Illegal gag orders killing Indian news channels

March 7, 2013 3:55 pm0 comments
Illegal gag orders killing Indian news channels

New Delhi: Running a television channel,news channel in particular is a herculean task in India. One can own a tv channel, can produce programmes but the success depends on two communities. They are politicians and cable operators. The cable operators do not run channels for the viewers but for themselves. […]

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Experts reject idea to bring media under Lokpal

August 29, 2011 7:02 pm0 comments

New Delhi: The idea of bringing the media within the ambit of the Lokpal is “bad and mischievious”, say experts who argue that the media is “private” and the ombudsman is an institution “for redressal of grievances and to make the government behave”. “It is a mischievous idea,” said senior […]

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Media, entertainment industry records 11 percent growth

March 21, 2011 10:33 pm0 comments

Mumbai : The Indian media and entertainment (M&E) industry registered a growth of 11 percent over 2009 and touched Rs.652 billion in 2010, according to a FICCI-KPMG report.The report will be formally released at the FICCI Frames 2011 — an entertainment and business summit of the Federation of Indian Chambers […]

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The Times Of India Group Partners Brainient

January 9, 2011 1:02 pm0 comments

New Delhi: /India PRwire/ — The Times Audience Network, the digital video arm of the Times Group, India’s largest media conglomerate, will start offering innovative new advertising formats in partnership with Brainient, the interactive advertising platform. With a history of 168 years, The Times Group is a market leader across […]

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Builder, contractor booked for Mumbai lift crash

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Mumbai, Jan 9 (IANS) Mumbai police Sunday booked six people, including the builder, contractor and maintenance supervisor of Rustomjee Towers where five labourers were killed after a service lift came crashing down Sunday afternoon, police said. “We have registered offences against the six concerned people, including the builder, contractor and […]

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French publishing group Jouve acquires Indian outsourcing firm

February 23, 2010 7:00 pm0 comments

Chennai: French digital and print content management company, $150 million Jouve group has announced the acquisition of the Chennai-based outsourcing firm TexTech for $5.4 million and said it will shift a part of its Madagascar operations to India. “As a de-risk strategy and to avoid disruption in our services to […]

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