Entertainment Network India Limited (ENIL) (, ) is a subsidiary of Times Infotainment Media Limited, the

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promoted by

The Times Group Bennett Coleman and Company Limited (BCCL), d/b/a the Times Group, is an Indian media conglomerate based in Mumbai. Notable media properties owned and operated by the group include India's largest selling daily English-language newspaper ''The ...

, incorporated in 1999. ENIL is the only listed company in the otherwise privately held Times Group. It is listed on

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and the

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. Its subsidiaries include the

Radio Mirchi Radio Mirchi ("''Mirchi"'' in Hindi meaning red chilli), also known as 98.3 Mirchi, is a nationwide network of private FM radio stations in India. It is owned by the ENIL, EntertainmentNetwork India Ltd (ENIL), which is one of the subsidiarie ...

national radio network and

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music streaming service.

History

Times Group provided private FM service along with the Government of India under the brand name of Times FM. This station operated in Delhi, Calcutta, Chennai and Goa from 1993 to 1998 before the central government did not renew the contract. After cutting ties with the government, ENIL was formed in June 1999 post the first phase of licensing. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting offered 108 frequencies across 40 cities, and ENIL got the maximum of them. It started the operations of the

network with the launch of its services in Indore on 4 October 2001. The company simultaneously started operations in seven more cities. In the second phase, the company got 25 more frequencies. That took the count of total number of stations to 32. In 2011, the out-of-home segment won a 20-year advertising contract with New Delhi Airport, Terminal 3. in 2024, ENIL partnered with MGID to expand native advertising in India through the MPing network.

References

{{Reflist Companies of The Times Group Companies based in Mumbai Indian companies established in 1999 1999 establishments in Maharashtra Mass media companies established in 1999 Companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange Companies listed on the National Stock Exchange of India