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The meeting presided over by Irani on August 25 was also attended by IBF President Punit Goenka and Secretary General Girish Srivastava
Saif Ahmad Khan Aug 30, 2017 7:58 AM
The tariff order and interconnect regulations devised by TRAI will stay on hold.
Saif Ahmad Khan Aug 30, 2017 7:34 AM
Besides Dish TV, Videocon d2h which is being merged with the former simultaneously moved to court against Star India.
Saif Ahmad Khan Aug 26, 2017 4:02 PM
Prasar Bharati can only carry the shared feed of sporting events on terrestrial network or DD Free Dish
Saif Ahmad Khan Aug 23, 2017 12:15 PM
If the tariff order manages to pass the litmus test before the law, it would drastically alter the manner in which channels are offered by broadcasters/distributors, impact channel pricing and disrupt existing subscription revenue model
Saif Ahmad Khan Aug 8, 2017 7:53 AM
HT Media also elevated senior journalists Sonal Kalra, Krittivas Mukherjee and Anup Gupta
Saif Ahmad Khan Aug 4, 2017 5:45 PM
The members of the ABC include publishers, advertisers, advertising agencies and government bodies
Saif Ahmad Khan Aug 2, 2017 8:11 AM
The judgement is expected to be pronounced by the third week of August
Saif Ahmad Khan Aug 1, 2017 2:08 PM
Phakey was previously HT Delhi’s Business Head Phakey was previously HT Delhi’s Business Head
Saif Ahmad Khan Jul 28, 2017 3:20 PM
Khurana was previously Hotstar’s Revenue Head. In his earlier association with HT Media, he was spearheading the circulation revenue department
Saif Ahmad Khan Jul 28, 2017 1:59 PM
While the bench has directed Star India to serve its submissions by 5 p.m. today, TRAI will do the same tomorrow
Saif Ahmad Khan Jul 28, 2017 1:19 PM
The Directorate of Advertising & Visual Publicity manages the advertisement campaigns and publicity initiatives of central government ministries and departments
Saif Ahmad Khan Jul 26, 2017 8:17 AM
While Smriti Irani has replaced Venkaiah Naidu as Minister for Information & Broadcasting, K Ganesan has made way for Esther Kar to become the Director General of Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity
Saif Ahmad Khan Jul 20, 2017 8:04 AM
The rejoinders will continue tomorrow with Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi appearing on behalf of Vijay TV
Saif Ahmad Khan Jul 19, 2017 7:11 PM
The election of new office bearers of the Broadcast Editors Association will be completed on August 14
Saif Ahmad Khan Jul 19, 2017 7:42 AM
Besides the Indian Broadcasting Foundation,the All India Digital Cable Federation and Videocon d2h are interveners in the tariff order dispute being heard by the Madras High Court
Saif Ahmad Khan Jul 18, 2017 6:38 PM
Previously, Prakash Javadekar and Arun Jaitley served at the helm of the incumbent government’s Union I&B Ministry
Saif Ahmad Khan Jul 18, 2017 8:28 AM
A meeting between the Association of Indian Magazines and the Union Revenue Secretary could take place later this week
Saif Ahmad Khan Jul 18, 2017 7:57 AM
At the least, Association of Indian Magazines expects the GST rate to be brought down to 5%
Saif Ahmad Khan Jul 14, 2017 2:02 PM
Advocates P Wilson and Saket Singh argued on behalf of the regulator before the Madras High Court
Saif Ahmad Khan Jul 14, 2017 7:33 AM
Though the recommendations were upheld by the Supreme Court, the newspaper groups were not convicted of contempt of court
Saif Ahmad Khan Jul 13, 2017 8:31 AM
Following the submissions of the regulator, Videocon D2H and All India Digital Cable Federation will intervene
Saif Ahmad Khan Jul 13, 2017 7:34 AM
Petitions challenging the constitutionality of the tariff order and interconnect regulations are presently pending before the Madras and Delhi High Court
Saif Ahmad Khan Jul 12, 2017 2:49 PM
The Registrar of Newspapers for India (RNI) and Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) are presently tasked with the auditing work pertaining to newspapers and magazines
Saif Ahmad Khan Jul 12, 2017 7:47 AM
Effective from July 10, the new policy subjects news channels and GECs to five and six time bands, respectively
Saif Ahmad Khan Jul 10, 2017 8:06 AM
If a publication fails to furnish the audited circulation details for even a single audit period of six months, it cannot be considered for certification during the subsequent assessment
Saif Ahmad Khan Jul 6, 2017 8:20 AM
The management has, however, decided to provide a special fixed monthly payment to individuals whose salaries are relatively less.
