MUMBAI: Springtide Infotainment Media, the joint venture (JV) between Times Group and Vice Media, plans to launch the TV channel Viceland in the second half of the calendar year 2018.

MUMBAI: Multi system operator (MSO) Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation (TACTV) has issued a disconnection notice to Sun TV Network for analogue network due to the expiry of agreement and non-conclusion of price negotiation.

MUMBAI: Depilatory products company, Veet, has launched its new campaign #Unpose that celebrates the beauty and confidence of every woman. The campaign focusses on creating an attitude shift towards believing that women are most beautiful when they are natural and spontaneous.

MUMBAI: This could really make television executives in India, who have built a multi-billion dollar business, gnash their teeth.

MUMBAI: Viacom18’s punt on Bigg Boss, the biggest reality show in the country, has paid off in a big way over the last ten years with an astronomical number of viewers on TV as well as the company’s digital platform Voot. After entertaining the Hindi masses, Colors launched the show in Kannada, Bengali and Marathi in order to garner regional audiences.

MUMBAI: There’s change at the top at the ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB). Minister Smirti Irani has been moved out of her post and kept solely in charge of the textiles ministry. Replacing her is Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore - her minister of state - who has now been given independent charge of the MIB.

NDTV Convergence, the NDTV Group’s digital business, has delivered record growth. It closed the financial year with revenue at Rs.144 crore. Profit after Tax was Rs.20 crore, the highest ever for Convergence.

MUMBAI: Global content producer and distributor Keshet International (KI) has hired third-party co-operations and distribution veteran Revital Basel as Managing Director, KI Networks.

MUMBAI: Saregama has sold the digital rights of its two films ‘Ajji’ and ‘Brij Mohan Amar Rahein’ to video streaming giant Netflix. The company is also negotiating a deal for its third movie ‘Kuch Bheege Alfaz’ to get the right valuation.

MUMBAI: Epic Television Networks has big plans for its subscription video on demand (SVOD) service Epic On. Having launched the service in August 2017, the infotainment broadcaster now plans to increase its footprint through distribution deals with telcos, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), VoD platforms, and other connected platforms.