Alia Bhatt And Varun Dhawan Support Cause Of Cancer

Seen at this prestigious, social impact awards – the ‘Lions Gold Awards’ – were a host of Bollywood celebrities, including Karan Johar’s protégées Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt (of ‘Student of The Year’ fame).

Fans Outraged As Kamal Haasan’s ‘Vishwaroopam’ Misses Release Date

Kamal Haasan’s next big release ‘Vishwaroopam’ featuring Pooja Kumar, Rahul Bose and Andrea Jeremiah has stirred up quite a controversy, as it missed its DTH release date today.

After Winning ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa’, Gurmeet Choudhary Eyes Bollywood

Television actor Gurmeet Choudhary, who has won the “Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5”, is overjoyed and overwhelmed and says that his next destination is Bollywood.

I just got lucky: Shah Rukh Khan on 20 years in Bollywood

  MUMBAI: On this day two decades ago a new Hindi film superstar emerged: Bollywood’s all-time favourite romantic hero Shah Rukh Khan, who debuted with "Deewana". On completing 20 years, SRK says he just "got lucky" and admits he has made mistakes all along. "Twenty uninterrupted years of serving. Not enough talent or looks or […]

Lata Mangeshkar bids the ghazal maestro goodbye

  MUMBAI: “Jo baat unki awaaz mein tthi woh kisiki awaaz mein nahin tthi. He was blessed by God.And it pained me to see him suffer so much in the last ten years. Only God knows what he was suffering for. He had a very unique vocal identity.   Many tried to sing Ghazals like […]

My mother will not allow me to dance: Karan Johar

MUMBAI: Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar, who will be one of the judges in the fifth season of the dance reality show "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa", says although he is not a dancer, his experience behind the screen has made him understand what dance is all about. "One of the large parts of filmmaking is song and […]

‘Incredible India’ luring fashion world with business sense: Pakistani designer

  NEW DELHI: The Indian fashion industry, with its talent, craft, textile and business sense, is luring the international fashion world with a vengeance, says Pakistani designer Sahar Atif, who hopes for smooth trade relations between the two neighbours. "There’s no denying that the Indian fashion industry and designers have managed to impact the fashion […]

‘Chammak Challo’ most downloaded song

  MUMBAI: "Chammak Challo", the popular number from Shah Rukh Khan’s mega-budget production venture "RA.One", has been named the most downloaded song and video of the year in a new survey by wireless telephony major Airtel. Performed by international singer Akon, the peppy number featuring Shah Rukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor topped the list of […]

Lady Gaga leaves desi ‘monsters’ wonderstruck

GREATER NOIDA: ‘Mother monster’ Lady Gaga didn’t fail to charm her desi ‘monsters’. The pop icon, who was here for a four-day trip, left her fans mesmerised with her piano skills, her fusion performance, her confidence and her warm "Namaste India". All of 25, the "Poker face" superstar landed here Thursday night and addressed a […]

Airtel digital TV brings TV series Johnny Test to India

Mumbai: Airtel digital TV announced that it has entered an agreement with Cookie Jar Entertainment to bring its library to Airtel digital consumers.  The first series to launch this venture will be the boys show, Johnny Test. Having had a run of 5 seasons, the series will be available to Airtel digital TV customers on Channel […]

Saregama ties-up with Airtel for Jaya Hey

MUMBAI: Following the launch of the album Jaya Hey, in association with Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Saregama has now joined hands with Bharti Airtel to offer exclusive content from the album. With this, Airtel’s 170 million plus mobile customers across India will also have access to five verses of the original composition of Jana […]

Airtel digital TV & Colors partner for subscription based movie offering

MUMBAI: Airtel digital TV has entered into a partnership with Viacom 18-Colors to launch its first subscription service offering called Superhitz for 24×7 movie and video content. Superhitz will be available via subscription to all Airtel digital TV’s 6 million customers across the country. With this, customers can now watch a collection of Bollywood blockbusters […]

