MUMBAI: Investors appeared optimistic and cautious at the same time about Web 2.0, in a panel discussion held yesterday as part of IAMAI‘s Web 2.0 conference,...
BANGALORE: O2 introduced a PDA multimedia phone in New Delhi today – the Xda Atom Life. The idea behind the new offering is a concept of...
MUMBAI: Delegates and government officials attending the 18th Casbaa Satellite Industry Forum 2007 in June were warned that the unconsidered deployment of planned wireless broadband technologies...
SINGAPORE: Every operator is trying to figure out how mobile phone consumers consume TV. At the Mobile TV Forum at BroadcastAsia, TU Media laid out some...
SINGAPORE: Traditional radio stations cannot afford to ignore digitilisation. At the same time they should embrace new media rather than fight it. Unique personality and branding...
SINGAPORE: HD radio technology can be low cost, easy to implement and an effective solution for all broadcast organisations, said iBiquity Digital Corporation’s P. V. Priestley...
MUMBAI: Hindi portal webdunia.com has revamped its site and added nine languages to the existing five. The portal is now available in Unicode. Earlier the content...
MUMBAI: Telecom service provider Bharti Airtel and mobile media technology firm Affle have announced a partnership to make the revolutionary SMS 2.0 service available to all...
MUMBAI: Motorola, Inc. has announced the launch of the Motorokr Z6, the latest music-optimised handset to hit India. The Rokr Z6 merges the latest music features...
MUMBAI: Mobile2win, India‘s VAS enabler, hosted its first mobile Monday forum in Mumbai.The meet was attended by more than 60 professionals and enthusiasts from the Music,...
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and Verizon Wireless have launched God of War: Betrayal in the wireless game version of the popular Sony Computer Entertainment America...
SINGAPORE: User-generated content services are impacting the media landscape in a variety of interesting ways. There is an increasing convergence of UGC and professional content. It...
SINGAPORE: Mobile TV may be the latest media buzzword doing the rounds at Broadcast Asia in Singapore, but there are some key things that operators have...
SINGAPORE: With more delivery platforms being made available for content distribution, securing it is becoming important. Attempts at content protection in this digital era have been...
MUMBAI:Ofcom has conducted a Communications Market Special Report on ethnic minority groups (EMGs) in the UK that suggest that they are among the most enthusiastic and...
BANGALORE: Yahoo! has signed a deal with Idea Cellular (ICL) in India, in a new partnership that will focus on distribution of Yahoo! mobile search service....
MUMBAI: Google owned video sharing service YouTube will soon expand its presence in nine other countries by translating into their native languages. The website will currently...
MUMBAI: Microsoft today announced the introduction of Sponsored Spaces across the region, including in India. Sponsored Spaces is a new ad platform that allows advertisers to...
SINGAPORE: A status report on the mobile TV market in Singapore was presented at the mobile TV forum in Broadcast Asia. There are trials being conducted...
NEW DELHI: Lectures are to be telecast for two hours everyday from the studios of the Vishveswaraiah Technological University (VTU) Studio in Bangalore following the launch...
SINGAPORE: Nokia is bullish about DVB-H and has been conducting trials for the past year. Speaking at the Mobile TV Forum at Broadcast today, Nokia‘s Pawan...
SINGAPORE: The global broadcast technology market is worth $11 billion and is set to grow at 11 per cent with the pace being set in Europe,...
SINGAPORE: Digitalisation allows for streamlining operations and enhances ability to manage content assets. This was the focus of Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) director, technical department...
MUMBAI: Minisode Network, the selection of episodes of hit TV shows from the Sony Pictures Television library, will soon be available for viewing by MySpace users....
SINGAPORE: Broadband Internet is the key growth engine in the 21st century. Content is also a key IT trend following infrastructure and platform. All IT technology...
MUMBAI: Disney-ABC International Television (Asia Pacific) hosted the Second Annual Digital Media Showcase in Asia Pacific with participation from the Walt Disney Internet Group, Disney Channel,...
MUMBAI: Yahoo Inc. has appointed co-founder Jerry Yang as CEO. He replaces chairman and chief executive Terry Semel, after pressure from investors for a management shake-up....
MUMBAI: In what could be a major blow to the high-definition DVD format, the online movie rental service Blockbuster Inc. has announced that it will rent...
MUMBAI: Commercial satellite service provider Intelsat Ltd. has signed a multi-year contract with space segment and transmission service provider Vista Satellite Communications, Inc. Under the agreement,...
MUMBAI: Twelve young creative programmers – part of a Delhi-based start up – have created the Nivio, the “world‘s first Windows based online desktop” which helps...
MUMBAI: Sony will start shipping its web-to-TV device in July through the Bravia internet video link. Bravia will stream free video over a broadband connection to...
MUMBAI: Yash Raj Films (YRF) will leverage Microsoft‘s DRM (Digital Rights Management) platform to offer song video downloads of select catalogue titles through its website. The...
MUMBAI: News Corp is buying a stake in Australian web video firm Roo. Ruper Murdoch’s media conglomerate is initially taking a five per cent stake, which...
MUMBAI: OpenTV, which provides solutions for the delivery of digital and interactive television, has announced availability of the OpenTV Integrated Browser validation platform on Windows XP...
MUMBAI: New York based Wicks Broadcast Solutions (WBS) has announced its merger with Marketron International. WBS CEO Pete D‘Acosta will remain as CEO of the new...
MUMBAI: Granada International has concluded a non-exclusive three-year volume deal with Orange for SVOD and VOD in France. Orange‘s VOD services are available via set-top box,...
MUMBAI: Mobile phone major Nokia has filed patent counter assertions against Qualcomm in a Texas Court. The filing relates to Qualcomm‘s unauthorised use of six Nokia...
NEW DELHI: The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN) is to get a director to handle the infrastructure and respond speedily to complaints and situations. ...
MUMBAI: Rapidly rising broadband penetration in North America has set the stage for increased demand and rapid growth of premium or paid online content applications such...
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. ...
MUMBAI: JupiterResearch, which focusses on the impact of the Internet and emerging consumer technologies on business, has found that globally the Internet continues to rival TV...
MUMBAI: Apple Inc. is in talks with major Hollywood studios to launch a movie rental service. It already offers movies for download and purchase via its...
MUMBAI: Indiagames Ltd. has launched two more massively multiplayer online games (MMORPG) with Sify (Access Media) under the titles ‘Gunbound‘ and ‘Rakion‘. The launch is in...
NEW DELHI:The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will be holding Open House Discussions (OHD) in Jaipur (4 July ), Hyderabad (13 July), Kolkata (10 July)...
MUMBAI: Direct-to-home operators have lined up free subscription offers in a bid to acquire subscribers. Tata Sky has just announced a special promotional offer ‘1pe3 2pe5‘...
MUMBAI: Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, is showcasing a wide range of broadcast workflow solutions at the Broadcast Asia 2007 exhibition and...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster HBO is committed to making all 26 feeds of its HBO and Cinemax multiplex channels available in high-definition. The rollout will begin later...
MUMBAI: Sports technology firm Deltatre has announced an extension to its long-term relationship with football‘s governing body Fifa following the launch of a revamped Fifa.com. Deltatre...
MUMBAI: Tessera Technologies, Inc. has announced OptiML WLC also known as OptiuL WLC, a new wafer-level camera. This technology is yet another introduction in the range...
MUMBAI: Blockbuster Inc., the online movie rental service, is offering lower priced plans as it competes with Netflix Inc. Analysts say this move could well make...