Saif Ahmad Khan Jul 6, 2017 8:15 AM
The case was previously slated to come up for hearing on June 12
Saif Ahmad Khan Jun 12, 2017 11:54 AM
Advertising from across categories stood hurt with the sole exception of government ads
Saif Ahmad Khan Jun 8, 2017 8:37 AM
Under the new tax regime, print advertisements are slated to be taxed at 5% with the same rate applying to newsprint
Saif Ahmad Khan Jun 8, 2017 8:17 AM
The profit before tax (PBT) also increased by 11.39% to Rs 516.80 crore from Rs 463.93 crore
Saif Ahmad Khan Jun 7, 2017 7:28 AM
While revenues de-grew at Network18 and NDTV, other listed companies such as TV Today and ZMCL managed single digit top line growth
Saif Ahmad Khan Jun 5, 2017 8:03 AM
Free Dish is offering vacant non-news and current affairs DTH slots as part of an e-auction on May 25
Saif Ahmad Khan May 22, 2017 7:46 AM
The network also termed BARC’s week 19 data as "tainted" and "not dependable"
Saif Ahmad Khan May 19, 2017 1:38 PM
The network seeks to increase revenues through partnerships and campaign-driven initiatives
Saif Ahmad Khan May 19, 2017 7:33 AM
Urging competitors to dispute their claims, Malayala Manorama said that the campaign sought to set the record straight for the advertising industry
Saif Ahmad Khan May 18, 2017 8:06 AM
The company registered a loss of Rs 54.82 crore after taxes, minority interest and share of associates in FY16
Saif Ahmad Khan May 17, 2017 3:01 PM
The News Broadcasters Association recently complained against Republic TV to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
Saif Ahmad Khan May 17, 2017 8:21 AM
While Dainik Bhaskar is rumoured to be scaling up its presence in Delhi, Divya Himachal’s reported Baddi edition is also generating a lot of curiosity
Saif Ahmad Khan May 15, 2017 8:07 AM
In his role as National Revenue Head for India Today Television, Bhandari will report to TV Today's CRO Rahul Shaw
Saif Ahmad Khan May 12, 2017 7:46 AM
The equity stake being sold by NDTV will be picked up by Nameh Hotels & Resorts Private Limited
Saif Ahmad Khan May 11, 2017 8:10 AM
Star India had filed a special leave petition before the Supreme Court
Saif Ahmad Khan May 9, 2017 12:46 PM
The government is mulling a regulatory body for complaints against content aired by private broadcasters, as per reports
Saif Ahmad Khan May 8, 2017 8:16 AM
The Madras HC had previously struck down Star’s plea for an interim stay on the tariff order and interconnect regulations scheduled to be implemented from May 2
Saif Ahmad Khan May 8, 2017 7:54 AM
The Indian Federation of Working Journalists requested the court to pronounce its judgement soon
Saif Ahmad Khan May 5, 2017 7:55 AM
Urban and rural telephone subscribers have grown by 20.52 mn (2.05 crore) and 3.83 mn (0.3 crore), respectively
Saif Ahmad Khan May 3, 2017 8:09 AM
The AIDCF sided with TRAI while opposing Star India’s plea for a stay on the implementation of the tariff order and interconnect regulations
Saif Ahmad Khan May 2, 2017 7:51 AM
The main writ petition challenging the constitutionality of TRAI’s tariff order will be heard next on June 12
Saif Ahmad Khan May 1, 2017 8:23 AM
The contempt petition concerning the non-implementation of the Majithia Wage Board recommendations will come up for hearing before the Supreme Court on May 3
Saif Ahmad Khan May 1, 2017 8:05 AM
Vishal Chaddha is moving on from HT Media after five years with the company
Saif Ahmad Khan Apr 28, 2017 1:44 PM
The forum will host debates and discussions apart from shifting the centre of gravity of Indian journalism away from New Delhi
Saif Ahmad Khan Apr 27, 2017 1:19 PM
In February, ZMCL management decided to position India 24x7 as a news channel meant for Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand
Saif Ahmad Khan Apr 26, 2017 3:48 PM
Employees have been directed to only retweet news stories from the company’s official social media handles
Saif Ahmad Khan Apr 24, 2017 8:44 AM
The case has been hit by successive recusals in the previous few weeks
Saif Ahmad Khan Apr 24, 2017 8:18 AM
The board of directors at Network18 approved a proposal to restructure Burrp on April 19
Saif Ahmad Khan Apr 24, 2017 8:06 AM
Anjana Om Kashyap replaces Karan Thapar as presenter of To The Point
Saif Ahmad Khan Apr 21, 2017 4:41 PM
Earlier this year, Gandhi quit from the position of editor-in-chief at WION and DNA
Saif Ahmad Khan Apr 21, 2017 9:09 AM
Justice S Nagamuthu and Justice Anita Sumanth had earlier recused themselves from hearing the matter
Saif Ahmad Khan Apr 20, 2017 2:08 PM
Word has emerged from within the organisation that IE Online will launch two more websites shortly, namely, Evesilly.com and Hindom.com.