Airtel partners BigFlix to offer on-demand online movie viewing service

MUMBAI: Bharti Airtel has launched an On-demand online movie viewing service called Airtel Movies. The company has partnered with BigFlix for the same. Airtel Movies will be an On-demand digital video library with original DVD quality content that would be available exclusively to Airtel broadband customers in the form of a unique add on monthly […]

Airtel digital TV to offer HD quality to viewers‎

MUMBAI: Airtel digital TV has enabled all its High Definition (HD) and HD Recorder Set Top Boxes (STBs) to upscale its complete array of Standard Definition (SD) channels to HD like quality (resolution -1080) with a 16:9 wide aspect ratio. Customers can view all programs with enhanced contrast with sharper, brighter and more vivid picture […]

Bubble Motion raises $10 million to expand mobile social messaging service

MUMBAI: Bubble Motion’s raised $10 million in growth capital to accelerate the roll-out of its voice-based social communications service. Led by SingTel Innov8, the SingTel Group’s corporate venture capital fund, this round also includes Singapore’s Infocomm Investments in addition to insiders Sequoia Capital, Palomar Ventures, and NGC. This is Bubble Motion’s second round of financing since […]

BIG CBS Networks  signs deal with Airtel Digital TV

MUMBAI: BIG CBS Networks has signed a deal with Bharti Airtel Digital TV to further strengthen its distribution network. This alliance allows BIG CBS immediate access to the audience of Bharti Airtel Digital TV, allowing for wider reach of its channels. Bharti Airtel Digital TV customers can now enjoy shows like NCIS, Bellator, Survivor and more, […]

PVR & Kotak Mahindra Bank launch Entertainment Credit Card

MUMBAI: PVR and Kotak Mahindra Bank have joined hands to introduce an Entertainment Credit Card proposition.   Movie enthusiasts will now be able to draw a more significant and appealing value from their everyday spends by availing free PVR tickets every month through the PVR Kotak Credit Card.   Acting as a more engaging medium […]

Vishal & Shekhar launch Mobile Music Concert with simulcast Webcast

MUMBAI: Hungama and Bharti airtel  have launched Mobile Music Concert. The first concert will be kicked off in Mumbai on 9 February featuring music composer duo Vishal and Shekhar. Shekhar said, “We are really excited to be a part of the first ever concert taking place on the mobile, with a simulcast over the web. […]

UTV Indiagames & Airtel Digital TV launch multi-platform game for Tees Maar Khan

MUMBAI UTV Indiagames and Airtel Digital TV  have launched a multi-platform game for Tees Maar Khan(TMK). Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif and director Farah Khan, were present at the launch. UTV Indiagames launched the game across quad platform- DTH, Mobile, IVR, and Web! For gamers to enjoy this enthralling game on their television screens, the company […]

Warner Bros Pictures India to release Dus Tola on 22 October

MUMBAI: Warner Bros Pictures India will be releasing the Hindi movie Dus Tola in theaters on 22 October. The comedy movie is produced by AryanBrothers Entertainment and is directed by debutant Ajoy. Dus Tola stars Manoj Bajpayee, Aarti Chhabria, Siddharth Makkar, Govind Namdeo, Asrani, Ninad Kamath, Bharti Achrekar and introducing Pallavi Sharda. Inspired by the […]

Airtel digital TV adds five new channels to its bouquet

MUMBAI: Airtel digital TV has added five new channels to its bouquet namely PTC Chakde (Punjabi), Zee 24 Taas (Marathi), Saam TV (Marathi), Zee Chattisgarh (Hindi) and Zee Classic (Hindi). In another first, Airtel digital TV customers can now choose to watch National Geographic in Telegu. With this, Airtel digital TV has expanded its channel […]

CASBAA expands Indian footprint

Mumbai: CASBAA has added three Indian market leaders as members of the association. The new CASBAA Corporate members are telecoms-to-media services specialist Bharti Airtel, news content provider NDTV and Star TV India. “We are confident that CASBAA, leading the evolution of ecosystems and technologies that enable cable, satellite and broadcast industry, will impact positively on […]

