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 October                       * DirecTV files FCC complaint against Fox * SPT's One now available on Mio TV (31 October 2011 )     * Digitisation ordinance expected to be notified following presidential clearance * David Wertheimer is Fox president, digital * The CW, Hulu in five-year licensing agreement * New Batman video game sells 4.6 mn units worldwide in one week (29 October 2011 )     * News Express now available on DD Direct Plus * Hidden Reflex adds 9 live TV channels to its Epic browser (28 October 2011 )     * Creation of National Optical Fibre Network for broadband connectivity gets Cabinet nod * Netflix will land in the UK & Ireland next year * 'The Office' debuts on iTunes * BECIL's FY'11 high points * Aine Healy to head Prime Focus Technologies in UK (25 October 2011 )     * Colors, CNBCTV18 Prime & History Channel now in HD * Times TV Network launches its 3 channels in UAE * US consumers embracing various video platforms: Nielsen * WSJ to launch German language digital offering * Den ups Sharma to CEO, Azhar is COO * Hulu Plus coming to Nintendo (24 October 2011 )     * UK's retransmission fees is least favourable in developed world * BSkyB quarter revenue up 9% to £1.6 bn * Multiscreen users avoid TV ads: Study (22 October 2011 )     * Spike TV partners with technology trade show (21 October 2011 )     * WWIL narrows Q2 net loss, expects to break-even soon * Kapil Gupta is Prime Focus Technologies VP Program Management * Connected TV grows in popularity in US & Europe: Study * Leightronix enhances video server with multi-zone playback capabilities * MTV partners Hungama to launch mobile DJ service (20 October 2011 )     * Forex losses upset Dish TV's march to profitability * Casbaa reveals speaker lineup for convention * Reckitt Benckiser launches online games (19 October 2011 )     * BloombergUTV launches alarm app for BlackBerry Playbook * Darsh Digital selects NDS for digital cable * Samsung partners BigFlix to launch VoD app for smart devices (18 October 2011 )     * CBeebies joins Verizon's Fios TV channel lineup * DVRs in 44% of US TV homes * Pakistanis buy Indian DTH connections illegally (17 October 2011 )     * DD's DTH expansion will not need new satellite * JAK Communications selects NDS for digital TV platform * Warner Bros TV Group in deal with Netflix for CW programming * Trace Sports HD to launch in Thailand (15 October 2011 )     * BBC iPlayer app for iPad launched in Finland, Sweden & Demark * Hulu not to pursue sale proceedings (14 October 2011 )     * Top 3 MSOs need Rs 5.5 bn to fund first phase of digitisation * Cable stocks surge on digitisation ordinance * Spectrum audit and spectrum pooling under consideration: Milind Deora * Home2US renews capacity agreement with SES * Government's digital plot * Cabinet nod on ordinance on digitisation * DD's DTH not to have rev loss in lease out operations * Conax's unified solution for TV and broadband content distribution * Unified licensing system covers convergence of technologies (13 October 2011 )     * A tough digital road for cable * Star Plus launches app for iPhone, iPad * Discovery, BBC to co-produce series 'History Of The World' * Times Internet expands sports portfolio with EPL rights * Sky Italia crosses 5 mn subscriber mark * 93 companies to exhibit at Scat 2011 (12 October 2011 )     * Digital world should pave path for targeted ads * Pay TV holds promise; fragmentation, tech and high capex are hurdles: Punit Goenka * Hathway Cable needs Rs 7 bn funding for digitisation * Tata Sky adds ESPN to take HD channels to eight * India to have 1.2 mn HD subscribers on DTH by fiscal-end * Motorola in deal with China's Henan Cable * Jean-Briac Perrette is Discovery chief digital officer (11 October 2011 )     * RIL in talks to acquire content from UTV for telecom ops * Stage set for India Digital Pay-TV Summit * YouTube launches online film rental service in UK (10 October 2011 )     * Disney to take full control of Indiagames * Sab launches in FTA market in New York Metro and Dallas * QED Connect to snap up Kaleidoscope Venture Capital * Sky Brasil selects Oracle system for billing & rev management * BBC's digital innovation fund gets new thrust * Intelsat 18 successfully launched (8 October 2011 )     * HBO expands reach of BabyFirst to more Asian countries * GetIt selects AdLift for India market (7 October 2011 )     * Affle secures Rs 500 mn funding from D2 Communications * UTV Bindass launches Superstud mobile app * Carlyle acquires 9% stake in India Infoline (5 October 2011 )     * Prime Focus ups stake in UK subsidiary * Komli to use Jivox's interactive video platform in Apac * SES secures contract with Channel 4 on Astra 1N (4 October 2011 )     * Facebook launches new analytics tool * UTV Indiagames, SRK launch social game based on Ra.One * KyaZoonga, Universal Music announce strategic partnership (3 October 2011 )     * Tata Sky launches special offers for HD subs (1 October 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