With just ten days for the ICC Cricket World Cup to kickstart, it's not only the Indian team that has to pull up its socks, but also the satellite rights holder Sony Entertainment Television.
The mystery surrounding the alleged fund diversion from Zee Entertainment Enterprises (Zee) by founders Subhash Chandra and Punit Goenka has thickened with speculations of an amount multiple times higher than that cited by the ex-parte interim order passed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) dated June 12, 2023. While Zee shares witnessed a fresh selloff on Wednesday, news reports of accounting fraud left investors guessing about the hole in the media broadcaster's books. An order by the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) in October 2023 had clearly hinted that Sebi's investigation had found a deeper rout.
It's refreshing to see Amitabh Bachchan doing what he does best -- entertaining the audience, feels Namrata Thakker.
NDTV announced on Thursday a distribution tie-up with One Alliance, which is a joint venture between Sony Entertainment Television and Discovery Networks India.
Analysts have given a thumbs up to the Reliance Industries (RIL) and Walt Disney Co. (Disney) proposed a joint venture (JV). The stock of the Mukesh Ambani-controlled company gained nearly 1.5 per cent on Thursday to Rs 2,952 levels as compared to the S&P BSE Sensex that traded marginally weak, down 0.2 per cent to 72,172 levels in intra-day trades.
July has some interesting content on OTT, with quite a few original shows and movies premiering in the digital space.
The promoters expect to get Rs 9,000-10,000 crore from the sale of their assets
The focus was on the role that the media and entertainment industry can play in development and generation of employment opportunities in India
A long and bitter funding winter in the start-up world is beginning to take its toll on start-up advertising across properties. Earlier this week, Mastercard replaced Paytm as the title sponsor for all international and domestic cricket matches organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). But this is just one part of the story. The other side is that organisers of high-impact shows and events on Hindi general entertainment channels, too, are feeling the winter chill.
Kapil's rival Krushna Abhishek's show The Drama Company will replace him at the 9 pm slot.
Sakshi Tanwar as Daenerys Targaryen... how do you feel about that?
After 10 seasons, KBC is just as interesting as it was when it started, feels Namrata Thakker.
Sukanya Verma lists her recommendations for the week.
'Please continue to bless and pray for us on this new journey! Keith & Rochelle + One'.
'The IPL is by the biggest sports property in the country and having it will give any digital video player an edge.'
Check out the entertainment coming up on OTT in September.
After a boring first half, Venom takes off after an alien organism named Venom takes over Tom Hardy's body, observes Namrata Thakker.
The four major Hindi general entertainment channels -- STAR Plus, Sony, Colors and ZEE -- have all launched music and dance reality shows in the 9-pm slot on weekends.
