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| Sensex gains most in 11 weeks, up 4.27% | 14-NOV-09 |
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| Stock markets were propelled by robust industrial growth data, the government’s reform initiatives and strong global markets. The Sensex ended the week higher by 690.55 points, or 4.27 per cent, at 16,848.83, while the Nifty closed at 4,998.95, up 202.80 points, or 4.23 per cent. |
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| Vanita Kohli-Khandekar: The chorus against content | 10-NOV-09 |
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| Across the media and entertainment (M&E) industry, the chorus against rising content costs has been growing louder. Radio operators are lobbying against royalty costs which could vary from 7 per cent to 40 per cent of revenues per station. Direct-to-home (DTH) operators have been talking for long about how content costs take away 40-60 per cent of revenues. Earlier this year, multiplex owners and film production companies had a two-month-long stand-off over revenue share. |
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| DTH sparks new row between producers and multiplexes | 08-NOV-09 |
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| A new battlefront has opened between multiplexes and big banner production and distribution houses. Ignoring the revenue concerns of the multiplexes, Reliance Big Pictures, Percept Pictures, UTV Movies and Dharma Productions want to release their new films on direct-to-home (DTH) television shortly after their release on theatre screens. |
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| On the way: cable TV without any wire | 03-NOV-09 |
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| In what may become a revolution in entertainment, accessing television via cable, IPTV or interactive DTH services is soon going to be via wireless, on the lines of a wi-fi internet connectivity. |
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| Out of the box | 03-NOV-09 |
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| Videocon thinks integrating set-top boxes with consumer appliances will prove disruptive in the crowded DTH market. |
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| Airtel launches triple-play game | 29-OCT-09 |
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| India’s largest private sector telecom player Bharti Airtel has launched a triple-play arcade puzzle game Getris on all three services of Airtel — mobile, Internet and direct to home (DTH). |
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| Dish TV posts Q2 oss of Rs 56 cr | 27-OCT-09 |
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| Direct-to-home service provider Dish TV today reported a net loss of Rs 56.13 crore for the second quarter ended September, narrowing down from its loss of Rs 154.11 crore of the year ago period. |
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| Multiplexes want gap on films' release for DTH | 26-OCT-09 |
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| Multiplexes may push for an embargo of up to two weeks on Bollywood producers releasing their films on Direct-to-Home (DTH) television platforms, after the films hit the theatres. |
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| Stiff pricing | 26-OCT-09 |
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| While an under-penetrated market and robust business plans should help DEN Networks grow faster, competitive pressures are likely to intensify. |
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| Videocon offers access to DTH via DVD player | 23-OCT-09 |
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| Direct to Home (DTH) television can be accessed now with a DVD player. For the first time in the country, D2H, the DTH service from the Videocon Group, is offering DTH via three alternate platforms to the traditional connections — by DTH-enabled satellite DVD, DTH-enabled LCD TV, and DTH-enabled TV sets. |
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