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Ashu Dutt, chief executive officer - New Channel Initiatives, Shri Adhikari Brothers has put in his papers. Mr. Dutt, who is also on the Board of Directors of Shri Adhikari Brothers, is said to be joining the international search firm Heidrick & Strug
Coca-Cola India, will be unleashing its much talked about summer commercial of the year featuring for the first time -- Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Ra for its flagship brand Coca-Cola, this weekend. Starting with 10-sec teaser ads, the company will g
Discovery Communications India has named Mr. Deepak Shourie as its new managing director. Mr. Shourie will replace Mr. Kiran Karnik, who had announced his intention to leave the company on December 13, 2000. Mr. Shourie will take over at Discovery on May 7
The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) plans to give a representation to the government sometime next week to allow uplinking on Ku band. Recently, the government had lifted the ban on Ku band, but this high-power band could be used only for Direct-
Zee Telefilms plans to produce its second movie at Rs 10 crore, even as its maiden venture, Gadar, is set for release in mid-June this year. Zee has approached Aamir Khan for the movie and is waiting to hear from the star actor. The script has been finalis
Informed sources confirm that Discovery has found its new CEO. The search had been on for over 3 months. It started when Dr. Kiran Karnik, the present incumbent, declared his intentions to move on. Dr. Karnik is likely to continue through the month of May.
Prasar Bharati has opened the gates for commissioning of programmes on Doordarshan, and issued a set of guidelines for the same. The Central Commissioning Unit, will consolidate annual budget requirements and forward the same to the finance wing, which wil
SET India Ltd., is planning to focus on its second channel, MAX, and make it the driver of company’s growth this year. The company has set itself aggressive growth targets and is looking at increasing the turnover by about 200 per cent.
PGM Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., has kicked off operations on an investment of Rs 25 crore, and plans to invest another 10 crore by the year-end. The company plans to release six movies in the current year and 50 within the next three years and is expecting a
The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) is likely to finalise a set of standards for calculating television ratings, at its board meeting to be held on Thursday. The committee comprising big broadcasters such as Sony, Zee and Doordarshan has prepared the
According to the Prasar Bharati guidelines for commissioning of programmes which were issued on Tuesday, Doordarshan (DD) will be required to assess its requirements of commissioned programmes in the last quarter of the financial year for the ensuing
Prasar Bharati has more or less firmed up its view on honouring the bidding process held in February for procuring Hindi films for various slots on Doordarshan channels, DD-I and DD-II, for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Prasar Bharati CEO, Mr Anil Baija
Star India has unveiled a new series of ad and promos for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC). The series revolving around the catchline Nau Baj Gaya Kya is aimed at promoting “appointment viewing”. The promos attempts to bring to the fore the human face of Bachch
Reminiscent Television Network (RTV), which operates the Lashkara and Gurjari channels, has acquired a majority stake in four channels in the UK to strengthen its bouquet. They are Asia1 TV (Hindi), MAT V (terrestrial Asian channel), CTV (Tamil), and
Granada Broadcasting of the United Kingdom is eyeing Indian TV networks for collaboration. While confirming that talks are on with Indian broadcasters, the company did not divulge any names yet. But, it is believed that New Delhi-based production hous
Prasar Bharati has not received any proposals from satellite channels to take long-term slots on DD Metro, according to the Information and Broadcasting Minister, Ms Sushma Swaraj. The minister said this in a written reply t Rajya Sabha on Monday.
Pitara Kids Network Private Limited is in talks with major TV broadcasters, including Star TV, Sony and Zee TV, for selling animated programmes. Started as a dotcom for the children, the company is going to launch radio broadcast service for children
The RPG Cable Radio, is seeking a tie-up with British Broadcasting Corp. If BBC agrees to the tie-up, listeners of the channel will get programmes in English and Bengali live. RPG Cable Radio was a unit of HMV FM till June 26, 1998. RPG Cable Radio was ren
Cartoon Network will launch three new franchises—Power Zone, Cartoon Cartoon Fridays and Acme Hour—on April 23, May 4 and June 1, respectively. All the new franchises would be available in both Hindi and English. The network plans to re-launch its Too
The Prasar Bharati Board has decided to give an 18-month extension to Kerry Packer and Vinay Maloo promoted HFCL-Nine Broadcasting for the prime time 7PM to 10PM slot in DD Metro with the same financial consideration as applicable currently. HFCL-Nine
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