NDTV Networks: Our Coverage In Links
Here is a compilation of links that comprised our coverage of the restructuring of NDTV Networks that played out over several months. The ca…
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Corrected: Time Warner Unit Will Acquire 92% Stake In NDTV Imagine
Turner Asia, a unit of Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), today said it has agreed in principle to acquire a 92% stake in general entertainment channe…
NDTV Imagine EVP Harsh Rohatgi Leaving To Join National Geographic Channel As MD
Harsh Rohatgi, executive vice president at NDTV Imagine, is leaving the company to join National Geographic Channel as MD, a person familiar…
NDTV Narrows Losses With Cost Control; Revenues Down 6%
Broadcaster NDTV Ltd today posted a standalone net loss of Rs11.85 crore for the three months ended 30 September, down 9.12% year-on-year. T…
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Climax To NDTV Imagine Swayamvar: Time Warner Close To Buying Nearly 90% Stake
Turner Broadcasting, a unit of Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), is close to acquiring a “very high level of holding” in general entertainment channe…
How Much Is NDTV Paying To Buy Back Stake From NBC?
NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) paid $150 million in May 2008 for a 26% stake in NDTV Networks Plc., a holding company for the non-news businesses…
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India’s NDTV In Talks With Time Warner and Astro To Replace NBC Universal
Indian broadcaster NDTV is in talks with two overseas companies–Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) and Malaysia’s Astro–to come in as an investor in…
NBC Universal Is Exiting NDTV Networks; Who Will Come In?
Broadcaster NDTV Ltd will buy back a minority interest in its non-news subsidiary NDTV Network Plc. from NBC Universal (NYSE: GE). The compa…
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Shivnath Thukral Leaves TV Studio For Board Room; Joins Essar As Group President
Shivnath Thukral, who recently stepped down as business editor and adviser strategy at NDTV, will join industrial conglomerate Essar Group a…
Shivnath Thukral Quits NDTV After 14-Year Stint; Rare High-Profile Exit From Legacy Broadcaster
Shivnath Thukral, who was till recently managing editor of the business channel NDTV Profit, before being named business editor for all NDTV…
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Narayana Murthy Steps Down From NDTV Board
Infosys Technologies Ltd founder and chief mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy has stepped down from the board of NDTV Ltd, the broadcaster said tod…
NDTV Discontinues Ads-For-Equities Business
Broadcaster NDTV Ltd has decided to discontinue its ads-for-equities business, after striking deals with four companies, including Emaar MGF…
NBC Launching Sports Video Site in India; Focus On Full-Screen Streaming
NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) is close to launching a sports video site in India, focused on live streaming, we have learned. Sab Kanaujia, the V…
Vikram Chandra Is CEO, Suparna Singh Named Deputy CEO At NDTV Convergence
It turns out NDTV Convergence won’t be hiring an external candidate to replace Sanjay Trehan who, in April, moved to MSN. Popular anchor and…
Exclusive: Bloomberg TV Also In Talks With NDTV Profit For Content, Branding Partnership
contentSutra has learned from multiple sources that Bloomberg TV is also in talks with business news channel NDTV Profit for a potential bra…
Industry Moves: Kawaljit Singh Bedi Named CTO At NDTV Convergence
Kawaljit Singh Bedi, who was part of the team that founded NDTV.com, has been named chief technology officer at NDTV Convergence, the digita…
NDTV Metronation Chennai Begins Soft Runs; Official Launch on May 16
NDTV Metronation Chennai, a local news and features channel being run by a JV between broadcaster NDTV Ltd and Kasturi & Sons Ltd, the publ…
NDTV Losses Widen Significantly; Ad Sales Dropped 19%, To Cut Headcount by 20%
Broadcaster NDTV Ltd posted a net loss of Rs44.74 crore for the quarter ended 31 March, swinging from a profit of Rs3.31 crore during the y…
NDTV To Launch Hindi WAP Portal; Beta Testing On
NDTV will soon launch the Hindi version of its WAP portal, NDTV Active, said Sanjay Trehan, the outgoing CEO of the broadcaster’s convergenc…
Sanjay Trehan To Join MSN; Will Report To Microsoft India MD
Sanjay Trehan, who recently quit as the CEO of NDTV Convergence after a two-year stint, is headed to Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and will head MS…
NDTV Metronation Downsizes By 50%; To Remain On Air With Shows Bank, Local News
NDTV Metronation, the Delhi-focussed news and lifestyle channel from NDTV Ltd, has downsized staff by more than 50% after talks with at leas…
NDTV Cuts Salaries by 10-20%; 'We Shall Overcome', Says CEO Rao
Broadcaster NDTV Ltd has cut salaries of employees above a certain salary bracket by 10-20%. Employees earning more than Rs1 lakh a month wi…
