Wait. No one watches the news? Then why are there so many news channels. The writer of a new book on the industry explains the real…
Browsing: In The Media
“India is Modi. Modi is India” screamed the headline in India’s most popular pink paper, The Economic Times, the day after the new Prime Minister’s historic…
Uday Shankar is CEO of Star TV India, which broadcast and backed the Pro-Kabaddi League. Kabaddi surprised India, garnered 2.5 times more viewers in its first…
The arrest of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) CEO Rakesh Kumar on charges of bribery is at one level a case of alleged personal dishonesty.…
ABSTRACT Satellite TV has been the greatest social development of the past thirty years in India. With over 800 TV channels in 11 languages, the emergence…
Olympics: The India Story Boria Majumdar and Nalin Mehta HarperCollins 480 pages Rs 695 There is perhaps no better time to read a book on the…
Mehta takes charge from Rahul Kanwal, who is now Editor-at-large for Headlines Today as well as Aaj Tak Nalin Mehta has been appointed as Managing Editor…
TV Today Network has appointed Nalin Mehta as Managing Editor for English news channel Headlines Today. Mehta, who joined office today, will be based in Delhi.…
Abstract With over 800 television channels, India is not only the world’s third largest television market but also its most varied. Indian television for the past…
In early 2008, India’s Zee News broadcast a ‘special investigation’. With a loud, red banner labelling the inquiry an ‘exclusive’, the program made two claims: first,…