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NEW DELHI: After Trendz, it’s GalaxZee that is soon coming to a television set near you. Trust Zee to come up with a catchy brand name...
MUMBAI: The Rajan Raheja owned multi-system operator (MSO) Hathway Cable and Datacom, in which Star India holds 26 per cent equity stake, has announced that it...
NEW DELHI: At the moment, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), heading India’s coalition government, may not be highly worried, but pressure within the party is likely...
NEW DELHI: India’s information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry, which is expected to make some further amendments notifying rules regarding unbundling of pay channels in a post-CAS...
NEW DELHI: A section of broadcasters have petitioned the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to intervene and have a re-look at the various issues related to implementation...
NEW DELHI: Even as the issue of conditional access or addressability in India cable homes lurches from point to another, hopefully, to a logical finish, the...
NEW DELHI: The saga of conditional access system is far from over. A new twist in the tale has been added , now, by consumer activists...
There was once a vibrant industry in cable TV land. The advertising market was blooming. Television channels were flourishing, courtesy the influx of TV commercials and...
MUMBAI: With the deadline for Conditional Access System (CAS) barely two months away, the media industry is on tenterhooks regarding its impact and successful implementation. To...
NEW DELHI: India’s information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today categorically ruled out any extension of the 14 July deadline of CAS and also attempted...
MUMBAI: Hinduja Group MSO INCableNet has charged Star India with bowing to pressure from “other broadcasters” in its decision to switch off Mumbai’s biggest cable service...
NEW DELHI: Even as the Indian government in a much-awaited notification finalised the price of the basic tier of cable service comprising free to air channels,...
NEW DELHI: Having consolidated its position a bit since last year after its ambitious programming strategy — unveiled by former broadcast chief executive Sandeep Goyal in...
NEW DELHI: Conditional access system (CAS) keeps on throwing up different issues and aspects that serve to make matters more complicated and confusing. Now the Indian...
NEW DELHI: It is quite clear and well documented now that there is a vertical divide within the broadcasting fraternity on conditional access system (CAS), despite...
MUMBAI: A report titled “Conditional Access or Catch 22 – Who Will Blink First?” compiled by the Citigroup Smith Barney (CSB) report (dated 15 May 2003)...
MUMBAI: A Motilal Oswal Inquire India Research (MOSt) report dated 28 April 2003 states that Zee Telefilms’ FY03 advertising revenues have been stronger than expected and...
MUMBAI: The Merrill Lynch report dated 28 April 2003 states that the Zee’s 4QFY03 result reinforces the analysts’ confidence in Zee’s business model. However, the report...
MUMBAI: While SARS is leading to a cancellation of trade gatherings in Singapore, in India the TV production community and Bollywood are going to be hit...
MUMBAI: The trade was anxiously awaiting a decision but none was forthcoming. A division bench of the Mumbai High Court comprising Chief Justice CL Thakker and...
MUMBAI: The disconnection virus seems to be spreading in Mumbai. Following ESPN-Star Sports, SET-Discovery One Alliance bouquet of channels has switched off its service to Hinduja’s...
NEW DELHI: The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) today decided that it should put up a united front and thrash out various differences, including those on conditional...
NEW DELHI: Zee Telefilms today announced the launch of Trendz, a 24-hour fashion and style channel from 1 May (reported first by indiantelevision.com on Friday). Subhash...
NEW DELHI: Amidst the prevailing confusion on conditional access, comes a claim from an independent cable operator in Delhi that he is ready to deploy CAS...
MUMBAI: Even as the Mumbai High Court decision on the cable industry issues involving consumers, broadcasters and cable operators is pending, a Mumbai based consumer activist...
NEW DELHI: The apex body of all broadcasting companies operating in India (pay as well as free to air channels), Indian Broadcasting Foundation, stands on the...
MUMBAI: IBF members received a bit of a jolt on 23 April. Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati CEO and IBF chairman K S Sarma – the one...
NEW DELHI: A delegation of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) today made a strong pitch for some relaxation in the government-mandated deadline for implementation of conditional...
MUMBAI: Even as several factions in the cable and satellite industry are rueing CAS and try to defer 14 July, Hinduja-run MSO IndusInd Media & Communications,...
NEW DELHI:To lend some weight to those who are for quick implementation of conditional access, Zee Telefilms chairman and managing director Subhash Chandra has also accompanied...
Indian television takes a leap forward once every decade. While television entered into our country in the early seventies, the first major television revolution took place...
MUMBAI: Even as the the outlines of the basic tier in the conditional access environment are firming up (30 free to air channels at Rs 72),...
NEW DELHI: The big daddies of the Indian broadcasting scene met under the aegis of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation here today to discuss various aspects of...
Indian television takes a leap forward once every decade. While television entered into our country in the early seventies, the first major television revolution took place...
NEW DELHI: So near, yet so far. When the task force on the conditional access system (CAS) recently wrapped up most of its proceedings by recommending...
His reputation as a street fighter precedes him. His style of functioning may be debatable. His spoken language is not as savvy as those who sit...
NEW DELHI: Conditional access system is forcing various stakeholders of the industry to go in for initiatives that were not on the top of their priority...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government will consider the suggestions made in the FICCI-KPMG report titled “The Indian entertainment sector – in the spotlight” while formulating policies....
MUMBAI: There is a lot of uncertainty amongst the cable trade in Mumbai, the country’s business capital, about the roll-out of conditional access system (CAS) in...
MUMBAI: It was some kind of an anticlimax considering the number of people who had assembled at the Mumbai High Court today! A division bench of...
NEW DELHI: Well, the government gave some way but the cable industry continues to cry foul. At today’s extended meeting of the task force on conditional...
NEW DELHI: As they say in cricket, something’s about to give way. Either the Indian government will buckle under pressure from various factions of the broadcasting...
When it comes to blockbusters we are really the best.” This is the core of what HBO is trying to reinforce this Summer through its programming...
MUMBAI: The cricket World Cup has wrecked havoc on the listed television companies, particularly because none of them had the rights to telecast the greatest cricketing...
MUMBAI: While other broadcasters are humming and hawing about the pricing mechanism for their pay bouquets in a post-CAS scenario, Subhash Chandra’s Zee Telefilms has decided...
With the cricket World Cup out of the way, action channel AXN is moving into high gear. The channel launched 47 new shows last year and...
MUMBAI: IndusInd Media & Communications Limited has been awarded the ISO 9001certification (for Quality Management System) by Lloyds Register Quality Assurance, 5making it the only multi-service...
Star India CEO Peter Mukerjea these days rues the fact that he is not getting enough time for golf and, thus, relaxation and exercise. Shuttling between...
MUMBAI: The JP Morgan report states that states that MSOs (multi-system operators) have already started making moves to gear up to the challenge offered by the...
MUMBAI: JP Morgan believes that the level of adoption by the consumers would be around 25-30 per cent by the end of the year. The JP...
