Media and entertainment company UTV Software on Thursday said it would enter into a strategic partnership with Bloomberg for content sourcing and re-branding its business channel UTVi. From October, UTVi would be re-branded as Bloomberg-UTV, while the UTVi website would also be rebranded as bloombergutv.com, UTV said in a statement. This association will give UTVi complete access to the global feed of Bloomberg TV, a global 24-hour business news channel.
R-Cap, part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, may get a controlling stake in the venture if the negotiations fructify.
In an ad that is currently on air, business news channel Bloomberg UTV takes a dig at a rival channel. The ad shows Bloomberg UTV's anchor simplifying the business terms used by the anchor of a rival channel, who seems to be at great discomfort.
China's assisting and arming Pakistan has made "it a second class enemy", but its economic strength overpowering India is not a real concern, according to Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata.
Tata Nano's potential was not fully exploited and the world's cheapest car needed another push to boost sales, said Tata Motors Ltd Chairman Ratan Tata.
We are emphasising on an agricultural growth of 4.5 per cent to achieve a 9 per cent GDP growth, says Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
More people from the content side should be running the business of media if the industry has to grow, Bloomberg's Parry Ravindranathan tells Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.