Zee Media Corp, the company that runs Zee branded news channels, has issued warrants for 13.5 cr shares to promoter group Subash Chandra family, further strengthening the promoters’ efforts to protect their position in the company. Currently, the company has around 62.54 cr outstanding shares. Out of this, only around 5.33 cr — or 8.52% […]
Promoters of Zee Media Corp, the company that runs Zee branded news channels, have won shareholder nod to be allocated up to 13.5 cr warrants on shares, overcoming opposition from institutional investors. It was a month ago that the company’s board decided to put before shareholders a proposal that would see promoter group, the Subhash […]
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 […]
DNA, the newspaper from Zee Group, has shut its Jaipur edition, days after it shut its Delhi edition. There will no DNA newspaper printed and circulated in Jaipur from tomorrow, Diligent Media Corporation, which publishes the paper, said. The decision was taken to “optimise cost and cut-down losses,” it added. It did not say whether […]
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 […]
World Is One News, the only India-based television news channel with correspondents across the world, said it has signed up its first distributor in the Middle East in the form of Etisalat for the cable markets of UAE and Qatar. Besides Etisalat, it said the channel is also being launched on Du and Ooredoo networks. […]
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 […]
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 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, […]
Zee Media Corporation said Rohit Gandhi, who is heading the group’s English News Channel – WION as Editor-in-chief, will additionally take over the role of Editor-in-Chief of DNA newspaper. Gandhi said DNA will looking at expanding its operations. The paper does not publish from Delhi. “We are moving to expand our coverage and the editions of […]
It’s an idea that India’s most popular news anchor Arnab Goswami never tires of plugging, but it is Times group’s local rival Zee News which has beaten Goswami to launch the first Indian origin global news channel. The channel, christened WION, will cover global news events from a ‘South Asian perspective’, which should be a […]
Putting an end to much speculation, Zee Media Corporation — the news arm of the Zee Group — today announced its intention to enter into English News Broadcasting with the appointment of Rohit Gandhi as Editor-in-Chief – English News Broadcast and Related Content. Zee had been expected to make this announcement for almost a year. […]
