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In a move to improve its fortunes, Zee is falling back on the gods and has commissioned BR Chopra and Sanjay Khan to produce new editions of Ramayan and Mahabharat respectively. The new versions is expected to have lot more special effects and would be tec
Nimbus Communications has not been able to market airtime sales for its six-and-half hours of business programming on DD News. Nimbus Communications’ contract is up to March 31, 2002, but its existence till then is uncertain, as Prasar Bharati has indicate
Radio City will be launching its FM station in Lucknow on December 10. This would be Radio City’s second station in the country, the first being Bangalore. Star India has appointed a leading research agency to gauge interests of listeners in Lucknow.
With Star’s DTH plans in the offing, BPL Ltd. is all set to be a strategic partner in the media giant’s foray into consumers’ homes directly, with a host of interactive services and entertainment content. The BPL-Star alliance will see the latter extensive
Zee has given itself another six to eight months to outperform STAR. Though Zee has a limited success with its efforts to revamp its prime channel with a host of new programmes, the channel is in the midst of getting into the second phase of brand-building
Prompted by the success of soaps such as Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi.... and game shows like Kaun Banega Crorepati, banks are looking at the new business opportunity of financing the TV serials.
Cable operators have been caught off guard by the decision taken by Star to hike its subscription rates from January 2001. They feel it would be an uphill task to make the average consumer shell out additional money for watching the same number of channels
The State Information and Broadcasting Ministers’ Committee (Simcom) has endorsed the Union information and broadcasting ministry’s stand on a uniform ceiling of 60 per cent on entertainment tax and parity of the sector with information technology for conc
Star India has bought over the entire content library of HFCL-Nine Broadcasting India. The arrangement includes all popular soaps and films of Nine Gold. According to industry analysts, Star TV will be able to further improve its position in the Indian ca
According Information & Broadcasting ministry all the nine states have agreed upon the entertainment tax to be levied as 60 per cent.
Private FM Players in New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkatta have expressed interest in taking up AIR towers for starting services and have approached the information and broadcasting ministry for approval.
The India Today Group (ITG) is planning to enter into a joint venture with publishing houses including Harper Collins India. According to the company sources nothing has yet been finalised.
Star TV plans to hike cable subscription rates from Rs 30 to Rs 42 per connection from January 2002. As a result, cable subscription rate across the country will go up by at least Rs 25 to Rs 40 per cable home.
Zee Network is all set to acquire B4U Television Network. According to industry sources, the Zee group is in an advance stage of negotiations. Zee has appointed KPMG as its advisor for the deal whereas B4U has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Boeing Co. this morning awarded its $70 million global account to Interpublic Group of Cos.' Foote, Cone & Belding, Chicago, after a four-month review. FCB beat Omnicoms Group'BBDO Worldwide and WPP Group's J. Walter Thompson, both Chicago to gain this ac
Initial depositions before the Parliamentary Standing committee on IT, headed by Somnath Chatterjee, suggest that there are few takers for the Communication Convergence Bill 2001 in its present form.
ETC & Victor Company of Japan (JVC) have joined forces to form Entertainment Cinema Network (I), a venture that will provide conditional access to film via satellite to cinema halls in India. Digi-cinema is the first venture of its kind that promises a com
Mudra Communications has decided to shut down its 17-year-old market research (MR) arm. Mudra had earlier changed the name of its MR arm from SAMIR (Scientific Analysers of Market Information and Research) to Indian Consumer Research Group (ICRG) in 1996 a
In an effort to get passengers back in the air, the US aircraft major, Boeing plans to launch a media campaign next week. The campaign's message, which is to be advertised through the major television channels, newspapers and magazines, is to emphasise on
Percept Advertising has won an Rs 40 crore business of Bharti Cellular's pre-paid cash card Magic, its 50:50 joint venture with Carat, Carat-Integra, has won the media buying business of Airtel. By moving the Airtel media business, the Bharti group has con
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