Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

HC upholds TRAI order lowering price of TV channels

The Bombay high court on Wednesday upheld the constitutional validity of a tariff order passed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) last year, but struck down one condition which......

IBF forms digital media content regulatory council

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......

Cong's decision to skip exit poll debates shows...: BJP

Home Minister Amit Shah and Bharatiya Janata Party president J P Nadda claimed on Friday that the Congress's decision to not participate in exit poll debates is the confirmation that the opposition......

Broadcasters-ad agencies spat over billing continues

Television viewers across the country were in for a surprise on Wednesday, as key channels blacked out ads, following a spat with the Advertising Agencies Association of India, the apex body......

Revised Copyright Act to hurt broadcasters

Broadcasters may be forced to shell out Rs 100,000-1,50,000 for every song that is sung by the contestants in musical talent hunt shows like Indian Idol or Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, and they are not liking......

Broadcast bodies tighten noose on errant ad cos

Strict norms are on the cards for the advertisers who delay in making payments to TV broadcasters. They will now have to pay for the commercials within 60 days of the airing of the advertisement,......

Broadcasters threaten to drop ads

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......

Oppenheimer's Controversial Sex Scene To Be Removed

IMAGE: Cillian Murphy and Emily Blunt in Oppenheimer. Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer is doing very well at the box office across the world. In India, Oppenheimer has done better than Barbie, the......

Monga, Murugan Showcase Tradition At Cannes

IMAGE: Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L Murugan, Oscar-winning Producer Guneet Monga and Manipuri actor Kangabam Tomba. Photograph: Kind courtesy Dr L Murugan/Twitter......

'It's also a love story about two brothers who fall in love with a bird species'

After winning awards at Sundance and Cannes, Director Shaunak Sen's All That Breathes has now been nominated for an Oscar in the Documentary Feature Film category. IMAGE: Director Shaunak Sen at......

Is Nayattu anti-Dalit? Is Karnan pro-Dalit?

'If questioning and dethroning hierarchies is your primary motive, why not put an end to the practice of announcing your shining star, your box office draw, in big flaming letters and mentioning......

We did not give 100 per cent effort every time: WI captain Hope

IMAGE: Two-time champions West Indies will not feature in the 50-over World Cup for the first time in 48 years, since the competition's inception back in 1975. Photograph: ICC Business Corporation......

Ind vs SL, 2nd ODI: Pacers in focus as India look to seal series

IMAGE: On Eden's fast deck, Indian pacers will relish the challenge. Photograph: BCCI Buoyed by the form of its top three batters, a clinical India will look to take an unassailable 2-0 lead......

Why is Virat so animated? Please ask him, says Pollard

IMAGE: Virat Kohli has been animated throughout the ongoing series. Photographs: BCCI India skipper Virat Kohli has been a bit more charged up than he usually is during the ongoing West......

Kohli set to tee off with Goenka

Virat Kohli, Sanjiv Goenka to raise funds for celebrity golf tournament Nine teams comprising celebrity golfers, corporate honchos to tee off on Nov 10 IMAGE: Virat Kohli, right, has collaborated......

Unlike Olympics, no TV coverage for Rio Paralympics in India

IMAGE: File photo from 2012 Paralympic Games. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters. Unlike the Olympics that was widely covered, the Rio Paralympics set to begin tomorrow will not have any television......