MUMBAI: The National Association of Broadcasters (Nab) convention which takes place later this month in Las Vegas will have several sessions that take a look at...
MUMBAI: International Datacasting, which provides advanced solutions for the distribution of broadband multimedia content via satellite, will be debuting new products at the Nab Conference and...
MUMBAI: Optibase will unveil its new high performance MGES 6000 quad-channel encoding blade at the 2010 National Association of Broadcasters (Nab) show, taking place from 12-15...
MUMBAI: Airtel Digital TV has mopped up over 2.5 million subscribers and launched its personal video recorder (PVR) to target premium consumers. “We have crossed 2.5...
MUMBAI: BBC World Service has joined hands with African mobile network operator Zain to provide access to BBC content via mobile internet. As per the deal,...
MUMBAI: Apalya Technologies, which is the official Mobile TV partner of the Indian Premier League (IPL), has witnessed exponential growth. The company claims that the mobile...
MUMBAI: Taking a leaf from its success in sports coverage, internet major Yahoo! has hired nearly a dozen journalists and opened a bureau in Washington as...
MUMBAI: With the fast-growing mobile phone market in India, Purple Fire Films has announced a spate of special content products for mobile phone users including films...
MUMBAI: Telekom Malaysia (TM) and Manchester United Football Club (MUFC), the current English Premier League Champions, have announced a five-year agreement uniting the two brands in...
MUMBAI: truTV, the latest channel from Turner‘s bouquet of entertainment brands, will make its Asian debut on StarHub in Singapore on 1 April. truTV, positioned as...
NEW DELHI: The government says all the nine telecom service providers who had applied for bidding in the third generation (3G) radio frequency have qualified for...
MUMBAI: Calsoftlab, the wholly-owned subsidiary of California Software Company Limited (Calsoft), has announced the availability of additional software services targeted towards the digital home market. Digital...
MUMBAI: In its effort to lead the 3D revolution by offering customers new dimensions in sports programming, DirectTV will offer three dedicated 3D channels by which...
MUMBAI: Star India Holdings, the Indian subsidiary of News Corp, has withdrawn its proposal to up its stake in the joint venture direct-to-home (DTH) company, Tata...
NEW DELHI: The Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has said that India needs to follow a road map that is pro-consumer and in...
MUMBAI: Bharti Airtel has introduced 50 Mbps broadband, the fastest wireline broadband for its consumer segment on Very High Speed Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL2) in the...
MUMBAI: Fireworks International, the television and digital distribution arm of ContentFilm, has announced a two-year multi-platform deal for its new drama series Valemont, with MTV Networks...
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has asked all stakeholders to respond by 25 April and counter-comments by 5 May to a consultation...
NEW DELHI: While spectrum is available, unregulated growth of television channels can lead to a crunch situation, according to Information and Broadcasting Ministry Joint Secretary (Broadcasting)...
MUMBAI: NDS has partnered with Changhong, a set-top box (STB) and consumer electronics manufacturer, to develop a range of interactive applications for the Chinese cable market....
MUMBAI: While the digital media is growing in India, sports organisations and companies need to use it to make sports and their brands bigger as youth...
MUMBAI: UK pay TV service Sky and Five have announced that Five HD will launch this year. This is, a high definition (HD) version of Five,...
MUMBAI: Twentieth Century Fox and SmartJog have signed a non-exclusive agreement for satellite distribution of digital cinema content to theatres in Europe. Under the terms of...
MUMBAI: More than a million additional listeners will soon be able to receive BBC national digital radio services in the UK following further expansion of the...
MUMBAI: Suvidhaa Infoserve has tied up with major DTH service providers to offer customers the facility of recharging their subscriptions from any of Suvidhaa’s 20,000 outlets...
MUMBAI: Technicolor has launched what it says is the first independent broadcast services platform ready to broadcast 3D channels out of its Chiswick facility in London....
MUMBAI: Sky 3D, Europe‘s first 3D TV channel, is set to launch with the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and Chelsea on 3 April....
MUMBAI: In a major development, the Walt Disney channels have decided to move out of Star Den‘s distribution network. The bouquet of three channels will be...
NEW DELHI: The Government claims to have worked out a roadmap for going digital across the media but will announce it after discussions with stakeholders. Stating...
NEW DELHI: Even as Prasar Bharati has announced plans to start beaming in High Definition by the time of the Commonwealth Games in October this year,...
MUMBAI: Bigadda.com, the youth networking platform from Reliance Big Entertainment, has announced the launch of Get Fit India, a first ever fitness reality show on the...
MUMBAI: Sports Hub India, a 50:50 JV between Playwin and Sportech UK, have launched Sportshero (www.sportshero.com). This is its first online product based on prediction and...
MUMBAI: Dow Jones has announced the launch of The Wall Street Journal India Mobile application in association with Bharti Airtel, one of Asia’s leading integrated telecom...
MUMBAI: AXN will launch in high definition in Southeast Asia from May 2010. AXN HD has already secured carriage on two major platforms in Southeast...
MUMBAI: SES Astra has increased its reach and grown the number of digital and High Definition TV households on the Astra satellite system. SES Astra is...
MUMBAI: Direct-to-home (DTH) operators expect to add 11 million subscribers in the next fiscal due to a spate of sporting events, the peak for any year....
MUMBAI: Intermedia Cable Communication (ICC), the leading Pune-based cable TV company and a head-end service provider, has got a certification from Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited...
NEW DELHI: The big-picture issues facing the satellite sector in India in 2010 and beyond will be the key focus at the annual India Satellite Industry...
MUMBAI: There is a worldwide shift towards broadcasting on advanced, addressable and interactive platforms. While the session Transforming Television: from HDTV, Interactive TV, PVRS, VOD and...
MUMBAI: Traditional media owners need to form a partnership with user generated content (UGC) sites to serve their consumers. This was a point that came out...
MUMBAI: Yahoo! India is now the official online partner of Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK). As part of this agreement, Yahoo will...
MUMBAI: The data revenues for mobile operators are bound to grow in the years to come with media consumption devices that are technologically consumer-friendly. However, operators...
MUMBAI: Structural development and incentives for digitisation of cable are necessary if the Indian television industry is to mature according to international standards. Channels also need...
MUMBAI: MSM Discovery, the distribution company that operates under the One Alliance brand, has appointed Makarand Palekar as senior vice president – sales and affiliate relations....
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has after considering the views of different stakeholders issued a consultation paper highlighting various issues on whether the...
MUMBAI: Ubiquitous access, simpler production tools, and the falling costs of technology have made sure that the boom of the Internet is here to stay, unlike...
NEW DELHI: The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited is expected to provide 8,88,832 wire-line Broadband connections to individual users and Government Institutions and set up 28,672 Kiosks...
MUMBAI: In a bid to support its international growth strategy and expand its global footprint, Facebook has opened shop in Hyderabad, India. Facebook’s new operation...
MUMBAI: T-Mobile accepted the TV ad of the year award at the British Television Advertising Awards for their early 2009 ad release dance. The ad, created...
MUMBAI: Flo TV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm, has expanded its partnership with Turner Broadcasting to bring consumers CNN Mobile, a channel that includes programming...