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ESPN Star Sports is unveiling a new campaign called ‘Sports — It’s My Life’ on TV and print to celebrate its fifth anniversary in India as well as to motivate people to shell out the extra bucks for its recently-hiked cable subscription rates. The campaign
The promoters of Zee Telefilms have placed 90 lakh shares out of their personal holdings with an unnamed foreign institutional investor (FII). The proceeds of the placement will be used to pay Zee Telefilms upon settlement. With this, the promoters’ stake
Prasar Bharati has chalked out an alternative plan for Mumbai FM licensees and will meet private FM operators on January 9 to offer them a complete solution package for Mumbai.
Keeping in line with the suggestions made by the Geethakrishnan Committee, the ministry of information and broadcasting is zeroing in on divisions where jobs may be trimmed. The divisions include the publications division, the research and reference divis
The media and entertainment industry is expected to make a pitch for parity with information technology and hotel industries as part of pre-budget presentation to finance minister Yashwant Sinha. High on the priority list is removal of service tax on broad
ESPN Star Sports unveiled its `sports bonanza' for 2002 ranging from international cricket series to tennis, badminton, football, motorsports, basketball and table tennis.
The chairman of Zee Telefilms , Subhash Chandra has diluted his stake in the company by 2 per cent for a total consideration of Rs 97 crores. Mr Chandra sold a total of 85,00,000 shares at Rs 115 per share. The largest chunk is reported to have been bought
For those who thought that Internet medium has gone under, here's some important news. According to recently released Indian Readership Survey (2001, Round 2), Internet has grown by a phenomenal 33%, over the last round. And that the number of Internet aud
Padmalaya Telefilms Ltd (PTL) is in talks with Sony Entertainment Television (SET) India Pvt Ltd to offer 15 lakhs shares (12.5 per cent stake) by way of private placement. The company is also in talks with Walt Disney to offer a strategic stake in its w
Zee Telefilms plans to set up an ideation cell to improve its programming content. The ideation team will be headed by Vinta Nanda, an independent serial director, and will have 5-6 ideators who will work on new concepts and formats. The team will work for
Diksaat Transworld Ltd plans to test launch ‘Win TV’-a 24-hour Tamil channel that promises ‘sweeping laughter among weeping channels...’ on January 13 and will begin commercial telecast from January 27. It will be the first Tamil channel to go pay from day
InCablenet has shelved its plans to introduce Intel’s set-top boxes because of its high price. Each box would cost Rs 35,000, a price which customers would be reluctant to pay. The set top boxes were to be launched in June, 2001. But no breakthrough in pri
The Prasar Bharati has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with technology channel TMG Enter for providing programming to DD Bharati. TMG Enter will provide the software for a one-hour time band on the channel called TMG e-Samvaad targeted at youth
If industry sources are to be believed, etc Networks is expected to end the current fiscal on a profitable note. The company ended March 2001 with a profit after tax of Rs 2.43 crores on a turnover of Rs 53.82 crores. The dip in revenues is mainly because
The Indian Music Industry (IMI), may take its promos off three Zee network channels from January 13. The IMI, at this stage, comprises prominent Indian music companies such as Saregama, Sony Music, Universal, Magnasound, Venus and BMG Crescendo.
As reported by exchange4media on 31st December, BBC World new reality show, which was supposed to be screened on Jan 1, has been put on hold for the time being. According to BBC sources the decision was taken in the light of the current war like situation
With the onset of 2002, DD has welcomed S.Y.Quraishi as its Director General. Mr. Quraishi, an IAS of 1971 batch joined Doordarshan on 1st January 2002. Before joining Doordarshan, Mr.Quraishi was the Principal Secretary of O.P Chautala, Chief Minister-Ha
Sony Entertainment Television (SET) India, part of the Sony Pictures Entertainment, may miss its revenue targets for the current financial year by around 15 per cent. In a bid to arrest the slide, the company is revamping its management structure with each
For the first time, entertainment industry delegation will present its pre-budget memorandum to Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha. The delegation, which will be led by Information & Broadcasting Minister Sushma Swaraj, is slated to present its list of demand
The war of words, ney hoardings, between The Week and Outlook, which started on the streets of Mumbai last month seems to have shifted to the agency desks. A few weeks back media planners at agencies received an envelope carrying an image of the front cove
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