Indiantelevision.com's Digital Edge Archives - 2008 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 Dec   * Trai extends last date for comments on consultation paper on ‘Quality of Cable TV services' * Viacom to black out channels to Time Warner Cable ( 31 Dec 2008 ) * Auction for 3G and BWA Spectrum delayed by fortnight * Excel to go national with home video retail outlets * Reliance Communications to invest Rs 40 billion on 3G * BroadcastAsia is most relevant trade show: Survey ( 30 Dec 2008 ) * Hathway gets Fitch's investment grade ratings for Rs 3.4 bn debt * Playwin launches cards for internet and mobile gaming ( 29 Dec 2008 ) * MySpace teams up with Google to spread reach * Yahoo! India to focus on marketing in 2009 ( 27 Dec 2008 ) * Trai revises cable TV rates by 7 per cent * Dentsu & Nintendo team up to offer video on Wii players * Dish TV to add 200 channels by next year ( 26 Dec 2008 ) * Tdsat pulls up Prasar Bharati on Zee issue * Mauj Mobile creates special mobile content for Christmas * Verismo, YouTube to provide videos directly on TV ( 24 Dec 2008 ) * Sony BMG, ibibo tie-up to launch web application for 'Raaz...' * China’s Sina Corp to buy digital media firm Focus Media * BSkyB, Tiscali takeover talks on hold ( 23 Dec 2008 ) * Warner Music pulls out content from YouTube * Isro-built W2M satellite launched successfully ( 22 Dec 2008 ) * Comcast to distribute Star India channels in California * Isro-built European satellite to boost broadcasting services * Cablevision to shut down Voom HD Networks in January * Sony music, movie titles on Microvault USB flash drives * Panasonic to buy Sanyo for $9 billion ( 20 Dec 2008 ) * CN signs Mattel for ‘The Secret Saturdays’ * Tata Sky ropes in Asin as brand ambassador ( 19 Dec 2008 ) * Zeel, Adobe form alliance for digital media content * Alterna’TV inks carriage deal with Time Warner Cable * Fox to showcase musical comedy 'Glee' in 2009 ( 18 Dec 2008 ) * UTV signs up Big TV to screen 'Oye Lucky' for PPV subscribers * Maharashtra leads in broadband subscribers * Govt finalising policy on TV services for mobile * Sony BMG ties up with ibibo ( 17 Dec 2008 ) * Broadcom to provide DTH solution to Bharti Airtel * NEC Electronics introduces tuner chips for digital terrestrial broadcast * Volvo Ocean Race uses Google Earth to get closer to fans * DD Direct to carry 3 Zee channels and Enter 10 TV on Rs 6 mn carriage fee * Tata sky crosses 3 million Subscribers ( 16 Dec 2008 ) * Trai seeks views on flexible packaging and pricing of channels * Jivox reduces bandwidth need for video ad delivery * Nab applauds passage of DTV legislation in US * HDTV penetration exceeds 23 per cent in the US: Nielsen ( 15 Dec 2008 ) * Liberty to hive off entertainment biz * Sun Direct plans to pump in Rs 15 billion in FY'10 * NGC selects Vusion for online HD video streaming * Tivo expands ad solutions portfolio ( 13 Dec 2008 ) * Intel, WiMax Forum to develop low-cost devices * BBC and ITV to work with BT for broadband STBs * UTV's Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! to hit DTH in 3 weeks of theatrical release ( 12 Dec 2008 ) * Hungama launches Vas contest for ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’ * Disney, Excel launch ‘High School Musical 3’ video game * Blogs rank as least credible news format: Study * Avid unveils PostDeko for editors * Netflix launches instant veiwing service on Tivo ( 11 Dec 2008 ) * Rajshri Media to syndicate Bollywood content to Joost.com * Aksh, MTNL to launch mobile TV in Delhi & Mumbai ( 10 Dec 2008 ) * Big TV bets on MDUs to gain DTH subscribers * Fox selects Motorola for HD transition * Court orders NDS to pay Echostar $8.3 mn * ESPN to comply with Trai's pricing norms * Intelsat forms JV for satellite biz in Africa * BBC's 'Good Food' finds taste with online video watchers ( 9 Dec 2008 ) * Cenvat cut: DTH ops to get small boost * Cisco selects Design Reactor as digital media partner * Sun Direct eyes break even in 6 years; launches in Mumbai * BBC sees audience boost for multimedia * Zapak partners with Pringoo for customised merchandise ( 8 Dec 2008 ) * Microsoft ropes in Yahoo's Qi Lu to head Internet biz * NGC to receive data from Nielsen's Digitalplus STB service * Comedy Central relaunches Jokes.com ( 6 Dec 2008 ) * Zapak launches gaming site for Bingo [V] Full Once * B4U Music gets encrypted; shifts to AsiaSat 3S * Globecomm completes media processing center for Airtel's DTH service * WWE launches online social network ( 5 Dec 2008 ) * Mauj Mobile partners with FHM for mobile content * Jia Wu joins Strategy Analytics Digital Consumer Group * UTV New Media appoints Mathur as EVP - sales, revenue, marketing and strategy ( 4 Dec 2008 ) * HTC rolls out 'HTC Touch 3G' phone in India * Avid launches media network solution * MySpace offers video streaming on mobile * Hungama's Neeraj Roy is MEF Asia board chairman * Home entertainment on the rise in the US: Survey * Arun Kapoor joins Essel Group as director, distribution biz * Prime focus gets HC nod to merge subsidiary firm * mKhoj partners with EnterpriseDB to boost ad performance ( 3 Dec 2008 ) * ibibo.com launches 'iVideostar' to showcase dancing talent * Axis Communications launches HDTV network camera * HCL launches workstations for media, gaming and animation industry * MGM secures 40 station partners for 'This' * Britney Spears, Obama top Yahoo! searches for the year * Redstone exits from Midway Games ( 2 Dec 2008 ) * Big TV lines up films for PPV subscribers * Animax Mobile debuts in Malaysia, Singapore * Trai to regulate quality of cable TV service in non-Cas areas ( 1 Dec 2008 )       January February March April May June July August September October November December       Click below for the past year's Archives * 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