AIDCF urges MIB to prevent Prasar Bharati from onboarding linear TV channels for its OTT platformThe All India Digital Cable Federation (AIDCF) has urged the information and broadcasting ministry to withdraw Prasar Bharati's notice invi...
05 Sep, 2024, 07.23 AM IST
Tata Play starts beaming from its GSAT-24 satellite, to increase capacity to 900 channelsDirect-to-home (DTH) service provider Tata Play on Monday said it has started beaming of television channels from its dedicated GSAT-24 sat...
07 Aug, 2023, 04.36 PM IST
India's GSAT-24 satellite launched, entire capacity leased to Tata PlayNSIL, a Government of India company under the Department of Space, has leased the entire satellite capacity to Tata Play. GSAT-24 was launc...
23 Jun, 2022, 12.59 PM IST
ISRO wants DTH companies to share transponders on one satelliteExcept for Tata Sky and state-owned DD FreeDish, all DTH operators are currently using foreign satellites for uplinking and downlinking sig...
26 May, 2016, 02.14 PM IST
Department of Space gave 'certain benefits' to Tata Sky: CAGCAG said, "Transponder lease agreement with Tata Sky gave certain benefits to Tata Sky which were not offered to any of the other DTH servi...
28 Nov, 2014, 09.25 PM IST
Adopt DTH as DD's primary mode of telecasting content: PanelThe Prasar Bharati Expert Committee, headed by technocrat Sam Pitroda, submitted its report to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting...
26 Jan, 2014, 12.16 PM IST
- Satellite transponder demand to rise 3-fold by 2017: Report
The number of satellite transponders required by Indian TV broadcasters and DTH operators is expected to triple over the next five years, a...
12 Mar, 2013, 09.50 PM IST
- EchoStar Corp looks to enter India
Nasdaq-listed EchoStar Corporation, which sells satellite television services in the US under the Dish Network brand, is looking to enter I...
28 Sep, 2009, 01.06 AM IST
- Broadcasters, DTH cos, film producers bet on pay-per-view
With direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television growing in popularity, film producers, broadcasters and DTH service providers see pay-per-vi...
28 Nov, 2008, 01.38 AM IST
- FDI cap in DTH may rise to 74%
The government will soon raise the foreign direct investment cap to 74% in cable and direct-to-home modes of distributing telecast signals.
21 Aug, 2008, 05.54 AM IST
- DTH players take on new entrants for satellite space
With the DTH space hotting up, existing players are fighting it out with new entrants to rent and buy up transponder capacity on satellites.
28 Jun, 2008, 12.13 AM IST
- Airtel, RCoM DTH to offer broadband
Telecom majors Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications (RCOM), which are set to make their Direct To Home (DTH) foray by the year-end, pl...
02 Jul, 2007, 03.09 AM IST
- DD to add more channels with new satellite hook-up
Ending its dependence on a foreign satellite, Doordarshan will switch over to a more advanced Indian satellite for its direct-to-home (DTH)...
18 Feb, 2007, 09.45 AM IST
- No open skies for DTH, VSAT operators for now
After telecom and IT, it’s the turn of the Direct to Home (DTH) and Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) sectors to face the ire of Indian s...
01 Feb, 2007, 12.15 AM IST
- Govt clears Rs 610-cr plan for new communication satellite
The government has cleared a Rs 610-crore plan to launch a new communication satellite that will augment India’s capacity to handle DTH tra...
11 Oct, 2006, 01.42 AM IST
- Tata sky launches DTH in Rajasthan
Tata Sky on Monday launched its DTH satellite television service in Rajasthan and said it aimed to reach all villages in a phased manner.
04 Sep, 2006, 08.50 PM IST
- Satellite crash to hit Sun, other channels
India’s attempt to join the league of nations who build and launch their own satellites was shattered with Insat-4C - the country’s first c...
11 Jul, 2006, 03.18 AM IST