BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$170.7M
- Public
- UK
Dow Jones Description
Media Services
Group Chief Executive
John McCannNumber of Employees 929
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing: 334220
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Mouse's India move: UTV to handle pic distribution.(World News)
- 2008-12-09
Disney, which took a majority stake in its Indian partner UTV Software Communications Motion Pictures over the weekend, is handing over exclusive distribution of its pics in India to UTV Motion Pictures as of Jan. 1. UTVMP will provide sales and distribution while...
Mouse partner UTV ups profits in India.(World News)
- 2008-12-04
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Disney's partner in India, UTV Soil-ware Communications, more than doubled its profits in the six months prior to September. Company, which scored the biggest-ever foreign investment in the Indian entertainment sector when the Mouse House paid $190 million...
Would Scrooge approve? ; The tale of Ronnie Screwvala's UTV is almost as fantastic as some of the blockbuster Bollywood productions that have come out of this media & entertainment house.
- 2008-03-09
Unlike a few of those productions, however, the UTV success saga is as real as it gets. Last fortnight, the UTV story got even headier and even more real; a regional subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company upped its stake in Screwvala's company from 13.7 per cent to 32.1 per...
More mouse in India: hungry Disney buys kids net Hungama.(World News)(UTV Software Communications)(Hungama TV)(Brief article)
- 2006-07-26
The Mouse House swooped in on India's lucrative kidbiz Tuesday, buying Hindi-language kids channel Hungama TV for $30.5 million and paying $14 million for a 14.9% equity interest in Mumbai-based parent company UTV Software Communications. Both deals must be approved by...
Mouse seeks bigger slice of India kid biz.(Walt Disney Studios and United Home Entertainment look to sign deal)(Brief article)
- 2006-07-18
The Mouse House has had enough of being bashed about the head cartoon-style in India by Time Warner's Cartoon Network. Disney reportedly is in talks with Mumbai-based media/entertainment group UTV for a 30% stake in its United Home Entertainment division, which...
Playing for kids: following the launch of POGO and new kids' channels from UTV and Disney on the anvil, there is a lot to look forward to in the children's segment in India. Ritesh Gupta looks at the challenges for production houses and animation studios
- 2004-03-01
Turner Entertainment Networks Asia launched a kids' channel called POGO specifically for the Indian market last year. Add to that a host of new shows in the pipeline from local animation studios, and all signs point to a burgeoning market for kids content, driven both by ...
New Disney 'Legend' is born.(Asia)
- 2003-09-22
SINGAPORE Disney Channel Asia's animated short-story skein "Legends of the Ring of Fire" has finally come to fruition after five years. Disney Channel Asia's first locally produced project of this scale is a reversal of the export flow for a region...
Making of a legend: Disney Channel Asia premiered its first locally produced animated short story series, Legends of the Ring of Fire, last month. Asia Image finds out more about the creative and production process of this landmark project.(animation prod
- 2003-09-01
Legends of the Ring of Fire, a series of six animated tales based on Asian folklore from around the region, is part of Disney Channel Asia's concerted effort to provide more localised content for its Asian audience. According to Raymund Miranda, managing director, Walt Disney Television...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| John McCann | Group Chief Executive |
| M.H. Morrow | Managing Director |
| S. Taunton | Managing Director |
| J.R. Downey | Finance Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| John B. McGuckian | Chairman |
| A. Bremner | Board of Directors |
| Helen Kirkpatrick | Board of Directors |
| K. Lagan | Board of Directors |
| R.E. Bailie | Board of Directors |
Mr McCann joined UTV in 1983 as Financial Controller/Company Secretary. He became General Manager in 1989, was appointed to the Board in 1992 and became Managing Director (now Group Chief Executive) from 1 October 1999.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| UTV plc | Group Chief Executive | Current |
| UTV plc | General Manager | Former |
| UTV plc | Managing Director | Former |
| UTV plc | Financial Controller | Former |
John B McGuckian is a Non-Executive Director of TVC Holdings. John is chairman of UTV plc, Irish Continental Group plc, Cooneen Textiles Limited and Dale Farm Limited. He is also a director of Harbour Group Limited. John's former directorships include AIB plc and Unidare plc. He has served as chairman of the International Fund for Ireland and the Industrial Development Board for Northern Ireland. John was formerly pro chancellor and chairman of the governing body of the Queen's University of Belfast. John holds a BSc. (Econ) and is a Doctor of Laws.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Tvc Holdings Plc | Non-Executive Director | Current |
| UTV plc | Chairman | Current |
| Irish Continental Group PLC | Chairman | Current |
| Dale Farm Limited | Chairman | Current |
| Cooneen Textiles Limited | Chairman | Current |
| Allied Irish Banks PLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| Tvc Holdings Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| University of Belfast | Chairman | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| UTV plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Chartered Institute of Marketing | Board of Directors | Current |
| Kingspan Group PLC | Board of Directors | Current |
| UTV plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Utv Media Plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| UTV plc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| UTV plc | Board of Directors | Current |
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