The Times Group
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The Times Group is the largest media conglomerate
in India
and is headed by brothers Samir and Vineet Jain.The company has eleven publishing centres, fifteen printing centres, fifty-five sales offices, Over 7000 employees, five dailies, including two of the largest in the country with approx 4.3 million, copies circulated daily, two lead magazines, twenty-nine niche magazines reaching 2468 cities and towns, thirty-two Radio Stations, two Television News Channels, one Television Life Style Channel and turnover in excess of USD 1 billion.
The Times of India competes with HT Media, the media conglomerate that owns of English-language newspaper Hindustan Times
and the Hindi daily Hindustan
. Those two alone had a daily readership of 12.7 million according to their website.
that together control
Indiatimes Times of India Economic Times Navbharat Times Maharashtra Times http://shopping.indiatimes.com/ http://mobile.indiatimes.com http://www.itimes.com/
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to TIML Radio Limited for £53.2 million with £15 million set aside for rebranding. On 28 September 2008, The British Virgin Radio Station rebranded as Absolute Radio, including the sister radio stations Absolute Xtreme
and Absolute Classic Rock. On 4 December 2009 The Absolute Radio Stations reorganized to Absolute Radio, Absolute Radio extra
(UK Only), Absolute 80s (Replacing Absolute Xtreme radio station on DAB digital radio), Absolute Radio 90s and Absolute Classic Rock. This company is a direct subsidiary of BCCL (not through TIML or ENIL).
Times Syndication Service
1846-1857: The newspaper changes hands and George Buist, LL.D, F.R.S., becomes the editor of the Times from 1840-57.
1850: Shareholders decide to increase the share capital and the paper is converted into a daily.
1859: Bombay Standard and Chronicle of Western India merges into The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce to form Bombay Times & Standard
1861: Editor Robert Knight amalgamates The Bombay Times & Standard and Bombay Telegraph & Courier to form The Times of India
and gives it a national character.
1880: The Times of India Weekly Edition is launched name later changed to The Times of India Illustrated Weekly and finally to The Illustrated Weekly of India
in 1923.
1890: Editor Henry Curwen buys The Times of India in partnership with Charles Kane.
1892: Following Curwen's death, Thomas Jewell Bennett
becomes the editor and enters into a partnership with F.M. Coleman to form a joint stock company - Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL).
1907: In the newspaper's first price war under editor Stanley Reed, the price is cut from 4 annas to 1 anna, and circulation rises 5 times.
1946: For the first time, the paper transfers to Indian ownership. Ram Kishan Dalmia buys out Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd for Rs. 2 crores.
1948: Sahu Jain
Group become the owners of the company after Dalmia sells the firm to recover 2.5 crores he needs to pay back to an insurance company. Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain
, son-in-law of Ram Kishan Dalmia, becomes the first chairman of the group.
1950: Delhi edition is launched with K. Gopalswami as the first Indian editor.
1952: Filmfare launched and started by J.C Jain, the first Indian to be the GM of TOI.
1959: Femina is launched.
1960: Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain
joins BCCL
1961: The Economic Times is launched.
1982: Samir Jain join BCCL.
1984: Times of India, Bombay set up modernised newsroom (including new look classified pages)
1985: Times of India, Delhi set up modernised newsroom (including new look classified pages)
1985: Nandita Jain join BCCL and started Saturday Times (in color)
1986: Vineet Jain join BCCL after came back to Delhi (finishing his education).
1986: Times of India and Navbharat times, Patna edition started.
1987: Printing of The Times of India from Kandivili Press.
1990: The Times School of Marketing is established as an in-house training school to feed the group
1991: BBC
features The Times of India
among the world's six great newspapers.
1993: BCCL starts production of television software.
1996: The Times of India
crosses 1 million mark in circulation.
1998: BCCL enters into music market with Times Music.
1999: Indiatimes
webportal launched; BCCL enters music retailing business with Planet M
.
2000: The Times of India
crosses the 2 million mark in circulation.
2000: Timesofmoney
- JV with Citibank.
2001: Radio Mirchi
- Nationwide Private FM Broadcasting.
