Archive | January, 2011
Soaps & Serials Ka Tadka……..
Dance India Dance 4 Fri – Sat 9.30 P.M. In a bid to strengthen its position, Hindi general entertainment channel Zee TV is getting back its biggest weapon – Dance India Dance. In its fourth season, the dance reality show will see contestants in jodis, fighting out for the title, starting 31 December. Zee TV claims that [...]
Continue reading...Wire and Wireless expands its SITI Cable Television Network
24. January 2011
Wire and Wireless launched its operations in Sultanpur, Ghazipur, Azamgarh, Bhadohi and Mau towns of Uttar Pradesh. SITI is a key MSO with strong presence in several important towns of Uttar Pradesh. These new towns have been launched to extend company’s reach further in the Hindi speaking heart land of India. Sultanpur, Ghazipur, Azamgarh, Bhadohi and [...]
Continue reading...Indian TV Industry is taking steps to regulate itself
21. January 2011
Self regulation has always been the bone of contention between the government and media houses. The government wants to regulate media content to make it suitable for universal audience. Media owners aim to drive revenues through sensationalizing content to draw more viewers from the buying class of the society. They support self-regulation instead of state [...]
Continue reading...Zee Khana Khazana Food channel to tickle your taste buds
21. January 2011
Zee Network has launched its food channel, Zee Khana Khazana. The channel, currently on air, is a pay channel and has been priced at Rs 15. Speaking on the launch, Punit Goenka, managing director and chief executive officer, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL), says, “We are here today because we have always pre-empted our viewers’ [...]
Continue reading...TDSAT sets aside TRAI tariff order
21. January 2011
In July this year, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), announced a new tariff structure that made content cheaper for the DTH players. The order prescribed a “per household price” pegged at 35% of the analog (cable) tariff. Earlier, DTH operators were paying 50% of what the cable operators were being charged by content providers, [...]
Continue reading...Digitization wants friendly regulatory environment
21. January 2011
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has come up with a key recommendation to digitize the Cable TV Distribution System and has fixed the deadline for the complete migration from analogue to digital cable services as December 31, 2013. This massive transition from analogue to digital requires training programmes and awareness seminars for the Local [...]
Continue reading...Wikileaks An international new media non-profit organization
21. January 2011
Wikileaks is an international new media non-profit organization that publishes submissions of private, secret, and classified media from anonymous news sources and news leaks. Its website, launched in 2006 and run by The Sunshine Press, claimed a database of more than 1.2 million documents within a year of its launch. The organization describes its founders [...]
Continue reading...Al Jazeera & France 24 get I&B nod to beam in India
21. January 2011
Al Jazeera and France 24 have finally got approval to beam their English language channels in India. The Information and Broadcasting Ministry granted the downlink licence, paving the way for the cable and satellite companies in India to add these channels to their lineup. For Al Jazeera, it has been a four-year wait. The India [...]
Continue reading...Technology in 2011 What’s in Store ?
21. January 2011
From the debut and early success of Apple’s iPad, to the rise and continuous improvement of Google’s Android smart phone platform, to the continued surge in social services led by Facebook and Twitter, 2010 has been a big year in personal technologies for products, services and big developments, including challenges for big players. So I thought [...]
Continue reading...Consumers to wait longer for à la carte option
21. January 2011
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had passed an order in July 2010 asking all digital platforms to offer consumers the choice of paying only for channels that they wish to watch. Most direct-to-home (DTH) and Internet protocol TV companies are set to miss the January 1 deadline for offering an à la carte [...]
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24. January 2011
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