Archive for August, 2009
Airtel goes the Bollywood way
Source: DNAIndia.com Mumbai: From glamorous stars to long-lost childhood sweet hearts — Airtel has done it all. Airtel DTH was launched in October 2008 with an ad which featured a host of celebrities. At that time, the proposition was to offer magical entertainment and to dramatise the TV viewing experience. Airtel then conducted a research to figure out which feature could be the next driver and that’s how it zeroed in on ‘clarity’. The new ad for Airtel Digital TV tells the story of two childhood lovers who are separated as kids andhow Airtel Digital TV’s picture »»»
Dish TV to raise Rs 1,000 crore
Source: Business Standard Dish TV, the direct-to-home (DTH) arm of Subhash Chandra’s Essel group, will raise Rs 1,000 crore from foreign markets, issuing foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs) in a month. The proceeds of the FCCB will be used for enhancing the subscriber base to 7.5 million within this financial year from 5 million earlier, Dish TV Chief Financial Officer Rajeev K Dalmia said. The company, which got shareholders’ approval for overseas fund-raising as well as the Foreign Investment Promotion Board’s (FIPB’s) approval for raising Rs 750 crore, has appointed Deutsche Bank »»»
AIR to launch 24-hour news channel on FM
Source: NewKerala.com Itanagar, Aug 28 : The All India Radio (AIR) is considering to launch a 24-hour news channel on frequency mode (FM) soon in Arunachal Pradesh. Director General (News), Mohan Chandak informed this while interacting with media persons here yesterday after launching the regional news bulletins in Hindi and English. Describing the launch of daily news bulletins as a historic moment for AIR, he felt that it should have been made long way back, considering the importance of the role AIR plays in disseminating information to more than 90 per cent of population across the country. He »»»
WB, MGM, TCM & NDTV Lumeire channels added in Tata Sky
Good news for all Tata Sky subscribers. Four new channels WB, MGM, TCM & NDTV Lumeire have been added. These four channels will be available free for all the existing & new Annual Mega Pack subscribers. For others it is added into a new add-on pack called “Cosmo Pack” and the price of the pack is Rs.45/- per month & Rs.450/- per annum. To add these channels to your subscription, sms COPA to 56633 from your Registered Mobile Number (RMN) or Call Tata Sky Helpline. ...
Airtel digital TV on a growth trajectory
Source: Televisionpoint.com Airtel digital TV, the direct-to-home (DTH) service from Bharti Airtel, has been one of the late entrants in the DTH industry. In just nine months after its nationwide launch, the company claims to have crossed the one million mark. Ajai Puri, director and chief executive officer, Bharti Telemedia, who has earlier worked with Bharti’s telecom business for about five years, says the DTH industry has a potential to revolutionise the Indian broadcast market just like the telecom industry did. Puri says that if the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry promotes »»»
AIR taking radio closer to people, says official
Source: The Hindu GUNTUR: Prasara Bharati’s All India Radio, with the right mix of programming and technology, revived the radio listening habits among general public and is giving the Satellite Television channels a run for their money. Making these observations at an interactive session with the students of Acharya Nagarjuna University Department of Journalism students, the Vijayawada All India Radio Station Director Mangalagiri Aditya Prasad termed the radio as a media of the common man from all economic strata of society. “Our aim is to bring in as many interactive programmes as possible »»»
HITS policy coming by year-end: Soni
Source: Indiantelevision.com NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni assured today that the Headend-In-The-Sky (HITS) policy would be in place by the end of this year. Though the policy had been finalised and placed before the Union Cabinet early this year, it could not be taken up. The policy based on the recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), however, is at a final stage for decision. HITS will speed up the process of digitisation of cable TV services across the country. Addressing the NEWS NEXT 2009 meet on Triumph over Travails organised by »»»