2001: 360 Degrees - Event Management Arm launched.
2002: Times Outdoor - Outdoor Advertising & Billboard Marketing.
2003: Times Classifieds - Classifieds site catering
to web audiences, the group publications and also publications from other countries like Sri Lanka
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2005: Launch of a Matrimonials website TimesMatri
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2009:
2010
Launch of HD hollywood movies Channel Movies Now
Media conglomerate
A media conglomerate, media group or media institution is a company that owns large numbers of companies in various mass media such as television, radio, publishing, movies, and the Internet...
in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and is headed by brothers Samir and Vineet Jain.The company has eleven publishing centres, fifteen printing centres, fifty-five sales offices, Over 7000 employees, five dailies, including two of the largest in the country with approx 4.3 million, copies circulated daily, two lead magazines, twenty-nine niche magazines reaching 2468 cities and towns, thirty-two Radio Stations, two Television News Channels, one Television Life Style Channel and turnover in excess of USD 1 billion.
Brands
Its major brands include:- The Times of IndiaThe Times of IndiaThe Times of India is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. TOI has the largest circulation among all English-language newspaper in the world, across all formats . It is owned and managed by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd...
, World's largest English-language broadsheet daily newspaper in terms of circulation - The Economic TimesThe Economic TimesThe Economic Times is an English-language Indian daily newspaper published by the Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.. The Economic Times was started in 1961. It is the most popular and widely read financial daily in India, read by more than 8 lakh people...
, India's largest financial daily, and the world's second largest in terms of circulation after The Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal.... - Maharashtra TimesMaharashtra TimesMaharashtra Times , coloquially referred to as 'Ma Taa' from its Marathi initialism, is a Marathi newspaper based out of Mumbai, India. It is the 9th largest selling daily newspaper in the country. It is owned by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd...
, MarathiMarathi languageMarathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
daily - Navbharat TimesNavbharat TimesNavbharat Times aka NBT is the largest circulated as well as largest read Hindi newspaper of Delhi & Mumbai. From the stable of Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd which also publishes other dailies like The Times of India, The Economic Times, Maharashtra Times and also magazines like Filmfare & Femina...
, HindiHindiStandard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
Daily in DelhiDelhiDelhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
and MumbaiMumbaiMumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million... - Sandhya Times, HindiHindiStandard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
Daily Evening Tabloid in DelhiDelhiDelhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census... - Mumbai MirrorMumbai MirrorMumbai Mirror is a largest compact newspaper in the city of Mumbai with a daily circulation of over 600,000 copies. Its first issue was published on May 30, 2005 by the Times Group, the publishers of The Times of India newspaper....
India's largest circulated compact newspaper - Kolkata MirrorKolkata MirrorKolkata Mirror is a city specific website owned and operated by the Times Group, the publishers of The Times of India newspaper. The website is solely devoted to Kolkata and its people...
- Ahmedabad Mirror
- Pune Mirror
- Bangalore Mirror, Bangalore's first morning compact daily
- Times Private Treaties, Partnering Ideas. Accelerating Growth.
- Vijaya KarnatakaVijaya KarnatakaVijaya Karnataka is a Kannada newspaper. It is the largest circulated Kannada daily and published from a number of cities in Karnataka. This was founded by VRL group, started in October 2000. During its initial days this news paper was distributed for free for one month. Later on this paper was...
, India's largest Kannada daily. - ZigWheels, India's largest Automobile magazine.
- ET Wealth, India's largest Personal Finance compact weekly.
The Times of India competes with HT Media, the media conglomerate that owns of English-language newspaper Hindustan Times
Hindustan Times
Hindustan Times is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded in 1924 with roots in the Indian independence movement of the period ....
and the Hindi daily Hindustan
Hindustan
Hindustan or Indostan, literal translation "Land of River Sindhu ", is one of the popular names of South Asia. It can also mean "the land of the Hindus"...
. Those two alone had a daily readership of 12.7 million according to their website.
