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MUMBAI: Hathway Cable & Datacom is scaling up its digital cable television services. The Rajan Raheja promoted multi system operator (MSO) is expanding its services to...
MUMBAI: Essel Group promoted Dish TV has signed an agreement to distribute Malayalam channel Indiavision on its direct-to-home (DTH) platform. With this, Dish TV will be...
MUMBAI: Not “in a day or two” but in a few hours is how it finally panned out. The information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry this evening...
MUMBAI: The UK is leading the race to switch-off its analogue TV signal. As European regulators consider imposing a universal switch-off date, new research from Informa...
NEW DELHI: Country’s first free DTH service – DD Direct Plus- operated by pubcaster Doordarshan has claimed that 150,000 boxes have been sold till now, even...
MUMBAI: Dubai headquartered Geo TV, the flagship channel from the Pakistan-based Jang group of media companies, has now decided to spread it wings and is eyeing...
MUMBAI: In what appears to be a test case for the broadcast regulator’s diktat on providing content to all platforms on a nondiscriminatory basis, Dish TV...
NEW DELHI: It’s action time at the Subhash Chandra-controlled Zee Telefilms. The network not only has gone in for a complete makeover, including logos, but has...
MUMBAI: At a function last evening CII-KPMG released a report titled Focus 2010-Dreams to Reality. The report focuses on film, television, radio and music. As far...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Sun Group has applied for a direct-to-home (DTH) license, planning to enter an arena already occupied by Subhash Chandra’s Dish TV. Also planning to...
NEW DELHI: News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch today held one of the longest meetings with a representative of the Indian Government, information and broadcast minister Jaipal...
HONG KONG: Waiting to exhale. That could well describe the story for the Star Group’s having to exercise Buddha-like patience over the Indian government’s lack of...
NEW DELHI: Loral Skynet, subsidiary of the US-based Loral Space & Communications, is now targeting India with its IP-led services and feels that the country’s DTH...
MUMBAI: With the aim of expanding its programme lineup and maximising bandwidth efficiency Nanjing Radio and Television Network has done a deal with BigBand Networks which...
NEW DELHI: Dish TV, India’s first Direct-to-Home (DTH) service, has given football lovers in India cause to celebrate as it has added two ‘lifestyle football’ channels,...
NEW DELHI: Those technologies like broadband and DTH are important for India can be gauged from the fact they find references in the Economic Survey and...
MUMBAI: Dubai-based Arab Digital Distribution (ADD) is planning to launch its Pehla Navratna bouquet of nine South Indian channels in March. The Direct to Home (DTH)...
NEW DELHI: DD Direct Plus, Indian pubcaster Doordarshan’s DTH service, is gaining popularity with sales of set-top boxes zooming to over 700,000, according to latest figures...
MUMBAI: News Corp owned digital pay-TV technology encryption specialist NDS reported a 17 per cent increase in second quarter net profit (to 31 December) at $30.3...
MUMBAI: Aastha Broadcasting Network is planning to launch its international spiritual channel Aastha on the direct-to-home (DTH) platform in the UK market. This follows the channel...
MUMBAI: Teleport Access Services, Inc. (TAS) launched a Multiple Channels per Carrier (MCPC) digital television and radio platform on AsiaSat 4 satellite’s Ku-band Australasia beam to...
NEW DELHI: Even though the government said today that it is planning a legislation to address concerns relating to DTH services in the country, it avoided...
MUMBAI: The public issue of Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited, publishers of the Deccan Chronicle English broadsheet, closed today. The IPO, comprising 8.01 million shares, was oversubscribed...
MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms Ltd (ZTL) plans to invest Rs 1 billion in its wholly owned subsidiary Siticable over the next one year to further expand its...
NEW DLHI: A delay in the formal launch — or dedication to the nation, as Prasar Bharati would like to put it — of pubcaster Doodrashan’s...
