The Indian government has banned reality television shows from showing “adult content” during the day time. Officials say the decision follows complaints from the public about scenes in two reality programmes currently on air during prime time. They say that shows such as Bigg Boss – India’s version of Big Brother – can only be [...]
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Apno ke liye Geeta ka Dharmyudh Mon to Fri 6.30 P.M. The story revolves around Geeta who stands up to protect her loved ones who become victims of Section 498A – a power granted to women by the Indian Government for their protection. This is a Right given to Indian women to use if they are being [...]
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The National Basketball Association signed multiyear deals with media company Taj Television and Multi Screen Media Private Ltd. (MSM) to broadcast games in India. Now fans in India will be able to watch a record number of live games, prime-time replays, and original NBA programming as a result of the league’s new multiyear partnerships. The [...]
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The genre of English entertainment has seen a lot of activity in the past few months. With the advent of new players in this genre, the older players are refurbishing their content and their look as well. The latest channels to follow suit are Zee Café and Zee Studio, the English channels from Zee Network. New [...]
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Bolstering its highly successful network of channels, the Times Television Network has announced its latest offering, ‘MOVIES NOW’ for the urban Indian audience. For the first time in India, viewers will experience superlative quality of viewing in High Definition (HD). Speaking on the launch of the channel Vineet Jain, Managing Director, Bennett Coleman & Company Limited [...]
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Leading production houses from Hollywood and the Indian film industry formed an alliance in Los Angeles to promote joint production and commercial cooperation. Under the agreement, Hollywood and Bollywood would coordinate to strengthen production, distribution, technology and content protection. They’d facilitate the creation of a Los Angeles-India Film Council to encourage Indian film production in [...]
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The long awaited Food channel FOODFOOD from the joint venture between Sanjeev Kapoor’s Turmeric Vision company and Malaysian major broadcaster Astro is going to foray anytime in the beginning of next year. The latest announcement has come in wake of Alva Brothers’ declaration of launching a food channel ‘Food First’ on Indian TV space. 360 degree [...]
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In a major initiative, Wire and Wireless (WW), part of Zee Network Enterprise and India’s No. 1, Cable TV Company has launched Digital Cable Television services under the brand name SITI Digital in Hyderabad. With this auspicious initiative, Wire and Wireless has positioned itself in the digital and analog domain with renewed vigor in Hyderabad. SITI [...]
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Can a television be launched in India with a budget of just Rs 30-40 crore, and that too on borrowed equipment? The Rajya Sabha is attempting to do this for a new channel which would not only transmit the upper House proceeding when it is in session but try and change some of the apathy [...]
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The buck just doesn’t seem to stop. Cricketers will get no rest whatsoever at least till the end of next summer as the Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council (GC) has announced the dates for IPL 4. The world’s biggest cricket league may be in turmoil for a variety of reasons but the IPL GC [...]
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