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NEW DELHI: Former Star India distribution head Arun Mohan, who had started a cable TV distribution business in 2003, has shuttered it citing unviable business model....
MUMBAI: Most Americans say that they are very concerned about the amount of sex and violence in entertainment and want something done about it. However, many...
MUMBAI: Barely two months after being recruited as the chief executive officer of Hinduja TMT subsidiary IndusInd Media & Communications, Deepak Varma has quit the company....
MUMBAI: In the US, the entertainment environment is rapidly evolving to be one where there will be intense competition among cable and telecom companies to offer...
MUMBAI: Malayalam channel Asianet is targeting the Malayalee population in Singapore with the launch of a dedicated channel on StarHub Digital Cable. Asianet will be grouped...
MUMBAI: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has extended the last dates for sending comments on the consultation papers it issued on the digitalisation of cable...
MUMBAI: Conditional access system (CAS) may not have taken off but the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) now moots setting a deadline for digitalisation of...
MUMBAI: Okay, all those broadcast and cable industry people who were apprehensive that Reliance would be steam-rolling its way into their territory, can now breathe easy...
MUMBAI: Multi system operators (MSOs) have expressed to the Telcom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) their support to the supply of content on a ‘must-provide’ and...
MUMBAI: Broadcasters are using the might of the big cable networks to drive revenue growth from subscription business in a price regulated and highly fragmented cable...
For over a year, Essel Group additional vice chairman and head of Siticable Network Ltd. Jawahar Goel has been busy lobbying hard for a mandated form...
MUMBAI: In an effort to improve the quality of movies on cable TV in China China Digital Television Production has signed a contract with HBO Asia....
NEW DELHI: Broadcast and cable regulator, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), may have come out with its recommendations, but Star India, for one, feels...
A slow deployment of set-top boxes (STBs) will suit a small cable network like Seven Star. Which is why Nadir Ali, one of the founder-promoters, is...
What do you do when you are finding it hard to push your digital set-top boxes (STBs) and broadband Internet service? Bundle them. That is what...
It has been the worst period of inactivity in the cable TV industry. Since the price freeze on subscription rates imposed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority...
MUMBAI: Movie acquisition for broadband content has started. At least two major deals have been struck recently. Time Magnetics (India) Pvt Ltd and Ultra Distributors Pvt...
Broadcast and cable TV regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has finally come out with its much-awaited recommendations. On first reading, the report is likely...
NEW DELHI: Broadcast and cable regulator, Trai, is expected to recommend a 5-8 per cent annual hike in the cable TV prices, in line with the...
MUMBAI: Cable TV prices need to be regulated as consumers have no freedom to switch their operators and face frequent hike in subscription charges, according to...
MUMBAI: Its time to put on the party hats at ARY Digital. The network is celebrating four years of broadcasting in the UK today (28 September)....
MUMBAI: With recent studies suggesting that television has an impact on teen violence and sex in American society, it should come as no surprise that concerned...
NEW DELHI: All channels beaming into India may soon have to open their profit and loss accounts and ownership patterns to the government or a regulatory...
NEW DELHI: The government today came down heavily on various private sector television channels on issues relating to content described as `indecent’ and threatened to invoke...
MUMBAI: The government has reversed its decision to levy service tax on cable Multi-System Operators (MSOs). As per a notification issued on Friday; the decision was...
MUMBAI: The Interactive Channel (TIC) has started beaming in Hong Kong on the Hong Kong Cable TV. The channel, which is initially available from 8 pm...
MUMBAI: Despite indications to the contrary, India’s broadcast and cable regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), looks to be making a move on. The Trai...
NEW DELHI: The operating earnings of News Corp’s Asian subsidiary Star Group has exceeded $50 million for the full year (ending June 30, 2004) with advertising...
NEW DELHI: The cable fraternity has threatened that from tomorrow (17 August), TV screens would go on the blink, as all cable services will be stopped,...
BANGALORE: Claims and counter claims continue to overcast the Karnataka airwaves over the issue of Udaya network making Udaya TV, Udaya News and Ushe TV pay...
MUMBAI: Telecom Regulatory Authority of Indian (Trai), which submitted its draft recommendations on Unified Licensing on 6 August, today justified the inclusion of ‘broadcasting services’ under...
BANGALORE: The Karnataka cable fraternity have come away disappointed after yet another attempt by them to get the Udaya Network to rethink its decision to turn...
MUMBAI: The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has appointed Henry K. Middleton as CASBAA general manager, Singapore & Southeast Asia. This new position...
MUMBAI: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has proscribed five unregistered television channels in the country. The channels Tele Track, MM, MM2, M-Net and Series...
MUMBAI:The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is now mulling if it should make it mandatory for broadcasters to have open access of their contents on non-discriminatory...
MUMBAI: Seems like the high-definition TV services have managed to establish a foothold. Lauched amidst hype and promises, high-definition television (HDTV) services have finally captured the...
NEW DELHI: The latest buzz word in the telecom and cable industry is next-generation networks (NGNs) for communication. And the techies and regulators are chanting this...
MUMBAI: The broadcast regulator announced today it had set up a committee whose mandate was to work on the various issues relating to cable television and...
MUMBAI: The regulator today bowled a beamer that is bound to send the votaries of conditional access into a spin. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India...
KOLKATA: Over 6500 cable operators from places like Meghalaya, Assam, Jharkhand, Ranchi, Orrisa, Madhya Pradesh and even neighbouring Bangladesh converged at the recently concluded Cable TV...
MUMBAI: Following the $66 billion unsolicited bid made by US cable TV biggie Comcast for the Walt Disney Company yesterday, many developments have come forth from...
MUMBAI: Master of the craft Kamal Hassan has done it again. Instead of fuming at the cable operators who supposedly take away a sizeable number of...
MUMBAI: Given below is the response in full issued by the Indian broadcasting Foundation to the Telecom Authority of India: Without Prejudice To The Preliminary Submissions,...
NEW DELHI: Given below is the reply to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (Trai) by the National Cable & Telecom Association (NCTA). We are grateful...
MUMBAI: The Chinese influx continues. At the annual three-day SCaT (Satellite and Cable TV) 2003 trade show that began at the World Trade Center, Mumbai, on...
LONDON: Independent sports producer and sports programme distributor TWI will produce an innovative Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships for BBC TV next January. Part of the...
MUMBAI: Three more exclusive movie channels are expected to come on board Zee’s direct-to-home (DTH) venture DishTV, after Smile and Premier TV – the two home...
MUMBAIi: Is CAS happening or not? That’s a question which is on the top of many minds in the cable and satellite industry. But it doesn’t...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: In the capital it has been buried but in the country’s commercial capital of Mumbai, as in the other two metros of...
WASHINGTON: Four consumer advocacy groups in the US have indicated that they will lobby Congress to reimpose regulation on cable television operators. The aim is to...
