London: With nearly two days to beat England in the first Test at Lord's, New Zealand looked like they might not last two hours after reaching lunch at 29-6 on the fourth day. Tasked with defending 238 to prevent their first loss to the Kiwis in 14 years, England were set to win big and with more than a day to spare. Stuart Broad caused most of the carnage, snaring...
07:22 PM, May 19, 2013
CLICK HERE for live ball-by-ball updates from day four of the first Test between England and New Zealand being played at Lord's in London. Day 3 Round-up: James Anderson and Steven Finn continued the good work from the previous day and bowled out New Zealand for 207. England's second innings did not get the start it needed as both openers Alastair Cook and Nick Compton departed in quick successions. Joe...
02:48 PM, May 19, 2013
Network18 Media and Investments on Monday reported a 23.4 per cent rise in revenues to Rs 2400 crore for 2012-13, driven by strong growth in its broadcast and digital businesses. The strong topline growth helped narrow operating losses 87 per cent to Rs 39 crore for the year. Net loss for the year declined to Rs 105.5 crore from Rs 392.7 crore the year before. Revenues from the broadcast and...
05:33 PM, May 13, 2013
Network18 Group subsidiary TV18 Broadcast today reported a net profit of Rs 20.9 crore for the quarter ended March 31 as against a net loss of Rs 8.26 crore in the same period a year ago. Reported revenues for the television and motion pictures business (including IndiaCast) stood at Rs 474.7 crore for the quarter. For 2012-13, revenue stood at Rs 1,699.1 crore. It also swung into profit at operating...
03:55 PM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: News broadcasting fraternity on Monday condoled the death of Justice (Retd) JS Verma who passed away after a brief illness. Justice Verma was appointed the first Chairperson of the News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA), a self- regulatory body set up by News Broadcasters Association on October 2, 2008. "In his frequent interaction with members of NBA, he would tell them that in a democracy, it was the media's...
10:50 AM, Apr 23, 2013
A lot of books have been written about the Second World War by now. More so from the perspective of the Holocaust and nothing else. At times, you also think that you have read it all. After all, how different can one story be from the other? I have always thought that or rather used to. To read enough all the time about a particular incident does not make you...
03:44 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Amritsar: Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Saturday said it is considering a 24-hour news channel on All India Radio (AIR) on the pattern of DD News. "The Centre is exploring various aspects and technicalities involved in launching a 24-hour news channel on AIR," I&B Secretary Uday Kumar Varma said here at a meeting with heads of various Punjab-based media units. Varma reviewed the existing status of AIR and Doordarshan Kendra...
08:35 PM, Apr 13, 2013
The board told Whatmore to file tour report which need to be discussed by the national selectors with the PCB. ...
11:18 PM, Mar 28, 2013
Matt Prior was ecstatic after playing a match-saving innings for his side on the final day of the deciding Test between New Zealand and England at the Eden Park on Tuesday. ...
12:01 PM, Mar 26, 2013
Matt Prior made a brilliant 110 not out to save the tourists' blushes in the final game of the series. ...
11:08 AM, Mar 26, 2013
Matt Prior made a brilliant 110 not out to save the tourists' blushes in the final game of the series. ...
02:07 AM, Mar 26, 2013
England lost three wickets after New Zealand declared their innings at 241 for 6, setting England a victory target of 481. ...
02:39 AM, Mar 25, 2013
The live broadcast of university cricket has made the players hopeful about their future. ...
08:34 PM, Mar 07, 2013
Notwithstanding the hike of nearly 16.5 per cent in the budget allocation for Ministry of External Affairs for 2013-14, India's overseas developmental projects are expected to take a hit with the budgetary assistance falling short of actual demand. The budget presented by Finance Minister P Chidambaram allocated Rs 11,719 crore to the Ministry as against Rs 10,062 in the revised budget 2012. ...
05:36 PM, Feb 28, 2013
Radio broadcasts in English from the BBC World Service are being jammed in China, the British broadcaster said on Monday, suggesting the Chinese authorities were behind the disruption. "The BBC strongly condemns this action which is designed to disrupt audiences' free access to news and information," the BBC said in a statement. ...
09:50 AM, Feb 26, 2013
India will allow wireless broadband airwave holders to provide voice services if they pay an additional $306 million, a senior government official said on Monday, a move likely to boost billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd. ...
11:21 AM, Feb 19, 2013
Industry body ISPAI today said that rates of internet and broadband services may go up under new licenses framework due to high entry fee proposed by Department of Telecommunications (DoT). ...
11:50 AM, Feb 18, 2013
