News Broadcasting
Producers’ outstandings to DD nearly Rs 1.7 billion
NEW DELHI: As on 31 March, 2002, the outstanding dues owed to national broadcaster Doordarshan from various producers and agencies stood at Rs 1692.8 million, according to documents which were laid on the tables of Parliament just before it was adjourned sine die earlier this week.
It is not clear how much of this outstanding has been recovered by Prasar Bharati, overseeing the functioning of DD and All India Radio till date and which are the disputed cases. For example, Sanjay Khan’s Numero Uno and Nimbus Communications have claimed that the outstanding against them are part of disputed amount and DD is yet to settle the matter. Ditto for Creative Eye.
The Prasar Bharati board, which met earlier this week, also took note of the outstandings but have not yet taken a final decision on the matter as to how the recoveries are to be made. Still, the details of the outstanding, as per documents available with indiantelevision.com, are as follows:
Aaliya Productions: Rs 6 million
Advance Network: Rs 21.3 million
Advision Multimedia: Rs 1.7 million
Anand Advertising: Rs 14 million
Asian Ad Age: Rs 2.7 million
B4U Multimedia: Rs 19.7 million
Balaji Telefilms: Rs 11.1 million
Bidhan Advertising: Rs 1.1 million
Cinema Vision: Rs 3.5 million
Clarion: Rs 600,000
Concept Advertsing: Rs 18.8 million
Copy Desk: Rs 4.5 million
Corrum Communications: Rs 1.8 million
Creative Channel: Rs 2.8 million
Creative Eye: Rs 120 million
Drishty India: Rs 29.4 million
Fame Communications: Rs 107.4 million
Film City: Rs 2.6 million
Film Craft: Rs 64.7 million
First Option Telefilms: Rs 4.1 million
Future Communication: Rs 1.1 million
G.N. Communications: Rs 2.5 million
Global Entertainers: Rs 9.3 million
Government of Delhi: Rs 600,000
Guruji Advertisers: Rs 8.5 million
HMT: Rs 300,000
HTA: Rs 2.5 million
Innovision Film & TV: Rs 2.5 million
Jaya Advertising: Rs 4.9 million
Joslin Communications: Rs 4.2 million
Kine Scope: Rs 7 million
KLI: Rs 7 million
Lehar Publicity Service: Rs 2.8 million
Magic Box: Rs 1.1 million
Magna Vision: Rs 10.8 million
Market Movers: Rs 31.1 million
Maya Entertainment: Rs 17 million
MBM: Rs 16.3 million
Media Asia: Rs 14.6 million
Moulis Advertising: Rs 200,000
Multichannel: Rs 110.2 million
Neerja Films: Rs 2.5 million
Network 7: Rs 2 million
NFDC: Rs 470 million
Nimbus Communications: Rs 61.2 million
Numero Uno: Rs 103 million
PNC: Rs 15.4 million
PAS International: Rs 5.7 million
Pinky Advertsing: Rs 9.1 million
Plus Channel: Rs 101.2 million
Prime Time Media: Rs 2 million
Radha Publicity: Rs 1.6 million
Sagar Enterprises: Rs 59 million
Samvaad: Rs 4.9 million
Shree Madhav: Rs 115.6 million
Stargazer: Rs 1.3 million
Tracer Advertising: Rs 3.3 million
Translink TV: Rs 2.4 million
Triton Communications: Rs 3.1 million
Universal: Rs 7.3 million
Uranus: Rs 4.6 million
Vigyapan: Rs 300,000
W.D. Consumer: Rs 800,000
World Media: Rs 13.2 million
Worldcom M/M: Rs 5.8 million
News Broadcasting
CNN-News18 to host Kolkata Town Hall on Hooghly River
‘Bhalobasa Bengal Inspiring Bharat’ event on April 20 brings cultural icons, trailblazing women and leaders aboard a cruise to celebrate Bengal’s enduring influence.
MUMBAI: Bengal is about to make fresh waves on the Hooghly and this time the current is pure conversation. CNN-News18 is taking its iconic Town Hall format to the waters of the iconic Hooghly River on 20 April 2026 with a special edition titled ‘Bhalobasa Bengal – Inspiring Bharat’. The floating event will celebrate the state’s rich cultural legacy and how its ideas, creativity and spirit continue to shape the rest of the country.
The unique riverside setting draws on Bengal’s history as a cradle of reform, art and intellectual thought. The speaker line-up mirrors that diversity: cultural heavyweights Mithun Chakraborty and Sreenanda Shankar will share the stage with trailblazing “Devis” such as Tanya Sanyal (India’s first woman firefighter in aviation), Ipsita Chakraborty (Kolkata’s first woman bartender) and Reshma Nilofer Visalakshi (Nari Shakti awardee and marine pilot). Music will flow through the celebrated pianist-vocalist duo Sourendro and Soumyojit, while public life and governance will be represented by Smriti Irani, Leander Paes, Saira Shah Halim, Keya Ghosh, Rekha Patra, Roopa Ganguly and Babul Supriyo.
CNN-News18, editorial affairs director, Rahul Shivshankar, said the event honours voices that carry Bengal’s legacy forward. Smriti Mehra, CEO – English & Business News, Network18, added that Bengal’s stories resonate far beyond its borders, especially as the state heads into polls.
From the first woman to battle flames in the skies to legendary actors who shaped Indian cinema, the gathering promises a rich mix of inspiration, courage and candid dialogue. In a city where culture has always flowed as freely as the river itself, CNN-News18 is turning the Hooghly into a floating forum for ideas that matter.
Tune in on 20 April on CNN-News18, CTV and YouTube to catch Bengal’s heartbeat in full flow.
