Neo
Prime begins its journey as all sports channel
The Neo Cricket rebranded channel will have networks'
premium content including cricket and other mass sports;
Neo Sports will air niche properties like Golf and Badminton.
(2
june 2012)
ESS
retains England cricket rights for $200 mn
The rights for 7 years, including TV, online, mobile
& radio covering India, Pak, SL and Bangladesh,
had bidders like Sony Six; previous 5-year deal was
for $80 mn.
(4 june 2012)
Radio
waves to be delinked from licences, to be given through
auction
All radio waves to be awarded through auction and will
be delinked from licences; in existing policy spectrum
was coming bundled with licences.
(1
june 2012)
Post
CA Media buy, Endemol India gets TV and fiction head
Endemol restructures operations to keep in line with
its growth strategy that will be built on four verticals;
appoints Abhishek Rege as COO - TV and Doris Dey as
fiction head.
(5
june 2012)
Hockey
leagues set for fierce battle in India
Hockey India, game's official body, is set to take on
Nimbus Sports and Indian Hockey Federation's World Series
Hockey with its own franchise-based league; to debut
in January 2013.
(2 june 2012)
NGC
gets FIPB nod
NGC Network gets the FIPB nod for uplinking and downlinking
of non-news and current affairs television channels
through internal accruals without any foreign inflows.
(1
june 2012)
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