Amidst a raging controversy over TV channels' ratings, the News Broadcasters Association (NBA) has written to I&B Minister Ambika Soni seeking an independent audit of Television Audience Measurement (TAM) to know whether the agency's surveys accurately map the viewership.

The Indian broadcaster has dismissed WPP's claims, saying its \"statement contains a number of legal flaws\".

STAR is said to have pre-sold around 80 per cent of the show's ad spots even before it went on air. It earned sponsorship revenues of around Rs 5.3 crore per episode.

Cooking shows are inspiring couch potatoes to enter the kitchen - and not just to fetch a snack but to actually cook.

NDTV's lawsuit against TAM Media Research's New York-basedparent companies Nielsen and Kantar Media Research has put the spotlight on TVaudience measurement system.

It is a problem that has festered between Television Audience Measurement ratings and television channels for more than a decade now. The billion-dollar suit filed by NDTV against TAM India is only its latest manifestation.

NDTV accuses Nielsen of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by manipulating viewership data in favour of channels that are willing to provide bribes to its officials.

The 7-inch New 3G tablet, with a 1024 x 600 resolution, has a capacitive display with 5-point touch support. Reliance has priced it at Rs 14,499.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is ready to hold discussions with TV channels to consider amending its directions on limiting advertisement time for their programmes.

We challenged orthodoxy, took big risks, made shows like KBC with a big host, big prize money and great production values along with a few other soaps, says Peter Mukerjea, a former CEO of Star India.

It's not a big thing. Investors are not unduly concerned about the warning. This is also because India is not a major borrower in global marketsRashesh Shah, Chairman, Edelweiss Group, in The Times of India.

Imagine TV (in India) together with its international feed 'Imagine Dil Se' will cease to operate from Thursday.

As a minister, I cannot act just on a complaint… I did not get any written complaint at any stage, says A.K. Antony, Union Defence Minister, in Parliament

After bailing out Eenadu's Ramoji Rao in 2008, the Mukesh Ambani-led company recently signed a convertible debt deal with Network 18. The deal makes for a potboiler. Here's why.

As a fall in the rupee value to below Rs 51-level versus theUS dollar made the foreign borrowings costlier, the share prices were batteredof the companies having heavy promoter pledges and significant exposure toloans through foreign currency convertible bonds, marketmen said.

As of now there are close to 90,000 tablet-specific applications for the iPad. While there is no official figure from Google about Android OS apps, guesstimates put the figure at some 3,500 apps (well, they're primarily phone apps that also run comfortably on tablets).

Bob Dudley, the Chief Executive of Europe's second biggest oil company, is in Delhi on a two-day visit, during which he will meet Manmohan Singh, Pranab Mukherjee and S Jaipal Reddy.

Peter Punj, Managing Director, Punj Corporation shares his favourite things.

The exit of the CEO who led it to record growth is not deterring Viacom18's plans for its next phase of growth.

Business Today's Kushan Mitra was deputed to travel to Africa with a Ministry of External Affairs delegation and this is the second part of his report on the continent.