MUMBAI: “Distraction is a one night stand, attraction is a marriage,” said Star Entertainment CEO Sameer Nair. Speaking at FICCI Frames on ‘Attraction in the age...
MUMBAI: Deutsche Telekom has reached agreement with Microsoft on an alliance to deliver Internet Protocol television (IPTV) services to consumers across Germany. The deal will enable...
MUMBAI: “Societies or companies that expect a glorious past to shield them from the forces of change driven by advancing technology will fail and fall. That...
MUMBAI: State-owned telecom major MTNL has selected Time Broadband Services Pvt Ltd, India (TBSPL) to develop and handle the content delivery network for its IPTV services....
MUMBAI: Tandberg Television in association with Siemens has provided the MPEG-4 AVC video compression solution to Shanghai Telecom and the Shanghai Media Group to enable the...
MUMBAI: Motorola, Inc. has announced it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Kreatel Communications AB. Kreatel is one of the leading developers of innovative Internet...
BANGALORE: Royal Philips Electronics and Amsterdam headquartered Irdeto, a player in content security and a subsidiary of multinational media group Naspers announced that they have reached...
BANGALORE: SupportSoft, Inc., the provider of Real-Time Service Management (RTSM) software, has announced that Belgacom SA, Belgium’s largest telecommunications company, has deployed SupportSoft SmartAccess software to...
MUMBAI: National Geographic Ventures (NGV) has named Bernice Chu as VP of business development. Bringing more than 10 years of legal and entertainment business experience, Chu...
When it comes to India cricket nothing is impossible! The sheer scale of revenues that the BCCI has been able to extract from its cricket property...
MUMBAI: Singapore’s MediaCorp TV is inviting 2,000 users to be part of the Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) trial group for its new video-on-demand service – MediaCorp...
MUMBAI: The Internet appears to be the threshold of new technology these days, and the future of TV may be in its hands. A recent survey...
MUMBAI: The sixth edition of Frames, the convention for the Indian media and entertainment industry takes place in Mumbai from 22 to 24 March 2006. It...
MUMBAI: UTStarcom, Inc., a global player in IP-based, end-to-end networking solutions and services, has announced contracts with China Telecom to deploy its RollingStream(TM) end-to-end IPTV solution...
MUMBAI: Tandberg Television has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SkyStream, the Sunnyvale, CA headquartered leader in IP video delivery solutions. Under the terms of the...
MUMBAI: Satellite operator Panamsat has launched Vis-a-TV in the US. This service provides an offering of international channels for US cable, DTH, IPTV and broadband platforms...
MUMBAI: HFCL Infotel Ltd.(HITL), a private telephony operator in Punjab, is planning to invest Rs 6 billion over the next two years for offering a convergence...
MUMBAI: The UK-based Northern Sky Research (NSR) has released its newest survey and forecast report on mobile TV. The study, titled Mobile TV 2006- Enabling Rich...
MUMBAI: Espial, a provider of client IPTV middleware and applications, and Amino, which is an IPTV software and consumer premises equipment provider, have partnered to provide...
BANGALORE: Verismo Networks has developed a client box which will be an integral part of the new age TV, including IPTV. The company has also designed...
BANGALORE: Verismo Networks has developed a client box which will be an integral part of the new age TV, including IPTV. The company has also designed...
MUMBAI: Sunil Mittal has serious ambitions of entering the triple play arena. Having built a strong mobile phone business, he is quietly working on a project...
MUMBAI: Format creator FremantleMedia has announced that Gary Carter, who is the company’s senior executive VP, worldwide entertainment, has been appointed to the newly created position...
MUMBAI: The first roll out of cable TV through telephone lines will be in Mumbai and Chennai soon. That is, if union information technology and communications...
MUMBAI: A recent study conducted by the US research firm Dittberner Associates has revealed that the global IPTV equipment market growth rate is not directly proportional...
