TV digitisation drive gets boost with HCs orders

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 23:33

Officials said that in Gujarat an application was filed before High Court of Gujarat by an association of cable operators seeking extension of digitisation phase II deadline in Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot and Surat.

Make sure minimum inconvenience caused to subscribers: Govt to MSOs

Last Updated: Friday, April 12, 2013, 21:11

Twelve days after the deadline for the second phase of digitisation drive ended, the government Friday said it had asked multi-system operators not to cause "inconvenience" to viewers, indicating that it may not enforce total black-outs in areas where set top boxes could not be accessed.

Jennifer Lawrence almost spills out of dress on film set

Last Updated: Friday, April 5, 2013, 17:48

Jennifer Lawrence looked incrediblly busty on the set of her new film - the as-yet untitled David O Russell project - in Boston earlier this week.

Lakhs of TVs fall silent in Uttar Pradesh

Last Updated: Monday, April 1, 2013, 20:01

Over 7.50 lakh cable TV sets went blank in seven major cities of Uttar Pradesh Monday, a day after the deadline to get set top boxes installed expired.

Cable TV Digitisation deadline ends in 38 cities

Last Updated: Sunday, March 31, 2013, 22:40

With approximately 70 to 75 percent seeding of STBs achieved on an average in areas chosen under the second phase of digitisation drive, analogue cable signals would be switched off in over 30 cities from Monday onwards.

Digitalisation drive: Delhi LCOs to observe 48 hrs black out

Last Updated: Friday, March 29, 2013, 22:06

A section of cable operators today said they have decided not to provide service for 48 hours starting tonight to protest against digitalisation and government neglect.

TV without set top boxes to go blank in 38 cities from Monday

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 20:59

Television sets without Set Top Boxes (STBs) would go blank from Monday in 38 cities which are included in the second phase of digitisation, Indian Broadcasting Federation (IBF) Tuesday said as government claimed 67 percent digitisation had been achieved in these places.

Mamata questions Centre`s Mar 31 deadline for set-top boxes

Last Updated: Monday, March 25, 2013, 20:06

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today expressed strong reservation over the March 31 deadline fixed by the Centre for installation of set-top boxes and said the poor would find it difficult to comply with it.

Australia may dump iconic kookaburra balls after 120 years

Last Updated: Saturday, March 23, 2013, 16:44

Cricket Australia (CA) is set to test the performance of the English-made Dukes ball for the double Ashes series this year in some under age and second XI domestic games in Australia, after 120 years of playing with the iconic Kookaburra ball.

Spurned lover sets girl on fire in UP

Last Updated: Thursday, March 21, 2013, 23:16

A 17-year-old girl was Thursday set on fire by her spurned lover in a village in Uttar Pradesh`s Moradabad district, police said. She sustained 40 percent burns.

Duty hike on imported STBs to help domestic sector: Govt

Last Updated: Thursday, March 14, 2013, 23:09

The government Thursday said its decision to increase duty on imported set top boxes (STBs) was an attempt to support the domestic manufacturing sector and not to stall the process of digitisation.