MUMBAI: Viacom18’s Bengali GEC Colors Bangla is planning to expand its programming hours with new show launches in the early and late prime time slots.

The channel is currently on the drawing board and the expansion of programming hours will take place in coming months. Currently, the channel has almost four hours of original programming. The prime-time starts at 6 pm and ends at 10 pm.

BENGALURU: The merged entity comprising of two Indian DTH players – Dish TV India Ltd reported its maiden fourth quarter and fiscal numbers for the periods ending 31 March 2018 (Q4 2018, quarter under review, FY 2018 year or fiscal under review). The two entities of the new behemoth Dish TV India Ltd were - Dish TV India Ltd and Videocon d2h Ltd before the merger. Dish TV and Videocon d2h had reported profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 82.12 crore and Rs 30.44 crore respectively for fiscal 2017.... http://www.indiantelevision.com/dth/dth-services/merged-dish-tv-reports-maiden-numbers-for-fiscal-2018-180530

MUMBAI: There was a time when Hindi speaking market was much preferred by the Indian audiences, whereas regional markets weren’t much spoken about. Considering the increasing viewers’ interests towards regional space, broadcasters have also planned to shift their focus on launching regional channels for the viewers.   ... http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/gecs/enterr10-to-launch-two-bengali-channels-180530

Sony Entertainment Television (SET) is back with its quiz show Dus Ka Dum (DKD) after nine long years. Produced by Big Synergy, this new season of Dus Ka Dum boasts of an all-new format re-designed and developed by the in-house creative team of SET and Sony Pictures Television, UK.

Hosted by Salman Khan, Dus Ka Dum will be aired on Mondays and Tuesdays between 

Colors Bangla will air “Ke Hobe Banglar Kotipoti” – the Bengali version of the popular quiz game show Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC).

Produced by Big Synergy Media Limited, this game show is also popular around the globe as ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ and is fondly known in India as KBC. Its Bangla version will premiere on 16 July 2018, every Monday to Friday at 9.00 pm on Colors Bangla. 

MUMBAI: Insight Media City, the owner of Malayalam GEC Flowers TV, is planning to launch a Malayalam news channel ’24’ in H1 Fy19.

The company has also planned a Capex of Rs 166 crore over the next three years for expansion. The Capex is expected to be funded through equity of Rs. 74 crore and debt of Rs. 92 crore.

MUMBAI: Viacom18 is launching fresh content for its regional entertainment channel Colors Bangla and Colors Super, its second Kannada GEC.

While Colors Kannada and Colors Super together account for over 40% of the market share, Colors Bangla, on the other hand, is a distant third in the Bangla market after Star Jalsha and Zee Bangla.

MUMBAI: Sun TV Network is planning to enter one new regional market this year besides launching a flanking channel in the Tamil market to attract new viewers, the company’s top management has said.

MUMBAI: The Delhi High Court has ordered a stay on a Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) directive to a channel where it had withdrawn the channel’s licence stating that it lacked security clearance.... http://www.indiantelevision.com/regulators/high-court/hc-orders-stay-on-mibs-licence-cancellation-directive-to-alliance-broadcasting-180529

As mentioned by us earlier, Indian multi-system operator and internet service provider GTPL Hathway Ltd’s(GTPL) consolidated total revenue for FY 2018 (fiscal 2018, year under review, year ended 31 March 2018) had increased 18.2 percent as compared to the previous year (FY 2017)