Archive | January, 2012
MSOs and LCOs -Future moves?
The Government of India has shown some progress with its much-awaited plans for cable TV digitization. The recently passed ordinance that amends the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, approving the timeline the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) and suggesting for mandatory digitization has been converted into a law recently. According to the ordinance, analogue [...]
Continue reading...Soaps & Serials Ka Tadka
10. January 2012
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DID Season 3 Sat – Sun 8.30 P.M. Main Lakshmi Tere Aangan Ki is a new TV serial on Life Ok. You can watch an inspirational journey of Lakshmi towards realizing her dream through serial. It is a very unique and different kind of story. It is directed Jai Singh. The story is about a middle class girl named Lakshmi. Though, she [...]
Continue reading...Parliament Passes Cable Digitisation Bill
10. January 2012
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But the Bill is not just about shifting from analogue to digital. From the industry perspective, aren’t you worried about the controls digitisation will bring about ? Why would digitisation be about control? Lok Sabha passed the second Bill to amend the Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act 1995 that aims to replace the Ordinance promulgated. Also [...]
Continue reading...Life OK
10. January 2012
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Star One has been given a quiet burial, making way for ‘Life OK’; Hindi GEC’s newest brand from the Star India stable. Star One has been given a quiet burial, making way for ‘Life OK’, Hindi GEC’s newest brand from the Star India stable. It went on air on 18th December in the 8 PM time [...]
Continue reading...SONIC Nickelodeon
10. January 2012
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A Science fiction channel from Viacom 18 ; aims at young adults to serve programming on action, adventure and animation. After Colors, MTV, Nick and VH-1, Viacom18 has launched its fifth channel in India, in mid- December, in a bid to further strengthen its position in the Indian entertainment domain. Christened Sonic, the channel is targeted [...]
Continue reading...Interactive Cable Television
10. January 2012
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Switched Digital Video – Will it impact you? Interactive cable television describes Switched video, also called switched digital video or SDV techniques that allow viewers to interact with television content as they view it. SDV (sometimes abbreviated as SWB for switched broadcast), is a telecommunications industry term for a network scheme for distributing digital video via [...]
Continue reading...Consultation Paper on Digitisation
10. January 2012
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Telecom Regulatory Authority of India issues Consultation Paper on digital addressable Cable TV systems. Issues relating to composition and Tariff of Basic Service Tier (BST); retail tariff; pre-paid billing; interconnection issues; and revenue share between MSOs and LCOs are the focus of a new Consultation Paper issued by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) [...]
Continue reading...Mazhavil Manorama
10. January 2012
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A Malayalam general entertainment television channel from the Malayala Manorama group. Mazhavil Manorama is a Malayalam general entertainment television channel from the Malayala Manorama group which owns a Malayalam news channel, Manorama News. Through the launch of Mazhavil Manorama, the group widens its portfolio of media business. Manorama group is the publishers of the widely circulated [...]
Continue reading...Jinvani
10. January 2012
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This is world’s first satellite ‘Jain channel’ solely dedicated to the Digambar sect. Anew religious channel, ‘Jinvani’, which caters to the Digambar sect of Jain community, has been launched. Sea TV Network Ltd launched the channel recently under the umbrella of Jain Telemedia Services Ltd. India boasts of religious diversity and Jainism is one of those [...]
Continue reading...Indian M&E Industry
10. January 2012
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Industry expected to cross $25 bn by 2014: E&Y The Indian Media and Entertainment (M&E) industry is expected to be in excess of $25 billion in the next 4 years, predicts Ernst & Young’s (E&Y) report – ‘Spotlight on India’s Entertainment Economy’. As per the report, the industry registered revenues of $16.3 billion in 2010. India’s [...]
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11. January 2012
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