'Those trying to use these funds for quick gains should avoid them due to risk of being late to the party.'
Last week's Supreme Court decision on cable-pricing means that 83 million cable homes will end up paying more for their television.
Bharti's undersea fibre-optic cable connecting Chennai with Singapore has not been affected by the deadly tsunami waves, triggered by the massive quake off the Indonesian coast, its CMD Sunil Mittal said on Tuesday.
The all-India strike call by the multi-system operators evoked a partial response, with normal services in most part of the country, barring Punjab, Jaipur and delhi where there was complete blackout of cable channels.
Even though the NIA claims that more than 90 per cent of cases charge-sheeted have ended in conviction, the figure is likely misleading. To date, very few cases investigated by the NIA have resulted in a completed trial, points out former CBI joint director Navneet Rajan Wasan.
Cable operators on Wednesday began offering pay channel bouquets at about 50% discounted prices in South Delhi since most consumers are wary of the steep increase in the cable bill under CAS and are yet to invest in set top boxes.
Finolex Industries fell 5.7% to Rs 81.90 shortly before noon, after the company said its fiscal year's net profit plunged over 62%.
The ongoing 'Cable War' between the Marans-owned Sun Network and M K Azhagiri's Royal Cable Vision took another turn on Thursday, with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi warning of legal action against the Sun Network if it did not share the feeds with the state-owned Arasu Cable TV Corporation.
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has awarded international long distance (ILD) and national long distance (NLD) licences to global telecom major Cable & Wireless.
If a feasible business model is worked out for cable operators, they will not only build the last-mile networks, but also market them among the local population telling people the benefits as well as how to utilise them
Messages sent through Internet-based messaging service providers such as Whatsapp, Signal, and Telegram, as well as those which are encrypted, are understood to be within the Act's ambit.
With over 40 million active subscribers (as of March 2013), DTH has grown tenfold from just 4 million customers six years ago.
Cable operators body has demanded an equal footing with the DTH players.
Bharti will set up another high-capacity undersea cable, which will connect India to France through the Middle East.
The spat between cable TV operators and broadcasters continues despite the appointment of Trai, with the cable service providers accusing Trai of being helpless in reining in broadcasters and calling for a licence regime to control the channels.
Broadcasters to see 30% drop in subscription revenue.
Cable operators in Mumbai continued to block all television channels for the second day on Tuesday and have asked the Maharashtra government to come out with clear regulations for telecasting movies on channels.\n\n
The Delhi high court restrained the operators from unauthorised broadcast of the India-South Africa cricket series, an ESPN STAR Sports statement said.
India is far behind global competitors such as Vietnam, Taiwan, and Mexico in increasing electronics exports to the US by making the most of Washington's tariff action against China. In 2018, the US imposed a 25 per cent punitive duty on a range of Chinese electronics items. The trade duties led to a sharp fall in Chinese electronics exports to the US from $207 billion in 2018 to $140.2 billion in 2019, down 32 per cent, according to Indian Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) data, which has been analysed by ITC Trade Map.
Cable producers enjoy strong demand prospects but volatile raw material prices are a key concern.
Strategically important and first of the kind in North India and Jammu and Kashmir, the 592-meter long Basohli Bridge over River Ravi will be fourth of its kind in the country
A new 7,800 km undersea data cable has opened to traffic in Asia linking Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines which could aid in financial trade.
The Centre has disallowed installation of mobile towers in core or critical tiger habitats in the country, according to new guidelines by the environment ministry.
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries and Tata Group have made it to the prestigious TIME's list of 100 World's Most Influential Companies of 2024. TIME called Reliance 'India's Juggernaut'. This is the second time that Reliance has found its way into the TIME list. Jio Platforms, the firm that holds digital properties of the conglomerate, was included in the inaugural TIME 100 Most Influential Companies List of 2021. Serum Institute is the other Indian company on the list.
New technology allows access to webpages without internet.
Sonali Cable starts off as an intriguing story but disconnects itself from the point of the film incredibly fast, says Raja Sen.
The new broadcasting regulator Trai on Wednesday said it will strive to end the monopoly of cable operators by creating an atmosphere for entry of more players while regulating industry tariffs in the interim.
Conditional access system notified areas in Mumbai have turned into a battleground with local cable operators and multi-system operators trading allegations
Cable operators on Wednesday announced suspension of their strike from 2000 hours this evening in view of the Olympic Games.
Haryana govt to impose licence-raj for cable TV
Broadcast regulator TRAI said on Thursday that cable operators can only charge a fixed amount from each subscriber, as prevalent on December 26 last year, but there is no ceiling on the number of subscribers each operator can enlist.
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