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NEW DELHI: The Government, which had last month issued an update list of urban areas to be covered during Phase III of the Digital Addressable System...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: The last sunset of 2015 on 31 December will not only end this calendar year but will also mark the sundown on the era...
For Hinduja’s Headend In The Sky (HITS) platform – NXT Digital, which was launched earlier this year, the journey so far has been about tussling it...
New Delhi: The number of multi system operators has raced to 553 by 24 November from around 470 early this month, as the government races to prepare to...
DAS (digital addressable system) is here to stay. Despite the shortcomings, the hiccups in the implementation of the first two phases, the government has announced that...
MUMBAI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has set up a Toll Free Telephone Number 1-800-180-4343 to answer queries of stakeholders, including consumers, for seamless...
DAS (digital addressable system) is here to stay. Despite the shortcomings, the hiccups in the implementation of the first two phases, the government has announced that...
DAS (digital addressable system) is here to stay. Despite the shortcomings, the hiccups in the implementation of the first two phases, the government has announced that...
MUMBAI: Grant Investrade Limited (GIL), a subsidiary of Hinduja Ventures, has crossed the final hurdle to start operations of NXT Digital – its headend in the sky...
MUMBAI: Driven by strong subscriber growth momentum and improving average revenue per user (ARPU), Indian direct-to-home (DTH) company Videocon d2h is expecting EBITDA to be in the range of...
New Delhi/Mumbai: When developed countries like the United States and the United Kingdom decided to adopt digital addressable systems (DAS), they knew there would be major...
MUMBAI: In a move that would surprise many, multi system operator (MSO) Hathway Cable and Datacom has decided to not renew the contract with MSM Media...
BENGALURU: Subhash Chandra led Essel Group’s Siti Cable Network Limited (Siti Cable) reported operating revenue (total income from operations, or TIO) of Rs 228.09 crore in the quarter...
MUMBAI: Multi system operator (MSO) Den Networks has received clearance from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) to increase its foreign investment limit from the existing...
MUMBAI: Multi system operator (MSO) Siti Cable is looking at raising up to $100 million through equity shares via public issue, private placement or qualified institutional...
MUMBAI: In a short span of three weeks, Hinduja Group’s headend in the sky (HITS) venture – NXT Digital has signed up as many as one...
Heading the broadcasting expertise of a media conglomerate, which has been operating in India since 1838 is certainly a job of immense pressure. But there is...
At a time when digitization of cable television is throwing up a major challenge to direct-to-home (DTH) operators, Dish TV has reported a 55.2 per cent...
NEW DELHI: With the government’s emphasis on Make in India, local manufacturing of set top boxes (STBs) that are built within the country is showing a...
NEW DELHI: Doordarshan incurred a sum of Rs 301.45 crore during the last three years towards digitisation of its infrastructure. This included expenditure incurred on digitisation...
MUMBAI: Following a blitzkrieg of cable set-top box (STB) deployment, the digitisation process is taking a breather as operators shift focus from deployment to monetisation in...
MUMBAI: In a marquee philanthropic move, Tata Trusts has teamed up with Google India to take internet closer to women of rural India with its ‘Internet...
MUMBAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘Digital India’ took a step forward on 1 July as the PM launched ‘Digital India Week’ in New Delhi....
MUMBAI: Delhiites can expect to dole out more cash for their weekly dose of entertainment courtesy the new budget presented by the Arvind Kejriwal led Aam Aadmi...
It is a matter of prime cultural concern in any nation of heritage to preserve its invaluable assets of antiquity and inherited monuments of fine arts...
MUMBAI: The Indian Cable TV sector has a gargantuan task at hand. Not only does it have to work towards converting analogue cable TV homes to...
NEW DELHI: Pursuant to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry (I&B) urging the Home Ministry to expedite security clearances if digital addressable system (DAS) deadline for phase...
MUMBAI: Change is constant and change is good…. however, it seems like change isn’t good for all. While the proliferation of digital platforms giving an impetus...
MUMBAI: The Indian media and entertainment industry is on the cusp of growth with phase-III and IV digitisation underway. However, even as the government is optimistic...
NEW DELHI: African countries are harmonizing policy and regulatory frameworks for smooth transition from analogue to digital broadcasting. The information technology sector is rapidly growing...
MUMBAI: It was in September 2014 when the then Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar extended the deadline for completion of phase III of cable TV...
NEW DELHI: For any bureaucrat assigned to an autonomous organization under any Ministry, the biggest problem is to ensure smooth functioning between the Ministry and the...
MUMBAI: As India moves towards digitising phase III and phase IV areas, the number of digital TV homes in the country is set to double by...
NEW DELHI: Satellite TV (DTH or DBS) revenues will overtake total cable TV revenues in 2015, and the growth of digitisation in India will have a...
BENGALURU: Den Networks Ltd reported that its cable business subscription revenues net off LCO share grew 11.5 per cent to Rs 966 crore in FY-2015 from...
MUMBAI: India is a country where television forms the most important part of one’s life. Everybody watches television, everybody has an opinion on it and everybody...
NEW DELHI: A total of 38,799,074 television households will be covered in 7,709 urban areas in 630 districts in 35 states and union territories in Phase...
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) today set aside the amendments in two tariff orders, which had sought to put an inflation-linked...
MUMBAI: The Information and Broadcasting Ministry (I&B) is taking all steps possible to ensure that the sector prospers and any issue, which hampers the growth is...
MUMBAI: In yet another first, DTH operator Tata Sky has introduced the first ever daily recharge voucher empowering subscribers to pay only for the days they...
NEW DELHI: Even as there are consistent delays on the Home Ministry’s part to examine security clearances for multi system operators (MSOs) and complaints of non-availability...
NEW DELHI: Keeping in view the continuing delays in multi-system operators (MSOs) failing to get security clearance, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry (I&B) has send a...
The growth of average revenue per user (ARPU) in the Direct To Home (DTH) sector continues, even as digital cable is still struggling to roll out...
KOLKATA: Catvision, a manufacturer, re-seller and system integrator, aims to manufacture 15 lakh set top boxes (STBs) by 2017 fiscal end. The company has set...
MUMBAI: The India media and entertainment (M&E) sector is undergoing rapid changes and has huge potential to take its content across the globe. However, in order...
MUMBAI: There is some good news for Indian broadcasters, who even after digitisation of phase I and II cities, have not been able to reap its...
MUMBAI: By the year 2016, India could have close to 1000 radio FM channels. Speaking at the FICCI Frames 2015 convention in Mumbai, Information and Broadcasting...
NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Ministry (I&B) additional secretary J S Mathur, who heads the Task Force for Phase III and IV of Digital Addressable Systems...
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...
KOLKATA: Kolkata-based multi-system operator (MSO) GTPL-KCBPL, which was offering around 22 High Definition (HD) channels, has increased the offering to 32 channels now. The company, which...
