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MUMBAI: News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch plans to launch a business news channel to counter CNBC. In an interview to be published in the13 February issue...
MUMBAI: News Corp chairman & CEO Rupert Murdoch has said the group’s satellite platform Directv might spend up to $1 billion to enter the high-speed Internet...
MUMBAI: Media conglomerate News Corporation has announced the promotion of Jeremy Philips to executive VP, office of the chairman. He will also join News Corp’s executive...
MUMBAI: Crown Media, which owns and operates Hallmark US has said that it has been approached by several parties regarding the acquisition of Hallmark. Earlier this...
MUMBAI: Global media giants have suddenly got serious about internet. The mood is reflected in the recent buys News Corp and Viacom have done, gobbling up...
MUMBAI: In a calculated move to secure another foothold in booming online classifieds advertising market, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has hiked its offer for the Australian...
MUMBAI: News Corporation and Intermix Media, Inc. announced that Fox Interactive Media, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of News Corporation, has completed its acquisition of Intermix....
MUMBAI: Anil Ambani has changed the name of his direct-to-home (DTH) venture to Reliance Bluemagic, following objections by the Rupert Murdoch-owned News Corp to the word...
MUMBAI: News International, the newspaper arm of media conglomerate News Corp, and online property group realestate.com.au have acquired the UK classified advertising web site Propertyfinder.com for...
MUMBAI: Media moghul Rupert Murdoch was given a boost in his battle to retain control over his media empire after a long-time supporter billionaire Saudi prince...
MUMBAI: US media conglomerates Disney and News Corp have donated $2.5 million and $1 million respectively towards the relief and rebuilding efforts for the victims of...
MUMBAI: Media conglomerate News Corp has dropped its plans to broadcast in China through a local partnership due to increasing government resistance to foreign influence in...
MUMBAI: A News Corp affiliate in China is currently under investigation over its leasing of satellite television channels in the country, says a Wall Street Journal...
MUMBAI: Fox Television Stations, Inc. filed applications with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) seeking approval of the transfer of the licenses of its 35 owned-and-operated stations...
MUMBAI: In a bid to strengthen its online business media conglomerate News Corp is believed to be looking to acquire search engine Blinkx. Media reports state...
MUMBAI: Media conglomerate News Corporation and news service provider The Associated Press have announced that they have formed a 50:50 joint venture in the US. Stats...
MUMBAI: His son Lachlan Murdoch may have suddenly quit the company a few days back but media moghul Rupert Murdoch is not spending much time brooding...
MUMBAI: The Rupert Murdoch-controlled News Corp announced today it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Intermix Media for approximately $580 million. In a separate...
MUMBAI: Rupert Murdoch owned News Corp’s net income in the fiscal third quarter ended 31 March 2005 has fallen 8 per cent due to higher programming...
MUMBAI: The digital revolution, courtesy the Internet, is a fast-developing reality that print journalists should grasp as a huge opportunity to improve journalism and expand reach....
MUMBAI: Forbes has released its Global 2000 annual ranking of the world’s biggest companies. No media company has made it into the top 50. Time Warner...
MUMBAI: While Viacom is looking at splitting its business into two separate publicly-traded companies, the Rupert Murdoch owned media conglomerate News Corp is not looking at...
Regulation, as opposed to the market, largely determined trends in India’s cable and satellite distribution business over the past 12 months. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of...
MUMBAI: Media moghul and billionaire chairman of News Corp Rupert Murdoch has, according to agency reports, offered to buy a penthouse in New York’s upscale Manhattan...
MUMBAI: British independent television production company RDF Media has filed a lawsuit against US broadcaster Fox. The lawsuit has accused Fox Broadcasting and Rocket Science Laboratories...
MUMBAI: The Rupert Murdoch owned media conglomerate News Corp has named Jack Abernethy as Fox Stations CEO. Abernethy previously served as Fox News executive VP. The...
MUMBAI: News Corp controlled digital television service provider DirecTV today officially announced a multi-year agreement with the Star Group making available four Star India channels as...
MUMBAI: Shanghai Media Group (SMG) is geared to set up China’s second English-language satellite TV channel for foreign audiences. The other being the national broadcaster China...
MUMBAI: Star has finally launched in the US on the News Corp controlled DirecTV platform. Alongside flagship channel Star Plus, the three other channels that launched...
MUMBAI: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch must be one happy man. If the brilliant first quarter results his News Corp has just delivered were not enough, that...
MUMBAI: The Rupert Murdoch owned media conglomerate News Corporation has announced that Arthur M. Siskind will retire as group general counsel at the end of the...
MUMBAI: The Rupert Murodch owned media conlgomerate News Corporation has announced that its shareholders and optionholders have approved the company’s reincorporation in the US. News Corp...
MUMBAI: Darlene Investments a minority shareholder in DirecTV Latin America has filed a lawsuit against the Rupert Murdoch owned News Corporation, The DirecTV Group and their...
MUMBAI: The Rupert Murdoch owned media conglomerate, News Corporation has announced a significant investment in its UK publishing subsidiary News International Limited. The company will spend...
MUMBAI: The DirecTV Group and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation announced yesterday that they are consolidating their pay platforms in Latin America through a series of deals...
MUMBAI: The dominance of CNBC in the US business and financial news landscape has claimed a victim. CNN has announced that it will close its financial...
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today fixed Monday for hearing Zee Telefilm’s petition in the India cricket telecast rights case. According to sources in Zee Telefilms,...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: It has finally happened. Zee Telefilms this afternoon filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging the cancellation of an earlier...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Following up on a comment made yesterday during arguments in the India cricket rights case, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)...
NEW DELHI: The operating earnings of News Corp’s Asian subsidiary Star Group has exceeded $50 million for the full year (ending June 30, 2004) with advertising...
MUMBAI: The Rupert Murdoch-owned media conglomerate News Corporation has reported full year revenues of $21 billion. This marks an increase of 20 per cent over the...
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Who all would bid for the telecast rights of BCCI-organised home series? Or, who won’t ? Who are the serious players? How are the...
MUMBAI: DirecTV Group Inc. has agreed to acquire Pegasus Communications Corp.’s (PGTV) bankrupt satellite-television business for $875 million. The Pegasus Satellite Television provides DirecTV’s DTH services...
MUMBAI: Media conglomerate News Corp has announced that its president and COO Peter Chernin has signed a new, five-year employment pact. Chernin has been News Corps...
MUMBAI: 2004 looks to be turning into the year for media public offerings. After Aaj Tak and NDTV, it is the turn of UTV promoter Ronnie...
MUMBAI: The US-based digital video recorder (DVR) maker TiVo’s stock price fell more than 14 per cent as DirecTV sold its stake in TiVo. The sale...
MUMBAI: Star TV’s general manager in Taiwan, Ivan Yuan Chih Yeh has moved to China Entertainment Television (CETV) Broadcast Limited this week as its chief executive...
MUMBAI: Media research giant Nielsen has scheduled their New York launch of the controversial modified television ratings system for Thursday, 3 May. The launch, which was...
MUMBAI: News Corp. has undertaken an asset reorganization amounting to $9.5 billion in profit at its main British subsidiary, according to the Financial Times. These assets...
The British televsision house Sky Television Network has revealed that the media magnate Rupert Murdoch is suffering from a low grade prostrate cancer. The News Corp...
