Tata Play dishes out ₹199 wildcard to stay connected in changing worldTata Play is launching the Tata Play Smart app, enabling access to over 500 live television channels. The app requires an internet connecti...
Paid DTH loses 7.5 million subscribers in a yearIndia’s paid DTH television subscriber base fell 13.4% year-on-year to 48.56 million in June 2026, while private FM radio advertising reven...
India's ₹60,000 crore TV business faces a new reality: Fewer viewers, old rulesIndia's ₹60,000-crore television broadcasting industry is experiencing regulatory uncertainty due to shifting consumer preferences. Traditi...
TV distributors switch to apps to keep the show goingIndia's television distribution industry is moving towards app-based delivery amid changing consumer preferences and connected TV growth. S...
HC seeks Centre's stand on Zee Media's challenge to withdrawal of permission to uplink channelsIn its petition, Zee Media has sought settting aside the ministry's September 23 order and urged the court to restore the permission grante...
Zee Media in High Court against I&B Ministry's order withdrawing permission to uplink channels on KU Band"In view of the aforesaid, it would be expedient for this matter to be placed before the appropriate division bench," the court said, addin...
MIB order in Zee Media case to create level playing field for smaller news broadcasterThe Information and Broadcasting Ministry revoked permission granted to Zee Media for simultaneous uplinking of 10 TV new channels in Ku Ba...
Uplinking & downlinking guidelines for TV channels could be further delayedThe move will help stop the illegal broadcast of channels which don’t have the licences for DD freedish. The government wants to ensure tha...
MPs to ask government if it's considering amending TV channel uplinking and downlinking policyIn a question listed for April 5, six MPs from Lok Sabha Sudheer Gupta, Dhairyasheel Sambhajirao Mane, Bidyut Baran Mahato, Shrirang Appa B...
DTH, Cable companies cry foul as broadcasters offer pay channels on DD FreeDishThe distribution platform operators (DPOs) — a combined term used for DTH and cable operators — are irked with the fact that the broadcaste...
Arnab Goswami gained ‘illegal’ access to DD FreeDish usersThe matter has once again come in the limelight after the Mumbai Police started probe into the alleged TRP manipulation case and filed its ...
Prasar Bharati signs MoU with Electronics and IT Ministry to launch 51 education TV channelsThe MoU signed between Prasar Bharati and Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-Informatics under the Ministry o...
- DD FreeDish’s free service a concern for broadcasters
If it gets implemented, Trai’s new tariff order will cap the monthly cable or DTH bill of television households at Rs 130 (plus taxes) for ...
Zee Entertainment to convert free channels into payHowever, the channels are likely to be available free of cost on public broadcaster Prasar Bharati’s FTA service, DD FreeDish.
Free-to-air channels can hit pay TV players: ReportThe FTA ad market was pegged at Rs 400-500 crore in 2016 and is expected to grow to Rs 800-1,000 crore by 2017, the report by ICICI Securit...
'46 million households to use free TV by 2020'According to a report the free-television industry could grow to as many as 46 million households by 2020 compared with about 30 million at...
In India, television still remains an important medium for advertisersThe coverage and increasing acceptance of rural viewership data by BARC opened up a new, previously unmeasured market, for both broadcaster...