MUMBAI: Global consumer products giant Reckitt Benckiser (RB), the parent of Clearasil, Durex, Dettol, Harpic, Lizol, Veet and Mortien, has announced the launch of a collection...
MUMBAI: BloombergUTV, the business news channel, has launched a new alarm clock application for Blackberry Playbook tablets, developed by the channel‘s online partner yourmoneysite.com. The application...
NEW DELHI: The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion has given a thumbs up for uniform foreign direct investment (FDI) in broadcast carriage services sector, including...
MUMBAI: Darsh Digital, an independent cable operator in India, has selected an end-to-end suite of technologies from NDS to enable the launch of their digital pay-TV...
MUMBAI: Samsung has partnered with movie rental service BigFlix to launch a new app that offers its customers full length feature films and other content on...
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide Channels announced today the launch of its Spanish-language preschool channel, CBeebies, on US IPTV platform Verizon Fiox TV. The BBC‘s educational children‘s channel...
MUMBAI: New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) found that 44 per cent of TV households in the US have at least one Digital Video...
NEW DELHI: Thousands of households in Pakistan, particularly in the Lahore area, are illegally buying subscriptions to various Indian direct-to-home platforms by illegally transferring money to...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan will not need to shift to another satellite for augmenting its DD Direct Plus DTH platform to 150 channels in the first phase...
NEW DELHI: JAK Communications, an independent cable TV provider in Chennai, has selected an end-to-end solution from NDS to enable the launch of its digital pay-TV...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster CBS and Warner Bros. Television Group have stitched a licensing agreement with Netflix. This will allow US members of Netflix to instantly watch...
MUMBAI: Trace Sports HD is launching in Thailand. From 1 November, Trace Sports HD will become part of TrueVisions’ Silver and Platinum package offerings TrueVisions broadcasts 124...
MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide has confirmed that the global BBC iPlayer App has been launched in Finland, Sweden and Demark – available exclusively on iPad from the...
MUMBAI: Hulu will stop its pursuit of finding a buyer. The owners of the popular online video website have decided not to sell the property that...
MUMBAI: The top three listed multi-system operators (MSOs) will require a funding of Rs 5.5 billion in the first phase of digitisation but expect their business...
NEW DELHI: The Government wants to encourage spectrum audit and spectrum pooling and sharing for optimal and efficient use of spectrum, according to Minister of State...
MUMBAI: Home2US has renewed its long-term capacity agreement on SES-1 and expanded its international DTH platform serving ethnic audiences across the US. In conjunction with a...
MUMBAI: It has been on the anvil for quite some time. Senior executives in the broadcast, cable and satellite TV industry have been talking about the...
MUMBAI: The market value of the listed cable companies got a boost after the government approved an ordinance on digitisation of cable TV. Investors evinced interest...
MUMBAI/NEW DILHI: The Cabinet Thursday cleared the proposal for an ordinance to commence work on digitisation of cable television, thus giving its seal of approval to...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan has denied that its plans to modernize its direct-to-home platform, DD Direct Plus, by leasing it out for operation and maintenance to a...
MUMBAI: Global security provider Conax will introduce its solution for securely uniting traditional broadcast and broadband content distribution to Indian pay-TV operators at SCaT in Mumbai...
NEW DELHI: The New Telecom Policy announced by the Government will aim to address and enable the coordinated action to respond to the dynamic needs resulting...
MUMBAI: Cable TV companies will face rout if they do not capitalise and act swiftly and decisively to counter DTH’s invasion across the country. The time...
MUMBAI: Star Plus is India‘s first Hindi general entertainment channel to launch applications for iPhone and iPad in India and over 120 countries around the world....
MUMBAI: Sky Italia has announced that it has exceeded five million customers reaching 15 million people across Italy. Since its launch in July 2003, Sky has...
MUMBAI: Times Internet Limited (indiatimes.com) is expanding its sports portfolio. International sports media company Perform today confirmed a deal with the Internet media company for the...
MUMBAI: US non fiction media company Discovery and UK pubcaster The BBC are once again joining forces, announcing the co-production of a new series titled ‘History...
MUMBAI: A total of 93 companies will exhibit at the 20th edition of television technology trade event Scat India which takes place from 13-15 October. Satellite...
MUMBAI: Hathway Cable & Datacom will require an investment of Rs 6-7 billion to digitise its existing subscriber base if the government mandates the phasing out...
MUMBAI: The Indian pay TV market, which at present stands at Rs 240 billion, has huge growth potential as it is underpenetrated and the ARPU (average...
NEW DELHI: Tata Sky today announced the launch of ESPN HD on its platform. The channel will showcase exciting sports action in High Definition from ESPN...
MUMBAI: India will have 1.2 million HD subscribers on DTH by the end of this fiscal, industry experts said here today. Pricing is a sticky issue...
MUMBAI: In a step that will enhance video delivery for China‘s cable operator Henan Cable, Motorola Mobility has announced that Henan Cable has deployed the Motorola...
MUMBAI: US non fiction media company Discovery has announced the appointment of Jean-Briac (JB) Perrette as chief digital officer, effective 17 October. Perrette most recently served...
MUMBAI: The stage is set for “India Digital Pay-TV Summit (IDPS) 2011”, jointly organised by Indiantelevision.com and Media Partners Asia. The day-long summit, to be held...
MUMBAI: Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL) is in talks with UTV Software Communications (UTV) to acquire content for its telecom operations. The deal between RIL and...
MUMBAI: Picking up pace in spreading its wings, YouTube has launched its online film rental service in Britain. Here it will compete with Amazon‘s LoveFilm. The...
MUMBAI: Multi Screen Media‘s family comedy channel Sab is the first free-to-air (FTA) South Asian television channel in the United States. Sab is available on channel...
MUMBAI: UTV Software Communications (UTV) has agreed to acquire the remaining stake in its subsidiary, UTV Indiagames. UTV, which holds 56 per cent of the fully...
MUMBAI: QED Connect, Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire 75 per cent of Kaleidoscope Venture Capital, Inc. Kaleidoscope‘s satellite communication division, Kaleidoscope-TV, delivers DirecTV...
MUMBAI: Sky Brasil, one of the largest digital-to-home (DTH) pay-TV operators in Latin America, has selected Oracle Communications‘ billing and revenue management to help it provide...
MUMBAI: Continuing with is cost-cutting exercise, the BBC said that it was making 20 per cent savings, more than the 16 per cent required by the...
MUMBAI: Intelsat S.A. has announced that a sea launch AG-provided land launch Zenit-3SLB vehicle has successfully launched the Intelsat 18 satellite from the Baikonur Space Center...
NEW DELHI: BabyFirst, the US-based 24/7 commercial-free educational channel for babies distributed in Asia by HBO, has expanded its global footprint to include leading operators NexMedia,...
MUMBAI: Directional media company, GetIt Infoservices, has partnered with search engine marketing firm AdLift.com to improve its market share within the search engine optimisation (SEO) and...
MUMBAI: Mobile media startup, Affle, has secured over Rs 500 million in its second round of funding from D2 Communications Inc, a JV between Japanese telco...
MUMBAI: UTV Bindass, the youth channel, has launched a mobile application of its popular reality show Superstud School Of Flirt. The show recently concluded its first season...
MUMBAI: The Carlyle Group has acquired a 9 per cent stake in India Infoline Ltd, the flagship company of India Infoline Group (IIFL), through secondary market...
MUMBAI: Prime Focus, the visual entertainment services group, has increased stake in its direct subsidiary, Prime Focus London Plc. Prime Focus has acquired 1.80 million shares...

