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India-born media veteran selected as new BBC chairman

An India-born media executive who has worked in United Kingdom broadcasting for over 40 years, Dr Samir Shah, has been announced as the UK government's preferred candidate to take over as the new......

BBC's anti-religious attitude criticised

The British Broadcasting Corporation harbours an anti-religious attitude, with its correspondents having little understanding of religious issues and soaps ridiculing religion, a parliamentary......

Sunak, family opt for smaller flat above 10 Downing Street

Newly-appointed British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his family will be returning to live in a smaller flat above No 10 Downing Street as they were "very happy there," his spokesperson has said.......

Race for new Pak PM: Shehbaz files nomination; PTI to withdraw lawmakers

Pakistan's Opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday nominated himself for the post of prime minister after the ouster of Imran Khan, whose party threatened to withdraw its lawmakers from......

World's 'loneliest elephant' is finally free

Kaavan, the world's loneliest elephant, will finally get a chance to live in a place he can call home. Following years of public outcry and campaigning by Oscar-winning American singer and actor......

Sony, BBC in alliance for India business

BBC Worldwide India, a unit of British Broadcasting Corp, and Multi-Screen Media, which runs Sony Entertainment Television, are finalising a mega alliance involving distribution and sales.......

IOL Broadband to broadcast BBC channels on IPTV

IOL Broadband said on Friday it will broadcast two BBC channels -- CBeebies and BBC Entertainment -- through its internet protocol television platform."BBC has collaborated with IOL Broadband for......

Discovery to bring in 4th channel for DTH platform

Nearly 13 years after launching in India, Discovery Communications may soon bring in a fourth channel exclusively for the direct-to-homeplatform. Discovery Communications India currently has three......

NDTV founders Prannoy and Radhika Roy to sell company stake to Adani

NDTV founders Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika Roy on Friday said they will sell all but 5 per cent of their remaining shareholding in the news broadcaster to Adani Group for up to Rs 647.6 crore.......

Net neutrality: Lessons from cable TV

A look at the havoc carriage fees have wreaked in TV is a good way to appreciate the benefits of net neutrality, notes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. What do cable television and the debate around net......

Meet The New Influencers

Across the board, brands use influencers like a Bhuvan Bam or Kusha Kapila as the second or third rung of their strategy. The first rung is always a celebrity that has been created outside the......

'India In 1947 Was Like A Ticking Time Bomb'

'When you watch Freedom At Midnight, I want you to feel like you are sitting on a ticking time bomb.' IMAGE: RJ Malishka as Sarojini Naidu, Sidhant Gupta as Jawaharlal Nehru, Chirag Vora as......

Rajamouli Mourns RRR Actor Ray Stevenson'

IMAGE: Ray Stevenson with S S Rajamouli on the sets of RRR. Photograph: Kind courtesy SS Rajamouli/Twitter Director S S Rajamouli remembered actor Ray Stevenson, who played the villainous British......

'Streaming has to be disciplined'

'Streaming will get to 100-200 million subscribers, but the journey is not as rose-tinted.' IMAGE: Pratik Gandhi in Scam 1992. Sameer Nair is the man responsible for bringing Kaun Banega Crorepati......

Superheroes. Super cops. Super Fun

Super heroes, super cops, super fun. Sukanya Verma tells us it's all there on OTT this week. Spider-Man: No Way HomeWhere to watch? BookMyShow StreamLanguage: English Peter Parker continues to......

EPL PIX: Corner kings Arsenal down Man United; Liverpool drop points

IMAGE: Arsenal's Jurrien Timber scores their first goal against Manchester United at Emirates Stadium, London, Britain on Wednesday. Photograph: Matthew Childs/Action Images via Reuters Jurrien......

England to persist with Bazball despite Rajkot thrashing

'We will turn the page and go quids in again trying to put India under pressure.' IMAGE: Ben Duckett, who smashed 153 from 151 balls, was the only England batter to get past the half-century mark......

Broad slams 'soulless' Edgbaston pitch, calls it bowler's nightmare

IMAGE: Stuart Broad celebrates the wicket of David Warner. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action Images via Reuters Stuart Broad slammed the Edgbaston surface as "soulless" and described it as......

Women's WC PIX: Argentina, SA hopes dented by thrilling draw

IMAGE: Argentina's Yamila Rodriguez in action with South Africa's Linda Motlhalo. Photograph: Molly Darlington/Reuters Argentina and South Africa settled for an exciting 2-2 draw in their......

EPL PIX: Liverpool, City win; Man United stunned

IMAGE: Wolverhampton Wanderers' Max Kilman and Jose Sa in action with Liverpool's Luis Diaz. Photograph: Matthew Childs/Reuters Liverpool beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 away on Saturday......

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