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NEW YORK: In India, the Communications Convergence Bill is still to be introduced in Parliament. In the US, however, the cable industry is readying itself for...
The Indian cable industry goes through another churning. Revenue collections fall, defiant consumers get strident as CAS plods towards a deadline. A clutch of 35-odd representatives...
NEW YORK: MTV’s social conscience regarding the Aids menace saw it host a series of concerts, documentaries, specials and fund rasing events across the globe last...
MUMBAI: The legal authorities in Mumbai have their hands full with the various petitions and public interest litigations (PILs) which have been filed by politicians, cable...
There is a lot of talk within the CATV industry currently on Analogue and Digital and different perceptions floating around as to the advantages and disadvantages...
The road to a digital future ought to be paved with good intentions! Or so the powers that be would have liked to have it! But...
INTRODUCTION The National Readership Survey 2001 reveals that cable is currently available in 33 million homes. The reach of television in urban areas is 84.7 %...
NEW DELHI: The cable operators are again taking a shot at forging a unity in a bid to neutralise the broadcasters and have the conditional access...
NEW DELHI: The government has asked the cable and broadcasting industry to come back with more details on the investments that are likely to be needed...
MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms’ cable arm SitiCable is planning to launch a 24-hour interactive entertainment channel aimed at family audiences, The Asian Age has reported. Siti has...
MUMBAI: Consumer body Mumbai Grahak Panchayat has called a meeting of all state-level consumer organisations and cable consumer organisations in Maharashtra on 18 August in Mumbai....
Cable TV operators in the metro city of Mumbai are on a two day strike to protest against a hike of 100 per cent in the...
MUMBA: Cable ops, owing allegiance to different associations, have planned to hold a conference to discuss the issue of conditional access in the country. The Karnataka...
LUCKNOW (UTTAR PRADESH): In a rare show of unity, about 10 cable operators in Lucknow, one of the bigger cable TV markets in the state, have...
After a day of hard negotiations, Star India and Hinduja Group MSO INCableNet this evening appeared to have bought themselves some time to arrive at an...
A report, about to be released by analyst Kagan Media Appraisals shows that hard drive-enabled set-top boxes and the personalised services they make possible will give...
The Center for Advocacy and Research (CFAR) is organising a discussion on ‘The Cable Industry and the Viewers: Setting New Norms and Standards’ tomorrow, 30 April....
Getting the ground in order goes more than a long way in pushing through new subscription packages as well as in ramping up connectivity numbers. Star...
Getting the ground in order goes more than a long way in pushing through new subscription packages as well as in ramping up connectivity numbers. Star...
The Consumer Action Network (CAN) has censured the central government for failing to implement the recommendations of the task force on the introduction of a Conditional...
How well it will work in the rest of the country remains to be seen. But the leading cable MSOs in Mumbai have decided to work...
PanAmSat has announced a 15-year, transponder lease agreement with the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) which claims to be the world’s largest religious media network. The...
The Bharti Group of India and Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) have just marked the completion of the i2i cable network, the world’s largest in terms of...
The Bharti Group of India and Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) have just marked the completion of the i2i cable network, the world’s largest in terms of...
Hathway Bhawani Cabletel & Datacom Limited has announced that an offer of 1.6 million equity shares of Rs 10 each for cash at a price of...
For the first time in the country a census of Cable TV Households is being conducted by the Delhi-based Centre for Media Studies (CMS). The first...
MUMBAI: More than three months after the ESPN Star Sports feed to the Hinduja group promoted INCable Net was switched off in Mumbai in a dispute...
The pay TV debate is seriously hotting up in India. Even as channels slug it out over subscriber bases and rate hikes, the cable industry is...
It may sound Utopian, but the Entertainment Report, put out by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Ernst & Young, believes that a self-regulatory body...
Nearing two months on air, Shop 24 Seven, the media commerce venture of the Hinduja Group’s convergence arm HTMT and US-based Planet E-Shop, has launched a...
CEOs of some of the top cable operating companies in North America, all members of the CableLabs board of directors’ executive committee, are among more than...