Saif Ahmad Khan Apr 19, 2017 8:46 AM
In a surprising development, CNBC TV18 has toppled Times Now from the position of the most watched English news channel in the country
Saif Ahmad Khan Apr 19, 2017 8:30 AM
The daily first began selling its Delhi edition at a cover price of Rs 10 in October last year
Saif Ahmad Khan Apr 17, 2017 8:26 AM
In January 2017, HT Media had decided to close down four editions besides halting the operations of three bureaus
Saif Ahmad Khan Apr 15, 2017 2:42 PM
Besides Nair, senior editor Karma Paljor and cricket editor Sanjeeb Mukherjea also quit the channel after 12 years; News18.com editor Roshan Tamang resigns too
Saif Ahmad Khan Apr 10, 2017 8:00 AM
Star India and Vijay TV have contended that TRAI has violated the Copyright Act and overstepped its jurisdiction by pricing content through its tariff order
Saif Ahmad Khan Apr 7, 2017 5:01 PM
Eyeing early gains in FY18, several newspaper brands have either hiked ad rates or are mulling the same
Saif Ahmad Khan Apr 6, 2017 8:04 AM
Besides editing Zee Business, Chaudhary also edits DNA, WION and Zee News
Saif Ahmad Khan Apr 3, 2017 7:58 AM
Another major newspaper, The Statesman has undergone price revision as FY'17 has witnessed several fluctuations in cover prices and advertisement rates.
Saif Ahmad Khan Apr 1, 2017 1:20 PM
The website of the business daily enacted a pay wall on June 1, 2016.
Saif Ahmad Khan Mar 31, 2017 7:59 AM
Singh was earlier associated with HT in the capacity of Sales Head for mobile and digital
Saif Ahmad Khan Mar 29, 2017 5:47 AM
Star India and Vijay TV have contended that TRAI has overstepped its jurisdiction by pricing content
Saif Ahmad Khan Mar 28, 2017 8:07 AM
Marketers and outdoor agency representatives spoke about marrying outdoor with digital technologies and moving beyond select outdoor locations in a few metro cities to take the OOH industry ahead
Saif Ahmad Khan Mar 27, 2017 8:35 AM
The website alleged that Raghav Bahl and Peter Mukerjea paid a bribe to Karti Chidambaram to get FIPB approvals
Saif Ahmad Khan Mar 25, 2017 6:07 PM
The income of several listed television news companies fell on a comparative basis over a period of nine months between April to December 2016
Saif Ahmad Khan Mar 24, 2017 9:19 AM
On March 15, TV Today completed the acquisition of equity shares in both India Today Online Private Limited and Mail Today Newspapers Private Limited
Saif Ahmad Khan Mar 23, 2017 11:37 AM
Closure of some editions and bureaus won't impact circulation and revenues, says HT Media management
Last year, HT Media initiated an organisation-wide cost-cutting measure
Saif Ahmad Khan Mar 23, 2017 11:25 AM
The expansion plans of the newspaper include an entry into the electronic media
Saif Ahmad Khan Mar 15, 2017 8:32 AM
In January, Pankaj Pachauri announced his plans of challenging the traditional news television model through his mobile-only venture
Saif Ahmad Khan Mar 9, 2017 2:15 PM
HMVL’s employee costs reduced from Rs 31 crore in Q3 FY 15-16 to Rs 6.4 crore in Q3 FY 16-17
Saif Ahmad Khan Mar 9, 2017 9:00 AM
Omar will be working out of CNN International’s London bureau as part of the social publishing team
Saif Ahmad Khan Mar 8, 2017 7:46 AM
The Madras High Court will evaluate the legality of the tariff order issued by TRAI once again when the matter comes up for hearing before it on March 7
Saif Ahmad Khan Mar 6, 2017 7:51 AM
Paresh Nath observed that demonetisation resulted in several troubles for publishers from the consumers’ side as well as clients’ side
Saif Ahmad Khan Mar 3, 2017 8:25 AM
NDTV incurred a loss (EBITDA) of Rs 7 crore during the quarter ended December 31, 2016.
