FLYX appoints Mugdha Kalra as head of content

The TV news presenter and journalist Mugdha Kalra have been appointed as the head of content at FLYX, the fun streaming social networking app. Mugdha will be responsible for creating content initiatives across multiple platforms and formats to increase user engagement and fuel growth. Mugdha Kalra has more than 20 years of experience in content […]

Media and Entertainment Q4FY21 Preview – TV segment to outperform; marginal recovery in cinema

TV Broadcasting Space : Ad. growth back in growth trajectory We expect Zee Entertainment to report growth in ad revenues by 5% YoY, while a decline of 3.5% YoY for SUNTV, largely since the ad spends after an uptick during the festive season in Q3 have stabilised on QoQ basis and local advertising remains low […]

NW18, Republic Bharat makes it to Free Dish after stiff bidding

After some  fierce bidding and spending of serious money for a berth on Doordarshan’s FTA DTH platform, Free Dish, 57 channels can heave a sigh of relief for having made it to the final list. The news category saw maximum see-sawing with TV channels trying to outbid competition for limited available space in the MPEG-2 slots […]

Few popular news channels yet to book slots on DD Free Dish

The mercury and money is rising as the race to bag a slot on pubcaster Doordarshan’s FTA DTH platform, Free Dish, gains momentum. The first day of the 52nd  e-auctions for slots on the FTA platform with a massive reach yesterday saw some of the popular TV news channels failing to get a berth, while […]

Court seeks govt. clarity on penalties & ad code for TV channels

The Delhi high court has sought India’s Central government opinion on whether there’s a uniform policy on imposing penalties on TV channels for breaching the ‘Programme Code’ or ‘Advertising Code’ under The Cable Television Network Rules. The order to submit a reply was passed by Justice Prathiba M Singh after recording while the Cable Television Network Rules provide […]

News24 managing ed Deep quits; to join TV9

Anuradha Prasad-promoted News24 news channel is witnessing a high level change as its managing editor Deep Upadhyay has quit. Upadhayay is all set to join TV9 group as editorial head of convergence and strategy. TV9 has several news channels in various Indian languages. Recently TV9 also hired senior journalist Rakesh Khar as editor snd head […]