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Sony Entertainment Television Sells 32 Pc Stake To BK Modi For $320 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 11 May 2008 09:45 PM PST

Multi Screen Media, the company formerly known as Sony (NYSE: SNE) Entertainment Television, has sold 32 percent stake to the BK Modi group for $320 million, report Variety and NDTV.…

MSM To End FY08 With $50 Million Loss; Settles Dispute With Shareholders - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 01 Apr 2008 07:06 AM PST

The Cricket World Cup debacle appears to have Multi Screen Media (formerly, Sony (NYSE: SNE) Entertainment Television) hard: the company is going to end the fiscal year with a negative…

@FICCI Frames: BCCI And MSM Planning A Fantasy Cricket League Around IPL; Bearish On Mobile - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 25 Mar 2008 01:45 AM PST

This is big: responding to ContentSutra’s question about MultiScreen Media’s upcoming New Media Initiatives, CEO Kunal Dasgupta said that the company is working with the Board of Control for Cricket…

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@FICCI Frames: Kunal Dasgupta, CEO of Multisceen Media Pitches E-Sports Coverage - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 24 Mar 2008 10:33 PM PST

Kunal Dasgupta, CEO of Multiscreen Media (formerly - Sony (NYSE: SNE) Entertainment Television) spoke about an interesting change of strategy from the film Jab We Met, which helped reduce the…

SET Renamed Multi-Screen Media; Dressing Up Before A Sale? - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 21 Dec 2007 12:21 AM PST

Sony (NYSE: SNE) Entertainment Television (SET) has been renamed Multi Screen Media (MSM), a move which CEO Kunal Dasgupta told IndianTelevison reflects a change in company’s strategy. SET intends to…

PE Funds Apparently Eying 32 Percent Stake In Sony Entertainment Television - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 05 Nov 2007 10:54 PM PST

Warburg Pincus, Blackstone and Standard Chartered Private Equity are among the Private Equity players looking to buy the 32 percent stake in Sony (NYSE: SNE) Entertainment Television reports ET. Sony…

Zee Moots Concept Of Universal Broadcaster For Mobile TV In India; Wants MediaFLO Barred - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 23 Oct 2007 08:52 PM PST

The Zee group has come out all guns blazing on the issue of allocation of licenses and spectrum for Mobile TV in India. The group has told the TRAI in…

70 Million SMS’ And $5.25 Million For Indian Idol Final? - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 25 Sep 2007 02:28 AM PST

There’s no way of verifying these numbers, but Rediff (NSDQ: REDF) reports that in the final nine days of the show Indian Idol, the finalists received 70 Million SMS’, amounting…

Sony Co Provides Content For Digital Distribution To Proposed BPCL Theatres - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 20 Sep 2007 10:38 PM PST

Seems very strange, but Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) is setting up cinema halls at its highway fuel stations. Cinemata, a Sony (NYSE: SNE) Entertainment Television company will be providing…

At Indian Idol, It’s A Volume Game
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 13 Sep 2007 12:29 AM PST

“The mountains are raging”, says Pradip Pradhan, secretary of Indian Idol contestant Prashant Tamang’s fan club. A businessman has offered Rs. 1 crore to the singers campaign. People are going…

SET, STAR And Saregama Have All Sent Legal Notices To YouTube - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 16 Jul 2007 05:08 AM PST

So after T-Series, Sony Entertainment Television, STAR India and Saregama joins the ranks of those who’ve now publicly declared that they’ve sent legal notices to YouTube, asking the online video…