Saif Ahmad Khan Mar 1, 2017 8:23 AM
enba 2016 hosted a panel discussion on the theme ‘Redefining TRPs: Trust & Respect Points’ moderated by Madhavan Narayanan.
Saif Ahmad Khan Feb 28, 2017 8:41 AM
Delivering the jury chair address at enba 2016, Gupta mentioned that there had been a fourfold increase in news television consumption over a period of six years.
Saif Ahmad Khan Feb 27, 2017 8:52 AM
As part of the same, Network18 and TV18 will amalgamate 14 and 4 subsidiary companies, respectively
Saif Ahmad Khan Feb 24, 2017 9:01 AM
Both the listed companies of Network18 group reported significant downturn in their financial performance during the third quarter ended on December 31, 2016
Saif Ahmad Khan Feb 22, 2017 8:53 AM
Despite demonetisation of high currency notes in November 2016, ZMCL’s advertising revenues increased
Saif Ahmad Khan Feb 21, 2017 2:30 PM
Ashish Sabharwal has also been appointed as Company Secretary by TV Today Network Limited
Saif Ahmad Khan Feb 17, 2017 3:08 PM
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the broadcasting fraternity are engrossed in a legal fight concerning the validity of the draft tariff regulations.
Saif Ahmad Khan Feb 17, 2017 8:54 AM
The reappointment will be with effect from July 1, 2017 for a period of three years
Saif Ahmad Khan Feb 15, 2017 4:14 PM
Shamit Bhartia is the son of HT Media’s Chairperson and Editorial Director, Shobhana Bhartia
Saif Ahmad Khan Feb 15, 2017 9:26 AM
Joshi has joined PTI from Associated Press where he was Southeast Asia Director of News.
Saif Ahmad Khan Feb 14, 2017 8:49 AM
The early days of 2017 have resulted in publishers and broadcasters betting big on the content creation ability of smartphones
Saif Ahmad Khan Feb 13, 2017 7:58 AM
Leveraging digital technology, Express will bring credible journalism into new markets: Anant Goenka
Labelling itself an international news brand, Goenka’s Express Group is set to make its presence felt in regional markets.
Saif Ahmad Khan Feb 10, 2017 8:28 AM
Speculation has been rife around the sale of TV9, which was earlier said to be on the radar of Subhash Chandra of Zee as well
Saif Ahmad Khan Feb 9, 2017 2:49 PM
The announcement of Kapur’s appointment was made public by Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism on February 2
Saif Ahmad Khan Feb 4, 2017 4:13 PM
Under Section 11 of the Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act, authorised officers are empowered to seize equipment of the defaulting cable operators
Saif Ahmad Khan Feb 4, 2017 2:14 PM
The budget presented by FM Arun Jaitley set apart Rs 4,409 crore for the I&B Ministry during the fiscal year 2017-18
Saif Ahmad Khan Feb 3, 2017 2:57 PM
As part of the new feature, readers are provided with the option of paying Rs 1 to continue reading an article without advertisements.
Saif Ahmad Khan Feb 1, 2017 7:55 AM
IE Digital has vowed to bring out content in Bengali, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu as well.
Saif Ahmad Khan Jan 31, 2017 8:04 AM
The alliance between the Samajwadi Party and Congress will be led by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.
Saif Ahmad Khan Jan 30, 2017 8:11 AM
A closed-door meeting was held on January 25 between government officials and senior media personalities
Saif Ahmad Khan Jan 27, 2017 1:04 PM
The venture is slated to go live in mid-February The venture is slated to go live in mid-February
Saif Ahmad Khan Jan 25, 2017 1:55 PM
The twin announcements were made by Google CEO Sundar Pichai in New Delhi on January 4
Saif Ahmad Khan Jan 5, 2017 8:26 AM
The order allowing Kashmir Reader to resume publication was delivered on December 26
Saif Ahmad Khan Jan 2, 2017 1:56 PM
A report released by Reuters Institute studied the digital transition of Dainik Jagran, Hindustan Times and Malayala Manorama
Saif Ahmad Khan Dec 29, 2016 8:02 AM
NDTV Group CEO KVL NarayanRao indicated that his statement before income tax authorities was not an admission of guilt
Saif Ahmad Khan Dec 28, 2016 4:23 PM
Amar claims that Express has registered 100% growth both in terms of revenues and traffic.
Saif Ahmad Khan Dec 27, 2016 8:03 AM
Subramanian Swamy has levelled allegations of misappropriation of National Herald’s property by Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.
