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Even as Nine Networks has sent a fresh proposal with a set of conditions to Prasar Bharati in order to remain on the DD Metro platform, the state broadcaster is not in a mood to budge from its current stand.
ESPN Star Sports has lined up an exclusive telecast schedule for international cricket matches. The cricket season begins on May 17. The total cricket coverage will be for 2,008 hours, spread over 246 days. The schedule include 35 test and 71 one-day inter
The TV rights issue is picking up momentum for the first Afro-Asian Games to be held in India from November 3 to 11. Even as Doordarshan continues to be the lone Indian broadcaster in fray for the television rights of the Afro-Asian Games, a few foreign TV
The National Geographic Channel will on May 27 do a global premiere of ‘Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack’, a two-hour documentary film based on the surprise attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor at Hawaii, US, during the World War II. Pearl Harbor is being termed
Balaji Telefilms and Nine Networks, a wholly owned subsidiary of HFCL-Nine Broadcasting, have decided to call off the high-profile merger. Both the companies on Wednesday formally announced the decision not to go ahead with the merger. The boards of Balaji
AXN has adopted a new programming strategy built around five programme slots - series, movies, adventure & reality, lifestyle sports and animation. The channel also announced a slew of new programmes in the reality genre.
HFCL-Nine Network Ltd., has send in a fresh proposal to Doordarshan laying down certain conditions for accepting an 18-month extension of its contract. According to the informed sources Nine Network has asked for atleast one hour extra every day, more free
In our series of analysis to understand media environment, we have recently released TV channel inventory utilisation study. The findings and conclusion drawn should be attributed to exchange4media only. COFT media monitoring service does not endorse the f
STAR, which has had gone off the air for the last two months in Kolkata, has reached an agreement with the city’s cable operators. According to the informed sources STAR channels were available for consumers from Monday. Meanwhile, Discovery Communications
Faced with the rise in pay channels, the Hinduja-owned INCablenet has hiked the franchisee fee from Rs 40 to Rs 50 per subscriber in Mumbai. The price has also hiked from Rs 55 to Rs 75 in Delhi and Rs 78 in Bangalore. Several multi-system operators
National Geographic Channel (NGC) for the first time is hardselling a programme to boost ratings. The path being chosen: history. The programme that NGC is cashing in on is ‘Pearl Harbor’, the US Pacific naval base in Hawaii which was attacked by Japan dur
Advertisements and indirect promotion of alcohol have come under heavy fire from the government once again. In a note issued to the private channels, the I&B ministry noted that advertisements shown on private television channels were not in strict adheren
Mr. Kiran Karnik, former managing director of Discovery Communications, resigned from the board of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) yesterday. Mr. Karnik was the vice president of the IBF. Following his resignation, the IBF is on a lookout for a su
CNN has appointed Dr. Sanjay Gupta as a medical correspondent and regular contributor to the weekend programme—Your Health.
The board of Balaji Telefilm Limited, will meet on May 9 to review the proposed merger with Nine Network Entertainment Limited. The review comes in light of recent development, including the arrest of leading broker Ketan Parekh for his alleged involvement
Contrary to their image of being leading 'wealth creators' last year, Wipro, Zee and Infosys have emerged the top-three 'wealth destroyers', shedding more than Rs 30,000 crore each in their market capitalisation in 2000-01. According to latest available da
MRTPC has issued notice on the basis of four complaints received by it to seven TV companies -- IndusInd Media Communication Ltd., News Television (India) Ltd., Sony Entertainment Television (SET), Turner International (India) Pvt. Ltd., Discovery Communic
Hrithik Roshan, has become the hottest icon of the advertising industry in the year 2001. With companies lining up to sign him as their brand ambassador despite his ever increasing price. Besides signing up with Hero Honda, Coke, S Kumar’s and Home Trade,
Zee Network is planning to again restructure its Rate Card. This time it will consider the opinions of some of the large agencies that buy form the network. Their inputs will have a bearing on how the new ad tariffs are structured.
Four months after announcing a bid for DD Metro, Prasar Bharati has decided to call for a fresh bid for the same slot.
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