Archive for July, 2009
Sun Direct added Nat Geo Wild, SVBC & Shalom TV channels
Good News for all Sun Direct Subscribers. Sun Direct added three new channels to it bouquet. This channels are available free in all the basic packages. 1. Nat Geo Wild on Channel No.5472. Sri Venkateshwara Bhakti Channel on channel no.7023. Shalom TV on channel no.712 ...
Dish TV narrows Q1 loss to Rs 692 million
Source: Indiantelevision.com MUMBAI: Essel Group’s direct-to-home (DTH) company Dish TV has reduced its first-quarter loss as revenue and subscriber growth stayed upbeat despite a slowdown in the economy. Net loss at Rs 692.07 million was significantly lower than a loss of Rs 1.25 billion in the prior-year quarter. Dish TV, which added 0.44 million new subscribers in the quarter, reported a 53 per cent jump in total income to Rs 2.52 billion. The company expects revenue to accelerate particularly from the third and fourth quarters as it targets a turnover of Rs 12.50 billion for the fiscal »»»
TAG Delhi bags creative duties for DishTV
Source: Exchange4media.com DishTV, the direct to home (DTH) service from the Zee Group, has decided on its new creative partner. TAG Delhi has been assigned the DTH service provider’s creative duties. Lowe Lintas is the incumbent agency on the account. The win comes on the heels of a multi-agency pitch that also saw the participation of Rediffusion Y&R and Contract. Confirming the news, Salil Kapoor, COO, DishTV, said, “Yes, the account has now moved to TAG. Having said that, our association with Lowe has been irreplaceable. From our initial stages, the agency helped us reach where we are »»»
Reliance BIG TV acquires PPV rights of Khuda Kay Liye
Source: Businessofcinema.com MUMBAI: Reliance BIG TV has bought the DTH rights for the Pakistani movie Khuda Kay Liye from Percept Picture Company. Reliance BIG TV will be screening the movie on its Pay Per View (PPV) channels. The movie has been directed by Shoaib Mansoor and stars Naseeruddin Shah. “The DTH sector and film producers are upbeat about Pay-Per-View emerging as a significant contributor to revenues, with an expanding subscriber base and growing popularity of PPV movies. Going forward, the pay-per-view platform will be a key stream for film makers to generate revenues apart »»»
Airtel Digital TV adds 14 channels in bouquet
Source: Indiantelevision.com MUMBAI: Airtel digital TV, the direct-to-home (DTH) service from Bharti Airtel, has added 14 channels to its bouquet of offerings. With this, the DTH operator has 164 channels in its menu spread across 11 languages in India. The new channels include news channels ET Now, DD Bangla, DD Oriya, CNEB News, India News, ETV UP, Asianet News and Indiavision; movie channel Bindaas Movies; music channel ETC Punjabi; and entertainment channels UTV Bindaas, Amrita, Kasthuri and Siripolli. The company boasts of 45 Hindi, 45 English, 6 Punjabi, 3 Oriya, 13 Tamil, 9 Malayalam, 9 »»»
New UP tax to hit DTH services
Source: Business Standard Some of the operators plan to move court. The 220-odd distributors of direct-to-home (DTH) services of the five DTH operators in Uttar Pradesh have threatened to freeze sales. This is after the state government imposed a 30 per cent entertainment tax on both the hardware (set top box) as well as the broadcasting services (the channel packages), the highest across the country, and with retrospective effect. Last month, the state legislature amended the UP Entertainment and Betting Tax Act, 1979, to bring DTH into the tax net. It has also made it clear that distributors »»»
Dish TV launched "Shaadi Active"
Source: MyNews.in New Delhi: Dishtv, India’s No.1 direct-to-home company, and Shaadi.com, world’s largest matrimonial service today launched an interactive value added service – ‘Shaadi Active’. The service provides a customized matrimonial service and a superior matchmaking experience by expanding the opportunities available to meet potential life partner and help redefine TV viewing in India. Dishtv and Shaadi.com have collaborated to offer an interactive Matrimonial service “Shaadi Active”, a user friendly interface for Dishtv subscribers, which would allow the prospective »»»