Saif Ahmad Khan Dec 26, 2016 5:12 PM
In the past one year, Times Network launched Movies Now HD, Movies Now 2, Movies Now 2 HD and Romedy Now HD
Saif Ahmad Khan Dec 23, 2016 8:16 AM
exchange4media has learnt that various organisations have initiated cost-cutting measures in the wake of demonetisation
Saif Ahmad Khan Dec 16, 2016 9:17 AM
Verma will report to HT English’s CEO Rajeev Beotra who returned to HT after a stint with Star India earlier this month
Saif Ahmad Khan Dec 6, 2016 8:07 AM
The last 5-6 years have seen Amul not invest more than 0.8% of the organisation’s turnover in marketing or advertising
Saif Ahmad Khan Dec 5, 2016 8:05 AM
In his acceptance speech, Marico’s Chairman reflected on the five lessons that his professional career taught him
Saif Ahmad Khan Dec 5, 2016 8:03 AM
The new design is aimed at making content more discoverable with a key focus on mobile audiences
Saif Ahmad Khan Dec 2, 2016 2:57 PM
The channel wishes to foray beyond television broadcasting and gain credibility as a multi-platform content provider
Saif Ahmad Khan Nov 28, 2016 8:04 AM
Industry leaders, however, cautioned against panic and hinted at an overall positive impact
Saif Ahmad Khan Nov 25, 2016 8:07 AM
With the purchasing power of consumers taking a beating post-demonetisation, there are legitimate concerns regarding ad spend by companies and sale of print publications per se
Saif Ahmad Khan Nov 24, 2016 9:22 AM
He will help edit and give shape to the opinion pages of the International New York Times. The details of Peer’s new job are slated to be officially released by his employer on December 1
Saif Ahmad Khan Nov 23, 2016 1:24 PM
InUth was launched on October 10 with a young team of 15-20 multimedia journalists
Saif Ahmad Khan Nov 21, 2016 8:52 AM
The company reported a net loss after taxes, minority interest and share of profit/(loss) of associates at Rs 55.58 crore for the current period ended September 30, 2016.
Saif Ahmad Khan Nov 21, 2016 8:40 AM
As the website of National Herald was launched in beta version on November 14, editor Neelabh Mishra tells us about his revival plans and relaunching three newspapers, National Herald in English, Navjivan in Hindi and Qaumi Awaaz in Urdu
Saif Ahmad Khan Nov 17, 2016 8:27 AM
Deo, who had been associated with the channel since its launch in 2005, quit on November 11
Saif Ahmad Khan Nov 15, 2016 1:02 PM
Rukmini Shrinivasan has joined the digital only platform as Editor for Data & Innovation at HuffPost India.
Saif Ahmad Khan Nov 8, 2016 8:08 AM
NDTV has been asked to stay shut for a day on November 9 on account of its objectionable coverage of Pathankot terror attacks
Saif Ahmad Khan Nov 4, 2016 5:06 PM
NDTV India is a facing a one-day ban for its coverage of the Pathankot terror attacks
Saif Ahmad Khan Nov 4, 2016 8:09 AM
Prior to this appointment, Shivam Vij was Contributing Editor at HuffPost
Saif Ahmad Khan Nov 3, 2016 12:51 PM
TRAI Chairman RS Sharma pointed out that the broadcasting sector is marred by a high number of disputes
Saif Ahmad Khan Nov 3, 2016 8:13 AM
A section of the media was quick to label the accused as “terrorists” though they happened to be under-trial
Saif Ahmad Khan Nov 2, 2016 8:59 AM
Rao spoke of delivering both in terms of top-line and bottom-line growth
Saif Ahmad Khan Nov 1, 2016 8:09 AM
Both Pandey and Joshi are not giving too much importance to Trump’s latest promo, “Abki baar Trump sarkar”
Saif Ahmad Khan Oct 28, 2016 8:19 AM
Mahapatra, now Chief Content Officer, was earlier serving as Executive Editor
Saif Ahmad Khan Oct 28, 2016 8:00 AM
Rajyavardhan Rathore, MoS for MIB, announced that films representing India will be supported by the Government of India
Saif Ahmad Khan Oct 27, 2016 8:30 AM
Policy makers and industry stalwarts came together to discuss the proposed regulatory framework for media and entertainment industry
Saif Ahmad Khan Oct 26, 2016 8:12 AM
Times Now Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami has rubbished media reports that he has been provided ‘Y’ category security
Saif Ahmad Khan Oct 25, 2016 8:06 AM
Chandra, who happens to be the CEO of NDTV Group, insisted that such rumours have been around for a long time
Saif Ahmad Khan Oct 24, 2016 1:11 PM
