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MUMBAI: Merrill Lynch and Nomura Mauritius have picked up 7.92 and 6.25 per cent stake respectively in the news broadcaster NDTV, paving the way for private...
MUMBAI: Dr Prannoy Roy-promoted NDTV Ltd’s television news channel business has posted a net profit of Rs 29.8 million for the quarter ended 31 December. This...
MUMBAI: NDTV has widened its second-quarter net loss from the news business as revenue has slipped, but forecasts a strong recovery in the three-month period running...
BAG Films and Media founder-promoter Anurradha Prasad has put up a mighty fight. Not many would have dared take her seat a year back as...
NEW DELHI: It was certainly a night of nights, particularly for those who make news about others. For a change, news was being made about them,...
MUMBAI: Though the verdict of the 2009 general election was far from what the news channels expected or projected, the endgame drama on 16 May certainly...
NEW DELHI: NDTV is readying for the launch of MetroNation Chennai in April while cutting costs in MetroNation Delhi to keep losses in check amid an...
MUMBAI: During the week following the live terror strike coverage in Mumbai, viewership of news channels have seen a dip as audiences have migrated back to...
MUMBAI: To celebrate Independence Day, NDTV India has planned a bouquet of special shows to be aired on 15 August. The shows include India 60: all...
NEW DELHI: NDTV India has appointed Sameer Kapoor as its chief executive officer. He moves in from Metro Now, a daily tabloid run by a 50:50...
India TV CEO Chintamani Rao says, “For India TV, it has been a good year. Two years ago we were number six or seven in the...
For noted media columnist Shailja Bajpai, her wish-list for 2008 includes cleaning up the news channels and getting back to ‘news as news should be. Or...
MUMBAI: After facing a blackout in Ahmedabad for showing the Tehelka sting expose, the seven news channels are back on air since late Saturday. Aaj Tak,...
R iding high on the claim of carrying ‘exclusive’ and ‘breaking’ stories, news channels are rating their success stories. The route is not through digging a story...
MUMBAI: Sahara supremo Subroto Roy is looking at restructuring his loss-making news channel business and has asked for suggestions from consulting firm Ernst & Young. Sahara’s...
Contrary to expectations, president Hu Jintao visit last fortnight to India, the first by a Chinese president in a decade, did not evoke much interest in...
Mumbai: Approximately Rs. 600-700 million news market in India may get radically stirred if a proposal being considered by the newly-formed News Broadcasters Association of India...
Mumbai: The approximately Rs. 600-700 million news market in India may get radically stirred if a proposal being considered by the newly-formed News Broadcasters Association of...
And charging down the back straight is Star News, snapping at the heels of leader Aaj Tak but still not quite there yet. Early pacemaker NDTV...
NEW DELHI: NDTV today announced the launch of the `opt-out’ technology in Kolkata starting with Durga Puja and the onset of the festival season. This initiative...
Mid-December 2004, when a new English language news channel went on air in the already cluttered Indian sky, the first question that came to everybody’s mind,...
MUMBAI: In what is an indication of the consolidation that might soon happen in the news space in Indian television, two TV news stations are in...
MUMBAI: Sansani, the investigative news bulletin celebrates a hugely successful year since it first launched in November 2004. The programme has redefined prime time news watching...
MUMBAI: Star News has claimed that its shows including Khabar Din Bhar, Poll Khol and Sansani has brought the channel impressive ratings and thus helping it...
MUMBAI: Zee News, the country’s first Hindi news channel, claims it has seen a rise in viewership in the four metros riding a slew of new...
MUMBAI: Hindi news channel Channel 7, which was recently launched by Jagran TV Pvt. Ltd, has in a statement claimed that it recorded a reach of...
MUMBAI: Star News’ Bengali sibling, Star Ananda, seems to have got off to a good start. At least in Kolkata. In the first week, figures show...
MUMBAI: Innovation is what news channels have to look for to survive in a cluttered space.. Speaking today at the second of a series of interactions...
News channels are changing and how! When Sony’s plain Jane Jassi turned into a television temptress, NDTV India’s cameras went behind the-scenes to capture this metamorphosis....
MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment and NDTV India have tied up to bring out a special episode on the make-over of the Sony’s popular television programme Jassi Jassi...
MUMBAI: What a night. And the fact that it was for a great cause made it even better. The ‘HELP! Telethon Concert’: an event that brought...
5. DR PRANNOY ROY, NDTV PRESIDENT For taking NDTV India into a clear and undisputed second rung position behind leader Aaj Tak in the Hindi news...
MUMBAI: ‘Profit’ is the name the Prannoy Roy promoted New Delhi Television Ltd has “almost” finalised for its proposed 24-hour business channel. And barring any last...
NEW DELHI: There’s a new species of viewer out there tuning in to the Hindi entertainment space. And it is Star One that they are watching....
MUMBAI: Asia’s premier awards programme for the broadcasting and production fraternity Asian TV Awards has released its list of nominees for the 2004 awards. Indian broadcasters...
Feeding off a booming economy, India‘s “Dil Mange More” generation is growing by leaps and bounds. A growing consumerist culture and two income families mean that...
MUMBAI: Quoting the latest TAM figures, Zee News says it has grossed the highest on stickiness, with a timespend of 33 minutes per viewer, 33 per...
NEW DELHI: Change, they say, is the only truth. Aaj Tak, country’s No. 1 news channel, will don a new look from 6 September, including a...
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MUMBAI: Is the “Sabse se Pehla” (the first) news channel becoming “Sabse (bar one) aage”? An official communiqué issued by Zee’s news arm asserts that among...
xMUMBAI: WorldSpace Satellite Radio recently launched a WorldSpace Lounge for music lovers in Chennai. The lounge will be in Phase III of Spencer’s and has been...
MUMBAI: NDTV India is taking its association with noted news anchor Vinod Dua beyond the elections. Khabardar, which launched yesterday (19 July) sees Vinod Dua...
One could be excused for wondering if the head honcho of India’s largest media house and largest-by-far broadcast company isn’t getting bored of the sameness of...
MUMBAI: When it mattered the most, the leader has outdone the others (and itself in a manner of speaking) once again. The great Indian elections are...
Indian television has recently seen a surge in shows based on political satire. With elections round the corner, apart from bringing hard news, almost all news...
MUMBAI: Elections still is the mainstay at news channels and the innovation is the order of the day. So after slew of the political satires across...
MUMBAI: Dr Prannoy Roy’s NDTV is gearing up for its first Rs 1 billion equity issue in the primary market. The news broadcaster has filed its...
With polls around the corner, it's a little surprise that news channels are constantly trying to develop newer programming strategies. NDTV's Hindi news arm, NDTV India...
MUMBAI: The scrap for pole position in the Hindi news channel space may still be a while away with Aaj Tak the clear leader, but where...
MUMBAI: “Zubaan Pe Sach, Dil Mein India.” No this is not a variant on the ruling BJP’s India Shining campaign that bids to play up on...
