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Turner and Warner Bros. to launch new channel in India

Turner International and Warner Bros. Entertainment will launch a new Warnerbranded channel for India, called WB, featuring motion pictures and hit television series, from March 15, 2009. The channel will showcase programming licensed from Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD). Together with HBO, WB expands Turner’s English entertainment package in India and reinforces the commitment by [...]

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Raj TV plans to launch Kannada news channel

Raj Television Network (RTN) plans to launch a Kannada-language news channel in April, to be followed by a general entertainment channel (GEC) by the end of FY’10. The news channel will be called Raj News Kannada. “We  have obtained all the clearances and are launching the news channel in April. The Kannada GEC will take [...]

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NGC gets govt approval for launch of 3 channels

National Geographic Channel India has obtained government approvals for three channels – Fox Crime, FX and  Baby TV – and is set to launch them by next quarter. NGC is awaiting clearances for four other channels – Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Adventure, Nat Geo Music and Nat Geo HD. Says NGC India senior vice [...]

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Govt. asks channels not to telecast footage on Kasab

Suspecting that a video clip of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab’s court hearing has been leaked to the media, government has advised television channels not to broadcast it. Officials of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting have been calling up TV channels, telling them that that they should not telecast the footage if they have [...]

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Sanjay Behl to head Reliance’s Big TV, IPTV

Reliance Communications group head brand and marketing Sanjay Behl has been elevated to the position of CEO for the company’s DTH and IPTV operations.Sources confirm that Behl will begin overseeing the Reliance Big TV operations with immediate effect and will also be responsible for the company’s IPTV services. Behl will, however, continue to hold his [...]

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Kaushik Ghosh joins STAR as Vice President, Sales

STAR Entertainment Media Pvt Ltd, announced the appointment of Kaushik Ghosh as Vice President, Ad Sales. Kaushik will look after the regional channels sales and multiply the momentum to the channel’s endeavour of becoming the No.1 network in the regional space. A B.Tech from IIT, Kharaghpur and an MBA from IIM, Kolkata, Kaushik brings in vast [...]

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I&B Ministry nod to CRS in Ahmednagar & Solan

I&B Ministry has signed a grant of permission agreement for establishing, maintaining and operating community radio stations (CRS) at Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra & Solan district in Himachal Pradesh. With this, the number of community radio stations in the country will go up to 44.   The community radio station to be established at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, [...]

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Heather Gupta is New Channel Head of UTV Bindass

UTV Bindass recently appointed Heather Gupta at a key position to take over the role of Channel Head for UTV Bindass and UTV Bindass Movies. This announcement reinforces the company’s focus to strengthen its strategic team and highlight its positioning as the first 3600 Entertainment Brand for Indian Youth. In her new role, Gupta would [...]

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ET NOW & Reuters enter into a mega alliance

The Times Group has inked a pioneering content-sharing agreement with the world’s leading and most-respected provider of business information and news, Thomson Reuters. The deal will give the soon-to-be-launched ET NOW real-time access to Reuters’ expertise in business information globally, with dedicated Reuters teams based in the world’s biggest financial centres such as New York [...]

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BSNL ties up with Hungama for entertainment store

BSNL has tied up with Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Private Ltd to offer On-Demand Entertainment Store for its broadband users. “This is a first-of-its-kind service in India. We will offer 50,000 songs and 1,000 videos in various languages. They can also get access to over 500 games as they subscribe to the digital store,” Mr Siddhartha [...]

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