MUMBAI: As the deadline for digitisation in the four metros nears, advertisers are worried about TAM coming under pressure from the government and the broadcasters not...
MUMBAI: After cable operators from Kolkata, it‘s the turn of their counterparts in Chennai to dispute the digital television penetration figures given by the Ministry of...
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, has expanded its partnership with YouTube to launch two brand new original content channels. Coming soon to...
MUMBAI: StepOut has appointed Raj Menon as its chief operating officer. StepOut is an Indian social networking service that allows users to meet, have fun experiences...
MUMBAI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) has sought to allay fears that the set-top boxes (STBs) required for digital cable service will drastically increase...
MUMBAI: FremantleMedia, creators and producers of entertainment brands, is bringing two additional channels to YouTube. The announcement was made at the Mipcom TV market. FremantleMedia‘s German...
Mumbai: Jump Games, part of Reliance Entertainment, has appointed Eric Marlow as vice president in charge of their Global Studios. Marlow joins Jump Games from Zynga...
MUMBAI: Technicolor has established a new high-end game art and animation team dedicated to working with Rockstar Games. The Rockstar Games dedicated unit leverages a segment...
MUMBAI: Major broadcasters and multi-system operators (MSOs) have agreed to switch off genre-wise analogue signals of television channels in phases ahead of the 1 November deadline...
NEW DELHI: Siti Cable Network Limited (formerly known as Wire and Wireless (India) Limited (WWIL)) Friday claimed to have executed Digital Addressable System (DAS) Interconnect agreement...
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and mobile gaming company ZeptoLab UK will be working together to develop a format for a game show, television series based...
MUMBAI: zeebox, the TV viewing companion, has signed on Viacom as a strategic partner, joining Comcast Cable, NBCUniversal, HBO and Cinemax in backing the universal, cross-channel...
MUMBAI: Comcast announced the second year of Internet Essentials, an ambitious and comprehensive broadband adoption program designed to help close the digital divide for low-income Americans....
MUMBAI: Dish TV‘s mobile train technology is now installed in the luxury train Maharaja Express. The mobile train technology will enable travellers to experience in-train live...
MUMBAI: Global watch major Timex Group India Ltd. has undertaken a slew of initiatives on the digital platform to tap into the increasing audience on the...
MUMBAI: TimesDeal.com will begin offering its deals free of cost. It has traditionally charged users for 20-40 per cent of the deal value upfront. With this...
MUMBAI: The Broadcast India Show, the event organised by Saicom Trade Fairs & Exhibitions, will be held from 10-12 October at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon...
MUMBAI: Bollywood and South Asian content distributor Hungama.com is one of the ten beneficiaries to receive strategic investment totaling $40 million from Intel Capital, the global...
MUMBAI: The cable TV digitisation will face opposition from West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee who recently walked out of the UPA government alliance over reform...
MUMBAI: Home shopping channel Star CJ Alive has now tied up with Videocon‘s DTH service and will be available on channel 133. Star CJ Alive is...
MUMBAI: With the big three TV manufacturers (Sony, Panasonic, and Sharp) reporting billions in losses in FY 2011, TV manufacturers need a lifeline if they‘re going...
MUMBAI: NDS, now part of Cisco, is providing a suite of video technologies to enable multi system operator (MSO) Atria Convergence Technologies (ACT) to digitise and...
MUMBAI: Reliance Broadcast Network‘s (RBNL) hybrid channel, specifically created for the international market, is ready to tap the big American market where several Indian broadcasters have...
MUMBAI: Consulting and outsourcing group Accenture said it has acquired the software and skills of Nokia Siemens Networks Internet Protocol television (IPTV) business. The terms of...
MUMBAI: Cable TV digitisation in two of the four metros singled out for rollout by 31 October could face stormy political opposition. West Bengal chief minister...
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (Tdsat) has directed public broadcaster Prasar Bharati to submit a bank guarantee to sports broadcaster ESPN Software...
MUMBAI: Hungama.com has launched their on demand Bollywood movies service, Hungama Movies, in UAE and the Middle East. Hungama Movies will be officially launched in the...
MUMBAI: Leading satellite operator SES has said its new Astra 2F satellite has been successfully launched on 28 September, on board an Ariane 5 rocket from...
MUMBAI: TV search and EPG company What‘s-On-India has expanded its operations by venturing in the Middle East market with the launch of subsidiary company What‘s-On-Arabia. To...
MUMBAI: GETIT Infoservices, India‘s leading digital marketing company has entered into an association with Google India as a Premier SME partner. As part of this partnership...
BENGALURU: In the first critical orbit-raising manoeuvre conducted on 30 September morning, the perigee (nearest point to Earth) of GSAT-10 satellite has successfully been raised from...
NEW DELHI: Ruling out extension of the sunset date for switching off analogue for cable television beyond 31 October, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni has...
NEW DELHI: The Department of Telecom has been asked to issue detailed guidelines by 12 October to bring into force a decision to totally waive spectrum...
MUMBAI: Decks have been cleared for implementing digitisation in the four metros within the deadline period of 31 October as the four national multi-system operators (MSOs)...
MUMBAI: Indian geo location based research and social marketing agency, LocoBuzz, studied user engagement across the Top 100 Global Brands on Facebook and says that it...
MUMBAI: With markets, providers and consumers racing to deliver multichannel video anywhere, anytime and on any device, regulatory frameworks are not keeping up. A new Casbaa...
MUMBAI: TV viewing companion zeebox has launched in the US in partnership with Comcast Cable, NBCUniversal, HBO & Cinemax. zeebox is a universal, cross-channel TV viewing...
MUMBAI: The US cable TV Multiple System Operators (MSOs) may generate over $7 billion in revenues in 2012 providing telecommunications services to businesses. But they will...
MUMBAI: Eutelsat Communications, one of the world‘s leading satellite operators, on Thursday announced closure of the transaction to acquire GE-23 satellite, associated customer contracts and orbital...
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today said that the auction route is not the only method for allocating natural resources like spectrum. Responding to a Presidential...
NEW DELHI: Condemning ‘in the strongest of terms’ the making of an offensive anti-Islam video and its dissemination through social media, President Pranab Mukherjee said Thursday...
MUMBAI: Zee Telugu has strengthened its presence in the US market. Already available in the Over The Top (OTT) platform, the broadcaster has just launched on...
MUMBAI: For Tata Sky, a joint venture of Tata Sons and Rupert Murdoch‘s Star TV, the turnaround story is not far away. The DTH television services...
MUMBAI: Conax, a global provider of solutions for protecting multi-device content distribution, announced it has strengthened its Latin America strategy, adding additional regional sales, pre sales...
Mumbai: BigFlix, online Movie on Demand service from Reliance Entertainment Digital, has announced its new offering of a collection of Malayalam movies. Classics like CID Nazir,...
MUMBAI: Sports entertainment company WWE has announced a multi-year agreement that will bring WWE programming to Hulu Plus. Hulu Plus will offer WWE fans unlimited instant...
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Arbitration Tribunal (Tdsat) has scuttled a proposed move to switch off genre-wise analogue signals of television channels before the...
MUMBAI: 9XO, the international music channel from 9X Media, is launching an international online music store in association with Techzone, aggregators, developers, publishers and distributors of...
MUMBAI: 7Seas Entertainment has signed an agreement with India based mobile games distribution company, Mauj Mobile and their global apps store Mobango for distribution of its...
MUMBAI: Technology Community Portal from Times, TechGig.com, has launched its mobile webapp – m.techgig.com for easy access to the latest news, tests and webinars in the...