Mobile TV

Telco Roundup: M&A Guidelines; TRAI Recommends Increase In FDI In News Broadcasting - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Sun 27 Apr 2008 02:21 AM PST

-- The DoT has issued M&A Guidelines for telecom licenses, stating that no merger and acquisition will be allowed if as a result of which the number of service providers…

Indian Mobile TV Market To Be $360 Million This Year: Report - 1 Comment
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 16 Apr 2008 11:36 PM PST

The market for mobile TV in India will hit $360 million in revenue and 12 million customers according to Springboard Research—which would be impressive considering that there is currently only…

Qualcomm Announces Indian Venture Foray; Invests In Tessolve Services - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 15 Apr 2008 08:44 PM PST

Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) has announced its investment foray in India through its venture arm, Qualcomm Ventures. Its first equity investment has been Tessolve Services, a provider of solutions for semiconductor…

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Airtel, Reliance, Zee, BCCL, NDTV And Mobile2Win On FDI Limits In Media And Telecom - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 04 Apr 2008 12:28 AM PST

In response to queries regarding foreign investment in Broadcast and Telecom sectors - with an eye on convergence - stakeholders have submitted their comments to the TRAI. On the key…

MTNL Launches Mobile TV Service - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 14 Feb 2008 08:43 PM PST

Well, it’s not DVB-H or Media FLO, if you were expecting that...PTI reports that MTNL has launched a mobile TV service on its 2G network in Delhi, which allows users…

India TV Sells 20 Percent Stake to Shyam Equities; Valuation Now Rs 500 Crore - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 23 Jan 2008 01:50 PM PST

[by Cerius Shah] Rajat Sharma’s Independent News Service Private Limited (INS), which is the holding company for India TV, has sold of 20% stake to Banglore based Shyam Equities Pvt…

Dish TV In Talks For DTH Services With Indian Railways - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 20 Jan 2008 08:38 PM PST

[by Cerius Shah] There appears to be competition for Mobile TV, from DTH. According to this ET report, Essel Group owned Dish TV is in talks with the Indian Railways…

Zee: MobileTV Recommendations Are Operator Skewed - 3 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 14 Jan 2008 03:25 PM PST

[by Cerius Shah] Zee is apparently annoyed at the TRAI for giving MobileTV recommendations that are operator skewed. This is not the first time they have been at disagreement with…

TRAI Recommends Infrastructure Sharing, Separate Licenses For Terrestrial And Satellite Mobile TV - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 04 Jan 2008 08:42 AM PST

Broadcasters are probably not very pleased: as per the draft recommendations made by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to the Indian government, no broadcasting company or group of…

TRAI Decides, Deliberates And Now Delays Recommendations On Mobile TV - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 21 Dec 2007 03:51 AM PST

The TRAI has been forced to delay its recommendations on terrestrial spectrum for Mobile TV due to differences between the Ministry of I&B and Ministry of Communications, reports the Hindu.…

TRAI To Recommend Auction Of Mobile TV Spectrum - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 16 Dec 2007 09:40 PM PST

The TRAI has decided to recommend the auction route for allocation of spectrum for Mobile TV services in India, reports the Economic Times. To me, this appears to be another…

BCCI Does Mobile TV Deal For Indo-Pak Cricket Series With Etisalat, UAE - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 08 Nov 2007 12:33 AM PST

UAE based telco Etisalat has tied up with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to provide live cricket to its Mobile TV subscribers in the UAE. The…

Rok, BSNL Sign Mobile TV Deal - 4 Comments
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Tue 30 Oct 2007 05:18 AM PST

UK BASED Rok Entertainment signed a deal with mobile operator BSNL to stream TV to regular 2.5G (GPRS) enabled phones. [via The Enquirer] Indian subscribers can watch six channels -…

When Mobile And TV Combine - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 29 Oct 2007 06:22 PM PST

The sense that I got from the TRAI open house discussion on Mobile TV that I attended last friday, is that it is an issue of legacy of licenses, rather…

Zee Moots Concept Of Universal Broadcaster For Mobile TV In India; Wants MediaFLO Barred - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 23 Oct 2007 08:52 PM PST

The Zee group has come out all guns blazing on the issue of allocation of licenses and spectrum for Mobile TV in India. The group has told the TRAI in…

Telcos Ask For 74 Percent FDI Limit For Mobile TV - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 18 Oct 2007 09:38 PM PST

Increasing competition between digital platforms appears to be pushing towards a single law governing digital services. A couple of days ago, TRAI announced that it was recommending 74 percent FDI…

@ 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…

BSNL Launches Mobile TV Streaming In Eastern India - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 15 Oct 2007 04:30 AM PST

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), a public sector telco, has launched mobile TV streaming services in Eastern India. BSNL is offering NDTV, CNBC, Aaj Tak, Times Now, Zoom, Bindass, ETC,…