The new toast of Tellyland

One has to keep finding interesting premises to stimulate one’s creativity. Otherwise even cinema gets stagnant. Working with people like Kavita Chowdhary and Govind Nihalani was an enlightening experience

Ekta whips up another soap

After having tasted success with her serials Hum Paanch and Maano Ya Na Maano, Ekta Kapoor earned herself a name in the field of daily soaps and serious family dramas with serials like Koshish.

A radio with a view

“We have obtained the radio broadcasting license and no downloading facilities will be provided. This is a complete entertainment portal” Nitish Jain, CEO, Nazara.com

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Soaps full of stars

Life Nahin Hai Laddoo is about a callow guy named Laddoo who wants to be a writer and a girl named Diana who wants to be Aishwarya Rai. Director Vijay Krishna Acharya just wants to be funny.

Minor changes likely in Prasar Bharati Act

The 70-page report by the three member committee appointed by information broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley, to renew Prasar Bharati Corporation, may lead to few minor changes in the Prasar Bharati Act, if accepted by government of India.

DD to set up Internet, convergence division

Doordarshan is in the process of setting up a new division which will look into Internet and convergence-related opportunities including DTH and digital broadcasting.

UTV launches Gujarati language portal

UTV Interactive (UTVi), a subsidiary of Rs 175-cr media and entertainment major UTV Group Company, announced worldwide launch of its second dual language entertainment and information portal in Gujarati-English, www.kemchho.com.

Broadcast Worldwide plans Rs. 100 cr. IPO

The Rathikant Basu-run Broadcast Worldwide is planning to come out with an initial public offering of around Rs. 100 crore in the next 6-12 months.

AIR’s overseas digital service in August

All India Radio will kick-start its digital radio service to countries in West-Asia and Africa starting from August 1. For this purpose Prasar Bharati has entered into an agreement with Washington-based Worldspace Corporation for transponder space on its Afristar satellite.

Committee moots Doordarshan, MTNL tieup for Internet services

The high-level committee set up to study the working of Prasar Bharati has proposed a tieup between Doordarshan and MTNL for delivering content through the Net.