ET Now Hires NDTV Anchor Shaili Chopra
ET Now, the business news channel from Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd, has hired Shaili Chopra, markets and corporate affairs editor at NDTV 24X… Read more »
No Laughing Matter: An IIM-A Alum Aspires To Create India’s Onion
Angelina Jolie reads his website when Brad Pitt bores her. And Pitt, in turn, reads the site to keep his wife happy. Meet Paagal Patrakar (m… Read more »
Widespread Drop In Circulation Of English Dailies In Latest ABC Round
Most English dailies in India registered a drop in circulation during January-June 2009, according to figures from the Audit Bureau of Circu… Read more »
Former US President George Bush To Deliver Keynote At HT Leadership Summit
Former US president George W. Bush will be a keynote speaker at the HT Leadership Summit, an annual high profile do which will take place th… Read more »
ESPN Star Sports Wins Exclusive Rights To Barclays Premier League
Broadcaster ESPN (NYSE: DIS) Star Sports has won multi-platform media rights for the Barclays Premier League in India. The company said it w… Read more »
Adlabs Films Renamed Reliance Mediaworks To Reflect Expanded Scope Of Business
Adlabs Films Ltd will henceforth be known as Reliance Mediaworks Ltd, the company said in a release to the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Reliance… Read more »
Shivnath Thukral Leaves TV Studio For Board Room; Joins Essar As Group President
Shivnath Thukral, who recently stepped down as business editor and adviser strategy at NDTV, will join industrial conglomerate Essar Group a… Read more »
Yahoo’s Nitin Mathur On The You Campaign In India; Communicating ‘The New Yahoo’
In the normal course of things, it’s rare for Internet companies in India to take out print advertising at all. On Monday, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO… Read more »
Telecom Stocks Fall On Move To Make Per-Second Billing Mandatory
Major telecom stocks such as Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications fell significantly during morning trade after the telecom regulator s… Read more »
Eros To List Indian Subsidiary On BSE; Naresh Chandra To Be Chairman
Eros International Plc., the AIM, London-listed film producer and distributor, said it plans to list its Indian subsidiary on the Bombay Sto… Read more »
Skype Headed For Blackberry-Like Standoff With Indian Govt: Report
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The Times of India reported on Saturday that VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) service provider Skype is likely headed for a standoff with… Read more »
Sun TV’s Kalanidhi Maran Among India’s Highest Paid Executives, Yet Again
Sun TV Network’s chairman and managing director Kalanidhi Maran and his wife Kavery Kalanidhi, the joint managing director of the company, t… Read more »
Sameer Manchanda Elected President Of News Broadcasters Association
News channels’ industry body News Broadcasters’ Association, which has rose to prominence recently following the ongoing debate about regula… Read more »
#Cattlegate: A Priceless Controversy For Twitter In India
During the last two weeks, Twitter, the popular microblogging service, has almost become a household name in urban India, a dream scenario f… Read more »
Veteran Journalist And Media Critic GS Bhargava Dies
Veteran journalist G.S. Bhargava, former resident editor of The Indian Express, died in New Delhi today. He was 85 years old and succumbed t… Read more »
Star Channels On Mimobi.tv; Simultaneous Digital Music Release For ‘Blue’
Broadcaster Star India has introduced two of its channels on Mimobi.tv, a mobile TV portal. Hindi GEC Star One and Tamil GEC Star Vijay will… Read more »
Live India’s Markand Adhikari Launching Magazine On Governance; B.V. Rao Is Editor
Markand Adhikari, promoter of Broadcast Initiatives Ltd, is launching a magazine that will focus on matters related to government and govern… Read more »
Sir Martin Sorrell On Turnaround, India, Advertising, Digital Media
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It would be too early to talk about a turnaround in businesses till 2010, said Sir Martin Sorrell, the celebrated chief executive of adverti… Read more »
Right Time To Experiment With Cover Prices: Publishers @ INMA
The International Newsmedia Marketing Association’s (INMA) conference in New Delhi last week saw a spirited discussion on newspaper cover pr… Read more »
NBC Launching Sports Video Site in India; Focus On Full-Screen Streaming
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NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) is close to launching a sports video site in India, focused on live streaming, we have learned. Sab Kanaujia, the V… Read more »
Fourteen Million New Mobile Phone Subscribers In July; Teledensity Is Now 41.08%
