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India Considering A BBC-Like Global TV Channel - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 21 Apr 2008 08:44 AM PST

The Indian government is mulling a global television channel on the lines of the BBC, reports ET. The idea is “the voice of India is heard and appreciated by the…

ADD Bags Rights For Middle East And North Africa Markets - 1 Comment
Posted By Cerius Shah - Sun 06 Apr 2008 10:24 AM PST

Arab Digital Distribution (ADD is a platform management company in Middle East and North Africa, it runs ART- Premium Arabic Entertainment, Pehla - Premium Asian Entertainment and First Net -…

Airtel, Reliance, Zee, BCCL, NDTV And Mobile2Win On FDI Limits In Media And Telecom - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 04 Apr 2008 12:28 AM PST

In response to queries regarding foreign investment in Broadcast and Telecom sectors - with an eye on convergence - stakeholders have submitted their comments to the TRAI. On the key…

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It’s Official: UTVi Inks Content Partnership With ABC; That TV-Web-Mobile Joke Again - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 02 Apr 2008 11:09 PM PST

Well, this certainly isn’t a surprise, and more of an official confirmation of something that was reported over a month ago: Reuters (NSDQ: RTRSY) reports that Disney (NYSE: DIS) owned…

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.…

BAG Launches Bollywood Site; Plans For Mobile - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 31 Mar 2008 02:33 AM PST

Another portal from BAG Films: the broadcaster has launched a website for its entertainment news channel E24, reports Agencyfaqs. BAG Convergence also plans to launch mobile sites for their two…

TV Roundup: NewsX, E24 Launch, TRAI Releases Consultation Paper on TRP’s - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Fri 28 Mar 2008 12:35 PM PST

Two new TV launches marked the end of the week, NewsX, the channel which had more coverage coming from the inner rather than the outer world, was launched on March…

UTV Hives Off News Business; Deal Expected With ABC - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 28 Feb 2008 09:20 PM PST

UTVs yet-to-be-launched news business has been hived off from UTV Global, I just confirmed from the company. Mint had reported the launch of the News co as a new company…

Ibibo And MTV Tie Up For TV Show iSuperstar; Photos On Vodafone Live; Multilingual News Search - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 19 Feb 2008 05:18 AM PST

I logged on to ibibo.com a couple of hours ago to check if there’s anything new, and noticed that they’ve launched a television show called iSuperstar in collaboration with MTV…

JumpTV May Sell Off Regional Content Business - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 14 Feb 2008 10:42 PM PST

This is significant news for those Indian channels providing their content to online TV service Jump TV, and perhaps something for the video content portals like Saavn, Big Flicks, Rajshri…

TV Ad Time For Web, Telco, ISP And Handset Manufacturers - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 14 Feb 2008 01:42 AM PST

[by Cerius Shah] We rounded up ADEx Data from January 2007 - January 2008 on the Top TV advertisers for the sectors that we cover. Do keep in mind that…

Orkut, MTV And Airtel Come Together For A Cross-Media Contest - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 12 Feb 2008 09:55 PM PST

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) owned social networking site Orkut, TV channel MTV India and telco Airtel have joined forces for a cross-media contest that allows users to bid to win a…

TV CEOs Musical Chairs: Lulla - Miditech-Turner JV; Guha To ADAG? - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 12 Feb 2008 06:55 AM PST

[by Cerius Shah] Sunil Lulla, the former CEO of Times Global Broadcasting has joined Alva brothers, as a director on board for the launch of a General entertainment channel as…

Eye On New Media Revenues, Indian Producers Want Copyright Life Extended - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 11 Feb 2008 01:21 AM PST

Eying revenues from new revenue streams like the Internet, mobile and with the advent of multipleses, FICCI and Bollywood production companies are pushing to get the copyright of films extended…

Nimbus Looking To Dilute Equity To Fund Growth Plans Says CEO - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 06 Feb 2008 09:01 PM PST

Nimbus Communications plans to dilute equity to raise around $100 million to fund its growth plans: the company had recently appointed Digvijay Singh as CEO. The ET report mentions, quoting…

From mocoNews: Interactive TV Provider Blue Frog Mobile Files For Bankruptcy - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 06 Feb 2008 08:49 PM PST

For all those gung-ho about the cross-media opportunity, a sobering story from our sister site mocoNews.net: Blue Frog Mobile, the Seattle company that works with TV stations to allow viewers…

Ibibo Partners With Zee For Cross-Media Budget Speak - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 06 Feb 2008 08:39 PM PST

[by Cerius Shah] Cross media has been pegged as a theme in 2008 by Nikhil and it seems to be happening already. Ibibo has partnered with Zee’s biz and news…

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…

Fashion TV Launches India Portal - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 23 Jan 2008 10:09 PM PST

[by Cerius Shah] Sushma Swaraj will be beaming. FTV has launched its India centric portal and partnered with Hungama mobile for mobile content. We’d reported earlier that Hungama Mobile is…

India TV Sells 20 Percent Stake to Shyam Equities; Valuation Now Rs 500 Crore - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 23 Jan 2008 01:50 PM PST

[by Cerius Shah] Rajat Sharma’s Independent News Service Private Limited (INS), which is the holding company for India TV, has sold of 20% stake to Banglore based Shyam Equities Pvt…

NDTV Launches NDTVimagine.com; Gets Active On Mobile
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 23 Jan 2008 11:58 AM PST

[By Cerius Shah] So the General Entertainment Channel wars have begun. NDTV seems to be the flavour of January with the high profile launch and the NBC stake acquisition. The…

Rajshri Media Launches Tamil Content - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 21 Jan 2008 10:04 PM PST

Video content portal Rajshri Media has added Tamil films and TV shows to its bouquet of content. The service was launched on Jan 14th, around the festive season of Pongal.…

Dish TV In Talks For DTH Services With Indian Railways - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 20 Jan 2008 08:38 PM PST

[by Cerius Shah] There appears to be competition for Mobile TV, from DTH. According to this ET report, Essel Group owned Dish TV is in talks with the Indian Railways…

Kreeda Ties Up With NDTV Imagine For Nachle Ve
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 20 Jan 2008 07:56 PM PST

Can’t say we didn’t see this coming: Kreeda Games has tied up with NDTV Imagine for their dance show ‘Nachle Ve’, reports exchange4media. This is for their massively multiplayer online…

World Sport Group Pays $1 Billion For IPL Rights - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 15 Jan 2008 12:58 AM PST

The Indian Premier League (IPL), the Twenty20 league being formulated by the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI), has sold media rights to the World Sport Group (WSG)…