ENIL & TIML
Times Innovative Media Limited & Entertainment Network India LimitedENIL
Entertainment Network India Limited is a subsidiary of Times Infotainment Media Limited . ENIL along with TIML controls the following media brands in India based in Mumbai, Maharashtra.* Radio Mirchi National network of Private FM stations...
that together control
- Radio MirchiRadio MirchiRadio Mirchi is a nationwide network of private FM radio stations in India. It is owned by the Entertainment Network India Ltd , which is one of the subsidiaries of The Times Group....
National network of Private FM stations - 360 Degrees Events
- Times Outoors Outdoors
- Mirchi Movies Limited Filmed Entertainment. Producers of BEING CYRUS, VELLITHIRAI, MANJADIKURU
TIL
Times Internet Limited is one of the largest internet companies of India. It has interests in publishing, mobile, eCommerce, telecom and communities. Some of the larger properties of TIL include:Indiatimes Times of India Economic Times Navbharat Times Maharashtra Times http://shopping.indiatimes.com/ http://mobile.indiatimes.com http://www.itimes.com/
TimesofMoney
TimesofMoney which has- Remit2IndiaRemit2IndiaRemit2India launched on 14 February 2001 as a personalized online remittance service, which facilitates money transfers to India by Non Resident Indians spread across the world. The service provides global coverage, aggregates payments and delivery modes and claims to have the widest delivery...
- Personalized Remittance service from TimesofMoney. A flagship brand of TimesofMoney, Remit2India facilitates money transfers to India for Non-Resident Indians from around the world. It has fast achieved the distinction of being India’s largest Remittance service provider with the widest delivery network. - Window2India - An exclusive service for Non-Resident Indians! An amalgamation of products, services and information, Window2India is a comprehensive destination for Non-Resident Indians to shop, gift and stay up-to-date. Value-added services on the website include gifting opportunities for families back in India.
- Remit2Home - Keeping with the success of Remit2India, TimesofMoney launched Remit2Home, a leading global money transfer service provider. Envisioned to become the largest global market player in over 80 countries, Remit2Home offers specialized web-based Remittance and financial services.
- Times Card - India’s first entertainment credit card service. Tailored to match a fanciful lifestyle, the Times Card couples luxury and convenience into an unmatchable combination. Exclusive Times Card offers include personalized invitations to high profile events like Femina Miss India, Filmfare Awards, blockbuster movie premiers, live concert performances and celebrity parties.
- DirecPay - DirecPay is among the largest payment gateway solutions service providers in India. It is a revolutionary bank-neutral payment processor for online merchants in India. DirecPay acts as a one-stop payment gateway solution for merchants who conduct online transactions or e-commerce. It enables them to go beyond the method of accepting payments through cash, cheques and demand drafts with ease. Merchants can accept online payments through various pay modes including Credit Card, Debit Card, Internet Banking and Mobile Payments.
Times Global Broadcasting Limited
This was a Joint Venture with Reuters. No longer a joint venture as Reuters has exited.- Times NowTimes NowTimes Now is a 24-hour English language news channel based in Mumbai and broadcast primarily in the South Asian region. The channel was launched in 2006 as a joint-venture of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., the publishers of The Times of India and Reuters. Arnab Goswami is the Editor-in Chief and...
A general interest news Channel - Smart Hire A Consulting Division - Recruitments
- ET NowET NowET NOW is a business news channel in India, owned and operated by the Times Group. The news channel has a strategic partnership with Reuters, a subsidiary of Thomson Reuters....
A business news channel - Zoom A 24x7 Bollywood entertainment and gossip channel
- Movies Now A 24x7 Hollywood Movies channel in High Definition (India's first and only)
Times Business Solutions
- TBSLTBSLTimes Business Solutions Limited is a limited company, wholly owned by Bennett Coleman Company Limited . TBSL develops web sites within areas such as recruitment, real estate and matrimonials.-History:...
, corporate website of TBSL. - TimesJobsTimesJobsTimesJobs.com is a jobsite operating in India and Middle East . It is one of the businesses of Times Business Solutions Limited .-Search and Apply:...
, a jobs portal - Techgig, a professional networking site for Technology Peoples.
