Indian Cable TV is a long haul work in progress is what we had said a couple of quarters ago and mentioned this in the last...
It’s the festival of lights. And for many the festival of noise courtesy exploding fireworks. In the hope of reducing the number of those belonging to...
BENGALURU: Den Networks Ltd (Den Networks) reported 2.1 per cent growth in consolidated Total Income from operations (TIO) in the quarter ended 30 September, 2015 (Q2-2016,...
BENGALURU: Rising demand for broadband services will compensate for the loss in TV video subscribers and help sustain industry growth through 2016, says Moody’s Investors Service....
MUMBAI: Indian pay TV platform and DTH operator Videocon d2h is slowly but surely getting its act together. At least if one goes by the financials...
In this era of digitisation, the advertisement ecosystem has taken a big leap with digital advertising entering the fray. There was a time when people used to read advertisements,...
NEW DELHI: All Digital Network Ltd of Gandhi Nagar in Bangalore has been directed by the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Arbitration Tribunal (TDSAT) to main status quo and...
NEW DELHI: Star India has been directed by the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Arbitration Tribunal (TDSAT) to not disconection the signals to Digi Guntur Network India...
MUMBAI: Making rapid advances in the country, Euronews has signed four distribution agreements with leading regional cable networks covering Delhi and the suburb of Noida. ...
MUMBAI: In week seven of opportunity to see (OTS) collated by Chrome Data Analytics & Media, the only gainer were Hindi general entertainment channels (GECs) in...
BENGALURU: Indian multi system operator (MSO) Hathway Cable and Datacom Limited (Hathway) reported 1.9 per cent y-o-y growth in Q3-2015 with Total Income from Operations (TIO)...
MUMBAI: Week 5 of 2015 saw more fall than rise in the opportunity to see (OTS) collated by Chrome Data Analytics & Media. The only...
KOLKATA: Granting relief to Digicable Comm once again, the Calcutta High Court has extended the interim stay till 6 April 2015. Previously, the Calcutta High Court...
MUMBAI: The second week of opportunity to see (OTS) collated by Chrome Data Analytic & Media saw maximum hike in the eight metros. English News...
KOLKATA: Diversified media to education business conglomerate Essel Group is now looking at wi-fi, cable and broadband projects in West Bengal, said a letter of intent...
MUMBAI: The first week of 2015 didn’t see much hike, when it comes to opportunity to see (OTS) collated by Chrome Data Analytics and Media. Hindi...
MUMBAI: The English News in the eight metros gained the most when it comes to opportunity to see (OTS) collated by Chrome Data Analytics & Media...
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has sought a response of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and six direct-to-home (DTH) operators on a public interest litigation...
The year 2014 will go down in history as the year of bold steps. Whether it was the postponement of digitisation, the introduction of many a...
MUMBAI: Continuing with its downward trend, the week 49 of opportunity to see (OTS) collated by Chrome Media Analytics and Media didn’t see much gain. With...
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) will hear the petition by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) challenging the DAS tariff order issued...
KOLKATA: The last mile owners (LMOs) in Kolkata are gearing up to stake claim on their subscribers. Apart from uniting and setting up their own control...
MUMBAI: The week 47 of opportunity to see (OTS) collated by Chrome Data Analytics and Media didn’t see much gain. Business News in the eight metros...
BENGALURU: Virgin Media Inc (Virgin Media), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Global plc (Liberty Global) and a leading cable operator in the United Kingdom (UK) reported...
NEW DELHI: ID-Investigation Discovery, the new 24-hour channel offering captivating true stories of investigation, crime and suspense in Hindi is now also available on Airtel Digital...
MUMBAI: Siti Cable, that controls nearly 4.3 million digital cable TV subscribers, has chosen Cisco to boost its broadband. The tech company will provide DOCSIS 3.0...
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...
The current scenario in India is not very viable to allow for reference interconnect offer (RIO) to take off. No broadcaster would want to be on...
NEW DELHI: All multi-system operators interested in distributing digital cable television services through the local cable operators in areas covered under phase III have been asked...
MUMBAI: The week 44 of opportunity to see (OTS) collated by Chrome Data Analytics & Media saw Religious channels in the Hindi speaking market (HSM) gaining...
MUMBAI: Star India’s incentives on its various channels on RIO has not gone down well with several MSOs in the country, who feel that this will...
KOLKATA: Panaccess, a German-headquartered company for CAS, SMS, billing and VoD, aims to promote CAS in India. The company is not only betting on business from...
MUMBAI: Nielsen, which controls almost all of the television ratings measurement market in the US, has been issuing incorrect TV ratings for national broadcast networks due...
NEW DELHI: JAINHITS, India’s first and only HITS-based Direct to Network (DTN) service, has selected set top boxes from ARRIS’s HMC portfolio to deliver digital video services...
NEW DELHI: A total of 119 Multi System Operators (MSOs), all over the country, have been granted permanent registration for 10 years to operate the digital...
MUMBAI: Siti Cable, the multi system operator (MSO) from the Essel group is looking at expanding its business in other parts of the country. In a...
MUMBAI: The cable TV industry has historically been considered as an unorganised sector. Cable networks were predominantly owned by the local cable operators, area wise, until...
MUMBAI: A new report by Moody’s Investors Service claims that value propositions for cable providers are changing as broadband becomes even more necessary than TV. The...
NEW DELHI: Telecast of Doordarshan will be made mandatory on every direct to home and cable network, according to Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar. ...
MUMBAI: The Economic Survey for 2013-14 that was tabled by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley shows that both the centre and the state governments will benefit...
MUMBAI: Giving more power to the local cable operator (LCO), India’s only HITS service JAINHITS has come up with special schemes that will enable LCOs to...
When he is not actively focused on growing the business of the company, he is a family man. He spent eight years at his current group’s parent company– Indian...
KOLKATA: A revision in channel package rates is on the cards following the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) directions to multi system operators (MSOs) last...
MUMBAI: As per Chrome Data Analytics & Media’s opportunity to see (OTS) data, Sports channels were the top gainers for the week 20. The genre...
NEW DELHI: A campaign “Cable ka Shahenshah, DTH ka Baap” has been launched by JAINHITS, India’s only HITS based Direct to Network (DTN) service, relating to quality of services...
MUMBAI: If the new report released by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) comes true, the media and entertainment sector could witness increasingly lucrative retransmission fees and high value for...
NEW DELHI: It was a day when the stalwarts of the Indian cable, broadcast and direct to home television industry converged to witness the best or...
MUMBAI: The big four of Indian cable TV – DEN Networks, Hathway Cable and Datacom, InCable and Siti Cable – heaved a sigh of relief as...
MUMBAI: Entertainment tax has become a bothersome issue for both MSOs and LCOs. Right from the amount of tax levied to ownership of collection, state government...
NEW DELHI: It seems the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) keeps a close watch on channels that don’t follow the guidelines set for them. That...