Archive | September, 2009
AsiaSat 5 successfully launched
AiaSat 5 was launched August 12th on an ILS Proton launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at Hong Kong Time 3:47:33 am, described as a new generation communications’ satellite of Asia Satel l i t e Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat). Nine hours and 15 minutes after liftoff it was announced that AsiaSat 5 [...]
Continue reading...Consolidation of Asian satellite operators
11. September 2009
Over the years, many commentators on the Asian satellite market have wondered aloud about when consolidation of satellite operators in the region would finally occur. The stock answer given to the question is that Asia remains dominated by national operators with little interest in forfeiting the pride that is garnered by a country having its [...]
Continue reading...TRAI scanner on Cable TV business
11. September 2009
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has asked stakeholders to disclose their financial and operational details, something which broadcasters, cable TV operators and DTH service providers have been cagey to reveal.The sector regulator says such details would help it have a “realistic understanding” before issuing the consultation paper relating to tariff for cable TV [...]
Continue reading...GECs increase Online promo spending
11. September 2009
Online promotion spending by general entertainment television channels (GECs) have risen by around 5% points as compared to the previous year — from 3-4% to 8- 10% this year of the total marketing budget. Typically, this total amount for a GEC ranges between Rs 40 crore and Rs 90 crore, depending upon the channel. More than [...]
Continue reading...DTH operators may have to offer Inter-operable boxes
11. September 2009
Competition panel finds merit in consumer body complaint. Direct to Home (DTH) operators could be asked to provide inter-operable set-top boxes to their customers with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) seeing prima facie merit in a complaint filed by a consumer organisation that it is in violation of competition laws. The CCI is already one [...]
Continue reading...Phase-III of FM Radio
11. September 2009
The government is planning to roll out Phase-III of FM radio, which will begin with auctioning of bids. But first, a clutch of regulatory issues need to be cleared up, including foreign direct investment, multiple licences, allowing news broadcasts and, most important, the revenue sharing over music royalties. The fact that in the last phase, [...]
Continue reading...Dish TV to shut shop in UP
11. September 2009
Dish TV, the country’s largest satellite television service provider, will shut down its sales operations in Uttar Pradesh from October1, following the state’s levy of 30% entertainment tax on the sector in addition to 29% tax being paid by such companies. ”We plan to close down sales operations in Uttar Pradesh within three months because the [...]
Continue reading...3G Auction
11. September 2009
The empowered group of ministers (eGoM) headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee fixed the reserve price at Rs 3,500 crore for pan-India 3G (third generation telecom) spectrum auction and Rs 1,750 crore for WiMax. Going by the latest deadline set by the government, the auction for 3G should be held within 95 days of the [...]
Continue reading...Is India really Ready for IPTV ?
11. September 2009
For long, the good old television has been the focus of technology companies. Early efforts such as Microsoft’s Web TV attempted to bring the Internet to the TV. But in recent years, the focus not only is on bringing television to the Internet, which is to say enabling telecasts via the Net, but also on [...]
Continue reading...Mobile Number Portability
11. September 2009
With the country getting ready for number portability towards the year-end, the cellular and fixed-line telecommunication companies estimate that they may have to spend Rs 10,000 crore on upgrading technologies and making their networks ready for portability. Number portability allows customers using mobile phones to switch from one service provider to another without having to change [...]
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11. September 2009
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