Tag: Media

Government to unveil country’s first state-owned OTT platform in Kerala: Reports

Alongside viewership growth, there has been a notable increase in ad impressions, with APAC and LATAM still showing triple-digit growth while EMEA experienced a 111% rise in HOV and a 119% increase in ad impressions.(Representative Image: Bastian Riccardi via Unsplash)

Kochi: C-Space, the first state-owned over-the-top (OTT) platform in India, is expected to be unveiled by the Kerala government next month.

Ram Mandir Revelry: News channels enjoy surge in ad rates

Food and beverages led ad volumes at 15 percent, followed by services at 14 percent and building, industrial and land materials or equipment at 13 percent. (Image source: Moneycontrol)

News channels reduced their ad volumes to increase viewer retention. The high ad rates though, more than made up for the loss.

Viacom18-Disney deal – one week to go: All that we know

The combined entity will have lucrative sports properties which not only include premium cricket IPs like Indian Premier League (both TV and digital), ICC cricket tournaments (both TV and digital) but also other major sporting events like Wimbledon and Pro Kabaddi League.

Walt Disney Co and Reliance Industries (RIL) are on the verge of finalizing a groundbreaking mega stock-and-cash merger to create India’s largest media and entertainment business.

Govt to announce National Creators’ Awards for influencers

One of the categories in the awards will be directed at those who have helped spread the country’s soft power and culture internationally.  (Representational image via Unsplash by Danny Howe)

The national creators’ awards will be first of its kind and will be targeted at Gen Z, considering that the generation is very internet and social media savvy.

Zee Media issues clarification regarding SEBI fine on ‘Zee Business’ guest experts

GST authorities crack down on Zee Entertainment

The statement read, “Certain media reports have been published wherein the headlines suggest that fines were imposed on ‘Zee Business guest experts’. The Company wishes to clarify that these Noticee(s) are external and independent guests with whom the company had no relation beyond their TV appearances on Zee Business Channel.”

Paytm Ecommerce renames itself to Pai Platforms

As per reports, the company had seemed approval for the rebranding a few months ago and got the go-ahead on Wednesday. (Image sourced via Forbes India)

Furthermore, Paytm has acquired Innobits Solutions Private Limited (Bitsila), an ONDC seller, established four years ago, as per reports. Paytm through, has denied any news of acquisition.

Paytm crisis: Former BharatPe founder Ashneer Grover slams RBI and “60-year olds” running it

Grover on March 12 tweeted, “SBI Chairmen seem to be petty people. And something very wrong at their core. I learnt it the hard way. So did SC. ;)” 

Ashneer Grover said, “In the RBI, individuals responsible for making decisions and handling calls are typically around 60 years old… there seems to be a lack of trust in a 40-year-old individual, especially if they are considered a Maverick, to run a core system,”