Sun Direct, the DTH operator from the Sun TV group, has added several new High Definition channels over the last several days, and has now overtaken rivals Dish TV and Videocon D2h in terms of the number of English movie channels on its HD platform. The move comes more than a year after ISRO launched the […]
It’s common knowledge that Reliance Jio’s free data service has massively increased Internet usage in India, but a new report throws light on what categories have been benefited and which have not. The biggest beneficiary of the free data offer from Reliance Jio is — yes, you guessed it right — social media, which technically […]
It was supposed to destroy the competition and unleash a new era in TV watching, but Reliance Jio’s DTH service has so far failed to turn up on the rumored launch date of Dec 15. As we had predicted last month, the company had no plans of launching any DTH service, and did not tie […]
Traffic from India to major pornographic websites in the world rose sharply in November. The numbers also reveal that Indians use the Internet for accessing pornographic content more often than globally. For example, according to similarweb.com, a website that collates monthly web analytics data, there were no pornographic websites included in the list of the […]
4G operator Reliance Jio’s trial services, which started in earnest about three months ago, has disrupted the online ad industry by massively increasing the total inventory without a commensurate increase in ad budgets. INTERNET EXPLODES Today, Reliance Jio has 50 mln users who, on average use about 1 GB of data per day. This creates 50 mln […]
Subash Chandra’s Zee Group is buying the general entertainment channels and FM radio business of the Anil Ambani group. Because of lock-in provisions, the acquisition of 59 FM radio licenses will be done in two stages. The FM channels are being broadcast under the brand “92.7 BIG FM”, reaching to 45 cities, 1200 towns and […]
Zee Entertainment Enterprises said it is acquiring the General Entertainment Broadcasting Business of Reliance Big Broadcasting Private Limited, Big Magic Limited & Azalia Broadcast Private Limited, all part of Anil Ambani led Reliance Group. The TV Broadcasting business of Reliance Group Entities currently comprises two operational general entertainment channels — BIG Magic and BIG Ganga […]
Mukta Arts said its subsidiary Whistling Woods International Ltd has opened its 8th school — Whistling Woods International School of Design — in association with ECV, a design school in France. The École de communication visuelle or ECV is a French private design school. The India school offers a Bachelor’s degree in visual communication and design, […]
In what is becoming something of a routine, yet another rumor has been spread that Reliance Jio is about to start a DTH service and you will be able to get all the channels at half the price that you currently pay. According to this, 350 TV channels will be offered at Rs 185 per […]
Amazon, one of India’s top two online retailers, sent out a teaser today with a promise that Amazon Prime Video is coming soon to India. Prime video is a service like Netflix that streams TV shows, films and other content. The service was launched in the United States ten years ago. At present, Amazon Video […]
India’s leading television and film production company, Balaji Telefilms Limited said it launched its newest romantic love story, “Pardes Mein Hai Meraa Dil” on Star Plus. The show has a fresh cast and presentation and is shot abroad in picturesque Vienna, Austria. The cast includes Drashti Dhami and Arjun Bijlani who will be playing the […]
InoX Leisure Ltd said it launched the commercial operations at Mumbai’s iconic Metro House cinema. The new multiplex has 6 screens and 1491 seats. The multiplex operator had won the lease for the building a little more than a year ago. Metro House was shut in 2014, 79 years after it was opened. It was […]
The Press Trust of India reported that the government of India has put on hold its earlier directive to take news channel NDTV India off-air for one day. Quoting unnamed sources, the news agency said the Information & Broadcasting ministry decided to put the move on hold. The move had been roundly condemned by media […]
Anil Ambani group’s Reliance Digital DTH may be rebranded to ‘Chois HD’, according to a twitter user, who also tweeted some photographs of the upcoming brand. Reliance Communications’ Reliance Digital is arguably the weakest candidate among the five private companies that compete in India’s DTH space. The DTH business is dominated Dish TV, Tata Sky, […]
Production house Balaji Telefilms Ltd said it will launch the second season of television soap Naagin on Colors this Saturday. Naagin 2 is a sequel to Naagin which was very successful in its first season on Colors. The serial is a biweekly, appearing for one hour from 8 pm to 9 pm on Saturday and […]
InoX Leisure Ltd said it launched a new multiplex cinema theatre at Mouje Nana Mava at Rajkot Gujarat today. The multiplex theatre has three screens with 411 seats. “By this new venture Inox is now present in 57 cities pan-India with 112 multiplexes. These multiplexes have 439 screens and total seating capacity of 1,12,444 seats,” […]
Multiplex theatre group InoX Leisure Ltd said it has launched its new multiplex cinema theatre at Rangoli mall at Howrah, West Bengal today. The multiplex theatre has three screens with 830 seats. “By this new venture Inox is now present in 57 cities pan-India with 110 multiplexes. These multiplexes have 432 screens and total seating […]
Zee Entertainment Enterprises said it bought UAE-based Hum 106.2 FM, marking its first radio property. After being a pioneer with the launch of India’s first Hindi Satellite channel, Zee TV in 1992, Zee Entertainment was the first to launch a Bollywood TV channel, Zee Aflam in 2008 for the Arab audience as well introduce the […]
Film distributor Eros International Media said it has partnered with UAE’s film distribution and exhibition network Phars Film to jointly co-produce Malayalam films along with exploration of theatrical rights between the two entities. The deal licenses Eros to distribute all jointly produce Malayalam movies in India while Phars Films would present the same overseas where it enjoys a dominant market […]
Wonderla amusement park had set up a solar plant with an installed capacity of 500kW at it´s newly opened unit in Hyderabad. The installed solar plant will generate 2000 units of power daily and it is expected cater to 25 percent of Wonderla’s daily power requirement. The capacity can be enhanced to 1000kW. By this […]
