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MUMBAI: India is just a year into the process of digitisation, and, in another year, it is quite likely all of the nation’s 100-odd million cable...
NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting minister Manish Tewari has said the process of mainstreaming self-regulation as a statutory mechanism should be led by the industry and...
MUMBAI: Cisco, which acquired NDS, has won a significant standard definition (SD) set-top box business in India for the quarter ending January, benefitting from India‘s move...
Mumbai: As 31 October has been decided as the deadline for digitisation in four metros, Reliance Broadcast Network (RBNL), is all set to make the most...
MUMBAI: Shin Broadband Internet in Thailand has awarded a contract for a next generation Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) push video on demand service in Asia to...
MUMBAI: Apple is moving steadily towards its aim of changing the way consumers view entertainment in the digital arena. The company’s founder and CEO Steve Jobs...
MUMBAI: Conexant Systems Inc., a supplier of semiconductor solutions for broadband communications and the digital home, has announced that its CX2430X family of MPEG decoders for...
MUMBAI: The anticipated growth of digital television (DTV) and high-definition television (HDTV) is expected to positively influence the development of a range of support industries. These...
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...
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...
MUMBAI: US-based VOD/IPTV platform solution provider MatrixStream Technologies will soon be releasing what it claims as the world’s first H.264 AVC (advance video codec) Video on...
MUMBAI: Americans spent $22.8 billion renting and buying DVDs in 2005. The DEG: Digital Entertainment Group has come out with a report on DVD sales. Consumer...
MUMBAI: Tandberg Television and Microsoft Corp. have announced that they have entered into a development and cooperation agreement to integrate Tandberg TV’s encoding technologies with Microsoft...
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...
LONDON: NDS Group, the maker of pay TV anti-piracy equipment owned by News Corp, announced today that its first-quarter earnings rose 24 per cent to 8.34...
NEW DELHI: How does the consumer perceive the conditional access regime? Is he ready for CAS? Questions, notwithstanding – the crux of the I&B Ministry-NFO Survey...
NEW DELHI: Even as the government is preparing to issue another notification related to conditional access system (CAS), pay broadcasters have conveyed to the government that...
MUMBAI: An innovation must result in the development of a successful business model at an appropriate time. These words by Madison Communications CMD Sam Balsara summed...
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)...
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...
MUMBAI: Now it’s official. News Corp technology arm NDS yesterday announced that Hathway Cable & Datacom has selected its systems to launch the MSO’s conditional access...
MUMBAI: Tech majors Philips and Thomson figure in the list of set top box manufacturers who have an eye on the Indian market with the imminent...
MUMBAI: One of the sessions at the ScaT workshop in Mumbai dealt with Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Specifications for Set Top boxes. Col V C...
MUMBAI: What is conditional access? How does it work? Is it prevalent globally? What should India do? Is the CAS Amendment a good enough framework? These...
MUMBAI: AC Nielsen’s TAM Media offers its viewpoint on the government’s plans to introduce conditional access systems (CAS). What CAS is expected to deliver: Security, reliability,...
MUMBAI: What is conditional access? How does it work? Is it prevalent globally? What should India do? Is the CAS Amendment a good enough framework? These...
NEW DELHI: With the adjournment of the Indian Parliament sine die today, the fate of conditional access system becomes that much more nebulous. Though, some government...
The Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2002 may still be awaiting clearance by the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament), but the wheels are moving...
In a move aimed at demonstrating the government’s commitment to make all pay channels mandatorily routed through a conditional access system, national broadcaster Doordarshan is all...
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association has asked the central government to pass a legislation making it mandatory for conditional access set top boxes to be...
