MUMBAI: The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has allowed ZEEL to disconnect signals to multi system operator (MSO) Manthan Broadband Services in case of payment default.

MUMBAI: Neeraj Roy-helmed Hungama Digital Entertainment has narrowed its consolidated net loss to Rs 30.58 crore for the fiscal ended March 2017 compared to a net loss of Rs 38.29 crore in the year-ago period, as per data accessed from Care Ratings report.

With the legal merger with Videocon d2h complete, Dish TV India is now busy getting the merger completed at the operational level. The DTH company is looking to exploit various synergies to take advantage of the size and scale of the merged entity. Dish TV hopes to reap Rs 510 crore in synergy-related savings.

MUMBAI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is in the midst of consulting various international agencies and experts and hopes to finalise its recommendation on spectrum auction “soon”, chairman R S Sharma has said.

He heads the youngest Indian network engaged in general entertainment television. Sudhanshu Vats, group CEO, has, over the past six years, steered Viacom18 India into launching a clutch of new channels catering to the different regions of India as well as niche segments. He has built a rock-solid leadership team to run the services, which have been growing at a rapid clip.

BENGALURU: Star India’s Hindi Sports channel Star Sports 1 Hindi topped the Broadcast Audience Research Council of India’s (BARC) weekly list of top-10 channels across genres in week 17 of 2018 (Saturday, 21 April 2018 to Friday, 27 April 2018), replacing Sun TV Network’s flagship Tamil GEC Sun TV. Star Sports 1 Hindi is one of the 10 Star India channels that air the Indian mega cricketing bonanza. IPL 11 is broadcast live in six languages—English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Bengali.

MUMBAI: The National Basketball Association (NBA) gets almost 77% of its viewership on television from South and Western India.

MUMBAI: Balaji Telefilms has taken complete control of subsidiary company Marinating Films with the conversion of preference shares into equity shares. The company’s shareholding in Marinating Films has jumped to 99.89% from 51%.

MUMBAI: IndiaCast Media Distribution, the content monetisation arm of TV18 and Viacom18, has switched on the signals of its channel to multi system operator (MSO) Hathway Digital.

MUMBAI: Direct-to-home operator Tata Sky has paid Rs 561 crore as licence fee to the government for 2017-18 financial year, according to a statement released by the company.The company paid a total of Rs 2,200 crore in the last fiscal year ended on 31 March 2018. This amount includes GST, state entertainment taxes and some other taxes.