In an Independence Day Special series, Rediff.com celebrates India through the lives of her people. Today: Lalit Satyarthi, an aspiring actor, who left his home in Agra to follow his lifelong dream......
The aspirations of India's people have gotten far ahead of the political debate as one sees the malls in tier-2 cities and car showrooms in 'rurbanised' towns, notes Shashi Shekhar, who visited......
Turner Broadcasting System has decided to shut down its Hindi general entertainment channel, Imagine TV. It had acquired the channel from NDTV in 2010."Imagine TV has not performed and grown as per......
Star India and Zee Group, two leading electronic media conglomerates in the country,came together to form an alliance for distributing television content.In a landmark deal announced in Mumbai,......
OneAlliance, the distribution venture of Multi-Screen Media and Discovery Communications, is in talks to join the proposed ZEE-Star distribution joint venture. MSM runs Sony and SET Max channels.A......
Turner International is close to acquiring a controlling stake in entertainment company NDTV Imagine, which runs three entertainment channels. The channels were launched by the group a year ago as......
As Little Krishna,upcoming animated TV serial, gets ready to make an international appearance after the successful animated Indian characters of Bal Ganesha and Hanuman,next treat for kids would be......
Mythological and historical shows are lapped up not just by the young, but equally by grown men and women.Ritwik Sharma and T E Narasimhan report. IMAGE: Anita Hassanandani, Surbhi Jyoti and......
Cartoon characters created and developed in local animation studios are enchanting Indian kids like never before, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. It is fun time, says blue boy Kris (above) every time......
Chhota Bheem is a fun treat for kids, writes Sukanya Verma, and Chhota Bheem ardent fan Kangna Kamdar, 5.When I was growing up, Doordarshan's afternoon transmission, Disney Hour on Sunday morning......
Time sure flies. While POGO may seem like it was launched only yesterday, the fact is the channel, whichbegan its run across India on January 1, 2004, has almost completed a year.And what better......
Fifteen years ago, the only sourceof children's entertainment on Indiantelevision was Disney Hour on Sundays, Fun Time on DD-2, or a two-minute filler of Spiderman animation just before the Sunday......
India's biggest listed media firm, Zee Telefilms Ltd., is considering launching a sports channel with Time Warner Inc.'s Turner International to take on ESPN and Star Sports, a Zee official......