilyasi on Saturday aired a tape purporting to show wellknown screen villain Shakti Kapoor trying to lure a wannabe star with the promise of a role in films. Read More ...

The Indian TV scene is about to explode with a surfeit of channels. The Indian couch potato long weaned on the staple diet of one DD channel and was happy when offered the bouquet table with channel offerings from private broadcasters like Star, Sony, Zee, Sahara and many others. Read More ...

The Lakme India Fashion Week (LIFW) 2005, India's biggest fashion event will begin from April 20 to 26 at Grand Hotel in Delhi. Read More ...

A sports buff and ardent listener of RD Burman songs, Anand Narasimhan is sporty and spirited. Read More ...

Calling is about to become the most basic thing you can do with your mobile phone, with television, music players and the Internet all jostling for control of your handset. Read More ...

SET broke ratings records on Saturday, 5 March 2005, with the airing of the season finale for Indian Idol, the channel's Hindi-language version of FremantleMedia's Pop Idol format. Read More ...

The Nariman point office of the Business Today was ransacked today by a group of 40 Shiva Sainiks, who were protesting against the arrival of Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar. Read More ...

ETC Music has reached its audience through interactive platform of events and live shows. Read More ...

National Geographic Channel announced the launch of Nat Geo Investigates, a show that gives viewers an inside look at crimes and disasters from around the world. Read More ...

Jai Hind Newspaper completes 57 years on 12th March 2005. Jai Hind group of publications is having proud for the celebration on card for the foundation day on 12th March 2005. Read More ...

India is a major tourist destination on the world tourist map and has tremendous potential to attract large number of foreign tourists. Read More ...

Adidas India Marketing Pvt. Ltd., a leading sports performance brand in the world, kicked off a five -city FOOTSCAN™ programme in the capital today. Read More ...

Tulsi, Parvati, Prerna all from the favorite Balaji Soaps are equally loved in Pakistan, as much in India. Tthousands of fans in Pakistan tune in to watch there stars from the silver screen in action. Read More ...

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Purnendu Bose, COO, Hungama TV, has put in his resignation and will be joining SaharaOne Television by 1 April. Read More ...

The Sahara Group has signed a three-year contract with the Senior Women’s Cricket Team, the team is set to depart on tonight for the World Cup starting March 22 to April 10. Read More ...

Shifting the spotlight from french fries to fruit, McDonald’s Corp. launched a new worldwide initiative on Tuesday promoting healthy living - the latest effort by the world’s largest restaurant chain to combat criticism of its food and business. Read More ...

Prasar Bharati hopes to rake in over RS 150 Crore in advertising airtime revenues during the Indo - Pak cricket series, on its terrestrial DD National and the satellite DD Sports network. Read More ...

The 63 years old Jagran Group, under Jagran TV Pvt. LTD will put its Hindi news channel, Channel 7 on air by March 27. Read More ...

Mirinda, the most popular flavour drink in the country, has kicked off its initiatives for the summer of 2005 with a new TV campaign, bringing a new spin to the Bollywood style gang wars. Read More ...

Thums Up dares Indians -through a unique promotion - Thums Up Everest Challenge 'Hai Dum?' - that provides Thums Up drinkers an opportunity to test their mettle on the slopes of Mount Everest. Read More ...

The Telecast Row, which has been troubling the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Television companies six months now, brings a possibility of the BCCI launching its own TV channel. Read More ...

Direct-to-home (DTH) and cable television can co-exist, as is the case all over the world including the US, said Pradeep Guha, chief executive officer (CEO) of Zee Telefilms, on Monday. Read More ...

With less than a week to go before the SPORTELAsia 2005 market opens, all available floor space has been sold and more than 250 companies from 41 countries worldwide have registered for the market Read More ...

The Forbes Group, Shapoorji Pallonji-owned India's oldest business group and Housing Development Finance, HDFC Limited have joined hands to start a new Media company - Next Gen Publishing Limited Read More ...

