Doordarshan Freedish has added its slots to six Indian TV channels and earned Rs. 23.2 crore from the 21st e-auction. Against the reserve price of Rs. 3.7 crore per slot, DD earned between Rs 3.8 crore to Rs. 4.1 crore in the auction. While Colors Rishtey got its slot for … Read More
Spats over prices are an inescapable phenomenon in the broadcasting industry and by the looks of it Sony and Hathway Cable and Datacom are gearing up for yet another battle. Hathway said Sony, via its distributor MSM Media, has been demanding exorbitant prices for its channels for letting it renew … Read More
Venugopal Dhoot promoted Videocon Group’s DTH arm ‘Videocon d2h’, has launched three new channels; Colors Infinity, Colors Infinity HD and Nat Geo Wild HD. Colors Infinity, from Viacom18, will air critically-acclaimed and multi-award winning American TV series such as Fargo, Orange Is The New Black, Better Call Saul, Forever, The … Read More
Dish TV has added a new Malayalam channel Janam TV to its array of Malayalam channels, taking its offering to 28. Janam TV will be available on channel number 730. Dish TV India chief operating officer Salil Kapoor accounts this as Dish TV’s commitment to provide maximum width and depth … Read More
In Q1 of FY2016, MSO players see a not-so-ideal quarter as profits slipped. While carriage revenues accounted for a large part of revenues of the MSOs, it wasn’t enough to provide for strong growth for these MSOs. However, DTH players such as Dish TV and Airtel Digital TV saw their … Read More
Dish TV, India’s largest DTH operator by subscriber base today launched its home video system ‘DishFlix’. DishFlix is a video on demand service that can be availed after buying a hardware which will be pre-loaded with 50 movies, mix of Bollywood and Hollywood content, and 15 new movies will be … Read More
Reliance Digital TV the 5th largest DTH operator is offering a free 3-month premium subscription to BigFlix for its subscribers pan India. BigFlix is a premier Movies on Demand online streaming service in Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and multiple regional languages. There is a wide assortment of movies across genres … Read More
Zee Media mulls over an international news network in English for global audience with an Indian point-of-view, says Dr. Subash Chandra, Chairman, Essel Group which runs over 70 channels under the name Zee and DNA. “We will announce the launch soon, it could be any week or any month,” added … Read More
BBC Worldwide has signed a deal with India’s DTH platform Tata Sky, to allow it to launch VOD services. The deal, first-of-its-kind in India will allow Tata sky to offer both SVOD and TVOD services in eight Indian cities. The new deal is in the wake of a new study … Read More
Videocon has launched Direct to Mobile TV app that enables Videocon d2h subscribers to watch television anywhere, anytime on their mobile phones. The subscribers can watch more than 70 live channels and more than 3000 movies and videos available in its library. The existing subscribers can watch these using the … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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