Indian Cable TV is a long haul work-in-progress is what we had said last quarter. The results of the four sample companies in the quarter ended...
MUMBAI: The All India Digital Cable Federation (AIDCF) is on a roll. The multi system operator (MSO) association, which first submitted its recommendations to the Information...
NEW DELHI: The Government has collected a sum of Rs 7.41 crore during the last three years until 27 January, 2015 from Multi System Operators (MSOs)...
BENGALURU: At the time of its IPO earlier in March 2015, Ortel Communications had to withdraw a part of the promoter’s quota to prevent undersubscription. In...
MUMBAI: India is one of the most profitable and growing markets when it comes to the television ecosystem. In terms of the broadcasting sector consisting of...
A veteran in the cable TV industry, someone who dabbled in the sector almost three decades back, Yogesh Radhakrishnan, now the MD and CEO of Pioneer...
MUMBAI: It was meant to be a test of whether investors have confidence in the media – and more specifically in India’s relatively nascent cable TV...
KOLKATA: With digital television (DTV) and digitisation, household penetration is increasing in the country. “There exists tremendous opportunities for cable broadband and over-the-top (OTT) services”, opines...
2014 many would say has been a year of more downs than ups, especially for the cable TV industry. But, if one peels off the superficial...
KOLKATA: Assam-based multi-system operator (MSO), Axom Communications and Cable, has signed an agreement with telecom major Airtel for one year. The main objective of this is...
When the BJP government was last in power with Ms Swaraj at the helm of the MIB, the digitisation process was first mooted in its original...
KOLKATA: Commending the decision of the Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal’s (TDSAT) to put Star India channels on a la carte, the network said with this...
KOLKATA: The cable TV industry is on its way to some major changes. While the industry got a shock, after Star India decided to provide its...
MUMBAI: With the new government focusing on connecting every village with broadband and digitisation of analog cable TV, Centre for Development and Advanced Computing (CDAC)...
MUMBAI: Religious channels in the Hindi speaking market (HSM) gained the most opportunity to see (OTS) collated by Chrome Data Analytics and Media for the week...
GOA: Glitz, glamour and everything else. The most awaited opening night party of the India Digital Operators Summit (IDOS) 2014 at The Leela in Goa organised by...
NEW DELHI: The Information and Broadcasting Ministry feels that digitisation is a tool to empower the people and not create difficulties, and therefore does not agree...
MUMBAI: It was a decision that most had been anticipating would be taken. But when it did come, it came as a bolt from the blue....
NEW DELHI: The deadline for the digitisation of cable television systems in the entire country has been put off to December 2015. While Phase I...
MUMBAI: It’s the battle of the bill – the commercial cable TV bill, that is. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on 16 July 2014...
MUMBAI: The government is doing well in the area of registering multi system operators (MSOs), especially in those areas where digitization has been implemented. This was...
KOLKATA: Cable TV industry in Kolkata is up for some change. The last mile owners (LMOs) who have for long been complaining about losing their consumers...
MUMBAI: The process of digitisation in India currently seems to be stuck in limbo. Even with several deadlines being set, the country doesn’t seem to have...
KOLKATA: It’s got India on its mind. Most Indian cable TV and DTH operators are pretty familiar with the US-headquartered Broadcom Corp. The company provides the...
NEW DELHI: An open house discussion on tariff issues related to broadcasting and cable television services for commercial subscribers will be held later this week in...
KOLKATA: Cable TV viewers in the Kolkata Municipal Area (KMA) will have to face another price hike in their cable TV bills, starting 1 August. This,...
MUMBAI: Three months ago, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) revised the tariff rates for non-addressable cable TV areas which allowed a rise of 27.5...
MUMBAI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has revised the tariff ceilings for the non-addressable cable TV areas. The authority has allowed an overall 27.5...
MUMBAI: Digital TV penetration reached 94.2 per cent at the end of 2013, and will increase to 100 per cent by 2017 is the forecast that...
KOLKATA: The ongoing Cable TV Show 2014 in Kolkata became a platform for the Kolkata-headquartered cable TV multi-system operator (MSO) Manthan Broadband to make few lucrative...
MUMBAI: The Assam Power Distribution Company Limited (APDCL) and Greater Guwahati Cable TV Operators’ Association (GGCTOA) are finally coming to a resolution over payment of a...
BENGALURU: The Tamil Nadu government today announced the transfer and appointment of Mahesan Kaisarajan as the Director of Information and Public Relations and Managing Director of...
MUMBAI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has petitioned the Supreme Court to allow it to raise the ceiling on tariff for pay channels distributed...
MUMBAI: After its launch in Spain and France, Paramount Channel is now looking at making inroads into the Russian and Hungarian market this month. In...
MUMBAI: As the country heads into general elections, there’s a regional Hindi news channel being added. As it celebrates its first anniversary today, News Nation,...
MUMBAI: Future seems to be optimistic for the Indian media and entertainment sector, at least that is what the India Ratings & Research (Ind-Ra) report says. The...
MUMBAI: Direct-to-home television service providers appear to be having a tough time retaining their subscribers. A large portion of their registered subscribers are inactive. Of...
MUMBAI: Cable TV industry is undergoing major changes and in this wave of change has come a shocker. IndusInd Media & Communications Ltd. (IMCL) managing director...
MUMBAI: 2013 was a watershed year for the cable TV and DTH industry, what with the the entire TV industry – cable TV operators, MSOs, DTH...
MUMBAI: Two major news channels – Times Now and India News – were blacked out over the weekend in Uttar Pradesh, following their criticism of the...
MUMBAI: The inter-ministerial committee in the information and broadcasting ministry (MIB) is likely to take up the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI’s) recommendations on controlling...
MUMBAI: It was in early January of this year, that a major announcement emerged from MultiScreen Media (MSM – Sony Entertainment) wherein NP Singh was announced...
MUMBAI: A major crackdown on cable TV operators is taking place in Chennai. The Chennai civic body, The Chennai Corporation has gone on a drive to...
MUMBAI: Rovi Corporation ROVI +0.07% , a global leader in entertainment discovery, today announced the launch of a guide solution for standard definition (SD) and high...
The year Indian news television channels got a sneak peek at what Pi Patel must have experienced while battling the raging storm in mid-seas in Ang...
MUMBAI: The year 2013 was a big year for the Indian cable TV industry. The country that was till now running on analogue signals opened up...
MUMBAI: Dish Network and DirecTV subscribers will have to gear up to shell out more for using their services. Come 2014 and DirecTV’s base ‘entertainment’ package will...
BENGALURU: The office of SureWaves CMD and founder Rajendra Khare has the word ‘connectivity’ splashed across its walls while that of his colleague and SureWaves co-founder...
KOLKATA: The multi-system operators (MSOs) in Kolkata have requested the West Bengal Urban Development minister Firhad Hakim to waive off amusement tax arrears, thanks to the...
MUMBAI: This was one case that hardly took any time to get a judicial order. In the first hearing itself, the Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal...

