Archive | October, 2009
Madras HC for strict censoring of TV content
Calling for a powerful “moral guardian for the society’’, the Madras high court ruled in favour of stringent censorship to vet TV programmes that contain violence, obscenity and vulgarity. Justice R Regupathi, quashing defamation proceedings initiated against actor Vijay in various courts of Tamil Nadu, observed: “The most dangerous trend is, there are certain channels [...]
Continue reading...EchoStar Corp looks to enter India
21. October 2009
Nasdaq-listed EchoStar Corporation, which sells satellite television services in the US under the Dish Network brand, is looking to enter India.As per a senior executive with an Indian DTH company who did not wish to be quoted, EchoStar Corporation has been studying the Indian market for some time and could pick up a strategic stake [...]
Continue reading...DEN brings blogging to Indian TV
21. October 2009
DEN Networks Limited has launched appealing combination of broadcast and interactive digital television applications in partnership with NDS. NDS accounts to be a leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV. Making use of NDS market-leading MediaHighway, DEN has brought its subscribers an interactive TV micro blogging application -”Blog.telly”. Through this platform the DEN subscribers can [...]
Continue reading...Cable firms to raise Rs 1,000 cr for expansion
21. October 2009
In order to provide digital cable services to the existing analogue cable homes, the large cable distribution companies like Hathway, InCable, Digicable, DEN and others are looking to raise around Rs 1,000 crore to Rs 1,200 crore, via initial public offers, private placement and from various private equity funds over the next four to six [...]
Continue reading...Pearls Broadcasting to invest up to Rs 40 cr for expansion
21. October 2009
Pearls Broadcasting Corporation (PBCL), a new player in the media industry, plans to invest an additional Rs 30-40 crore this fiscal to expand its business in the eastern and southern regions. PBCL, which launched its Hindi news channel, P7, this March in Delhi, has already pumped in around Rs 40 crore into its P7 News [...]
Continue reading...IBF sets up joint working committee to resolve disputes
21. October 2009
The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) set up a Joint Working Committee to sort out the internal disputes and drive the broadcasting industry as a whole through Regional Sub Working Committees in different parts of the country. The Pay Distribution Committee of the IBF consisting of ESPN, Star, Zee, Sony, ETV, Neo Sports along with major [...]
Continue reading...DTH operators ask govt to rationalize taxes
21. October 2009
Leading DTH players such as Dish TV and TataSky have urged the government to rationalise the multiple taxes on the industry, saying these are affecting the growth of the nascent sector. “Taxes like service tax, annual license fee and entertainment tax alone take the incidence on services alone to about 50.3% of the total cost. [...]
Continue reading...I&B for Adult content on TV parental lock system
21. October 2009
In a bid to strengthen its ‘content code’, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry is mulling introducing a parental lock system and fixing ‘watershed hours’ for showing adult content on television through discussions with broadcasters. Top sources in the ministry said the proposal for introducing a parental lock system and watershed hours came up during Minister Ambika [...]
Continue reading...NewsX to go freeto-air
21. October 2009
English news channel NewsX has announced that it will be converted from a pay channel to a free-to-air channel from October 10, 2009. The channel, post acquisition by Indi Media Company Pvt Ltd, has been realigning and restructuring its business to strengthen the operations and has initiated changes in its distribution strategy and content. NewsX has [...]
Continue reading...NDTV in talks to get strategic investor in lifestyle TV biz
21. October 2009
Prannay Roy-promoted NDTV Ltd. is in talks to rope in a strategic investor for its lifestyle broadcasting business, a source close to the development says. NDTV Lifestyle Ltd, which owns and operates the lifestyle channel NDTV Good Times, is looking at a minority stake dilution.” If NDTV Lifestyle has to grow, like launching more channels, [...]
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