'Kapil will always be my friend.' 'Sometimes it's nice to remain silent.'
The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) on Monday announced the appointment of former Supreme Court judge Justice Vikramjit Sen as the Chairman of its newly formed self-regulatory body Digital Media Content Regulatory Council (DMCRC).
'We are very protective of him.' 'People can't go close to him and take pictures like before.'
Within rural markets, the viewership share of Dangal TV, which is a free-to-air channel, is at 33%.
The WWE says that India is its biggest market globally in terms of television viewership -- around 350 million unique viewers annually -- social media engagement and YouTube consumption, even claiming that it is the second-most watched sport in the country behind cricket.
Amazon's rivalry in India with oil-to-retail conglomerate Reliance Industries looks set to head to the cricket field, where they will likely battle media heavyweights for telecast rights to the Indian Premier League (IPL) with its hundreds of millions of viewers.
'...you start running after the star.' 'If the star says yes to the film, the ecosystem supports it.' 'The biggest cog in the wheel of the ecosystem is the audience and we forget that.'
The four south Indian languages grew by 7% while regional languages within the Hindi speaking markets (such as Bhojpuri, Bangla, Marathi, etc) grew by 26%.
'Money was pouring in after Movers & Shakers. At the turn of the millennium, I was voted one of the top 10 Mumbaikars. People joked that even when they switched off their TV sets, I was there! I would ask God if he was compensating me for the loss of Ayush, the greatest tragedy of my life.'
'Do you think I am so stupid to turn away Shah Rukh Khan and Ajay Devgn?'
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse feels like a lovely celebration of Spider-Man as the superhero we all love, raves Mayur Sanap.
Facebook, Airbnb, Paytm, eBay join the film's cast of brands, look to connect with young audiences.
Starting with a family, which had a dealership of Bajaj Auto's scooters, to becoming the owner of a household name in consumer appliances who could afford to have Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan as the brand ambassador, Venugopal Dhoot's is a story of an aggressive small town businessman's pursuit to be on the top. Now arrested in connection with the ICICI Bank loan fraud case, Venugopal Dhoot during his heydays was not the one to simply sit on small achievements like Videocon becoming the largest television set manufacturer in India.
'In the lockdown, family viewing became even more important.' 'Kids saw adult content and adults saw a lot of kids content.' 'The audience is no longer just the housewife, but the whole family.'
The intelligently conceptualized show does more for nationalistic pride than a dozen jingoistic series, applauds Deepa Gahlot.
'My friends were so embarrassed (about rumours of trouble in her marriage). I think some of them were having a party and they were scared to call Raj (Kundra) and me. I kept quiet but suddenly I saw it snowballing. So I called up my PR and said, what's happening, you have to stop this!' Shilpa Shetty gets candid.
Mona Singh talks about hosting Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega on Sony Television.
With increasing corporatisation of Indian television, creativity is being backed by professional management. The growth potential is huge.
Leading television networks that are members of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) have decided to drop all spot advertisements from their channels from Monday night if the advertisers and their media agencies do not agree to pay the 25 per cent surcharge levied on them. the IBF has also stated that advertisers who agree to paying the surcharge by 1800 hours on Monday will get a waiver on the additional 25 per cent for the first month - from October 16 to November 16 th
The line between realism and games is further crumbling as these consoles become more powerful.
Deepa Gahlot lists some interesting made-for-OTT hostage dramas that you can watch.
Kritika Kamra in the new serial Kuch Tho Log Kahenge based on Pakistani serial Dhoop Kinare
A division bench of Justices Amjad Sayyed and Anuja Prabhudessai passed the judgment on a bunch of petitions filed by several broadcasters, like the Indian Broadcasting Foundation, a representative body of TV broadcasters, the Film and Television Producers Guild of India, Zee Entertainment Ltd and Sony Pictures Network India.
Talks between production houses, cine workers union inconclusive, no fresh content for broadcasters.
The statement was signed by 15 former judges, 77 ex-all India services officers and 25 veterans.
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.
'Streaming will get to 100-200 million subscribers, but the journey is not as rose-tinted.'
Zee and Star, the two largest media companies in India, are undergoing some radical ownership changes. What could it mean? Vanita Kohli Khandekar attempts an answer.
'Thirty years ago, if you walked into a chawl, there would be three TV sets in 30 houses. Today, you'll see TV sets in all 30 houses. So the viewers have increased, but of a certain strata. Sadly, the educated and upper classes have stopped watching TV shows because of the availability of the Internet.' Balika Vadhu writer Gajra Kottary tries to explain to Ronjita Kulkarni/ Rediff.com where Indian television is going wrong.
With the acquisition of Hotstar, Disney gets immediate access to the OTT market.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the new shows on our plate.
Mythological and historical shows are lapped up not just by the young, but equally by grown men and women.
Can you imagine a show made in India beating both The Voice and The X-Factor on ratings? Vanita Kohli-Khandekar profiles Greymatter, the Indian content firm that made it possible.
Gift your brother/sister something smart, useful and trendy, says Ashish Narsale/Rediff.com.
The problem is not that more people are not watching more TV, but that they are not finding anything of interest on Hindi television, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Mondelez has tied up with Warner Bros for its latest film Batman v/s Superman.
Dangal's and Shemaroo's entry shows there is ad-supported gold at the bottom of the Indian consumer pyramid if you can keep the costs low.
'...Your confidence.' 'You go through this emotional roller coaster ride, which affects your partner as well.'
With some of the world's most amazing gadgets, the 2015 International CES kicked off on January 6 promising a fantastic show with more than 3,600 exhibitors.