Airtel digital TV to premiere The Twilight Saga: New Moon

MUMBAI: Airtel digital TV will be premiering the Hollywood blockbuster The Twilight Saga: New Moon as part of its Pay Per View (PPV) portfolio. The film, adapted from the best selling novel of the same name by Stephenie Meyer, brings together Robert Pattinson and Kirsten Stewart for the second time after Twilight. The Twilight Saga: […]

Shemaroo releases 3 Osho Hindi titles on DVD

MUMBAI: After releasing a series of Osho Talks on DVDs in English, Shemaroo has now launched series of three Osho Talks in Hindi. These are Hasta Hua Bhavishya, Dhyan and Chinta aur Tanav Kyon? Shemaroo Entertainment director Hiren Gada said, “Being able to keep Osho and his Philosophy alive through DVDs is a great honor […]

Airtel digital TV to premiere Clint Eastwood’s Invictus

MUMBAI: Hollywood movie Invictus will premier on Airtel digital TV, on its Pay Per View (PPV) service. Directed by Clint Eastwood, the film brings together screen veterans Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon who were nominated for the Oscars for Best Actor and Best Actor in a Supporting Role respectively. Invictus tells the true story of […]

Airtel launches My Tunes on mobile in Delhi

MUMBAI: Bharti Airtel has launched My Tunes on mobile in Delhi. Choosing from over 23 categories of over half a million tracks, Airtel’s mobile customers in Delhi can now listen to a new song of their choice when they make calls.   Bharti Airtel CEO-Delhi & NCR Mobile Services Shashi Arora said, "Starting with the […]

Airtel digital TV to premiere Ishqiya on PPV

MUMBAI: Airtel digital TV will premiere Shemaroo Entertainment’s Ishqiya on its Pay-Per-View (PPV) service. This movie features Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi and Vidya Balan and will be available from 13 March, 2010 for a price of Rs 25.   Bharti Airtel chief marketing officer – DTH Sugato Banerji said, "Ishqiya has been one of is […]

Centum Learning signs MoU with Whistling Woods International

MUMBAI: Centum Learning signed a MoU with Whistling Woods International (WWI). This vertical specific programme would be offered by Centum Learning Limited this fall to build professional skills among students aspiring to join the Media and Entertainment sector in the country. The programme aims at providing inputs to students relevant to the Media and Entertainment […]

Airtel digital TV acquires PPV rights of Harry Potter and Half Blood Prince

MUMBAI: Airtel digital TV- the DTH service from Bharti Airtel has acquired the pay-per-view (PPV) rights of Harry Potter and Half Blood Prince.   The movie will be aired for the first time on Indian television and will be available from 27 February at Rs 70.   Bharti Airtel chief marketing officer – DTH Sugato […]

Pixion appoints Sanjay Yashroy as chief operating officer

MUMBAI: Post production studio Pixion has appointed Sanjay Yashroy as its chief operating officer (COO). Additionally the company has also appointed Yogesh Chhag as senior manager – sales. Yashroy will be looking after India operations for films, commercials, VFX, DI, animation and digital film restoration. He has more than 17 years of experience with the […]

Hundred million broadband subscribers through television possible by 2012

MUMBAI:  Broadband penetration could be raised from the present seven million to 100 million subscribers by 2012 if Television could be used as an end user device, according to UT Starcom India managing director South Asia Vijay Yadav.   This way it could reach out to 700 million people including largely people in the rural areas, […]

Shemaroo releases Bal Ganesh 2 on home video

MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment releases home production animated film Bal Ganesh 2 on home video. For the launch of Bal Ganesh 2 DVDs and VCDs, Shemaroo organized activities owing to the celebration of Children’s Day. The activities included mascot visit, drawing & painting competition, a tatoo maker, a magician and a contest based on questions related […]

