Prasar Bharati CEO wants to quit prematurely, writes to govt

Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar has written to information and broadcasting ministry expressing his desire to quit before his term expires next February. Sources said Sircar, who was appointed on......

Senior journalist A Surya Prakash appointed Prasar Bharati chairman

Senior journalist A Surya Prakash was on Tuesday appointed chairman of the Prasar Prasar Bharati Board, filling a post which had been lying vacant for the last six months. The appointment, which......

Mrinal Pande set to head Prasar Bharati

The government has cleared well known journalist Mrinal Pande's name for the post of Prasar Bharati chairperson, a month after the previous chairman Arun Bhatnagar's resignation was accepted by the......

Prasar Bharati CEO rejects BBC invite over 'one-sided' riot coverage

Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati has turned down an invitation from the BBC to attend an awards function for Indian sportswomen, citing the British broadcaster's 'one-sided' reporting on......

Prasar Bharati seeks World Bank aid

Financially burdened Prasar Bharati on Thursday sought government facilitation to help it receive assistance from the World Bank in its modernisation efforts. "International Finance Corporation,......

Prasar Bharati chairman resigns

Prasar Bharati chairman Arun Bhatnagar, who has been at loggerheads with the public broadcaster's CEO B S Lalli, has resigned because he was "dissatisfied" with the functioning of the board.......

Prasar Bharati rejects Ten Sports' offer

Ten Sports on Friday said it has offered to show the India-Pakistan cricket serieson low powered transmitters of Doordarshan in non-cable areas, but Prasar Bharati has not accepted this deal.Ten......

Zee may face trouble over Prasar Bharati feed

The Subhash Chandra-promoted Zee Telefilms may have won the four-year contract to telecast the Board of Control for Cricket in India organised cricket matches, but it is all set to lock horns with......

Prasar Bharati challenges HC order

Prasar Bharati on Wednesday challenged Delhi High Court single bench order of telecasting live the Indo-West Indies cricket series deferred by seven minutes from that being shown on rights holder......

ESS threatens to sue Prasar Bharati

Denied the opportunity to telecast match highlights of the high-profile India-Pakistan cricket series, sports broadcaster ESPN-Star Sports (ESS)said on Friday it was "prepared to use all other......

Prasar Bharati won't share highlights

After getting exclusive terrestrial rights for the India-Pakistan series, public broadcaster Prasar Bharati said there is "no question" of it providing special match highlights to any......

Prasar Bharati drags ESPN to court

Prasar Bharati has taken ESPN-Star Sports to court, accusing it of illegally using the ongoing Indo-Pak cricket series footage and raking in huge money by unauthorized booking of advertisements on......

Prasar Bharati in tie-up with ESPN-Star, Zee

Despite not being a favourite to bag the four-year telecast rights floated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has ensured Doordarshan gets the feed for......