Tokyo: Consumer electronics giant Sony Corp said on Monday it will split its television business into three divisions to make operations more accountable as part of efforts to turn around the loss-making business. With the TV business heading for its eight straight annual loss, Sony has begun to ratchet up moves that sources said could include the sale of its nearly 50 percent stake in a liquid-crystal display joint venture...
02:40 PM, Oct 31, 2011
New Delhi: Speaking to Karan Thapar, the new Chairman of the Press Council of India Markandey Katju slammed the media saying that he is very disappointed with the way in which the Indian media works. Katju also said that the media is not working for the interest of the people and sometimes divide the people of the country. Karan Thapar: Hello and welcome to Devil's Advocate. How does the new...
01:08 PM, Oct 30, 2011
New Delhi: The Chairman of the Press Council of India Justice Markandey Katju has strongly criticised the way Television news channels function. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, he said that a proposal to bring the electronic media under the Press Council's ambit is pending before the Prime Minister. Karan Thapar: What steps do you propose to take to bring news television or electronic media as a whole under...
08:06 AM, Oct 30, 2011
Aamir Khan talks about his upcoming debut on the silver screen. ...
02:50 PM, Oct 24, 2011
The cabinet has approved an Information and Broadcasting proposal which fixes the criteria for granting licences to TV channels. According to the new guidelines approved by the Cabinet on Friday, a channel can renew its broadcast licence only if it has less than five violations of the programming and advertisements code to its name. The minimum net worth for TV news channels has increased from Rs 3 crore to Rs...
06:01 PM, Oct 12, 2011
The cabinet has approved an Information and Broadcasting proposal which fixes the criteria for granting licences to TV channels. According to the new guidelines approved by the Cabinet on Friday, a channel can renew its broadcast licence only if it has less than five violations of the programming and advertisements code to its name. The minimum net worth for TV news channels has increased from Rs 3 crore to Rs...
06:01 PM, Oct 12, 2011
Bangalore: Onida on Tuesday launched its new innovative LED TV - Onida iTube - powered by Google's Andriod operating system and said it was eyeing to tap the growing market in this segment. Onida iTube delivers a 3D viewing experience and is Internet-enabled, powered by Android. iTube has an internal memory of 70MB to store nearly 100 applications and allows download of content while viewing, Vice President (Sales and Services)...
07:36 PM, Oct 11, 2011
New Delhi: The factual entertainment channel History launched its India edition as part of a joint venture between TV18 and A+E Networks. History is the first in a bouquet of factual entertainment channels to be launched by the joint venture. The channel is now available in six languages (English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali and Marathi) in full HD across all major markets in India and will reach out to more...
09:39 AM, Oct 10, 2011
New Delhi: Under attack over scams and corruption issues and also the Anna wave, the UPA has decided to go in for image correction by issuing new guidelines for issuing licence to TV channels. But one of its proposals has angered the Broadcast Editors' Association. The UPA watched the spreading Anna wave with horror and there was a strong feeling at a Cabinet meet last month that it would have...
11:27 AM, Oct 09, 2011
Los Angeles: Fox Television said on Friday it had renewed animated TV series 'The Simpsons' for another two seasons after settling a pay stand-off that had threatened to end the satirical parody of working-class American life. "Fox has renewed 'The Simpsons,' the longest-running comedy in television history, for an incredible 24th and 25th season," the network said in a statement. Fox Television, a unit of News Corp, said earlier this...
01:49 PM, Oct 08, 2011
New Delhi: In order to deter non-serious applicants from "crowding the electronic media landscape", the government today decided to increase the net worth criteria for those seeking permission to run TV channels in the country. The union cabinet cleared an I & B Ministry proposal as per which the net worth criteria for uplinking of 'Non-News and current affairs' channels and downlinking of foreign channels has been revised from Rs...
10:00 AM, Oct 08, 2011
Mumbai: Network 18 bagged six awards at the Indian Television Academy Awards on Sunday night, grabbing the maximum for any news network. It was a night of honours for CNN-IBN at the 11th Indian Television Academy Awards on Sunday night. CNN-IBN picked up five awards in various categories taking home the Best English News Channel award yet again for the fifth time in six years. CNN-IBN Editor in Chief Rajdeep...
07:59 AM, Sep 26, 2011
Kolkata: The premier Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) might soon be upgraded to university status besides being recognised as an institute of national importance. "We expect to achieve university status very soon," veteran actor Ranjit Mallick, who is also the president of SRFTI society, said at the institute's convocation today. Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni, who was also present on the occasion, said both the two...
07:08 PM, Sep 16, 2011
New Delhi: News Broadcasters Association (NBA), an umbrella body of TV news channels, has decided to move from existing weekly ratings to monthly ratings for all national news and business channels in Hindi and English. The NBA board has taken the decision with an aim to improve news broadcasting standards as coverage and reportage of news and programmes cannot always be linked to popularity or audience measurement, a statement issued...
07:16 PM, Sep 08, 2011
Washington: The number of women, both in front of and behind the cameras, in Hollywood has dramatically fallen during the 2010-11 television season, indicating that their roles have been reduced, says a new report. Writers took the heaviest toll, as only 15 percent of writing jobs for prime-time shows on major channels including ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and CW were occupied by women, compared to 29 percent in the 2009-10...
12:01 PM, Aug 25, 2011
Even as Anna Hazare grabs headlines for his fast against corruption, here's a look at behind the scenes of how the media is dealing with the frenzy. ...
11:32 PM, Aug 21, 2011
Karan Thapar examines whether Anna Hazare would have received the same support without the backing of television. ...
11:28 PM, Aug 19, 2011
Los Angeles: A TV watchdog group on Wednesday accused NBC of glamorizing the porn industry in its upcoming new drama series 'The Playboy Club' and urged NBC affiliates around the United States not to air it. In letters to NBC's local TV stations, the 1.3 million member Parents Television Council said the drama "glorifies and glamorizes this insidious industry" and that pornography destroys families and exploits women. 'The Playboy Club',...
12:49 PM, Jul 28, 2011
'Whose Line Is It Anyway' star Wayne Brady performed his improv comedy act in the capital on June 3. ...
12:20 PM, Jul 07, 2011
Philadelphia: Martha Stewart's media aspirations just got bigger: Meet Martha Stewart, comic-book heroine. The woman who created her own media empire " television, magazines and more " is getting a biographical treatment in her own comic book next month. "Female Force: Martha Stewart," a one-shot issue from Bluewater Productions Inc. to be sold in comic book shops, bookstores and online, will focus on how Stewart rose to become of the...
11:51 AM, Jun 18, 2011
