Dish TV to raise $200m from foreign investors
Returns on investments in the DTH sector have long gestation period and, hence, the company needs to raise additional capital to continue investing in its business. In what may be the biggest inflow of...
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Opportunities in offing for TV media companies?
Analogue cable will soon become history in India. The government has approved full digitization of cable services. Although the implementation will be in a phased manner, by 2012, all metro cities will...
View ArticleIndian DTH subscriber base crosses 41 Million
NEW DELHI: Pay direct-to-home (DTH) television platforms have a registered subscriber base of 41,044,463 as in September this year, showing a steady increase over the past four years. The registered...
View ArticleDTH industry continues to expand rapidly
Tata Sky has managed to surprise subscribers with technology innovations ever since its launch; the latest being Tata Sky Video on Demand which includes Catch Up TV and VoD Movie Library. Sanjeev Sinha...
View ArticleDish TV tapping investors for Rs 1,000-cr fund
Details of plan not final, but limited scope for yet more leverage. Dish TV, the country’s largest direct-to-home television company, is reaching out to private equity and institutional investors for a...
View ArticleOverdue tax from DTH cos in legal tangle
Indore: Commercial tax department is awaiting Supreme Court verdict on the petitions moved by Direct to Home (DTH) service providers and cable operators and expecting a favourable verdict so that it...
View ArticleTwo-tier FDI cap in media finalised
New Delhi: With the ministry of finance giving its nod, the decks have been cleared for the implementation of a simplified, two-tier policy on foreign direct investment (FDI) cap in media. Now, a 74%...
View ArticleDTH industry showing signs of churn
India’s competitive DTH industry is moving towards more customised offerings such as video-on-demand, Catch UP TV and cheaper channel packs in regional languages. DTH players are realising that in...
View ArticleAre You Still Watching TV On Analog Cable?
Friday, March 02, 2012: The recent amendment to Section 4A of the Cable Regulation Act, 1995, legalizes an ordinance issued in October this year for implementing mandatory addressable digitization...
View ArticleIndia has 44.2 mn DTH subs, 825 channels: Trai
MUMBAI: India has 44.21 million private DTH subscribers as of 31 December 2011, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said in its quarterly report. The total number of registered subscribers is...
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