The regulator’s new rules on the pricing of television channels in India, which will come into effect in six months, will reduce the clout of big broadcasting companies such as Zee Entertainment Enterprises, Sony, Star India and Sun TV, while encouraging smaller media owners. So far, bigger groups enjoyed a key advantage — they could […]
New rules on the pricing of television channels are likely to make the viewing of HD and sports channels in India cheaper and make charges such as ‘HD Access Fee’ totally illegal. The rules were issued on Friday and will come into effect within six months of it being published in the gazette. The most important […]
Den Networks, one of India’s top three cable companies, is planning to introduce4K services and ‘open’ set-top-boxes with gaming support this year, CEO S N Sharma said. “We definitely are aware that 4K is also around the corner and the box development is already in progress may be in next three to four months’ time,” […]
The TRAI has promulgated new draft guidelines — which are expected to soon turn into final guidelines — that require cable and DTH operators to keep the rates charged from ‘a la carte’ customers under check. At present, DTH operators charge up to Rs 50 per channel from customers who do not subscribe to the […]
Spats over prices are an inescapable phenomenon in the broadcasting industry and by the looks of it Sony and Hathway Cable and Datacom are gearing up for yet another battle. Hathway said Sony, via its distributor MSM Media, has been demanding exorbitant prices for its channels for letting it renew its distribution agreement. “The Subscription […]
Reliance Jio, the telecom arm of Reliance Industries, said it has received a provisional license from the government of India to conduct cable TV operations across India. The license will enable the company to launch its brand of Jio boxes, which work over LTE as well as over regular cable. Jio boxes will enable users […]
Wipro Ltd, India’s fourth largest IT exporter, will help DEN Networks, one of India’s top four cable operators, offer a variety of IT-enabled customer solutions. The tie-up comes in the wake of increasing digitization in which big cable feed providers like DEN are coming into direct contact with customers for billing, channel provisioning and customer […]
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has dismissed the “fabrications and concoctions” being circulated on social media about the new tariff rules that will come into effect on December 29. In a statement, the regulator countered two broad concerns on the upcoming tariff scheme — that consumers will have to pay far more to watch their […]
