Tag: Tv

TEHRAN - Iran's state-run television has been banned from screening cooking shows that promote foreign cuisine as conservatives seek to fight Western influence in the Iranian culture, media reported on Sunday. "From now on teaching how to cook non-Iranian dishes is banned," deputy head of Iran's state broadcaster Ali Darabi was quoted as saying by Aftabnews, a moderate website.
Iran boasts a rich cuisine and cooking shows are very popular, with chefs teaching a variety of Iranian

ISLAMABAD - The government has collected Rs 9.7 billion under the head of TV license fee from 11.720 million customers during the last three years through electricity bills. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in a written reply informed the National Assembly that currently, the total number of customers of electricity from whom the amount being deducted in the head of TV licence fee on electricity bills in the country is 11.720 million.
Giving the breakup, the ministry

LOS ANGELES - The romance between Britain's Prince William and fiancee Kate Middleton is getting the TV movie treatment as celebrity-hungry US media gears up for the royal nuptials in London on April 29.
But an actress is still being sought to play Middleton in female-oriented Lifetime television's movie "William & Kate", which is due to start production in Los Angeles in two weeks time. William, 28, second in line to the British throne, will be played by little-known New Zealand

ISLAMABAD - Majority of the members of the National Assembly on Thursday expressed concerns on the massive foreign content being telecast by the country's television channels which, according to them, was against the cultural values of the country.
Responding to different questions, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Syed Sumsam Ali Bukhari agreed to the notion of the members and said that some dramas telecast by some TV channels were of Indian content and

LOS ANGELES - US network NBC has picked up a musical from..Steven Spielberg? Yes, it's true. "Smash," based on an idea by the busy producer (who has "Terra Nova" and "Falling Skies" on tap), is an hour-long musical series that follows characters that come together for the exhilarating ride of putting on a Broadway musical.
In other words, a scripted "making of" series that may be prime for broadcast TV, due to the success of Fox's "Glee." Written and executive produced by

Cricketer Freddie Flintoff was rushed to hospital after fracturing his rib while filming his new extreme sports series. The former Test ace was left in agony after he was injured while training for a wrestling match with his former England teammate Darren Gough. His physiotherapist ordered him to go to hospital, where an X-ray revealed he had a broken rib.
The 33 year old was subsequently forced to pull out of the challenge on 'Freddie Flintoff versus The World', his new

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Taliban-fighting soldiers are set for celebrity status with the launch of a multi-million-dollar glossy television drama hailing army victories over militants. Emotive tales of 11 "brave Pakistanis" battling an Islamist insurgency that is plaguing Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan, will air on the small screen in an army-funded drama that casts the anti-terror fight in a positive light.
Focused on the heroism of soldiers fighting a key air and ground

LAHORE - Pakistani model and actoress Veena Malik is likely to host a few TV shows on Indian channels about the ICC World Cup 2011. According to Times of India, Veena received offers from three different channels to anchor shows related to the ICC World Cup beginning in February, especially for matches in which Pakistan is playing, given her knowledge of the game, its controversies and her association with some players who came under the scanner for match-fixing allegations.

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has fined Samaa and Waqt TV channels Rs 1 million each for airing an interview of Mumtaz Qadri, the killer of former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer.
A source told Pakistan Today that several TV channels had recorded the interview of Qadri, but only the said TV channels aired it, while others exhibited "responsibility". Meanwhile PEMRA has proposed a bill to ban discussions in TV talk shows on sub-judice

LOS ANGELES - The Discovery television network said that it canceled plans to air a reenactment of the autopsy on Michael Jackson's body, citing an upcoming court hearing and concern by the late pop star's estate. The show, "Michael Jackson's Autopsy: What Really Killed Michael Jackson," had been set to air in several countries of western Europe and in the United Kingdom on January 13.
"Given the commencement of legal proceedings beginning next week, and at the request of Michael

LOS ANGELES - Executors of Michael Jackson's estate asked a TV network to cancel a program reenacting the singer's autopsy, calling it 'in shockingly bad taste'.
"Your decision to even schedule this program is in shockingly bad taste, insensitive to Michael's family and appears to be motivated solely by your blind desire to exploit Michael's death," co-executors John Branca and John McClain wrote in a letter. "On behalf of Michael's family, fans, common sense and decency, we urge

DUBAI - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said his whistleblowing website plans to publish hundreds of "sensitive" US diplomatic cables on Israel, Al-Jazeera television reported on Thursday.
"Sensitive and classified documents" on Israel's 2006 war on Lebanon and January's assassination in Dubai of Hamas militant Mahmud al-Mabhuh would be released, Assange told Al-Jazeera in an interview. Assange said WikiLeaks had 3,700 US documents on Israel, including 2,700 originating from

MUMBAI: After a gap of three years, Indian film star Shah Rukh Khan will return to television, but this time on a different channel with a different show, according to an Indian newspaper report on Thursday.
Shah Rukh will be hosting the Indian version of 'Wipeout', an American show. According to highly placed sources, the pre-production of the show has already begun and the actor will soon start shooting for the promo. Since Wipeout's format is water-based adventure sports,

MUMBAI: After a gap of three years, Indian film star Shah Rukh Khan will return to television, but this time on a different channel with a different show, according to an Indian newspaper report on Thursday.
Shah Rukh will be hosting the Indian version of 'Wipeout', an American show. According to highly placed sources, the pre-production of the show has already begun and the actor will soon start shooting for the promo. Since Wipeout's format is water-based adventure sports,

MADRID: Colombian pop star Shakira said that she had taped a Christmas television ad for a Spanish sparkling wine in exchange for a donation of 660,000 dollars to her charitable foundation.
The spot was filmed on Saturday in Barcelona and the money paid by the company Freixenet will be used to build two schools, one in Haiti and the other in Colombia, the Grammy-winning singer told a Barcelona news conference.
"Education is a birthright and a quality education is the only

NEW DELHI: Indian regulators have ordered television channels not to broadcast reality shows before 11 pm over fears about their increasingly adult content, reports said.
Two hugely popular programmes -- "Bigg Boss", the local version of "Big Brother", and "Rakhi ka Insaaf" -- will be hit by the ruling from the Information and Broadcasting Ministry. The government and affected channels declined to confirm the crackdown, and the shows have continued to air in their regular prime

MUMBAI: Right through her two back-to-back releases, Action Replayy and now Guzaarish, Indian film star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's decision to not appear on any reality show to promote her films may have raised some eyebrows.
But the lovely lady is very clear in her head about what she wants to do, and doesn't want to do. Being on reality TV is a complete no-no for her. She did make an exception for Akshay's 'Master Chef'. But no game, song and dance reality shows for Aishwarya.