Siti Networks, the cable TV arm of the Zee Essel Group, has become the first major distribution platform to notify new cable TV prices that will come into effect from Sunday under TRAI’s revised tariff plan. The company has put up a declaration on its website in which it has updated the number of channels […]
IT service management company Vakrangee Limited, one of the main providers of the software equipment for voter id cards and Aadhaar cards, said that it has partnered with mass media firm ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (ZEEL), for the “distribution and subscription” of ZEEL’s video on demand platform ZEE5 for its customers in 3,504 Nextgen Vakrangee […]
Punit Goenka, the CEO and MD of Zee Entertainment Enterprises and part of the promoter group of the company, said recent controversies involving the promoters have not affected the determination of the promoters to find the right strategic partner for the media company. Goenka was responding to questions of whether international companies have been unnerved […]
Zee Media, the news broadcasting arm of Zee Group, has invited analysts for a conference call on Monday to discuss what it called “business related affairs” of the company. The call will be from 12:30 PM to 1:00 PM. No other details was revealed about what the subject of the call would be. The intimation […]
D2h, the DTH service from Dish TV, has become the first DTH provider in India to start moving subscribers to the new channel packs and plans under the TRAI Tariff Order of 2017. Many subscribers have started getting intimation that their plan has been changed in accordance with TRAI’s new rules. Customers can also accelerate […]
Dish TV said it is looking at bundling its DTH plans with broadband plans from other players. “..that is certainly on the cards looking at partnership with different broadband players that will happen as required,” said Managing Director Jawahar Goel in an interaction with investors after the company’s results announcement for the second quarter. The […]
Zee Group’s DTH arm Dish TV said it intends to go ahead with its merger with rival Videocon D2h, having made an assessment of the possible impact of bankruptcy proceedings against D2h’s promoter group by banks. It said it will make further filings with the Registrar of Companies on the merger. “Upon evaluation of the […]
Zee Media Ltd, the news broadcasting company of the Essel Group, has launched Zee Hindustan, a self-described ‘nationalist’ Hindi news channel. Most Indian news channels are ‘nationalist’ already, and it is unclear how the new venture from the media house plans to be sufficiently different. “Indian Television Industry will witness the new age News business […]
Zee Group-owned Siti Cable will launch high-speed broadband services in five different cities by June this year, company sources revealed. Siti Cable, a brand of Siti Networks, currently operates broadband services in Delhi, Hisar, Rohtak and Karnal. The new locations are likely to be outside Haryana, according to our sources. “We will be using Docsis […]
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 […]
Oxigen, one of India’s oldest wallet payment system, said the load value on Oxigen Wallet prepaid visa cards have increased by 4 times in the last two days. It said people seem to be switching to prepaid cards to make payments in the wake of demonetization of high-denomination currency notes. “The daily average number of […]
Zee Media Corporation Limited swung to a profit for the Apr-Jun quarter after it was able to control its expenses, especially in its print arm of DNA. The company cut expenses across the board including operating expenses, employee expenses and marketing costs. Total revenue fell 5% to 128.2 crore compared to same quarter last year, […]
Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) said it will acquire TEN Sports Network from Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEE) and its subsidiaries for 385 million U.S. dollars (around Rs 2,600 cr). The acquisition will add South Asia’s leading sports network to SPN’s existing portfolio of channels and help Sony to compete better with Rupert Murdoch’s Start […]
Tree House Education & Accessories Ltd today said they are changing share swap ratio with Zee Learn Ltd to salvage the merger deal and ensure consolidation of business. “Board of directors shared that in order to move the merger ahead in the right direction and salvage the deal with ZLL, the management of THEAL had to re-work […]
