January 2005

Monday, January 5, 2005 -- VSAT service providers received letters from the DoT notifying them of an amendment made to the license conditions that would now allow VSAT Cos to obtain an ISP licence and provide internet broadband services.

Monday, January 24, 2005	National Geographic Channel launches a new channel called. Nat Geo Junior exclusively to children aged between seven and fourteen years in India.
Monday, January 17, 2005	NDTV launches new business channel ‘Profit’.
Monday, January 17, 2005	Prasar Bharti issued tender inviting bids for the distribution of its TV news channel, DD India channel, 11 DD regional language channels and 12 radio channels of AIR through cable TV network and DTH, excluding Broadband, Internet, Multi-media rights etc.
Friday, January 16, 2005	A Second regional channel in Malayalam focusing on music and movies called ‘Kiran channel’ was launched by Sun Network.
Thursday, January 15, 2005	Sahara Media and Entertainment launched its fourth regional channel for the states of Bihar and Jharkhand.
Wednesday, January 14, 2005	BSNL launched its broadband service, Dataone simultaneously in Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata, while MTNL launched its broadband service, Triband in Mumbai and Delhi.
Wednesday, January 14, 2005	Intelsat announced that its IS-804 satellite experienced an electrical power system anomaly leading to the total loss of Qthe spacecraft. The loss of the satellite sets back the plans of Zues Holdings which was in the process of finalizing a cash and debt deal of $5 billion for acquiring Intelsat.
Tuesday, January 13, 2005	CNBC-TV18 launched new business channel in Hindi called ‘Awaaz’.
Tuesday, January 13, 2005	Sun Network’s first non-southern regional language channel, “Surjo” will be launched in April this year, said Kalanidhi Maran at the India Economic Conclave 2005 organised by CNBC-TV 18 in New Delhi.
Monday, January 12, 2005	An agreement was reached between ZTE, Chinna’s leading telecommunication manufacturer and Atlas Interactive (India) Private Limited to make available world-class television over IP (TVoIP) and high-speed broadband Internet access in the NCR region of Delhi, India.
Monday, January 12, 2005	Samsung Electronics in Seoul, South Korea unveiled the world’s first of its kind cell phone that operates on the mere wave of a hand. The cell recognises the movement of a hand and dials accordingly.
Sunday, January 11, 2005	News Corp’s executives announced at a conference held in New York of the company’s intention to take over complete ownership of its Fox Entertainment Group Inc unit. The deal once complete, would make News Corp more structured for pursuing acquisitions besides saving on operational costs.
Saturday, January 10, 2005	Teleport Access Services, Inc. (TAS) launched a Multiple Channels per Carrier (MCPC) digital television and radio platform on AsiaSat 4 satellite’s Ku-band Australasia beam to offer Direct-to-Home (DTH) television services in Australia and New Zealand.
Friday, January 9, 2005	Radio City’s Lucknow station and Radio Mirchi’s Pune station were forced to close their business due to heavy losses suffered on account of very high licence fee.
Tuesday, January 6, 2005	MTV Network (MTVN) and Microsoft announced a strategic agreement to cooperate on several long-term digital media initiatives, including MTVN entertainment programming and brands such as MTV, VHI, CMT and Comedy Center to Portable Media Centers.
Monday, January 5, 2005	VSAT service providers received letters from the DoT notifying them of an amendment made to the license conditions that would now allow VSAT Cos to obtain an ISP licence and provide internet broadband services.

Source: http://cablequest.org/important-information/important-events/item/2378-january-2005.html