“Kids’ is the number 3 priority genre in Indian television today”
In the second part of our genrePrimer series, Discovery Kids' Rahul Johri gives his insights into the kids channel's space.
(24 July 2013)

MipCom, MipTV workshop planned for Hyderabad this evening
(25 July 2013)

NDTV readies for Profit relaunch
NDTV Profit will see a range of entertainment shows after 4pm, when the business markets close. A clutch of producers is being called in to help take the channel in this new direction.
(25 July 2013)

Bharti Sihag to be AS and FA in I&B Ministry
(24 July 2013)

What made 1 million people follow @ndtv?
Out of all the Indian companies with a twitter handle, it is a news channel that gets to a million followers first.
(23 July 2013)

BARC to host a series of open houses
The first of these meetings between the advertisers, agencies and broadcasters, will be held on 25 July in Bengaluru.
(23 July 2013)

HT Media Q1-2014 PAT higher by 17 per cent
HT Media's digital wing reported buoyant performance for Q1-2014 with a 41 per cent increase in revenues as against Q1-2013.
(22 July 2013)

BCCC mandates Rs 30 lakh fine on channels violating code
(21 July 2013)

Rajdeep's sport and business leader show
The CNNIBN editor in chief will be going one-on-one with a sports & biz leader in each episode of Leader Talks which airs from 21 July. Gulf Oil is the sponsor.
(19 July 2013)

Arvind Sharma re-elected as AAAI president
This is Arvind Sharma’s second stint as AAAI’s president. The appointment was made during the annual general body meeting held today.
(19 July 2013)

IBF meets in Delhi; issues discussed, solution yet to be found
The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) met today; will probably send out a consensus view to the AAAI and ISA by email next week. Resolution likely to take time.
(19 July 2013)

TAM clarifies on weekly/monthly ratings rollout
The ratings agency says until its three offerings become available post 8 August, industry will continue to use existing Media Xpress software offering GRPs/TRPs percentage data.
(26 July 2013)

Advertisers vs broadcasters: Peace pipe smoked finally
The media and public will now get to know television viewership in thousands, colloquially referred to as TVT.
(25 July 2013)

Draftfcb Ulka Interactive gets Sudarshan Sudevan on board as creative head-digital
He would be creatively reporting to NCD KS Chakravarthy (Chax) and functionally to senior VP Satish Ramachandrandran.
(22 July 2013)

Creative hotshop a.m. rises
Ad and marketing pros Nilesh Vaidya and Shreepad Shinde speak about their new venture
(20 July 2013)

Standard Chartered extends its partnership with Liverpool FC
Liverpool FC has embarked on a tour of Asia and Australia in partnership with Standard Chartered, where they will play in front of packed stadiums in Jakarta, Melbourne and Bangkok.
(19 July 2013)

UTV Stars and bindass big on digital
Youth entertainment is a dynamic genre and it is important to go beyond TV and create a strong presence on the digital space, and Bindass and UTV Stars seem to be taking the right steps.
(24 July 2013)

Set Max goes big on marketing for Aashiqui 2
The movie channel is engaging in a 360 degree marketing campaign for the world premier of the musical blockbuster.
(23 July 2013)

TRAI gets tough on deadline for CAFs
The regulator is gunning for complete digitisation in all major cities under phase-II of DAS implementation; Delhi at 97%, Mumbai at 80%.
(22 July 2013)

TRAI's second activation ruling to hit providers by 40 per cent
The Rs 26,000 crore mobile VAS industry feels that the ruling will affect its revenue by almost half.
(20 July 2013)

D-Day and Ramaiya Vastavaiya open well, as Bhaag Milkha Bhaag sustains
The numbers speak well for both releases crossing Rs 10 crore for the weekend; Bhaag Milkha Bhaag sustains its run with Rs 52.5 crore. BOX OFFICE
(22 July 2013)