New Delhi: Television viewers will soon get to choose a minimum of hundred Free to Air (FTA) channels at a maximum retail price of Rs 100, as per new tariff rules for Cable TV announced by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Monday. According to the regulatory framework for Digitalised Cable TV brought out by TRAI to safeguard consumers' interests, cable operators will have to mandatorily offer a Basic...
09:46 AM, May 01, 2012
Come July 1 and it will mandatory for all viewers to get a digital set top box, and for operators to offer channels in a digital and addressable format. The move will spell a big relief for TV broadcasters as well as the government, both of whom have been losing out on revenues because of the massive under-reporting of subscribers by local cable operators. According to a report in The...
04:54 PM, Apr 30, 2012
Mumbai: Home after a hard day's work you plonk on the couch and switch on the TV with a fancy direct-to-home (DTH) connection to watch that game you'll dexterously accommodate in all office conversations tomorrow. Too bad! The picture is hazy. You slap the idiot box around a bit, and then pick up the phone wishing to dish out similar treatment to the DTH operator. But maybe, you are after...
01:53 PM, Mar 22, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan s cable television operators on Tuesday blocked BBC World News, accusing the channel of broadcasting what they described as "anti-Pakistan" content in the wake of a cross-border NATO attack that killed 24 soldiers. Some operators said the channel was blocked for airing the two-part documentary "Secret Pakistan", which highlighted links between the Inter-Services Intelligence agency and Taliban fighters. While the documentary was broadcast in other parts of the...
04:41 AM, Nov 30, 2011
New Delhi: President Prathibha Patil has given her nod to an ordinance, which would make digitisation of cable services mandatory by 2014. The presidential assent marks the coming in to force of the government ordinance, which is set to bring the analog era in the Indian television to an end, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting officials said. The shift would mean all customers must have a set top box whether...
10:13 AM, Oct 29, 2011
Chennai: In an apparent move to break the near monopoly of the Maran-controlled cable TV business in Tamil Nadu, the Jayalalithaa Government on Friday revived the dormant state-run cable TV service by formally launching its operations that would cover 1.45 crore households. Giving fresh life to the Arasu Cable TV Corporation to fulfill AIADMK's poll promise, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, without naming the Maran brothers, said "one particular family" was...
05:58 PM, Sep 02, 2011
Chennai: The Supreme Court on Friday is likely to hear the case related to free colour television (CTV) distribution scheme of the Tamil Nadu government. City based advocate S Subramaniam Balaji moved the apex court against the previous DMK government's free CTV scheme, terming poll promises as "unconstitutional and bribery". Balaji said, "Hearing in the case has been slated for tomorrow (Friday). It could be the final hearing in the...
09:34 AM, Jul 29, 2011
New Delhi: The quality of pictures on our TV screen is set to get better with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) considering a Government proposal to shift cable TV signals from analog to digital. If TV signals change from analog to digital the viewers will get to choose the channels they want, and not pay for channels that they don't want. From the perspective of broadcasters the High...
05:14 PM, Feb 03, 2011
New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Thursday recommended that all analogue signals be phased out by 2013 to allow consumers to watch high quality digital channels of their choice on a-la-carte basis. Digitization will help companies improve signal quality and offer more interactive and value-added services. In its recomendation, TRAI said the implementation of the digital broadcast signals should take place in a phased manner starting...
07:07 PM, Aug 05, 2010
TRAI proposes to divide cable services into 3 pricing slabs. The first one would have a monthly charge of Rs 100 for a minimum of 30 Free-To-Air channels, including the mandatory DD channels. ...
10:21 PM, Jul 21, 2010
Does DTH really have an advantage over good old cable TV? ...
02:10 AM, Sep 10, 2009
Inmates' request for cable TV rejected by authorities. ...
04:49 PM, Apr 20, 2009
The channel editors unanimously sought withdrawal of the proposal. ...
04:04 PM, Jan 14, 2009
The new charges would be effective from December 1, 2007. ...
01:17 PM, Oct 05, 2007
The idiot box in your bedroom is much more intelligent now. ...
09:13 AM, Aug 15, 2007
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