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These are challenging times for pan Asian broadcasters. The economic downturn has meant that ad revenue targets will not be easy to meet. And for the...
Colors is celebrating its first year sitting at the top of the ratings cliff. A late entrant, with 10 Hindi general entertainment channels launched before it,...
In May, Viacom18’s international music and lifestyle channel Vh1 started the makeover process. Repositioned as an international entertainment channel, it ushered in new shows and introduced...
It has been a phenomenal journey for Nick in India. From being a channel that was residing at the bottom of the heap, the nine-year-old player...
Viacom and Raghav Bahl-promoted Network18 are furiously working together to create an entertainment conglomerate in India. The central piece in their build-up plan is a Hindi...
The Indian advertising and television industry has started to feel the heat of the global economic slowdown. With advertisers trimming their ad budgets and postponing launches...
From launching new shows to experimenting with new genres and time slots, Sab has been running from pillar to post to get the ratings right. ...
Zee News Ltd (ZNL) plans to invest Rs 5 billion in a slew of channels over two years, expanding its presence in regional markets and new...
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...
First the good news. The Marathi general entertainment space is expanding. The market is currently estimated to be above Rs 2 billion for 2007-2008. Now the...
BANGALORE: Asianet Communications Ltd (ACL) today launched Suvarna News, a 24-hour Kannada news channel. ACL is planning to launch its Telugu general entertainment channel (GEC) Sitara...
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...
You will start your television business with film channels. With more movie channels coming in what affect will this have on rights prices? We are working...
She waits with baited breath, jittery to unlock her next treasure. Bindass CEO Zarina Mehta is bubbling with energy as she talks about her second baby...
NEW DELHI: Zee News Ltd. has launched its Marathi news channel Zee 24 Taas as part of a “region-specific strategy.” This is the country’s first 24-hour...
MUMBAI: Building on the momentum provided in 2006, the kids genre is expected to scoot at an even faster clip this year. Backed with experience in...
MUMBAI: If the last six months’ TAM ratings in the English news space could tell a story this is what they would reveal: What started as...
The year 2007 has been very, very good so far as business is concerned. We had all approached the year with certain things that we needed...
Joy Chakraborthy took charge of Zee Network as ad sales head in early 2005, at a time when Zee TV was going through a crucial phase....
MUMBAI: While in the regional space, Star Plus has managed to rise up on the charts more than any other Hindi general entertainment channel (GEC) in...
After joining Sahara One Television in April last year as COO, Purnendu Bose has been able to steer the channel through a period of growth and...
MUMBAI: Encouraged by the good performance its reality talent hunt Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005 has been putting up on the rating front, Zee...
MUMBAI: Last Month, Sun Network launched a gameshow Thanga Vettai (Gold Hunt) on Sun TV to counter a probable onslaught from the Tamil version of KBC...
The reason why ratings are consistently dropping for all the top GECs in markets like Delhi, UP and Punjab is because there’s a huge amount of...
MUMBAI: Following the launch of Toon Disney in Tamil and Telugu, Walt Disney Television International (India) is now launching the channel with 24 hours of Hindi...
Sun Network continues to hold supremacy in the southern region and is on a major expansion spree to build a pan India empire. In an exclusive...
Let me start with a question? If it rains in Mumbai, why is there is no campaign for ice cream in the rest of India?If there...
Indian Idol‘s finale has done for Sony Entertainment Television (SET) what no other show has done for it till date. The year on year monopoly of...
Though not exactly an Indian Idol watcher, I took to watching the show towards the fag end just when the whole world around me seemed to...
The countdown has begun. Armed with a huge promotional blitz, Sony Entertainment channel‘s ‘big one‘, which makes its bow on the small screen Thursday (28 October),...
The world is a communications village. And television is one of the media for facilitating that communication. Today it is no surprise to see the same...
