Building blocks in place, Viacom18 will hope to build profitable sports business: Anil Jayaraj, CEOThe company recently bagged the TV and digital rights to all the domestic and international cricket matches held in India for ₹5,963 crore ...
08 Sep, 2023, 11.10 AM IST
Viacom18 ropes in Google's Kiran Mani as CEO of digital businessAs the head of the digital business, Mani will be responsible for spearheading the growth of JioCinema, which has disrupted the video strea...
22 Aug, 2023, 08.30 AM IST
Ad spends on IPL have fallen by over a fifth, says Viacom18 Sports' CEOAdvertising spending on the Indian Premier League (IPL), which includes TV and digital ads, has dropped by 20% due to the absence of some c...
05 Jun, 2023, 01.27 AM IST
JioCinema's fan park initiative scales new heightJioCinema's fan park initiative scaled new heights during the weekend, with thousands turning up for four Indian Premier League (IPL) match...
02 May, 2023, 03.13 PM IST
Disney Star's Kevin Vaz set to join Viacom18 as CEOSources have indicated that the experienced TV broadcast executive will join Viacom18 as its new CEO. It is also learned that major changes...
20 Apr, 2023, 08.11 PM IST
IPL on JioCinema has attracted 100m new viewers: Viacom18 Sports CEOAs per data provided by Viacom18, JioCinema has recorded the highest-ever opening weekend for the tournament on digital, clocking over 1. 4...
04 Apr, 2023, 01.37 PM IST
Viacom18 aiming for ad revenues worth Rs 3700 crore from IPL 2023The Reliance Industries-supported media company is engaged in a fierce competition with Disney Star, owned by Walt Disney, for garnering th...
04 Feb, 2023, 10.36 AM IST
ICC media auction: Broadcasters in a fix after PwC exitThey have asked ICC for reasons that led to PwC's exit and pointed out that the development only "re-affirms" the material concerns that th...
26 Aug, 2022, 12.22 AM IST
Viacom18 picks up NBA media rights for three yearsThe network has signed a three-year deal with the American professional basketball league, the NBA (National Basketball Association), and w...
02 Dec, 2021, 10.27 PM IST
Viacom18 ropes in Anil Jayaraj to spearhead sports business“Viacom18 has just started building a strong sports portfolio and Anil will be joining us as CEO – Sports business,” the source confirmed.
10 Sep, 2021, 06.21 PM IST
Star signs 11 IPL sponsors, sells Rs 500 crore inventoryMarket sources say the Star India’s asking rates for bundled ad sales (TV and digital) were coming up to Rs 9-10 lakh per 10 seconds effect...
15 Feb, 2018, 07.57 AM IST
India's only home for disabled war veterans has just one inmateWhen World War II ended in 1945, India had no institution to care for permanently disabled war veterans.
18 May, 2016, 12.14 PM IST
UK-based Kloudpad to set up production facility for 3G Intel Tab phone in KochiThe company started its operations in the city through the Emerging Kerala Investor Meet hosted by the Kerala government in 2012 to attract...
11 Nov, 2014, 09.33 PM IST
How Bijaei Jayaraj revived his defunct company Loylty Rewardz through VC fundingAfter reviving a defunct firm through VC funding, Jayaraj has finally profited from loyalty programmes.
26 Nov, 2012, 08.30 AM IST
Pidilite signs deal with Arbaaz Khan for Kareena's 'Fevicol se' song from Dabangg 2Pidilite Industries, maker of Fevicol, has signed a marketing and promotion deal with the film’s producer Arbaaz Khan for the song.
24 Nov, 2012, 12.21 PM IST
- Traders pass off lookalikes to cash in on demand for traditional rice
There is a booming market for traditional regional varieties of rice that command up to 200% premium because they are hardly produced any m...
27 Jan, 2012, 03.16 AM IST
- Tata Technologies opens a global engineering centre in Bangalore
Tata Technologies today announced the opening of its new global engineering centre in Bangalore.
23 Jun, 2011, 02.36 PM IST