Indiantelevision.com's Digital Edge Archives - 2009 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 Jan   * Lock-in period suggestion for promoters' equity in UASL thumbed down by telecom players * Young Americans prefer watching TV online to the DVR: Study * AOL to cut 10 per cent workforce * TNS Media Research launches DirecTView in the US ( 31 Jan 2009 ) * Web search engine Sagoon launches Beta version * Condé Nast creates single unit Condé Nast Digital ( 30 Jan 2009 ) * Tata Sky to air 'The Great Personalities Week' on ActveTM Stories * NDTV to distribute 'Trace' in India ( 29 Jan 2009 ) * US Senate passs bill delaying DTV transition * Nokia plans JV with HCL to sell mobile content directly to consumers ( 28 Jan 2009 ) * US: Big gap between HDTV ownership & HD programming usage * 6.5 mn US homes still unprepared for the switch to digital television * Trai wants regulatory framework for NGN; issues consultation paper * MTV US launches vertical ad network Comedy Tribe ( 27 Jan 2009 ) * Google to stop selling print ads from 28 February * Dish TV promoters up stake to 80% after rights issue * Truveo updates iPhone video search application ( 24 Jan 2009 ) * Trai extends date for views on broadcasting services * Zee Entertainment forms strategic alliance with Adobe Systems ( 23 Jan 2009 ) * Dish TV Q3 net loss at Rs 1.18 billion * Shrek uses Autodesk 3D software * Indiatimes launches interactive service iShop on Airtel's DTH * One Alliance blacks out channels to Bhaskar Hathway ( 22 Jan 2009 ) * Zee Turner charges Den of signal piracy in Surat * GenAudio to demonstrate 4D sound at 3DFF in Sundance * Force India, Zapak launch Speed Challenge game ( 21 Jan 2009 ) * DirecTV airs 8 HD views of Obama speech * CNN.com annual video streams up by 86% * DTH players against six month lock-in for dropping of channels ( 20 Jan 2009 ) * NDTV Convergence partners Affle for mobile advertising * Idea cellular takes 'MTV Roadies' challenge to mobile * Dish TV targets 8 million subscribers by FY'10 * Bhasin is Ibibo.com EVP, revenues & biz development * Bharti launches IPTV service Airtel Digital TV Interactive ( 19 Jan 2009 ) * Jet Airways unveils digital campaign on Yahoo Hong Kong * Microsoft offloads Comcast stake * Blockbuster partners with CinemaNow for movie delivery over internet ( 17 Jan 2009 ) * Trai wants more enforcement powers * ESPN submits revised RIO to comply with Trai's pricing for DTH * Havas Digital appoints joint CEOs ( 16 Jan 2009 ) * Trai seeks views on QoS for broadband & internet * Fox transitions to Avid HD workflow * Tdsat pulls up Trai on cable tariff ceiling * Animal Planet HD to launch globally ( 15 Jan 2009 ) * Intel, SVB invest in One97 Communications * Trai against separate licence for Vas * ESPN can face criminal prosecution: Delhi HC * Mauj Mobile launches games based on Mahabharata * Discovery promotes Glashow to senior VP, digital media distribution * CNN.com partners with Facebook for Obama's inauguration * NDS gets nod from shareholders to go private * AOL expands publishing unit with Mediaglow ( 14 Jan 2009 ) * Astra claims reach of 1 mn on free DTT * Big TV lines up English films for PPV subscribers ( 13 Jan 2009 ) * Trai extends date for stakeholders' views on interconnection issues * Disney-ABC-ESPN strikes content deal with Videoload ( 12 Jan 2009 ) * AMD launches graphics processors to boost gaming * Trai issues consultation paper on promoter's lock-in period ( 10 Jan 2009 ) * Dish TV rights issue closes * MediaFLO to expand over 100 markets in 2009 * Zapak, Gillette launch gaming championship ( 9 Jan 2009 ) * Logitech launches three G-series peripherals for PC gaming * Virgin Media inks on-demand deal with ITV * BSNL to use Redback technology for 5 mn broadband subscribers ( 8 Jan 2009 ) * MatrixStream launches HD cinematic IPTV service * SES Astra, GlobeCast to distribute Orange TV * Government to meet content aggregators on interoperable IPTV * Percept launches Cinecurry.com ( 7 Jan 2009 ) * LG partners Netflix for broadband-enabled HDTV * Sify.com launches interactive gaming site Antzill * Virgin Mobile, MySpace ink partnership * Zee Turner switches off channels to Sky Media Patrika ( 6 Jan 2009 ) * Dish TV's pace slows down * Zee's three channels up on Prasar Bharati's DTH * Star Den appoints Amit Arora as head of strategy and planning ( 5 Jan 2009 ) * Literacy boost via Edusat, DTH and broadband * Government clarifies on IPTV guidelines * Netplay acquires two mobile gaming websites ( 3 Jan 2009 ) * ESS alleges Hathway of signal piracy; 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