March 2007

Thursday, March 1, 2007 -- The Sports Broadcasting Signals (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharti) Bill, 2007 was introduced in the Budget session by the Parliamentary Affairs Minister PR Dasmunsi to be considered and passed.

Saturday, March 31, 2007	TDSAT ordered Zee to provide channels to Tatasky at reasonable rates as per the requirement of the DTH company and not to force all their channels on them.
Thursday, March 29, 2007	The government continued its drive against obscenity on television by slapping a two-month ban beginning April 1 on FTV for its show called Midnight Series.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007	Leading Tamil satellite channel Raj TV inked an agreement with the Singapore government- owned TV-12 for supplying programmes for telecast in that country.
Monday, March 26, 2007	FRAMES 2007, mooted by FICCI, an annual global convention on the business of entertainment started in Mumbai and saw participation by Indian and global media and entertainment conglomerates.
Thursday, March 22, 2007	Media E2E, a media technology firm launched India's first standalone TV programme guide: www.zipazap.com that will provide show schedule, its description, casts and other information about it.
Tuesday, March 21, 2007	Apple started shipments of the Apple TV box, a gizmo that lets people take music, photos and video stored on a computer and play them on a television screen.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007	The Supreme Court told the government to set up a censor board for television serials to scrutinize them before they are aired.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007	Nimbus Communications proposed a one-third reduction in the fee by $ 180 million of the total 612 million which is to be paid to BCCI.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007	15th International Convergence India, a three-day exhibition providing a common platform for broad communication segments- telecom, mobile, broadcast, cable and satellite and IT and information security was kick-started at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
Monday, March 19, 2007	Broadcast regulator TDSAT directed Kalanidhi Maran-owned Sun TV to provide signals to DTH operator TataSky.
Thursday, March 15, 2007	Voyage TV, a lifestyle channel launched in India as a free-to-air channel.
Monday, March 12, 2007	INSAT-4B was successfully launched from Kourou in French Guyana giving new momentum to DTH service providers.
Friday, March 9, 2007	The Sports Broadcasting Signals (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharti) Bill, 2007 gets the nod of the Parliament.
Wednesday, March 7, 2007	aMap and MediaLogic entered into a strategic tie-up to set up an overnight TV Audience Ratings Panel in Pakistan.
Wednesday, March 7, 2007	Employees of State Power Transmission Company assaulted the director of a new Kannada television channel in Bangalore for telecast of a news item involving irregularities in the employees' credit cooperative society.
Tuesday, March 6, 2007	13th CABSAT 2007, the largest Middle East Electronic Media and Satellite Communications event began in Dubai opening its doors to exhibitors and visitors for three days.
Monday, March 5, 2007	Wipro Technologies announced that they would deliver Oracle Communications operations support systems (OSS) to Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) Providers.
Friday, March 2, 2007	TRAI released a consultation paper as it wants interconnection, set-top boxes and quality of DTH services regulated.
Thursday, March 1, 2007	The Sports Broadcasting Signals (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharti) Bill, 2007 was introduced in the Budget session by the Parliamentary Affairs Minister PR Dasmunsi to be considered and passed. Source: http://cablequest.org/important-information/important-events/item/2352-march-2007.html

Source: http://cablequest.org/important-information/important-events/item/2352-march-2007.html