Archive | January, 2009
Self Regulatory Guidelines for News Channels
With visual media coming under attack for its coverage of Mumbai terror attacks, Indian news broadcasters have produced a set of rules on how to cover such events. Under the six-point `self requlatory’ guidelines framed by the umbrella body NBA (News Broadcasters Association), the channels shouldn’t be telecasting details of identity, number and status of [...]
Continue reading...New Technological way of Sat Radio system
28. January 2009
It seems not that long ago the great advances in audio coding technology and lower cost satellite equipment made it feasible for many radio networks around the world to distribute their programming by satellite. Many of these radio networks uplinked directly from the radio station studios to feed AM / FM / MW / SW [...]
Continue reading...The Hindi Movie channels Bank on repeats
28. January 2009
Hindi movie channels in India, largely, cope with the format of airing repeat titles. The premier of the big titles especially is done on the general entertainment channels. The year 2008 has also seen the launch of channels like UTV Movies that operate on a model, where big titles are premiered on the Hindi movie [...]
Continue reading...Cable Industry Protests against Govt’s move to raise FDI limit for DTH only
28. January 2009
The cable industry, which reaches over 80 million out of India’s 130 million TV-owning homes, is getting ready to strongly oppose the government’s move to raise the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit for direct-to-home (DTH) service providers from 49 to 74% without doing the same for cable companies. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) [...]
Continue reading...Cable TV rate up by 7%
28. January 2009
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) announced a 7% increase for cable services in non-Cas and Cas areas based on whole sale price index movement with effect from New Year’s Day 2009. Trai issued the Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services (Second) Tariff (Ninth Amendment) Order, 2008, and the Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services (Third) (Cas [...]
Continue reading...House panel demands Regulation of TRP system
28. January 2009
Pitching for regulating the TRP system to gauge viewership to make it more accountable, a parliamentary panel demanded that the government bring in a legislation for effective oversight of broadcast content without any further delay. Perturbed by the fact that a suitable legislation on broadcasting is yet to materialise despite Supreme Court’s 1995 judgement, which had [...]
Continue reading...Hope alive for Adult content on TV
28. January 2009
The moral police might have pulled the plug on adult programming on television but there is hope yet. After banning many channels for showing allegedly ‘indecent’ programmes, the government appears to be having a rethink on the issue and is considering allowing channels to beam adult content, but only in fixed time slots (between 11 [...]
Continue reading...Indian Built Satellite Orbiting for European firm
28. January 2009
Isro-built European satellite W2M along with Eutelsat’s Hot Bird 9 satellite for broadcasting services was successfully launched on 21 December. The Ariane-5 rocket was launched from Kourou spaceport in French Guiana, South America. The W2M carries 32 transponders in Ku-band as against 64 transponders in the same band by Hot Bird. Its transponders will be used [...]
Continue reading...3G auction deferred spectrum
27. January 2009
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has postponed the auctions for third generation mobile spectrum by two weeks to January 30. It was earlier announced that the auctions would take place on January 16. The auction for broadband wireless spectrum has also been pushed back. According to Government sources, the auction has been postponed since DoT is [...]
Continue reading...Interlink norms for Digital Cable platforms
27. January 2009
In order to keep pace with the rapid growth of the cable and broadcast industry, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) floated a consultation paper on interconnection issues relating to broadcasting and cable services. The previous interconnection norms for the cable sector were issued nearly four years ago, when there were about 45 million [...]
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28. January 2009
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