Industry - media
BSkyB eyeing $3.9-billion bid for Digital+
05 July 2008
News Corp announces plans to privatise set top box maker NDS
01 July 2008
Zee's second coming in the Tamil satellite channel market
11 February 2008
NBC Universal to acquire 26 per cent stake in NDTV
22 January 2008
James Packer, Lachlan Murdoch make $2.9-billion joint bid for Consolidated Media
22 January 2008
Netscape browser to lose life support from February 2008
29 December 2007
Murdoch's News Corp to sell eight Fox TV stations
24 December 2007
Tribune goes private; Sam Zell named chairman and CEO
22 December 2007
Two new Tamil TV titans: Jaya Plus and Jaya Max, the news and the muse
22 December 2007
UK Competition Commissioner wants BSkyB to divest ITV stake
21 December 2007
Television Eighteen group to launch business journal in association with Forbes
13 December 2007
Murdoch to put his personal stamp on Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal
07 December 2007
FCC chairman proposes an ownership waiver for the Tribune group
30 November 2007
Government reviewing FDI norms for broadcasting sector
29 November 2007
Sony arm to set up game studio in India
29 November 2007
Global Insight acquires SupplierBusiness Limited; Merger to create improved information products for automotive industry
17 November 2007
Greater Media buys North Carolina radio stations from Lincoln Financial
15 November 2007
NDTV enters the Singapore market on SingTel''s mioTV service
02 November 2007
Record highs in media M&A; online media buoyant
01 November 2007
Hyderabad''s Pressmart Media to provide technology for The Philadelphia Inquirer''s online edition
30 October 2007
BSNL launches mobile radio service
29 October 2007
Government may raise FDI in cable TV to 74 per cent
18 October 2007
Broadcasters formulate Plan B as ad firms remain stay adamant
15 October 2007
Angry with ad-rate hike, advertisers threaten TV boycott
12 October 2007
BBC finds Lonely Planet; acquires majority stake
01 October 2007
NDTV comes up with first city channel for Delhi
26 September 2007
TV 18 Rebranded: now called Network 18
11 September 2007
Big 92.7FM plans to syndicate its content to Asian FM in the US
03 September 2007
VH1 joins TheOneAlliance
03 September 2007
Internet threatens US local papers
30 August 2007
Sparrowhawk acquisition to bring Moby Dick, Gulliver''s Travels to NBC Universal fold
30 August 2007
Dow Jones appoints new GMs for The Wall Street Journal Online, Barron''s Online and MarketWatch.com
27 August 2007
GE finances acquisition of Ziff Davis' Enterprise Group by Enterprise Media Group
23 August 2007
Is the net killing TV viewing?
23 August 2007
NDTV 24X7 forays into Europe
22 August 2007
Moscow Radio stops airing BBC Russian programmes
18 August 2007
37 TV channels, 175 radio stations permitted in 2007
17 August 2007
Gannett refutes chances of ownership change
13 August 2007
Hearst Corporation to acquire shoppers'' web site Kaboodle
13 August 2007
Guardian publisher and Apax Partners may make
08 August 2007
Murdoch bags Dow Jones
01 August 2007
News Corp hints at losing interest in bid for Dow Jones
31 July 2007
BBC pulls up at the YouTube World
30 July 2007
Bancrofts lobby to influence sale of Dow Jones to Murdoch''s News Corp
29 July 2007
Dow Jones trustee opposed to sale of WSJ: Report
26 July 2007
LVMH woos Les Echos journalists with independence guarantees
24 July 2007
Director quits Dow Jones over board''s endorsement to Murdoch''s bid
20 July 2007
Standardising European mobile broadcast TV may retard competition: Datamonitor
19 July 2007
Dow Jones board clears $5 billion News Corp bid, seeks Bancrofts'' nod
18 July 2007
Zee Entertainment to launch youth channel ''Zee Next''
18 July 2007
Dow Jones indicates tentative acceptance of News Corp offer
17 July 2007
Dow Jones board member opposes sale to News Corp
16 July 2007
Dow Jones receives alternate bids
13 July 2007
Potential new bidders meet Dow Jones
11 July 2007
Murdoch, Dow Jones yet to strike deal; US magnate named possible bidder
09 July 2007
Global entertainment, media spending accelerated by convergent platforms: PwC
05 July 2007
Carlyle targets Richard Branson''s Virgin Media
02 July 2007
ProSieben''s €3.3-billion acquisition of SBS creates pan-European broadcaster
28 June 2007
Dow Jones, Murdoch nearing pact on WSJ independence: NYT
25 June 2007
Pearson-GE combine may bid for Dow Jones: WSJ
19 June 2007
Pearson seeking partners for Dow Jones bid: report
16 June 2007
Global Broadcast to focus on regional news
14 June 2007
News Corp to sell Fox-affiliated TV stations
14 June 2007
Dow Jones shareholders set merger terms
12 June 2007
ESPN acquires cricket news web site Cricinfo
11 June 2007
GE-Microsoft drop proposed joint bid for Dow Jones, says report
11 June 2007
Dow Jones likely to attract a bid from rival groups
08 June 2007
Bancrofts to consider Muroch''s $5 billion bid for Dow Jones
01 June 2007
GE and Pearson back off from Dow Jones deal
