Media
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