MUMBAI: Europe’s UBS Securities estimates that Chinese IPTV users will reach 500,000 by 2007. The company expects the broadband subscriber base of China Telecom and China...
MUMBAI: Ant, the UK-headquartered software and solutions provider for the IPTV, hybrid TV and consumer electronics industries, will demonstrate its Galio TV application manager and client...
MUMBAI: Interactive Television Networks (ITVN) which is an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service provider in the US has announced that it will carry MavTV. The new...
MUMBAI: Korean fixed-line operator KT Corp is planning to launch IPTV service in Korea by the second half of 2006. The announcement came during a demonstration...
MUMBAI: Telecom Communications (Tcom) has announced that its subsidiary, 3G Dynasty (3G) will provide China Netcom customers with exclusive, entertainment programming, created and distributed by Live...
As the sun sets on 2005, Tam Media CEO L V Krishan gives Indiantelevision.com his take on the fast changing media scenario in India, what with...
As the curtain falls down on 2005, Star India COO Sameer Nair gives Indiantelevision.com his take on what the year has been and what the industry...
MUMBAI: French electronic vendor Thomson has announced an agreement to acquire the Thales Broadcast & Multimedia (TBM) business unit, which provides IPTV services (TV services over...
MUMBAI: Australian television firm Seven Network and Yahoo have announced that they will combine their online, mobile and IPTV enterprises in Australia and New Zealand. The...
MUMBAI: Chinese media has reported that China Telecom and China Netcom are well positioned for a massive launch of IPTV in the country. It is estimated...
MUMBAI: Anil Ambani’s Reliance Infocomm may not have made significant headway in rolling out Internet Protocol (IP)-based television services, but a word of assurance has come...
MUMBAI: A showcase featuring the latest applications of IPTV from across the globe will be one of the highlights of Europe’s leading dedicated IPTV event, IPTV...
MUMBAI: When it comes to delivery platforms, consumers are increasingly looking for their handheld device; whether it be the cell phone, PDA, iPod or laptop. The...
MUMBAI: The UK-based specialist in products and technology for IPTV, triple-play, and in-home multimedia distribution Amino has announced that it has enabled leading independent telecommunications holding...
MUMBAI: California-headquartered IPTV player Interactive Television Networks has entered into a long-term distribution deal with a group of unnamed European investors for the wholesale distribution of...
MUMBAI: IPTV service revenue, subscribers, and capital expenditures are increasing rapidly, says a new report by analyst firm Infonetics Research, the US-based international market research and...
MUMBAI: Asia’s IPTV forum will be held in Hong Kong from 28 November to 29 November. The forum will deal with issues such as the successful...
BANGALORE: Picture quality is the top concern for prospective IPTV customers, according to an independent research study conducted by research firm InsightExpress on behalf of the...
MUMBAI: The US-based Lucent Technologies will showcase its advanced IPTV and IP Multimedia services and solutions at the International Engineering Consortium’s (IEC) Broadband World Forum conference...
MUMBAI: Leading interactive digital entertainment operator Cellcast, which broadcasts shows on the BSkyB digital platform in the UK and on numerous channels in the Middle East,...
MUMBAI: The US-based Internet Streaming Media Alliance (ISMA) has formed an IPTV workgroup. The goals of the workgroup are to monitor developing standards or specifications for...
MUMBAI: In the US, voice, data, networking, e-business solutions provider SBC Communications Inc. has awarded contracts to both Scientific-Atlanta and Motorola to deliver next-generation Internet Protocol...
MUMBAI: Satellite operator Panamsat has announced that its new Galaxy 14 satellite has been launched successfully. Although designated a back-up satellite, the all C-band spacecraft is...
MUMBAI: Market research group Analysys International has predicted that Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) will become the next global industry, with a potential market of 200 billion...
MUMBAI: Interactive Television Networks, Inc. (ITVN) has signed a licensing agreement with Academy Entertainment for the rights to over 1400 classic cinema titles featuring such stars...

