NEW DELHI: In a meeting on Wednesday, the Prasar Bharati Board decided to recommend to the Group of Ministers that the Government should meet 100% of the expenses on salaries and allowances of the employees and 50% of operating expenses of Prasar Bharati, while the pubcaster will meet the balance 50 per cent of the operating expenses. It was also decided that the public service broadcaster will meet 100% of the expenses for programming related work The existing provision requires Prasar Bharati to generate at least 50% of its operating expenses as commercial revenue.
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Apurva Purohit, CEO, Radio City 91.1 FM, is delighted that Radio City has ducked the IRS-reported de-growth trend every quarter
What are your views on the reasons for the de-growth of radio as reflected in the IRS Q4 results?
The category de growth has been marginal and I don't believe it is any cause for concern currently.
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Radio One MD Vineet Singh Hukmani certainly doesn't mince his words and uses a razor-sharp thumbnail to paint a sketch that is as telling as it is brief, of the IRS Q4 findings and includes: how his own network has fared, why the city-based networks are growing stronger than the national brands, why the research agencies need to get their act together or miss the bus, and more. In his own words:
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NEW DELHI: Fever 104 FM seems to be pulling out all the stops in Kolkata with its promotions of Sourav Ganguly’s ICC Cricket World Cup-centred audio blog Ki Bolchchen Dada in the cricket- and Dada-crazy city. Fever FM has set high store by this unique programming-cum-marketing initiative, which has Ganguly unwinding with fans and listeners as he regales them with anecdotes and secrets from his childhood-,...
MUMBAI: The PTC Punjabi Music Awards will be held in Jalandhar on the 18th of March To be anchored by Manish Paul, Gurpreet Ghuggi, Upsasana Singh and standup artiste Rajeev Thakur, the awards will see Isha Koppikar, Hard Kaur, Jazzy B, Manmohan Waris, Kamal Heer, Satinder Sartaj and Miss Pooja performing.
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MUMBAI: Lava Mobile has launched the KKT 35 with color matcher application, multiple-format video play support, 2.4... QVGA TFT screen, dual sim, chat-style SMS, mobile tracker, conversation recording, USB support, web camera and answering machine. KKT 35 has a slim, metallic body with a 1400mAh battery, FM radio, games, and 3.5 mm audio jack.
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