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Discovery Kids
Discovery Kids will offer Indian children the ideal combination of learning and entertainment. A unique network in the kids’ genre, Discovery Kids will offer children a fun and entertaining way to satisfy their natural curiosity with stimulating and imaginative programming. A 20-year Discovery veteran Mark Hollinger serves as president and chief executive officer of Discovery Networks [...]
Continue reading...Sony Six
17. April 2012
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Sony Entertainment Television Asia’s parent company Multi Screen Media has christened its upcoming sports channel as ‘Six’ The much-awaited launch of sports channel from Multi-Screen Media (MSM) finally seems to be taking shape. The channel will be called Six. According to three independent sources, the network was serious about getting a pure-play sports channel in its [...]
Continue reading...Digital Cable Set-Top Box
17. April 2012
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Starting July, every household in four metros will need a set top box to be able to view channels of one’s liking. A digital cable set-top box hooks up to a conventional analog TV set, allowing it to receive digital broadcasts. This device, about the size of a cable box or smaller, is sometimes called a [...]
Continue reading...Analog to Digital
17. March 2012
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Thousands of cable operators — large and small — have united to demand transparency in financial contracts between broadcasters and multi-service operators before the digitisation rollout. 30th June 2012 is the day that ushers in the next era of cable television viewing. That is the day Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Amendment Act 2011 comes [...]
Continue reading...Cable Industry take on Trai
17. March 2012
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Broadcasters, Cable & DTH operators ask “Trai has done nothing helpful or forwardlooking for the cable sector in the last few years. It just wants to subject the industry to overregulation at the behest of certain industry players”. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is now facing heat from broadcasters, cable and DTH [...]
Continue reading...9X Jalwa Koi Shaq
17. March 2012
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9X Media’s 2nd Hindi music channel Jalwa has been launched 9X Media Group, which operates India’s No. 1 Bollywood Music Channel 9XM, Punjabi Super Hit Music Channel 9X Tashan and Marathi Music Channel 9X Jhakaas, has launched ‘9X Jalwa’. India’s First Music Channel completely dedicated to Timeless Bollywood Hits, 9X Jalwa has aired melodious, [...]
Continue reading...Mahuaa Newsline
17. March 2012
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Mahua group launced a News Channel for Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Mahua group which owns 24 Hr Bhojpuri General Entertainment channel Mahua TV, has launch a news channel for Uttar Pradesh and Uttrakhand states. The channel titled as Mahua Newsline. According to sources close to Mahua group, Mahuaa Newsline will widen up its wings to be acclaimed [...]
Continue reading...TheOneAlliance & Neo renew deal
17. March 2012
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The new agreement is effective only for a year with the option to renew it. Neo Sports Broadcast Pvt Ltd and MSM Discovery Pvt Ltd have come together again for the distribution of Neo Sports and Neo Cricket channels under the aegis of TheOneAlliance bouquet. Though the financials have not been disclosed, sources familiar with the [...]
Continue reading...MAA GOLD
17. March 2012
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MAA Gold promises ‘24 carat entertainment’ – the gold standard in entertainment. MAA Gold, a leading Telugu General Entertainment Channel (GEC) network has launched recently. MAA Gold promises ‘24 carat entertainment’ – the gold standard in entertainment. It is being positioned as a ‘trendy’ GEC, combining distinct and differentiated content with a mix of genres, [...]
Continue reading...DTH industry faces slowdown
17. March 2012
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Among 45 million gross subscribers in 2011, 15 million subscribers are inactive. After the scorching pace of last three years, the sixhorse race of India’s direct-to-home (DTH) television business has finally run out of steam. Among 45 million gross subscribers in 2011 shared between Airtel Digital, Tata Sky, Dish TV, Sun Direct, Videocon D2H and [...]
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17. April 2012
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