Archive for March, 2010
Riteish Deshmukh & Jacqueline Fernandes speak the ‘venus language’ with RJ Rohit exclusively on Radio City 91.1FM
MUMBAI: Fun and entertainment got a new dimension when Mumbaicha mulga, Riteish Deshmukh and Sri Lankan beauty, Jacqueline Fernanades, visited the studios of Radio City 91.1FM, India’s Leading Radio Network, to talk exclusively about their much awaited release ‘Jane Kaha Se Aayee Hain’. Both the stars had a great time interacting with the witty, RJ Rohit in Radio City’s de stressing evening drive time show, Joyride from 5 to 7 p.m. RJ Rohit, in his signature style of humour, managed to get a lot out of the two stars on how great they felt working together in ‘Jane Kaha Se Aayee Hain’ »»»
DTH cos ready with high-definition set-top boxes
NEW DELHI: Nearly three decades after the Delhi Asian Games touched off a revolution in colour televisions in India, direct-to-home (DTH) TV service providers are hoping another sporting event will turn out to be a similar game-changer. DTH television service operators such as Dish TV, Reliance Big TV, Airtel Digital TV and Tata Sky are bracing to launch high-definition (HD) set-top boxes to coincide with the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in October, looking to woo consumers with content that is superior in audio and video quality to traditional TV systems. “Just as the Asian Games was the »»»
Cable operators: New entrants fail to connect with investors
Recently-listed cable companies failed to fire up investor interest in them or the industry. These companies — Den Networks and Hathway Cable and Datacom — have disappointed their investors with poor listing gains below average hardly showered investors with good returns. Den Networks since listing has given only 18%, while Hathway Cable and Datacom has barely 2%. A prime reason for these companies to stay out of investors’ investing radar is because of their business model, which has hardly delivered substantial revenues not only for these two new companies, but also for already listed old »»»
Dish, Big TV wrestle over trademark
New Delhi: It’s not a fight for subscribers alone; the intense rivalry in the direct-to-home (DTH) space has now spilled over to the trade mark arena. Subhash Chandra’s DTH arm Dish TV has objected to Anil Ambani’s Reliance-ADAG applying for trademark registration of its DTH service (Big TV) as “Big Dish TV” and “Reliance Dish TV”. According to sources, recently ADAG applied for the registration of “Big Dish TV” to the office of the trade mark registry in Mumbai. To this, Dish TV has made a strong objection, stating that such a move clearly establishes the mala fide intention »»»
DTH ops to launch HDTV in time for Commonwealth Games
NEW DELHI: Even as Prasar Bharati has announced plans to start beaming in High Definition by the time of the Commonwealth Games in October this year, major private DTH players like Dish TV, Tata Sky and Airtel Digital TV said they would be launching HD services within the next couple of months. Dish TV chief operating officer Salil Kapoor said, “We are currently evaluating the market and would launch the HD service in the first quarter of next fiscal.” Airtel Digital Marketing Head Sugato Banerjee told Indiantelevision.com that it was too early to say how much the consumer would be »»»
DTH companies to launch HD-ready boxes
NEW DELHI: Nearly three decades after the Delhi Asian Games touched off a revolution in colour televisions in India, Direct-To-Home (DTH) TV service providers are hoping another sporting event will turn out to be a similar gamechanger. DTH television service operators such as Dish TV, Reliance Big TV, Airtel Digital TV and Tata Sky are bracing to launch highdefinition (HD) set-top boxes to coincide with the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in October, looking to woo consumers with content that is superior in audio and video quality to traditional TV systems. “Just as the Asian Games was the driver »»»
Airtel Digital, Dish TV to launch HD service this year
NEW DELHI: DTH operators Airtel Digital and Dish TV on Monday said they will launch their high definition (HD) services this year, in time for the Commonwealth Games. While Bharti Airtel’s DTH venture will launch the HD service, which offers better picture and sound quality compared to the regular service, before the games, Dish TV plans to launch its service in the first quarter of next fiscal. “We will launch our (HD) service definitely before the Commonwealth Games,” Bharti Airtel chief marketing officer (DTH) Sugato Banerji told reporters on the sidelines of CASBAA India Satellite »»»