22 May 2007
TV18, Viacom set to sign joint venture: report
21 May 2007
Sun TV hit by `Son'' stroke
21 May 2007
Unforeseen risk factor that has hit Sun TV
16 May 2007
Infosys, TV18 to share cost, benefits of Source 18
15 May 2007
Reuters-Thomson combine to overtake Bloomberg as top financial news provider
15 May 2007
Reuters takeover: Sale of education arm swells Thomson war chest
12 May 2007
Global newspaper circulation rise boosted by India, China
10 May 2007
Thomson Corp, Reuters Group on S&P CreditWatch
09 May 2007
Thomson outlines details of $17.6-billion bid for Reuters
08 May 2007
SC stays MRTPC probe into KBC''s alleged irregularities
04 May 2007
TV 18 forms joint venture with HK PE fund
26 April 2007
Real estate tycoon to buy LA Times
04 April 2007
Media & entertainment sector to touch Rs1 trillion
02 April 2007
UK''s The Daily Mail to launch Indian daily with India Today
28 March 2007
Media giants tie up with Google''s YouTube rivals for online video distribution
24 March 2007
Time Warner may divest AOL stake in 2007 says UBS
17 March 2007
Peter Mukherjea''s INX to launch TV network
15 March 2007
BBC pulls up at the YouTube platform
09 March 2007
Boston Globe employees protest job outsourcing to India
03 March 2007
BBC ties up with Google's YouTube for internet broadcast
03 March 2007
Time Warner to pay $405 million to settle AOL's claims
24 February 2007
Anil Ambani group ups TV Today stake to 12 per cent; ups media holding to Rs1,060 crore
20 February 2007
Online publishers urge BBC to resist website advertising
16 February 2007
Reliance Capital picks up six per cent stake in Global Broadcast News
14 February 2007
TDSAT asks TRAI to review CAS revenue share regulation
08 January 2007
New York Times sells broadcast division for $575 million
05 January 2007
SC adjourns hearing on MTV plea against TDSAT order
05 January 2007
DTH or CAS - which is a better bet?
29 December 2006
No extension to CAS deadline: PTI
29 December 2006
SEBI plans curbs on 'agenda-driven' media content
15 December 2006
Media e2e in joint venture with Wipro, Oracle
14 December 2006
Revenues from media and entertainment seen doubling by 2010
28 November 2006
Jack Welch''s bid for The Boston Globe rejected
22 November 2006
Non profit, educational institutions allowed to run community radio stations
21 November 2006
Investor group to acquire Reader''s Digest for $1.6 billion
16 November 2006
TDSAT defers hearing on conditional access system for TV channels
14 November 2006
Al Jazeera to launch English edition from November 15
07 November 2006
HT Media Q2 net more than triples
26 October 2006
Jack Welch may bid for Boston Globe, says report
26 October 2006
Hindujas plan Rs500 crore investments in media
09 October 2006
Media giants Hindustan Times, The Times of India in new newspaper pact
03 October 2006
India Today to launch South Asian edition of Harvard Business Review
29 September 2006
TDSAT directs Zee to provide signals to Tata Sky
20 September 2006
Jagran Prakashan to publish facsimile edition of The Independent in India
13 September 2006
Anil Ambani group set to enter DTH service
13 September 2006
Tata Sky launches pay-per-view service
08 September 2006
Tata Sky Launches Actve Sports on ESPN STAR Sports
31 August 2006
The Times of India slips to 11th spot among widely read dailies
30 August 2006
TRAI set to fix ceiling price for pay channels
21 August 2006
Tata Sky Satellite Television Service Launches Across the Country
08 August 2006
Television 18 - Global Broadcast News launch 24-hour English news channel
19 December 2005
Playboy may come to India under a different name, sans pics
02 December 2005
NDTV homes in to the UK; US next by month-end
23 November 2005
NDTV-Astro enter into broadcast JV for SE Asia
31 August 2005
TV18 Group''s new English News Channel Creative Account goes to RMG David
31 August 2005
Study says KBC-2 retains high viewer loyalty
08 August 2005
NDTV results out. FY 05-06 growth expected to be above industry average
20 July 2005
Print medium reaches 200 million : NRSC 2005
13 June 2005
Awaaz races ahead as India''s fastest growing channel
07 April 2005
Indian idol hits ad revenues of saas bahu brigade
04 April 2005
India TV leapfrogs to first position with sting operation
30 March 2005
Reuters Bangalore plans
11 October 2004
SS Channel: The spicy southern channel
13 August 2004
Exclusive Programme for children on Sahara Samay Rashtriya
25 June 2004
TOI to launch in Chennai
07 June 2004
CBS and Viacom combine forces
16 January 2001
World''s largest media company is born
16 January 2001
Viacom acquires BET''s internet and cable TV
04 November 2000
Broadband services by Hathway and SCV
31 May 2000
Hathway signs peace pact with Sumangali Cable Vision
31 May 2000
Peace after war
31 May 2000
Zee plans entertainment complexes in 27 cities
14 October 1999
Viacom to buy CBS
08 September 1999
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