Maharishi Channel Cable Network (MCCN) has notched up a first by becoming the only channel to adopt the Ku-band platform in India. The channel has reportedly...
Scientific-Atlanta has developed a supercharged version of its Digital Network Control System (DNCS) software. The software will help cable ops give subscribers Video-on-Demand (VOD) and Subscription...
The US National Cable Center has inducted Scientific Atlanta’s former chairman, president and CEO Sidney Topol into its Cable Television Hall of Fame. Topol was Scientific...
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited is seeking consultants for its proposed foray into the field of cable TV and associated services in Delhi and Mumbai. The state...
Singapore Cable Vision (SCV) will shortly start using Lucent Technologies’ Kenan Arbor/BP billing product and Arbor/OM order management software products. SCV is Singapore’s leading broadband cable...
You are never too old to be a parent. At least that’s the message global media baron Rupert Murdoch seems to be sending out to other...
Scientific Atlanta has teamed with Telect to provide new fibre management solutions to help cable operators route and protect optical fibre throughout their networks. Increasing bandwidths...
US based Cable Television Laboratories Inc has adopted the middleware software developed by Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB), for advanced OpenCable digital set-top boxes that are being...
Cable Television Laboratories has announced that its PacketCable test programme will be ready to qualify vendors’ products by next year. This will allow the cable...
Hong Kong company SpeedCast Ltd, which works in the area of broadband satellite, is tying up with the China-based Internet Services Provider (ISP) ET Network Services...
The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (Casbaa), a regional trade group, has met Taiwanese pay-TV regulators the Government Information Office (GIO) and the Fair...
Industry leaders on 22 October gathered at the Taiwan Cable Summit in Taipei (organized by Media Partners Asia: MPA) to evaluate the potential of two-way digital...
Now that News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch has had to bow out of the race to acquire to DirecTV from General Motors, it may well be...
AOL Time Warner’s China Entertainment TV (CETV) has become the first foreign TV channel to be granted cable carriage rights in mainland China. According to the...
The Indian Broadcasting Foundation, a 29-member association essentially representing broadcasters, has a new “a” priority issue on its agenda. It has scheduled a meeting for...
In what is seen as an industry first, the US cable industry on 27 September awarded certification status to DOCSIS* 1.1 cable modems, adding to the...
Broadband may be a while coming to Indian shores but the big MSOs are all readying the backend for it. Rajan Raheja-promoted Hathway Cable & Datacom,...
Information & Broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj has scheduled a meeting today evening at 5:00 pm with cable operators where major issues impacting the industry are to...
The 4th Cable TV India Show 2001, a trade event for the cable industry, will be held in New Delhi’s Pragati Maidan beginning 13 September. Dr...
Platforms get three years to add features for hearing and visually impaired
Strong word-of-mouth turns Pongal satire into remake pick
Streaming giant bets on a seasoned marketer who helped build Amazon and Netflix into household names
Communications leader exits after three years spanning MD office strategy and media outreach.
Cricket star named face of Delhi Khel Mahakumbh to fuel youth talent hunt.
Kolkata-based beverage maker reports stronger revenues and profits for December quarter.
A crime thriller steps out of the shadows as Telugu storytelling claims centre stage.
From boards to bytes, chess readies for a nation-first showdown in Riyadh.
Leadership change follows layoffs, protests and a bruising battle over trust.
Revenue rises 4.3 per cent to Rs 10,209.33 crore while deferred tax gain lifts bottom line sharply
Akshay Kumar and stars launch awards at NSCI Dome on Feb 28
Merger creates one-stop hub for content, digital, and delivery
NEW DELHI: Hamdard Laboratories gathered a cross-section of India’s achievers in New Delhi on Friday, handing out the Hakeem Abdul...
MUMBAI: For decades, creative storytelling has been the cornerstone of brand communication. The “big idea” amplified through catchy jingles, striking...
MUMBAI: Zepto has elevated Ahmad Muneeb to vice president – HR centre of excellence, placing him at the helm of...
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