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16 Jan

Web Takes Star Turn in China


10 Jan

China Communist Party-Affiliated Website Seeks Shanghai IPO


15 Dec

Preparing for the digital age


15 Dec

I&B ministry plans financial incentives in digitization effort


9 Dec

Dish TV tapping investors for Rs 1,000-cr fund


8 Dec

'Blade Runner' Film Backer Run Run Shaw to Retire Aged 104 as TVB Chairman


7 Dec

Cable digitisation to transform India's US$7bn TV industry


7 Dec

Govt may gain R55,000 cr with 100% cable digitisation


29 Nov

China's TV commercial ban may backfire


18 Nov

Indian TV mogul hopes to channel US viewers


2 Nov

Adspend to rise in Asia; India to become third-largest TV market


2 Nov

Adspend to rise in Asia


28 Oct

Cable cos need R1,000 cr in metros for digitisation


17 Oct

Utopia called digitisation


14 Oct

First Media Brings Showtime VOD in partnering with HBO Asia


10 Oct

Method in the madness


4 Oct

Asia pay TV market makes easy target


29 Sept

India set to pip Oz, Korea to 3rd spot in Asia TV ad mkt


29 Sept

There is good news and bad


28 Sept

TV ad market to expand: report


28 Sept

Annual Indian TV Revenues to Hit $15 Billion by 2016


21 Sept

Asia media to grow despite economy woes


13 Sept

What India can learn from Asian media


09 Sept

This kid grows up fast


08 Sept

Asian media money goes mobile


12 Aug

Adspend growth to slow in Asia


24 July

A riot of Colors


20 July

Asia offers Murdoch growth, but also more hurdles


6 June

Audience the winner from more Hong Kong TV stations


2 June

The rise of the DTH space


28 May

Star-Zee venture will drive digitisation, consolidation


27 May

STAR, Zee form distribution JV to shake up TV business


13 May

Soaring revenues and massive cost inflation as digital TV starts to take shape


13 May

India will be global DTH market by 2012


13 May

India to host largest number of DTH viewers by 2012


12 May

Pay-TV subscriptions in APAC grows 9% in 2010 - study


11 May

TelkomVision aims to double subscribers


11 May

Indian C&S ad market to surpass China by 2017 MPA


25 March

CVC Capital Partners Asia Pacific III to acquire 49% stake in LinkNet


22 March

First Media Receives $269m in Investment


15 March

DTH and digitization


2 March

India trims broadcast budget


28 Feb

RPT-BUDGET VIEW-Media cos seek higher FDI, lower taxes


21 Feb

Indonesia sees Celestial expansion; Booming market eager for Chinese movie channel


20 Feb

The Murdoch in Waiting


16 Feb

Tata Sky, Dish TV, Airtel to show Cup in high definition


14 Feb

10-m inactive subscribers hit DTH cos


24 Jan

TV channels bloom despite ad crunch


22 Jan

India's youth networks get local bent
The battle for India's youth TV market is heating up.


6 Jan

US Broadcast Alliance AETN To Make Inroads In Asia


6 Jan

Indonesian Ad Market One Of The Best Asian Performers In 2010


4 Jan

DTH: Beaming future on zooming economy


1 Dec

Market for Indian TV channels in US, UK gets crowded


23 Nov

DTH faces telecom pricing woes


8 Nov

Home-shopping grabs the eyeballs ; lSince its launch in August, Star CJ Alive – the...


5 Nov

New entrants will test TVB, ATV duopoly


26 Oct

DTH operators beam on rural demand


13 Oct

Indian TV industry's margins fall by half ; It had to happen.


12 Oct

When transparency pays


05 Oct

Developer Lee sparks concerns over TVB


04 Oct

Sharmistha Mukherjee & Surajeet Das Gupta New Delhi


01 Oct

Strong government spends key to Chinese TV infrastructure


01 Oct

'DTH market expected to add more than 10m subscribers'


