Archive | July, 2009
Digital TV Audience Measurement
Direct-to-home (DTH) television service providers and TV rating analysts are tuning into the critical zone of digital TV audience measurement as more Indian households abandon cable operators and opt for personal dishes to receive satellite programmes. To begin with, TV ratings provider Audience Measurement and Analytics Ltd (aMap) is installing a network of digital people meters—a [...]
Continue reading...ET Now launched
16. July 2009
Times Global Broadcasting Co Ltd (TGBCL) launched their English business news channel ET Now on 22nd June with the promotional tagline “unmute business news.” Unparalleled edge It’s a unique experiment in media convergence: this is perhaps the first time in the world that a television channel’s newsroom and operations are being so closely integrated with those of [...]
Continue reading...I&B Ministry has suggested A five-year tax holiday for Digital TV
16. July 2009
Delegations of print media, broadcasters and small and medium newspaper owners had met Ambika Soni, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) and had put forward their proposals and requests before her. The minister took up their proposals with the FM for the forthcoming Union Budget. The minister has suggested a fiveyear tax holiday for those [...]
Continue reading...11 satellites by 2012 Plans Intelsat
16. July 2009
Intelsat, provider of fixed satellite services plans to launch 11 satellites between now and end of 2012, 5 out of which will provide new or replacement capacity in the Asia Pacific region. The Asia Pacific build includes acceleration of replacement satellites for two core roles and one new satellite that increases capacity for media and networking [...]
Continue reading...Notices to TV channels for code violation
16. July 2009
The I&B Ministry is coming down heavily on broadcasters for content code violations. It has issued six warnings and advisories to various broadcasters for content code violations in last month alone, the highest in recent times. The I&B Ministry had not sent such notices, warnings and advisories to the broadcasters since March 2 due to enforcement [...]
Continue reading...IPTV Success Still awaited in India
16. July 2009
It has been six months since Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecom operator, first launched Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) in selected cities. The technology was also deployed by state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), and multi-system operator (MSO), Atria Convergence Technologies, in some cities. Other players are also keen to jump [...]
Continue reading...DD may go Digital
16. July 2009
Along with the television antennas sticking out from millions of roof tops across the country, DD’s TV audiences could soon need set-top boxes. For the Government behemoth, plans to migrate to digital terrestrial broadcasting on a pan-Indiabasis, and is looking to partner with private broadcasters. It has submitted a detailed proposal to the Ministry of Information [...]
Continue reading...HD Satellite High on Asia’s list
16. July 2009
The growth of HD Satellite operators – and everyone else with an eye on growth – still put high-definition high on their lists of wonderful things that are going to make a huge difference to their businesses – eventually. The U.S. is leading the HD way, with about 50 new HD launches in the last [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft Bing vs Google
16. July 2009
The software giant Microsoft has fired a fresh salvo in its war with search giant Google. The company’s revamped search engine called Bing aims to do to Google Search, what Google’s Chrome aimed to do to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer: weaken the dominance. At stake for both the technology giants is the growing web advertising pie. Incidentally, [...]
Continue reading...Analog to Digital Improving Television Media
16. July 2009
Broadcasting industry in USA is set for a revolutionary change with the industry switching from analog to digital mode on June 12. The move which is facing some resistance and opposition from a certain section is expected to usher in a enhanced level of convergence between telecom services and broadcasting services with the ultimate result [...]
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