Television Eighteen is laying off 12% of its permanent staffers (about 200 people, according to a company source) as part of a major restruc……
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Korea’s GS Home Shopping Invests $18.5 Million In HomeShop18, Valuing The Firm At $123 Million
South Korea's GS Home Shopping, the world's third largest home shopping network (as per this release), will invest $18.5 million in HomeShop……
Read MoreRoshan Tamang Quits Web18 As VP; Headed To Indiatimes?
Roshan Tamang, VP for news, sports and entertainment at Web18, has resigned. This is his last week at the Network18 Group firm. Tamang confi……
Read MoreRatings Update: Colors Gain Lead Over Competition; Corners 27% Marketshare
For the past few months, Star Plus, Zee and Colors have been playing musical chairs with the top three slots in GEC ratings, with marketshar……
Read MoreNokia Growth Partners Invests $10 Million In Web18
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Growth Partners, an investment fund owned by Finnish mobile handset maker Nokia Oyj, has invested $10 million (Rs48 crore)……
Read MoreThe Financial Express, NDTV Profit In Talks For Content Partnership
Business news channel NDTV Profit and business daily The Financial Express are in talks to forge a content partnership. NDTV Profit is run b……
Read MoreRatings Update: ET Now Ahead Of NDTV Profit In Metros; Captures 26% Market Share
In exactly two months from launch, ET Now, the business news channel from Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd, has toppled NDTV Profit to become the……
Read MoreBreaking: Network18 To Acquire Majority Stake In AIM-Listed Indian Film Company
Network18 Holdings, a subsidiary of Raghav Bahl-promoted Network18 Media and Investments Ltd, will acquire a majority in The Indian Film Com……
Read MoreColors Turns One: A Year Of Unprecedented Churn In Indian Television
When Colors was launched this day last year, messrs Raghav Bahl, Haresh Chawla and Rajesh Kamat of Network18 were repeatedly asked: do you t……
Read MoreTV18 Net Down 350%; News Operation In Losses, Web Revenue Grows
Television Eighteen India Ltd has posted a consolidated net loss of Rs40.6 crore, more than four times from the net loss of Rs9 crore during……
Read MoreA New Channel Is Born: ET Now Goes On Air With ‘The Economic Times Advantage’
After a rather long wait, ET Now, the fourth English business news channel in India, went on air this morning as part of a phased rollout an……
Read MoreIndustry Moves: Urban Eye Founder Rishi Khiani Steps Down As COO At Web18
Thirty four-year-old Rishi Khiani, who sold his Urban Eye Media to Network18 Media and Investments Ltd in 2006, has stepped down as chief op……
Read MoreNetwork18 Raises Rs204.92 Crore Via QIP; Print Plan On Hold, Says Raghav Bahl
Network18 Media and Investments Ltd, the Raghav Bahl-promoted holding company of the Network18 group, today said it has raised Rs204.92 cror……
Read MoreSAIF Partners To Infuse Rs120 Crore In Network18; QIP Of 2.5 Crore Shares To Follow
Hong Kong-based, Asia-focussed private equity firm SAIF Partners, which has in the past invested in Indian companies such as Homeshop18, Mak……
Read MoreGEC Update: Star Plus Slips To Third Position In TAM Ratings, Trailing Colors, Zee
News Corp.-owned Star Plus, which reigned on top of the GEC ratings chart undisputed for nearly a decade, has now slipped to the third posit……
Read MoreTwo Major Business News Brands Debut In India: WSJ, Forbes
This week, two of the most recognized business news brands made their India debut. A facsimile edition of The Wall Street Journal Asia hit n……
Read MoreTAM Data Says CNN IBN Was Most Watched As Poll Results Unfolded
News channels take elections very seriously. Election coverage is to general news channels what budget coverage is to business channels--the……
Read MoreNetwork18 In Talks With Foreign Financial Investors For Stake Sale
Network18 Media and Investments Ltd, the group holding company of Raghav Bahl-promoted Network18 group, is in discussions with foreign finan……
Read MoreNews Viewership Surged On Poll Day; AajTak, NDTV 24×7 Most Watched
It comes once in five years and the minute by minute swing in fortunes and the import of the whole affair makes it a television event way mo……
Read MoreMarkets Rejoice Poll Outcome; Media Stocks Rise In Line
Reacting to the outcome of general elections that were known Saturday, India's markets breached the upper circuit within a minute of opening……
Read MoreTV18 Board Approves Rs510 Crore Rights Issue; Proceeds To Be Used To Repay Debt
Television Eighteen India Ltd today said its board has approved a rights issue of Rs510 crore and that promoters have undertaken to subscrib……
Read MoreUpdated: Financial Times To Launch Facsimile Edition In India
Update: An FT spokesperson has confirmed the development. "The Financial Times has submitted an application to the relevant Indian regulator……
Read MoreTV18 Gets License To Publish Forbes India Edition; To Hit Newsstands In May
TV18 India Ltd has received the requisite license from the ministry of information and broadcasting to publish the Indian edition of Forbes……
Read MoreInfomedia 18 Acquires Local Review Website Burrp!
In an intertesting development, publishing firm Infomedia 18 Ltd has acquired local reviews website Burrp!. The financial terms of the deal……
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