RCOM likely to acquire Digicable

Reliance Communications(RCOM) is likely to acquire privately-held cable television company Digicable in a cashless deal.   The Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) company will spin off its ....

Dish TV to raise Rs 1,000 crore

Dish TV, the direct-to-home (DTH) arm of Subhash Chandra’s Essel group, will raise Rs 1,000 crore from foreign markets, issuing foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs) in a ....

Tata Sky on a cost cutting drive

Direct-to-home service provider Tata Sky is renegotiating contracts with vendors and distributors as part of its cost-cutting drive that could bring down operational costs by 30%. “We have ....

Dish TV to close shop in UP from Oct 1

Dish TV, the country's largest satellite television service provider, will shut down its sales operations in Uttar Pradesh from October  1, following the state's levy of 30% entertainment tax ....

Airtel digital TV adds 14 channels to bouquet

Digital TV, the DTH service from Airtel, has added 14 new entertainment and news channels to its bouquet – taking the total to 164 channels in 11 languages. With the addition of these ....

IBM inks pact with Sun Direct TV

IBM today announced that it has signed a services deal Sun Direct TV, part of the Sun TV Group, to implement and manage customer relationship management related applications and services. This ....

Dish TV hikes set-top box price; Tata & Sun to follow

A five per cent Customs duty on STBs was announced in the Budget. “The business model of DTH is based on subsidy and the component cost has also gone up considerably due to the rise in the ....

Dish TV extends VAS in collaboration with Monster.com

In a highly competitive Indian DTH Market, the service providers are doing whatever it takes to sustain. After bringing the DTH and Matrimony services together, leading direct-to-home service ....

Reliance BIG TV partners Sony BMG for Jackson concert

    Direct-to-home service provider Reliance BIG TV on July 9 said it has inked a content sharing agreement with Sony BMG to ....

BBC World News partnering with Sun Direct

  BBC World News has boosted its audience in India by over 20%, after signing a major new deal with Sun Direct that takes the channel's overall India distribution to around 22 million. The new ....

BIG TV launches HD-ready STB; plans to introduce 60 more channels

 Reliance BIG TV, the DTH arm of Reliance Communications, today launched a high-definition set-top box (STB) equipped with digital live TV recording facility, priced at Rs 7,490. With the ....

Dish TV narrows Q4 loss to Rs 60 cr

  Direct-to-home (DTH) operator Dish TV today said it has posted a net loss of Rs 59.77 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2010, narrowing ....

Airtel Digital TV launches Airtel Digital TV Recorder

Bharti Airtel said that Airtel digital TV, its DTH service, launched 'Airtel digital TV Recorder', an enhanced Set Top Box (STB) with capability to record live television, anytime, anywhere, the ....