Cannes, France / Mumbai, India- Punit Goenka and Amit Goenka, the top leaders of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) have received the highest television honour at MIPTV -- the Médaille d’Honneur Award. This is the first time any Indian broadcast executive has received the prestigious award. The awards were presented in Cannes, France at the Carlton Hotel during a black-tie gala, held on April 6, 2016. Amit Goenka, CEO – International Broadcast Business, ZEEL accepted the award from … [Read more...] about Zee receives Médaille d’Honneur
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Zee Sine launches in Philippines
Mumbai, India / Manila, Philippines- Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) becomes the first Indian company to launch in the Philippines with its third dedicated Bollywood movie channel for the local Filipino audience. Zee Sine - Bollywood Na Tayo (‘Sine’ means ‘Cinema’ and ‘Bollywood Na Tayo’ means ‘Let’s Go Bollywood’ in Tagalog) is a 24/7 Bollywood movie channel customized and packaged for the local audience. The channel features Blockbuster movies from the World’s Biggest Hindi … [Read more...] about Zee Sine launches in Philippines
Zee’s global executives at MIPTV
Mumbai, India / Los Angeles, CA- Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) announced that its CEO and MD, Amit and Punit Goenka will be attending this year’s MIPTV to receive the prestigious MIPTV Medal of Honours Awards. This is the first time Indian broadcast executives have received this high-level award. Joining the two brothers will be the entire Zee TV syndication and acquisitions team, headed by Sunita Uchil, Global Syndication Head. The group will be presenting their extensive … [Read more...] about Zee’s global executives at MIPTV
Zee appoints new Head
Mumbai- Siju Prabhakaran, Business Head of Zee Kannada, will take on the role as Business Head of Zee Tamil. He replaces N S Easwaran and will report to Punit Goenka, MD & CEO of ZEEL. Siju has been with ZEE for over 15 years, with experience in sales. He says, “Tamil Nadu is a market with huge potential. This is one market where television viewing is a habit that is quite difficult to break. I’m looking forward to bringing the necessary changes to this habit that will benefit … [Read more...] about Zee appoints new Head
ZEEL announces acquisition of Sarthak Entertainment Pvt Ltd
Mumbai − Further strengthening its already dominant line-up of regional channels, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) hereby announced in principle decision to acquire 100% equity stake in Sarthak Entertainment Pvt Ltd which operates ‘Sarthak TV’, the number 1 GEC in Odia language. The acquisition shall be from current shareholders of Sarthak Entertainment Private Limited, subject to requisite regulatory approvals, as an all-cash deal at a consideration of maximum of … [Read more...] about ZEEL announces acquisition of Sarthak Entertainment Pvt Ltd
ZEE releases quarter earnings
Mumbai − Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEE) reported its first quarter fiscal 2016 consolidated revenue of Rs 13,399 million. The consolidated operating profit (EBITDA) for the quarter stood at Rs 3,112 million. PAT for the quarter was Rs 2,423 million. The EBITDA margin for the quarter stood at 23.2% and the PAT margin was 18.1%. The Board of Directors in its meeting, has taken on record the unaudited consolidated financial results of ZEE and its subsidiaries for the quarter … [Read more...] about ZEE releases quarter earnings