Telecom regulator Trai is planning a consumer outreach programme, starting this month, to create user awareness on the nuances of its new tariff order and framework for the broadcasting sector, a senior official said to PTI. Trai’s move comes just days after the Supreme Court dismissed a plea challenging the … Read More
Last week, the apex court supported the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (Trai) tariff order and interconnect regulations relating to pricing and packaging of DTH channels being offered to subscribers. The court has listed channels genre-wise and has set an upper cap on the pricing of the genre-wise sorted channels. … Read More
Tata Sky has again intimated its viewers that it will take down 26 channels from its platform due to either breach or expiration of agreements with content distributors. Notably, the cable TV company had also removed 32 channels by Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) earlier this month following the trouble … Read More
Four Indian manufacturers on Monday announced to launch new products like portable headsets, smart speakers and set-top boxes with the Amazon Alexa built-in. The hardware manufacturers are iBall, Sirena Technologies, boAt and MyBox who have integrated Alexa into their products with the Alexa Voice Service (AVS) which enables developers to … Read More
Tata Sky, which surprised one and all by removing 32 channels of Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) and three of TV Today Network has confirmed that it’s open to negotiations on the pricing front with Sony India. Even Sony India stated that they are open to negotiations in the pricing … Read More
Subscribers of Tata Sky Direct to Home (DTH) service were shocked on Monday as the company revoked 32 channels from its platform, all distributed by Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN). Tata Sky also removed three channels distributed by India Today apart from the above thirty-two channels. Notably, the company took … Read More
Bharti Airtel’s DTH arm, Bharti Telemedia has revealed in a regulatory filing that it has received government’s nod for transferring 15% stake to private equity firm Warburg Pincus. “The said approval has been granted by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting,” Airtel said in a regulatory filing, as reported by PTI. … Read More
Bharti Airtel has reportedly received FDI clearance from the government for selling 20% stake in its DTH arm to Warburg Pincus. The deal worth USD 350 million was announced way back in December 2017. According to a source close to PTI, the government has cleared the FDI which is required … Read More
DishTV, one of the leading direct-to-home operator in the country has announced that it’s bringing voice-assisted TV viewing by launching its skill for Amazon Alexa. The Dish TV skill will help to users find programs and provide recommendations on programs, movies, sports and music, it said in a statement. DishTV … Read More
Following a lengthy hassle over the increased prices of Star Channels on Airtel Digital TV, finally, both the companies have arrived at an agreement where Airtel Digital TV has agreed to broadcast Star Channels without any obstruction which involves the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Star Sports Network. Previously discussions … Read More
Tata Sky, the leading content distribution platform across DTH and OTT today launched its newest offering, a carefully handpicked bouquet of international entertainment content to take on the likes of Sun Nxt and ZEE5 services. Dubbed as the Tata Sky World Screen, the aim of this new initiative by Tata … Read More
As the time comes closer for the IPL 2018, we see that there’s a serious sword-swinging going on between Airtel Digital TV and Star India. For a while now, Airtel Digital TV subscribers are getting notified that their Star channels streaming will be disrupted and turned off if they do … Read More
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