Indiantelevision.com's Digital Edge Archives - 2011   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 May               * Ratnagairi cable op arrested for unauthorised telecast of Ten Cricket * NBA plans India growth with Times Internet deal * SES, Wananchi to launch DTH lineup in East Africa * YouTube to air India-West Indies series (31 May 2011 )   * Gamespot Entertainment runs cricket carnival on thefanstation.com * PTC Punjabi launches in Canada on Rogers cable * Cablevision's proposal on retransmission to FCC (30 May 2011 )   * Revenue opportunity from fibre-based broadband services is $32 billion: Study * NBC Universal announces game based on TV show ‘House’ * ESPN US launches iPad app * Penthouse contracts additional 3D capacity on Astra (28 May 2011 )   * TTSL launches music website for music downloads for Tata Photon Plus users * PrimoItalia launches 150 online TV channels in Italy (27 May 2011 )   * UTV Movies expands reach in East Africa * UK, French broadcasters take lead in European OTT video market: Kagan * Star World Juke Box launches on Facebook * PFT appoints Radhika Chinai as VP Media Processing Services * Foxtel bids $2 billion for rival Austar takeover (26 May 2011 )   * Twitter snaps up TweetDeck for $40 million (25 May 2011 )   * Tata Sky offers Marathi channels free * Star, Zee in talks to share distribution (24 May 2011 )   * Dish TV eyes net profit & 3.5 mn subs in FY '12 * VCL launches marketing tool ePuppet for Tata Motors * IPTV subscriptions to cross 70 mn by 2014: Kagan (23 May 2011 )   * Top 5 MSOs rake in Rs 13.5 bn as carriage income * Pehla ties up with Sun, launches two new packages * Broadcom launches new product for HD viewing * BT selects Alcatel-Lucent’s Motive to support broadband expansion * GSAT-8 launched successfully (21 May 2011 )   * WWIL narrows net loss in FY’11 * Netflix in multi-year deal with Miramax * SES Astra in deal with Telekom Srbija (20 May 2011 )   * Yahoo! acquires 5to1 for $28 million * Den plans to invest Rs 1.75 bn in FY’12 * Linkedin pushes valuation to $4.25 bn * 3D TVs set to grow by 500% this year * Subhadip Bhattacharyya joins as Ten Sports head of distribution (19 May 2011 )   * Harsha Bhogale to blog for Samsonite * T-Series unveils devotional phone * AT&T upgrades U-verse Total Home DVR * NTT DoCoMo unveils 24 mobile devices * Intex launches Mini Home Cinema for ‘Disc Free’ HD portable entertainment (18 May 2011 )   * Vodafone Casa TV launches Star channels in Portugal * Online TV show Jay Hind! goes international with BLTN * India ready to launch ICT services on mobile * Banff 2011 to debate on future of TV in digital age * Liberty part of Wanachi Group’s new investors (17 May 2011 )   * Den eyes 20% revenue growth from cable in FY’12 * Launch of Gsat-8 delayed by a day * Dish Network appoints Joseph Clayton as CEO * Pace tops STB market in 2010 * 'The Ellen Degeneres Show' to launch customised AOL Homepage * InMobi says 80% Asian mobile web users opt for shopping on the go (16 May 2011 )   * Ortel has fund requirement of Rs 850 mn from IPO * Disney ties up with MultiChoice, launches channel in Africa * Mobango launches cricket apps (14 May 2011 )   * SeaChange powers IPTV for multi-screen video in Turkey * Motorola Mobility acquires SunUp Digital Systems (13 May 2011 )   * Indian C&S ad market to surpass China by 2017: MPA * Hathway has no fund-raising plan via equity * YouTube in deal with Sony, Universal and Warner * Jill Grinda is Casbaa VP * FCC official Baker set to join Comcast Corporation * 10 per cent growth in Indian participation at CommunicAsia (12 May 2011 )   * Reliance Digital TV to offer 250 channels in HD * IndusInd Media FY'11 net up 93% at Rs 643.6 mn * Cartoon Network launches augmented reality app * Thailand's TrueVisions selects NDS * Zapak launches AdverGame in India for multiple DTH players (11 May 2011 )   * Hathway Cable FY’11 revenue up 20% to Rs 8.8 bn * Microsoft set to acquire Skype for $ 8.5 billion * Autodesk’s TinkerBox comes to iPhone, iPod touch * Casbaa adds three corporates * Belgium’s MobiStar TV offers subscribers access to Cannes Film Festival * 3-D TV sees strong boost in 2011 (10 May 2011 )   * 3 regions to account for 91% of Tablet unit shipments in 2015: Study * Shemaroo sets up movie channel on YouTube * Comcast launches personal 4G/3G mobile hotspot * Hathway to launch HD service in June (9 May 2011 )   * US cable ops lose 2 mn subscribers in 2010 (7 May 2011 )   * Naaptol launches android app (6 May 2011 )   * Airtel Digital TV adds 3.07 million subs in FY’11 * HBO releases app for Apple’s iPad, iPhone & iPod touch in US * Casbaa board gets three new members * Seagate unveils hard drive featuring one terabyte per platter * CommunicAsia2011 sees interest from first-time exhibitors (5 May 2011 )   * Zapak launches Crazy Kart 2 MMOG * Akai launches smallest led TV set in India * Zee Cinema launches in Indonesia (4 May 2011 )   * BroadcastAsia 2011 expects 5% jump in participation * Task force under Takru to oversee digitisation of cable sector (3 May 2011 )   * Langoor enters India, to set up R&D centre in Bangalore (2 May 2011 )         January February March April May June July August September October November December       Click below for the past year's Archives * ARCHIVES FOR THE YEAR 2010 * 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