MUMBAI: The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (Isro) Insat-4B satellite is scheduled to be launched from Kourou in French Guiana in the first week of March. This...
SET Discovery president Anuj Gandhi offers his take on how the distribution scenario would shape up in 2007 in the wake of digital cable and direct-to-home...
MUMBAI: Sun TV Ltd. has approved the share swap ratio for the merger of Gemini TV Pvt. Ltd. and Udaya TV Pvt. Ltd. with itself. The...
MUMBAI: Tata Sky has moved the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) against the south Indian media major Sun TV Group’s reluctance to make available...
MUMBAI: Southern Indian broadcast powerhouse Sun TV Ltd will switch its flagship channel Sun TV to the pay mode starting 2 December. The channel has been...
MUMBAI: The southern media emperor Kalanithi Maran has finally made its official entry into the private radio FM operations under the second phase by unveiling the...
MUMBAI: Kalanithi Maran’s Sun TV today reported its second quarter revenues of Rs 1059 million over the corresponding period in the previous fiscal where it stood...
MUMBAI: Sahara One Media and Entertainment Ltd have let the 15 October deadline pass to inform sector regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) the channel...
MUMBAI: Under protest but within the deadline stipulated by the sector regulator, pay broadcasters today fell in line on the price fixed for the areas notified...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: The broadcasters knew it was coming, but that in no way lessened their outrage over the CAS pricing broadside delivered by the...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government made it clear to TV channels yesterday that those guilty of breaching advertising code would have to publicly apologize, though channel...
MUMBAI: Sun TV has posted a net profit of Rs 422.30 million for the quarter ended 30 June, 2006 as compared to Rs 277.90 million for...
MUMBAI: Kalanithi Maran’s Sun TV Ltd. is expected to enter into a consortium with Red FM, the operators in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata, for its radio...
MUMBAI: Sun TV Limited has announced the financial result for the fiscal ended 31 March 2006. For the 2005-2006 fiscal, the company has reported 69.65 per...
MUMBAI: B.A.G Infotainment, a wholly owned subsidiary of B.A.G. Films Ltd, plans to invest over Rs 500 million for its FM radio business spread over 10...
Since Kalanithi Maran started his media business 13 years back, he has been fighting against one rival: himself. Now, after years of staying almost unchallenged in...
MUMBAI: The Kalanidhi Maran promoted and Chennai-headquartered broadcaster Sun Television Limited got listed on the bourses on Monday with a huge bang. The scrip has been...
MUMBAI: Sun TV Ltd. is set to fix a price of Rs 875 per share, mopping up Rs 6.3 billion ($134.2 million) from its initial public...
MUMBAI: The initial public offering (IPO) of Sun TV has received a strong response from investors with the issue being oversubscribed 8.16 times. The IPO, comprising...
MUMBAI: Sun TV is transferring the existing licenses of its operational radio stations to the subsidiary companies – Kal Radio Ltd and South Asia FM Ltd....
MUMBAI: Sun TV has fixed the price band of its initial public offering (IPO) at Rs 730 to 875 per share. The issue will open for...
In business as in life, timing is everything. And despite all the expected noises from the government (state elections are due in Kolkata after all) and...
MUMBAI: Telephoto Entertainments Ltd is changing its business plan. Television serial production will be out and taking its place will be multiplex business, according to Telephoto...
MUMBAI: The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has formally cleared the application filed by Sun TV Ltd, which envisages plans to issue preferential allotment of shares...
MUMBAI: The Chennai-headquartered regional television broadcaster Sun TV Ltd has filed the red herring prospectus with Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for its proposed Initial...
MUMBAI: The Sun TV network-backed South Asia FM and Anil Ambani-controlled Adlabs Films Ltd have surrendered 27 and 12 FM radio frequencies respectively to adhere to...
NEW DELHI: The government has collected Rs 837 million as one time licence fee from FM radio bidders for categories B, C and D cities in...
MUMBAI: The Insat 4A communications satellite for the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) and the MSG-2 weather satellite for the European organisation Eumetsat were successfully launched...
MUMBAI: Last Month, Sun Network launched a gameshow Thanga Vettai (Gold Hunt) on Sun TV to counter a probable onslaught from the Tamil version of KBC...
MUMBAI: Astro All Asia Networks plc’s net profit has doubled to RM39.8 million ( $ 151.24 mn) in the first quarter ended 30 April 2005 on...
MUMBAI: Some European channels like Euro News and Euro Sport News are looking at hopping on to Doordarshan’s DTH platform to increase visibility in India. Indian...
MUMBAI: Metty Oli, Sun TV’s longest running daily soap, is coming to an end. The soap will air its final episode on 17 June. Metty Oli...
NEW DELHI: Sun TVs direct-to-home (DTH) service licence is on its way with the path being cleared for the issuance of a letter of intent (LoI)....
MUMBAI: Sun Network will launch its Tamil channel Sun TV on the Malaysian Astro Direct-To-Home satellite multi-channel television platform in July this year. “Early this year,...
MUMBAI: Sun Network has denied reports of an attack on its property in Sri Lanka. The company says the broadcast centre which was damaged in a...
At Jaya TV, KP Sunil is preparing for a bigger role. As head of news, he is eagerly waiting for the news and current affairs channel...
Sun Network continues to hold supremacy in the southern region and is on a major expansion spree to build a pan India empire. In an exclusive...
MUMBAI: The Tamil channels are really quick on the uptake. Within a few days of release, some of the big ticket Tamil New Year movies have...
MUMBAI: The Subrata Roy promoted Sahara group has another news channel in the offing. This time the group is targeting the southern market with the new...
Let me start with a question? If it rains in Mumbai, why is there is no campaign for ice cream in the rest of India?If there...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Sun Group has applied for a direct-to-home (DTH) license, planning to enter an arena already occupied by Subhash Chandra’s Dish TV. Also planning to...
MUMBAI: Two prominent production houses down South, Radaan TV and AVM have lined up new soaps for Sun TV. While Radaan’s Selvi will be telecast Monday...
MUMBAI: Sun TV and Malaysia’s Astro All Asia Network have entered into a $ 25 million agreement for the establishment of a joint venture to originate,...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan’s direct-to-home (DTH) service will formally be launched by prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh on 16 December at 6.30 pm in New Delhi. DD...
NEW DELHI: On the eve of a formal launch of Doordarshans DTH service by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Prasar Bharati said that it has set a...
NEW DLHI: A delay in the formal launch — or dedication to the nation, as Prasar Bharati would like to put it — of pubcaster Doodrashan’s...
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court’s order issued yesterday restraining TV channels from telecasting adult movies or programmes without prior permission of the Central Board of Film...
MUMBAI: Multiple media solutions provider Pearl Media will launch its South India operations with a primetime soap Chidambara Rahasiyam to be aired on Sun TV. The...
MUMBAI: The Kalanithi Maran headed Sun Network is set to launch two more channels – one each in Telugu and Malayalam. Sun TV vice president, programming,...
MUMBAI: Sun TV has pulled off a ‘soap coup’ with its latest serial Manaivi (wife). Directed by ace television director J Bhaskar and starring popular South...