What Does Adani's NDTV Takeover Mean?

Adani has talked about the NDTV acquisition being a 'responsibility rather than a business opportunity'.If that is the intent, good luck to him.If not, then this round of corporatisation will be......

Shillong Chamber Choir founder Neil Nongkynrih passes away

Shillong Chamber Choir founder and noted music composer Neil Nongkynrih died in Mumbai after a brief illness on Wednesday said Choir officials. IMAGE: Neil Nongkynrih receives his Padma Shri Award......

Delhi HC to hear Bollywood producers' plea to restrain TV channels on Monday

The Delhi high court will hear on Monday a plea by leading Bollywood producers seeking to restrain Republic TV and Times Now from making or publishing allegedly “irresponsible, derogatory and......

Why I quit BJP and joined tractor protest

'A perception has been built in our country that whatever Modi says you cannot challenge that.' IMAGE: Farmers take part in a tractor rally to protest against farm laws on Republic Day in Delhi.......

Time To Be Cautious In Bull Market

A piece of slightly negative news can cause a serious setback, warns Debashis Basu. Photograph: Kind courtesy Geralt/Pixabay   Isn't it puzzling that although economic and financial forecasts......

Zudio Is Indian Retail's 2023 Blockbuster

Zudio was the standout performer as it tapped into the pentup demand in small-town India, at a pace never seen before, notes Indrajit Gupta, co-founder and director, Founding Fuel. IMAGE: Inside a......

Can Isha Do What Her Dad Did With Jio?

Isha's stab at the bottom of the laptop pyramid shows she is a true Ambani. IMAGE: Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani with his daughter Isha Ambani. Photograph: ANI......

Sports, New OTT Game In Town

Why will JioCinema live-stream the FIFA World Cup 2022 games for free? By March 2022, the total OTT market was at Rs 17,000 crore (Rs 170 billion) in revenues (pay plus advertising) and 122......

10 OTT Shows To Watch

As cinemas remain shut and watching movies on the big screen still a distant dream, OTT platforms are keeping us distracted from the pandemic with its steady supply of content. There's old stuff.......

The race for Hindi blockbusters digital rights

Amazon Prime leads the race to buy digital rights for Bollywood blockbusters with Hotstar and Netflix trailing far behind.Surajeet Das Gupta reports. Photograph: Abhishek N Chinnappa/Reuters......

Why India likes shows like Mahakali, Naagin 3, Porus...

Mythological and historical shows are lapped up not just by the young, but equally by grown men and women.Ritwik Sharma and T E Narasimhan report. IMAGE: Anita Hassanandani, Surbhi Jyoti and......

'Aditya Chopra was the first person to read Baar Baar Dekho'

'I wrote the Baar Baar Dekho script seven years ago. At that time, it was called Saat Steps.  Later it was called Kal Jisne Dekha.  It became Baar Baar......

Home Media Rights: Can BCCI breach $1billion mark?

'It is difficult to put a number right now as the value of dollar to rupee has also changed from the exchange rate last time. But don't be surprised if digital rights earns way more than TV,'......

Did IPL 2023 Make Money For Jio/Disney?

'Advertising this season will help IPL surpass $550 million in ad revenues, across digital and pay TV.''It should still represent a steep loss against annualised 2023-2027 IPL rights fees of $1.2......

Never-Before-Seen IPL Broadcast Battle

Disney-Star is positioning IPL as a "big-screen experience" where families and friends can come together over a game of cricket, much the way football is consumed in Europe and other parts of the......

IPL 2023: The Rs 5,000 Crore Battle!

This season, the nature of the advertising game has changed dramatically with TV and digital rights going to different entities. IMAGE: Gujarat Titans, champions, IPL 2022. Photograph: BCCI March......

Amazon, Reliance set to lock horns over IPL media rights

'Cricket is the second-biggest sport in the world with two-and-a-half billion fans and IPL is like its Super Bowl.' IMAGE: IPL's matches reached 350 million viewers during the first half of the......