NEW DELHI: Zee Telefilms vice-chairman Jawahar Goels 20-something daughter, Sarika Gupta, died here last evening at the Apollo Hospital of suspected dengue. Sarika, niece of...
NEW DELHI: The Subhash Chandra-promoted Essel Propack Limited, world’s largest laminated tubes manufacturer, registered sales of Rs 4,117 million for the nine months period ended September...
MUMBAI: Nine out of 10 is good news, even if it is second time in row. Zee Telefilm’s Marathi arm Alpha Marathi, has its programmes bag...
NEW DELHI: After having retained Prasar Bharati CEO KS Sarma as its president and getting Zee Telefilms’ Jawahar Goel as the new vice-president, the Indian Broadcasting...
NEW DELHI: The Subrata Roy-promoted Sahara India is “actively exploring” a foray into ground distribution of television channels. This is because the channel is facing competition...
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court today reserved its judgement on a clutch of petitions on conditional access system (CAS) where the Central government is a...
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court hearing on a clutch of petitions on conditional access system (CAS) was inconclusive today, and it was decided that the...
NEW DELHI: Multi-system operators (MSOs) are meeting the information and broadcasting (I&B) minister Ravi Shankar Prasad around 3.30 pm today on conditional access system (CAS). One...
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today adjourned the case of Star-Siti Cable for later this week after hearing the initial arguments.On Saturday (31 August), Star had...
MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms has announced its intention to file an appeal in the CEGAT (Customs, Excise and Gold (Control) Appellate Tribunal) Tribunal against an order issued...
NEW DELHI: The consumers of cable television in Delhi may have to bear the wrath of the cable industry if indications are anything to go by...
NEW DELHI: Even as the channels distributed by One Alliance, a joint venture between Discovery India and Sony Entertainment TV India, continue to be off prime...
NEW DELHI: Even as Zee News, from the Zee Telefilms stable, maintained there was nothing “official” about it, media reports indicated that the government is no...
NEW DELHI: Even as Noida Software Technology Park Ltd (NSTPL) becomes the fifth applicant for a direct-to-home (DTH) television service licence, Dish TV, a DTH venture...
NEW DELHI: Even as the government is preparing to issue another notification related to conditional access system (CAS), pay broadcasters have conveyed to the government that...
NEW DELHI: Media baron Subhash Chandra crossed another milestone today. The information & broadcasting ministry today cleared his Essel group’s letter of intent to operate a...
MUMBAI: After its convergence adventure, Zee is cleaning up after its sports quest too. To pay off the dues of Zee and Essel Propack, Subhash Chandra...
NEW DELHI: Though a total cable blackout did not happen in Delhi or in other parts of the country as had been threatened by a section...
NEW DELHI: A “substantial” part of the revenues of ESPN India, as too with other pay broadcasters, is likely to get affected in the post-conditional access...
MUMBAI: The barometer 30-stock Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Sensex continued its ascent; gained 53.92 points (weekly gain) to settle at 3,676.26 as compared to 3,622.34 on...
BANGALORE: Nagging doubts over Siti Cable’s ambitious headend in the sky (HITS) project — through which it is seeking to implement the conditional access in the...
MUMBAI: ETC Networks, in which Zee Telefilms has a 51 per cent stake, has received the requisite permission to be listed on the National Stock Exchange(NSE)....
NEW DELHI: Zee Turner Pvt. Ltd has conveyed to the government its a la carte price with the promise that in every city where CAS is...
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: It’s another day of meetings over CAS for the major pay broadcasters in the Capital with the Prime Minister’s Office officials Today’s meeting at...
NEW DELHI: The government’s compromise solution seems to have hit a speed breaker! On conditions of anonymity, government officials say that the cable operators, who met...
MUMBAI: When the cable industry committed on Saturday to provide all channels (pay and FTA) available for a total monthly tab of Rs 222 (exclusive of...
NEW DELHI: CAS is indeed turning out to be better than any of the soaps that most entertainment channels air with unexpected twists and turns. ...
NEW DELHI: MSOs now want to fix the price of pay channels and offer an invitation price of Rs 200. The cable fraternity is not giving...
As uncertainty continues to swirl around the rollout of conditional access systems in the country, the belief that it might be better to wait for direct...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: Today could well be the day that the public have a clear inkling of just what will be their payout if they...
NEW DELHI: Reality TV, a 24-hour channel that combines hard-hitting and real-life drama with its unpredictable, unbelievable and unrehearsed footage, has claimed that it is now...
NEW DELHI: The multi-system operators are serious on implementation of conditional access system (CAS). The first consignment of set-top boxes (STBs) ordered by the Subhash Chandra-promoted...
MUMBAI: The market recorded further gains and IT and media stocks registered gains. The barometer 30-stock Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) sensex surged by 3.8 per cent...
MUMBAI: There are two new faces coming into Star India’s executive hierarchy. Joining India’s lead broadcaster when Star India’s financial year opens on 1 July...
NEW DELHI: The Subhash Chandra-promoted Zee Telefilms is very bullish on certain aspects of conditional access system (CAS) and feels that it is rightly positioned to...
NEW DELHI: Since 29 May, the smile on Jawahar Goel’s face has broadened and the additional vice-chairman of the Subhash Chandra-promoted Zee Telefilms just cannot hide...
NEW DELHI: The battle to enter the set top boxes into Indian cable homes, in the four metros initially, is getting interesting. In order to send...
MUMBAI: Zee Network, today, announced their first alliance with France TV and Silhouette Films to co-produce One Dollar Curry In India. This is the first initiative...
NEW DELHI:To lend some weight to those who are for quick implementation of conditional access, Zee Telefilms chairman and managing director Subhash Chandra has also accompanied...
MUMBAI: The BSE sensex finished the week flat at 2985, after losing 3.2 per cent over the past one month. The week was marked by high...
MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms will declare its fourth quarter and financial year end results on 28 April. According to a communication sent by the company to the...
His reputation as a street fighter precedes him. His style of functioning may be debatable. His spoken language is not as savvy as those who sit...
NEW DELHI: Conditional access system is forcing various stakeholders of the industry to go in for initiatives that were not on the top of their priority...
MUMBAI: The cricket World Cup has wrecked havoc on the listed television companies, particularly because none of them had the rights to telecast the greatest cricketing...
NEW DELHI: Time to pop the double bubbly at Essel/Zee, it seems. First HITS, now DTH! It is learnt from government sources that the file relating...
MUMBAI: While other broadcasters are humming and hawing about the pricing mechanism for their pay bouquets in a post-CAS scenario, Subhash Chandra’s Zee Telefilms has decided...
The recent past has surely been a testing one for Carat India but its newly appointed chief executive officer, Sulina Menon, seems to be unfazed. With...
MUMBAI: Media scrips rebounded today and beat the downturn which they have been witnessing recently. In Budget 2003-4, the positive impetus for the media sector is...
MUMBAI: A recent JP Morgan report titled “Budget FY04 Preview – easy on consumers, harsh on corporates” says the media sector will receive a positive impetus...
NEW DELHI: Subhash Chandra companies Zee Telefilms and ASC Enterprises (which is implementing the Agrani satellite project), are preparing to launch a KU-band direct-to-home television service...