People interested in entering the film industry as a script writer or director,or upgrade their skills in scripting and to learn more about the craft of writing, attend Robert Mc Kee’s 4 days Story Seminar in India at Ramoji Film City from 9-12 Feb 2012. The 4 day,32 hr intensive class is a comprehensive,superbly organized,exploration …
Tag Archive: India
Dec
09
DTH subscriber base goes over 41 million
Indiantelevision.com has reported that Pay direct-to-home (DTH) television platforms have a registered a subscriber base of 41,044,463 as in September 2011, showing a steady increase over the past four years. The numbers for the registered subscriber base for pay DTH was recorded 11,104,997 in December 2008, 19,148,848 in December 2009 and 32,054,073 in December 2010. …
Dec
06
Channels face blackout as INSAT 2E span ends
After DTH operators, now broadcasters face spectrum crunch and lack of Indian satellites. With its 12-year life having ended four days ago, there is panic among three-dozen regional and national broadcasters hosted on Indian Space Research Organisation satellite INSAT-2E. Launched in April 1999, INSAT-2E’s 12-year life span has now ended as a result these broadcasters …
Nov
17
BSNL’s partner pulls the plug on IPTV service
The IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) service offered by BSNL is being wound up following poor subscriber offtake. BSNL was providing IPTV services under a partnership with MyWay, a digital entertainment enterprise owned by Smart TV Group. The group had entered into long-term contracts with MTNL and BSNL for providing co-branded interactive video services to customers …
Nov
10
ASCI collaborates with regulatory authorities to strengthen self-regulation of ad content
As part of its collaborative effort with the government and civil society, ASCI will organise a conference in New Delhi on November 17; participants will include regulators, legislators, activists and members from the advertising industry. The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) is currently seeking consultation and collaboration from the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting …
Nov
08
Out of the box
“Digital TV is the future. Content created for specific audiences – special interest, niche, premium, ad-free – is the way forward for our industry. Can you imagine the sheer opportunity if cable were to go digital?” Punit Goenka, CEO and MD, Zee Entertainment Enterprises, said during a one-to-one recently. With India’s president, Pratibha Patil, giving …
Oct
11
APRICOT 2012 Fellowships
The annual APRICOT conference is a unique and successful educational forum for Internet builders in the Asia-Pacific region, to learn from their peers and leaders in the Internet community. Senior practitioners from the Asia Pacific and around the world contribute their time to APRICOT as presenters, teachers and trainers, to produce a non-commercial high quality conference. Since …
