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The lure of regional TV is getting the bigger national players hooked. Call it the new Tele Talk.
India’s largest diversified media conglomerate, Bennett, Coleman and Co Ltd (BCCL), popularly known as the Times Group, may soon engage in formal talks with Aveek Sarkar’s Ananda Bazaar Patrika (ABP) to explore a grand partnership involving each other’s TV networks.
Times Global Broadcasting Ltd is the television arm of BCCL and is popularly called the Times Television Network. ABP TV’s foray into news is through Media Content & Communications Services India Pvt Ltd (MCCS).
Senior officials of BCCL have described reports of such talks speculative and ABP representatives said they are not aware of any specific proposal for a partnership. Samir Jain, Vice-Chairman of BCCL, Vineet Jain, MD, BCCL, and Aveek Sarkar, the chief editor of Ananda Bazaar Group of Publications, did not respond to Business Standard’s e-mail questions on the matter.
But according to two senior officials who are independently aware of the developments, as per the preliminary discussions between the two sides, Times TV is not averse to looking at partnering ABP in MCCS —after Rupert Murdoch-controlled STAR Group exits on June 1, 2012.
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India’s largest diversified media conglomerate, Bennett, Coleman and Co Ltd (BCCL), popularly known as the Times Group, may soon engage in formal talks with Aveek Sarkar’s Ananda Bazaar Patrika (ABP) to explore a grand partnership involving each other’s TV networks.
Times Global Broadcasting Ltd is the television arm of BCCL and is popularly called the Times Television Network. ABP TV’s foray into news is through Media Content & Communications Services India Pvt Ltd (MCCS).
Senior officials of BCCL have described reports of such talks speculative and ABP representatives said they are not aware of any specific proposal for a partnership. Samir Jain, Vice-Chairman of BCCL, Vineet Jain, MD, BCCL, and Aveek Sarkar, the chief editor of Ananda Bazaar Group of Publications, did not respond to Business Standard’s e-mail questions on the matter.
But according to two senior officials who are independently aware of the developments, as per the preliminary discussions between the two sides, Times TV is not averse to looking at partnering ABP in MCCS —after Rupert Murdoch-controlled STAR Group exits on June 1, 2012.
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