Star One was launched as an upmarket Hindi general entertainment channel, second to Star Plus. Pioneer of big ticket shows like Nach Baliye and The Great...
Star is eyeing growth in Middle East, Pakistan and Africa. Which is why it has created the new post of country head for these three markets...
Already setting cash registers ringing across Hollywood, with movies like Beowulf, Hannah Montana and Meet the Robinsons, Digital Cinema has been touted as the next big...
For franchisees the inaugural edition of the IPL has been a learning experience. The Hyderabad franchise is no different. While Deccan Chargers finished at the bottom...
BBC World News is positioning itself as a tri-media news service with presence in TV, online and mobile. Editorially, it is looking to deliver more live...
With a war chest of $100 million (Rs 4 billion), Reliance Entertainment’s online gaming portal Zapak is looking to invest in infrastructure and expand even beyond...
Red FM has gone through a sea change after the Living Media Group sold it to a consortium including Hyderabad-based Value Labs, NDTV and Malaysia-based Astro....
As the television landscape in India gets more fragmented, channels try to come up with customised solutions for clients by trying to understand their business requirements...
Rajesh Kamat, CEO of Viacom18’s Hindi GEC Colors, has a clear mandate – to ensure his upcoming channel a position amongst the top 3 players in...
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BigFlicks, Reliance Entertainment’s online film rental service, plans to invest $100 million over three years. The plan includes a strong offline presence as well. With 50...
The Indian Premier League (IPL) has got off to a solid start. The ratings have been positive and crowds have thronged the stadiums. For Sony the...
When Zee launched the Indian Cricket League in the face of a take-no-prisoners campaign of opposition from the Board of Control for Cricket in India last...
‘We expect ICL to break even in two and a half years‘ When Zee launched the Indian Cricket League in the face of a...
Driving Nick India from a market share of a mere 9 per cent to 18 per cent has been a phenomenal journey for Nick India VP...
Being a regional player in the media business, Deccan Chronicle saw an opportunity in IPL to grab the national platform in line with the company’s strategy...
The Indian Premier League (IPL), which kicks off next month, has brought in $2 billion into the Twenty20 format over a 10-year period, involving big corporates...
‘We will breakeven after the third year‘ The Indian Premier League (IPL), which kicks off next month, has brought in $2 billion into the Twenty20...
Zee is on an upsurge, driven by its flagship Hindi general entertainment channel. Kicking in ad revenues for the fiscal has not just been Zee TV...
‘Zee‘s largest bouquet makes it the best prepared network for digitalisation‘ Zee is on an upsurge, driven by its flagship Hindi general entertainment channel. Kicking...
As India enters a digital environment with more delivery platforms like direct-tohome (DTH) scheduled for launch this year, television technology firms are looking to service broadcasters...
From starting as a human resource (HR) consulting firm in 1996 to entering the fast-growing broadcasting space, INX Media has travelled a long way. INX’s music...
Akash Sharma has been at the forefront of acquiring, developing and launching high-quality prime-time hit shows in India since 2005. An economics graduate from the...
After taking charge, Subroto Roy’s younger son Seemanto Roy has drawn up an aggressive plan to grow Sahara’s media and entertainment business. His target: launch of...
Having acquired a broadband company in 2006, Citigroup Venture Capital International has set its eyes on the cable TV business. You Telecom has floated a subsidiary...
With the Indian television market booming and the NRI community becoming more affluent, platforms in the UK and US are looking to service this community better....
When she started Bhagwan Allah God Films, a television content production company, many thought she was out of her mind. The company (known better by the...
Last year Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) set up an office in India. The aim was to get more closely involved with the market and help...
A lot of flip-flop happening in the Hindi general entertainment channels. Yet Star Plus is the leader in the game, while Star One has consolidated its...
Concluding our three-part series of interviews looking at the year that was and on into 2008, we turn the spotlight on NDTV Imagine CEO Sameer Nair. ...
For Sony Entertainment Television (Set) India CEO Kunal Dasgupta, the big wish for 2008 is to throw up that one hit narrative show that would get...
As 2007 comes to a close, Reliance Entertainment president Rajesh Sawhney is an apt choice for our year-ending interview, not necessarily in the context of what...
Marvel Entertainment is tapping the comics business in India. Holding the rights to iconic characters like Spiderman, X-Men and Hulk, it has appointed Kids Media India...
For Discovery Networks India, 2007 has been a year of growth. The company carried out a slew of local initiatives including celebrating 60 years of India’s...
Subhash Ghai-promoted Mukta Arts has churned out several blockbusters in the past. But it has had to wait till 2006-07 to cross Rs 1 billion in...
Riding high on the ICC World Cup, Set Discovery reaped a harvest of $120 million (around Rs 4.8 billion) in 2006-07. The challenges, though, are stiff...
It has been a busy and somewhat testing time for Ten Sports. Last year Zee took a 50 per cent stake in its parent Taj Television...
Quentin Staes-Polet is the CEO and co-founder of Kreeda Games, one of the first Indian internet companies dedicated to massively multiplayer online gaming (MMOG). The company...
BBC is expanding in the media space in India with not just new channel launches but also in the arena of FM radio and TV production....
It’s nigh on one-and-a-half years since Star India brought in a “media outsider” Paritosh Joshi as president – advertising sales & distribution, thereby consolidating the two...
Nripendra Misra is a suave IAS officer with a reputation of being completely above board, and perhaps lacking the ‘guile‘ that puts many others in the...
He is the quintessential common man. And he made his mark playing that role in a TV series that characterised The Times of India cartooning legend...
First Shaheen, and now Kumkum. For Juhi Parmar who came in quite green behind the ears when she first landed in Mumbai from Rajasthan, it’s been...
Viacom’s channels in India have not had an easy time in the last couple of years. For starters, the music genre has been stagnating in terms...
It’s now a known fact that HLL has pulled its advertising off the Star India Network, but whether a non co-existence and exchange between the biggest...
The mobile retailing space is hotting up in India. Essar Telecom Retail, an Essar group company has entered mobile retailing in India with the launch of...
A little girl from a small town in Bihar who migrated from India to the US when she was just six years old, Rena Golden is...
ITC Foods, the foods division of ITC Limited has built many brands and sub brands through aggressive advertising and marketing moves. This year the foods division...
For over 50 years FMCG major Hindustan Lever has dominated the Indian market with brands that have become a household name for many. Now it is...
SET Discovery has been riding high on the wave of ICC cricket for over four years. Having the ICC Championship and World Cup in a single...