Taj Television
 | |
| Private | |
| Industry |
Telecommunication, Broadcasting |
| Founded | January 2001 |
| Headquarters | Parel, Mumbai, India |
Key people |
Subhash Chandra (Chairman) Punit Goenka (MD) Rajesh Sethi (CEO)[1] |
| Products |
Mass media, Channel Distribution |
| Website |
http://www.tajtv.com/, http://www.tensports.com/ |
Taj Television India Private Limited is a full-service television concern, based in Noida and in Mumbai with eight regional offices across the sub-continent. It was established in January 2001,[2] and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL). In November 2006, ZEEL acquired Taj Television from Sharjah, UAE based Bukhatir Investments Ltd. [3]
Currently, Taj Television is the holding company for Ten Sports network with channels like Ten Sports, Ten Cricket, Ten Action, Ten Golf in India. It is also India’s largest distribution agency with a suite of 49 leading television channels belonging to ZEEL, Zee Media Corporation Limited and Turner International India Private Limited (Turner).[4]
Taj Television distributes ZEEL’s well-known brands like Zee TV, Zee Cinema, &TV, &pictures, Ten Sports, Zee Cafe, Zee Studio, Zing and Zindagi, also a powerful repertoire of regional language channels including Zee Marathi, Zee Bangla, Zee Telugu, Zee Kannada and Zee Tamil, besides the HD channels like Zee TV HD, &TV HD, Zee Cinema HD, Zee Studio HD and Ten HD. It also distributes channels belonging to the largest news network in India with two national and eight regional channels, including Zee News and Zee Business. Taj Television is also distributing the leading channels in the kid’s space and English movie segment, including HBO, Cartoon Network, Pogo, CNN and Warner Brothers as an authorized agent of Turner International India.[5]
Broadcasting Business
As a broadcaster, Ten Sports Network owns broadcast rights for 5 cricket boards – South Africa, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It is packed with sports action throughout the year and holds exclusive broadcast rights to events related to Wrestling (WWE), Football (UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, French League, Capital One Cup), Tennis (US Open, WTA Event), Golf (European Tour, Asian Tour, Ryder Cup, US PGA Championship, LPGA Tour, PGTI and Golf Channel block), Athletics (Asian Games, Commonwealth Games), MotoGP, Tour de France, EFLI (American Football) and LFL.[6]
Taj Television maintains a dynamic transmission system, Harris Nexio AMP transmission system, combined with Harmonic compression, which can 'turn around' a broadcaster's signal to nearly anywhere in the world.
Taj can downlink from any number of satellites, modify the existing program stream, add interstitial, then encrypt and up-link to one of the space segments on the Intelsat10 satellite, the footprint of which spans London to Australia.
Distribution Business
Taj Television is responsible for generating subscription revenues for ZEEL and Turner International in India, Nepal and Bhutan. The distribution business was created after Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) disallowed aggregation of channels of multiple broadcasters in one bouquet.
Earlier, the ZEEL channels were distributed by Media Pro Enterprises India Pvt. Ltd. However, the three-year-old distribution venture set up between Zee Turner Ltd and Star Den Media Services Pvt. Ltd to jointly distribute their channel bouquets was dissolved after the change in regulations. [7]
Television Production Business
Taj Television has digital studio facilities and integrated transmission services for broadcast clients such as DirecTV, ART, Starhub, City 7, Rotana and Yes Television PLC. Other channels that have been produced and distributed by Taj Television include Cricket Plus (in North America), ART Prime Sports in the Middle East, Football Channel in Singapore and Goal TV 1 and Goal TV 2 in Asia. In 2010, following the purchase of the company by ZEEL and changes in personnel, the agreements to produce Cricket Plus, the Football Channel and ART Prime Sports ended.
The facility features Sony & Ikegami cameras, Harris VelocityNX & Apple Final Cut Pro edit seats, Discreet 3D Studio Max and Alias Wavefront Maya graphics software and Snell & Wilcox mixers.
Taj Television Limited possesses two large, fully equipped state-of-the-art studios located at its premises at Noida Film City which cater to internal and external production demands. The studios can handle multi-set and audience set-ups, and have been constructed to meet high acoustic standards.
References
- ↑ "Arun Kapoor resigns, Rajesh Sethi becomes the new CEO of Taj TV Ltd". DNA India. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ↑ "Who owns Ten Sports?". Rediff. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ↑ "Zee Television To Acquire 45% Taj TV, Mauritius". Dealcurry.com. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ↑ "WICB signs seven-year TV rights deal". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ↑ "Taj Television (About Us)". Taj Television. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ↑ "Ten Sports (About Us)". Ten Sports. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ↑ "Taj Television to distribute Zee, Turner channels". Livemint. Retrieved 12 February 2016.