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Zee Turner Ltd, the joint venture distribution company between Zee and Turner, is eyeing a revenue of Rs 10 billion this fiscal on the back of...
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...
Cinemax India Ltd entered into the multiplex business with a cluster approach, concentrating on Mumbai and the Maharashtra market. Running a cinema chain with 76 screens,...
It has been a mixed bag for the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Rajasthan Royals over the last couple of years. Having come out on top...
Subhash Chandra realised as early as 1999 that the next wave of Zee network’s growth would be in the regional broadcasting space. Up came a clutch...
The fight among the English movie channels is getting fiercer as new players have entered the battleground. Zee Studio has decided to go aggressive this year...
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,...
NEW DELHI: India TV has returned to the News Broadcasters Association after three months of estrangement over the decision of the NBA Authority taking suo motu...
It’s rearguard action time at Star Plus. Edged out after a nine-year life at the top, Star Plus is making moves to shed off the “saas-bahu”...
Total Sports Asia (TSA) has big plans in India. Though it has concentrated on soccer, golf and badminton, the specialist in personalised sport and entertainment solutions...
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has emerged as one of the strongest TV brands in India, providing sports broadcaster Ten Sports a daily diet of popular content....
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...
MUMBAI: ET Now, the English business news channel from Times Global Broadcasting Pvt ltd (TGBPL), will officially launch on 22 June. The channel, which witnessed soft...
The Indian Premier League (IPL) promises huge space for revenue growth. The team franchises will have to focus on building the brand consistently, project a healthy...
Pix is lapping up new movies to shed its image of being an English movie channel that showcases only classic films. Its most prize catch: Oscar-winning...
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...
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is set to revolutionise the cricketing economy, draw in a new bunch of younger audiences with the T20 format, reinforce India’s...
MTV India was primarily known for music, comedy, spoofs and “Fully Faltoo” attitude. The team of Cyrus Oshirdar (creative and content), Cyrus Broucha and Cyrus Sahukar...
MUMBAI: Barely after a four-month stint at Sahara India Media, Sanjeev Srivastava has quit as CEO and Editor-in-Chief. Srivastava had joined Sahara Group in January this...
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...
Australia Network, the international channel from the stable of Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), has a hybrid mix of news, drama, lifestyle and kids programming. The...
Cracking the Chinese wall, the National Basketball Association (NBA) plans to break into the Indian market and become the No. 2 sporting power within five years....
Sir John Hegarty stands tall in whatever he does. Starting Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH), of which he is chairman & worldwide creative director, four years into...
The Walt Disney Company acquired Hungama TV in 2006 for $30.5 million, a sign that two of its global channels needed a local muscle to fight...
MUMBAI: UTV Software Communications, an integrated media company owned 59.9 per cent by The Walt Disney Company, plans to buy a 49 per cent stake in...
The drama over, it is back to business. As the Indian Premier League (IPL) takes refuge in South Africa to play out its second edition, the...
Kings XI Punjab, the Mohali team for Indian Premier League (IPL), was bought for $76 million by Bombay Dyeing deputy MD Ness Wadia, actress Preity Zinta,...
A sliding global economy has turned up the heat on the international businesses of the Hindi content broadcasters. In 2008, Zee group stretched its...
It has been a long wait outside the ring. After building up verticals in the licensing, publishing and merchandising space, Spacetoon has launched its kids channel...
2 009 is expected to be a rough year for all in media. Television is no exception. With the stockmarket collapsing and balance sheets getting battered,...
NEW DELHI: Speculation has been doing the rounds that NDTV might bring the shutter down on its city centric news channel MetroNation, which is currently operational...
Churn. The television industry has been going through turbulent times with the economy downsliding and ad growth decelerating. Like its peers Zee News Ltd (ZNL) too...
Rock On! was only the beginning. After going on to create a new set of cult audience with their first co-production, Reliance ADAG's Big Pictures is...
Media and entertainment companies have been riding the market boom to expand and fund their diversified ventures. But the tide has turned against them and they...
MUMBAI: Beating the recession, Hyderabad-based Associated Broadcasting Company Ltd (ABCL), which operates news channels under the brand name TV9, is investing Rs 380 million to launch...
UTV Motion Pictures Plc (UMP Plc) has emerged as one of the top film production companies, challenging established players in scale and box office hits...
Kalanithi Maran is building his DTH empire on one key proposition: pricing. Mopping up two million subscribers in his home turf, Maran expects to taste success...
Kalanithi Maran is building his DTH empire on one key proposition: pricing. Mopping up two million subscribers in his home turf, Maran expects to taste success...
NEW DELHI: News Broadcasters Association under the chairmanship of former chief justice of India JS Verma, will work towards creating an emergency protocol for all news...
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting officials will be meeting news broadcasters tomorrow in the afternoon to discuss the way the television media has...
With the Indian Premier League (IPL) in its catch, the World Sport Group (WSG) is sitting pretty. Even as it plans to cash in on the...
NEW DELHI: Even as news broadcasters are still to react on advisories issued earlier this week on the continual coverage of the terrorist attack in Mumbai,...
There may be pressure on Citigroup Inc. to remove the flab with the US government agreeing to infuse $20 billion of capital as part of a...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: The ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) has issued a notice to India TV for airing telephonic conversation with two terrorists holed...
After succeeding in the first edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Emerging Media-owned Rajasthan Royals has big plans to develop the franchise into a global...
With an already cluttered and competitive music channel market, acquiring a good chunk of market share was not easy for Music India. Having achieved that, Media...
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. ...
Anil Ambani is pushing hard the home video business to complete his presence in movie production, exhibition and broadcasting business. Big Music and Home Entertainment...
Tata Sky, a direct-to-home joint venture company between Tata Group and Star, is betting big on value-added services such as PVR (personal video recorder) and is...
