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  • Sameer Nair elevated to Star India COO

    Submitted by ITV Production on Apr 10

    The man who is widely regarded as the creative brain behind the rise of Star Plus to its pre-eminent position in India‘s channel stakes - Sameer Nair, executive V-P, head of content & communication, Star India - has just had a whole lot more added to his plate. Effective today, Nair is the chief operating officer (COO) of the Rupert Murdoch-promoted numero uno Indian cable and satellite TV network.

    One immediate change that Nair‘s promotion makes in the executive scheme of things is that Tarun Katial, V-P, programming Star Plus, Star Movies and Star World, will be devoting all his energies now to Star Plus. The new COO revealed that the next two months would be see some additional reorganisation.

    Nair joined Star in 1994 in charge of Star Movies. Thereafter he moved on to lead movie acquisitions and headed the on-air promotion and presentation department. In 1999, Nair took over as the programming head of Star Plus and soon became the executive vice-president, programming for the whole network.

    While Nair shares with Star India CEO Peter Mukerjea the credit for the phenomenal success of Kaun Banega Crorepati and making Star Plus the No 1 channel, the responsibility of getting Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan to host KBC was entirely his.

    Born and brought up in Mumbai, Nair started his career with UDI Yellow Pages in Mumbai where he spent two years. He then moved on to spend another four years at Goldwire, an advertising agency in Chennai. Nair also worked as an independent ad filmmaker in Chennai for a year and a half.


  • Sameer Nair elevated to Star India COO

    The man who is widely regarded as the creative brain behind the rise of Star Plus to its pre-eminent position in Indi

  • Hathway Bhawani plans equity offer; mulls pay-per-view service

    Submitted by ITV Production on Apr 10

    Hathway Bhawani Cabletel & Datacom Limited has announced that an offer of 1.6 million equity shares of Rs 10 each for cash at a price of RS 20/- per share aggregating Rs 32 million is on the anvil.

    This represents 20 per cent of the present paid up equity capital of the company. The offer for sale document has been filed with market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India for necessary clearances. An official release informs that the proposed offer for sale benefits the company and its shareholders as the company will maintain its listed status on the Bombay Stock Exchange and at the same time offer greater liquidity to the shareholders of the company.

    Hathway Bhawani is a leading Multiple Service Operator (MSO) with operations in the Central and Eastern Suburbs of Mumbai covering areas of Chembur, Sion, Kurla, Ghatkopar and Dadar T.T. The company claims to be the first cable television company to be listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange. It is also the largest cable network in Central Mumbai.

    Since 1999, 51 per cent of the company‘s existing paid up equity capital is held by Hathway Cable & Datacom Private Limited (HCPDL), Hathway Investments Limited (HIL) and United Cable Networks Private Limited (UCNPL). The Rupert Murdoch promoted broadcaster Star TV officially holds 26 per cent of the paid up equity capital of HCDPL.

    Hathway Bhawani recently invested about RS 10 million for a state-of-the-art new head-end at Chembur, Mumbai, and the laying of optic fiber cables for its cable internet business. The company‘s services / businesses have been organised into three divisions: distribution, channel and ISP.

    On the company‘s agenda is the launch of a Pay Per View (PPV) service, where the subscribers can view movies and additional channels at their home. One of the options before the company is to launch PPV at a small incremental investment and thus offer a value-added service to the subscriber at a competitive price.

    Hathway Bhawani runs two movie-based Cable Channels - BTV (Bhawani Superhit which telecasts popular Hindi Movies) and BVC (Bhawani Viewers Choice). The Company also runs a Religious Channel - BTV Upasana.


  • Hathway Bhawani plans equity offer; mulls pay-per-view service

    Hathway Bhawani Cabletel & Datacom Limited has announced that an offer of 1.6 million equity shares of Rs 10 each

  • Prasar Bharati revokes telecast fee hike for serial extensions

    The Prasar Bharati board has decided to remove the hike in telecast fee on serials getting an extension beyond the mi

  • 'Jurassic Park' - monster movie rakes in mammoth ratings

    Jurassic Park, the 1994 record busting Spielberg epic that aired on Star Movies in the last week of March, has notche

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