BALAJI TELEFILMS
What started out as a simple notion to provide content for the TV medium has outgrown itself to become a mammoth corporation today known as Balaji Telefilms Ltd. Under the hands-on leadership and extraordinary vision of Ekta Kapoor (Joint M.D.) Balaji Telefilms Ltd. has far exceeded its potential and has set world class standards in movie and serial making. Balaji Telefilms Ltd. was originally incorporated as a private limited company in 1994. Today Balaji Telefilms Ltd. is amongst the largest production houses in Asia and Middle East with regards to delivering Hindi and regional content and is considered amongst the most recognisable and powerful brands ruling the space.
NDTV
New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) is an Indian commercial broadcasting television network founded in 1988 by husband and wife Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy. NDTV is an acronym for the original name of the company, New Delhi Television. Vikramaditya Chandra is the CEO of the NDTV Group. NDTV has offices and studios across the country. Its three national news channels NDTV 24×7 (English), NDTV India (Hindi) and NDTV Profit (Business news) form the core of the company. One of the most respected news channels, the NDTV brand has gained recognition far and wide across India in both the urban and rural segments.
DISH TV INDIA LIMITED
Asia’s largest Direct to Home entertainment company DISH TV is the pioneer when it comes to digital entertainment. A division of Zee Entertainment Enterprises, the innovative offerings and revolutionary features of DISH TV have earned it a prestigious place of being the world’s third largest DTH company. The leader in DTH services, DISH TV has changed the face of Indian television by making it possible for every customer to have access to premium quality digital entertainment. Enhancing the viewing experiencing, the tri-satellite technology that broadcasts Hi-Definition and Standard Definition signals, DISHTV was amongst the first to rewrite broadcasting quality standards.
NETWORK 18 MEDIA AND INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Network18 Media and Investments Ltd. is a media and entertainment company with interests in television, internet, filmed entertainment, digital business, magazines, mobile content and allied businesses. Network18 manages various digital businesses including portals such as moneycontrol.com, ibnlive.com, burrp.com, in.com and firstpost.com. It also operates digital commerce properties like HomeShop18 and bookmyshow.com. In addition, Network18 is a leading player in the Publishing space publishes Forbes India, Overdrive, Better Interiors, and Better Photography. Network18 has also allied investments in Colosceum, Toppers, 24×7 Learning, Yatra, Ubona and other companies.
TV18 BROADCAST LIMITED
TV18 Broadcast Limited is a Network18 Media and Investments Ltd. Venture which is a media and entertainment company with interests in television, internet, filmed entertainment, digital business, magazines, mobile content and allied businesses. With significant investments from the Mukesh Ambani group in 2014, TV18 is considered amongst the nation’s largest television news networks. TV18, through the ETV brand, has 10 regional-language channels: ETV Madhya Pradesh/Chhattisgarh, ETV Uttar Pradesh/Uttarakhand, ETV Rajasthan, ETV Bihar/Jharkhand, ETV News Kannada, ETV News Bangla, ETV News Odia, ETV News Gujarati, ETV News Urdu and ETV News Haryana/Himachal. TV18 additionally runs CNN-IBN, IBN7, CNBC TV18, CNBC Awaaz and CNBC Bazaar, apart from the Marathi channel IBN-Lokmat, which is a JV with Lokmat Group.
MN+ (TIMES GROUP)
MN+ is an Indian high-definition television channel featuring Hollywood films. It was launched on 29 Jun 2015 with a picture quality of 1080i and 5.1 surround sound. The channel, owned by the Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd. MN+ is an exclusive High-Definition channel that has been hand-crafted for not just the informed, intelligent and discerning movie lover, but indeed for the general audience as well. It is an all-new English channel experience that will showcase Hollywood’s must-watch movies in HD – movies that are universally celebrated and debated. It offers an experience that makes every moment valuable for the viewer.
SUN NETWORK LIMITED
Sun TV Network, one of India’s largest media conglomerates has a set of 33 TV channels with a reach of more than 95 million households in India. SunTV Network’s channels can be viewed in 27 countries including USA, Canada, Europe, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. With its top-rated channels, Sun TV Network has got a reach, frequency and patronage that other groups covet but can’t compete with. Sun TV Network believes in giving viewers wholesome fare. Be it news or entertainment, Sun TV has one of the most widespread networks offering the best services.
INDIA TV
India TV is a Hindi news channel based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. The channel was launched on 20 May 2004 by Rajat Sharma and wife Ritu Dhawan. The channel is the flagship service of Independent News Service. Today Mr. Sharma’s editorial decision-making reaches out to an audience of 90 million C&S homes. India TV’s show ancored by its Chairman & Editor in Chief Rajat Sharma, Aap Ki Adalat, is among the longest running shows with higest TRPs since it went on air in the early 1990’s. Rajat Sharma was conferred with the Padma Bhushan in March 2015 by the President of India for his contribution in the field of Education & Literature.
