Channel News

• Tamil channels led the TV advertising charts among regional languages

  July, 2020

  Regional language channels led the TV advertising chart with 57 percent share of the overall TV ad volumes, according to the data released by AdEx India, a division of TAM…Read More

• SonyLIV and NetRange partner to expand Indian viewer base

  July, 2020

  NetRange MMH GmbH and SonyLIV have collaborated and Indian users of the NetRange Smart TV App Store will now be able to gain the SonyLIV app on their Smart TVs….Read More

• Zee Media Corporation 4Q net profit at Rs 11.14 crore

  July, 2020

  Zee Media Corporation Ltd. (ZMCL) has reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 11.14 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31. The company had posted a net loss of…Read More

• Sun TV Network 4Q profit falls 11.6 percent

  July, 2020

  Sun TV Network has posted an 11.6-percent fall in its 4QFY20 net profit at Rs 250 crore versus Rs 283 crore in the year-ago period. Revenue of the company was…Read More

• Star India slated to discontinue Star World

  July, 2020

  The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) New Tariff Order (NTO) is proving to be the death knell for niche channels sooner than later. Star India is slated to wrap…Read More

• Movements

  July, 2020

  TV9 Network has appointed Raktim Das as COO of Studio9. He will be responsible for driving the convergence of TV and digital revenues with focus on branded content innovation. The…Read More

• Delhi Aaj Tak suspends operations

  June, 2020

  TV Today Network’s Aaj Tak will cease to exist from June 30, 2020. Launched on December 31, 2007, Delhi Aaj Tak was the fourth news channel from the network after…Read More

• Epic On partners with CloudWalker

  June, 2020

  Epic On, the premium OTT by IN10 Media Network, has partnered with online smart TV brand CloudWalker. This partnership enables Epic On to be pre-embedded into CloudWalker smart screens and…Read More

• YES Bank acquires 24.19 percent stake in Dish TV

  June, 2020

  YES Bank has acquired 24.19 percent in Dish TV, making it the second-largest shareholder in the direct-to-home (DTH) company. The bank’s move to pick up a stake in Dish TV…Read More

• FWICE requests Maharashtra CM to allow post-production work to resume

  June, 2020

  The Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) wrote a letter to Maharashtra chief minister, Uddhav Thackeray, seeking permission to restart the post-production activities of films, shows, and other entertainment…Read More

• Sony Pictures Network discontinues AXN and AXN HD

  June, 2020

  Sony Pictures Network India has decided to discontinue the operation of its English Entertainment channels AXN and AXN HD with effect from the midnight of June 30, 2020. The network’s…Read More

• Viacom18 relaunches Rishtey Cineplex

  June, 2020

  Rishtey Cineplex has made a return from June 5, 2020. The 500+ robust movie library of the channel is available on DD Freedish and soon on major cable and DTH…Read More

• Movements

  June, 2020

  Shemaroo Entertainment has appointed Sandeep Gupta as COO – Broadcasting Business. Before joining Shemaroo Entertainment, Sandeep has been the India CFO and COO – Broadcasting Business at B4U Television Network India….Read More

• EESL’s JV emerges as fastest-growing company in U.K.

  May, 2020

  Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL’s) joint venture (JV) EnergyPro Assets Ltd. (EPAL) has emerged as the fastest-growing Indian company in the United Kingdom (U.K.) in the “India meets Britain Tracker…Read More

• Falling revenues prompt FTA channels to seek a waiver of carriage fees

  May, 2020

  A consortium of free-to-air (FTA) channels has appealed to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) to have their channels placed on Prasar Bharati’s DTH platform DD Free Dish. As…Read More