MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Co. will test a “watch-and-chat” feature next week on its ABC Family Channel Web site that lets groups of viewers watch TV...
MUMBAI: Cablevision Systems Corp. has lost a legal battle against several Hollywood studios and television networks to introduce a network-based digital video recorder service to its...
NEW DELHI: President APJ Abdul Kalam laid out his vision for the Commonwealth Connect programme at Vigyan Bhavan here today, stressing the call of the hour...
MUMBAI: National economic gains from a new approach to investment in cable TV infrastructure could deliver a 54.6 billion rupee ($1.2 billion) increase in economic activity...
NEW DELHI: Foreign direct investment in telecommunications is to be raised from 49 per cent to 74 per cent and the Press Note 5 of 2005...
NEW DELHI: Business deals worth over $ 100 million were inked during the ‘15th Convergence India 2007‘ which also saw the launch of a wide arena...
MUMBAI: The push for change is coming from all angles as the cable TV sector in India is caught in the wave of digitalisation. Rajan Raheja-promoted...
MUMBAI: Private equity funds are eyeing investment opportunities into cable networks in India. Citigroup Venture Capital International-owned You Telecom India Pvt Ltd wants to acquire up...
NEW DELHI: A new business plan was being formulated to improve the revenues from Doordarshan’s DTH service DD Direct but this would not mean any extra...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan will switch over to the recently-launched Indian satellite Insat-4B with effect from June One for its direct-to-home DD Direct service, and has been...
MUMBAI: Vivodi Telecommunications and Disney‘s Buena Vista international Television (BVITV) have concluded a multi-year video-on-demand (VoD) movie rental agreement in Greece, marking the first Disney VoD...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati CEO BS Lalli today formally announced that Doordarshan has been beaming four channels for mobile phones and these can be viewed with...
NEW DELHI: A heated meeting between the sector regulator, MSOs and broadcasters, which first saw the MSOs take a beating, ended with the regulator asking the...
NEW DELHI: Two new software items were launched by an Indian entrepreneur, ‘One 97’, Mobicast (Mobile Broad Cast) and Video SMS, for the first time in...
MUMBAI: BroadcastAsia, digital multimedia and entertainment technology event is set to kick off one again at the Singapore Expo from 19-22 June showcasing the latest digital...
NEW DELHI: Kangaroo TV has announced the first commercial launch of the system in all the F1 races, allowing viewers to “see everything” and even ride...
NEW DELHI: The Government has denied any shortage of set top boxes (STBs) for the conditional access system (Cas) but admitted complaints are received from time...
NEW DELHI: Much in keeping with the demands of both MSOs and DTH operators, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has taken the first step...
MUMBAI: Online search major Yahoo! has expanded the reach of the new Yahoo! oneSearch service to the Mobile Web in the US. Yahoo! oneSearch reinvents search...
MUMBAI: UK media regulator Ofcom has announced that it will investigate the pay TV market. This includes obtaining information from market participants. Ofcom had received a...
MUMBAI: ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has announced specialised value Packs for its Mobile ESPN service in India. The specialised packs have been designed for the sports...
MUMBAI: Telecom service provider Hutch has announced the first of its kind phone back up service for its customers. Hutch customers subscribing to this service no...
MUMBAI: The global television trade event MipTV takes in place in Cannes, France next month. It has announced the 25 finalists for the second edition of...
MUMBAI: Rainbow HD Holdings LLC (Voom HD), a subsidiary of Rainbow Media Holdings LLC and PCCW Ltd, IPTV multichannel video operator, have inked a carriage agreement...
MUMBAI: Webaroo has launched a mobile software application that delivers fast, free and always-on access to web content on mobile phones throughout the world. The software...
MUMBAI: Google today announced the appointment of Shailesh Rao as managing director, sales and operations for Google India. Based in New Delhi, Rao will manage Google‘s...
MUMBAI: Dish TV is planning to pump in Rs 10 billion over the next two and a half years as it wants to aggressively ramp up...
MUMBAI: The Pentagram music video ‘Voice‘ was exclusively premiered on international music and lifestyle channel VH1 on 17 March. The video for the Indi rock band‘s...
NEW DELHI: Former Indian ambassador to the United States Abid Hussain said today that India had emerged as a power by breaking the aristocracy of knowledge...
NEW DELHI: The Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (Casbaa) concluded its seminar on challenges of satellite broadcasting on a highly disturbed note, saying that...
MUMBAI: vJive Networks, a strategic business unit of Digital Music India (P) Ltd, announced that Subhiksha, the recent entrant in the retail segment will deploy integrated...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster Discovery has announced that Bruce Campbell is its president, digital media, emerging networks and business development. Campbell is currently NBC Universal executive VP...
MUMBAI: A few days ago a Digital Intermediate and Film Restoration Seminar was organized by Shemaroo. The firm also launched its new studio facility exactly performing...
NEW DELHI: Though one mobile TV enabled digital terrestrial transmitter has been running for some days now, Prasar Bharati‘s digitalisation programme has been pushed back because...
NEW DELHI: In a significant pronouncement, the Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal today passed an interim order directing Sun TV to stream its signals on an...
MUMBAI: At the fifth International Conference on Communications Convergence that was organised by the Indian Merchants Chamber (IMC) one of the sessions looked at the globalisation...
MUMBAI: Malayalam language satellite Amrita TV is making its content available to channels across the world. Amrita TV claims to have a rich bouquet of...
MUMBAI: In a third and final orbit-raising operation, Insat-4B has been successfully placed in near-geosynchronous orbit. In yesterday’s manoeuvre, conducted from Master Control Facility (MCF) at...
MUMBAI: On the second day of the fifth International Conference on Communications Convergence being organised by the Indian Merchants Chamber (IMC), one of the opening sessions...
MUMBAI: As a developing nation, India has only recently discovered the bountiful prospects that digital technology brings in its wake. Providing a forum and a platform...
NEW DELHI: With the Government stressing on increasing broadband connectivity and facilitating convergence of technologies, one more meet on the subject – the 15th Convergence India...
NEW DELHI: While denying that millions of poor families would be deprived of entertainment as a result of implementation of the Conditional Access System, the Government...
MUMBAI: At the fifth International Conference on Communications Convergence being organised by the Indian Merchants Chamber (IMC) Maharashtra minister for finance and planning Jayantrao Patil says...
MUMBAI: The fifth International Conference on Communications Convergence kicked off today in Mumbai. The event is being organised by the Indian Merchants Chamber (IMC). One of...
NEW DELHI: MTNL, country‘s leading Telecom Serviceprovider has once again headed forward for a mobile cause and adding zing to the Cricket World Cup 2007. The...
MUMBAI:Punjab cellular operator Spice Telecom announced the launch of a new application around World Cup called the Cricket Genie. The application will allow Spice‘s pre paid...
MUMBAI: Visiware has announced that Playin’TV has been awarded “Best interactive television game service” on EchoStar‘s Dish Network. “We are very proud to receive the...
NEW DELHI: Well into the third month of mandated Cas rolling out in the designated areas of Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata, broadcasters say they are increasingly...
NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati has still to receive the report of the technical sub-group set up by the Union Cabinet on the issue of setting encryption...
MUMBAI: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has further raised the orbit of its recently launched communications satellite Insat-4B. In the second orbit raising manoeuvre conducted...