The previous record for a presidential debate viewership was 80.6 million between the then incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter and his Republican rival Ronald Reagan in 1980.
The information ministry pressed for continuing the ban on Indian channels like Zee TV, Aaj Tak and Doordarshan
Media tycoon Kalanithi Maran and his wife Kavery Kalanithi have retained the top two slots among the highly paid executives in the country.
'Jaitley was one of the earliest politicians to sense the changing political scenario in Delhi. He had closely watched the rise of the BJP and declining fortunes of the Congress party during the L K Advani era. But it was between 2009 and 2014 as the Leader of the Opposition that he began to read the tea leaves. 'And thus it was that he introduced Modi-Amit Shah duo to Lutyens Delhi,' says senior journalist R Rajagopalan who had known Jaitley since 1975.
"We have tapes to show that the channel had violated the provisions of the Cable TV Network Regulation Act by showing illegal scenes," Information and Broadcasting Secretary Navin Chawla said.
Data is the new oil, and intelligent data is the new petrol, said Mukesh Ambani
As the Aam Aadmi Party heads for a resounding win in Delhi, Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf lists the reasons behind Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's triumph.
Railway passengers would soon have access to movies, television content, music videos and audio tracks as RailTel and media group Eros International have come together for providing entertainment services to travellers.
But his nature, temperament, his skill to listen to others, and empathise with their pain and hardships will make him a far better president, a leader America has been longing for four years, notes Aseem Chhabra.
Buoyed by increased viewership and a relatively controversy-free tournament, the Indian Premier League (IPL) has seen a spike in its brand valuation to $5.3 billion after the 10th edition, according to global valuation and corporate finance advisor Duff & Phelps.
According to industry experts, television has lost the young urban viewer for English or Hindi shows. Urvi Malvania finds out what is making more and more of them turn to digital platforms like Voot and Hotstar.
'I think that has alarmed them because they probably think that it is their voice in there! The idea is to go into the mind of the rapist.' Dibang, co-producer of India's Daughter, defends the documentary in this exclusive interview to Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com
After the second day, BCCI's media rights value has already gone up by 56 percent with the per match value touching nearly Rs 60 crore (Rs 59.16 crore) for 102 international games across three formats.
Jio announces an array of communication and entertainment devices.
Stating that its ATM operations are making losses, nation's largest bank SBI has said it is all for charging customers for transactions.
A candid videotape of the late Princess Diana talking about her childhood, marriage and struggle with bulimia will be broadcast on US television on Monday.
Al-Qaeda prepared the ground for the announcement earlier Thursday in an online message.
The police have almost no way of tracking the $200 billion plus money flowing online during this World Cup.
'He did not seek vote. He did not describe the missile launch as an achievement of the government. He only hailed the scientists. There was no electioneering involved'
Raj Reddy, a researcher of Indian-origin has developed a PCtvt, a wireless network personal computer.
Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal spoke with the media about his privatisation plan, safety road map and innovation strategy.
The TV personality's friend, French chef, Eric Ripert, found him unresponsive in his hotel room on Friday morning.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Raju Bist from Thane tells us how he spent the last two months of lockdown.
India is set to bring out better versions of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Tom and Jerry and other cartoon characters that were so far developed by US and European companies.
The central government is committed to ensuring that the consumer does not have to pay more for receiving television channels after the conditional access system for cable networks comes into operation next month.
