130 MSO (Multi System Operators) across the country have been given a permanent license extending over ten years. The licence to operate DAS has been quiet controversial as some of the operators failed to get it because of a red signal from the home ministry. The list of MSOs who have been given permission after the last list as on Aug 21 include Skynet Digital Services which will cover states... Read More
Bombay High Court has finally said that it may hear the Digicable Network license cancellation case this week. Digicable Networks had challenged the Ministry of I&B on 13 September and had got an ad interim stay against the order till 6 october. “The hearing has been postponed for the next two to three days”, said Kohli who is promoting Digicable. Bombay High Court had granted some temporary relief for the... Read More
Digitisation has hit a roadblock when the I&B minister announced recently that it will be postponing phase 3 and phase 4. MSOs and broadcasters were found criticising the move as they had already invested huge sum for the digitization process and are yet to realise their investments. Siti Cable CEO quoted “It is the MSOs who have invested in the Digitisation”. In such a case Mr. Wadhwa suggested that MSOs... Read More
Airtel and DishTV have published their Q2 2014-15 ending 30th September results and the results are a mixed bag. The television and broadcasting sector is undergoing a change so things might just improve in future. Here's what the results are: Airtel: Airtel's total revenue was Rs. 626.3 crore. Its earnings before interest and taxes stand at a loss of Rs 67.7 crores which is not really a good sign. It... Read More
Leading national and state level cable operators have merged to form an union federation, All India Digital Cable Federation (AIDCF). Leading cable operators who had users more than a lakh were invited at this meeting where they introduced this Federation. With the formation of AIDCF, the Multi-System Operators (MSO) Alliance comprising the five national MSOs has been dissolved. VD Wadhwa, CEO of Siti Cable was unanimously elected as the president of AIDCF. All MSOs who have a... Read More
Airtel digital TV today announced its partnership with Samsung to launch India’s very first Integrated Digital TV (iDTV). As part of this innovation - Samsung’s range of SmartDirect TVs will come designed with an in-built Airtel digital TV Smart Card which will enable DTH signal reception without the need for customers to install an external set-top-box (STB). The Integrated Digital TV (iDTV) capability will deliver a smart TV viewing experience for... Read More
TV9 had faced a setback in Telangana after they aired defamatory content on their channel. The channel had also received a warning to strictly follow the Programme Code and the advertisement code from rules 6 and 7 of the cable Televisions Networks Rule. TV9 rendered a thoughtful apology for allegedly telecasting ‘Defamatory content’ followed by which Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) ordered the MSOs to restart the TV9 signals.... Read More
Information and Broadcasting (I&B) minister Prakash Javadekar has stated the government is planning to bring set-top box portability to the country, otherwise called "inter-operability". This will enable consumers to change their service providers by just replacing the chip-enabled card rather than having to buy set-top box every time they change the service provider. “Like portability of mobile phones, the viewers should also have similar options with the set-top boxes. They... Read More
In the recent India Digital Operators summit 2014 which was held in Goa, Mr Anil Wanvari CEO and Editor in chief of Indiantelevision.com gave an overview on how the TV industry has shaped in the recent past. The adaptation of CAS(Conditional Access System) and DAS(Digital Access System) has changed the way the industry functions said Wanvari. The broadcasters demand for higher revenue from the Pay Tv is still not meted... Read More
Videocon D2H which is one of the country’s leading providers of Direct to Home (DTH) service has just added two Odia channels named the Kanak TV and Zee Kalinga to its bouquet of channels on offer. They will be available in the basic pack named ‘Super Gold’ onwards. The addition of two Odia channels has taken the tally of company’s Odia channels on offer to 13. It offers about 500... Read More
I&B minister Prakash Javedekar had recently expressed his concern over the fact that better quality STB(Set Top Box) were being exported and the lower quality ones being sold in the domestic market. He then expressed the Government’s willingness to help the local STB manufacturers especially with the issues related to the taxation. The manufacturers on the contrary comforted the Information & Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry that they be able to meet... Read More
Essel group owned SITI cable which is an Multi System Operator (MSO) in Mumbai is on the verge of expanding its business and in a document pertaining to the shareholders it has asked clearance from the shareholders to approve the increase in the capital share. The MSO has been through a rough patch recently and it put the blame on the Declaration of subscribers base and lower Average Revenue Per... Read More
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