Indiantelevision.com's Digital Edge Archives - 2010 Click here for the previous year's Archives   January February March April May June July August September October November December Headlines in the month of August         * iVdopia powers highest number of video ads on Smartphones * WWIL eyes Rs 3.4 bn revenue in FY'11 * Mexico's Cablemas selects Conax conditional access solution * Big TV adds 13 channels * MSM Discovery gets ISO certification * Ten Sports blacks out cable network in Rewari, alleges piracy ( 31 aug 2010 ) * Dish TV launches service campaign to celebrate 8 mn subs * USA Today to go digital, reduce 130 employees * Wynncom launches Hindi keypad phone ( 30 aug 2010 ) * T-Series invests Rs 250 mn in mobile biz * Tivo Q2 net loss widens to $15.3 mn * Internet-based TV is growing rapidly: Study * Reliance MediaWorks expands 3D capabilities ( 28 aug 2010 ) * Dish TV crosses 8 mn subs, scales up growth forecast * TSA selects GlobeCast for delivery solutions of BWF Championship * Big TV offers free HD DVRs with Samsung LED TVs * BSNL widens Wimax coverage * Walt Disney EMEA, Bt Vision launch ABC TV On Demand ( 26 aug 2010 ) * Videocon d2h widens offering to 266 channels * Conax to showcase content protection solutions at IBC * Satellite Channel selects Latens Cas solution for DTH in Nepal ( 25 aug 2010 ) * Asianet selects SureWaves for cable ad solutions ( 24 aug 2010 ) * Trai tariff case: Tdsat interim directions on 31 August * People magazine launches on the iPad * HomeShop18 revamps e-commerce portal * Broadcasters move Tdsat against Trai's tariff order ( 23 aug 2010 ) * Prasar Bharati to spend Rs 15.28 bn in first phase of digitisation * MTNL gets Rs 4.5 bn for communication facilities of CWG * Virgin Mobile joins hands with independent App store Getjar * PIB introduces SMS alerts for mediapersons, revamps website * Asiasat's revenue jumps 27% as core biz stays strong * PlaySpan raises $18mn in series C funding ( 21 aug 2010 ) * Trai seeks stakeholder views on STB interoperability * Verizon’s Fios TV adds online video content from Time Warner * Sky offers comparison table for sports packages * Digicable SVP - network development Surendran Nair quits ( 20 aug 2010 ) * 3G: Govt turns down BSNL, MTNL plea * KidsCo to enter India via NDTV * Time-shift TV viewing up 60% in the US * Web-to-TV video content revenue to jump eightfold to $17 bn in 5 years ( 19 aug 2010 ) * Airtel digital TV adds 5 channels to bouquet * DD Direct Plus augmentation to cost Rs 554 million ( 18 aug 2010 ) * Big TV offers HD cum DVR box for Rs 4990 ( 17 aug 2010 ) * Govt mulls proposal for cancellation of cable operator licences * SC stays Tdsat order on cable tariffs for commercial establishments * LG launches LED 3D TV * BBC.com launches travel site in partnership with Lonely Planet ( 16 aug 2010 ) * Hathway Q1 standalone net loss at Rs 139.3 million * HITS finds no takers as MSOs await transponders and comprehensive policy * Content providers bullish on 3D TV set penetration * SES, In Demand renew VoD, PPV pact * Murdoch mulls launch of digital newspaper * Vintage TV selects GlobeCast solutions for UK launch ( 14 aug 2010 ) * Viacom appeals against decision in YouTube case * Acer announces RComm broadband embedded netbook ( 13 aug 2010 ) * Jeffrey Hayzlett joins iVdopia's advisory board * Govt earns Rs 1.26 bn as licence fee from DTH operators ( 12 aug 2010 ) * Delhi High Court rejects MSM Discovery, Star Den plea * Den plans to raise Rs 7.5 billion * LCD TVs to surpass CRT TVs in sales by 2012: CEAMA * Sansui launches new range of LCDs * Den Q1 net up 208% at Rs 100 mn as revenue jumps 16% ( 11 aug 2010 ) * Skype files for IPO; to raise $100 million * Epix in 5-year online rights deal with Netflix ( 10 aug 2010 ) * BSkyB adopts Brainware's workflow module * Dassault Systèmes launches social 3D game application on Facebook * Universal Music pulls out content from MTV * Google acquires social gaming site Slide for $200 mn ( 9 aug 2010 ) * iVdopia launches HTML5 video ad platform * BenQ launches palm-sized projector in India * Globecast to demonstrate Mam solutions at IBC ( 7 aug 2010 ) * SC to hear plea against Trai's tariff order next month * Casbaa convention to debate on pay-TV potential ( 6 aug 2010 ) * Trai recommends 4-phase digitisation; 31 December 2013 is sunset date * Conax to launch new conditional access platform * Zapak forays into social gaming, partners 6waves * Iskcon launches mobile TV spiritual channel on MiMobiTV * Google, Verizon strike deal on handling net traffic ( 5 aug 2010 ) * Sony rides to 8-year high with 3 Idiots * Trilogy Studios taps Firefly platform for development of games * Reliance Communications, Universal Music in partnership * Sky, Simplifydigital reveal benefits of entertainment bundles * NDS gets Rodricks as director - ad solutions for APacs * Zapak to distribute Dirt 3 game in India ( 4 aug 2010 ) * Trai tariff order favours DTH players: IBF * Govt should make serious efforts towards digitisation * CBS, Comcast in 10-year carriage pact ( 3 aug 2010 ) * DTH to splurge Rs 6 bn on ads in FY'11 * Dish TV eyes growth in South with special offers for Karnataka and Kerala * Reliance Big TV adds two interactive services * Dish TV selects STMicroelectronics’ ICs for digital STB * UTV News rebrands web property as UTVMoney.com ( 2 aug 2010 )       January February March April May June July August September October November December       Click below for the past year's Archives * ARCHIVES FOR THE YEAR 2009 * ARCHIVES FOR THE YEAR 2008 * ARCHIVES FOR THE YEAR 2007 * ARCHIVES FOR THE YEAR 2006 * ARCHIVES FOR THE YEAR 2005 * ARCHIVES FOR THE YEAR 2004 * ARCHIVES FOR THE YEAR 2003 * ARCHIVES FOR THE YEAR 2002 * ARCHIVES FOR THE YEAR 99/00/01/02 Go to Top