- SimplyMarry, a matrimonial portal
- Magic Bricks, a real estate portal
- Yolist, free classifieds portal
- Ads2Book, online classifieds booking system for print publications
- PeerPower, a Senior-Level professional networking portal
World Wide Media
World Wide Media - started off as a 50:50 magazine joint venture between BCCL and BBC magazines. In August 2011, it was announced that Bennett, Coleman & Co. bought out the remaining 50 per cent shares of Worldwide Media from BBC Worldwide thereby making World Wide Media a fully owned subsidiary of BCCL.- FilmfareFilmfareFilmfare is an English-language tabloid-sized magazine about Indian cinema. Published by The Times Group, India's largest media services conglomerate, in Mumbai , it highlights the doings of the Bollywood film scene...
- Filmfare AwardsFilmfare AwardsThe Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film events given for Hindi films in India. The awards were...
- FeminaFeminaFemina is a Latin noun meaning 'woman'.It is the title of five magazines:*Femina , a fortnightly women's magazine owned by the Times Group and published in India since July 1959*Femina , the first women's magazine in Indonesia...
- Femina Miss India A Beauty Paegent
- Top Gear Magazine IndiaTop Gear Magazine India-BBC TopGear India:The Indian edition of BBC TopGear is published by Worldwide Media Pvt. Ltd , which is a joint venture between The Times of India Group and BBC Magazines UK....
- HelloHelloHello is a salutation or greeting in the English language. It is attested in writing as early as the 1830s.-First use:Hello, with that spelling, was used in publications as early as 1833. These include an 1833 American book called The Sketches and Eccentricities of Col...
- BBC Good Homes
- Femina Hindi
- GraziaGraziaGrazia is an Italian weekly women's fashion and celebrity gossip magazine, with international editions printed in France, Serbia, Australia, United Kingdom, Greece, Portugal, Japan, the Netherlands, India, Bulgaria and Germany....
- What to Wear
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Times Private Treaties
Times Private Treaties is a barter program in which Advertisement space is bartered for equity stakes in new and established companies.This has been an extremely controversial trend started by the Times Group, as it breaches the sanctity of media. Times treaties is known for acquiring large stakes at inflated valuations in return for advertising space (and articles which appear as news items. In 2010, Times Private Treaties was relaunched as 'Brand Capital', which, according to the company, reflects its value proposition better.TIML Radio Limited
On 30 May 2008, SMG sold The British Virgin RadioVirgin Radio
Absolute Radio is one of the UK's three Independent National Radio stations. The station rebranded to its current name at 7.45am on 29 September 2008.The station is based in London and plays popular rock music...
to TIML Radio Limited for £53.2 million with £15 million set aside for rebranding. On 28 September 2008, The British Virgin Radio Station rebranded as Absolute Radio, including the sister radio stations Absolute Xtreme
Absolute Xtreme
Absolute Xtreme was a digital radio station broadcasting in the United Kingdom, which played new alternative music.-History:Virgin Radio Xtreme, as it was initially branded, launched at 12.15am on 5 September 2005 by then Virgin Radio DJ, Steve Harris...
and Absolute Classic Rock. On 4 December 2009 The Absolute Radio Stations reorganized to Absolute Radio, Absolute Radio extra
Absolute Radio Extra
Absolute Radio Extra is a part time radio service similar to BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra. The station was launched to broadcast the exclusive live coverage of the Premier League Games under the Rock n Roll Football brand, also broadcast on the main Absolute station and Absolute Radio 90s...
(UK Only), Absolute 80s (Replacing Absolute Xtreme radio station on DAB digital radio), Absolute Radio 90s and Absolute Classic Rock. This company is a direct subsidiary of BCCL (not through TIML or ENIL).
Times Syndication Service
The syndication division of The Times of India Group, grants reprint rights for text, and other media from the group's publications.Times Syndication Service
A brief history of The Times
1838: The first edition appears on November 3, 1838, known as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce. The newspaper was published twice a week under editor J.E. Brennan. It is basically a city paper reflecting the interest of Bombay's business community.1846-1857: The newspaper changes hands and George Buist, LL.D, F.R.S., becomes the editor of the Times from 1840-57.
