Archive for August, 2009
DTH row: Panel likely to give its verdict soon
Source: mydigitalfc.com The Competition Commission of India is likely to deliver judgement within two months in the case against DTH service providers moved by a group of consumer forums and NGOs. A senior official of the commission told Financial Chronicle on conditions of anonymity, “We are very close to giving our final verdict. It would take less than 60 days,” he said. As reported in this newspaper, the forums and the NGOs had come knocking on the doors of the industry watchdog asking that the service providers be ordered to make their set top boxes interoperable. At present, when a consumer »»»
Value warrior
Source: Business Standard Will Dish TV’s tie-ups with shaadi.com, yatra.com and monster.com give it an edge over rivals? The value propositions are hard to ignore: If Shah Rukh Khan is to be believed, you can get married, find a job or plan a holiday sitting at home. All you need is a Dish TV connection at home. The provider of direct-to-home (DTH) television has tied up with portals shaadi.com, yatra.com and monster.com to provide these services to its subscribers. These, of course, are not the full services that you get on the Net from these portals. But they are intended to create some buzz »»»
DTH operators eye Onam to grow in Kerala with festive offers
Source: Indiantelevision.com MUMBAI: Direct-to-home (DTH) operators are turning to Kerala to mop up subscribers during the Onam festive season with special packages. Big TV and Sun Direct have announced their special festival offers. Big TV has unveiled a limited period offer, ‘The Smart South-2590′, valid till 9 September. The offer includes ‘Get Starter Kit’ for Rs 1,490 and recharge coupon voucher of Rs 110. The Smart South-2590 service pack comes with a total of 83 channels that includes 15 Sun channels and other south regional language channels. The offer also enables »»»
Reliance BIG TV’s festival offer for Kerala, gifts it’s viewers an Onam Special offer
Source: Equity Bulls Kerala, August 29, 2009: Reliance BIG TV announces the launch of a Special Festival offer exclusively for the customers in Kerala. The Smart South 2590 offer is a limited period offer which coincides with the festival of Onam. This offer includes Get Starter Kit for Rs 1490/- + RCV of Rs 1100/- (Inclusive of all Charges). Other salient features of this festival offer include 12 months free subscription of South Starter Lite Pack plus 8 channels, one free regional pack, an Interactive service application and 10 Audio channels. “This limited period offer is to spread the festive »»»
FM channels may broadcast agency news in the near future
Source: TopNews.in The news is that the government may allow private radio channels to broadcast news sourced from agencies like PTI and UNI. The private radio broadcasters in the country are demanding the government permission to air the news bulletins from a long period. As per the sources in the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, the government is sincerly taking into account the whole issue. Confirming the news, a top official of I & B Ministry said: “The matter is still under consideration.” Currently, over 100 FM radio channels are operating in the country. The Akashvani or All »»»
Hathway Cable & Datacom plans public float
Source: Indiantelevision.com MUMBAI: The year 2009 could be historic for Indian cable TV companies as they plan to tap the capital market to fund their expansion into digitisation, move into corporate accountability, and create a wide pool of professional executives. After Digital Entertainment Networks (DEN), it is Hathway Cable & Datacom that is readying for an initial public offering (IPO). The leading multi-system operator (MSO) in terms of revenue is firming up details as it requires funding to seed more digital set-top boxes (STBs) and expand its broadband business. Hathway Cable & »»»
Govt to defer Phase III of FM radio till fixing of royalty issues
Source: Indiantelevision.com NEW DELHI: The Phase III of FM radio expansion has been deferred to resolve certain issues primarily relating to royalty for music. Information and Broadcasting Ministry sources said the issue had already been taken up with the Human Resource Ministry which administers the Copyright Act. The sources clarified to indiantelevision.com that the channels that had been licensed in Phase II had complained that they were unable to break even primarily because of the huge royalty they were forced to pay to the music companies. The methodology of fixing royalty will be discussed, »»»