Do Knot Disturb to premiere on Airtel DTH

MUMBAI: Airtel digital TV – the DTH service from Bharti Airtel – will be premiering the Govinda-starrer Do Knot Disturb on its PPV service from 29 October at a price of Rs 50. This comes within four weeks of the film’s theatrical release. Customers can order the film by visiting the website www.airtel.in/digitaltv or by […]

Sandip Basu joins Loop Mobile as CEO

MUMBAI: Sandip Basu has joined Loop Mobile and Loop Telecom as CEO. Basu joins Loop Mobile from XCEL Telecom, where he was the managing director and CEO. At XCEL, Sandip was responsible for building the organization to become one of the top players in the passive infrastructure provider space in India. Basu has management experience […]

Airtel digital TV adds 14 channels to bouquet

MUMBAI: Digital TV, the DTH service from Airtel, has added 14 new entertainment and news channels to its bouquet – taking the total to 164 channels in 11 languages. With the addition of these channels, the Airtel digital TV language line up will now have 45 Hindi, 45 English, 6 Punjabi, 3 Oriya, 13 Tamil, […]

Airtel acquires exclusive rights to Harry Potter games, wallpapers

MUMBAI: Bharti Airtel has unveiled a host of product offerings around Warner Bros Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Airtel users will now have access to games, wallpapers, ring-tones and themes from the sixth in the series of the Harry Potter books and movies. Bharti Airtel has the exclusive rights for the latest Harry […]

Airtel Digital TV to premiere Khuda Kay Liye on PPV

MUMBAI: Airtel’s direct to home (DTH) service digital TV will be premiering Khuda Kay Liye on its Pay per View (PPV) service. The first Pakistani movie to be screened in India after four decades, Khuda Kay Liye focuses on the difficult situation Pakistanis in particular and the Muslims in general find themselves in post 9/11. […]

Airtel Digital TV launches two entry offers

MUMBAI: Bharti Airtel has launched two new Entry Offers for its DTH service – digital TV. The Rs 1850 Offer gives three months’ free subscription to the ESPN Top Up and New Value Pack of 77 channels and five interactive services – offering customers the highest number of channels like Star Plus, Sony and NDTV […]

Airtel digital TV takes Kareena Kapoor to winner’s home

MUMBAI: Bharti Airtel announced the second winner of its promotion ‘Bring Home the Magic’ for its DTH service – digital TV. A banker from Mumbai Rajesh Nambiar, is the Airtel digital TV customer who won the opportunity to host Airtel brand ambassador Kareena Kapoor at his home in Shivaji Park, Mumbai. Bharti Airtel CEO – […]

Airtel digital TV brings A R Rahman to Bangalore

Bharti Airtel Limited today announced the first winner of its promotion ‘Bring Home the Magic’ for its DTH service – digital TV. Mohammed Rafi, an Engineer from Bangalore, is the lucky Airtel digital TV customer who hosted Airtel Brand Ambassador A R Rahman at his home. Congratulating the winner, Bharti Airtel CEO – DTH Deepak […]

BIG FM makes two appointments in sales team

MUMBAI: BIG 92.7 FM has strengthened its ad sales team with two new appointments. Nikhil Mehta has been appointed as the regional sales director – west. Having worked with companies like Marico and HSBC, Mehta will be heading sales for the West region, including new business development in key markets and will be reporting into […]

Bharati Telemedia to seek separate FIPB nod for DTH

MUMBAI: Bharti Telemedia has been advised by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting to seek separate FIPB approval for indirect foreign investment coming into the licensee company. FIPB in its meeting held on 9 January, 2009 recommended the proposal subject to compliance with the guidelines of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and compounding of the […]

Shemaroo releases Osho discourses on DVD

MUMBAI: After releasing the first set of Osho Talk DVDs titled ‘Art of Loving’, ‘How to relax with yourself’, ‘How to be Really Alive’, and ‘Loving and accepting yourself’, Shemaroo Entertainment has now released two more Osho Discourses, The Transforming Power of Sex and Enjoying Aloneness on DVDs for Osho followers and aspiring Osho lovers. […]

