TN: Cable war hots up, Azhagiri floats a channel

A week after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi declined to meet his grand nephews, the Maran brothers, a cable TV network backed by Karunanidhi's son M K Azhagiri was launched to counter the......

Jayalalithaa showers freebies in poll manifesto

Taking the war of freebies to a new high, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam manifesto for the April 13 assembly elections on Thursday promised 20 kg of free rice for ration card-holders,......

TN suspends IAS officer for fake SC certificate

Senior Indian Administrative Service Officer C Umashankar has been suspended by the Tamil Nadu government on the charge of producing a false community certificate to claim Scheduled Caste quota......

TN: Cable Takeover Bill passed

The Tamil Nadu assembly on Friday passeda Bill for the takeover of Sumangali Cable Vision, owned by Maran family, Hathaway, a Mumbai-based company, and six other major Multiple Service Operators,......

Cable MSOs slam move to scrap CAS

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......

CAS: MSOs set Dec 15 deadline

The cable industry on Friday set a deadline of December 15 for implementing the much-delayed conditional access system in South Delhi zone even as the government remained tightlipped on whether it......

Private pay channels go off air in Chennai

Much to the disappointment of numerous viewers, pay channels of private television networks went off air in Chennai on Monday, as the conditional access system came into force, even as the Tamil......

Digital TV era dawns in Delhi and Mumbai

While Delhi and Mumbai kept their date with the October 31 deadline to switch over to a digital cable system, viewers in Chennai and Kolkata could still watch television in the analogue......