July 2008

Tuesday, July 01, 2008 -- A 24 year old cable operator was brutally killed at Towdiarpet in north Chennai.

Thursday, July 31, 2008	Rupert Murdoch Chairman and CEO News Corp. met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in New Delhi.
Sunday, July 27, 2008	TRAI ordered three existing DTH operators TataSky, Dish TV and Sun Direct TV to submit quarterly performance reports to help in monitoring the growth of the sector.
Sunday, July 27, 2008	The central government accepted the recommendation of TRAI on Internet Protocol Television ( IPTV ).
Friday, July 25, 2008	All City Specific TV Channels of Ghaziabad were banned by the district administration for presenting “wrong facts” in their news programmes.
Friday, July 25, 2008	TRAI released final recommendations on “Restructuring of Cable TV Services” .
Thursday, July 24, 2008	TDSAT allowed Tata Sky to beam the sports broadcasters ESPN's Channels on a la carte basis.
Thursday, July 24, 2008	TRAI released draft recommendation on the Policy Guidelines and operational issues for Television Audience Measurement / Television Rating Points (TRP.).
Wednesday, July 23, 2008	Tata-Sky in associasson with BharatMatrimony.com announced the launch of a matrimony based interactive service, Active Matrimony on Tata-Sky.
Monday, July 21, 2008	Viacom -18 launched its first General Entertainment Channel 'Colors'.
Monday, July 21, 2008	ESPN Star Sports announced it has secured exclusive non-standard TV rights including cable and Satellite TV, from the IOC for the Vancouver 2010 and Landon 2012 Olympic games.
Friday, July 18, 2008	Prabhat Khabar the leading daily of Ranchi Launched its first FM service Radio Dhoom 104.8 FM.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008	UT Starcom inked a deal with Aksh Optifibre Ltd to extend the latter's reach and deliver its IPTV services to MTNL subscribers in Mumbai.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008	TRAI released draft recommendations on Restructuring of Cable TV services.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008	CM M. Karunanidhi inaugurated the state-run Cable TV network, Arasu Cable TV Corporation through a Video conference from the state secretariate.
Monday, July 14, 2008	I&B Ministry slapped a show cause notice to Sunil Mittal led Bharti – group's DTH venture for violating the FDI norms.
Sunday, July 13, 2008	The information & Broadcasting (I&B) ministry made it mandatory for all broadcasters to share their feed with HITS, IPTV, Mobile TV apart from cable and DTH platform.
Friday, July 11, 2008	TRAI issues recommendations on allocation and pricing of spectrum for 3G and broadband wireless services.
Thursday, July 10, 2008	DTH operator TataSky roped in Bollywood actor Aamir Khan as its brand ambassador
Wednesday, July 09, 2008	DTH service provider Dish TV announced a special offer of Rs. 1990 for its audience in Southern India.
Wednesday, July 09, 2008	Bharti Telemedia, the DTH license holder company of Bharti Airtel entered the DTH space with a test – launch of its service in Gurgaon (Haryana).
Tuesday, July 08, 2008	System, a convergent mobile platform enabler join hands with NDTV Convergence to launch Mobile Internet Information Service MiSMS.
Tuesday, July 08, 2008	Kerala based Muthoot group launched its first FM radio channel Chennai live 104.8.
Monday, July 07, 2008	Sri Venkateswara Bhakti channel launched by President of India Mrs. Pratibha Patil in Tirupati.
Saturday, July 05, 2008	ESS announced an eight year broadcast partnership with Arab Digital Distribution (ADD), for all International Cricket Council (ICC) events from 2008 to 2015
Friday, July 04, 2008	Multi Screen Media (MSM) received permission from the FIPB to raise Rs. 158.4 crore.
Wednesday, July 02, 2008	TDSAT dismissed a petition from Royal Cable Vision (RCV) seeking direction to Channel-Plus to provide them with Sun TV channels
Wednesday, July 02, 2008	ESPN Star Sports (ESS) bagged the rights for FIFA international football events including the 2010 FIFA world cup for the India and sub-continent.
Tuesday, July 01, 2008	NDTV media has been appointed by UFO Movies India Ltd as the sole and exclusive sales partner for their digital cinema advertising business in the private sector.
Tuesday, July 01, 2008	ESPN network filed a complaint against SSS cable network of Bhiwadi (Haryana) for violating copyright act by relaying Asia football matches illegally.
Tuesday, July 01, 2008	A 24 year old cable operator was brutally killed at Towdiarpet in north Chennai. Source: http://cablequest.org/important-information/important-events/item/2336-july-2008.html

Source: http://cablequest.org/important-information/important-events/item/2336-july-2008.html