MUMBAI: Disney-ABC Television Group‘s ABC News Now channel will soon launch on Dish TV, the direct-to-home platform. This is the first deal outside of United States...
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) has announced the imminent arrival of its first three 50GB dual-layer Blu-ray Discs (BD). The comedy Click, starring Golden Globe...
MUMBAI:The Rajan Raheja promoted Hathway Cable & Datacom has teamed up with the dominant cable operator in Jhansi and launched services under the name Hathway JMD...
MUMBAI: With the champiopns trophy in cricket kicking off today Spice Telecom a cellular operator in Punjab has plans to offer value added services for cricket...
MUMBAI: Nielsen Entertainment today released its third annual Active Gamer Benchmark Study in the US. This shows that the social elements of video games are becoming...
MUMBAI: Brad Greenspan, who is one of the founders of the social networking site Myspace.com, has issued an online report at Freemyspace.com that details how Intermix...
MUMBAI: A few days ago France Telecom and Motorola publicly demonstrated an innovative Network Controlled Seamless Mobility. This is one of the results of the companies’...
MUMBAI: Zone Mobile, the new mobile division of Zonemedia (formerly known as Zone Vision Networks) has appointed UK mobile media company 3 to distribute Zone Reality’s...
MUMBAI: The GSM Association (GSMA) has announced the six finalists for the first Asia Mobile Innovation Awards, a competition for young, small and start up companies...
MUMBAI: The government‘s CAS rollout plan continues apace. All the major MSOs today received “CAS authorisations” from the sector regulator, which clears the way for the...
MUMBAI: Buena Vista Games, Inc. has Desperate Housewives: The Game is now available at retail stores throughout the United States. Desperate Housewives: The Game is a...
NEW DELHI: From “let there be voluntary CAS” to “if you must mandate CAS stay out of the pricing mechanism”. That could well sum up how...
MUMBAI: Acting on expected lines, broadcasters have finally taken legal recourse against the Rs 5 tariff that the sector regulator had set as the price for...
MUMBAI: Mobile data services are the next wave of growth for the mobile communications industry amid the increasingly saturated subscriber base. While messaging will continue to...
MUMBAI: In order to expanding its network and channel brands across multiple platforms and connecting viewers with their favorite shows anytime and anywhere, the Disney-ABC Television...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster Fox has launched FOX on Demand. This aims to bring full episodes of Fox primetime television series from the new fall season to...
MUMBAI: SaffronConnect.com, an online social networking platform centered around South Asian audio and video content, has announced its official launch. Saffron Connect promises to serve the...
MUMBAI: The Hot Bird 8 broadcast satellite of Eutelsat Communications has gone into commercial service at 13 degrees East. The satellite has 64 Ku-band transponders which...
MUMBAI: The anticipated growth of digital television (DTV) and high-definition television (HDTV) is expected to positively influence the development of a range of support industries. These...
MUMBAI: BBC World has been launched on DTH platform Dish TV. The channel is now available to all of Dish TV’s 1.5 million subscribers and is...
MUMBAI: In a further attempt to connect with a younger demographic, US media conglomerate News Corp will buy a UK jobs recruitment site Milkround Online. ...
MUMBAI: TViTrue, which positions itself as the first user-created online ad platform has partnered with US broadcaster TBS. ViTrue will create an online community, Funny or...
MUMBAI: TOmneon Video Networks has announced that ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has purchased a MediaGrid active storage system and Omneon Spectrum media server systems. This will...
MUMBAI: Mobile firm Orange has entered into a multi-year video-on-demand agreement with Fox in France This agreement will provide Orange access to over 75 new release...
New Delhi: The stage is set for a high powered seminar on broadband and IPTV which commences in New Delhi‘ India Habitat Centre today. Organised by...
MUMBAI: User-Generated Content (UGC), such as that found on YouTube and MySpace, will continue to grow significantly in popularity and generate increasing revenue over the next...
MUMBAI: Tandberg Television is looking to build on its business and technology lead in the Asian IPTV video head-end market. It demonstrated its full suite of...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster The BBC and software major Microsoft have signed a nonexclusive memorandum of understanding (MoU). This will define the framework within which the companies...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster NBC Universal and compueter chip major Intel have announced the launch of the NBC VIP Access online service. This will provide on-demand broadband-delivered...
MUMBAI: MSN, a leader in delivering compelling entertainment to Indian consumers, anounced a multiyear global content distribution agreement with Control Room, the No 1 provider of...
MUMBAI: The Barcelona based entertainment production and distribution company, Neptuno Films and the Spanish based Portal Latino, a subsidiary of Sociedad Digital de Autores y Editores...
MUMBAI: United Film Organizers (UFO) Moviez a pioneer in digital cinema and with 400 theatres across 14 cities in India having its installations, has plans to...
MUMBAI: Bharti Airtel, mobile services provider has announced the appointment of Atul Bindal as joint president – Airtel Broadband and Telephone Services and has appointed Deepak...
MUMBAI: StarHub, which claims to be Singapore’s largest pay-TV operator, will launch five more channels on 2 October 2006. They are National Geographic Wild, Sky News,...
MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC‘s commercial arm BBC Worldwide and BBC World are partnering with online retail giant Amazon.com in the US to provide nearly 400...
MUMBAI: The global television trade event Mipcom has announced the nominations for the second annual Mobile TV Screenings & Awards. 23 nominations and 10 special mentions...
MUMBAI: US media firm Discovery Communications has expanded its expansion of its collection of world-class content on Google Earth. It has added over 150 video segments...
MUMBAI: Worldspace Satellite Radio has signed an exclusive broadcast license agreement with Espn Star Sports to provide subscribers with live audio coverage of cricket, further enhancing...
MUMBAI: Bennett Media Worldwide (BMW), the global distribution operation for The Bennett Group, has completed multiple satellite television sales in Asia and the Middle East for...
MUMBAI: Imagilon, a New York based media company, has launched www.jhanki.com, an online community for sharing news and views. Jhanki – literally glimpse or snapshot in...
MUMBAI: It took a rap on the knuckles today by the sector tribunal, but finally, DTH service provider Tata Sky can now claim to have a...
MUMBAI: Tandberg TV is set to build on its business and technology in the Asian IPTV video head-end market with a demonstration of its full suite...
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today dismissed on technical grounds a petition filed against implementation of CAS in the three metros of Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai....
MUMBAI: US broadcaster MTV will acquire Harmonix Music Systems. The firm develops the PlayStation 2 product Guitar Hero and other music gaming titles. MTV will...
MUMBAI:The phenomenon of social networking is growing rapidly in the US and MTV is the latest media firm looking to take advantage of this phenomenon. It...
MUMBAI: With the sixth anniversary celebrations of MSN India under way, MSN India has announced the launch of five new portals, MSN Hindi, MSN Tamil, MSN...
MUMBAI: Mobile service provider Airtel today announced ‘seamless roaming services’ on 3G networks across the world, including Japan and Korea. This latest initiative is set to...
MUMBAI: The International Hockey Federation FIH has announced that its website www.worldhockey.org/ broke all its current records during the World Cup. The event took place in...
MUMBAI: MKobvile communications service provider Motorola has announced an agreement with Hong Kong‘s telecom service provider PCCW. The two parties will conduct a six-month technical trial...
MUMBAI: AOL Germany subscribers will soon be able to download music videos, thanks to the “Music2You” (M2Y) service from Siemens. M2Y is an innovative service for...