Entertainment
Set-top boxes to be mandatory from March 2012
14 Oct 2011
In a move that will benefit both consumers and the cable and satellite television industry, the government has cleared an ordinance for compulsory digitization of TV broadcast
K Balachander conferred Dadasaheb Phalke Award
09 Sep 2011
Yahoo brings Bollywood movies online
16 Aug 2011
EMI sale may fetch more than $4 billion: report
03 Aug 2011
Electronic Arts snaps up PopCap Games in a $1.3 billion deal
13 Jul 2011
Electronic Arts, the world's second-largest video games maker, has acquired leading casual gaming company PopCap Games ina bid to extend its video games business to smartphones and tablets.
US content makers, ISPs in pact to curb piracy
09 Jul 2011
The music and movie companies, which estimate that digital piracy costs the United States economy $16 billion in lost revenue each year, have been eager for an efficient way to deal with online content theft
PVR buys out JP Morgan, ICICI stake in movie arm
06 Jul 2011
Zynga IPO may value it at $10 bn
02 Jul 2011
News Corp sells MySpace for $35 million
30 Jun 2011
Murdoch had paid $580 million in 2005 for MySpace, which was then one of the hottest properties on the internet; in 2006; it used to account for 80 per cent of the total social networking traffic.
Apple unveils new cloud-based music storage service
07 Jun 2011
Apple has around 225 million credit card-backed accounts on iTunes to offer the convenience of accessing music they hadn't bought, unlocking over $500 million a year for the studios and Apple
Cinema owners livid over Hollywood's VoD plans
01 Apr 2011
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
