Defending its downlinking guidelines that provides for the mandatory sharing of private broadcasters feed with Prasar Bharati, the Centre has said to the Supreme Court that it is providing wide terrestrial platform to enable them to earn more profits by way of advertisements.
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Multi-system operators (MSOs) seem to be pegging along in the seeding of set-top boxes (STBs) in Zone One areas of Kolkata. Manthan Broadband, one of the major MSOs, already claims to have “seeded” 8,000 STBs in the first seven days of the CAS rollout.
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The prime minister’s media advisor Sanjay Baru has expressed concern over the shortage of good journalists in the country.
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In a rare distinction, Chitra Bharucha, an India-born haematologist, took charge as the acting chairperson of the British Broadcasting Corporation on Monday, becoming the first woman and first Asian to head the giant organisation.
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Popular pay channels like Star, Sony and Zee were blacked out from television screens in south Delhi as the Conditional Access System was rolled out on the eve of the New Year on Sunday.
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Zee’s cable distribution arm Wire and Wireless India Ltd (WWIL) on Wednesday said it will invest about Rs 800-900 crores to provide digital cable services.
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The roll-out of a long-delayed pay television system in three of India’s main cities on Monday will offer some relief to broadcasters dependent on cable operators, but strict regulation will crimp near-term profits.
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Zee Telefilms’ demerged shares of the company, after hiving off the news and cable businesses, will start trading on the stock exchanges from December 18 while the new entities would be listed in January.
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Anita Nayyar, formerly CEO of Starcom North and East has moved to join the Havas-owned MPG as its CEO. Vishnu Mohan, CEO, MPG Asia Pacific, informed The Economic Times of the appointment.
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It’s time for a change of guard at the Media Planning Group (MPG), the independent media unit of France-based Havas.
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