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Walt Disney gets approval to take over UTV
The Government has approved the proposal by the Walt Disney Company(Southeast Asia) Pte Ltd, Singapore, for increasing its shareholding on fully diluted basis to 100% of UTV Software Communications. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the proposal following the recommendation of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in its meeting on 15 November. Disney, [...]
Continue reading...Govt rules out establishment of broadcast regulator
9. January 2012
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The Government has reiterated that there is no proposal to set up a Broadcast Regulator in view of the self-regulatory mechanisms set up by the news and general entertainment channels. Information and Broadcasting Ministry officials also confirmed that the existing regulatory framework in the Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act 1995 is adequate. In fact, the Ministry [...]
Continue reading...Eutelsat to unify satellite names
9. January 2012
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Global satellite operator Eutelsat has announced that from 1 March 2012 it will be unifying the names of its satellites around the established Eutelsat brand. From this date, the Group’s satellites will take the Eutelsat name associated with the relevant figure for their orbital position and a letter indicating their order of arrival at that [...]
Continue reading...History channel partners with CBSE
9. January 2012
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Innovating with its outreach programme, televisionchannel Historyannounced collaboration with the CBSE board in an effort to converse and spread awareness about the monuments of India. The channel and the board conducted the Heritage Quiz 2011 where over 1000 schools affiliated to it participated. The selection process included a written test followed by three rounds of quizzing ending [...]
Continue reading...Madhuri Dixit to launch TV channel
9. January 2012
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Madhuri Dixit returned home after many long years in early October amidst a lot of fanfare. Ever since then, industry insiders as well as her fans have waited with bated breath to see the dhak dhak girl back in action. Mads’ return, which insiders claimed was an attempt to revive her Bollywood career however, is [...]
Continue reading...DD gets Rs 710 mn for new content
9. January 2012
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Prasar Bharati has decided that Rs 710 million will be spent for creatingquality content for the public broadcaster during the current year 2011-12. This is out of Rs 1.42 billion allocated early this year by the Empowered Finance Committee (EFC) of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry. A sum of Rs 500 million had been earmarked [...]
Continue reading...KBC now in Tamil
9. January 2012
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Vijay TV is all set to launch the hit game show Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC)in Tamil as Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi, with Tamil film star Surya donning the mantle of host. Mr K. Sriram, Business Head, Vijay Television Pvt Ltd, said the show calls for a huge investment, laying stress on the word ‘huge’. “This [...]
Continue reading...Fox Traveller to start 24-hr Bengali feed from 15th January
9. January 2012
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Travel and lifestyle channel, Fox Traveller, will start a 24-hour Bengali language feed starting 15 January. Presently the Bangla feed is available for four hours during primetime (8-12 pm). The channel believes that with this development Fox Traveller will be able to reinforce connect with Bengali speaking audiences. Fox International Channels VP – marketing Debarpita [...]
Continue reading...BCCI scraps Nimbus contract
9. January 2012
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In what can be termed as a severe blow to Nimbus, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has terminated the contract with the sportsbroadcaster. Cricket’s richest board, BCCI, took the decision at its Working Committee meeting after Nimbus failed to agree to the BCCI’s terms that it pay 50% of each months [...]
Continue reading...DD India’s reach limits to 38 countries
9. January 2012
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The reach of the international channel of Doordarshan – DD India – has fallen to less than half following the shifting of the transmission from Intelsat to Insat 4B satellite. While the channel was reaching 86 countries through Intelsat, it is currently reaching just 38 countries. The contract with the Intelsat Corporation of the United States [...]
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9. January 2012
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