Indiantelevision.com's DTH Archives - 2003
 
* BBC World on Hong Kong’s first DTH digital pay TV platform
(26 December 2003)
* Zee Tele in re-organisational mode
(24 December 2003)
* DD mulls leasing DTH infrastructure to private players
(22 December 2003)
* CAS confusion due to corporate rivalry: RSP
(22 December 2003)
* No blackout worries in South Delhi on eve of CAS introduction
(14 December 2003)
* Smile TV to launch 3 interactive channels for Asia
(8 December 2003)
* Broadcast regulator may have limited powers
(2 December 2003)
  Asiasat, Shin Sat conclude frequency coordination agreement
(21 November 2003)
* BSkyB subscriber base sky rockets
(18 Nov 2003)
* Star appoints Michelle Guthrie as CEO
(10 November 2003)
* Ten Sports, SET beaming into Europe on Pehla DTH platform
(8 November 2003)
* DD may advance DTH plans to Feb to coincide with Union Budget
(4 November 2003)
* INTERVIEW: "Around the world, successful pay TV operators give away the STB"
Director solutions, NDS Asia Pacific, James Field
(21 October 2003)
* Intelsat to provide satellite-based broadband direct-to-home service in Middle East
(21 October 2003)
* CCEA okays DD's DTH foray; sanctions Rs 1.65 bn assistance
(15 October 2003)
* Zee terms Chernin's comments on its DTH plan 'amateurish'
(15 October 2003)
* Indian companies seek to find their footing at Mipcom
(14 October 2003)
* A soap called I&B
(13 October 2003)
* INTERVIEW: "Media has grown by leaps and bounds and matured simultaneously"
Lintas Group Director of media services and healthcare Lynn de Souza
(6 October 2003)
* INTERVIEW: "The entertainment channel should be occupying the No 2 slot by March next"
Sahara India's media and entertainment division CEO Sushanto Roy
(6 October 2003)
* More 'exclusive' channels for Zee's DishTV
(3 October 2003)
* INSAT-3E placed near Geostationary Orbit
(3 October 2003)
* MagnaQuest achieves global acceptance for its SMS/ billing solution MQSubscribe
(1 October 2003)
* RS Prasad voices need for media policy
(25 September 2003)
* GoM shelves Convergence Bill plan
(25 September 2003)
* For its DTH venture, Star zeroes down on Tatas
(23 September 2003)
* Cetma appeals for quick roll-out of CAS
(19 September 2003)
* Chandra's ASC first to sign DTH agreement with the government
(16 September 2003)
* INTERVIEW: "DD News should go on air sometime before 31 December 2003"
Prasar Bharati's Chief Executive K.S. Sarma
(15 September 2003)
* MGM launches second Korean channel
(15 September 2003)
* Zee, govt may sign DTH licence agreement by next week
(13 September 2003)
* S-A offers host of new DVB broadcast, headend solutions
(13 September 2003)
* DITG, Recreate to bring itv applications to India
(8 September 2003)
* SAB TV starts beaming off Sky in UK
(8 September 2003)
* Cable ops still not recognised: Mumbai LMOs
(7 September 2003)
* Thomson's portable technologies for digital entertainment
(29 August 2003)
* SET plans novel use of STBs
(28 August 2003)
* Regulator must: industry to I&B minister RS Prasad
(27 August 2003)
* Korean STB company Opentech to tap Indian market
(27 August 2003)
* Siti offers 50% revenue sharing deal to One Alliance
(20 August 2003)
* Interoperability of STBs discussed in Upper House; standards prescribed by BIS, says Prasad
(18 August 2003)
* Optimism, scepticism, caution, confusion: Industry sees it all as CAS deadline nears
(16 August 2003)
* Dish TV soft launch likely by August end; NSTPL becomes fifth applicant for DTH
(12 August 2003)
* Prasar Bharati may get relaxed terms on DTH equity caprn on DTH
(11 August 2003)
* MEASAT to focus on South Asia with MEASAT-3
(11 August 2003)
* I&B ministry clears DD's DTH plan, now before CCEA
(8 August 2003)
* Finance ministry finds flaws with Space TV's DTH application; approves expansion plans for DD
(7 August 2003)
* TV Research - Going beyond TRPs
(7 August 2003)
* Prasad extols CAS advantages in RS
(6 August 2003)
* NDS reports marginal dip in revenue
(4 August 2003)
* G Subramanian is new Star CFO
(1 August 2003)
* ASC seeks concessions for DTH bank guarantee
(29 July 2003)
* INTERVIEW: "We are hoping to put Sony back, if not as a No. 1, at least a closer second to Star"
Sony Entertainment Television CEO Kunal Dasgupta
(29 July 2003)
* Essel Group to finally get DTH letter of Intent
(28 July 2003)
* Conax to set up operations centre in Delhi
(19 July 2003)
* Sky Italia upgrades digital TV platforms with Scopus Network
(18 July 2003)
* 'Indian broadcasters' seek fresh CAS notification
(15 July 2003)
* Indian broadcasters demand 'level playing field'
(11 July 2003)
* Broadband Pacenet to enter HITS arena
(4 July 2003)
* 'Indian broadcasters' raise voice against phased CAS rollout
(4 July 2003)
* INTERVIEW: "Advertising and media planning business will become creatively integrated post CAS"
ETC Networks executive director and Broadband Pacenet India chairman Jagjit Singh Kohli
(30 June 2003)
* Star News gets week's uplink extension
(25 June 2003)
* B4U to cost Rs 10 post-CAS; 50%+ margin to cable op
(23 June 2003)
* B4U to cost Rs 10 post-CAS; 50%+ margin to cable op
(23 June 2003)
* SPECIAL REPORT: DTH - not so near but coming into view
(19 June 2003)
* Sleeping giant DD about to stir
(16 June 2003)
* Former HBO exec Ele Juarez sets up consulting firm for audiovisual sector
(14 June 2003)
* Scopus introduces intelligent video gateway for Cable TV industry
(13 June 2003)
* 'CAS'e closed - Prasad allays Sena Supremo's fears
(13 June 2003)
* Prospects good for C&S industry in Asia: Casbaa
(11 June 2003)
* INTERVIEW: "Government's legal stand on CAS is very clear"
Minister of state for information and broadcasting Ravi Shankar Prasad
(9 June 2003)
* Pay channel prices to remain stable for 1-2 years post-CAS: Jawahar Goel
(6 June 2003)
* Are We Ready for CAS?
(5 June 2003)
* I&B officials meet MSOs, cable ops in stocktaking exercise
(3 June 2003)
* INTERVIEW: "Content pull will determine the success of CAS"
HTMT group director and CTO KV Seshasayee
(31 May 2003)
* Zee goes into HITS, DTH overdrive
(30 May 2003)
* TDP MPs meet PM to protest DTH LoI for Space TV
(26 May 2003)
* Star not to offer channels on Zee's HITS platform
(26 May 2003)
* INTERVIEW: "Preferably CAS rollout should be into July 2004"
Star India chief executive officer Peter Mukerjea
(24 May 2003)
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Cable ops real gainers of pay channels turning FTA: CSB report
(22 May 2003)

