• DD seals ICC cricket terrestrial telecast deal; WSN to handle air time sales

    Jul 19, 2002

    MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television, which has the cable and satellite telecast rights for all ICC cricket tourname

  • Anti-broadcaster slogans raised at pro-CAS demonstration in capitals

    Jul 19, 2002

    NEW DELHI: A protest demonstration called by the Consumer Action Network (CAN) highlighting the "consumer's point of

  • MTV breaks Bollywood bastion with 'Bas Yun Hi'

    Jul 19, 2002

    MUMBAI: MTV is getting into film production with Bas Yun Hi, a maiden venture of the new production house Bandra West

  • 9th CASBAA convention to focus on core business values of Asian pay-TV industry

    Jul 19, 2002

    SINGAPORE:The ninth annual convention of the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA), schedul

  • HBO leads television networks with 93 Emmy nominations

    Submitted by ITV Production on Jul 19, 2002
    News Headline

    LOS ANGELES:HBO has received 93 Primetime Emmy nominations, leading all networks for the second year in a row in the race for the prestigious awards.

    Popular series Six Feet Under with Peter Krause and Rachel Griffiths has got 23 nominations, the maximum any TV show has bagged this season, and the most in a single season for any HBO show ever. According to an official release, Band of Brothers, the 10 part series that sank without creating any ripples in the ratings charts when telecast in India earlier this year, has received 19 nominations. The comedy Sex and the City received 10 nominations including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (Julie Rottenberg, Elisa Zuritsky).

    HBO‘s film The Gathering Storm has received nine nominations. Its stars Albert Finney, Vanessa Redgrave and Jim Broadbent all got recognised. Another film Path to War garnered eight nominations including nods to actors Michael Gambon and Alec Baldwin. The film is set in the mid 1960s when US president Johnson and his foreign-policy team debate the decision to withdraw from or escalate the war in Vietnam.

    The network also scored five nominations for In Memoriam: New York City, 9/11/01, including Outstanding Non-Fiction Special. The show aired worldwide on CNN International.

    The 54th Primetime Emmy Awards will be announced on 22 September.

  • 9th CASBAA convention to focus on core business values of Asian pay-TV industry

    Submitted by ITV Production on Jul 19, 2002
    News Headline

    SINGAPORE:The ninth annual convention of the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA), scheduled to be held in Singapore from 4-6 December, will focus on the core business values of the pay-TV industry in Asia.
    Tagged Blueprint for Success the convention will bring together a group of world class speakers for the convention, says an official release. The project will encompass close relationships with Singapore government bodies, like the Economic Development Board and the Singapore Broadcasting Authority. The CASBAA Convention 2002 will run parallel to the Asia Television Forum market and conference, the Asia Animation Week and the "on-air" promotions-led Promax BDA conference.

    CASBAA is counting on the promotional opportunities provided by the Convention, including the Golf Day and CASBAA Ball to attract sponsors and exhibitors in a huge way, says the release. CASBAA CEO Simon Twiston Davies says, "We know that the CASBAA Convention is the pre-eminent regional forum for Asia?s cable and satellite industries and we intend that this year?s event will be even more relevant as we debate such issues as the Development of Digital Infrastructure, Advertising and Research, Local Production, the China Opportunity and Interactive Television Services."

Subscribe to

Newsletter Subscription