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Rudradeep Biswas December 19th, 2014 2:10 PM 0 COMMENTS

Government issues reminder to TV channels to apply for fresh security clearance

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has issued reminders for television channels to apply for fresh security clearance for 10 years, by 26 December. The government of India last month set out the format in which applications should be sent by news and non-news television channels seeking Home Ministry security clearance to uplink or downlink and current affairs TV channels. The companies owning TV channels will now have to furnish the... Read More

Mahit December 16th, 2014 7:16 PM 0 COMMENTS

Indian Broadcasting Foundation challenges TRAI tariff order in TDSAT

While challenging the TRAIs tariff order in TDSAT, the Indian Broadcasting Foundation said that the tariff order clearly violates the Article 12 of the constitutions by trying to draw an equalized equation between the unequals. DAS(Digital Addressable System) in India is still evolving. Mr. Abhishek Malhotra also expressed his ire against the TRAIs stand, which, he said, is contrary to the stand taken 10 years ago. The argument put forward... Read More

Mahit December 12th, 2014 5:15 PM 4 COMMENTS

Karnataka plans to replicate Tamil Nadu Arasu Network and provide cable TV services at just Rs.100

At a time when the DAS license is being given out to select few and Jayalalitha's TACTV license is still pending approval from the I&B ministry, Karnataka Public Relations and Infrastructure Minister Mr. Roshan Baig has expressed a keen interest in setting up a cable television system if the centre permits it. The Minister said he will be setting up a new cable TV system so as to solve the... Read More

Chethan S December 9th, 2014 7:07 PM 3 COMMENTS

Dish TV subscribers in for a premium customer experience

Direct to home (DTH) operator Dish TV has joined hands with Concentrix Corporation to further enhance its business services for its premium customers. Dish TV has 12.1 million net subscribers in India. This collaboration will bring together Dish TV’s innovative offerings and revolutionary features with the world class customer engagement expertise of Concentrix, a global leader in high-value business services. The choice to partner with Concentrix Corporation comes as a... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas December 9th, 2014 12:05 PM 2 COMMENTS

Airtel Digital TV launches Self-Care App for television sets

Airtel Digital TV, the Direct-To-Home (DTH) service arm of Bharti Airtel has rolled out an innovative and easy to use Self-Care Application for television sets, a first-of-its kind by a DTH service provider. A TV replica of the ‘My Airtel mobile app’, the Self-Care will enable customers with an Airtel Digital TV HD set-top-box to easily access their Airtel Digital TV account details real-time on their television sets without the need... Read More

Esmail December 4th, 2014 11:33 PM 3 COMMENTS

Hathway Datacom launches ‘Broadband TV’ in association with Ditto TV app

After its recent launch of ‘Broadband movies’ in association with Eros Now app, Hathway has struck another strategic partnership with an online video content provider for both live streaming and video on demand services. This time Hathway has partnered with the cross platform app ‘Ditto TV’. Ditto TV is available on Android, iOS, windows phone and PC. It has more than 100 live TV channels along with catch up TV... Read More

Srikapardhi December 2nd, 2014 1:35 PM 1 COMMENTS

TRAI releases draft tariff order for non addressable cable TV systems

Broadcasting sector regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has come out with its draft tariff order for non addressable cable TV system and is asking for comments on the same from the public and the industry. This comes after the Supreme Court of India’s (SCI) order in September wherein it had asked stakeholders to submit views by 30 September, which the regulator has now extended to 15 December, which it... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 26th, 2014 6:42 PM 0 COMMENTS

Discovery Channel India parts ways with MSM

Following Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)’s mandate last year, leading pay channel group Discovery has parted ways with Multi Screen Media (MSM) in India. The almost 12-year-old distribution JV between two parties ends in the television distribution space with effect from January 1, 2015. As per the report, TRAI mandated that distributors cannot bundle channels from different broadcasters while selling content to various platforms such as cable operators and... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 26th, 2014 4:44 AM 0 COMMENTS

South Indian MSOs join hands to launch cable TV federation by December 2014

India’s Multi-System Operators in Karnataka particularly Bengaluru, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala have joined hands to establish a South Indian Cable Television Federation to strengthen their broadband offer and operating power. The federation will be officially launched in Kerala by year end. The federation will have 20 headends under it, currently catering to 30 lakh subscribers across Bengaluru, Telangana, AP, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. According to a MSO,... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 24th, 2014 4:19 PM 0 COMMENTS

DD Kisan to launch in mid-January

Public broadcaster is all set to launch its much awaited 24 x 7 Kisan TV channel by the end of January 2015. Doordarshan's 'Kisan' channel is one of the new ideas that the Narendra Modi-led NDA government had announced with regard to the public broadcaster. Initially the channel was planned to launch by the month of December this year, but everything has not set up including teams, studios, content and... Read More

Srikapardhi November 23rd, 2014 4:11 PM 1 COMMENTS

TRAI wants regulatory framework for Distribution Platform Operators

To create a regulatory framework for platform services offered by Distribution Platform Operators (DPOs), the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended the establishment of an online system by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, to register all the platform services. The registration is on the basis of a simple set of information and at a nominal registration fee of Rs 1000 per channel. According to the recommendations, TRAI said... Read More

Mahit November 22nd, 2014 12:22 PM 0 COMMENTS

Best Cable TV price and packages from leading MSOs in Bangalore

MSOs have been trying very hard to lure consumers with their attractive channel packages and low base price. They have also started offering add-on channel packs so that subscribers pay only for what they use. Hathway has been leading when it comes to Digital cable and the packages start from as low as Rs.100 and extends all the way up to Rs.250 for the premium package that offers 194 channels.... Read More