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  • Pentamedia set to launch its broadband portal

    Pentamedia set to launch its broadband portal

    Chennai-based Pentamedia Graphics Limited is slated to launch its Internet television venture called NumTV (New Millennium TV) in the US on 14 April 2000. www.numtv.com or NumTV is an entertainment portal catering to the Asian diaspora worldwide. Its objective initially is to bring India in all its colours to Asians across the globe.

    The company, which started its test run in December 1999, has so far invested close to $20 million in infrastructural facilities, which are spread across in three cities namely Los Angeles (US), Singapore and Chennai (India).

    Says Pentamedia Graphics director V Sundararjan: “NumTV.com is specially being developed for those who are away from home as well as for those who would love to see their favourite programmes live at home, at any hour of the day and in any part of the world. NumTV will be webcasting 40 Asian Channels (including 25 Indian channels), latest news events, sports, attractive programmes, movies, music (including live coverage).”

    He adds, “The demand for the programmes by the consumers could also increase and we are trying to give them complete entertainment on the net. The programmes are being made available to the viewers who wish to watch at their convenience and cater to the different time zones across the globe.”

    Unlike other dotcom companies, NumTV is looking at integrating newspaper dailies on the Internet. Says Sunderarjan: “We are looking at having newspapers and magazines and journals on NumTV.com and providing rich content to the news and feature stories. What we mean by rich content is that the stories and features would be accompanied with some good animation and graphics. The content would be changed to suit the stories. Num TV will be available in various languages and will evolve itself to be accessed through Radio, Print and also stage live shows shortly.”

    NumTV.com will cater to the Asian community but Indians will not be able to view the broadband content due to the non-availability of high-speed access. But once it kicks off in India, NumTV.com hopes to be a success there too. The broadband portal will face competition from the recently launched Homeland Networks’ tvofindia.com which too targets a similar community.

  • DD ALL THE WAY – FROM REGIONAL CHANNELS TO THE WEB

    DD ALL THE WAY – FROM REGIONAL CHANNELS TO THE WEB

    The regional channel war has heated up as more and more players are taking a leap into the wave. India’s national broadcaster is not far behind. Doordarshan has seriously decided to tackle private players who are banking on quality and agressive marketing. It is adapting an agressive marketing strategy. DD already has ‘Sahyadri’, its 24-hour Marathi channel and is set to launch a 24-hour Gujarati channel on 1 May. DD Kannada will be renamed as ‘DD Chandan’.

    A bouquet of regional channels wil be unveiled for Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar in the coming months.

    DD has also decided to take the convergence wave seriously. It is looking to partner with the Ron Victor promoted Homeland Networks which hosts the sites – www.tvofindia.com, www.radioofindia.com and www.pressofindia.com. It is also in talks with Pentafour Software which hosts a broadband portal NumTV.com.

  • Pentamedia arm gets license for earth station

    Pentamedia arm gets license for earth station

    MUMBAI: The wholly-owned subsidiary of Pentamedia Graphics, Intelivision Ltd has received a license from the information and broadcasting ministry to set up its own earth station.

    Pentamedia Graphics chairman Dr V Chandrasekaran has been quoted in The Hindu Business Line, saying that beside the earth station the company has also obtained a teleport license for uplinking five channels by hiring transponder space.

    According to the media report, Chandrasekhran volunteered the information at a press conference announcing a new line up of programming on the company’s channel Splash.

    The teleport will be up and running by the end of the year. The channel is currently being web cast on Numtv.com, a web casting portal.

  • Numtv offers ‘EAS’ to ‘CAS struck’ broadcasters

    MUMBAI: NumTV.com, one of the largest 24-hour live online multilingual entertainment portal for international Asians, has offered EAS (Easy Access System) to Indian broadcasters who are sceptical about CAS (conditional access system).
    A division of Pentamedia Graphics, a significant player in the world of animation, graphics and special effects industry, Numtv.com has released advertisements in business newspapers urging broadcasters to “show their channel worldwide through Numtv.com”.
    The Numtv.com ad says that the “new millennium entertainment portal” offers the following advantages:
    * One of the largest live video streaming portals.
    * No need for additional satellites and uplinking.
    * Providing various TV channels around the world since 1999.
    * User base of 400,000 viewers, broadband and narrowband.
    * Offering live/playout/on demand at affordable cost.
    * Serving worldwide with dynamic switching intelligence.
    * Audio/video compression techniques for enhanced viewing
    * TRP available at the click of a mouse
    Numtv.com comprises a collection of interesting channels classifying into television, radio, print, films and stage. With five live online televisions on the agenda, Numtv.com offers full-fledged entertainment whenever the user beckons its service at any time and at any part of the world.
    With a turnover of around US$ 90 million, the company claims to have achieved a phenomenal growth. The company says that it is ranked number three in the world by the Roncarelli Report of the global animation industry.