30 Sept

India's pay-TV markets feel profits squeeze


30 Sept

US lobby group 'not able to back' move


24 Sept

PCCW's Li Says No Firm Plans Yet for Pay-TV Spinoff


25 Aug

China Plans to Form National Cable-TV Network Company in Industry Overhaul


19 Aug

CNS Bids Stretch to US$2-2.5 bn


18 Aug

CBS joins Reliance to launch in India


13 Aug

Global media titans hit China wall, take local route


10 Aug

News Corp. Sells Stakes In TV Units In China


9 Aug

News Corp sells control of China TV channels


9 Aug

Mogul's quiet retreat marks end of the affair


28 July

Big interest in Taiwan cable TV stake sale


21 July

MBK's China Network Systems Goes On Auction Block


7 July

New Study Critiques Singapore's Cross-Carriage Rules


30 June

Indian Authorities Mull Raising Foreign Investment Cap


17 June

Star Plus tests limits to retake lead in India's TV ratings war


16 June

MPA Forecasts Healthy Asia DTH Market


20 May

NDS to triple Chinese investment


14 May

Pay-TV sector claims Singapore is damaging its future


11 May

Monthly ARPUs of DTH players will climb to Rs 220 by 2014


5 May

Hazy financial signals for DTH companies; Direct-to-home (DTH) connections may have improved the picture quality on...


24 April

Indian DTH market to beat US' by 2012


23 April

SUN TV, ZEE SHINE AMONG ASIA-PACIFIC PAY BROADCASTERS


23 April

INDIA TO BECOME LARGEST DTH MARKET BY 2012: STUDY


23 April

Sun TV, Zee shine among Asia-Pacific pay broadcasters


22 April

Consolidation in DTH market seen in 5 years


22 April

Significant profit ahead for APAC pay-TV


22 April

Asia Digital to double penetration in four years


22 April

India will have 90% pay TV penetration by 2014


22 April

Asia-Pacific to see surge in pay-TV revenues


22 April

Pay-TV in Asia set to double over five years


21 April

India to be world's biggest DTH market by 2012-study


17 March

On-air rant sparks legal threat against India's CNBC by Bloomberg UTV


16 March

Rant sparks legal threat against India’s CNBC


11 March

Cable companies race for China's television audience


1 March

TV stations battle for India's top spot


21 February

Beyond music and TV


16 February

Direct to rural homes


8 February

Expensive package ; Advent of digital platforms like DTH, subscriber’s demand for quality...


30 January

Foreigners set sights on Indonesian pay-TV provider


29 January

Investors eye Indonesian pay-TV stake


26 January

TV and telecoms converge in Japan


26 January

TV and telecoms converge in Japan


23 January

Is group on sticky wicket with IPL deal?

 
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12 October 2009

Stage set for fifth India Digital Networks Summit
Indiantelevision.com
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NEW DELHI The fifth annual India Digital Networks Summit IDNS jointly organised by Indiantelevision.com and Media Partners Asia is set to kick off tomorrow in New Delhi.Endorsed by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Government of India the daylong summit will see representation from heads of DTH directtohome Cable TV distribution and broadcasting industries.nbspThe industry stalwarts will discuss the critical issues that are to shape Indias digital and payTV marketplace.

The focus of the summit will be on the key policy issues industry trends and business models that will drive industry dynamics after 2010.The tone of the summit will be set with keynote addresses from IampB ministry joint secretary Zohra Chatterji Trai Telecom Regulatory Authority of India chairman JS Sarma and ChrysCapital MD Brahmal Vasudevan.The debate on Managing DTH growth and consolidation will be led by Tata Sky CEO Vikram Kaushik Sun Direct COO Tony DSilva Airtel Digital TV CEO Ajai Puri and NDS AsiaPacific SVP Sue Taylor.The session on cable TV will examine issues relating to funding MampA opportunities and digital upgrades of networks. The panel will consist of Digicable CEO JS Kohli IndusInd Media amp Communications MD and CEO Ravi Mansukhani You Telecom India CEO EVS Chakravarthy Atria Convergence Technologies MD Sunder Raju MSO Alliance president Ashok Mansukhani and Tandberg Television VP business development Noel Matthews.Broadcasters form an important part of the payTV value chain. In the third session Star Den CEO Gurjeev Singh Viacom18 SVP network development Sanjev Hiremath Zee Turner SVP cable sales Dilip Sharan and NDTV head of network distribution and affiliate sales Rahul Sood will discuss on how they are to balance between carriage and affiliate growth.The panel on Next Generation Broadband TV Hype and Reality will comprise Bharti Airtel GM IPTV Puneet Garg Time Broadband CEO Sujata Dev and Seagate Technology country manager India and SAARC Rajesh Khurana. Can telcos and IPTV companies take big bets on infrastructure and content and is it a premium niche service or one with mass intent The session will try to provide answers to such issues that stand as key barriers for building a profitable IPTV proposition.NDS Seagate Ericsson and Tandberg Television are industry partners for the summit while HBO Granada TV and Videocon D2H are support partners. NDTV Profit is the exclusive telecast partner of the IDNS 2009.

 

 

 

 

 
   
 
 
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