Star Gold's growth strategy
Star ramps up movie acquisition budget to Rs1.5billion; laps up blockbusters and stitches deal with Shree Ashtavinayak for its upcoming slate.
(10 Sep 2011)

Ten Sports' new cricket telecast deals
Zee-controlled Taj Television seals fresh 8-year deals with Cricket South Africa & Zimbabwe for around $200mn. Has it built a strong cricket platform for ramping up pay revenues?
(13 Sep 2011)

Taj TV renews South Africa crickets rights for 8 years
Zee-controlled Taj Television renews Cricket South Africa television rights for eight years from 2012/13 through to 2019/20; media rights covers Asia and Middle East.
(09 Sep 2011)

Sony opens up 8 pm slot with Pakistani TV dramas
Launching on 3 October, Kuch To Log Kahenge will air Monday to Friday; an adaptation of the drama Dhoop Kinare, it will replace poor performer Krishnaben Khakrawala.
(15 Sep 2011)

Tamil Nadu to tax DTH, IPL
DTH services will be charged 30% entertainment tax, a step taken to support the state-floated Arasu Cable to counter Sun Network; IPL cricket played in Chennai to be taxed 25%.
(14 Sep 2011)

Sunset date for digitisation unrealistic, say stakeholders
Stakeholders feel government should issue notification for bringing in digitisation, reduce customs duty, promote production of STBs and facilitate acquisition of equipments.
(09 Sep 2011)

Election Commision wants minimum punishment of 2 years in cases of paid news
Election Commission of India has asked the Centre to impose a minimum punishment of two years to anyone found guilty of indulging in the malaise of paid news.
(15 Sep 2011)

BCCC awaits Delhi HC verdict on 'Emotional Atyachaar'
Broadcast Content Complaints Council adjourns hearing on complaints relating to UTV Bindass' reality show Emotional Atyachaar as matter is sub judice before Delhi High Court.
(13 Sep 2011)

Singham powers Star Gold to 221 GRPs
Singham clocks 8.7 TVR, highest on any Hindi movie channel in the recent past; Star Gold sees a 70-GRP jump.
(14 Sep 2011)

Sports to see degrowth in ad revenue: Joy
Television will grow faster at 12% while print will crawl at 2-3% as advertisers exercise caution in spending; quarterly or shorter term deals are becoming the norm.
(12 Sep 2011)

ESPN Star Sports to spend Rs300mn to market Champions League Twenty20h
ESPN Star Sports to spend Rs250-300mn to promote Champions League Twenty20; SRK is face of the event.
(10 Sep 2011)

Maurya TV to expand in UP, eyes break-even in FY'13
The Prakash Jha-owned regional news and entertainment channel is looking at upping ad revenues as it gains in popularity; eyes break-even in FY'13.
(14 Sep 2011)

Reddy returns to Zeel as Head-South Cluster
Sanjay Reddy returns to Zeel fold after spending two years at Sun TV Network as Telugu cluster head; will head Zee Telugu, Zee Kannada and Zee Tamil.
(12 Sep 2011)

Mere Brother Ki Dulhan nets Rs255mn in opening weekend
Mere Brother Ki Dulhan did fairly well in its first weekend to collect Rs255mn; Bodyguard nets Rs1.15bn in nine days.
(12 Sep 2011)

An average rom-com with limited appeal
Mere Brother Ki Dulhan is cliché filled and a rehash of most things seen on screen before; director Ali Zafar acquires most of his story telling from the films he watched. FILM REVIEW!
(09 Sep 2011)