1850: Shareholders decide to increase the share capital and the paper is converted into a daily.
1859: Bombay Standard and Chronicle of Western India merges into The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce to form Bombay Times & Standard
1861: Editor Robert Knight amalgamates The Bombay Times & Standard and Bombay Telegraph & Courier to form The Times of India
The Times of India
The Times of India is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. TOI has the largest circulation among all English-language newspaper in the world, across all formats . It is owned and managed by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd...
and gives it a national character.
1880: The Times of India Weekly Edition is launched name later changed to The Times of India Illustrated Weekly and finally to The Illustrated Weekly of India
The Illustrated Weekly of India
The Illustrated Weekly of India was an English language weekly newsmagazine publication in India. It started publication in 1880 and ceasing publication in 1993...
in 1923.
1890: Editor Henry Curwen buys The Times of India in partnership with Charles Kane.
1892: Following Curwen's death, Thomas Jewell Bennett
Thomas Jewell Bennett
Sir Thomas Jewell Bennett was a British journalist and Conservative Party politician. He is most notable as an editor of The Times of India, as well as its principal proprietor...
becomes the editor and enters into a partnership with F.M. Coleman to form a joint stock company - Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL).
1907: In the newspaper's first price war under editor Stanley Reed, the price is cut from 4 annas to 1 anna, and circulation rises 5 times.
1946: For the first time, the paper transfers to Indian ownership. Ram Kishan Dalmia buys out Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd for Rs. 2 crores.
1948: Sahu Jain
Sahu Jain
Sahu Jain is an important industrial family of India. They own the Times Group and its parent company, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.. They are of Agrawal Jain community....
Group become the owners of the company after Dalmia sells the firm to recover 2.5 crores he needs to pay back to an insurance company. Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain
Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain
Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain was among the most prominent Jains of the 20th century. He was a leading industrialist and philanthropist.He was born at Najibabad in Uttar Pradesh in the famous Sahu Jain family in 1911. His grandfather was Sahu Salekh Chand Jain who was involved in religious and charitable...
, son-in-law of Ram Kishan Dalmia, becomes the first chairman of the group.
1950: Delhi edition is launched with K. Gopalswami as the first Indian editor.
1952: Filmfare launched and started by J.C Jain, the first Indian to be the GM of TOI.
1959: Femina is launched.
1960: Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain
Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain
Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain was a leading mediaperson, philanthropist, promoter of Indian literature and leader of the worldwide Jain community. He hails from the well known Sahu Jain family of Najibabad .-Early Life:...
joins BCCL
1961: The Economic Times is launched.
1982: Samir Jain join BCCL.
1984: Times of India, Bombay set up modernised newsroom (including new look classified pages)
1985: Times of India, Delhi set up modernised newsroom (including new look classified pages)
1985: Nandita Jain join BCCL and started Saturday Times (in color)
1986: Vineet Jain join BCCL after came back to Delhi (finishing his education).
1986: Times of India and Navbharat times, Patna edition started.
1987: Printing of The Times of India from Kandivili Press.
1990: The Times School of Marketing is established as an in-house training school to feed the group
1991: BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
features The Times of India
The Times of India
The Times of India is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. TOI has the largest circulation among all English-language newspaper in the world, across all formats . It is owned and managed by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd...
among the world's six great newspapers.
1993: BCCL starts production of television software.
1996: The Times of India
The Times of India
The Times of India is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. TOI has the largest circulation among all English-language newspaper in the world, across all formats . It is owned and managed by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd...
crosses 1 million mark in circulation.
1998: BCCL enters into music market with Times Music.
1999: Indiatimes
Indiatimes
Indiatimes is the Internet subsidiary of The Times of India Group, under which, some of the largest websites in India - The Times of India, The Economic Times, Navbharat Times and Maharashtra Times operate....
webportal launched; BCCL enters music retailing business with Planet M
Planet M
Planet M is an Indian music retail store founded by The Times Group . It was sold to Next Retail India Ltd. of Mumbai, the retail arm of Videocon, in Nov 2007. It is present in many cities all over India. These stores are mainly known for selling music and movies and related accessories...