NEW DELHI: It seems that the Tata-Star combine may have to wait for some more time before it can lay its hands on a letter of...
NEW DELHI: Indian pubcaster Doordarshan’s proposed DTH television venture is becoming a bit of a joke with a prolonged delay in launching the KU-band service increasingly...
MUMBAI: Tam is ready to measure telivision ratings on any delivery platform – direct-to-home (DTH), broadband or conditional access system (Cas). Once a minimum penetration level...
MUMBAI: Zee Telefilms today announced the official launch of three specialist movie channels – Premiere, Action and Classic Cinema – on cable networks. Aimed at being...
MUMBAI: The DirecTV Group and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation announced yesterday that they are consolidating their pay platforms in Latin America through a series of deals...
NEW DELHI: Indian pubcaster Prasar Bharati’s gains relating to Indian cricket rights may end up also benefiting Dish TV, the country’s first KU-band DTH service promoted...
NEW DELHI: Indian pubcaster Doordarshan’s KU-band television services foray, it seems, hinges on the government okaying a proposal to allow private satellite channels to come on...
NEW DELHI: A public interest litigation (PIL) on direct-to-home TV services that clouds the sector with uncertianities notwithstanding, Dish TV has said it would now target...
MUMBAI: Hathway Cable Internet has launched a high-speed broadband package- Hathway 256 kbps for Rs. 750 per month. The package introduces high speed surfing at the...
MUMBAI: While in India Zee’s Direct To Home (DTH) platform Dish TV is adding customers everyday in Europe where the market is well developed the situation...
MUMBAI: DirecTV Group Inc. has agreed to acquire Pegasus Communications Corp.’s (PGTV) bankrupt satellite-television business for $875 million. The Pegasus Satellite Television provides DirecTV’s DTH services...
NEW DELHI: The present Congress-led coalition Indian government has an “open mind” on news on FM radio and foreign investment cap in news and DTH ventures....
NEW DELHI: With a launch date still not fixed, a certain section in Doordarshan now thinks that starting a free Ku-band direct-to-home (DTH) TV service is...
NEW DELHI: Zee Telefilms and ASC Enterprise-promoted Dish TV, India’s first KU-band DTH televisions service, will hop on to NSS-6 from an Insat satellite in July....
MUMBAI: Alcatel has signed a contract with China Satellite Communication (Chinasat). As per this the French communications solutions provider will design and produce a new-generation communications...
HONG KONG: Digital. The entertainment industry is rapidly swinging to the beat of this trend. Hence it was no surprise that the Filmart 2004 conference in...
MUMBAI: Intelsat today announced that they have inked a new five-year contract with Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN). Intelsat will provide MTN with additional capacity to expand...
MUMBAI: For the fourth consecutive year, Echostar and its pay TV service the Dish Network ranked above the competition for customer satisfaction among satellite and cable...
MUMBAI: EchoStar Communications Corporation recently announced that its Dish Network satellite television services had added ET News, ET Global, ET Drama, Yoyo TV, ET China, and...
NEW DELHI: India’s pubcaster Doordarshan, looking at launching a direct-to-home (DTH) television service in the third week of June, is hopeful that most of the popular...
MUMBAI: Smile TV, the niche comedy channel that made its appearance on Zee’s DTH platform Dish TV late last year, is now being made available through...
NEW DELHI: The countdown to the launch of DTH services by pubcaster Prasar Bharati was upped a notch today after the pubcaster signed a memorandum of...
NEW DELHI: Having managed to gain a toehold in the market, Dish TV, the first KU-band DTH service in the country, is now looking at expanding...
NEW DELHI: The sceptics can gulp. The ASC Enterprise and Zee combine promoted Dish TV direct-to-home (DTH) KU-band television service has signed a deal with ESPN...
MUMBAI: Star’s Indian DTH platform is a priority for newly appointed Group chief executive Michelle Guthrie, as is “getting paid for the subs (subscribers) we aren’t...
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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