Q3-2014: Sun TV ad, subs revenue up; declares 3rd interim dividend
PAT for Q3-2014 grew 9.83 per cent to Rs 185.79 crore from Rs 169.16 crore in the immediate trailing quarter, but was (-2.15) per cent lower y-o-y than the Rs 189.88 crore in Q3-2013.
(07 January 2014)

Ajay Bhalwankar quits ZEEL as Content Head
Namit Sharma, who was working with Wizcraft International as Business Head and Chief Creative Director - Wizcraft Television & Films will be replacing Bhalwankar to take up the role of programming head at ZEEL.
(07 February 2014)

Expect an inflexion point soon, says Jabong’s Praveen Sinha
Jabong is currently raising a fresh round of equity funding, estimated at $100 million, of which it has received $27.5 million from British development finance institution CDC, Sinha talks about it.
(06 February 2014)

Star Pravah chalks out marketing strategy to promote new look
The Marathi GEC has begun changing its programming to target younger female viewers.
(06 February 2014)

MSM reshuffles senior management
Sneha Rajani becomes deputy president & head, MSM Motion Pictures, Nachiket Pantvaidya, sr. executive VP & business head, SET and Anooj Kapoor gets additional responsibilities as senior EVP and business head, SAB TV.
(05 February 2014)

Zee 24 Taas repositions itself as youth centric
A few months ago, Zee Media Corporation's (ZMCL) national Hindi news channel Zee News introduced its campaign 'Ab Khabar Aapke Rangon Mein' targeting the Gen Y of the country. Now, it's the turn of Zee Media's Marathi news channel Zee 24 Taas.
(04 February 2014)

Romedy Now will leave you bewitched, bothered & bewildered
The channel has started airing 'The Witches of East End' since 26 January. 'Ally McBeal' and 'Kitchen Confidential' are the other newbies waiting in the wings.
(03 February 2014)

Chrome Data: Hindi GECs only gainers in week 5
The opportunity to see (OTS) collated by Chrome Data Analytics & Media is out for week five.
(03 February 2014)

Zee Media launches Zee Kalinga in Odisha
The Odia language channel replaces Telugu language Zee 24 Gantalu, which was shut in November 2013.
(03 February 2014)

Muted box office performance pares PVR profit, numbers in Q3-2014
Q3-2014 resulted in a (-48.6) per cent drop in consolidated PAT to Rs 14.16 crore from Rs 27.55 crore in Q2-2014 for Indian motion picture exhibition, production and distribution house PVR.
(03 February 2014)

Reliance Media Works announces lower loss in Q3-2014
The company announced loss of Rs (-91.11) crore for Q3-2014, which was less than half (46.6 per cent) of the loss of Rs (-195.25) crore in Q2-2014.
(01 February 2014)

Arasu has a provisional MSO licence to operate: Manish Tewari
While the conflict between Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation and TRAI was still brewing, Tewari has given the MSO a temporary respite.
(07 February 2014)

786 licensed Indian channels as on 31 January
Two non-news channels have been added to the list as published by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting on 2 December, 2013.
(06 February 2014)

Bengaluru MSOs to start gross billing, packaging from April
12 MSOs met on 4 February in Bengaluru to discuss gross billing, packaging, LCO agreement and CAF.
(04 February 2014)

IndusInd Media undergoing complete top management overhaul
After the naming of Tony D'silva as the MD & CEO, the company is now looking at bringing in new faces at the top as it gears up to launch new digital services.
(04 February 2014)

Silverline Television Network to seed 25 lakh DEN STBs in WB
The company has earmarked Rs 300 crore to be invested in the seeding of STBs by December 2014.
(01 February 2014)

Some newspaper groups content with IRS 2013 findings
Sources say publications like Hindustan Times, Rajasthan Patrika, Daily Thanthi are satisfied with IRS 2013 findings.
(05 February 2014)

MRUC puts the ball in RSCI court; INS sticks to its 24-hour ultimatum
The last couple of days have been a nail-biting one for everyone. From the time the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) was made public, the print industry has gone through a lot of turmoil because of the data provided.
(04 February 2014)

INS gives ultimatum; MRUC to meet tomorrow
INS asks MRUC to withdraw IRS 2013 within 24 days or face its rejection by the publishers; MRUC to take a decide tomorrow after a meeting with RSCI.
(03 February 2014)

Starsports.com: YouTube of sports in India?
Star India digital head Ajit Mohan speaks of the website's successful journey ever since its launch in June 2013.
(07 February 2014)

Hasee Toh Phasee… a run of the mill love story Film Review
With so many releases this week, the audience will be spoilt for choice but 'Hass Toh Phasee' and 'Ya Rab' are sure to gain more eyeballs.
(07 February 2014)

BO: A bad start to 2014 Box Office
It has been a dull scene at the box office windows all over as even the Salman Khan film, 'Jai Ho', has behaved way below expectations.
(03 February 2014)

Mission 2014: The rise of the political campaign
With Lok Sabha Elections 2014 inching close, the battle lines are drawn between the chief contenders: Congress of the ruling alliance and the BJP.
(05 February 2014)

"IndusInd to soon start pre-paid cable TV services": Tony D'silva
D'silva told Indiantelevision.com in an interview, soon after taking charge as MD and CEO of IndusInd Media, the company will not seed STBs in phase III and phase IV digitisation till the group's application for HITS is cleared.

There is no Plan B for TAM if we lose our appeal in court: Kantar's Eric Salama
Kantar Group chairperson and CEO Eric Salama talks about TV ratings, TAM, BARC and the future in India.