Bookmyshow partners Airtel for mobile ticket booking

MUMBAI: Bookmyshow.com has inked an alliance with Bharti Airtel to offer subscribers across India direct access to bookmyshow.com on mobile phones. This will be made possible through the use of user-friendly mobile applications, their wapsite as well as the convenience of the tele-booking facility. Bookmyshow CEO and co-founder Ashish Hemrajani said, "We are indeed happy […]

Airtel joins hands BIG FM for Musical December

Mumbai: Airtel has come together with BIG 92.7 FM to celebrate the power of music on air with a distinctive music mix that promises to entertain its listeners this December. FM stations of Hyderabad , Vizag and Tirupathi will host the Airtel Adhbutamaina Musical December on air for the entire month of December. The music […]

‘Uniform & rational taxes across states, single window clearances for the exhibition sector need to be emphasized’ – FICCI secretary general Dr. Amit Mitra

February 2009 will see India’s biggest media and entertainment convention FICCI FRAMES being held in Mumbai. 2009 marks the 10th anniversary of the convention and efforts have been made to make it bigger this year. FICCI FRAMES will be held from 17 – 19 February, 2009. This time round, the US is the partner country […]

WWIL appoints Sudhir Agarwal as CEO

Mumbai: Sudhir Agarwal has been appointed as CEO of Essel Group’s multi-system operator (MSO) Wire and Wireless (India) Limited. Prior to this, Agarwal was with Haier Telecom as president – India and SAARC. Agarwal brings with him over 18 years of experience in commercial and marketing management with companies like Motorola, Bharti Televentures, Xerox Modicorp […]

NDS invests $120 million in India for R&D

Mumbai: NDS announced that since opening its R&D Centre in Bangalore in 2000, it has invested over $120 million in India. NDS now plans to increase investment in its Indian R&D Centre and commercial offices over the next three years to support the accelerating digitization of pay-TV across the nation and worldwide.   NDS solutions, […]

Tata Sky launches Personal Video Recorder facility

Mumbai: With the sky wars heating up as new entrants like Reliance ADAG’s BIG TV and Bharti’s Airtel Digital TV tuned into the airwaves, existing DTH players like Tata Sky and Dish TV are upping their ante. Tata Sky has launched Tata Sky+, a new-age service that uses Personal Video Recorder technology for the first […]

Farhan Akhtar in chat show on BBC’s FM radio station

Mumbai: Director-turned-actor Farhan Akhtar is to feature on BBC Radio’s BBC Ek Mulakat. BBC Ek Mulaqat is a weekend talk show where famous people chat about the other side of their lives–from childhood stories, teenage trivia, hobbies, passions to little known facts about themselves. Akhtar was at Phoenix Mills to chat with Sanjeev Srivastava, India […]

UTStarcom, Aksh to power BSNL’s IPTV service in 20 Indian cities

Mumbai: UTStarcom  has signed a contract with Aksh Optifibre to deploy its end-to-end RollingStream Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) solution in 20 cities on Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited’s ADSL 2+ network, a UTStarcom-built multiplay infrastructure that currently supports more than 75 percent of the active wirelines in India. The IPTV offering which will be made available […]

Motorola to offer MotoMusic to Airtel customers

Mumbai: Motorola has collaborated with Bharti Airtel to offer mobile users MotoMusic, a mobile music service on web1 and WAP1. Tightly integrated with mobile devices to deliver a complete consumer experience, MotoMusic offers approximately 350,000 easily downloadable and high-quality digital music items to Airtel consumers across India. MotoMusic content includes ringtones, full songs, wallpapers, and […]

News Corp’s Rupert Murdoch announces index for India

Mumbai: Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, is expanding its Dow Jones Global Titans family by adding a blue-chip index for India. The launch of the Dow Jones India Titans 30 was announced by News Corporation chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch in Mumbai, India. Dow Jones Indexes is a business unit of […]

