The Latest Breaking News from Zee

Zee Media yesterday filed an appeal in the Madras High Court asking it to set aside an order directing it to answer interrogatories raised by cricketer MS Dhoni in connection with a defamation suit he filed against Zee nine years ago. 

The Indian news broadcasting industry is primarily split into two fraternities at loggerheads with each other. But over the last few months, both of them have approached the country’s premier television ratings agency, asking it to fix its faulty TRP measuring system. Titans of Indian journalism, meanwhile, have continued to…

Zee Media has “pulled out” of the Broadcast Audience Research Council’s TV audience measurement system, citing issues with the landing page. As reported by Exchange4Media, this means its channels will no longer be a part of BARC’s viewership coverage.

Days after the IB ministry revoked permission to Zee Media Corporation Ltd for simultaneously uplinking 10 Zee network channels in Ku Band on GSAT-15 satellite and C Band, Zee has moved the Delhi High Court for the order to be quashed. The revocation of permission meant that these Zee channels…

The information and broadcasting ministry on Friday revoked permission for simultaneous uplinking of 10 Zee network channels in Ku Band on GSAT-15 satellite and C Band. This means these channels will no longer be free-to-air.

With 92 Zee channels in India and Sony’s global revenue of $86 billion, CCI said the deal would place the combined entity in a ‘strong position’

The Competition Commission of India has sent a notice to Sony and Zee networks over the possibility of their proposed India merger hurting competition through “unparalleled bargaining power”, according to a Reuters report.

On July 1, something unexpected happened.

When he took oath as a Rajya Sabha MP in August 2016, media baron Subhash Chandra said it was now time to “give back to society” since he had done “a great deal of business in life”.