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NEW DELHI: Content on the idiot-box and its regulation may have become a hot issue (no pun intended here), but a parliamentary panel has shot down...
MUMBAI: Intelsat, the only global satellite leader providing Olympic Games coverage since 1968, has today confirmed that it has pre-booked over 35,000 hours of programming for...
MUMBAI: Intelsat, today, announced the signing of a definitive agreement that provides for the amalgamation under Bermuda law of Intelsat and a subsidiary of Zeus Holdings...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Broadcast and cable regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has set the ball rolling for the second phase of privatization of FM radio...
MUMBAI: Computer peripherals manufacturer TVS Electronics Limited (TVS-E) launched the first Indian made set top box (STB) today, which have been manufactured at its newly commissioned...
MUMBAI: International Launch Services (ILS) will launch the DIRECTV 8 satellite next year on a Proton M/Breeze M vehicle. It signed a new contract with DirecTV....
MUMBAI: Intelsat today announced that BT’s new satellite broadband service will be supported by the Intelsat system. An integral part of BT’s overall broadband strategy, the...
MUMBAI: Australia’s News Corp., which runs the biggest satellite-to-home TV broadcast in the US, has dropped its Spaceway venture. The project was meant to launch advanced...
NEW DELHI: The Rajat Sharma and Ritu Dhawan-promoted India TV would make a formal debut in a 24-hour news channel avatar on 20 May. ...
MUMBAI: Phoenix Maricopa County sheriff’s investigators arrested 21 people Thursday in connection with a scam to steal satellite television services. Working with DIRECTV officials, investigators lured...
MUMBAI: Conax AS received the State Administration of Film and Television (SARFT) CA certification for supplying its conditional access solution to the Chinese market. Conex, a...
MUMBAI: Satellite operator Panamsat has reported financial results for the first quarter ended 31 March 2004. Total revenues increased to $205.4 million compared to $199.8 million...
MUMBAI: The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (Casbaa) will stage the Casbaa Satellite Industry Forum on Monday 14 June 2004 in Singapore at the...
MUMBAI: The collective decision of leaders of the top three US cable TV operators to look for both programming companies and smaller cable systems is of...
In a deft move, Modi Entertainment Network, which currently distributes ESPN, Hallmark and Kermit in India, has gone ahead and signed a distribution agreement with B4U...
MUMBAI: Television New Zealand (TVNZ) has announced that later this year TVNZ Satellite Services will quit the global occasional use satellite delivery industry. TVNZ Satellite Services...
MUMBAI: Talk about targeted programming. Riot Media, a recently launched company based in New York, will develop, produce and market multi-platform entertainment programming and media products...
MUMBAI: Eutelsat and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) which claims to be the worlds largest professional association of national broadcasters have signed a contract. As per...
MUMBAI: The World Broadcasting Unions International Satellite Operations Group (WBU-ISOG), which includes broadcasters, satellite operators, transmission service providers and industry groups have unanimously approved a set...
CANNES: TvFilmBiz Int’l has secured a long-term agreement for cable and satellite broadcast rights of Planet’s Funniest Animals on Animal Planet worldwide excluding the UK in...
MUMBAI: The first ratings numbers for the ongoing Indo-Pakistan cricket carnival are in, and maybe not so surprisingly, they are certainly not looking bad for broadcast...
MUMBAI: Worldspace Corporation which delivers satellite radio has announced the first multinational satellite radio subscription plan available across its global footprint. This covers Europe, Asia, the...
MUMBAI: After tennis and basketball it is now the turn of wrestling to have its own channel. Satellite services company Globecast has announced that it has...
MUMBAI: Satellite ground systems provider Integral Systems and Asiasat have signed a contract. As per this Integral will provide a single, consolidated primary satellite control system...
MUMBAI: Major organisational restructuring is currently underway at CNN International. As in a lot of cases, this one will leave a few people hunting for jobs....
MUMBAI: The AMC-10 telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for Ses Americom was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral aboard a Lockheed Martin-built Atlas IIAS...
MUMBAI: Harris Corporation has been awarded a one-year, $96 million contract by The Defense Contracting Command-Washington on behalf of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) currently governing...
MUMBAI: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has got a reprieve. Italy’s government approved an emergency measure yesterday. This will save one of his TV channels from...
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Ever since the cable fraternity, armed with a High Court order, got the conditional access back onto the front burner, the question has been...
MUMBAI: WorldSpace which delivers digital audio radio services through satellite has announced that its government sales unit has submitted a proposal in partnership with nine other...
MUMBAI: If the response to the MTR Foods Indian Telly Awards 2003, organised by indiantelevision.com on 21 November, was overwhelming, the ratings the telecast of the...
MUMBAI: The ratings roost was supposedly ruled by soaps and comedies – most of them from the Star Network, and Doordarshan (DD) was hardly the one...
WASHINGTON: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has initiated a proceeding proposing rules for satellite services on vessels. This includes broadband services. The proposals implement the results...
MUMBAI: Relaunched fledgling DD News seems determined to fight its way back into the reckoning. And it’s not made a bad start either, if statistics provided...
The radio industry in India is in a nascent stage of growth. However, as the market develops a number of legal and social issues (like content...
BANGALORE: UK’s commercial rock music station Virgin Radio will now be featured as a premium channel on WorldSpace Corporation’s satellite service. This strategic partnership has been...
WILTON: Last week Panamsat reported its financial results for the third quarter and nine months, which ended 30 September 2003. In the third quarter, the company...
LONDON: In a joint venture with Orbit Data Systems Limited (ODSL), Intelsat announced plans for a two-way, satellite-based broadband Internet access service to be available directly...
ARIZONA: Frost & Sullivan has awarded Hughes Global Services (HGS) their “Innovative Satellite Service of the Year Award” for 2002. HGS’ exceptional innovation in its approach...
MUMBAI: The Chinese influx continues. At the annual three-day SCaT (Satellite and Cable TV) 2003 trade show that began at the World Trade Center, Mumbai, on...
MUMBAI: The future of cable television in India lies in the value additions that addressability can deliver in the days to come. Overtly as well as...
LONDON: Independent sports producer and sports programme distributor TWI will produce an innovative Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships for BBC TV next January. Part of the...
PARIS: The winners of the sixth Hot Bird TV Awards were announced a few days ago at a ceremony in Venice. Organised by Eutelsat and Eurovisioni,...
HASSAN: In the third and final stage of orbit-raising operation conducted on 1 October at Master Control Facility (MCF) in Hassan (Karnataka), INSAT-3E was placed near...
MUMBAI: The much delayed launch of India’s next generation communication satellite Insat 3E will finally see the light of day on 27 September. Arianespace, the launch...
NEW DELHI: Data Access, which claims to be the country’s fastest gowing telecom company has signed a multi-million dollar agreement with Intelsat. The deal will support...
CALIFORNIA: Sea Launch has received the 2003 ISCe Innovation Award during the International Satellite and Communications exchange annual awards dinner and reception a few days ago....
HAMILTON: Intelsat Ltd yesterday announced that it has advanced to the next phase in its effort to acquire the North American satellite assets of Loral Space...
MUMBAI: Insat-3E, India’s next generation communication satellite, slated to be launched on 3 September, from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guyana has been delayed yet...
NEW YORK: EchoStar IX/Telstar 13, a powerful multi-band satellite built for EchoStar Communications Corporation and Loral Skynet by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), was successfully launched. The satellite,...
