Opportunity costs: producing animation in India costs a fraction of anywhere else in the world. Ritesh Gupta looks at whether the lower price tag is worth leaving home for.
India's animation industry is projected to grow to US$1.5 billion by 2005, according to figures from the country's National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom). This is driven by increased interaction and cooperation between local and international producers, and a sharp

Publication: Television Asia

Time of opportunity: new channels for kids and urban-based audiences, and the evolving needs of Hindi general entertainment channels in India are driving new opportunities for production and distribution companies.(analysis)
Balaji Telefilms is producing a youth-based serial for MTV, Miditech is involved in a four-hour programming block for Disney Channel, and Discovery Communications India is developing a concept for a new programme and commissioning it to a local producer for the first time. These are some of the

Publication: Asia Image

Hunting For Mushrooms In India How sustainable is India's growth, how different will the economy look by 2020, and what will be the new drivers of its growth? Nathan Associates, a US-based economic consulting firm, crystal-gazes exclusively for BT.
When we were asked to provide a 15-year forecast of India's economy, we were reminded of former Harvard University dean McGeorge Bundy's warning: There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris. Likewise, there is no certainty in unlimited economic hubris, so let us start humbly by describing

Publication: Business Today

Hydrogen Engine Center Enters into MOU with New Delhi-Based Belliss India to Sell & Deploy HEC Products in India.
Constant Stable Power to India through Hydrogen-Wind Combination ALGONA, Iowa -- Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc., (OTCBB: HYEG), a designer, manufacturer and distributor of alternative-fueled internal combustion engines and distributed power generation equipment, today announced that it has entered

Publication: Business Wire

NEW YORK BASED FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK TO USE I-FLEX SOLUTIONS' FLEXCUBE
Report from the India Press Release brought to you by the Hindustan Times MUMBAI, India, April 5 -- The Bombay Stock Exchange of India made the following corporate announcement: i-flex Solutions Ltd., on April 5, 2007, has announced that Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (FHLBNY)- a

Publication: The Hindustan Times

International appetite for Indian fare: the inaugural day of MIPCOM 2007, being held at Cannes' Palais des Festivals October 8-12 2007, will be 'India Day', in partnership with The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). Television Asia's Ritesh Gupta finds out more about India-originated content's successes at home and abroad.(programming)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A lot has changed over the last few years in India's TV broadcasting arena. As revenues from advertising and TV subscriptions grew 17% to touch $4.2 billion in 2006, so the quality and variety of content across a gamut of mass and niche channels has also evolved. Whether an

Publication: Television Asia