MUMBAI: The debut TV show of actor Salman Khan nearly a decade ago, is back with a bang but promises to notch up the offering. After nine years, he will be back on screen on Sony Entertainment Television (SET) with Dus ka Dum. While the initial seasons depended on the entertainment factor, SET EVP and business head Danish Khan said that this time it will be socially driven. Several heads were put together to decide the right set of questions.

BENGALURU: The demerged Hathway Cable and Datacom Ltd (Hathway) reported standalone profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 12.62 crore (8.7 per cent of operating revenue) for the quarter ended 31 March 2018 (Q4 2018, quarter under review), 47.1 per cent lower as compared PAT of Rs 23.87 crore (17.2 per cent of operating revenue) in the immediate trailing quarter Q3 2018 (q-o-q).  It may be noted that Hathway’s numbers for Q4 2017 include both cable television and broadband numbers and hence cannot be compared with Q4 2018 revenues that include only broadband revenue

Mumbai: MediaCom today announced the appointment of Navin Khemka as CEO of its South Asia operations effective July 16th, 2018. Navin takes on the role from Debraj Tripathy who will be leaving the organisation to explore new opportunities outside the group. He will be based in Delhi (Gurugram) and report into the incoming GroupM South Asia CEO Sam Singh and Mark Heap , CEO Mediacom  Asia Pacific.

MUMBAI: Multi system operator (MSO) GTPL Hathway’s West Bengal cable TV operations under GTPL Kolkata Cable & Broadband Pariseva Ltd (KCBPL) has turned around in FY18.

MUMBAI: The decks have been cleared for Star India to launch its Kannada sports channel as the ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) has cleared the broadcaster’s name change application.

MUMBAI: The ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) has granted two and cancelled four TV channel licences in February, according to the status at a glance of permitted private satellite TV channels.

MUMBAI: A young professional just graduated from an MBA college would be thrilled to join a reputed company like Future Group. But Shrenik Gandhi’s entrepreneur blood wouldn’t allow him to work under someone else.Within a year, he quit and started his own digital marketing agency White Rivers Media and propitiously the agency’s first client was Future Group who handed over the signing amount cheque during Gandhi’s exit interview at the company.

MUMBAI: They helped Hotstar hit a world record for concurrent online viewing a few days ago with 8.26 million viewers in the IPL first qualifier game on 22 May. Once again, the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) helped Hotstar create a new record of over 10 million concurrent users for the Vivo IPL 2018 finale that witnessed CSK’s Shane Watson hit a century and safely take the team to its third trophy.

During the IPL finale evening on Sunday, Star India unveiled a new look for its flagship Hindi general entertainment channel Star Plus. The channel’s new look has a new brand promise of ‘Rishta wahi baat nayi’. 

The Broadcast Research Council India’s (BARC) released their Week 20 data and South Indian GEC Channels Colors Kannada, Asianet, and SUN TV continue to lead the list in their respective languages. Star Maa which lost its first slot to ZEE Telugu in Week 19 has regained its position. Three south Indian channels found their slots in the Top Channels of across genres. SUN TV and Zee Telugu were already in the Week 19 list, Star Maa made its way to the Week 20 list, clinching 9th position with 490339 impressions (000s).