Formula One faces its biggest shake-up in decades with the announcement on Wednesday that US cable TV mogul John Malone's Liberty Media has agreed to take control of the cash-generating glamour sport.
Tata group company VSNL has signed an MoU with leading global telecom firms to construct a new submarine cable linking India, the Middle East and Western Europe.
While the extent of Iran's isolation was unclear, many blogs alleged that the cable cuts and outages in West Asia were a ploy by an intelligence agency to disrupt Iranian commerce, targeting an emerging petroleum exchange that the country was shortly hoping to roll out.
In less than a week's time, a fourth submarine cable was severed in West Asia, disrupting voice and telecommunication traffic between Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Last week's Supreme Court decision on cable-pricing means that 83 million cable homes will end up paying more for their television.
MTNL and BSNL have joined hands to lay a submarine cable system to connect India to South-East Asia and the West Asia, to provide international bandwidth for their own as well as other commercial requirements.
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In a scathing attack on the Opposition for stalling Parliament over demonetisation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday alleged they were trying to "rescue the corrupt" like Pakistan gives cover fire to terrorists to cross border and said the note ban will expose the kala dhan (black money) as well as 'kale mann' (ill-intentions) of many.
The cables dovetail into VSNL's plans to build a global submarine cable system connecting India. \n\n
Tata-owned Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd said on Thursday it will invest $600 million to connect two international submarine cable networks.
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
Nagla Fatela, the village Prime Minister said had finally got electricity, is still without power, as are 1,282 other habitats in this UP district. Now, officials are scurrying to realise Modi's claim.
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Currently, STB of a particular operator cannot be used by a consumer to receive signals of another operator
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If you thought that international cable television majors such as Liberty Media and Comcast Corporation will line up to invest in the Indian cable TV industry after the government's proposal to allow 74 per cent foreign equity in cable, think again. The buzz is that the government is in a mood to raise the foreign equity bar for the cable industry from the current 49 per cent to 74 per cent.
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.
All cable operators will have to regulate the charging and billing procedure to follow the new telecommunication (broadcasting and cable) services (second) tariff (eighth amendment) order, 2007, from December 1, issued in a notification recently by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. According to the new regulations, every cable operator of a multi-system operator or a broadcaster will have to give to every subscriber the bill for the charges due.
The central bank's currency management will be critical over the next few months. A weaker rupee could help to revive exports. But, the currency must fall slowly and in controlled fashion, says Devangshu Datta.
Cable subscribers will have to pay more from 2005 with the Telecom Regulatory Authority deciding on Wednesday to revise charges upwards by seven per cent in view of high inflation.
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.
While Digital India, a signature initiative of PM Narendra Modi, took off soon after NDA came to power, it peaked after demonetisation in November 2016.
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'We should become an all-encompassing entertainment and information destination," says chairman Subhash Chandra, who monitors the group on a monthly basis, leaving the day-to-day operations to the chief executive officers.
China's closer and enhanced relationship with Pakistan is putting considerable strain in India-China relations, says former RA&W officer Jayadeva Ranade.
Tatas-owned Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited plans to lay an undersea cable between India and Europe, covering about 10,000 km, at an investment of over $300 million.
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
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Formula One faces a risk: with Malaysia pulling out of a new deal, they could altogether lose their presence in Southeast Asia, one of the world's fastest-growing regions.
'Over the last two decades, the India-French relationship has grown steadily, no major political difference having darkened the sky between Paris and Delhi,' says Claude Arpi.
The Centre has asked BSNL to study the feasibility of setting up country's fourth\nsubmarine cable landing station on the eastern coast of Haldia, West Bengal.
Cable operators on Wednesday announced suspension of their strike from 2000 hours this evening in view of the Olympic Games.
Cable tariffs across the country are set to go up with the TRAI clarifying that operators can hike charges in view of the increase in service tax and the imposition of education cess in Budget.
India's cable television distribution industry comprising multi system operators and local cable operators is set to generate over Rs 1,000 crore a year as carriage fee from the channels slated for launch in the coming months.
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