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.
After acquiring 200 theatres in America the Anil Ambani group, on Sunday will now co-produce Hollywood films, a territory which until now was dominated by UTV. Some of the films benefitting from the Reliance alliance is Nicolas Cage's Saturn Productions, Jim Carrey's JC 23 Entertainment, George Clooney's Smokehouse Productions, Chris Columbus 1492 Pictures, Tom Hanks' Playtone Productions, Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment and Jay Roach's Everyman Pictures.
Leading TV channels will see a blackout of spot advertising from midnight tonight after Hindustan Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Airtel, Pepsi, Coca-Cola and Reliance Communications, among others, directed their media-buying agencies not to book such advertisements on 16 news and entertainment channels, including NDTV, Network 18, Zee News, Star News, starting October 16.
Anil Ambani Group firm Reliance Big Entertainment has acquired the digital images business of US-based DTS Inc in an all cash deal for $7.5 million (about Rs 30 crore).The American firm's business DTS Digital Images (DDI), also known as Lowry Digital Images, offers picture quality improvement services to movies, television and video content in Hollywood.This is the first acquisition by Reliance Entertainment overseas in the digital services space.
Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (R-ADAG)-owned BIG TV is rolling out a new Rs 30-crore advertising campaign to popularise its soon-to-be-launched interactive services. The company is also reducing rates for certain subscription packages by Rs 500.
INX Media, the company set up by Indrani Mukherjea, wife of ex-Star Group CEO Peter Mukherjea, has roped in three top advertisers -- Vodafone, Reliance Industries and Future Group -- for their Hindi entertainment channel 9X. Each of these advertisers are believed to be paying Rs 35-40 crore (Rs 350-400 million) for a three-year contract. The television broadcaster has formed Club INX, which will include corporates keen to advertise on the channel.
Poor broadband penetration, high priced set-top boxes and last-mile (to the home) connectivity problems are delaying the telecom industry's much-touted plan of rolling out Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) services.
Delhi, chasing 378 runs for victory, were 113 for 3 in their second innings at the end of the third day in the Irani Trophy match against Rest of India. Gautam Gambhir was unbeaten on a fine 51.
Taking a cue from neighbouring Gujarat and its successful Vibrant Gujarat summit, Maharashtra has organised a conclave -Transforming MMR into a Global Financial, Commercial and Entertainment Hub - on February 6.
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The company has entered into exclusive tie-ups with the US-based PopCap Games, Playfirst, and Russian game developer and distributor, Alawar, to provide content for casual (not the high-end ones) games.
Shah Rukh Khan's Kolkata Knight Riders have signed on Zapak Digital Entertainment, a Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) venture, to develop online games for them. As part of the exclusive one-year tie-up, Zapak will create a cricket gaming zone on the official website of the Knight Riders and is said to make an investment of Rs 1 crore (Rs 10 million) in the deal. The exact value of the deal is not known. The portal has already gone live with two games.
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Zapak Digital Entertainment Limited, a Reliance ADA Group venture, formally launched India's first full-feature online multiplayer cricket game in New Delhi on Tuesday.
For some, he is a visionary who grew his one-channel firm into a media giant by the sheer dint of his courage; for others, he is a compulsive risk-taker.
The ruling was made by the Securities Appellate Tribunal, an independent quasi-judicial body that rules on appeals against orders passed by the Sebi.
RIL has also appointed McKinsey senior advisor Adil Zainulbhai as independent director and Network 18 Media & Investments (NW18) former promoter Raghav Bhel as a non-executive director on the NW18 Board.
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Inability to handle pressure in big finals has kept the women's team away from a major ICC trophy
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Defending champions Karnataka also remained in the hunt for the last-eight berth, securing a five-wicket win over Uttar Pradesh that took their net run-rate to 0.292.
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Quite a few large- and mid-cap stocks are yet to recover from the note ban, pharma, banking and rural demand-based industries among laggards.
Chetan Bhagat turns entrepreneur by getting into the movie business with Half Girlfriend.
Jio announces an array of communication and entertainment devices.
RJio's aggressive plans will lead to significant impact on listed companies in this space
As India's online population crosses 450 million, e-commerce ventures are trying to grab a pie of online sales estimated to hit $48 billion by 2020.
Following the World Cup, companies queue up to sign Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur.
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Tata Motors was the top gainer on better-than-expected June quarter revenues
In its 13th season, the reality series -- known for getting its kicks by throwing a bunch of wayward celebrities and argumentative commoners under the same roof while numerous cameras capture their every single move -- continues its downward spiral, feels Sukanya Verma.
Hopes of revival and earnings growth in 2020, surprise tax cuts, and robust foreign flows - thanks to easy global monetary policies - are a few reasons why the markets have managed to digest the low GDP footprint. Select bluechips such as Reliance Industries, Bajaj Finance, Asian Paints, and ICICI Bank have gained sharply this year. On the other hand, YES Bank, Zee Entertainment, and Indiabulls Housing have seen a sharp fall.
The apex court at the same time made it clear that it does not want information on pricing and technical parameters relating to the fighter aircraft.
'I have a goal that one day, before audiences walk into a theatre, they will think that it's a Taapsee Pannu film and so, it will be worth their time and money.'
'2.0 ends up looking like a downgraded version of a promising idea,' notes Sukanya Verma.
The store launches same-day delivery for its site, though analysts say others have eroded its headstart in the brick and mortar format.
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