| Chandra plans US wellness empire | 17-NOV-09 |
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| Media and broadcasting mogul Subhash Chandra is creating a health and wellness platform in the US to cash in on the world's fastest-growing market for fitness solutions. |
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| Doordarshan most watched channel: Study | 31-AUG-09 |
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| Using a disputed measure, TAM, the television research agency, has said Doordarshan not only commands the highest channel share compared to private networks but attracts a far greater number of viewers. It made a presentation to this effect before the information and broadcasting minister recently. |
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| Twist in the plot | 24-AUG-09 |
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| Media planners and advertisers are focusing on the success of individual shows rather than the fast-changing ranking of channels. |
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| Zee pips STAR Plus for top position | 02-JUL-09 |
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| It's celebration time at Subhash Chandra's Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) as its flagship Hindi general entertainment channel (GEC) Zee TV has become the genre leader among the dozen Hindi channels, pushing the leader STAR Plus to number three position behind Colors. |
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| Sony does a STAR Plus | 01-JUN-09 |
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| The battle for prime-time eyeballs has just got bigger. Sony Television, which has been struggling to retain its slot among the top five Hindi entertainment channels, is putting all its marketing and programming muscle behind six new TV shows, five of which are being telecast between 8 pm and 11 pm, when advertising and sponsorship rates are the highest. |
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| Broadcasters take Rs 100 cr bet with 25 new shows | 28-MAY-09 |
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| With the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tourney behind them, general entertainment channels are back in business, with as many as seven leading broadcasters having invested around Rs 100 crore in launching over 25 new television shows on the small screen. |
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| Vanita Kohli-Khandekar: Star Plus, Colors and the formula | 21-APR-09 |
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| Why do Hindi general entertainment channels (GECs) insist on milking a successful formula till audiences run away. The question was valid in the case of Star Plus or Zee TV when they were at their peak. Now the same question is being asked of Colors. |
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| Kingfisher may sponsor ECB's Twenty20 league | 19-APR-09 |
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| In a strange combination, business tycoon Vijay Mallya, owner of IPL franchise Bangalore Royal Challengers, may sponsor England and Wales Cricket Board’s new Twenty20 competition P20, which may be broadcast on Zee TV, the channel of the owner of the “rebel” ICL. |
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| Zee TV may broadcast Mallya's P20 for ECB: report | 18-APR-09 |
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| In a strange combination, business tycoon Vijay Mallya, owner of IPL franchise Bangalore Royal Challengers, may sponsor England and Wales Cricket Board's new Twenty20 competition P20, which may be broadcast on Zee TV, the channel of the owner of the 'rebel' ICL. |
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| Broadcasters to face tough time in 2009 | 14-NOV-08 |
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| With slowdown hitting the advertising industry, the revenue growth projection for broadcasting firms is likely to come down by 17 percentage points to 26 per cent in 2009 compared with 2008, says the |
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| Entertainment channels begin airing re-runs | 11-NOV-08 |
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| With no new television content being shot in Mumbai due to the ongoing strike by television industry workers, entertainment channels like Star Plus, Sony TV, Zee TV and others started airing the |
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| The dash of Colors | 21-OCT-08 |
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| The channel has raced from launch to no. 2 in just 10 weeks. Curiously, that gives hope to its rivals, who think it takes just one hit show or two to turn fortunes around. |
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| Bollywood's latest hit ? Strike | 03-OCT-08 |
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| The Bollywood is expected to lose Rs 100 crore because of the indefinite strike called by technicians and production workers from October 1. The strike has brought the production work of the film and |
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