IPTV

Telcos Ask TRAI To Fix Channel Price For IPTV - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Sun 04 May 2008 11:30 PM PST

More projected pain for broadcasters as Telco’s looking to offer IPTV services have called on TRAI to fix channel prices reports ET, almost a month after DTH operators did the…

Eros Signs With Aksh Optifibre; Planning TV Play? - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Sun 06 Apr 2008 10:10 AM PST

Aksh Optifibre, MTNL’s IPTV partner, has inked a deal with Eros International. Recently Aksh had launched an IP based video calling service in partnership with MTNL and we have previously…

Joost Gets Nimbus Rights To Show Premier League In Eight More Regions - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 03 Apr 2008 03:29 AM PST

Perhaps answering critics who argue its content line-up isn’t compelling enough, P2P TV platform Joost will start showing Premier League soccer in eight more territories, including the important Middle East…

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Time-Stanton JV Enters China; To Launch IPTV On Mobile In India; IMI Content - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 23 Mar 2008 10:34 PM PST

Well, mobile appears to be the way to go in India. Time Broadband and Stanton Technologies, which had recently announced a joint venture, have entered the Chinese market with a…

Joost Wins English Premier League Football Rights For India - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 19 Mar 2008 06:15 AM PST

In a rather surprise move, Joost has won the rights to show on-demand highlights of English Premier League matches across the Indian subcontinent. It appears rights were given by Nimbus…

Time Broadband Looks Overseas: Forms Singapore JV With Stanton; Bollywood Content In Malaysia - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 11 Mar 2008 12:28 AM PST

With IPTV not having really taken off in India (yet), content aggregators are looking overseas for monetization: Time Broadband has signed an MOU with Malaysia’s Stanton Technologies to offer Bollywood…

Regulatory Road-block For MTNLs IPTV - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 27 Feb 2008 09:57 PM PST

MTNL has been sitting on its IPTV venture for well over a year, and here’s something that doesn’t help things: the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has sent the public…

Goldstone Technologies To Offer IPTV Services In Thailand - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 21 Feb 2008 04:28 AM PST

BSE listed Goldstone Technologies has launched commercial operations of its IPTV services in Thailand, in partnership Synap Media & Infotech, the company has informed the BSE. The Synap Media &…

Airtel, RCom Get Go-Ahead For IPTV; Unregulated Cable Operators - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 11 Feb 2008 09:39 AM PST

Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications have received the go-ahead to roll out IPTV services, reports TMCnet. We’d reported that Airtel intends to launch services in the first quarter of the…

I&B Says Yes To IPTV Over Cable TV - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 04 Feb 2008 11:20 PM PST

[by Cerius Shah] Big news for cable TV operators: the I&B ministry, based on TRAI’s recommendations, has approved cable TV operators to provide IPTV services. Importantly, this authorizes broadcasters who…

Pyramid Saimira Plans New Media Subsidiary, IPTV Services - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 30 Nov 2007 04:09 AM PST

The Pyramid Saimira Group has plans for a new media subsidiary, P S Saminathan, MD of the BSE listed entertainment company company told Business Standard. The company intends to launch…

IPTV Will Struggle In India Says Gartner - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 14 Nov 2007 04:48 AM PST

Gartner reiterates something that I’ve said time and again - that IPTV will struggle in India. The reasons that Gartner gives for this are: -- Cable TV users pay almost…

Reliance Signs Up With Microsoft on IPTV Venture - 5 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 05 Nov 2007 10:33 AM PST

Reliance Communications has tied up with Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) for its IPTV venture, which is launching in March next year: Reliance will pay Microsoft about $500 million in license fees…

@IDNS: Quotes On IPTV, Media Valuations, Policy In India, And Unbundling In UK - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 18 Oct 2007 12:29 AM PST

"I think the opportunity for broadband lies in offering it along with PayTV (Ed: i.e. not IPTV, which is the other way round). I don’t think broadband is being marketed…

@IDNS: Airtel Awaits Legal And Regulatory Clarity On IPTV; Roll Out In North India First - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 18 Oct 2007 12:19 AM PST

Bharti Airtel is waiting for legal and regulatory clarity before rolling out IPTV services. Puneet Garg, GM IPTV for Bharti Airtel, speaking at the India Digital Networks Summit said that…

@ IDNS: No Sunset Date For Analog Networks In India - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 17 Oct 2007 08:30 PM PST

I was at the Indian Digital Networks Summit yesterday, and while most of the conversation delved into issues around cable TV and DTH, there was some talk about IPTV, broadband…

ByCell To Invest $509 Mln On Infrastructure, Targets Eastern India - 1 Comment
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Wed 10 Oct 2007 07:34 PM PST

Swiss firm ByCell, which has applied for licence to provide telecom services throughout India, plans to invest $509 million on initial infrastructure, according to this Reuters article. The company, which…

Eros Strikes Content Licensing Deals With South-East-Asian Companies - 2 Comments
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Sun 07 Oct 2007 07:00 PM PST

London-listed Bollywood film producer Eros International Plc.’s new media unit has signed content licensing deals with leading telecom and on-demand service providers in South East Asia. [via glamsham.com] The company…

BSNL Blames Content Partners For IPTV Delay - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 20 Sep 2007 08:36 PM PST

Content providers Zee and ESPN-STAR Sports (ESS) are yet to confirm IPTV packages to BSNL, and Sony (NYSE: SNE) has only just done so reports the Financial Express. This delay…