What Does Adani's NDTV Takeover Mean?

Adani has talked about the NDTV acquisition being a 'responsibility rather than a business opportunity'.If that is the intent, good luck to him.If not, then this round of corporatisation will be......

SC flays Jharkhand police for arresting journalist from bedroom at midnight

"Journalists are not terrorists," the Supreme Court said on Monday, as it deprecated the Jharkhand police knocking on the door of a scribe of a local Hindi news channel at midnight and dragging him......

23 things Raj Thackeray says about Modi

How has Raj Thackeray, who is as much a businessman as politician, been able to pull it off, when most Opposition politicians live in fear of IT and ED and CBI, asks Krishna Prasad after attending......

Sheena Bora Trial: Was the Mukerjeas' car cleaned that day?

Though on the face of it appeared Pasbola was asking a series of odd questions that would be difficult for anyone to answer, there was, it gradually emerged, it seemed, a method to the......

Zee, Sony to sell 3 Hindi channels to address CCI concerns

Big Magic, Zee Action and Zee Classic are all part of Zee network; the merging firms have a combined viewership share of 36% in Hindi general entertainment, and 33% in Hindi movies. Photograph:......

Television channels eye new income streams

Increased competition in the general entertainment space and stagnant ad rates lead channels to explore opportunities in licensing and merchandising. With advertising a little less robust than last......

TV18, Viacom ink pact; to launch Hindi channel

Media conglomerate TV18 Groupentered into an agreement with US major Viacom on Tuesday to float a general entertainment joint venture in India. The joint venture, named Viacom-18, will have......

Peter Mukherjea to launch TV network

Former Star TV CEO Peter Mukerjea promotedINX Media and INX News on Wednesday officially announced plans to launch a new television network.The bouquet of channels will include a Hindi......

Which Is India's Largest TV Channel?

DD Freedish is the 'largest TV platform in India', going to 58 million homes, featuring 70-odd private channels.DD Freedish reaches about 278 million people, and is easily among the top five TV......

Hindi TV channels lose 1/5th of their audience

The problem is not that more people are not watching more TV, but that they are not finding anything of interest on Hindi television, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. IMAGE: Sriti Jha and Shabbir......

STAR India buys exclusive rights for Paa, Wanted

In order to give a boost to its almost stagnant ratings, STAR Plus, the number two Hindi entertainment channel, is betting big on Bollywood films. Within past few weeks, STAR India has picked up......

Imagine TV operations shut down today

After having acquired its Hindi general entertainment channel Imagine TV from NDTV back in 2010, Turner Broadcasting System announced today that they will be shutting down operations.Today,......