* CAS - turn the clock back to move forward
(21 May 2003)
* I&B ministry clears Space TV bid for DTH licence
(9 May 2003)
* Zee to use 7 transponders on Insat
(7 May 2003)
* DD may offer 30-35% stake in DTH venture
(6 May 2003)
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Doordarshan's DTH plan to cost Rs 6,380 million
(31 April 2003)

* No proposal to reconsider FDI limits in DTH: Prasad
(24 April 2003)
* DD all set to enter DTH fray
(14 April 2003)
* DD plans Rs 5-billion DTH foray
(14 April 2003)
* Star, Zee at odds on DTH set top specifications
(11 April 2003)
* BBC World on Hong Kong’s first DTH digital pay TV platform
(11 April 2003)
* Uncertainty prevails in Mumbai over CAS, DTH
(9 April 2003)
* Kairali TV experiments with new formula
(7 April 2003)
* Direct To Home Television A Practical Perspective
(7 apr 2000)
* After World Cup hammering, listed TV cos' scrips recover some ground
(5 April 2003)
* I&B ministry clears Chandra's bid for DTH licence
(3 April 2003)
* Siti moving ahead on HITS
(31 March 2003)
* CAS in metros by Sep-Oct '03: JP Morgan report
(28 March 2003)
* DTH unlikely in medium term
(28 March 2003)
* 26% FDI cap in news channels
(19 March 2003)
* Siti, INCableNet pushing ahead on CAS
(17 March 2003)
* Government issues DTH notification, 20 % sectoral, foreign equity cap to stay
(16 March 2000)
* DTH guidelines to stay: Mohan
(16 March 2003)
* Canal+ to stage live demo of CAS Mediaguard at 11th Convergence India 2003
(6 March 2003)
* FDI cap on DTH to stay: Prasad
(3 March 2003)
* GoM meeting fails to address increasing FDI cap in DTH
(28 February 2003)
* Pre-budget economic survey backs Kelkar plan; raises concern over Prasar Bharati revenues
(27 February 2003)
* GoM set to discuss FDI in DTH Thursday
(26 February 2003)
* Tax regime change unlikely to benefit media companies
(26 February 2003)
* Asiasat 4 scheduled for early April launch
(22 February 2003)
* Govt. meeting to discuss FDI in DTH, among other sectors, deferred
(21 February 2003)
* Eutelsat C&S survey claims DTH spreading fast
(20 February 2003)
* Zee looking at July launch for DTH services?
(19 February 2003)
* Europe, ME, SA offer satellite ops ray of hope
(14 February 2003)
* Entertainment industry gears up for Frames 2003
(13 February 2003)
* BIS task-force on STB specifications for DTH
(11 February 2003)
* India agog to cricket's greatest spectacle
(8 February 2003)
* I&B minister seeks consumer-friendly CAS regime
(5 February 2003)
* SES Astra, ESA to develop low cost satellite return channel
(3 February 2003)
* SET gets onto Pehla DTH platform in Gulf
(31 January 2003)
* Home ministry comment on Star News uplink pending
(30 January 2003)
* Ten Sports to air World Cup in Pakistan
(29 January 2003)
* Reach first user of AsiaSat 4
(22 January 2003)
* First world summit for digital satellite TV in Paris
(17 January 2003)
* DD looking for distributors abroad
(11 January 2003)
* India C&S industry revenues to hit $11b by 2015: report
(3 January 2003)
   
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