Film Review: Ugly Aur Pagli

Film: Ugly Aur Pagli Director: Sachin Khot Producer: Pritish Nandy, Rangita Pritish Nandy Banner: Pritish Nandy Communications Cinematography: Somak Mukherjee Editor: Hemal Kothari Music Director: Anu Malik Cast: Mallika Sherawat, Ranvir Shorey, Tinu Anand, Sushmita Mukherjee, Vihang Nayak, Bharti Achrekar, Payal Rohatgi, Sapna Bhavnani Special Appearance: Zeenat Aman Rating: 3/5 Unusual pairings work. Mallika Sherawat […]

Khayyam recreates Umrao Jaan magic after 25 years

Mumbai: Legendary music director Khayyam has scored a mujhra song for mega serial Bikri Aas Nikhri Preet aired on DD 1 every Sunday at 9.00 p.m. The last time he composed a mujhra was 25 years ago in Umrao Jaan. Rekha’s performance, Lachu Maharaj’s choreography and Shahryar’s lyrics cast a magical spell on the audience […]

Dasmunsi launches DVD version of ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’

MUMBAI: The Minister of Information and Broadcasting Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi released the DVD version of Bharat Ek Khoj, the serial based on Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s book The Discovery of India. Dasmunsi said, "It can be an instrument to educate our future generations about the history of our great civilization. Whatever the cost, it would be […]

Shemaroo releases archival Osho discourses on home video

MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment has exclusively licensed 25 Osho discourses from the ‘Osho International Foundation’ to be released on home video format of VCDs and DVDs like How to Relax with yourself and Art of Loving. Forthcoming titles which Shemaroo plans to release shortly are How to be Really Alive, The transforming Power of Sex and […]

Bulldog Entertainment launches Paanchvi Pass merchandise

Mumbai: Star India and Bulldog Entertainment announced the launch of a full-fledged merchandise program that brings alive the experience of Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain? The unique portfolio of products comprises a variety to allow a cross section of viewers to enjoy the experience beyond television.   The products available include: 1. A range of quiz […]

Airtel launches airtellive.com with Google

Mumbai: Telecom giant Bharti Airtel has launched Airtellive.com in a joint venture with Google. This makes Airtel the only telecom provider to enter into the domain of web application services.   Now Airtel users can avail easy access to Google’s applications over Airtel’s speedy and sincere broadband connections. One can freely access Google’s applications messaging […]

B4U Music made available on DD’s DTH

MUMBAI: B4U Music has joined Prasar Bharti’s direct-to-home (DTH) platform DD Direct+. B4U Music was recently voted as UK’s No.1 Asian channel in the UK and with the availability on DD DTH, it will extend its viewership across India as Doordarshan is one of the world’s largest terrestrial broadcaster with over 1400 TV transmitters located […]

Chandrasekhar appointed president of FICCI

MUMBAI: Jupiter Capital chairman and CEO Rajeev Chandrasekhar has been appointed as the president of FICCI. Chandrasekhar took over as president at the conclusion of the 80th Annual General Meeting of FICCI. Chandrasekhar founded BPL Mobile in 1994 and was one of the earliest investors to spot the Indian telecom opportunity and invest in it. […]

Documentary film channel in 11th Plan

MUMBAI: Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi said that a dedicated channel for short films in the Eleventh Plan was under consideration. Additionally, he said that the government had allocated a sum of Rs 300 million (Rs 30 crores) for modernizing the Pune and Kolkata film institutes. Dasmunsi was in Mumbai for […]

India: 20 mn broadband connection by 2010

PRESS RELEASE   While speaking at the inauguration of 4th Broadband Tech India 2007, Mr. G.S Grover, member Services, Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications & IT said that the international call rates will drop down to the level of domestic calls rates in the near future due the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).The […]

Disney rolls 2nd season of My School Rocks

MUMBAI: Disney Channel has commenced the second season of ‘My School Rocks’ at Bal Bharti School, New Delhi, the first school registering for India‘s biggest inter-school dance competition.  Celebrity choreographer and competition judge Shiamak Davar was also present to demonstrate a few steps with the ‘High School Musical 2’ soundtrack and encourage the school kids.  […]

