Archive for October, 2009
Level playing field with cable will help direct-to-home industry
Source: The Hindu Business Line Chennai, Oct. 30 Direct-to-home service provider Sun Direct says a level playing field with cable operators will help grow the DTH industry to a healthy level. According to Mr Tony D’Silva, Chief Operating Officer, Sun Direct, there are a lot of procedural disadvantages for DTH players. For example, besides paying 55 to 60 per cent of their gross revenues to broadcasters, DTH players have to pay a licence fee to the Government by way of adjusted gross revenue (which is 10 per cent of gross revenue), whereas cable operators do not have to pay AGR and so many other »»»
DTH releases not a viable alternative at present: Cinemax
Source: Moneycontrol.com In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Jitendra Mehta, CFO of Cinemax spoke about the results and his outlook for the company. Here is a verbatim transcript of the exclusive interview with Jitendra Mehta on CNBC-TV18. Also watch the accompanying video. Q: Run us through the numbers you said your revenues are Rs 47 crore versus Rs 45 crore but your net profit is down to Rs 2.5 crore compared to Rs 4.5 crore. What went wrong? A: Nothing much went wrong. Definitely there were some after effects of the strike, which was during the month of April and June. So by the time the films »»»
Mobile, TV are life enhancers
Source: The Hindu Business Line With the advantage of its mobile network, and a brand as strong as Airtel, Airtel DTH is pursuing its place in the DTH market with great aggression. The strategy is different now says, Ajai Puri, Director & CEO – DTH, Bharti Airtel, who claims the brand is acquiring the largest number of new customers. And two out of three of them are coming from outside the top 300 cities. Puri, who has also shared pictures from his frequent travels in rural India, spoke at length on the strategy for brand. What is your gameplan for the brand? I have a strong belief that »»»
Do Knot Disturb to premiere on Airtel DTH
Source: Businessofcinema.com MUMBAI: Airtel digital TV – the DTH service from Bharti Airtel – will be premiering the Govinda-starrer Do Knot Disturb on its PPV service from 29 October at a price of Rs 50. This comes within four weeks of the film’s theatrical release. Customers can order the film by visiting the website www.airtel.in/digitaltv or by sending an SMS to 54325. Directed by David Dhawan, Do Knot Disturb is based on a rich businessman Raj (Govinda) who wants to keep his affair with girlfriend Dolly (Lara Dutta) secret from his wife Kiran (Sushmita Sen). Raj seeks help from »»»
Airtel launches triple-play game
Source: Business Standard India’s largest private sector telecom player Bharti Airtel has launched a triple-play arcade puzzle game Getris on all three services of Airtel — mobile, Internet and direct to home (DTH). Based on the popular game Tetris, Getris is targeted at the 14-18 age group and was available for a free preview on Diwali for Airtel’s mobile, broadband and DTH customers. “This is Airtel’s first attempt to launch a game on all three platforms. Anyway, games on DTH is a new phenomenon. An Airtel customer can play the game on any one of the three services and seamlessly continue »»»
Dish TV hopeful of reducing losses in coming quarters
Source: The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Direct-to-home (DTH) service provider Dish TV on Tuesday said it will continue to reduce its losses in the coming quarters without disclosing a time frame by when it would start making net profit. The company reduced its net loss by two thirds to Rs 56.13 crore during the quarter ended September, over the year ago period, due to reduction in distribution and content costs besides adding new subscribers. Its total revenues grew 48.5 % to Rs 257.49 crore compared to Rs 173.29 crore in the same period last year as it added 4.07 lakh new subscribers in the quarter »»»
MY FM adds fun this Diwali with “Safai Karo…Laxmi Bulaoo” Contest
Source: Indiantelevision.com MUMBAI: To add to the fun and frolic quotient of the festive Deepawali season, 94.3 My FM launched an extraordinary activity for its listeners in Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Indore, Nagpur, Chandigarh, Raipur and Jaipur. Promoting the tradition of spring cleaning the house to welcome Goddess Laxmi, it launched an innovative contest, entitled “Safai Karo…Laxmi Bulaoo” in which listeners were encouraged to clean and decorate their homes in the most innovative ways with the least investment. The winners won a cash prize worth Rs. 10,000/- and they also got a chance to get »»»
