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UTV Completes Acquisition Of 76 Percent Stake In IT Nation For Rs. 15 Crores - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 26 May 2008 11:36 PM PST

Update: UTV has acquired 76 percent stake (not 80 percent stake as earlier indicated to the BSE) in IT Nation for Rs. 15 crores. More importantly, they intend to invest…

UTV Launches Website For Business Channel UTVi - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 01 May 2008 04:14 AM PST

The website for UTVi the business channel from the UTV Group, has gone live, albeit in beta. The site has news, market updates, industry-wise updates; there are ”Guru Blogs”, which…

Earnings: UTV Interactive Revenues At Rs 95 Crores; To Invest Rs. 130 Crores In Game IP In FY09 - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 29 Apr 2008 04:24 AM PST

Updated below UTV Software Communications has reported Interactive revenues of Rs. 95.57 crores for the financial year ending March 31st 2008 (FY08). For the year, the Interactive segment, comprising of…

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Business Standard In Content Tie-Up With UTVi - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 25 Apr 2008 12:55 AM PST

There’s been a significant increase in the news content deals this year, and there are signs that more are in the offing: Business Standard has announced a content tie-up with…

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…

Disney Ups Stake In UTV To 32.1 Pc For $200M; Open Offer For 20 Pc - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 18 Feb 2008 01:03 AM PST

Update: Looks like Reuters (NSDQ: RTRSY) got it wrong: just spoke to a UTV spokesperson, who told me that Disney’s (NYSE: DIS) open offer to UTV Software shareholders is a…

Disney To Increase Stake in UTV; Announcement Monday - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 16 Feb 2008 11:37 AM PST

Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), which has been a 15 percent stake holder in Indian TV company UTV, is going to announce an increase in its stake this Monday. The announcement…

UTV Interactive Revenues At Rs. 12.86 Crores, EBITDA Loss; FDI Approval - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 31 Jan 2008 06:45 PM PST

The Interactive segment of BSE listed UTV Software Communications, which includes Gaming, Animation, Post Production and SFX, has clocked revenues of Rs. 12.86 crores for the quarter ending December 31st…

Updated: UTV Acquires Majority Stake In IT Nation - 15 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 03 Jan 2008 09:20 AM PST

Update: A UTV spokesperson told us that the company has no comment on this story - neither a confirmation nor a denial. Our sources have since confirmed that the deal…

UTV Buys Controlling Interest in Indiagames - 3 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 14 Dec 2007 08:49 AM PST

UTV, through its UK subsidiary, has bought a controlling stake in Indiagames. UTV first bought into a majority in Indiagames late last year, for about Rs 68 crore, which it…

UTV Severs Ties With Astro For Bindass - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 03 Dec 2007 11:04 PM PST

UTV Software has informed the BSE that they have called off their “discussion” with Malaysian DTH and Pay TV co Astro for a TV joint venture in India; that venture…

TN Prabhu Quits Disney To Join UTV As COO Of United New Media Ventures - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 12 Nov 2007 11:24 PM PST

Our mails to TN Prabhu and calls to Disney (NYSE: DIS) on this had not yielded anything, but a release just in from UTV now confirms it: TN Prabhu, Director…

Disney May Increase Stake In UTV: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 07 Nov 2007 11:24 PM PST

CNBC-TV18 reports that Disney (NYSE: DIS) is on the lookout for acquisitions in India, and it’s believed that they are planning to increase their stake in UTV. Disney currently owns…

Earnings: UTV Interactive Clocks Revenues Of Rs. 10.04 Crores - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 25 Oct 2007 06:35 AM PST

UTV reported Interactive revenues of Rs. 10.04 crore for the quarter ended September 30 2007, up from Rs. 8.54 for the same quarter last year. EBITDA for the quarter was…

Preneet Malhotra Appointed CEO of UTV Interactive - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 22 Oct 2007 11:11 PM PST

UTV Software Communications has appointed Preneet Malhotra as CEO of UTV Interactive, the business vertical that houses their animation division UTV Toons, and UK based gaming company Ignition Entertainment. Prior…

Bindass Has Plans For Mobisodes, Ringtones, Wallpapers - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 25 Sep 2007 01:49 AM PST

Zarina Mehta, CEO of UTV’s channel Bindass tells Indiantelevision that the channel has tied up with telcos including Idea, BPL and BSNL to air mobisodes of their TV shows. They’ve…

Bindass To Launch On September 24th; User Generated Content On Lagegi.com - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 10 Sep 2007 03:56 AM PST

Zarina Mehta, CEO of Bindass has told exchange4media that the website for their TV channel Bindass will have show information, feature stars from the channel, and will be used for…

UTV Motion Pictures Ties Up With Virgin Comics - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 10 Aug 2007 05:57 AM PST

I’ve lost track of the number of franchises that Virgin Comics is creating...too many too fast? This time, they’ve tied up with AIM listed UTV Motion Pictures to create four…