MUMBAI: To say that BBC is bullish on Asia would be stating the obvious. Continuing to mark its presence in the region, BBC Worldwide has become...
NEW DELHI: The government has set a target of providing nine million broadband connections by this year end and 20 million connections by the end of...
MUMBAI: MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. announced that RigNet Pte Ltd global provider of managed communications solutions to the oil and gas industry had signed an...
NEW DELHI: Even as the Indian Eleven left for the West Indies for the World Cup, the Zee network has launched a cricket website, www.zeecric.com, to...
BANGALORE: Tata Indicom today announced the national launch of the ultra slim Motofone F3c on the CDMA platform in Bangalore today based on Qualcomm’s QSC 6010...
MUMBAI: The Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) and the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (Casbaa) are pleased to announce details of the first Electronic Media...
MUMBAI: The US based Motricity, which provides mobile content services and solutions has announced the completion of $50 million in equity funding from Carl Icahn, through...
NEW DELHI: Hailing the country‘s telecom sector as “one of the biggest success stories of market oriented reforms”, the Economic Survey of India, tabled in the...
NEW DELHI: The Government has formulated a proposal to establish 100,000 Common service Centres (CSCs) in rural areas, which will serve not only as the front-end...
MUMBAI: From being a virtually non-existent market in 2003, the IP video test and measurement market saw significant growth in 2005. New analysis from Frost &...
MUMBAI: Sharp India has launched its latest range of AQUOS Full-Spec High Definition Televisions (HDTV). The firm says that the television sets employ LCD panels made...
MUMBAI: Sky Television, New Zealand‘s pay television company, in conjunction with TNS, the global market information specialist, and NDS, provider of technology solutions for digital pay...
MUMBAI: Video sharing site YouTube, Inc. and the National Basketball Association (NBA) have launched Post Up the NBA on the new NBA Channel on YouTube. The...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster National Geographic has launched the National Geographic Talk Abroad Travel Phone. It has ben designed specifically for the needs of the traveling public....
MUMBAI: The total size of the television hardware market in Asia measures at nearly $22 billion GfK Asia has released its 2006 year end pan Asian...
MUMBAI: Hewlett-Packard (HP) India has introduced the HP Pavilion tx1000 Entertainment Notebook PC. It has what the company calls a ‘twist and touch’ screen. the aim...
MUMBAI: Qualcomm, a developer of code division multiple access (CDMA) technology for mobile communications, has announced the selection of winners for its $ 1 million wireless...
MUMBAI: The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in the UK has ordered that country‘s media watchdog Ofcom to investigate pay TV service provider BSkyB‘s purchase...
MUMBAI: Sci Fi Channel, an NBC Universal network, is teaming up with Sir Richard Branson‘s Virgin Comics to create a co-branded multimedia partnership called Sci Fi/Virgin...
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) today upheld the tariff of Rs 5 per channel fixed by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai)...
MUMBAI: Indiagames, online and mobile games company has signed on the World Cyber Games finalists to represent the brand as part of its ‘ Games on...
MUMBAI: The global distribution rights for the soon to be released movie Nishabd has been acquired by Eros International. The movie is directed by Ram Gopal...
NEW DELHI: Digitalization of cinema is vital in controlling the distribution and exhibition of cinema in digital format and safeguarding intellectual property since the Indian film...
NEW DELHI: Acknowledging that the major hurdle in digitization presently is the absence of digital receiver sets and the fact that about 45 per cent TV...
MUMBAI: Having finalised on Malaysia-based Astro as his 20 per cent equity partner, Sun network chairman and managing director Kalanithi Maran is preparing the ground to...
MUMBAI: Fox Interactive Media (FIM) in the US has bought ad technology firm Strategic Data Corporation. It is hoping to better leverage the data of its...
MUMBAI: According to a recent survey commissioned by Microsoft’s MSNGames, a casual gaming site, Americans are feeling more stressed out and starved for time than ever....
MUMBAI: DTH service providers Dishtv and Tata Sky will use the upcoming cricket World Cup to entice their viewers and increase subscription numbers. Dishtv has come...
MUMBAI: France has set a new benchmark for European digital television (DTV) policy. Strategy Analytics Broadband Media and Communications service has come out with a study...
MUMBAI: With the 79th Annual Academy Awards around the corner Excel Home Videos in association with Twentieth Century Fox, Walt Disney Home Entertainment and Merchant Ivory...
MUMBAI: The sales of media on the internet and cellphones are expected to rise 23 per cent over the next four years, according to a IBM...
NEW DELHI: Even as President A P J Abdul Kalam declared that the year 2007 will be the ‘Year of Broadband’, there are plans to increase...
NEW DELHI: Direct-To-Home (DTH) satellite TV operator Tata Sky has approached the Delhi High Court seeking directions to broadcaster Sun TV to share its feed. TataSky...
MUMBAI: Online marketplace eBay India, and Mandira Bedi have announced the launch of the eBay Cricket Mania campaign. This is a campaign for the two million...
: Played with passion! Followed with obsession! With the cricket World Cup scheduled to kick off in less than a month‘s time indya.com, which is running...
NEW DELHI: Appreciating the need for empowering the citizen with modern information technology, President APJ Abdul Kalam today announced that the year 2007 will be the...
NEW DELHI: A sub-group on ‘Going Digital‘, set up by the Planning Commission, has recommended that digital terrestrial transmission by Doordarshan should be launched with a...
MUMBAI: Tata Sky will take 5-7 years to break even and plans to further invest Rs 20 billion to ramp up its direct-to-home (DTH) business. “We...
MUMBAI: Kalanithi Maran‘s Sun Direct TV has secured government approval to induct 20 per cent foreign equity worth $150 million. Malaysia-based Astro is making the investment...
NEW DELHI: Broadcasters have expressed the hope that the government will ease the taxation structure for the initial three to five years and introduces policies that...
MUMBAI: Casbaa lauded the Philippines Department of Justice (DoJ) for its recommendation in filing of 12 criminal cases under the “information for copyright infringement” law against...
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has take up the demands of stakeholders in the broadcasting industry and recommended to the Finance Ministry...
BKN International AG signed an agreement with NASDAQ listed Digital Music Group (DMGI) to handle all USA and Canada digital rights for current and upcoming BKN...
MUMBAI: BT announced that it has been granted international long distance (ILD) and national long distance licenses (NLD) by the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India....
MUMBAI: Japanese media conglomerate Sony has announced that users of the PlayStation 3 will shortly be able to download Sony movies and television shows on their...
MUMBAI: US media conglomerate Viacom and broadcast-quality Internet television service Joost have announced that Viacom will be a key content partner. It will offer a range...
NEW DELHI: While demanding various reductions and exemptions of taxes and duties that would be beneficial for the media and broadcasting industry in general, the Confederation...
MUMBAI: XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. until now rivals in the US satellite radio industry, have agreed to combine in a...
MUMBAI: A survey of 22,000 European mobile users commissioned by Tellabs has revealed that a high percentage of early adopters of mobile TV and video services...
NEW DELHI: Many cable households are unhappy with repeated signal failure and Trai is now faced with the issue of what to do about enforcing Quality...