Los Angeles: Steven Spielberg is all set to convert a popular video game 'Halo' into a live-action television series.
While unveiling its new Xbox One entertainment console, Microsoft announced that the 60-year-old filmmaker will executive produce the upcoming television venture, said the Hollywood reporter.
'Halo' is a multi billion-dollar video game franchise. The story focuses on a fight between human race and aliens.
Spielberg is currently presiding over Cannes Film Festival's jury....
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05:11 PM, May 22, 2013
Mumbai: Abhay Deol, who is set to make his small screen debut as a host, says he is not late for TV, it's just that it didn't feature in his scheme of things. Abhay will be seen as a host on Zee TV's reality show 'Connected Hum Tum'. "I didn't have a plan to come on TV, so there is no point of coming late to TV. It's just that...
10:41 AM, May 15, 2013
Mumbai: 'The Bachelorette India - Mere Khayalon Ki Mallika', an upcoming reality series, is in search of a new host and the production house is reportedly approaching actor Ayushmann Khurrana for it. According to sources, the production house first approached Ronit Roy to host the show, but the actor refused to take up the offer as he is busy with other projects. It is said that the production house is...
12:09 PM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: At any given time, one would see a flurry of advertisements issued by different TV channels, all claiming to be number 1 at the same time. Now ratings agency TAM says that its data is being selectively used and misrepresented to make these tall claims. In an advisory issued last week, TAM has sent out guidelines on the correct usage of its data to all broadcasters. TAM, which...
09:43 AM, May 14, 2013
Network18 Media and Investments on Monday reported a 23.4 per cent rise in revenues to Rs 2400 crore for 2012-13, driven by strong growth in its broadcast and digital businesses. The strong topline growth helped narrow operating losses 87 per cent to Rs 39 crore for the year. Net loss for the year declined to Rs 105.5 crore from Rs 392.7 crore the year before. Revenues from the broadcast and...
05:33 PM, May 13, 2013
Network18 Group subsidiary TV18 Broadcast today reported a net profit of Rs 20.9 crore for the quarter ended March 31 as against a net loss of Rs 8.26 crore in the same period a year ago. Reported revenues for the television and motion pictures business (including IndiaCast) stood at Rs 474.7 crore for the quarter. For 2012-13, revenue stood at Rs 1,699.1 crore. It also swung into profit at operating...
03:55 PM, May 13, 2013
Chennai: Overdrive reader Vivek Sharma spotted TVS' rumoured new scooter testing near Chennai. TVS is understood to be working on a new scooter with the same powertrain as the Wego but with a masculine design. Note the cool alloy wheels and the telescopic front forks. TVS already has a successful automatic scooter fleet which includes the Scooty and Wego. While the Wego is a little too skinny for male riders,...
01:55 PM, May 13, 2013
Chandigarh: The Haryana government on Sunday said all bus stands in the state will be fitted with CCTV cameras to prevent any mischief in the premises. " A sum of Rs 4 crore will be spent on the installation of CCTV cameras in all the bus stands to prevent any mischief," Haryana Director General of State Transport Arun Kumar said in a statement in Chandigarh. He said that such cameras...
03:41 AM, May 13, 2013
NDA ally Shiv Sena has done its own post-mortem of the Karnataka debacle - it says the BJP should have projected Narendra Modi as an outright Hindutva leader instead of trying to project a secular image. ...
03:55 PM, May 12, 2013
West Bank: The Palestinians haven't elected a president since 2005, but now they are finally getting a chance to do so - virtually - thanks to a hit reality TV show. 'The President' is broadcast weekly on Maan TV, a popular independent Palestinian TV station. It offers contestants a chance to address the Palestinian people on what they would do on a variety of subjects if elected president. They are...
03:13 PM, May 10, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday refused to stay the television release of Saif Ali Khan-starrer 'Race 2' on a PIL alleging that the movie showed nude scenes and had dialogues with double-meaning. A division bench of Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice Jayant Nath dismissed a plea by social worker Teena Sharma that sought an order to stay the telecast of the movie on May 12 at 1...
01:30 PM, May 10, 2013
Mumbai: TV actress Jaya Bhattacharya will be seen in Life OK's new season of 'Savdhaan India - 100 days 100 Fightbacks'. It brings 100 inspiring cases of 100 real people. The case revolves around the murder of a 25-year-old man by the police. He comes to Delhi to meet his sister (played by Jaya) from Rohtak, Haryana. At the station, a women requests him to look after her child till...
11:24 AM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: American TV personality Giuliana Rancic decided to opt for Indian designer duo Falguni and Shane Peacock's creation at the annual Met Gala in New York.The Met gala is one of fashion's biggest nights and this year kicked off the Metropolitan Museum of Art's spring exhibition "PUNK: Chaos to Couture" Monday.The 38-year-old Rancic, known for hosting award shows, was seen in a nude full length gown featuring beaded detailing."It...
05:53 PM, May 07, 2013
A prosecution witness on Friday told a Delhi court that DMK MP Kanimozhi, who is facing trial in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, had "no role at all" in the Rs 200 crore transactions between Kalaignar TV (P) Ltd and Cineyug Films (P) Limited. ...
09:17 AM, May 04, 2013
New Delhi: A prosecution witness on Friday told a Delhi court that DMK MP Kanimozhi, who is facing trial in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case, had "no role at all" in the Rs 200 crore transactions between Kalaignar TV (P) Ltd and Cineyug Films (P) Limited. The statement assumes significance as it contradicts the CBI theory according to which Kanimozhi was taking interest in the day-to-day affairs of the...
08:36 PM, May 03, 2013
Copenhagen: A Danish TV series, styled on popular show 'X Factor', has caused outrage after parading women without a stitch on in the programme. The primetime show features a "series of silent women who walk in to a studio and slip out of their bathrobes in front of a leering host and his guest", reports thesun.co.uk. The duo run their eyes over the ladies in buff and controversially judge the...
10:25 AM, May 03, 2013
New York: YouTube vs TV? YouTube says the battle - if there ever was one - is over. In a flashy presentation to advertisers Wednesday night, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt declined to forecast that Internet video will displace television watching. Instead he declared: "That's already happened." Schmidt said "the future is now" for YouTube, which recently passed the milestone of 1 billion unique visitors every month. But, he added...
11:57 AM, May 02, 2013
New Delhi: Karisma Kapoor, who has worked in a fiction show on TV and even judged reality shows, says if she will find anything interesting, she may return to the small screen. "Maybe I will do TV again. I like to pick and choose what I do. So maybe I will, if something interesting comes up," Karisma said here after a promotional event for a new beverage - Rasna Ju-C....
12:32 PM, May 01, 2013