NDTV CEO Confirms Meetings With Turner, Downplays Significance
Our sources had told us earlier this week that Turner officials were in NDTV’s offices in India and were engaged in some sort of due diligen…
UPDATE: NDTV In Talks With Bennett Coleman For Metronation Sale/Strategic Partnership
Broadcaster NDTV Ltd is in talks with Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd (BCCL), the diversified media company that publishes The Times of India, for…
NDTV Posts Rs 105 Crore Operating Loss In Q1 FY09
Further proof that launching a GEC in this market is like dating Paris Hilton. NDTV has posted a loss of Rs 105 Crores as compared to Rs 10.…
NDTV Partners With July Systems For SMS Service
NDTV Convergence has tied up with mobile technology company July Systems for a free SMS service. The service, titled MiSMS, will enable user…
Arunava Sinha Quits ibibo; Joins NDTV Convergence As Chief Product Officer
Arunava ‘Bultu’ Sinha has quit the social media company ibibo Web (P) Ltd, a subsidiary of MIH Group, as its Product Head. Sinha was also th…
NBCU Completes Stake Buy In India’s NDTV; Option To Increase To 50 Percent
NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) has completed its stake buy in India’s TV conglomerate NDTV Networks, the companies have informed the local stock e…
NBCU Completes Acquisition Of 26 Percent Stake In NDTV Networks For $150 million
NDTV Networks has informed the BSE that the group has have successfully concluded their strategic partnership initiative with NBC Universal…
Microsoft-NDTV Media Combine To Sell Advertising On Facebook In India
The Microsoft-NDTV Media has found its way to Facebook, courtesy an International advertising deal between MS and Facebook till 2011. At the…
NDTV May Split Business To Bring In Investors; Promoters Sell 7.85% To Goldman Sachs; Earnings
NDTV intends to split up its operations into two segments – News and Beyond News. The company informed the BSE that they will constitute a c…
NDTV Launches Hindi Portal – NDTVkhabar.com
NDTV has launched a Hindi language portal – NDTVKhabar.com. The ABC of content (Astrology, Bollywood and Cricket) have been given due import…
NDTV Convergence Launches NdtvArabia.tv, UAE Specific Short Code
NDTV Arabia, the India centric Middle East channel launched in April 2007, has got itself a website, NDTVArabia.tv. Sanjay Trehan is quoted…
NDTV Convergence launches live streaming of Profit on Watchindia
[by Cerius Shah] NDTV Convergence, which recently launched NDTVProfit.com, has struck a live streaming deal with business channel, NDTV Prof…
NDTVProfit.com Gets A New Look
[by Cerius Shah] NDTV Convergence has relaunched NDTVProfit.com, the online version of its business news channel. According to this note by…
NDTV Launches NDTVimagine.com; Gets Active On Mobile
[By Cerius Shah] So the General Entertainment Channel wars have begun. NDTV seems to be the flavour of January with the high profile launch…
It's Official: NBC Universal Picks Up 26 Percent Stake In NDTV Networks For $150 Million
We had confirmed this on Jan 2nd, and now here’s the official statement regarding NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) picking up 26 percent stake in ND…
Kreeda Ties Up With NDTV Imagine For Nachle Ve
Can’t say we didn’t see this coming: Kreeda Games has tied up with NDTV Imagine for their dance show ‘Nachle Ve’, reports exchange4media. Th…
NDTV Tries Answers With Ammas.com
[by Cerius Shah] After Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), Ask and Rediff (NSDQ: REDF) its NDTV Convergence getting into the business of free advice with ND…
NDTV Promoters Buy 7.73 Percent Stake From GA Global; Offer $140 Million For 20 Percent More
The promoters of NDTV – Prannoy and Radhika Roy – have acquired 7.73 percent stake in the company (4,836,000 shares) from GA Global Investme…
NBC Universal Takes Major Stake In India's NDTV for 'Nine Figure Sum'
NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), through its international arm, has taken a major stake of around 30 percent in NDTV’s UK arm, ContentSutra has lea…
NDTV Convergence Takes over Ad Sales Duties
[by Cerius Shah] NDTV Convergence has taken over ad sales duties from its parent firm NDTV Media. Rajesh Kumar has been elevated from managi…
NBC Universal In Talks To Pick Up Stake In NDTV Networks: Report
This isn’t the first time there’s been news of NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) being in talks to pick up stake in an NDTV company; in July this yea…
NDTV Revamps CricketNDTV.com
NDTV Convergence has redesigned the groups cricket website – cricketndtv.com. The site has blogs, cricket rankings, opinions, polls, forums,…
NDTV Provides Content For SingTel's mioTV service
NDTV has struck a deal to provide their news channels – NDTV 24X7 and NDTV Profit – to Singapore based telco SingTel for their pay TV platfo…
NDTV Convergence To Launch Mobile Portal; Appoints COO-Business
Salil Kumar has been appointed COO-Business for NDTV Convergence, reports exchange4media. He joins from the operators side – he was GM-Strat…
