Archive | August, 2011
4 MSOs Consolidate LCOs face tough competition
Four major television cable distribution companies—Digicable Networks (India) Pvt. Ltd, Hathway Cable and Data Com Pvt. Ltd, IndusInd Media and Communications Ltd (InCable), and DEN Networks Ltd—are in talks to merge their businesses and create a single cable network, prompted by consolidation moves in other parts of the industry. The four companies, or multi-system operators (MSOs) [...]
Continue reading...Soaps & Serials Ka Tadka…..
12. August 2011
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Proloy Aashchey Mon-Fri 9:30 pm Right after the killing of an innocent boy Poltu, the three accused are mysteriously found dead. The police and media start chasing the case with active interest. Special Investigation Officer Aniket Som figures that the fourth accused Pocha will be murdered next. The killer is leaving behind scrabble pieces hinting towards the [...]
Continue reading...Stakeholders divided over Cable TV digitalization
12. August 2011
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A sharp rift has accured between the stakeholders over the impending digitalisation of the country’s analogue cable distribution system even as the government looks at pushing the sunset date for digitalisation by a couple of months. Huge costs As a result, the fund-raising plans of most cable firms now hang in limbo. According to estimates, the complete [...]
Continue reading...Sony buys Eenadu Deal size close to $600 mn
12. August 2011
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Multi Screen Media Pvt Ltd (MSM), which runs Sony Television in India, is set to buy Ramoji Rao-owned Eenadu TV’s (ETV’s) bouquet of 11 regional channels, for around $500-600 million. The deal if materializes will give Sony a nationwide regional platform. However, ETV’s 24- hour Telegu news channel, ETV2, will not be sold to Sony. [...]
Continue reading...UTV Stars New Bollywood entertainment channel
12. August 2011
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UTV Entertainment Television Ltd (UETL), the broadcasting arm of media conglomerate UTV is planning to launch Bollywood entertainment channel UTV Stars in early August. Targeting the youth audience, UTV Stars is also expected to draw synergies from UTV’s film business given the group’s banner UTV Motion Pictures has delivered major hits in recent years such [...]
Continue reading...Bhojpuria TV Second channel dedicated to Bhojpuri
12. August 2011
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Bhojpuria TV, the recently launched Bhojpuri language channel, is gearing up to fight with the already established Mahuaa TV with pure Bhojpuri content. “Among the several Bhojpuri regional entertainment channels, Bhojpuria TV is the only one which plays only Bhojpuri content” Bhojpuria TV director Sanjay Kumar said. The other players who cater to the Bhojpuri-speaking belt [...]
Continue reading...News Network Another News Channel emerges from Assam
12. August 2011
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Another new television channel News Network is emerging from the northeastern part of India. Scheduled to be launched in the first half of August, 2011, News Network will be the eighth electronic media organization in Guwahati, the virtual capital of Northeast India. The new channel will try to cater the need of the entire populace of [...]
Continue reading...Travelxp HD Bringing travel up close and personal in India
12. August 2011
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Travelxp HD is the first channel dedicated just to travel. There is no other travel channel in India be it from an International broadcaster or Indian broadcaster which is solely dedicated to travel. In the line of their business, Celebrities Management (CMPL) have launched a new 24/7 HD travel channel ‘travelxp’ (www.travelxp.tv) with the specific [...]
Continue reading...BSNL launches VVOIP services
12. August 2011
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Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), India’s incumbent and largest integrated telecom service provider, announced joining with Sai InfoSystem (India) Ltd. (SIS) to launch the first of its kind VOIP services in India. Present on the occasion of the launch were Adviser to the PM (Public Infrastructure, Information and Innovation) Sam Pitroda, BSNL CMD R. K. [...]
Continue reading...Hit7 Channel launched for N-E region
12. August 2011
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LSD Media Pvt Ltd has launched its first media venture – a free-to-air youth targeted entertainment channel Hit7 – for the North-East region of India on July 15, 2011. The channel is targeted at the regions including Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Tripura. The channel, which is headquartered at Kandivili (West), Mumbai, [...]
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12. August 2011
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