February 2007

Thursday, February 1, 2007 -- Union Government brought the Sports Broadcast Signals (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharti) Ordinance, 2007 that makes it necessary for private broadcasters to share the live feed of sporting events of national importance with Prasar Bharti.

Wednesday, February 28, 2007	Government lifted ban on channel AXN.
Friday, February 28, 2007	Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presented the union budget for the year 2007-08.
Tuesday, February 23, 2007	DTH provider TataSky moved Delhi High Court seeking directions to broadcaster Sun TV to share its feed.
Thursday, February 22, 2007	Nimbus owned Neo Sports signed a Rs 200 crore anchor partnership deal with Hero Honda for advertising on all test matches and one-days played in India till April 2010 and also on all domestic matches played.
Thursday, February 22, 2007	Malayasia-based media company Astro Measat and the Ronnie Screwvala-promoted UTV named their equal joint venture that will focus on entertainment as “Bindaas”.
Thursday, February 22, 2007	The government gave its nod to FDI of Rs 675 crore in Kalanidhi Maran's Sun TV's direct to home service project.
Sunday, February 18, 2007	Private Sports broadcaster, SetMax, in collaboration with Nimbus, signed an agreement with public broadcaster Prasar Bharti(PB) to provide live feed of all the matches of the World cup tournament starting 13th March
Sunday, February 18, 2007	Delhi High Court issued notice to Centre for its complaint against Neo Sports for allegedly airing a “racist” advertisement.
Saturday, February 17, 2007	Prasar Bharti announced that DD will switch over from a foreign satellite to a more advanced Indian satellite INSAT 4B for its DTH service starting in May07
Saturday, February 17, 2007	Nimbus challenged the Delhi HC's price of Rs 37.25, fixed for both the channels Neo Sports and Neo Sports Plus.
Thursday, February 15, 2007	The Delhi HC directed Nimbus to share the live feed of the fourth one-day match between India and Sri Lanka with DD.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007	The government slapped a notice on Nimbus asking for explanation on allegedly airing advertisements with racist overtones on its Neo Sports channel.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007	I&B Ministry issued show-cause notice to Nimbus for failing to share the live telecast feed of the first two one-day matches between India and Sri Lanka.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007	Election Commission (EC) filed an FIR against NDTV for violation of electoral laws in its bid to telecast outcome projections on Punjab assembly elections.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007	Anil Ambani group company Reliance Capital Ltd acquired 6.27% stake in Global Broadcast News Ltd (GBN) through open market transaction on BSE.
Monday, February 12, 2007	Anil Ambani group increases its stake in TV Today Network to over 10% by acquiring an additional 0.96% stake for an estimated Rs 6.50 crore.
Friday, February 9, 2007	Nimbus Communications Limited, owner of Neo Sports channel, challenged the Sports Broadcasting (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharti) Ordinance in the Delhi High Court.
Thursday, February 8, 2007	Zee chairman Subhash Chandra announced the launch of the first Marathi news channel, Zee 24 Hours.
Tuesday, February 6, 2007	ISRO announced that Insat-4B, made for its direct-to-home television service will be launched on 10th March from French-Guyana based European Launch Centre.
Monday, February 5, 2007	TRAI constituted a sub-group to consider the extension and digitalization of voluntary CAS to other parts of the country.
Saturday, February 3, 2007	President promulgated the ordinance, giving the government the power to suspend or revoke a public broadcaster's license, permission or registration for denying content to Prasar Bharti apart from levying a penalty of Rs one crore.
Thursday, February 1, 2007	Union Government brought the Sports Broadcast Signals (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharti) Ordinance, 2007 that makes it necessary for private broadcasters to share the live feed of sporting events of national importance with Prasar Bharti. Source: http://cablequest.org/important-information/important-events/item/2353-february-2007.html

Source: http://cablequest.org/important-information/important-events/item/2353-february-2007.html