Eyeing to dislodge Star from the top slot in the Hindi entertainment segment, Prannoy Roy-promoted media giant NDTV on Monday said it was in talks with major producers, including Ekta Kapoor, for serials on its to-be-launched channels.
Star Plus's new serial Paanchvi Paas will be hosted by Shah Rukh Khan.
Madanjit Hota was among 10 contestants from across the country who were invited for one of the episodes of the programme.
Can Shah Rukh Khan live up to Amitabh Bachchan as the Kaun Banega Crorepati anchor?
Contrary to popular understanding, operators do not manage these incoming votes. It is the channel operators who manage and collate the results of these SMSes. Yet, in terms of revenue sharing, close to 70 per cent of the share goes to the telecom provider while the channels get only 30 per cent.
Having catapulted itself to the top through 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' in 2000, Star India is banking on programme, which starts on Friday, to strengthen its weekend programming.
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed Delhi high court order directing Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission to investigate allegations of financial irregularities by Star Plus television channel in its game show Kaun Banega Crorepati.
Unlike KBC-3, where Airtel, MTNL and BSNL were exclusive telecom partners, this time around, the channel is going non-exclusive. The channel is in the process of getting on board almost every telecom service provider, which means that participants need not just call from an Airtel or MTNL/BSNL number.
A member of the audience gives his take on the show and host.
Star has sold ad slots for the show, which goes on air from January 22 at an estimated Rs 10-13 crore per sponsor, said sources.
A sneak peek into the new advertisement for Shah Rukh Khan's Kaun Banega Crorepati.
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Star Plus is where it is today, thanks to his creative genius, say Nair's friends and foes alike.
'...and a bagful of ill-mannered, threatening, creditors.'
Siddharth Basu, India's leading quizmaster, talks about his KBC 2.
Four Mumbai-based persons have moved a Delhi Court seeking a stay on the preliminary round for choosing participants for the much-publicised Kaun Banega Crorepati-2 television game show hosted by superstar Amitabh Bachchan, claiming patent rights ove
Confronted with declining viewership of its much-touted quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati, Star Plus has found a new way to bring in viewers.
Fox Production will debut on Star Plus with a musical to fill the gap left by SRK.
While TAM ratings indicate the popularity of the show has taken a hit, host Shah Rukh still loves the show. He explains why.
Early results show that Star's hot property has seen its all-India rating slip from 2.7 on Day 1 to 1.8 on Day 3, according to aMap, which measures all-India audience ratings covering more than 1 lakh towns.
Shah Rukh Khan's second contestant talks about the megastar's generosity.
Prem Panicker gives the first episode of the show a thumbs up.
Prasenjit Sarkar will be the first contestant on Shah Rukh's KBC.
Would you like to sit on KBC's hot chair without having to answer any questions?
Only 30-minute advertising spots remain to be sold on Star India's Kaun Banega Crorepati, which will be anchored by actor Shah Rukh Khan.
The channel invested in formal research into viewing habits and preferences
More than a million Indians phone in to sit on the hot-seat of KBC III.
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