Archive for July, 2008
BSNL to launch IPTV technology in Lucknow city soon
LUCKNOW: Imagine that while you are talking on a landline phone, your child is busy browsing Internet. Both services being provided from one connection due to broadband services. But what if at the same time, the same wire, after being connected to your TV set, enables your wife to watch her favourite serial or a movie of her choice. It may even enable your child to play his favourite video game on TV. All this will now become possible because of a new technology – IPTV – where channels are encoded in the Internet protocol (IP) format and delivered to TV using a smart electronic device »»»
Dish TV’s Rs.1,140 cr. rights issue to be out shortly
New Delhi (PTI): Direct-to-home operator Dish TV expects its Rs 1,140 crore right issue to be out shortly as soon as it gets regulatory approval. “We are waiting for Sebi comments. Once we get the approval, we will go ahead with the rights issue,” Dish TV CMD Jawahar Goyal told PTI. The Zee group company had applied to the market regulator in May this year for its rights issue. Goyal said the company would utilise proceeds of the rights issue to cushion itself from losses incurred while providing connections to subscribers, including subsidising set top boxes among others. “Every »»»
No govt hurdle to DTH launch seen: Bharti
Bharti Airtel is ready to enter the media space through direct to home (DTH) broadcasting and internet protocol television (IPTV) services. Even as there have been reports of Bharti being under government scrutiny for violation of FDI norms in the DTH space, the company top management on Thursday said, “We are fully compliant with all the guidelines.” Bharti Telemedia Services president Atul Bindal told DNA Money: “I am in constant dialogue with the government.” He does not anticipate any government hurdle to starting services. On whether there was a show-cause notice to »»»
TDSAT allows TataSky to unbundle ESPN channels
New Delhi, Jul 24 (PTI) In the ongoing legal tussle between ESPN and TataSky over beaming of channels, TDSAT today allowed the Direct-to-Home operator to beam the sport broadcaster’s channels on a-la-carte basis after discharging it from an undertaking submitted before the Delhi High Court. ESPN and Tatasky have been at loggerheads over unbundling of the former’s three channels Star Sports, ESPN and Star Cricket. While the broadcaster insisted on offering the three channels in a buoquet that too in the basic package, TataSky had wanted to offer the channels on a-la-carte basis. In an »»»
Sun TV launches FM station at Pune
MUMBAI: Sun TV Network’s SFM launched in Pune on Tuesday, marking the entry of the last of its FM stations in Maharashtra. Radio Mirchi, Radio City and Radio One are already operational in the city. SFM would play a mix of Hindi and Marathi music. The station plans to create awareness through a press conference, outdoor hoardings, print and television ads. Another way of making its impact felt in Pune, would be gifting gold and silver coins to listeners, who would tune in to SFM and participate in the various contests. After the launch of its Pune station, SFM now heading East with launches »»»
Dish TV announces Shaadi Active in alliance with Shaadi.com
Dish TV, India’s No. 1 direct-to-home company and part of the biggest media conglomerate, Zee group, will launch a new interactive service on its platform called “Shaadi Active” in collaboration with the world’s largest matrimonial service provider, Shaadi.com. The initiative is yet another move from the market leader to ensure wholesome entertainment by understanding the specific needs of its vast subscriber base of 3.5 m, spread across the length and breadth of the country. Through dishtv’s ‘Shaadi Active’ service, marriage prospects and their parents will be able to search for »»»
DTH players oppose new tech, cry input cost hike
Fearing that they may be forced to migrate to MPEG 4 (an advanced compression format technology that enables broadcast of more channels) set top boxes (STBs) from their current MPEG 2 STBs for their new subscribers, the existing DTH operators (on MPEG 2 technology) have approached the ministry of information and broadcasting (I&B) to address their concerns. Voicing concern, Jawahar Goel, managing director, Dish TV Ltd, said, “Our analysis shows that apart from broadcasting more channels per transponder, MPEG 4 doesn’t offer any advancement in the quality of picture in comparison to MPEG »»»
