MUMBAI: It was five years ago that kabbadi went from being a game played in playgrounds to captivating the largely cricket-crazy sports audience in India. The...
BENGALURU: 21st Century Fox reported that international affiliate revenue increased 11 percent driven by rate and subscriber growth at both FNG International and Star India for...
MUMBAI: The days of tuning into the news channel at 7 pm in your living room are gone. Today’s consumers want news to come to them...
MUMBAI: The government is exploring seeking help of an Indian Institute of Management to suggest ways on revitalising Doordarshan, including studying the existing business model of...
MUMBAI: Peeved by Doordarshan’s decision to keep a new round of e-auctions for slots for private TV channels on pubcaster’s FTA DTH service FreeDish on hold...
BENGALURU: ICICI Securities released a Media Content Meter report today. The report titled Sports – Battle heats up commenced saying that this month was marked by...
MUMBAI: One would easily spot Star India taking over four of the top five positions in BARC India’s week 37 sports ratings data, doubling its tally...
MUMBAI: Most TV companies are unprepared for advanced TV, a research has revealed. SintecMedia Survey finds that 69 per cent of TV media executives admitted their...
MUMBAI: Star Bharat has unveiled a campaign to further communicate the channel philosophy and inspire the nation to be fearless. Maestro A.R. Rahman’s signature music for...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati has directed all private direct-to-home and cable operators not to telecast the sporting events’ live feed from Doordarshan...
From the thirty seventh floor room, consisting of a table for the occupant to stand and work, some thought-provoking books and a huge TV screen, apart...
BENGALURU: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited or Zeel’s FTA Hindi GEC channel – Zee Anmol, at the second place in Broadcast Audience Research Council of India (BARC)...
MUMBAI: Well, Star India seems to be on a roll these days. No sooner had the euphoria dimmed after it outwitted others with a masterstroke $...
NEW DELHI: A number of stakeholders in the Indian broadcast and satellite industry, including the country’s first DTH service provider Dish TV, Star India, Zee, the...
BENGALURU: The ninth season of the Indian spin-off of the very popular Who Will Become a Millionaire under the Indian moniker Kaun Banega Crorepati or KBC...
MUMBAI: India’s Prime Focus, which was in news in connection with the leak of an upcoming episode of ‘Game of Thrones’ to be broadcast by its...
MUMBAI: Barely after 48 hours of pulling off a major win — of global IPL media rights, Star India has taken up its upcoming project with...
“Astronomical”, “whopping” and “staggering” were some of the words used to describe Star Group’s consolidated global bid of $2.55 billion for the media rights of the...
The numbers were close to what we at indiantelevision.com were betting on. In conversations with senior executives from various companies, we had predicted that the telecast...
NEW DELHI: Star India chairman and CEO Uday Shankar today said that the winning bid figure for IPL media rights of approximately $ 2.55 billion (Rs....
NEW DELHI: Even as it declined to stay or restrain the launch of Life OK channel as Star Bharat, the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal...
NEW DELHI: After having raised an alarm a day back over an impending monopoly of Star India if it wins the broadcast and other rights to...
NEW DELHI: In a move that’s certain to set the cat amongst the pigeons, Dish TV, one of India’s biggest satellite platform in terms of subscribers,...
MUMBAI: From time to time, Hotstar, the VOD streaming service from Twenty First Century Fox’s Star India, has been making short-term promotional subscription offers through its payment...
“There’s only one war that matters. And it is here”. So reads the caption of HBO’s official trailer for the blockbuster sixth episode of ‘Game of...
MUMBAI: India’s Prime Focus, which was recently in news for admitting and plugging the leak of an upcoming episode of Game of Thrones to be broadcast...
MUMBAI: Going FTA seems to be the flavor of the season. Star India’s Hindi general entertainment channel Life OK, which will be soon rebranded as Star...
NEW DELHI: “You know nothing, Jon Snow,” Ygritte told her reluctant lover, delivering one of the most iconic lines in the drama series. But the Maharashtra police...
MUMBAI: Even in the absence of Fox News’ star Bill O’Reilly, 21st Century Fox earnings for the year and quarter ended 30 June, 2017, have beaten...
MUMBAI: It is a coup of sorts. Star India’s channel which recently became free to air with sports content has not only come up trumps in...
MUMBAI: Pro-Kabaddi League (PKL) Season 5 has begun and is still seeing a lot of interest from the brands. PKL already has six sponsors and three...
NEW DELHI: The Madras High Court today reserved orders on the Star India-Vijay TV challenge to the jurisdiction of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to...
NEW DELHI: The Star India-Vijay TV case challenging the jurisdiction of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is scheduled to come up for hearing in the...
MUMBAI: Star India, with 12 sports channels in its bouquet, plans to reach out to a larger audience by telecasting Vivo Pro-Kabaddi Season 5 live in...
NEW DELHI: The Madras High Court has listed for 31 July 2017 the Star India-Vijay TV’s challenge to jurisdiction of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India...
MUMBAI: Samsung India is the presenting sponsor for the broadcast of the much awaited 26th Season of the Premier League (PL) that will be brought live...
One of the early movers in the Indian over the top (OTT) space, Hotstar – – part of the Twenty First Century Fox-owned Star India –...
MUMBAI: It was in the year 1994 that Sameer Nair was hired as a director-producer in the television industry. Shortly later, he became Star Movies’ executive...
MUMBAI: Star India is planning to relaunch its existing general entertainment channel — Life OK, renamed as Star Bharat. The channel plans to have modern outlook...
NEW DELHI: Even as arguments concluded in the Star India and Vijay TV case challenging the jurisdiction of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to issue tariff...
BENGALURU: For the second time in 2017, the Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (Zeel) network flagship Hindi GEC Zee TV found itself as the second most watched...
NEW DELHI: Following the completion of arguments of the All-India Digital Cable Federation and Videocon d2h, the Madras High Court will today commence hearing a rejoinder...
NEW DELHI: The Madras High Court was today told by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India counsel Saket Singh the reasons for moving from analogue to digital...
BENGALURU: After the culmination of the recent ICC Cricket Champions Trophy 2017 in the UK, the ratings of the sports genre has taken a huge hit,...
BENGALURU: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) numbers for the six private players in the DTH industry show a very poor growth rate of just 0.96...
NEW DELHI: A sports war may just be brewing between India’s pubcaster Prasar Bharati and private sector TV channels. Close on the heels of Doordarshan announcing...
MUMBAI: Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) sponsorship revenue, in the fifth year, rose 320 per cent in 2017 and there was three times increase in the number...
MUMBAI: Star Maa, the Telugu GEC of Star Network, is rechristening its network channels under the Star Maa umbrella. On 25 June, the brands Maa Music,...
NEW DELHI: With the country losing around Rs 180 billion in revenue accompanied by a loss of 60,000 jobs every year because of film piracy, content...
MUMBAI: Star India senior VP, legal and regulatory, Pulak Bagchi, is moving out of India’s biggest broadcasting and content company to seek new challenges in a...

