Mohnish Behl on co-hosting a marriage reality show, Star Vivaah with Aditi Shirwaikar.
Ashutosh Rana turns villain for the tv show Kaali -- Ek Agnipariksha, which will premiere on Star Plus.
It's best to stick with a term plan and invest the balance in a low-cost investment.
Media planners and executives of TV rating agencies say general entertainment channels have started feeling the heat, as the Indian Premier League is receiving not only an avalanche of advertisements but also taking away their viewers.
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni urged that private television channels to show restraint and evolve self-regulatory mechanism so that their programmes do not hurt the sentiments of people.
Ekta Kapoor on her new show Tere Liye.
The Rs 2,200 crore (Rs 22 billion) Star India has for long been the biggest contributor to parent News Corporation's Asian revenues and profits (over 80 per cent).
Mumbai pacer Dhawal Kulkarni, who earned his maiden national limited-overs call-up just a couple of days back, was ruled out of the three-match ODI series against the West Indies after sustaining a foot injury on Thursday.
Say hello to Bollywood's new item girl, the lovely Barkha Bisht, who can be seen next month in Prakash Jha's Raajneeti, dancing in a sizzling item number.
The actor reveals all to Farah Khan on her show Tere Mere Beech Mein.
Farah Khan gets celebrities to auction their favourite items for her show Tere Mere Beach Mein.
The headline-grabbing item girl who is participating in the second season of Zara Nachke Dikha lets loose.
Dance reality show Zara Nachke Dikha is back on Star Plus.
The group seems undeterred by stiff competition posed by new entrants like Colors and NDTV Imagine in the general entertainment segment.
Speaking on the eve of Women's Day, Anupama Mandloi, content head, Star Plus, says that the gender question puzzles her. A fearless and independent lady, she believes her work is what it is because of who she is and what she stands for.
Rajeev Khandelwal's journery from television to films and then back to TV.
Beginning Monday, a slew of new non-fiction shows will hit the idiot box.
Channels like STAR Plus, Zee TV, Colors, NDTV Imagine and 9X, among others, hope to generate Rs 250 crore of advertising revenue from these shows over the next three months. Together, the broadcasters will churn out over 170 hours of fresh TV content in the form of soaps, reality shows, comedy shows and other genres. The average cost per episode of these 25 new shows is pegged at Rs 2.5-3 lakh.
Here's looking at pictures from the event.
Channel also acquires rights to Slumdog Millionnaire.
Balaji Telefilms on Tuesday said it is ending a four-year old association with Star group under which an associate company of Rupert Murdoch-led global media conglomerate has been holding nearly 26 per cent stake in TV celebrity Ekta Kapoor-run entertainment content provider.
'The show just wasn't working,' explains a source.
Former top cop Kiran Bedi on women empowerment and how they should safeguard their interest in the male dominated Indian society.
After creating waves with his latest film Rock On!!, model-turned actor Arjun Rampal will be seen in the fourth season of Star Plus'popular dance reality show Nach Baliye as one of the judges.
'Even Aaradhya watches KBC,' Amitabh Bachchan tells us.
Sony's Set Max - the host broadcaster of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has its eyes on the ad revenues that the Twenty20 format cricket tournament is likely to produce. The 7 pm-10 pm TV slot attracts ad revenue worth over Rs 2,000 cr between various entertainment channels. On Set Max, the advertisers will have about 35 hours of advertising spots for the first IPL tournament with fixed on-air sponsors. Set Max has three associate sponsors in Nokia, Hero Honda and Coca Cola.
A curb on advertising budgets for television by the large companies and economic slowdown have managed to bring down the prime-time (8 pm-11 pm) ad-spot rates of general entertainment channels (GECs) like Star Plus, Zee TV, Sony TV to the levels of 2005-06.
Former super cop and Magsaysay award winner Dr Kiran Bedi is all set to hit the small screen with her reality show Aap ki kachehri on Star Plus. The show replaces Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.
The marketing spiel for the Hindi version has been around Shah Rukh Khan's inclusion as Pride Rock's patriarch and his son Aryan Khan's debut as Simba's voice.
According to the ratings data released by the online media ratings agency Audience Measurement and Analytics Ltd (aMap) for April 25-27, SetMax not only got higher average viewership ratings than Star Plus between 8 pm and 9 pm, when the quiz show aired, but the average time spent on SetMax (40 minutes) was double what viewers spent on Star Plus.
If your favourite singer on television's popular reality shows did not win the title, here's another chance for you to make them winners. Star Plus' Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star is a new reality show, starting April 11.
With increasing corporatisation of Indian television, creativity is being backed by professional management. The growth potential is huge.
Though it is a little too neat and a little too light, Rubaru Roshni is important because it is telling us stories of people who have experienced an 'Inner Migration' in their lives, notes Sreehari Nair.
Bollywood's dazzling beauty Dia Mirza and the multi-faceted comedian, anchor and director Sajid khan will be seen competing with each other on Star Plus' game show Kaho Na Yaar Hai.
Star Plus's new serial Paanchvi Paas will be hosted by Shah Rukh Khan.
Yash Pandit tells us how he became Lakshya in Star Plus' Kyun Ki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.
Pragjyoti Samal, a 24-year-old computer engineer from Bhubaneshwar, Orissa is the first person to win Rs 5 crore on the Shah Rukh Khan-helmed television show Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain?
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