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Buoyed by the growing importance of the Internet as a distribution medium, and overcoming the global economic slowdown, the entertainment and media industry will grow at a 7.2 per cent compound annual rate to reach $1.2 trillion mark by 2005, says a Pricew
Prasar Bharati has decided to call for fresh bids, without a reserve price for Doordarshan (DD) Metro time slots. This is expected to lower the price of the slots to some extent. At a meeting with the Prasar Bharati CEO, Mr. Anil Baijal, the bidding commit
TMG Enter, a 24-hour technology channel, is planning to launch a three-pronged initiative to increase the channel penetration and spread its brand awareness among the target audience. The first initiative that the channel has planned is a movie festiva
Zee Telefilms’ much-touted reality show— Prisoner of War (P.O.W.) —is slated to go on air in October this year. The company will commence shooting for the show sometime towards the end of August or early September. The show is largely being shot outdoo
The Financial Express announced its content alliances with the technology portal, ZDNet India (www.zdnetindia.com). The deal will allow The Financial Express to print select content on computing and Information Technology from ZDNet India in its eFE s
In an attempt to be the first among the private broadcasters, Zee plans to enter the rural market with its pay channels. Zee had actually planned to go rural after three months of becoming a pay channel. According to informed sources the initial reacti
The auctioning of prime-time slot on DD Metro has come a cropper with Prasar Bharati failing to receive bids from any major players including the current telecast rights-holder HFCL-Nine Broadcasting India. STAR TV, Zee Network and Sony Entertainment T
According to IRS 2001, a study conducted by the Media Research Users Council and ORG-MARG reveal that, The Financial Express retained its number two position in all-India readership among all the business newspapers of the country.
The Centre for Media Studies has criticised Doordarshan (DD) for its move to auction prime time slots to private broadcasters. According to Dr N Bhaskara Rao, founder and chairman of the Centre, the move by DD to auction prime time will only strengthen one
Mid-Day Multimedia has challenged STAR’s right to use the brand name Radio One since it owns the copyright to the name. Music Broadcast Private Limited (MBPL), STAR India’s radio venture with PK Mittal, which currently goes under the brand name Radio One m
East Delhi Communication (EDC), a MSO franchisee of SitiCable, has been booked under the Copyright’s Act for stealing signals of ESPN-Star Sports in East Delhi.
Initiative Media’s outdoor division, Aaren Initiative, has signed a one-year contract with the Central Railways authorities to advertise inside the trains. It has bought space inside the Deccan Queen and Deccan Express that ply between Mumbai and Pune.
On July 8, the game show Kaun Banega Crorepati Junior, will have its first crorepati. The episode should provide the much-needed boost to the declining viewership of the show. After its scintillating performance in Mumbai and Delhi in the first episode wit
Zee Telefilms plans to offload 11 per cent shares to its strategic partner. To carry this out, Zee Telefilms will be appointing a merchant banker within a week. In Zee Telefilms, apart from promoters, FIIs hold abut 19 per cent stake, domestic financial in
According to the industry sources, Star Plus is close to signing on Aman Varma for the Hindi version of Let’s Make A Deal, and Ms. Sonali Bendre may be hosting its teenage talent show, for which the format has been jointly designed by Star Plus and TV 18.
Procter & Gamble co. has appointed Grey Global Group's MediaCom to handle media planning in the Scandinavian markets. Though Bernhard Glock, P&G's media director for Europe and Asia, had initiated the consolidations of media planning in various European ma
Cable sports network ESPN plans to offer programming aimed at high-speed Internet users at a time when tensions are rising among cable operators over how much free programming networks are offering over the Internet. Last week, ESPN decided to pull its ESP
As leading channels from different broadcasters go pay, the ground distribution system is getting cleaned up. Many independent cable operators, unable to withstand the pull and push of subscribers and the broadcasters, are selling their business to the dom
Technology Media Group (TMG), plans to invest Rs 40-50 crores over two years in India. The company will be investing in a new print product, setting up uplinking centre, commissioning one hour slots for programmes in regional languages including Bengali, M
Star India has said that it is not interested in distributing the proposed infotainment channel, NDTV World. The discussion between Star India and NDTV is related to programming and not distribution.
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