Taj Television to act as agents for Zee, Turner and Ten Sports

[Dileep Kumar]

MUMBAI: Two months after the distribution joint venture (JV) between Star India and Zee Turner called MediaPro dissolved; Zee has decided to hand over its distribution to Taj Television India, a wholly owned subsidiary of Zee Entertainment.
While initially Taj Television was the sole distributor of Ten Sports channels, it will now act as agents for Zee Entertainment, Zee Media and Turner along with Ten Sports.
According to sources the move is to integrate all the Zee channels in one bouquet and give an additional push to the whole network.
Zee Turner which had announced that after the MediaPro split it will set up its independent distribution arm, has now declared that the new distribution agreements with the various operators will be done under the name of Taj Television. The news was confirmed to i ndiantelevision.com by Arun K Kapoor who will be the CEO of Taj Television. Kapoor was also the CEO at MediaPro.
Taj Television has a suite of 47 television channels. This includes: Zee TV, Zee Cinema, &pictures, Ten Sports, Zee Cafe, Zee Studio, Zing, Zee Marathi, Zee Bangla, Zee Telugu, Zee Kannada, Zee Tamizh, Zee TV HD, Zee Cinema HD, Zee Studio HD, Ten HD, Zee News, Zee Business, HBO, Cartoon Network, Pogo, CNN, Warner Brothers and Zeel’s new channel Zindagi. Taj Television to act as agents for Zee, Turner and Ten Sports | Indian Television Dot Com

 

[Thakur]

ZEEL turns Taj Television intodistribution entity

After dissolving MediaPro, a distribution
joint venture between Zee Entertainment
Enterprises Limited (ZEEL ) and Star India ,
ZEEL has consolidated its entire bouquet
of channels under its subsidiary Taj
Television India . Taj Television will also
work as an agent for Turner channels in
India , thus becoming India ’ s largest
distribution agency with 47 leading
television channels.
ZEEL’ s new premium GEC – Zindagi – is the
latest addition to the Taj Television ’s
offering.
Taj Television distributes channels which
are leaders in 15 out of 19 markets and it
has nine leadership channels across eight
genres. Earlier , Taj Television was
distributing Ten Sports channels in India .
Punit Goenka
Punit Goenka, Managing Director and CEO,
ZEEL, said, “ I am very pleased to announce
that Taj Television , which earlier was
distributing Ten Sports channels, will now
distribute all the channels of ZEEL and Zee
Media Corporation , while also representing
Turner channels as its authorised agent. I
would like to thank all our DTH and Cable
partners who have been part of our
growth journey and look forward to their
continued support to Taj Television . Arun
Kapoor, who has successfully led MediaPro
for the last three years, would continue to
provide leadership to Taj Television . ”
Kapoor said, “ ZEE has been the pioneer in
Indian television and has the experience
and leadership capability to shape the
future of pay revenues in India . With Taj
Television being created as the distribution
entity for the network, we bring together
the best of television channels to our
customers . We are confident that the new
channel Zindagi will really connect with
the viewers and help grow Taj Television
offering even stronger . We are committed
to quality and achieving leadership
throught fair and transparent business
practices.”
Atul Das, President, Taj Television , said,
“With digitisation having been completed
in Phase I and II cities in India , we now
look forward to its implementation in rest
of the country . Taj Television would aim to
create a harmonious relationship within
the ecosystem and create value for all
stakeholders. With a leading portfolio of
television channels, both in the national
and regional space and with a powerful
portfolio of sports programming, we are
excited about the future of pay revenues in
the country

 

[shawl_who]

This means, the control is going over to TAJ :dodgy
I dont want this to happen. :angry

 

[Anirudha]

Why @Shawl Bro. ? :huh
I think its a welcome discussion now TAJ Television will distribute TEN SPORTS Network, ZEE Entertainment, ZEE Media and Turner Channels hya

 

[M.J.Sadiq]

Whether the below thread also tells the same :huh :huh


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[shawl_who]

Why @Shawl Bro. ? :huh
I think its a welcome discussion now TAJ Television will distribute TEN SPORTS Network, ZEE Entertainment, ZEE Media and Turner Channels hya

bcoz TAJ brand is owned by Gulf countries
I m not too much in favor of this... :u

 

[Anirudha]

bcoz TAJ brand is owned by Gulf countries
I m not too much in favor of this...

Bro. ZEE bought 100 % stakes of TAJ Television it just a name now may be because of TAJ Mahal they keep continuing this name

 

[shawl_who]

Bro. ZEE bought 100 % stakes of TAJ Television it just a name now may be because of TAJ Mahal they keep continuing this name

Oh is it... !! :skd

I m not too sure abt this, as TAJ operates in Dubai etc, independently.. :u

 

[Anirudha]

Oh is it... !!

I m not too sure abt this, as TAJ operates in Dubai etc, independently..

Head Quarters of TAJ Television is now sifts to Noida where whole ZEE Group are situated now only transmissions is going from Dubai. ZEE bought 100 % stakes of TEN SPORTS network. Its a Indian Brand Now.

 

[shawl_who]

Head Quarters of TAJ Television is now sifts to Noida where whole ZEE Group are situated now only transmissions is going from Dubai. ZEE bought 100 % stakes of TEN SPORTS network. Its a Indian Brand Now.

Yes u may be right bro :tup

This is wht wiki says:
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Taj Television Limited is a full-service television concern, based in Dubai Media City with eight regional offices across the sub-continent.

TTL was established in January 2001, and is owned by Zee Telefilms, who acquired a 95% stake from Bukhatir Investments in 2010 for 114 million USD.
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