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Ria Lakshman July 24th, 2015 9:02 PM 1 COMMENTS

Six new channel licenses issued, total number of channels in India has reached 832

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has issued licenses to six new television channels, taking the total number of television channels in the country to 832. Among the six new licenses issued, five are for non-news channels. The news channel license is acquired by Sadhna Media Network, the firm that operates Sadhna, Sadhna News and Ishwar channels. The news channel is titled as Positive Health and will be available... Read More

Ria Lakshman July 24th, 2015 5:42 PM 0 COMMENTS

BARC India defines rules for usage of television ratings in public domain

In the light of several incidents where the television channels claim leadership by tweaking the rating data, the rating measurement body Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), India has laid down rules according to which channels should use their ratings, particularly in public domain. Before making a claim of leadership, the channels should do a comparison over at least four consecutive weeks of data. The period of comparison must cover at... Read More

Ria Lakshman July 23rd, 2015 11:45 AM 0 COMMENTS

Videocon d2h adds Star Movies Select HD and Fox Life HD to its content offering

Videocon d2h commitment to offer 50 HD channels to its users continue to validate with its recent addition of two new HD channels - Star Movies Select HD and Fox Life HD, taking its HD offerings to 37 channels. The new channels will be available on channel number 258 and 468. Both Star Movies Select HD and Fox Life HD have its own unique offerings to the audiences. Star Movies... Read More

Ria Lakshman July 17th, 2015 1:04 PM 8 COMMENTS

Airtel launches Made in India set-top boxes

Airtel Digital TV has launched its first indigenously manufactured set-top-boxes. Conceptualized and designed in India, the set-top boxes will be available in HD and henceforth, all Airtel Digital TV set-top boxes will be made in India. “We are proud to partner with the Government’s Make in India initiative and launch indigenous set-top-boxes made in the country. With this, we aim to reduce our imports and thus, help drive employment and... Read More

Ria Lakshman July 2nd, 2015 6:41 PM 3 COMMENTS

Viacom18 launches English channel Colors Infinity to showcase Hollywood content

Viacom18, a joint venture between Viacom and Network18 plans to launch a new English Channel Colors Infinity that will feature Hollywood content from Warner Bros, International Television Distribution, NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures Television, Twentieth Century Fox, Lionsgate, MGM, the BBC and Endemol Shine etc. Color Infinity will be on air by the end of July and will offer a strong competition to Star World, HBO, AXN and Zee Café, which is... Read More

Ria Lakshman July 1st, 2015 1:56 PM 1 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel to venture into Set Top Box manufacturing in India: Report

Sunil Bharti led Bharti Enterprises may venture into manufacturing of Set Top boxes, sources reveal Indiatoday. The company may soon enter into partnership with a yet-to-be revealed electronic manufacturer in the country to make Set Top Boxes under its commitment to support Prime Minister’s Make in India vision. The manufacturing unit may be based in Pune. However, Bharti Enterprises spokesperson refused to provide any confirmation on the same. The move... Read More

Zara Ali June 25th, 2015 7:39 PM 10 COMMENTS

Netflix to debut in India by 2016, causes stir among DTH companies

We Indians love movies and TV series, and it is the most preferred mode of entertainment in our country. Thanks to the U.S. television shows, youth in India is becoming more open to streaming as well. However, until now there has been no exclusive streaming service for us, such as Netflix, but now the scenario is changing for better as Netflix is planning to enter India. As per a report... Read More

Bhupendra Sharma June 25th, 2015 5:29 AM 0 COMMENTS

MSOs Approach TRAI Over interconnect agreements

Over 61 MSOs (Multi System Operators) have approached TRAI over signing of interconnect agreements. The information was made public by Sunil Kumar Singhal, Advisor, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India during the eighth task force meeting of TRAI. According to him, the broadcasters have replied to MSOs; however, the memorandum of association hasn't been signed yet. On the basis of meetings held with different MSOs, TRAI has identified four important issues... Read More

Bhupendra Sharma June 21st, 2015 2:26 PM 6 COMMENTS

ASCI Launches Mobile App To Curb Misleading Advertisements

The Advertising Standard Council of India has put in motion its mobile app to take the pledge of the misleading advertisements. With the help of this mobile app named ASCI Online, users can easily file complaints against invasive ads. ASCI announced this update through a statement stating that ASCI Online mobile app would be available for Android and iOS users. Narendra Ambwani, Chairman, ASCI, said that one of the goals... Read More

P K Tarun June 18th, 2015 8:02 PM 0 COMMENTS

TRAI working towards total transition of digital cable TV by 2016

With a full swing digitisation process on a complete transition from Digital cable tv likely to happen by the end of this year, informed a senior official with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Thursday. Sibichen K Mathew, Adviser and Regional Head Bengaluru and Hyderabad (in-charge), TRAI stated that Various value added services will be provided through digitisation which includes broadband for consumers.He was speaking at an occasion organised... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 13th, 2015 11:27 AM 0 COMMENTS

MIB asks MSOs to sign an affidavit, a move to hide its license delay

Ministry of Information Broadcasting (MIB) has directed the multi-system operators (MSOs) to sign an affidavit stating a clearance of criminal cases against them and their approval in shutting down the service in case of any discrepancies found in the later stage. This move has popped up during a scenario when MSO license clearances are getting delayed from Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). According to reports, around 700 applications are pending... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 13th, 2015 11:24 AM 0 COMMENTS

Amritsar MSO blames Taj TV for violating TDSAT orders

Taj Television, a wholly owned subsidiary of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEE) has been alleged to have violated TDSAT orders. An Amritsar based multi-system operator (MSO) Godfather Communications has filed a complaint to Telecom Regulatory of India (TRAI) on this regard. The complaint blamed Taj TV for denying Zee TV signals despite an audit by Broadcast Engineering Company (India) Ltd (BECIL) as directed by the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Arbitration... Read More