June 2006

Friday, June 02, 2006 -- The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal has now decided to charge commission on the petitions, claims and suits for recovery of money or an outstanding amount.

Friday, June 30, 2006	Navin Kumar, DG Doordarshan appointed as CEO Prasar Bharti to replace KS Sarma who retired on 30 June 2006
Tuesday, June 27, 2006	Zee Telefilm to purchase Star TV’s 300-odd shares at closing rice of June 29. Star India is completely pulling out of Zee Telefilms.
Saturday, June 24, 2006	Private TV channels may be asked to devote some of their airtime to social messaging under a new Broadcasting Code that is coming soon.
Saturday, June 24, 2006	Zee Telefilms is set to launch in September a 24-hour movie channel in Russia that will telecast Indian films dubbed in Russian.
Saturday, June 24, 2006	Delhi High Court restrained 92 cable operators across the country from broadcasting the ongoing 2005 FIFA World Cup football tournament without prior authorisation.
Friday, June 23, 2006	The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released a draft regulation on quality of service for CAS areas.
Tuesday, June 20, 2006	Irdeto a content security provider for digital TV, and mobile networks, announced that ETV-Network has chosen its Digital TV solution to protect its popular satellite TV channels ETV and ETV2, subscription rate in state.
Tuesday, June 20, 2006	NDTV 24X7 announced the launch of ‘Southern Edition’ a daily programme of news using the OPTOUT telecast technology for its viewers in Southern Indian.
Monday, June 19, 2006	The Delhi High Court on 23rd June passed an injunction restraining a website, Cobrapost, from making public transcripts of a sting operation allegedly conducted by a private website against a prominent corporate hospital.
Monday, June 19, 2006	I&B ministry has issued as many as 150 show cause notices in the last two years to different television channels for violation of programme and advertising codes.
Saturday, June 17, 2006	NDTV Ltd joined hands with Malaysia’s Astro All Asia Network plc to launch a television channel in Indonesia. The Astro Awani station would primarily be in Bahasa Indonesia language.
Friday, June 16, 2006	Sun TV went off air on direct-to-home (DTH) of Prasar Barati from 16th June. Jaya TV joined the free-to-air (FAT) bouquet on Prasar Bharati’s DD Direct plus almost simultaneously.
Friday, June 16, 2006	ESPN Star Sorts is planning to launch an exclusive channel from ESPN’s DTH stable in Europe and U.S. for the DTH market.
Sunday, June 11, 2006	ISRO announced the launch of INSAT 4C satellite being launched from Indian soil will provide better transmission through Direct to Home (DTH) TV for viewers in India. This is the 15th satellite in the INSAT series.
Friday, June 09, 2006	The Rajan Raheja promoted Hathway Cable & Datacom, has launched a dial-up interactive music channel I-TV through its digital services.
Wednesday, June 07, 2006	The Telecom Disputes Redressal and Settlement Tribunai (TDSAT), in an interim order passed on 26 May, has ruled that Star channels will not be made available to any other DTH platform.
Wednesday, June 07, 2006	The One Alliance bouquet has begun beaming off the Dish platform and billing cycle is effective from 1 July onwards.
Tuesday, June 07, 2006	TRAI proposed to amend the Cable Television Network (Regulation) Act, 1995, and the telecom licensing agreement.
Friday, June 02, 2006	The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal has now decided to charge commission on the petitions, claims and suits for recovery of money or an outstanding amount. Source: http://cablequest.org/important-information/important-events/item/2361-june-2006.html

Source: http://cablequest.org/important-information/important-events/item/2361-june-2006.html