World Is One News, the only India-based television news channel with correspondents across the world, said it has signed up its first distributor in the Middle East in the form of Etisalat for the cable markets of UAE and Qatar. Besides Etisalat, it said the channel is also being launched on Du and Ooredoo networks. […]
Republic TV, the English-language television channel headed by journalist Arnab Goswami will go on air on several cable and DTH platforms in India starting Friday evening. Official confirmation came from Dish TV, India’s oldest DTH platform, which confirmed that the channel will be made available starting from Saturday. Subscribers of Dish TV will get the […]
Republic TV, the upcoming news channel, will be staunchly nationalist and pro-military, and will attempt to bring back ‘balance’ into a media dominated by a small set of academics and intellectuals in the capital, going by the comments of Arnab Goswami, the head of the channel. “All Indians should be pro military and pro India. If that makes […]
Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV’s is reported to be readying for its launch next week, with DTH operator Tata Sky starting test transmission of the channel. The channel is expected to carry the number 616, and be officially available from 10 PM on Friday, May 5. UPDATE: The channel will be launched this weekend. Separately, the channel […]
Arnab Goswami, arguably the most talked about Indian journalist in recent years, has released a teaser video on the upcoming launch of his new television channel Republic TV. The video shows Goswami writing a letter to Mr Gandhi — perhaps a reference to Congress Party Vice President Rahul Gandhi — informing him that ‘he’s coming […]
Zee Media Corporation Limited swung to a profit for the Apr-Jun quarter after it was able to control its expenses, especially in its print arm of DNA. The company cut expenses across the board including operating expenses, employee expenses and marketing costs. Total revenue fell 5% to 128.2 crore compared to same quarter last year, […]
A report by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has revealed that NDTV 24×7 has the highest number of peak-hour advertisements among English news channels in India, followed by Times Now, India Today and CNN-IBN. According to the report, NDTV showed an average of 22.66 minutes of advertisements per hour during the period under survey. […]
Throwing the latest viewership numbers in its face, Arnab Goswami, editor of Times Now proclaimed that his channel had returned to No. 1 and urged his rival (read India Today) not to waste its money on futile marketing campaigns. “Each time someone mocks or apes us, our viewership grows. There is a big lesson in […]