TV TODAY NETWORKS LIMITED
TV Today Network is one of India’s leading English-Hindi news television networks along with Network 18 and NDTV. It consists of the following news channels- Aaj Tak (Hindi), Headlines Today (English), Tez (Hindi), Business Today (English) and Dilli Aaj Tak (Hindi) news channel. Aaj Tak is available in US, UK and Continental Europe. India Today (formerly known as Headlines Today) is the network’s English news channel. Tez is a headlines format channel in Hindi. Dilli Aaj Tak is a local news channel that caters to the capital city of New Delhi. The network is largely owned by the Aroon Purie controlled Living Media Inc. which publishes India Today.
ET NOW (TIMES GROUP)
ET NOW is a business news channel in India, owned and operated by the Times Group. The news channel has a strategic partnership with Reuters, a subsidiary of Thomson Reuters. It is produced in collaboration with The Economic Times, a leading financial daily in India. It was formally launched on 17 June 2009. ET Now has the highest viewership of all English business news channels in India. This is a position that the channel has achieved over years of providing world-class quality content and analysis.
ZEE ENTERTAINMENT (ESSEL GROUP)
Zee TV is an Indian cable and satellite television channel owned and operated by Zee Entertainment Enterprises, a media and entertainment Company based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It airs programmes in Hindi and other regional languages of India. The channel is also available in various nations of Southeast Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Australasia and North America. A part of the Essel Group, it started to broadcast on 2 October 1992 as the first Hindi-language cable channel in India. Shows from Zee TV are also aired on the very popular channel MBC Digital 4.
MOVIES NOW (TIMES GROUP)
Bolstering its highly successful network of channels, the Times Television Network has launched Movies Now for the urban Indian audience. For the first time in India, viewers are experiencing superlative quality of viewing in High Definition (HD). With an aim to enhance the movie watching experience at home, Movies Now has tied up with the best of Hollywood studios, to procure the best of Hollywood titles which are sure to be loved by viewers across India. The state of the art High Definition broadcast on Movies Now ensures clearer, crisper picture quality, superior sound quality and a wider viewing experience.
TIMES NOW
Times Now is a 24-hour English news channel in India. It is owned and operated by The Times Group. The channel was launched in 2006 by Times Global Broadcasting Company Limited, a joint-venture of The Times Group (Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.) and Reuters. In 2008, Reuters exited the venture by selling back its 25.82 percent stake in Times Global to BCCL. Along with the other Times group channels (Zoom, ET Now and Movies Now) Times Now is distributed by Media Network and Distribution (India) Ltd (MNDIL). It is ranked as the all time #1 English news channel in the country, miles ahead of its nearest competition in viewership.
T-SERIES
T-Series is a music label owned by Super Cassettes Industries Private Limited (SCIL), an Indian music company also engaged in film production and distribution. T-Series was founded by Gulshan Kumar and is currently run by his son, Bhushan Kumar. T-Series entered into film production in 2001 with the film Tum Bin. Inheriting the same farsightedness and ability to capitalize on small opportunities from his father, Bhushan Kumar keeps abreast of the latest innovations and technological advancements in industry enabling him to propel the company to greater heights. His operational transformations should evolve Super Cassettes Industries Ltd. into a multi million dollar entertainment behemoth in the near future.
SAREGAMA INDIA LIMITED
Saregama India Ltd. is the custodian of over half of all the music ever recorded in India. This makes Saregama the premier Music destination for South Asian music and the most authoritative source of the region’s musical heritage. Saregama has the largest music archive and catalogue in India. The proud history of Saregama stretches back over a century to 1901. Formerly known as The Gramophone Company of India Ltd. and more popularly as HMV (His Master’s Voice), Saregama was established as the first overseas Indian branch of Electrical & Musical Industries Limited (EMI), London.
TIPS INDUSTRIES
Tips was the golden dream envisioned by two brothers – Mr. Kumar S. Taurani & Mr. Ramesh S. Taurani. The idea for Tips was formed in a small shop situated in the crowded wholesale market of Lamington Road, the hub of Mumbai’s music industry. In 1975, the Taurani brothers used to trade in LPs (Long Playing Phonograph Records) for three of the biggest companies in India – HMV, Music India & CBS. By 1977, they had become the biggest dealers for these companies in Western India. Driven by ambition, they put forth several ideas which went into creating their own record label.
AAJ TAK (LIVING MEDIA)
Aaj Tak was launched in December 2000 as a 24-hour Hindi news channel, which covers India with insight, courage and plenty of local flavour. Within six months of its launch, Aaj Tak emerged as India’s number one news channel and within eleven months, it was awarded as the best news channel by the India Television Academy. Two years on, it bagged the Indian Television Academy’s award for being “The Best News Channel” again, and added the RAPA award for “Best Advertising Campaign”. Beginning with an impressive connectivity of 5.2 million homes at the time of launch, Aaj Tak today boasts of a reach of over 30 million homes and a channel share of more than 55% among the news channels.
