Global Broadcast News: Reliance Capital, an Anil Dhirubhai Ambani company, picked up 6.27% stake (16.75 lakh shares) in Global Broadcast News (GBN). The stock gained 22% last week to close at Rs 599.25 from Rs 490.25 a week ago. Around 28 million shares changed hands in the last two weeks.
The stock listed at Rs 510.10, which was more than double its issue price of Rs 250. The company had raised Rs 105 crore through a public issue of 42 lakh shares. The company has posted a net loss of Rs 25.46 crore on total income of Rs 25.90 crore for the half year ended September 2006.
GBN, part of the TV18 group, owns and operates the 24-hour English language news and current affairs channel CNN-IBN. Since its launch in December 2005, CNN-IBN has become one of India