Indiantelevision.com's Digital Edge Archives - 2007 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 January   * Star looks to give mobile users a Plus experience * 'TOI' ties up with Tata Sky for marketing in Delhi * Moser Baer set to enter Kerala home video market * NDS' Q2 net profit up 17 % at $ 30 million * Mobile ent. market could hit $ 77 billion by 2011' ( 31 January 2007 ) * News Corp takes 5% stake in web video firm Roo * News Corp, VeriSign close Jamba deal * WWIL plans to raise up to $250 million ( 30 January 2007 ) * Space Systems/Loral wins contract to build satellites for Echostar & Intelsat * Broadband demand drives highest telecom growth since 2000 * BBC World Service using Wegener to make the transition to a DVB based distribution platform * News Corp to launch MySpace in China in a few months time * MTV US using search for a video game concept to spread awareness of Aids menace ( 29 January 2007 ) * Measat-3 enters commercial service * US ready for pay mobile TV: study * BenQ to unveil range of products * Tata Sky reaches deal to air India cricket ( 27 January 2007 ) * MySpace looking to double global presence * StarHub, Visiware to bring triple play gaming to Asia * BBC launches mobile news service in Dhaka * Maneesh Dhir to head AOL's intl ops ( 25 January 2007 ) * MTV, Verizon Wireless launch live music series 'MTV Live' * Microsoft bullish on India expansion strategy ( 24 January 2007 ) * Bharti floats subsidiary company for DTH * MSN India streams 'Showgirl' Kylie's Homecoming Tour * Music industry ponders digital future * CASBAA inducts new members * Reliance teams up with Yahoo! India to offer instant messaging service ( 23 January 2007 ) * Space capsule recovered * Warner creates animated version of 'Smallville' for mobile * Security concern over social networking, user-generated content: Deloitte * MTV US acquires college destination site Ratemyprofessors.com * Natpe focuses on online presence of TV stations * IBM launches new software service * Rajshri.com to offer episodes of 'Malgudi Days' and 'Fauji' for download ( 22 January 2007 ) * Orange partners with record labels to extend its music portfolio, offer unlimited music videos * Sexual assault lawsuit filed against MySpace, News Corp * Digital music sales estimated to double to around $2 bn in 2006 * StarHub launches HDTV in Singapore * Huge market in rural areas through Mobile Value Added Services * TDSAT adjourns Tata Sky vs Zee case * Radio players place bulk order for transmitters ( 20 January 2007 ) * Hathway implements Oracle E-Business Suite * Eros International signs mobile content license deal with Mauj Telecom ( 19 January 2007 ) * Star unveils downloadable video content on indya.com ( 18 January 2007 ) * Intelsat board of directors chairman Conny Kullman to be inducted into SSPI Hall of Fame * Paramount debuts films on iTunes * LG earns Cablelabs certification for two-way interactive digital cable HDTV * Skype founders looks to put the Joost in online TV * Chess Grandmasters now on Zapak.com * International Datacasting Corporation wins contract from Shin Broadband for New Asia IPTV service ( 17 January 2007 ) * Insat-4B launch set for early March * The Gotham Group inks deal with Yahoo! Studios to produce original animated content * Eros, Intel team up to bring Bollywood movies from PC to TVs * IAMAI to kick off India Digital Summit on 18 January * Media Development Authority of Singapore unveils two-tier license framework for IPTV * Chinese Telematics and Infotainment Market set for high growth in five years * Tandberg TV provides interactive applications to coverage of Golden Globes * Digital cinema co. Interworld releases first production on 19 January ( 16 January 2007 ) * Zee demerger scheme for Dish TV gets nod * Digital rights management market to cross billion dollar mark by 2011: Study * Tata Indicom launches an online store for mobile connections; builds on Vas offerings * Hungama Mobile, GSM Association, Roamware unveil a mobile Bollywood film initiative ( 15 January 2007 ) * Yahoo! India Answers unveils 'Ask the Planet' series to its knowledge sharing platform ( 13 January 2007 ) * IOL Broadband to raise $390 million via QIP ( 12 January 2007 ) * Cellcast launches Sumo.TV in India * MSOs on prowl, Incablenet to support Home Cable in Delhi * Kasenna announces IPTV services innovation * Visiware releases IPTV game channel ( 11 January 2007 ) * Animax partners Sify for 'Gaming Challenge 2007' * 50 mn TV shows, two billion songs sold on iTunes * Apple launches TV interface * IDM R&D unveils initiatives to support local, international R&D needs * UFO Moviez raises $22 million from 3i ( 10 January 2007 ) * IPTV subscribers in Asia Pacific expected to reach 27.4 million by 2013: Frost and Sullivan report * BBC Entertainment enters Malaysia on Astro * Bennett Media Worldwide licenses select library programming to Microsoft for Xbox 360 * Casbaa Convention 2007: It's all about content * Korean Broadcasting, BBC to back Miptv's Content 360 ( 9 January 2007 ) * Verizon looks to take convergence between TV, mobile, net to the next level * Sony Electronics focusses on transformation this year * Panasonic, Comcast join forces to test interactive digital cable-ready television * Grouper partners with Sony to put user-generated video on TV * Fujitsu Siemen's new product looks to take entertainment on the PC to the next level * Iamai to organise digital summit later this month * Second season of 'Desperate Housewives' and 'Lost' on DVD ( 8 January 2007 ) * Saregama to launch entertainment portal * Trai MSOs warns against analogue streaming * Intel, CinemaNow advance the burn-to-DVD entertainment experience * Brazil Court orders Youtube to take down steamy video * Warner, LG look to resolve confusion in HD DVD arena with hybrid offerings * Digital media connectivity fuels TV viewing in the US: Study * Paramount Pictures goes mobile * JumpTV adds 12 new TV channels; announces changes in management structure ( 6 January 2007 ) * China to have over 32 million mobile video users in 2008 * New Golf Launchpad edition offers unique gaming experience * NDS, CyberLink to deliver TV entertainment to PCs * Zapak.com ropes in Bipasha Basu; launches Zapak.tv ( 5 January 2007 ) * STBs moving fast in Mumbai, Delhi * Trai orders access providers to comply with SMS short code guidelines * Cellular broadband wireless data revenues to reach $2.5 billion by 2011: Research and Markets * Autonet Mobile to launch internet service for cars ( 4 January 2007 ) * Mobile Vas services could touch Rs 45.6 billion in 2007: study * IOL Broadband to soft launch IPTV services on BSNL network in Mumbai * HBO launches mobile Vod service in Korea * NDS completes acquisition of Jungo * BSky reaches two million DVR boxes * Mobile video to boost sports services market: Juniper report * 63 mn IPTV subscribers by 2010: Study ( 3 January 2007 ) * Cas: MSOs strain to meet demand for boxes * Insat 4A services disrupted due to minor glitch * Tata Sky, Zee Turner case: TDSAT asks for Trais’s position on DTH operations ( 2 January 2007 )       January February March April May June July August September October November December       Click below for the past year's Archives * 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