Publicis Groupe to acquire Hanmer & Partners

PRESS RELEASEMove Accelerates Publicis Groupe’s Expansion in India and Strengthens Manning Selvage & Lee’s (MS&L) Presence and Capabilities in High-Growth Market Publicis Groupe has agreed to acquire leading Indian public relations consultancy Hanmer & Partners. Hanmer & Partners employs some 350 professionals in 42 cities across India. This strategic acquisition, subject to the approval of […]

Prime Focus employs VFX for AirTel ad

MUMBAI: In telecom company Bharti Airtel’s latest TV commercial, where it promotes their new Google search platform, special effects have been infused by post-production specialists Prime Focus.  The TVC has been created by Rediffusion DY&R, along with production house Equinox and the VFX were created by Prime Focus.  The story for the TVC revolves around […]

BIG FM appoints new head for national content

MUMBAI: BIG FM has appointed Soela Joshi as director – national content planning. Joshi comes from the advertising industry with experience in strategic planning on brands like Fair & Lovely, Clinic Plus, Marico, Fortune Oil, Parle G, Frooti, Bharti Axa Life Insurance, Diageo, Anne French and IOC.   In her new role, Joshi will be […]

Beetel introduces phone with FM Radio in India

MUMBAI: Beetel has launched the first phone in India to be equipped with an FM radio with in-built speakers. The DB5900 FM phone, seeks to redefine entertainment avenues for customers by enabling them to tune in to their favorite FM channel, right from their telephones. The FM phone will enhance the use of the telephone […]

Artificial Life, Airtel ink deal for games

MUMBAI: Hong Kong based Artificial Life, Inc., a provider of award winning mobile 3G technology and applications, has inked a partnership with Bharti Airtel. The partnership will be to release the latest mobile games including V-girl, V-boy, V-Penguins, America’s Next Top Model, and their accompanying side products such as wallpapers, screensavers, ringtones and video mails. “India […]

Mangat reaps booty in fines on No Smoking sets

MUMBAI: Producer Kumar Mangat, who had banned smoking on the sets of his forthcoming movie No Smoking, has collected Rs 1,50,000 in fines as penalty for breaking the rule. The film, directed by Anuarag Kashyap and jointly produced by Kumar Mangat and Vishal Bharadwaj, is now complete. No Smoking stars John Abraham, Ayesha Takia, Ranvir […]

Airtel launches instant music on mobile

MUMBAI: Bharti Airtel today announced the launch of ‘Airtel SongCatcher’ – India’s first instant music on mobile. This service transforms the way mobile users can download songs of their choice. Anytime, anywhere an Airtel mobile customer listens to a song and wants it as a Hello Tune he can download it in a matter of […]

Asha Parekh heads jury for HHITA 2006

MUMBAI: Asha Parekh will be heading the jury for the 6th Hero Honda Indian Television Academy Awards (HHITA) 2006, which will be held on 26 November in Mumbai. Indian Television Academy convenor Shashi Ranjan says, “The transparent nature of our judging process has maintained the authenticity of our awards and has made the HHITA award […]

Wish Shah Rukh Khan from your Airtel phone

PRESS RELEASE Bharti Airtel Ltd., India’s leading mobile services provider, today announced a unique offer for its subscribers to wish Shah Rukh Khan on his birthday on November 2, 2006. Continuing with its legacy of delivering innovations to its customers, Bharti Airtel today announced a special initiative, whereby Airtel’s Mumbai Subscribers can send personalized greetings […]

Abhishek Bachchan to endorse Motorola

MUMBAI: Motorola further strengthened its relationship with consumers across India by unveiling the first Indian brand ambassador – actor, Abhishek Bachchan. As Motorola’s brand ambassador, Abhishek will support marketing and branding efforts for the entire Mobile Device product range. Motorola’s brand quotient of youthful spirit, daring to be different, being bold and smart is in […]