India’s UTV Investing In International Freemium Games Expansion
Can India do a South Korea when it comes to online gaming? Hundreds of thousands of teens there, and in China, lead the way in multiplayer g…
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Bloomberg UTV CEO Shantonu Aditya Stepping Down; MK Anand To Take Additional Charge
Shantonu Aditya, CEO of Bloomberg UTV (formerly UTVi), is stepping down, a person familiar with the development said. This is said to be Adi…
Bloomberg Chairman Peter Grauer To Ring Opening Bell At BSE To Celebrate Tie-Up With UTV
Bloomberg L.P. chairman Peter Grauer will ring the opening bell at the Bombay Stock Exchange on Friday Thursday to celebrate his company’s r…
Sumit Gupta Steps Down As Bloomberg UTV COO
Sumit Gupta, COO of Bloomberg UTV (formerly UTVi) since its launch early 2008, has stepped down, according to multiple sources. Prior to joi…
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Bloomberg TV, UTV Announces Partnership; Biz Channel UTVi To Become Bloomberg-UTV
Global news and information giant Bloomberg and Indian business news channel UTVi, part of diversified media firm UTV Software Communication…
UTV Software Communications Expands Board With Disney, Cadbury Executives
Diversified media firm UTV Software Communications today said it has expanded its board of directors with two non-executive directors, one o…
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UTV New Media Strengthens Team With Zaki Ansari, Subhash Ghosh
Zaki Ansari, who recently left Rediff.com, has joined UTV New Media as chief product and technology officer (via Medianama). CEO Manish Agar…
UTV Software Posts Q1 Net Loss Of Rs23.33 crore; To Consider Stake Sale In UTVi, Says Screwvala
UTV Software Communications Ltd, a diversified media company with interests in broadcasting, TV software, films, new media and gaming, today…
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UTVi’s Bangalore Office Attacked
The New Indian Express reports that the Bangalore office of business news channel UTVi was attacked on Saturday allegedly by members of an u…
UTVi In Talks With Bloomberg For Stake Sale, Content And Co-Branding
UTVi, the business news channel owned by UTV promoter Ronnie Screwvala, is in advanced talks with Bloomberg LP for a strategic partnership,…
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UTV Software Clarifies On Disney Holding, Promoter Pledge, Biz Model
UTV Software Communications Ltd, the Ronnie Screwvala-promoted diversified media firm that is now majority owned by The Walt Disney Co. (NYS…
Walt Disney Completes UTV Software Open Offer; Ups Holding To 60 Percent
This deal marks the completion of the first major buyout of an integrated media house by a multi-national firm.
Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) has…
True Games Interactive Sells Majority Stake To India’s UTV
True Games Interactive, an Orange Country, CA-based online multiplayer game developer, has sold an 80 percent majority stake to Indian media…
UTV Software Acquires US-Based Online Gaming Startup True Games
UTV Software Communications, the media and entertainment company, has picked up an 80 per cent stake in California-based gaming company True…
Walt Disney Picks Up 15% Stake In UTV
UTV Software Communications Ltd has sold 15 per cent stake in its broadcasting arm, UTV Global Broadcasting Ltd (UGBL), to Walt Disney (NYSE…
UTV Revenues Up 154 Percent; Interactive Business Posts Rs 3.57 Crore Loss
UTV reported a growth of 154 percent in total revenues for the quarter ending June 30, 2008, over the previous sequential quarter, buoyed m…
UTV Completes Acquisition Of 76 Percent Stake In IT Nation For Rs. 15 Crores
Update: UTV has acquired 76 percent stake (not 80 percent stake as earlier indicated to the BSE) in IT Nation for Rs. 15 crores. More import…
UTV Launches Website For Business Channel UTVi
The website for UTVi the business channel from the UTV Group, has gone live, albeit in beta. The site has news, market updates, industry-wis…
Earnings: UTV Interactive Revenues At Rs 95 Crores; To Invest Rs. 130 Crores In Game IP In FY09
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UTV Software Communications has reported Interactive revenues of Rs. 95.57 crores for the financial year ending March 31st 20…
Business Standard In Content Tie-Up With UTVi
There’s been a significant increase in the news content deals this year, and there are signs that more are in the offing: Business Standard…
UTV Hives Off News Business; Deal Expected With ABC
UTVs yet-to-be-launched news business has been hived off from UTV Global, I just confirmed from the company. Mint had reported the launch of…
Disney Buys Stake In India’s UTV: Ups Stake To 32.1 Pc For $200M
Update: Looks like Reuters (NSDQ: RTRSY) got it wrong: I just spoke to a UTV spokesperson, who told me that Disney
Disney Ups Stake In UTV To 32.1 Pc For $200M; Open Offer For 20 Pc
Update: Looks like Reuters (NSDQ: RTRSY) got it wrong: just spoke to a UTV spokesperson, who told me that Disney’s (NYSE: DIS) open offer to…
Disney To Increase Stake in UTV; Announcement Monday
Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), which has been a 15 percent stake holder in Indian TV company UTV, is going to announce an increase in its stake th…
UTV Interactive Revenues At Rs. 12.86 Crores, EBITDA Loss; FDI Approval
The Interactive segment of BSE listed UTV Software Communications, which includes Gaming, Animation, Post Production and SFX, has clocked re…
Updated: UTV Acquires Majority Stake In IT Nation
Update: A UTV spokesperson told us that the company has no comment on this story – neither a confirmation nor a denial. Our sources have
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UTV Buys Controlling Interest in Indiagames
UTV, through its UK subsidiary, has bought a controlling stake in Indiagames. UTV first bought into a majority in Indiagames late last year,…
UTV Severs Ties With Astro For Bindass
UTV Software has informed the BSE that they have called off their “discussion” with Malaysian DTH and Pay TV co Astro for a TV joint venture…
TN Prabhu Quits Disney To Join UTV As COO Of United New Media Ventures
Our mails to TN Prabhu and calls to Disney (NYSE: DIS) on this had not yielded anything, but a release just in from UTV now confirms it: TN…
Disney May Increase Stake In UTV: Report
CNBC-TV18 reports that Disney (NYSE: DIS) is on the lookout for acquisitions in India, and it’s believed that they are planning to increase…
Earnings: UTV Interactive Clocks Revenues Of Rs. 10.04 Crores
UTV reported Interactive revenues of Rs. 10.04 crore for the quarter ended September 30 2007, up from Rs. 8.54 for the same quarter last yea…
Preneet Malhotra Appointed CEO of UTV Interactive
UTV Software Communications has appointed Preneet Malhotra as CEO of UTV Interactive, the business vertical that houses their animation divi…
Bindass Has Plans For Mobisodes, Ringtones, Wallpapers
Zarina Mehta, CEO of UTV’s channel Bindass tells Indiantelevision that the channel has tied up with telcos including Idea, BPL and BSNL to a…
Bindass To Launch On September 24th; User Generated Content On Lagegi.com
Zarina Mehta, CEO of Bindass has told exchange4media that the website for their TV channel Bindass will have show information, feature stars…
UTV Motion Pictures Ties Up With Virgin Comics
I’ve lost track of the number of franchises that Virgin Comics is creating…too many too fast? This time, they’ve tied up with AIM listed U…
