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MUMBAI: Even as United Television (UTV)’s air-time sales and syndication COO Anil Mishra confirmed his resignation yesterday, the production house has announced another addition to its...
Ever since the Election Commission (EC) announced last month that the assembly elections to the four states of Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan would be...
NEW DELHI : Even after the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) last week cleared Star News’ proposal for restructuring its uplinking entity to conform with foreign...
NEW DELHI: The total foreign shareholding in the Subhash Chandra-promoted Zee Telefilms stands at 61.70 per cent in which the foreign promoters’ holding is 24.20 per...
NEW DELHI: The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) today cleared the application by Media Content Communications Services (MCCS) India, the holding company for the Star News...
MUMBAI: Keertan Adyanthaya, Star India’s vice president content & communication for Channel [V], has moved on to take over as brand director, Star News. Amar Deb,...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: In the end the “bhadralok” from Bengal, Aveek Sarkar, held firm and had his way in the matter of how much stake...
NEW DELHI: In an effort to further broaden its viewership and involve the audience more, Star News has decided to turn the common man into a...
NEW DELHI: The buzz is that Ananda Bazar Patrika (ABP), controlled by the Sarkar family of Kolkata, is set to pick up 74 per cent equity...
Zee, DTH licence, ASC Enterprises, Subhash Chandra, Siti Cable, Space TV, Dish TVNEW DELHI: Even as Music Broadcast Pvt. Ltd. (MBPL) moved the courts today as...
MUMBAI: Former advisor to the Sahara group’s news channel venture, television personality Vinod Dua is all set to anchor the Star News election special Kaun Banega...
NEW DELHI: When Star News president Ravina Raj Kohli told indiantelevision.com in an interview recently that Star News was probably the only news channel that is...
NEW DELHI: There’s a pep in her voice and the strides are more confident. What’s more, Star News president Ravina Raj Kohli can also afford to...
NEW DELHI: Well, the separation has been made official. Star newsperson Rajat Sharma would go off Star News from October-November; and the top-rated Aaj Ki Baat,...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government today formally issued the revised eligibility criteria for uplinking of news and current affairs channels from India, which seek to make...
MUMBAI: It was a matter of minutes, but Star News pipped its rivals to field coverage and providing images of the bomb blasts in Mumbai and...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government today decided to tighten the screws for uplinking norms for news channels with foreign investment by bringing in safeguards against proxy...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: The group of ministers (GoM) panel, set up last month to examine the Star News case in particular and media policies in...
NEW DELHI: Star News viewers will witness some reshuffling in its programmes starting 18 August, according to an official statement released recently. Mera Gaon Mera Desh...
As the nation gears up to celebrate its 56th Independence Day, television channels are not about to take a back seat. Channels have arranged an array...
NEW DELHI: India’s defence ministry came to the defence of another government outfit, the information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry – in a manner of speaking. As...
NEW DELHI: The government feels that the case of Radio City should have been taken into consideration earlier while giving the licence to Music Broadcast Pvt...
NEW DELHI: Star News can breathe easy as its temporary extension for uplinking from India would continue till the time a group of ministers (GoM) takes...
NEW DELHI: The inter-ministerial group (IMG), looking into the case of Star News, feels the equity structuring of Media Content Services India Pvt. Ltd. (MCCS) is...
NEW DELHI: The information & broadcasting ministry has cleared Doordarshan’s direct-to-home (DTH) plan. However, since the projected cost of DD’s DTH foray is pegged at Rs...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government today gave another 14-days extension to Star News for uplinking purpose from the country after the file was cleared by information...
NEW DELHI: Information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today juggled criticism and defence admirably. Especially when it came to the Opposition criticism of the government...
NEW DELHI: “Conditional access system will bring a smile on the face of every consumer.” This is how information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad described...
NEW DELHI: Controversy notwithstanding, Star News is likely to get another extension for uplinking from India when the final extension expires Wednesday midnight. This was indicated...
NEW DELHI: Star dabao, desh bachao (suppress Star and save the country). This seems to be the clarion call of the Indian Media Group (IMG), an...
MUMBAI: Guess what, Crime sells. Starting today 8:30 pm, Star News will be launchingRed Alert – a half hour weekly crime-investigative report. The programme will provide...
NEW DELHI: Star News may get a shot in the arm from a section of the government as the department of company affairs (DCA) feels the...
NEW DELHI: The government constituted inter-ministerial group (IMG) comprising officials from the information & broadcasting ministry, the law ministry and the department of company affairs met...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government, while giving a two-week extension to Star News for uplinking, indicated today that it may take slightly over a month before...
NEW DELHI: A delegation of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the regulator for Internet, telecom and broadcasting in the US, will discuss with Indian government officials...
NEW DELHI: The government is determined to keep Star News on tenterhooks as it did not take a decision on its uplinking even today. A senior...
NEW DELHI: Star News today whipped up a voluminous reply to the Indian government’s show cause notices, as they are now being dubbed, on various aspects...
MUMBAI: The “print fight” (mainly) between India’s leading publication The Times Of India and leading broadcaster Rupert Murdoch’s Star has reached boiling point. Over the past...
NEW DELHI: Maybe it’s the lull before another storm. While the Indian broadcasters meeting with Delhi chief minister Sheila Dixit, today, was cancelled and rescheduled to...
NEW DELHI: The information and broadcasting ministry has sent off another set of queries to Media Content & Communication Services India Pvt. Ltd (MCCS), which has...
NEW DELHI: Setting at rest speculations and playing safe, Media Content & Communications Services India Pvt. Ltd, which has applied for a licence to uplink content...
NEW DELHI: Playing it safe, Media Content & Communication Services India Pvt. Ltd, which has applied for a licence to uplink content for Star News, has...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: The clock is ticking for the latest uplinking extension given to Star India for its news channel and it runs out Wednesday...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government has fired a twin salvo at Star News. The information and broadcasting ministry today maintained that Media Content & Communication Services...
MUMBAI: First came the articles questioning the Star News equity structure in India Today and later in The Times Of India. It was followed up by...
MUMBAI: The government today gave another week’s extension from 10 July to Media Content & Communication India Pvt Ltd, in which Star holds 26 per cent...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government today gave permission to Media Content & Communication India Pvt Ltd, in which Star holds 26 per cent equity stake, to...
NEW DELHI: Even as the government today said it is examining a proposal involving Star News submitted last Friday, the company that would be the content...
MUMBAI: It’s finally here. An incisive look at the story behind the news that Star’s 24 hour Hindi news channel l had announced during its launch...
MUMBAI: Star News, the 24-hour Hindi news channel, seems to be using every trick in the trade to ensure that it recreates the old magic associated...
