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DW launches New TV channel in India

Germany’s international broadcaster Deutche Welle, which already runs DW-TV Asia in India since 1996, announced the launch of a channel, DW-TV Asia+. Deutsche Welle director of distribution Petra Schneider said: “Deutsche Welle has a history of being involved in fine arts and culture and the launch of the living channel DW-TV ASIA+ is a strong testimony [...]

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Sony Pictures buys Channel 8

Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has acquired Channel 8, the only Bengali language film channel in India. The channel will be under the management of SPTI’s international networks group and marks SPTI’s  entry into the Bengal region. The deal will help Sony to compete with the likes of Star India and Zee  Entertainment in Indian [...]

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Kaushik Mukherji quits Hungama

Kaushik Mukherji, chief operating officer, Hungama, has announced his decision to quit and start his own venture, Bhoomi Crop Private Limited. Mukherji has twenty years’ experience in the advertising and communications industry and has worked for Hungama for the past five years. His venture, Bhoomi Crop will be operating in the agriculture retail area. Mukherji [...]

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Videocon to launch DTH service on April 27

Venugopal Dhoot, chairman, Videocon Industries, has decided the launch date for his much-talked about business -DTH venture to April 27, 2009. Videocon officials said the company is targeting consumers who purchase the TV with an integrated DTH STB. To be called D2H+, the new service promises a newage satellite TV platform that will make use [...]

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Vinay Agarwal quits DishTV

Vinay Agarwal has put in his papers as CEO at DishTV, the direct-to-home company of the Zee Group. Agarwal had joined DishTV in June, 2008 and was based at the company’s headquarters in Noida. Prior to joining DishTV, he was associated with Grindwell Norton Ltd, a Saint-Gobain Group company, as President – Abrasives. addthis_url [...]

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ZNL to invest Rs 600 mn in Telugu and UP news channels

Zee News Ltd. (ZNL) is investing Rs 600 million in its two regional news channels which are slated for launch this month, a senior executive said.Telugu news channel Zee 24 Ghantalu will require a capex of Rs 220 million and an operating expense of Rs 180 million for one year. The news channel for Uttar [...]

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NE TV Group launches HY TV

The North-East TV Group successfully added one more television channel to its kitty with the launch of HY TV. The media conglomerate from the north east now has a bouquet of six channels under its banner, like NE TV, NE Bangla, NE Hi-fi apart from Hamar TV which is India’s first News & Current Affairs [...]

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New Trai chairman unlikely till June

Nripendra Misra’s term as the Trai chairman ended, but his replacement has not been named so far. Now, it’s learnt that a decision on the new chairman may well be taken by the next government. In other words, the seat may not be filled for at least the next two months. This is despite the [...]

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Measat -3a satellite to launch in June

Measat Satellite Systems has received confirmation from Intelsat that the Measat-3a satellite has been scheduled for launch in June 2009. Measat-3a has been returned to the Orbital Sciences facility in Dulles, US after the  completion of a complex de-fueling and decontamination process.   The satellite is now undergoing final repairs and testing in preparation for the June [...]

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INX Media CEO, Executive Chief step down

INX Media has announced that its founder and CEO, Ms Indrani Mukerjea, and Executive Chairman, Mr Peter Mukerjea, have stepped down from their current management positions. While the CEO carries on in her position till the end of April, Mr Mukerjea will be stepping down end March. In a statement, the company said the two [...]

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