Bharat24 beefs up sales and marketing team

Bharat 24, an upcoming national Hindi news channel has further strengthened its sales and marketing with the appointment of sales person Bhim Shankar Negi, Partha Sarthi Kuila, and Nishant Mishra, ahead of its launch next month, the news channel said in a media statement Wednesday. Bhim Shankar Negi has joined Bharat 24 as Vice President […]

TV9 Bharatvarsh managing ed Sant Prasad may join ABP News

TV9 Bharatvarsh news channel managing editor Sant Prasad, who was relieved of his duties on Saturday, is likely to join ABP News, even as TV9 Network announced an editorial restructuring of its TV and digital services. In another development, anchor Mimansa Malik, who has been associated with Zee News for over two decades, announced her […]

Media, ad experts divided over IPL media rights bid prices

The humongous sum of Rs 48,390 crore (approximately $ 6.2 billion) fetched from media rights of IPL cricket has divided industry experts, with some feeling that the market can easily absorb it, while others said anything ‘puffy and inflated’ puts pressure on the sport. For advertisers, two separate entities bagging the TV and digital rights […]

IPL: Hotstar to be impacted; Voot/Jio get digital edge

By Karan Taurani /Elara Caps With IPL moving away from Star, Disney+Hotstar as a platform will become much smaller, tad above vs other broadcaster OTT apps helped by other cricket content. In terms of SVOD market, they have a share of 25 percent, which will see a sharp drop and potentially move towards Voot or […]

Amazon, Google pull out of IPL rights bidding: media reports

It’s almost like a star player, who’s expected to perform on the big stage, retiring hurt from the game even before the first ball was bowled or the players reached the field. The expectant viewers, waiting for some nail-biting times during the game, are now left a bit dejected. But then, as they say in […]

Shemaroo appoints Mohan Gopinath as biz head, Bollywood

Shemaroo Entertainment on Wednesday announced the appointment of Mohan Gopinath as its Business Head, Bollywood. In his new role, Mohan will be responsible for driving the Bollywood business of Shemaroo, which is celebrating 60 years of entertaining India. Mohan comes with 25 years of rich experience in the media and broadcasting space across various functions, […]