Media
Home ministry denies security clearance to Sun TV: report
08 Jun 2015
Kalanithi Maran-promoted Sun TV Network, with more than 95 million customer households, is one of India's largest media groups
Vox Media acquires tech news blog Re/code
27 May 2015
Verizon to acquire AOL in $4.4-bn deal
13 May 2015
Verizon’s acquisition is in pursuance of its LTE wireless video and over-the-top video strategy
Facebook testing mobile search app to let readers skip Google News
12 May 2015
Facebook is said to be testing an internal search engine for its mobile app that would enable readers directly see news feeds rather than access them from Google news
The New York Times makes app NYT Now free
12 May 2015
BBC to present 2,500 years of Indian history
11 May 2015
Two and a half thousand years of Indian history will be unearthed in a major new series for BBC Radio 4 in 50 episodes
Charter reaches out to Time Warner Cable over potential merger
04 May 2015
The move comes a few days after TWC and Comcast Corp abandoned their $45.2-billion merger over opposition from consumers and the federal regulator
NDTV’s Prannoy Roy to be honoured with Redink Award for lifetime achievement
24 Apr 2015
Prannoy Roy, executive co-chairman of NDTV Group, has been awarded the Mumbai Press Club `RedInk Award 2015’ for lifetime achievement of excellence in journalism
Obama lauds Modi in Time magazine as ‘reformer-in-chief’’
17 Apr 2015
As Time put Modi in its latest list of the world’s 100 most influential people, the US president uniquely wrote an accompanying piece praising the Indian prime minister
Major buyout firms eyeing TV3 Ireland: reports
17 Apr 2015
SC slams centre for inaction over gang-rape videos
14 Mar 2015
In sharp contrast to the immediate ban on a BBC documentary on the Delhi rape, the cops have done nothing to catch the perpetrators of the video-filmed gang-rape that has appeared on social media
Google tweaks search norms to show more corporate news
12 Mar 2015
Google has made a little-noticed change in the way it selects search results, which allows company statements to top the list of news links shown when users search for information on businesses
News Corp acquires VCCircle
09 Mar 2015
India furious as BBC airs gang-rape documentary in UK
05 Mar 2015
The home ministry is believed to be planning legal action against British film-maker Leslee Udwin for allegedly violating stipulated permission conditions
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