Walt Disney Co and Reliance Industries on Wednesday announced signing of binding pacts to merge their media operations in India to create a Rs 70,000 crore behemoth. Reliance and its affiliates will hold 63.16 per cent in the combined entity while Disney will hold the remaining 36.84 per cent, the companies said in a statement.
A cable operator was shot at and killed by unidentified militants inside his house in north Kashmir's apple-rich Sopore town on Friday night.
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Facing a growing threat from direct-to-home service providers, which are fast acquiring subscribers in non-conditional access system areas, the cable industry wants the implementation of the system in all the areas of Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata.
Broadcast regulator TRAI on Friday came out with a consultation paper on the need for having separate tariffs for commercial cable subscribers like hotels, guest houses, offices and hospitals
Put simply, this means the expectation of big cuts or internationally competitive prices in India is out of place.
The cable operators on Saturday announced that they would provide all channels, including the pay and free to air channels, to consumers at Rs 222 in the Conditional Access System regime, being introduced in the four metros on July 15.
United States President Joe Biden is not travelling to India next month to grace the Republic Day celebrations as the Chief Guest, and New Delhi is looking at holding the next Quad summit later next year instead of its earlier plan to host it in January, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
The check-in process at Mumbai international airport's T2 has been hit, with all systems going down. This has resulted in huge queues at all counters, affecting check-ins and passage drops.
After dominating the Indian mobile telephone market, Bharti Airtel is all set to launch 3-in-1 services - phone, internet and cable TV - across 90 cities to its fixed-line customers.
The message is clear: The 60-year-old wise uncles need to handhold the 40-year-old entrepreneurs when, obsessed with ambition and greed for growth, they become a victim of hubris, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Consumers in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai may have to shell out up to 50 per cent higher monthly cable bills in the second phase of the roll out of the conditional access system
While the flooring of the bridge was replaced, its cable was not replaced and it could not take the weight of the changed flooring, said the prosecution, citing a forensic report.
China with a growth rate of 25 per cent and India at 18 per cent, are among the fastest growing markets fueling the boom in entertainment
Rediff.com brings you for the second in the series of leaked Wiki cables, which point towards some startling revelations.
Following the match on Sunday, Cricket fans were quick to comment on the issue.
Ambika Soni, the new I&B minister, called for a full-presentation on Tuesday on both these issues from senior I&B officials, a day after she took charge of the ministry.
Six major multi-system operators on Wednesday resented any move to scrap conditional access system in favour of - TRAP - a new system saying it was being promoted by vested parties both broadcasters and telecom operators.
The Border Roads Organisation is due to commission a cable stayed bridge, over river Ravi in Basholi area of Jammu and Kashmir next year.
Three major undersea cables -- the Sea Me We 4, Sea Me We3, and FLAG -- were cut, considerably slowing down India's internet and voice traffic. The extent of the damage is still being assessed.
The cable, dated 15 January 2010, updated the Secretary of State on war crimes accountability following the end of the country's long and bloody conflict.
This could become tricky territory for India, given its basically adversarial relationship with China, its moves to block imports and investment from that country, and to deny market access for Chinese technologies, observes T N Ninan.
Of the 2.5 lakh top secret United States' documents released by whistleblower website Wikileaks, as many as 3,038 classified cables are from the US embassy in New Delhi.The documents are being published by several media outlets across the globe on Sunday, despite repeated insistence from the US that it may put at risk many lives. Ahead of the release of these documents, the State Department had reached out to India, warning it about the impending release.
Uttam Ghosh mourns the victims of the cable bridge tragedy on the Machchhu river in Gujarat's Morbi on Sunday evening in which more then 135 people lost their lives.
The world needs to wake up to this new dimension of war at sea and be prepared to face the 'unknown enemy' who have the advantage of attacking at their choice of location and time, cautions Commodore Venugopal Menon (retd).
Standard Cables Ltd has informed BSE that the board of directors of the company at its meeting held on January 11, 2003 have decided, subject to the approval of shareholders through postal ballot, to sell all movable and immovable assets of the co.
IDBI Bank has moved the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) against Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) seeking an insolvency proceeding against the media firm to recover dues of Rs 149.60 crore. IDBI Bank has claimed an amount of Rs 149.60 crore, which has been disputed by ZEEL, said a regulatory update from the media major. IDBI Bank has filed an application under section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, claiming to be a financial creditor, before NCLT for initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process against the company, it added.
The move is significant as the ministry has announced its intention to set up another committee to evaluate the success of CAS in areas where it has been implemented. The committee is likely to submit its report by December.
The Telecommunications Bill, 2023, which was passed by a voice vote after a short debate, also allows the Centre to take possession of a telecom network in case of any public emergency or in the interest of public safety.
22 of the people trapped in mid-air in a row of ropeway cable cars for around 24 hours following the accident were rescued on Monday while one person has died, officials said.
Glimpses from skiing at the Kangdori ski resort in Gulmarg.
Keisha Santwan, 16, and her travel-obsessed family love the joy of exploring new places.
Coming to the rescue of the critically endangered great Indian bustard (GIB), the Supreme Court on Wednesday mooted the idea of launching 'Project GIB' on the lines of 'Project Tiger', which was started in 1973 to save the big cats, and sought the government's view on the proposal.
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