Nine years after parting ways, Prannoy Roy and Rupert Murdoch are again coming together for a unique airtime sale and marketing alliance.
"If you say yes to one you suddenly find the British Museum would be empty. I think I'm afraid to say, to disappoint all your viewers, it's going to have to stay put," visiting British prime minister David Cameron has said
Markets regulator Sebi on Tuesday imposed a penalty of Rs 5 crore on NDTV for its failure to disclose price-sensitive information about VCPL loan agreements but the company denied the charges and said it will appeal against the ruling. The loan agreements had clauses and conditions that substantially affected the functioning of the media company, Sebi said in its order. The regulator said its probe began after receipt of complaints in 2017 from Quantum Securities Pvt Ltd about an alleged violation of rules by non-disclosure of material information to the shareholders about loan agreements with Vishvapradhan Commercial Private Ltd (VCPL).
NDTV Imagine, the entertainment wing of Prannoy Roy-promoted NDTV Network, is close to forming a 50:50 joint venture with Manmohan Shetty - the former promoter of Adlabs - to enter film production.
In an e-mail to employees, NDTV promoters Radhika and Prannoy Roy said the company needed to cut flab and control costs. "this is the time to streamline our operations, excise any flab that the system may have gained in the boom times and return to being a lean, tough, strong, efficient and compassionate organisation," they said.
NDTV will launch city channels focused on Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Chennai, under the brand NDTV MetroNation, similar to the channel launched in New Delhi, Chief Executive K V L Narayan Rao said.
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.
NDTV is understood to be in talks with US entertainment major NBC universal for selling 26 per cent stake in its upcoming entertainment business.
Prannoy Roy-promoted news channel New Delhi Television Ltd and business process outsourcing company Genpact have formed a 50:50 joint venture to offer media outsourcing services to enterprises across the world.
Listening to Narayana Murthy and Prannoy Roy talk was a scintillating experience.
The tribunal, while adjourning the matter for September 16, directed Sebi to file a reply and gave three weeks to the Roys to file a rejoinder.
President A P J Abdul Kalam Monday promised to take all "necessary action" in the wake of public outrage over the acquittal of all the accused in the Jessica Lal murder case.
In an interview to NDTV, the Pak president expressed willingness to lead the peace talks with India.
New Delhi Television Ltd is looking at option of starting new channels and fee-based services to tap business opportunities in the news broadcasting sector.\n\n\n\n
NDTV announced on Thursday a distribution tie-up with One Alliance, which is a joint venture between Sony Entertainment Television and Discovery Networks India.
Officials said that the decision has been put on hold till the time the appeal is disposed of.
NDTV was back on air on Monday with the simultaneous launch of its round-the-clock English and Hindi news channels - NDTV 24x7 and NDTV India.
Formally announcing the launch of two separate news channels, in Hindi and English, from April 14, NDTV President Prannoy Roy said on Thursday plans for an entertainment channel were "on the anvil".
In an unusually lengthy statement, the agency said it has not conducted any search on the registered office of NDTV, media studio, news room or premises connected with media operations.
The Bollywood brigade joins Amitabh Bachchan for a noble cause.
When Biocon chairperson Kiran Majumdar-Shaw - well known for raising issues ranging from lack of civic services in Bengaluru to climate change - decided to take on the Indian stock market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), she forced the Indian corporate world and legal community to take notice. In an interview to Business Standard, Majumdar-Shaw called a Sebi order to impose a fine on insider trading charges against a Biocon employee and an external consultant an "Agatha Christie" fiction, which destroyed the reputation of "innocent people". "The order is pure harassment and has caused huge reputational damage to us and goes against the principles of good governance promised by this government," Mazumdar-Shaw said. "We will certainly appeal this," she added.
A company statement said the couple is facing a case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation for the last two years, and sought to link the action with muzzling of free speech and freedom of the press.
'...vis-a-vis state or local elections,' Prannoy Roy and Dorab Sopariwala tell Uttaran Das Gupta.
Promoter entity RRPR - owned by Prannoy and Radhika Roy - says allegations baseless; replies to queries by Sebi.
Mr Modi and Mr Shah will need him if they want to win UP again in 2022 and India in 2024. This signals a Yogi Adityanath-sized change in BJP politics, even under Mr Modi, Shekhar Gupta.
'Today, the State is permanently going after politicians, but also civil society, academics and all those it is threatened by or irritated with.'
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