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NEW DELHI: Airtel Digital TV the direct to home (DTH) arm of Bharti Airtel, has launched a set-top-box for Rs 2,000 that allows customers to record...
MUMBAI: Sun Direct has decided to go the extra mile for its customers. The DTH provider will set up customer experience centres, by the name ‘Sunshine’,...
NEW DELHI: As the country readies to celebrate Diwali, Asia’s largest direct-to-home network Dish TV has announced the launch of two special offers: the first on a Rs 1,500 cash...
MUMBAI: Big Magic, the flagship GEC from the Reliance Broadcast Network stable amplifies its reach with the announcement of a distribution deal with Videocon d2h. After...
NEW DELHI: In an effort to reach its target of 97 channels by the end of this year, Prasar Bharati is auctioning six slots on its...
NEW DELHI: A total of 29,782 direct-to-home boxes are set to receive Doordarshan’s free-to-air DD Direct Plus, including 20,397 in hilly areas of Himachal Pradesh, which...
MUMBAI: The companies say that Raycom stations will be back on Dish Network “overnight,” and didn’t provide any details about the agreement. The broadcaster owns or...
MUMBAI: Despite another rejection last month of its last attempt to pull the plug on Dish Network’s Hopper, 21st Century Fox is stepping back into the...
MUMBAI: A press release hit indiantelevision.com yesterday disclosing how US chip company Broadcom had got a massive order to supply standard definition MPEG-4 set top boxes...
MUMBAI: It was a spat, which was in the works for almost six months. But now it has been resolved – amicably, at least if one...
MUMBAI: India’s leading DTH operator, Dish TV, has narrowed its net loss in the fiscal first-quarter to Rs 323 million compared to a net loss of...
When Star floated a company for DTH, there were several issues raised on shareholding and other related matters. Was that a ghost that initially haunted you...
MUMBAI: Dish TV, India’s largest DTH operator in terms of subscribers, plans to raise up to $200 million via the equity route to fund its expansion...
MUMBAI: Neo Sports, which focusses on Indian cricket, has announced a deal with Asia Pacific digital media platform developer and operator The New Media Group (TNMG)....
MUMBAI: Japanese media conglomerate Sony has announced that users of the PlayStation 3 will shortly be able to download Sony movies and television shows on their...
MUMBAI: The Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) and the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (Casbaa) are pleased to announce details of the first Electronic Media...
MUMBAI: The US based Motricity, which provides mobile content services and solutions has announced the completion of $50 million in equity funding from Carl Icahn, through...
NEW DELHI: Hailing the country’s telecom sector as “one of the biggest success stories of market oriented reforms”, the Economic Survey of India, tabled in the...
MUMBAI: Video sharing site YouTube, Inc. and the National Basketball Association (NBA) have launched Post Up the NBA on the new NBA Channel on YouTube. The...
MUMBAI: Sharp India has launched its latest range of AQUOS Full-Spec High Definition Televisions (HDTV). The firm says that the television sets employ LCD panels made...
MUMBAI: Hewlett-Packard (HP) India has introduced the HP Pavilion tx1000 Entertainment Notebook PC. It has what the company calls a ‘twist and touch’ screen. the aim...
MUMBAI: The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in the UK has ordered that country’s media watchdog Ofcom to investigate pay TV service provider BSkyB’s purchase...
NEW DELHI: RN Prabhakar, who retired from the Indian Telecommunication Service a year ago, has joined as a whole-time member of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of...
MUMBAI: From being a virtually non-existent market in 2003, the IP video test and measurement market saw significant growth in 2005. New analysis from Frost &...
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) today upheld the tariff of Rs 5 per channel fixed by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai)...
NEW DELHI: The Government has formulated a proposal to establish 100,000 Common service Centres (CSCs) in rural areas, which will serve not only as the front-end...
MUMBAI: Qualcomm, a developer of code division multiple access (CDMA) technology for mobile communications, has announced the selection of winners for its $ 1 million wireless...
MUMBAI: France has set a new benchmark for European digital television (DTV) policy. Strategy Analytics Broadband Media and Communications service has come out with a study...
MUMBAI: Users of Chinese web portal QQ.com can now learn English directly from the site thanks to a partnership deal with BBC World Service. It is...
MUMBAI: According to a recent survey commissioned by Microsoft’s MSNGames, a casual gaming site, Americans are feeling more stressed out and starved for time than ever....
NEW DELHI: Even as President A P J Abdul Kalam declared that the year 2007 will be the ‘Year of Broadband’, there are plans to increase...
MUMBAI: DTH service providers Dishtv and Tata Sky will use the upcoming cricket World Cup to entice their viewers and increase subscription numbers. Dishtv has come...
MUMBAI: Fox Interactive Media (FIM) in the US has bought ad technology firm Strategic Data Corporation. It is hoping to better leverage the data of its...
NEW DELHI: Direct-To-Home (DTH) satellite TV operator Tata Sky has approached the Delhi High Court seeking directions to broadcaster Sun TV to share its feed. TataSky...
NEW DELHI: The second core committee meeting of the Telecomm 2007, held on Friday, has narrowed down the theme of this year’s Summit and Exhibition (November1-3,...
MUMBAI: With the 79th Annual Academy Awards around the corner Excel Home Videos in association with Twentieth Century Fox, Walt Disney Home Entertainment and Merchant Ivory...
NEW DELHI: A sub-group on ‘Going Digital’, set up by the Planning Commission, has recommended that digital terrestrial transmission by Doordarshan should be launched with a...
MUMBAI: Played with passion! Followed with obsession! With the cricket World Cup scheduled to kick off in less than a month’s time indya.com, which is running...
MUMBAI: Online marketplace eBay India, and Mandira Bedi have announced the launch of the eBay Cricket Mania campaign. This is a campaign for the two million...
MUMBAI: Kalanithi Maran’s Sun Direct TV has secured government approval to induct 20 per cent foreign equity worth $150 million. Malaysia-based Astro is making the investment...
MUMBAI: Tata Sky will take 5-7 years to break even and plans to further invest Rs 20 billion to ramp up its direct-to-home (DTH) business. “We...
Mumbai: BKN International AG signed an agreement with NASDAQ listed Digital Music Group (DMGI) to handle all USA and Canada digital rights for current and upcoming...
MUMBAI: US media conglomerate Viacom and broadcast-quality Internet television service Joost have announced that Viacom will be a key content partner. It will offer a range...
MUMBAI: BT announced that it has been granted international long distance (ILD) and national long distance licenses (NLD) by the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India....
MUMBAI: A survey of 22,000 European mobile users commissioned by Tellabs has revealed that a high percentage of early adopters of mobile TV and video services...
NEW DELHI: Many cable households are unhappy with repeated signal failure and Trai is now faced with the issue of what to do about enforcing Quality...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan is expected to switch over to an Indian satellite Insat 4B by early May for its direct-to-home DD Direct service, but it is...
MUMBAI: US satellite service provider Echostar has become the second-largest shareholder in South Korea’s TU Media. It operates a satellite digital mobile broadcasting (S-DMB) service. TU...
MUMBAI: US pay TV service provider DirecTV and researcgh firm Nielsen have entered into an agreement to test the development of information. This will enable them...
MUMBAI: Last week UK pay TV service provider Sky had announced that it proposes to launch a new service on the digital terrestrial television (DTT) platform....
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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...
