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NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: The government is optimistic. A section of the cable fraternity is sceptical, while another section airs cautious optimism (“with these politicians you never know,”...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: Just over 15 days to go but the CAS picture seems to be still stuck in pause mode. The second meeting today...
NEW DELHI: In a written reply in the country’s Lower House of Parliament (Lok Sabha) today Prasad said that officers of the I&B ministry had visited...
NEW DELHI: Even as the government is preparing to issue another notification related to conditional access system (CAS), pay broadcasters have conveyed to the government that...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government today gave another 14-days extension to Star News for uplinking purpose from the country after the file was cleared by information...
MUMBAI: The Hinduja group owned multi system operator (MSO) INCableNet’s conditional access system (CAS) branded as INDigital is ready to roll. Top officials of the multi-system...
MUMBAI: The Hinduja group owned multi system operator (MSO) INCableNet has based its entire conditional access system business model on the last mile operator (LMO). INCableNet...
MUMBAI: A special briefing session on the existing CAS (conditional access system) scenario was conducted for the benefit of Mumbai-based cable operators and last mile operators...
NEW DELHI: “Conditional access system will bring a smile on the face of every consumer.” This is how information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad described...
MUMBAI: Content with the bottomline figures of Zee in the first quarter of this fiscal, Motilal Oswal has retained ‘buy’ status for the scrip at a...
NEW DELHI: India’s information and broadcasting ministry, grappling with the issue of implementing conditional access (CAS) in cable homes in metros, has decided to have representatives...
NEW DELHI: Pushing ahead aggressively with its headend in the sky (HITS) and direct-to-home (DTH) television projects, Siti Cable has tied up with the United Bank...
NEW DELHI: There should be an independent broadcast regulator to address issues like technology and pricing and to administer the conditional access system, according to Federation...
NEW DELHI: The honeymoon is over even before the foreplay if officials from India’s Information and Broadcasting ministry are to be believed. In the absence of...
NEW DELHI: India’s finance ministry would extend by two months the tax sop on import of set-top boxes (STBs) needed for implementing conditional access system. The...
Kunal Dasgupta has just completed eight years as chief executive of Sony Entertainment Television India, which makes him the longest serving professional CEO in the television...
NEW DELHI: The government has announced that there is no specific time frame to set up the Broadcasting Regulating Authority of India. I&B Minister Ravi Shankar...
NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad got off comparatively lightly in the Lok Sabha today when the Opposition’s bid to corner the government...
NEW DELHI: A team from the United States’ regulatory body, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), held discussions at the information and broadcasting ministry on 24 July, mostly...
NEW DELHI: Stepping up pressure on the government to review the free-to-air package rates fixed at Rs. 72, over 100 cable operators belonging to the Cable...
NEW DELHI: Though a total cable blackout did not happen in Delhi or in other parts of the country as had been threatened by a section...
NEW DELHI: A “substantial” part of the revenues of ESPN India, as too with other pay broadcasters, is likely to get affected in the post-conditional access...
NEW DELHI: Even as the Indian broadcasters met the Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit, a staunch opponent of conditional access rollout, Prime Minister AB Vajpayee held...
NEW DELHI: Maybe it’s the lull before another storm. While the Indian broadcasters meeting with Delhi chief minister Sheila Dixit, today, was cancelled and rescheduled to...
NEW DELHI: Political uncertainty over conditional access systems (CAS) notwithstanding, the government today made the right noises and, reportedly, conveyed to broadcasters and multi-system operators (MSOs)...
A silent revolution is taking place in the world of cinema while the television industry has tied itself up in knots over conditional access system (CAS).When...
MUMBAI / NEW DELHI: The ongoing conditional access soap opera ended another day on an inconclusive note. Information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had an...
NEW DELHI: Current uncertainty over conditional access system notwithstanding, all stakeholders of the game, barring the local cable operators (LCOs), will financially benefit (details later in...
NEW DELHI: In case people have forgotten, today was when CAS was supposed to have become effective as per the original deadline. ‘Indian broadcasters’ marked the...
NEW DELHI: Getting first off the blocks, Siticable Network Limited, the cable subsidiary of the Subhash Chandra-promoted Zee Telefilms, has begun seeding set-top boxes in the...
MUMBAI: Cable operators in Mumbai are up in arms and have rejected the 11 July 2003 government notification that sought to modify the manner in which...
NEW DELHI: The game is getting murkier as the Indian broadcasters have come together to take on the might of foreign-owned broadcasters. The likes of Aaj...
Ratings don‘t answer all issues facing planners and broadcasters alike, qualitative data is what is needed.Psychographics are becoming more important than ever before and insights into...
NEW DELHI: 15 July. Today could have been the day when the CAS sun shone in the four metros of India. But, as in many parts...
MUMBAI: The Union cabinet this morning “informally” discussed the draft Ordinance prepared by information and broadcasting ministry to regulate broadcasters in a post-conditional access environment Parliamentary...
MUMBAI: Although most of the five star hotels in Mumbai are playing the wait and watch game, few of them have announced their plans to have...
MUMBAI: An innovation must result in the development of a successful business model at an appropriate time. These words by Madison Communications CMD Sam Balsara summed...
MUMBAI: The conditional access system (CAS) provides a golden opportunity for the media fraternity to go beyond ratings and industry constituents must join forces to relook...
MUMBAI: There is no logic in banning advertisements on pay TV channels but higher subscription rates might allow pay channels to reduce their dependence on ad...
MUMBAI: They were referred to as the “unsung heroes” — a term used by CMCG managing director Samir Kale for cable channels — but several MSO...
MUMBAI: This is a piece of news that represents a major leap forward in the area of streaming media. The Films Division, attached to the information...
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: It’s another day of meetings over CAS for the major pay broadcasters in the Capital with the Prime Minister’s Office officials Today’s meeting at...
NEW DELHI: The MSOs cannot come to a consensus on the areas that may be first included for conditional access rollout in the four metros. The...
NEW DELHI: One more politician has entered the fray! Janata Dal supremo Sharad Yadav, who is also a minister of consumer affairs, food and public distribution...
NEW DELHI: The MSOs cannot come to a consensus on the areas that may be first included for conditional access rollout in the four metros. The...
NEW DELHI: The confusion over the alternative and seemingly unviable options being mooted by the information and broadcasting ministry have forced broadcasters to approach PMO officials....
NEW DELHI: It took the Indian government and bureaucrats almost six months to realise that conditional access system may not turn out to be as consumer...
ETC Networks director and Broadband Pacenet India chairman Jagjit Singh Kohli is a man doing a tight-rope balancing act as far as the conditional access system...
NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: Karishma may yet shine on the small screen and Sahara TV may yet be able to woo the viewers in an effort to cash...
NEW DELHI: Fifteen days away from the implementation of CAS, decisions still remain to be taken; discussions are still to be had to iron out glitches...
