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Star May Divest 25.9% Stake In Balaji; A Look At Production Houses - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Fri 13 Jun 2008 01:43 AM PST

The general entertainment channel wars are hurting the mass entertainment conglomerates hard. Mint reports Star India, a News Corp (NYSE: NWS). subsidiary, is mulling divesting 25.9% of its stake in…

Indiagames Acquires Multiple Rights For Kya Aap Paanchvi Paas Se Tez Hain - 1 Comment
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 27 May 2008 01:55 PM PST

Indiagames has acquired rights for mobile, PC and interestingly Interactive Television (DTH and IPTV) rights for Star’s Kya Aap Paanchvi Paas Se Tez Hain (Are You Smarter Than A Fifth…

Cleartrip Ties Up With PLUS! - 2 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Mon 26 May 2008 12:27 AM PST

Cleartrip has tied up with Star India’s mobile application PLUS, to deliver travel related information to users. The service allows users to access travel information and make reservations via the…

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@NDTV NMC: Old Media Evolves With Consumers; Regulation Biggest Bottleneck; Who’s The Consumer? - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 09 May 2008 08:00 AM PST

For some reason, at the NDTV New Media Congress, the session focusing on mass media companies taking to the Internet digressed down the New Media vs Old Media path. Kevin…

Mohit Anand To Join As Head Of Channel [V] - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 02 Apr 2008 07:40 AM PST

Mohit Anand, formerly the Country Manager For Microsofts Entertainment & Devices Division will be joining Channel [V] as General Manager for Channel [V], from the 21st of April, reports Indiantelevision.com.…

Yet Another Bollywood Site: STAR Launches Starboxoffice.com - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 31 Mar 2008 03:57 AM PST

This appears to be a day for entertainment websites - and I wonder if we’re headed for a glut of some sort: It appears that STAR TV has launched an…

Channel [V] Head Resigns To Start Internet Venture - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 10 Mar 2008 12:55 AM PST

Well, it’s a sign of the times that another top media honcho is turning entrepreneur: Amar K Deb, head of Channel [V] has put in his papers, and is looking…

BBC Content, Kyonki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi At Rajshri.com; On TV Content Online - 4 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 04 Feb 2008 02:50 AM PST

I had written (grumbled) in the past, about the BBC not giving access to historical video content related to India and Pakistan, to viewers from India, so it comes as…

STAR, BCCL To Launch Home Shopping Business: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 15 Jan 2008 10:26 PM PST

After Network18’s HomeShop18, another home shopping network is reportedly in the works. Business Standard reports that STAR India and the Times of India group (BCCL) are tying up with a…

Star India In Distribution JV With Digital Entertainment Networks - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 14 Jan 2008 09:24 PM PST

STAR India and Digital Entertainment Networks (DEN) have formed a 50:50 joint venture to distribute television content using IPTV, MMDS (Wireless Cable), DTH and HITS, reports Television Point. Variety adds…

Home Video Roundup: Moser Baer - DQ Entertainment, Palador; Music Today - STAR - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 12 Dec 2007 12:42 AM PST

-- Moser Baer has inked a couple of deals for content for their Home Video business: they’ve tied up with DQ Entertainment (DQE) for the distribution of two animated series…

STAR India Adds MyIris.com, Zoom, The Sun And NatGeo To PLUS - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 23 Nov 2007 11:03 PM PST

I don’t know how STAR India’s mobile application PLUS is doing, but they’re certainly getting more content on board - Indiantelevision reports that STAR has tied up with UKs The…

Star India Promotes Uday Shankar To CEO Post - 1 Comment
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Thu 25 Oct 2007 07:58 AM PST

Star today promoted its chief operating officer Uday Shankar to the post of CEO and moved up its senior vice president Jadgish Kumar to fill in Shankar’s vacancy. [via Indiantelevision.com]…

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…

Application Roundup: STAR-Yatra; Moneycontrol-Markets On Mobile - 19 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 04 Oct 2007 05:01 AM PST

-- STAR India has signed a 12 month alliance with Online Travel Agent (OTA) Yatra.com to offer air travel reservations, hotel bookings etc on STARs GPRS based mobile platform PLUS.…

Sumant Kasliwal, Business Head & VP Interactive For STAR India, To Join Microsoft - 9 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 19 Sep 2007 10:54 PM PST

Contentsutra has learned from reliable sources that Sumant Kasliwal, Business Head & Vice President of Interactive Media (Internet) at Star TV India has put in his papers. While we haven’t…

STAR India Ebeds Plus In Sony Ericsson Handsets - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 30 Aug 2007 04:59 AM PST

This just in: STAR Mobile has inked a deal to embed its mobile application PLUS on Sony Ericsson handsets, reports Mobile Entertainment. Handsets which will be shipped starting October 1st…

Report: STAR Revenues Down To $91 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 29 Aug 2007 04:29 AM PST

The STAR Group has seen operating income drop by 30 percent year on year, at $91 million, and income from Indian and Asian operations has dipped, reports Business Standard, quoting…

On Channel [V]’s Claims Of New Media Friendliness - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 21 Aug 2007 12:00 AM PST

Amar K Deb, head of Channel [V], in an interview with Indiantelevision.com claims that the channel is “new media friendly”. Yeah, right: Channel [V] introduced blogs into their content mix…

STAR Launches Video Portal- Video On The Rocks; Tie-Ups For Games And Travel Search - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 16 Jul 2007 09:46 AM PST

You’re reading it here first: STAR India has launched a video portal called Video On The Rocks (VOTR). It seems that STAR is banking on premium content - like small…

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…