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India’s mobile phone companies added 14 million subscribers in July, up from 12 million additions in June, according to data from India’s te… Read more »
Ratings Update: ET Now Ahead Of NDTV Profit In Metros; Captures 26% Market Share
In exactly two months from launch, ET Now, the business news channel from Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd, has toppled NDTV Profit to become the… Read more »
The Hindu Website Goes Under The Knife; YouTube Gets Hindi Interface
The 131-year old Chennai-headquartered broadsheet, The Hindu, has launched its new website in beta, where all the breaking news and updates… Read more »
In July, Traffic Surge To Job Portals, Bank Websites; Bing, Rediff Slips
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In July, on the back of reports that companies are gradually coming back to the hiring market, candidates spent a lot of time on job portals… Read more »
ISRO's Bhuvan: Far From Being A Google Earth Killer Anytime Soon
Indian Space Research Organization last week launched Bhuvan, the much anticipated satellite-based 3D mapping application that has been dubb… Read more »
DNA Posted Losses Of Rs150 Crore In 2007-08; 25% More Than First Year Of Operations
Diligent Media Corp. Ltd (DMCL), the Mumbai-based publisher of Daily News and Analysis, or DNA, posted losses of Rs150 crore for the fiscal… Read more »
Dainik Bhaskar Files New Draft Prospectus For IPO; Warburg Pincus Is Exiting
DB Corp Ltd, publisher of Dainik Bhaskar, has filed a Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) for an initial public offering. The DRHP, filed on… Read more »
Industry Moves: A.P. Parigi Joins Eros International As Group CEO; Didn't Retire Afterall
A.P. Parigi, who, two weeks ago, said he was leaving the Times Group as he had turned 60 and wanted to pursue other interests in life, has j… Read more »
Fremantle Media To Launch India Ops; Names Saurindra Kumar Barua As MD
Fremantle Media today named Saurindra Kumar Barua as managing director for India and said he will launch a production services operation her… Read more »
New Youth Congress Magazine; National Herald To Be Resurrected?
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The youth wing of the ruling Indian National Congress party is launching a monthly magazine that is said to be the brainchild of party gener… Read more »
Poor Monsoon May Have Disproportionate Impact On Media Stocks: Report
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Deficient rainfall this monsoon season and the resultant slump in demand in sectors that are key advertisers will adversely impact earnings… Read more »
Ergo, India's First Freesheeter, Ceases Print; Will Continue Online
Kasturi and Sons Ltd, the Chennai-based publisher of The Hindu, has decided to discontinue India’s first experiment in giving away a newspap… Read more »
The Indian Express Sets Up Media School; Media Education Boom
The Express Group, publisher of The Indian Express, is launching a media school, going by this website. The Express Institute Of Media Studi… Read more »
News Roundup: Den IPO; Coca Cola Digital Campaign; Playboy On India
Cable company DEN Networks is close to filing for an IPO, reports The Economic Times. Promoted by IBN18 managing director Sameer Manchanda,… Read more »
Ybrant Digital Continues Acquisition Spree; Buys Australian Ad Network Max Interactive
Hyderabad-based digital marketing firm Ybrant Digital is continuing its acquisition spree. Close on the heels of its purchase of Argentinian… Read more »
Exclusive: Bloomberg TV Also In Talks With NDTV Profit For Content, Branding Partnership
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contentSutra has learned from multiple sources that Bloomberg TV is also in talks with business news channel NDTV Profit for a potential bra… Read more »
Gmail Close To Eclipsing Yahoo Mail In India: Komli Media
Vizisense, an audience measurement tool from digital marketing firm Komli Media, has launched monthly rankings of websites based on traffic… Read more »
DTH Players Seek To Raise Funds As Subsidy-Based Business Model Burns Cash
As their model of subsidising expensive set top boxes to gain customers continue to burn cash in a competitive market, direct-to-home compan… Read more »
Earnings: Vodafone Declares iPhone Interest; Profits Rise On Asia Growth
Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) isn’t alone in wanting to prise away O2′s exclusive rights to distribute the iPhone in the UK — but it is shouting the… Read more »
MCC May Bid For IPL Franchise In 2011: Report
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Days after it said that IPL was hastening the death of test cricket, it has emerged that the venerated London-based MCC (Marylebone Cricket… Read more »
