Turner Broadcasting, a unit of Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), is close to acquiring a “very high level of holding” in general entertainment channel NDTV Imagine, according to a person familiar with the development, who asked not to be named. Turner could buy an 80-90% stake in the GEC, the person…

CNN is expanding its footprint in Asia on the web. The broadcaster has launched CNN Go, a travel and lifestyle website focussing on six Asian cities—Singapore, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Bangkok, Shanghai and Tokyo. Sporting the tagline ‘Local Insights, Global Experiences’, the site has the same focus in all cities—eat, drink,…

News Corp.-owned Star Plus, which reigned on top of the GEC ratings chart undisputed for nearly a decade, has now slipped to the third position, not only beaten by new entrant Colors, but also by decade-old rival Zee TV, which has been playing catch up with Star Plus for several…

Our sources had told us earlier this week that Turner officials were in NDTV’s offices in India and were engaged in some sort of due diligence for a possible investment. But NDTV had not responded to requests for comments on the issue. Today we put the question to NDTV CEO…

Turner International hasannounced that it intends to launch of Hollywood movies and series channel with Warner Bros. in the fourth quarter of this year. They also intend to launch an animation films unit, which unit will initially make two films a year, with the first one due in 2009. After…

[by Cerius Shah] Turner has tied-up with Outblaze for a joint venture in Asia called TurnOut, which will create online communities for Cartoon Network portals. Outblaze, according to this Agencyfaqs article, is apparently powering the community features on CN’s Indian website as well. Most deep links on the site however…