18 December 2018 | Volume 70 - Issue No: 29 Facebook Twitter YouTube YouTube
 

Television | TV Channels

Sanjay Gupta on executing the new tariff regime, Star India's strategy and channel pricing

Star India COO Sanjay Gupta is a veteran of many high-stake battles. The one he's currently battling could be long drawn, unpredictable, unlike anything he's encountered before and potentially his toughest in a while. However, as India's broadcast bosses put their heads down to implement TRAI's new tariff regime, Gupta and Star seem to be first off the blocks.
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Cable TV | LCO

Ortel loss mounts: NCLT orders insolvency process
Ortel Communications Ltd (Ortel) reported a higher loss for the quarter ended 30 September 2018 (Q2 2019, period or quarter under review) as compared to the immediate trailing quarter Q1 2019 and the corresponding year ago quarter Q2 2018. On 27 November 2018, the National Company Law Tribunal.
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Television | TV Channels
English news most benefited genre in Chrome DM week 50
With a growth of 1.29 per cent as compared to last week (49), the English news genre marked the highest opportunity to see (OTS) among all categories in week 50 of Chrome Data Analytics & Media. In the English news genre, Loksabha TV gained the highest OTS with 98.2 per cent in six metros market.
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Television | TV Channels
Republic Bharat, Arnab Goswami's Hindi offering, to debut on 26 January
The Hindi offering of the Arnab Goswami-led network Republic is set to hit the airwaves on 26 January, a source close to the development informed Indiantelevision.com. Republic TV CEO Vikas Khanchandani, in a recent interaction with Indiantelevision.com, however, had side-stepped queries about Republic Bharat's (in short format it would be known as R Bharat) launch, though he added it would materialise in the first quarter of 2019.
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Television | TV Channelss
Uday Shankar elected FICCI VP for 2018-19
Adding another feather to his cap, 21st Century Fox Asia president and Star India chairman and CEO Uday Shankar has been elected as the vice president of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) for 2018-19.
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  Source: ET
   
- I&B Secy to chair conference on feasibility of broadband services through Cable TV
- Star India announces new channel pricing, seven new channel packs
  Source: BS
   
- Tata Sky offering 44% discount to new DTH subscribers: Report
  Source: BGR
   
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