.
2000: The Times of India
The Times of India
The Times of India is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. TOI has the largest circulation among all English-language newspaper in the world, across all formats . It is owned and managed by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd...
crosses the 2 million mark in circulation.
2000: Timesofmoney
TimesofMoney
TimesofMoney is a digital payment service provider based in Mumbai, India and serves a varied clientele in India and globally. The company’s offering includes specialized NRI services, India centric and global money transfers, e-payments and co-branded cards....
- JV with Citibank.
2001: Radio Mirchi
Radio Mirchi
Radio Mirchi is a nationwide network of private FM radio stations in India. It is owned by the Entertainment Network India Ltd , which is one of the subsidiaries of The Times Group....
- Nationwide Private FM Broadcasting.
2001: 360 Degrees - Event Management Arm launched.
2002: Times Outdoor - Outdoor Advertising & Billboard Marketing.
2003: Times Classifieds - Classifieds site catering
Catering
Catering is the business of providing foodservice at a remote site or a site such as a hotel, public house , or other location.-Mobile catering:A mobile caterer serves food directly from a vehicle or cart that is designed for the purpose...
to web audiences, the group publications and also publications from other countries like Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
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2004: }}
- Launch of the Times Private Treaties - The Innovative Branding Solution from The Times Group stable.
- Launch of the Jobs portal Times Jobs.
- Television Business launched with the launch of a lifestyle and entertainment channel called z00mZOOmZoom is an Indian glamour and entertainment television channel primarily covering Bollywood and based in Mumbai. The channel was launched in September 2004 and caters primarily to urban audiences. It is a part of The Times Group, one of India's largest media conglomerates...
.
2005: Launch of a Matrimonials website TimesMatri
2006: am}}
- Launch of a television News Channel called Times NowTimes NowTimes Now is a 24-hour English language news channel based in Mumbai and broadcast primarily in the South Asian region. The channel was launched in 2006 as a joint-venture of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., the publishers of The Times of India and Reuters. Arnab Goswami is the Editor-in Chief and...
in collaboration with ReutersReutersReuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data...
. - Radio Mirchi holding company ENILENILEntertainment Network India Limited is a subsidiary of Times Infotainment Media Limited . ENIL along with TIML controls the following media brands in India based in Mumbai, Maharashtra.* Radio Mirchi National network of Private FM stations...
(Entertainment Network India Limited) lists on the Indian stock markets. It is the first Times Group company to List on the bourses. - Launch of a Property services Portal Magic Bricks
- TimesMatri is rebranded as Simply Marry
- A new holding company by the name of TBSLTBSLTimes Business Solutions Limited is a limited company, wholly owned by Bennett Coleman Company Limited . TBSL develops web sites within areas such as recruitment, real estate and matrimonials.-History:...
is created. This company controls the brands TimesJobsTimesJobsTimesJobs.com is a jobsite operating in India and Middle East . It is one of the businesses of Times Business Solutions Limited .-Search and Apply:...
SimplyMarry (earlier called TimesMatri) and MagicBricks - TimesofMoney launches Remit2Home, to cater to Global Remittance Market
2007:
- Launch of The Times of India - Kannada
- Launch of Bangalore Mirror
- Launch of Ahmedabad Mirror
- Planet M Retail taken over by Videocon Group
2008:
- Launch of SimplyMarryZine.com
- Launch of The Times of India, Chennai Edition
- Launch of Pune Mirror
- Acquisition of Virgin Radio (now known as Absolute Radio) in the UK
- Launch of Times of India - Goa, along with Goa Mirror. However the Goa edition has relatively less coverage of happenings in Goa.
2009:
- Launch of ET NowET NowET NOW is a business news channel in India, owned and operated by the Times Group. The news channel has a strategic partnership with Reuters, a subsidiary of Thomson Reuters....
- A business news channel
2010
- Launch of The Times of India, Coimbatore Edition
- Launch of Vijayanext kannada Weekly magazine
See also
.Launch of HD hollywood movies Channel Movies Now
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