Film and television software production house K Sera Sera Productions Limited today announced its decision to tap the capital markets to raise funds not exceeding Rs. 60 crore. Read More ...

Hallmark Channel, the family general entertainment channel, has added yet another feather to its cap by enhancing its already varied bouquet of offerings. Read More ...

Cartoon Network offers a delightful treat to its viewers this March! Read More ...

BCCL offloaded a 3.26 per cent stake in Mid-Day Multimedia LTD, soon after the Indian Express group picked up a 10 per cent stake in Mid-Day. Read More ...

Toothpaste brands led by Colgate have taken the top spots in advertising spends on TV in January, according to the Spend-O-Meter brought to you by ET and TAM Media . Read More ...

State-run Pakistan Television has acquired the rights to telecast the cricket series by paying $650,000. Read More ...

The board of the Sony Corporation of Japan named Sir Howard Stringer its chairman and chief executive on Monday, an unusual instance of a leading Japanese company turning to a foreigner to fill a top position. Read More ...

The Pakistan team management has advised its players to stay away from the Indian media, including that of Electronic Media and Print Media so that they can concentrate on the first Test starting in Mohali from Tuesday. Read More ...

The relationship between the broadcasters and the cable industry is quite like that between Tom and Jerry. Read More ...

The Stars are once again coming down to earth. The Zee Cine Awards 2005 - The god of viewer's choice of Awards, will be held in London this year, as Zee Telefilms celebrates ten successful years of operations in UK. Read More ...

Today, Sunday is the biggest day of Narain Karthikeyan's life. The fastest and the first Indian on wheels, Narain Karthikeyan hopes to debut in Formula One Racing. Read More ...

Abhijeet Sawant, is selected and voted as the Nation's first ever "Indian Idol". Abhijeet Sawant, the first Indian Idol proved to be person of deserving attitude, he has the Voice, he has the X Factor, he made the Nation sing along with him in the tune of the smiling trends. Read More ...

In an irrefutable argument, Sony Entertainment Television bags the overseas satellite rights for the India-Pakistan cricket series. Read More ...

Havas, the French advertising holding company returned to profit in 2004 beating market expectations. Read More ...

The Indian Express Group has acquired a 10 per cent equity stake in Mid-Day Multimedia LTD for RS 25.54 crore. Read More ...

JWT has bagged the account for UNICEF's pulse polio immunization programme, the account is estimated at RS 20 Crores. Read More ...

Pegging the growth of the Indian television market at about 10 per cent in the next five years, Philips India on Thursday said the biggest growth markets for TVs would be smaller towns and rural areas. Read More ...

TRAI has increased the transition period for the Interconnection Regulation in the Broadcasting and Cable Services to 120 days. Read More ...

Arrow, the premium menswear brand launched Self-Adjustable collars - a unique initiative undertaken for the first time by any apparel brand in the country. Read More ...

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TEN Sports will telecast live Sania Mirza's quarterfinal against World No. 28 Jelena Jankovic at the Dubai Duty Free Women's Open today. Read More ...

Sumantra Dutta has relinquish his rip on the rope, he will be rolling back to Star India after carrying out plans and orders at Radio City. Read More ...

M. S. Banga, the Chairman of Hindustan Lever Ltd (HLL), recently prophesied that the snail-paced growth in the Indian FMCG business would not last very long. Read More ...

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All idols, they say, have feet of clay. But today’s Indian idols have been bestowed crowns made of SMSes from the breathless multitude. Read More ...

IS Bindra has questioned the BCCI's decision for granting the telecast production rights for next week’s Indo-Pak series to TWI. Read More ...

"Million Dollar Baby", an intimate film about an underdog female boxer, will be broadcast by Star Movies across the Asia. Read More ...

Hindustan Lever Limited, HLL, India’s most admired FMCG company is all set for a transformation to deliver growth. Read More ...

Three major national media trade unions on Tuesday joined hands and demanded promulgation of an ordinance to give legal sanction to the 1955 Union Cabinet decision Read More ...

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