NEW DELHI: In a move aimed at sharpening its strategic focus, Dish TV has reappointed Gaurav Goel as chief strategy...
MUMBAI: Bharti Airtel has confirmed it is in discussions with the Tata group regarding a potential merger of their direct-to-home (DTH) operations. In a brief statement,...
MUMBAI: Just got my hands on Tata Play CEO Harit Nagpal’s tome Adapt – to Thrive, not just survive. I must say better late than never....
MUMBAI: Another media baron passes into the great beyond. Malayasian billionaire Ananda Krishnan who set up the successful pay TV platform Astro in Malaysia and established...
MUMBAI: Dish TV India is going to have a new chief financial officer (CFO) come 1 October 2024. Rajeev K Dalmia who is currently holding the...
MUMBAI: Dish TV, the DTH service provider has announced that director Jawahar Lal Goel has resigned from the board of the company. “Jawahar Lal Goel, Director…....
MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd, one of the leading content houses appoints Subhash Somani to head DTH business for the company. Prior to joining Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd,...
MUMBAI: Tata Sky has roped in Arun Unni as senior vice president – content. Unni steps into the shoes on Mukund Sharma, who recently resigned to...
MUMBAI: Tata Sky has roped in Arun Unni as senior vice president – content. Unni steps into the shoes on Mukund Sharma, who recently resigned to...
MUMBAI: Videocon d2h has appointed Himanshu Dhoreliya as content head. Reporting to CEO Anil Khera, he will be based in Videocon d2h’s Mumbai headquarters. Himanshu Dhoreliya comes to Videocon d2h with an...
MUMBAI: Direct to home (DTH) company Videocon d2h has named Saurabh Dhoot as executive chairman. In this newly created position as executive chairman, Dhoot will...
MUMBAI: While there may have been disruptive pricing and piracy issues that haunt the Indonesian pay TV market, the potential in the country is enormous. ...
MUMBAI: Sensing a strong business opportunity, Indian direct to home (DTH) operator Videocon d2h is augmenting a new strategy. With the number of High Definition (HD) channels set...
MUMBAI: Videocon has appointed Akshay Dhoot as head of technology. He brings in a fresh vision and energy towards the futuristic technology in the field of home appliances...
MUMBAI: Direct-to-Home (DTH) company Videocon d2h tied hands with Cisco AnyRes Live UHD Encoders to launch its 4K-enabled Ultra High Definition viewing experience. This is the...
MUMBAI: Direct to Home (DTH) operator Tata Sky has strengthened its top level management team. The company has brought on board Pallavi Puri as chief commercial...
MUMBAI: TheOneAlliance has roped in Subhadip Bhattacharyya as vice president sales to handle the DAS and analog business for North and East markets. Bhattacharyya will...
MUMBAI: In the season of movements, Dish TV president-project Rajiv Khattar has decided to move on from the direct to home (DTH) platform. Confirming the news...
MUMBAI: He has spent 10 long years at one of the leading DTH companies in India. Now, Tata Sky chief commercial officer (CCO) Vikram Mehra has...
MUMBAI: DTH operator Dish TV has appointed Sandeep Bajpai as the new vice president for marketing. Bajpai who took charge nearly two weeks ago, was earlier...
MUMBAI: DEN Networks has appointed Gaurav Tikoo as general manager, Brand to accelerate its transformation from a B2B business into a leading consumer facing digital cable...
MUMBAI: Pakistan will soon open its doors to direct-to-home (DTH). Pakistan’s minister for information and broadcasting and senator Muhammad Ali Durrani says that the ministry would...
MUMBAI: MagnaQuest is extending its subscriber billing solutions to Romania. The Hyderabad-based company has bagged a contract from DTH Television Group, Romania for providing its convergent...
MUMBAI: Dishtv, Subhash Chandra’s Essel Group-promoted DTH platform, has announced the launch of its movie-on-demand (MoD) service. The feature will offer two movies per week, allowing...
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: The Dutch television network Talpa TV has cancelled a TV show based on the daily life of a porn star, deeming it unsuitable for a...
MUMBAI: NBC Universal’s new network Sleuth has announced carriage deals with satellite platforms DirecTV and Dish Network this summer. Sleuth, the 24-hour crime, mystery and suspense...
MUMBAI: Pakistani broadcaster ARY Digital TV Network, which already runs the hugely successful ARY Digital channel has begun tests of two new channels ARY One World...
MUMBAI: Dish TV has unveiled the ‘Dish Freedom Package’ plan, which promises viewers 40 channels without having to pay monthly subscription fee. “The subscribers of the...
MUMBAI: Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is planning to launch Insat -4C in April, the satellite which Sun Group has booked for its direct-to-home (DTH) venture....
MUMBAI: American pay TV network Dish has ended its contract with women’s network Lifetime which runs two channels. Dish TV’s parent Echostar was not able to...
MUMBAI: US pay TV service provider DirecTV has announced that it has begun offering local high-definition (HD) channels via satellite to New York. This is being...
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: 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: 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...
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...
NEW DELHI: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today evening okayed pubcaster Doordarshan’s forays into KU-band direct-to-home (DTH) television service and gave a nod to...
CANNES: News Corp president and chief operating officer supported and defended the group’s proposal to put Star Asia boss James Murdoch at the helm at BSkyB...
NEW DELHI: Having managed to sew up a suitable deal and partner for Star News, the Rupert Murdoch’s pan-Asian media venture Star Group Ltd has now...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government is contemplating whether pubcaster Prasar Bharati, which manages the affairs of Doordarshan and All India Radio, can be given some concession...
NEW DELHI: If the news channel was not enough of a pain for Star, the government today admitted in Parliament that Space TV’s application for direct-to-home...
MUMBAI: While Zee continues to meander in soft launch terrain and Star’s Space TV is up in the air, it may well be India’s not-so-friendly neighbour...
NEW DELHI: India’s pubcaster Prasar Bharati Corporation, which has said that Doordarshan is planning a KU-band direct-to-home (DTH) television service foray, will form a consortium with...
MUMBAI: A JP Morgan report concludes that direct to home services (DTH) could suffer and are unlikely to commence in the medium term. The JP Morgan...
NEW DELHI: Cold water has been poured over the expectations of Star and Zee-ASC combine if they thought the government would move away from its promised...
NEW DELHI: The Subhash Chandra controlled ASC Enterprises, which has sought a license from the Indian government to operate a direct-to-home (DTH) television venture, has requested...
The Prasar Bharati board yesterday gave the corporation the go-ahead to explore a DTH service in partnership with non-broadcasters. The corporation is believed to be exploring...
NEW DELHI: For those broadcasters and media companies who were thinking that the Indian government would relax and / or review the DTH policy guidelines, there...
Urmila Gupta, one of the last executives brought in by former Star TV India head honcho R. Basu, has quit the company. Gupta was in charge...