Archive for January, 2009
SVBC & Mh1 channels added in DD Direct Plus
DD Direct Plus has added two new channels: 1. Mh One2. Sri Venkateswara Bhakthi Channel ...
Tata Sky to air ‘The Great Personalities Week’ on ActveTM Stories
Source: Indiantelevision.com NEW DELHI: Direct-to-home (DTH) service provider Tata Sky, a joint venture between Tata Group and Star, has launched the new series – The Great Personalities Week – on its interactive platform, ActveTM Stories. The series (currently on air) will continue till 3 February 2009. Says Tata Sky chief marketing officer Vikram Mehra, “Today, parents find teaching their children on Tata Sky ActveTM Stories interesting and informative. It allows children to read, listen and learn at their own pace.” Talking about The Great Personalities Week, Mehra said, »»»
Sun Direct to air Neo Sports and Neo Cricket channels
Source: exchange4media.com Neo Sports Broadcast Pvt Ltd and Sun Direct TV Pvt Ltd have entered into a long term agreement under which the two Neo channels – Neo Sports and Neo Cricket – would be made available to subscribers of Sun Direct. Pursuant to the agreement, the Neo channels have already commenced transmission to Sun Direct, which has a strong presence in South India. In the past few months it has launched its DTH operations on a pan-India basis. Arun Poddar, President – Affiliate Sales & Platforms, Neo Sports, said, “As the most widely distributed sports bouquet in India, subscribed »»»
R-ADAG’s Big TV likely to call off IPL deal
Source: The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (R-ADAG)-owned Big TV’s four-year Rs 137-crore deal with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as Indian Premier League (IPL)’s exclusive DTH partner is being renegotiated and may be called off. Big TV has raised objections to its rival Bharti Airtel’s DTH brand picking up on-air sponsorship on IPL’s broadcast rights holder Sony Entertainment Television (SET). Big TV does not want any of its rivals to partner with Sony as on-air sponsor. As per the original deal inked almost six months back, Big TV is »»»
BIG TV showcasing mockumentary
Source: oneindia.in Bangalore, 2009: As part of its commitment to offer great entertainment to its subscribers, BIG TV DTH has lined up an enthralling showcasing of the recently released hilarious mockumentary, The President Is Coming with Konkona Sen Sharma in the lead and the Anil Kumble & Mandira Bedi starrer, Meerabai Not Out starting from January 25th for an entire month. Both these films will make their debut on the DTH medium as Pay-per-View films. The President Is Coming and Meerabai Not Out will be shown in multiple shows throughout the day on dedicated channels and BIG TV subscribers »»»
Reliance Big TV may cancel IPL DTH deal
Source: Televisionpoint.com Reliance Big TV, the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) direct-to-home (DTH) venture, which has bagged the official DTH partnership for the T20 cricket Indian Premier League (IPL) with a bid of $ 31.16 million for four years, has decided that it will not go ahead with the proposed deal, if the broadcast rights for the league are given to its competitor. “We at Big TV, have been talking with the IPL officials since October last year on the issue of being offered only the DTH rights, while the TV rights are going to others. This is an unfair business practice and »»»
Economic slump slows down DVR rollouts
Source: Business Standard Hit by the economic slowdown and mounting operating losses, leading direct-to-home service providers like Airtel’s Digital TV, Dish TV, Big TV and others have put their plans of launching the next level of DTH service — Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) — on hold, or are going slow. The DVRs are upgraded DTH set-top boxes that come with an added feature to record and pause live television channels. Because of this feature, their cost is up to 10 times the price of ordinary DTH boxes, which are priced between Rs 1,500 and Rs 2,000 apiece. Informed sources said that the »»»
