NEW DELHI: Television aggregators were today given a period of one week to give any recommendations they may have on the regulations relating to them issued...
MUMBAI: TheOneAlliance (TOA) has elevated Makarand Palekaras to executive VP – sales and strategy for its joint venture network TheOneAlliance – MSMD. With over 17 years...
MUMBAI: Social Wavelength, one of India’s largest social media agencies has now brought in Vijay Sankaran to head the Digital Strategy and Planning department. Vijay comes...
MUMBAI: On the one hand, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is putting the squeeze on broadcasters. On the other, the ministry of information and...
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court today refused to stay the operation of the ordinance asking private sports channels to share live feed of cricket and...
Some like it; some don’t. But there’s no denying that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai)-mandated pay channel prices in CAS areas (Rs 5 for...
In business as in life, timing is everything. And despite all the expected noises from the government (state elections are due in Kolkata after all) and...
NEW DELHI: Concerned about slow uptake of broadband in the country, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today suggested that the government review some of...
NEW DELHI: The second phase of FM radio is all set to roll in India with the government today issuing the tender notice on the website...
MUMBAI: Nagravision, the international independent provider of value-added content protection solutions, and Microsoft Corp., one of the leading players in software, services and solutions, today announced...
BANGALORE: Telecom major Alcatel and the Center for the Development of Telematics (C-DOT) have formed a joint venture to design and develop products related to broadband...
Circa: 2004. Characteristic of his verbosity, information and broadcasting minister Jaipal Reddy had mentioned in Parliament that he’s “dusting” the Broadcast Bill that he had tabled...
MUMBAI: Satellite operator Arianespace has announced that its Ariane 5 ECA launcher has successfully orbited two satellites. They are the Xtar-EUR communications satellite for operator XTAR,...
MUMBAI: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is contemplating approaching the court on the issue of Set Discovery distribution platform ignoring its directions on resuming the...
MUMBAI: Multi system operators (MSOs) have expressed to the Telcom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) their support to the supply of content on a ‘must-provide’ and...
MUMBAI: Broadcasters are using the might of the big cable networks to drive revenue growth from subscription business in a price regulated and highly fragmented cable...
MUMBAI: One of the brand building initiatives that AXN has done over the last couple of years in India is organise ground events. It started in...
NEW DELHI: Telecom regulatory Authority of India today came out with a draft of the inter-connect regulations. TRAI had, on 1 October, sent its recommendations on...
MUMBAI: After weeks of test runs, Discovery Networks India today announced the formal launch of Discovery Travel & Living, India’s first 24-hour international lifestyle channel. Aimed...
MUMBAI: Gay Paris. This is not just a line that applies figuratively anymore as France today welcomed the country’s first cable and satellite TV station aimed...
MUMBAI: Saddled with bad debts and a “dud” investment on conditional access system (CAS), leading multi system operator IndusInd Media & Communications (IMC) has done a...
NEW DELHI: Broadcast and cable regulator, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), may have come out with its recommendations, but Star India, for one, feels...
MUMBAI: The stage is set for the 1 November launch of StarOne, the most ambitious channel offering from India’s lead broadcast network. With StarOne’s launch, the...
MUMBAI: Even as Walt Disney is working overtime to have everything in place for what now looks increasingly like a year-end coming out party for its...
NEW DELHI: The Broadcast and cable regulator – Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) – will issue a draft of the interconnection agreements in a day...
NEW DELHI: The broadcast and cable regulator, which was slated to issue an order on inter-connect agreements late this week, has held it back owing to...
MUMBAI: Bangla channel Tara Bangla will present the Zandu Panchrishta Jatin Lalit live in concert on 9 October at Science City auditorium from 6 pm to...
MUMBAI: The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), an apex body of broadcasting companies, will soon submit before the information & broadcasting ministry its viewpoint on the recent...
MAMBA: From 2 October, Miditech-produced show Wheels will return on BBC World with a brand new look. Along with Miditech’s team of enthusiastic new presenters, the...
MUMBAI: European cable and satellite companies will have to convince nearly 232 million households that TV is worth paying for if they are to lure audiences...
NEW DELHI: Cable and broadcast regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) may have to amend its tariff order dated 1 October 2004 to tackle the...
MUMBAI: While Discovery is all set to bring in another channel Discovery Travel and Living on 18 October National Geographic is looking at addressability coming into...
MUMBAI: On Sky Digital’s front, news is that the digital platform has discontinued four Arabic TV channels. The news came as a surprise as no announcements...
MUMBAI: Broadcasters are weighing the impact of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s recommendations. Of foremost concern is the suggestion that pay channels launched after December...
NEW DELHI: Broadcast and cable regulator, Trai, is expected to recommend a 5-8 per cent annual hike in the cable TV prices, in line with the...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: The cable and broadcast regulator has finally released its long awaited recommendations on the “Issues relating to Broadcasting and Distribution of TV...
NEW DELHI: Contrary to speculations and expectations – the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), it seems is unlikely to make a definitive recommendation on introduction...
NEW DELHI: Broadcast and cable sector regulator is giving the government various options to choose from in the case of conditional access system and pricing control....
NEW DELHI: The Hong Kong-based Media Partners Asia (MPA) has been selected by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) as one of the consultants and...
NEW DELHI: Planning Commission, a government think-tank on economic issues, has set up two cells to look into the issues of infrastructure and regulatory mechanism in...
MUMBAI: Despite indications to the contrary, India’s broadcast and cable regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), looks to be making a move on. The Trai...
NEW DELHI: All those in the industry that have been waiting for India’s broadcast and cable regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), to come out...
MUMBAI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of india (Trai) has brought out a Consultation Paper on issues relating to community radio. The Consultation Paper covers the following...
NEW DELHI: Content on the idiot-box and its regulation may have become a hot issue (no pun intended here), but a parliamentary panel has shot down...
MUMBAI: The CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) Development Group (CDG) has recommended to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) that the PCS1900 spectrum be allocated...
MUMBAI: Fashion TV, that niche channel that has been lying low for a while, is readying for a splash with on-ground line extensions that should see...
MUMBAI: The Times of India Group having plans to enter into the television arena for quite some time has begun major recruitment drive for key positions....
NEW DELHI: The Indian government expects that the broadcast and cable regulator would submit a favourable recommendation within “a few days” on making available TV channels...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Broadcast and cable regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has set the ball rolling for the second phase of privatization of FM radio...
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, in its recommendations on private FM radio released today, has suggested a new licensing regime consisting of a...

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