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MUMBAI: A European direct-to-home television satellite Astra -1KR launched into space yesterday atop an Atlas 5 rocket. The satellite which has been built by Lockheed Martin...
MUMBAI: Rumours of delays may be rife in the market but Tata Sky – the 80:20 joint venture between the Tata Group and Star India –...
MUMBAI: China is progressing towards a complete shift to digital signal television. An official from the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has been...
MUMBAI: UTStarcom, Inc., a leader in IP-based, end-to-end networking solutions and services, has signed a contract with China Netcom for the deployment of its RollingStream end-to-end...
MUMBAI: The International Badminton Federation (IBF) and its marketing agency Total Sports Asia (TSA) have launched Badminton Manager, an interactive fantasy game. IBF executive deputy president...
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide, the BBC’s commercial consumer arm, has concluded an agreement with European ISP T-Online to provide content for its Video on Demand service. The...
MUMBAI: DirecTV is continuing to grow its international programming platform, WorldDirect, with the addition of three leading Korean-language networks – MBC, YTN, and Christian Television Systems...
MUMBAI: MTV and VH1 in the US will paint their broadband and mobile platforms Pink with content from an exclusive flashmob concert in New York City...
MUMBAI: National Geographic HD has chosen to join PanAmSat’s high-definition neighborhood. PanAmSat’s Galaxy HD neighborhood reaches over 9,000 cable systems throughout the US and features many...
MUMBAI: In his keynote address at the CTIA Wireless 2006 event in the US, MTV Music Group president Van Toffler highlighted the appeal of short-form video...
MUMBAI: Jabil Circuit, Inc. has acquired Celetronix, a leading electronic manufacturing services (EMS) company in India, for around $185 million, including debt. The purchase price consists...
MUMBAI: The spirits company Bacardi has launched Bacardi B-Live Radio for mobile. This is being done through a tie up with Sydus, which works in creating...
MUMBAI: Mobile video service provider MobiTV Inc, said it has successfully integrated today’s cellular networks with new forthcoming DVB-H technologies to deliver live and on-demand television...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati has decided that it would demand an annual carriage fee of Rs.10 million from private broadcasters to be on its DTH platform,...
BANGALORE: Security concerns are the biggest obstacle to the widespread adoption of wireless and remote computing in businesses worldwide today, according to a global survey by...
MUMBAI: In another major buy out deal in the global telecom arena, UK cable company Ntl:Telewest has agreed to buy Virgin Mobile for 984.9 million pounds...
MUMBAI: The world’s first broadband TV channel dedicated to environmental issues green.tv, developed with support from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), has been launched, aiming...
MUMBAI: The results of a new study, Mobile TV – Attitudes to Broadcast on Mobile, confirms the need for broadcast and entertainment brands to work harder...
MUMBAI: The Hong Kong Commerce, Industry and Technology Bureau has set up working groups with Asia Television Limited (ATV) and Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) to ensure...
There was great speculation whether Rupert Murdoch would do it again – raise the DTH issue, which has got Star TV into trouble time and again...
MUMBAI: Radio satellite service provider Worldspace has reported its financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended 31 December, 2005. It finished the...
BANGALORE: Tata Sky Ltd., the joint venture between Tata and Star, has selected Sun Microsystems, Inc. to provide IT infrastructure solutions and support for the launch...
MUMBAI: Asianet announced the winners of its annual Malayalam film awards today in Thiruvananthapuram. The film Thanmatra, which portrayed the plights of an alzheimer’s patient, bagged...
NEW DELHI: Cable TV is to remain the core advertising and distribution platform for TV channels for some more time to come in India though DTH...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: India’s finance minister P Chidambaram, while presenting the 2006 Union Budget, hailed by experts as a “fine” one, today preferred to ignore...
MUMBAI: The year 2005 saw an estimated 387 million mobile connections in Europe representing a continental penetration rate of 97 per cent. Total revenues generated in...
BANGALORE: Royal Philips Electronics and Amsterdam headquartered Irdeto, a player in content security and a subsidiary of multinational media group Naspers announced that they have reached...
BANGALORE: SupportSoft, Inc., the provider of Real-Time Service Management (RTSM) software, has announced that Belgacom SA, Belgium’s largest telecommunications company, has deployed SupportSoft SmartAccess software to...
MUMBAI: As part of its multi-pronged launch efforts for the new legal drama Conviction, NBC broke network ground by offering the pilot episode as a free...
MUMBAI: Tata Sky Ltd has joined hands with Thomson for set-top-boxes (STBs) to support the launch of its direct-to-home (DTH) service in mid 2006. Thomson, well...
MUMBAI: British Telecom (BT) has inked a deal with Endemol to license programming and develop cutting-edge interactive content for its next-generation TV offering. Endemol will work...
MUMBAI: The Internet appears to be the threshold of new technology these days, and the future of TV may be in its hands. A recent survey...
MUMBAI: Interactive Broadband Consulting Group (IBB), a consulting firm advising top management in the broadband-related sectors of cable, mobile, technology and digital media took part in...
MUMBAI: UTStarcom, Inc., a global player in IP-based, end-to-end networking solutions and services, has announced contracts with China Telecom to deploy its RollingStream(TM) end-to-end IPTV solution...
NEW DELHI: The 12th BES Expo 2006 kicked off here today with this year’s theme being `Broadcast Trends: Reaching the Unreached.’ The Expo runs from 9...
MUMBAI: Airborne Entertainment, which provides and publishes mobile entertainment content and applications, has announced a deal with Harmony Gold in the US to bring the anime...
MUMBAI: Broadband connections in India have touched just one million, way behind the government’s target of three million for December 2005. Internet subscriber base, however, has...
MUMBAI: SecureMedia, the US-based provider of conditional access and digital rights management (CA/DRM) software solutions for video content delivery over IP networks, has announced that it...
MUMBAI: Senior Star India executives and representatives from Cable Operators and Distributors Association (CODA) met today to resolve issues relating to Star One and direct-to-home (DTH)...
MUMBAI: Harmonic Inc. announced that direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television provider DirecTV, Inc. has selected the DiviCom MV 100 standard definition encoder for new MPEG-4 AVC (H.264)...
MUMBAI: HFCL Infotel Ltd.(HITL), a private telephony operator in Punjab, is planning to invest Rs 6 billion over the next two years for offering a convergence...
MUMBAI: Communications services provider Nortel and Vodafone Spain will be demonstrating mobile calls at 3.6 megabits per second at the 3GSM World Congress 2006 in Barcelona,...
MUMBAI: The Korean Broadcasting Commission (KBC) will present Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) technology at the Broadcast Engineering Society (BES) EXPO 2006, to be held in New...
MUMBAI: Nortel Networks and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. are setting up a joint venture to develop ultra broadband access solutions that will carry video content. The...
MUMBAI: Accelerating its expansion into broadband programming, Medialink Worldwide Incorporated launched a suite of consumer services that delivers client content in multiple formats to the public...
MUMBAI: DirecTV, Inc. is continuously expanding the entertainment channels and services it provides to its more than 15 million customers. This expansion includes local and high...
MUMBAI: Tata-Sky has teamed up with NDS Group Plc in order to deploy NDS solutions to support and provide range of digital and interactive TV services,...
MUMBAI: Even as Tata Sky is gearing up for launch of its direct-to-home (DTH) service by June, cable operators are feeling the heat of competition. “DTH...
BANGALORE: ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has renewed the subscription contract to distribute the channels on the Dish TV DTH platform. The deal is for two years...
MUMBAI: PCCW has announced that its broadband platform in Hong Kong now Broadband TV’s customer base has topped the half million mark more than a month...
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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
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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...
