December 2006

Saturday, December 02, 2006 -- Sun TV, a free- to- air channel became a pay channel in all other cities and states except Chennai, where it continues to be part of the FTA bouquet of Rs 77.

Wednesday, December 27, 2006	Baljit Singh Lalli, a 1971-batch IAS Officer of UP Cadre, has been appointed as the new chief executive officer public broadcaster Prasar Bharati.
Saturday, December 23, 2006	Dish TV tied up with Buena Vista International TV-Asia Pacific (BVITV-AP), to provide Hollywood blockbusters to its subscribers.
Wednesday, December 20, 2006	Time Broadband Services Pvt. Ltd. (TBSL) rolled out its Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) services “MY TIME”, in the presence of Minister of State for Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation, Mr Ajay Maken.
Wednesday, December 20, 2006	TV Producers Guild, NE organised a meeting with Information and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan DasMunsi at Shasti Bhavan, New Delhi and submitted a memorandom regarding the various problems faced by the entire producers fraternity of North-East.
Tuesday, December 19,2006	The Delhi High Court refused to grant more time to multi-system operators for implementing conditional access system (CAS) and asked them to stick to the December 31 deadline for implementing the new system.
Wednesday, December 13, 2006	Goldstone Technologies Ltd has informed the National Stock Exchange that the company has entered into a franchisee agreement with the State owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) on December 13, for providing Internet protocol television (IPTV), Video on Demand and Interactive Gaming Services to the latter’s customers in Hyderabad.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006	K Sera Sera, a film production and distribution company, entered the world of television with the launch of ‘Lemon,’ an entertainment channel.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006	Broadcasters ESPN-Star Sports and SET Discovery argued before Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) that regulator TRAI’s decision to set Rs5 a channel as fee for subscribers (CAS) area was “arbitrary” and must be rejected.
Friday, December 08, 2006	Ending all confusion, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India stated the Conditional Access System would be implemented in the notified areas of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai from the midnight of December 31.
Friday, December 08, 2006	Kingfisher Airlines and Zee Group-owned Dish TV announced a tie-up wherein passengers would be able to choose live feed between as many as 15 channels while flying.
Friday, December 08, 2006	Broadcast regulator TRAI asked cable TV subscribers to apply immediately to Cable and Multi Service Operators of their area for set top boxes failing which they would be denied viewing of pay channels on their TV after December 31.
Thursday, December 07, 2006	Wire and Wireless India Ltd (WWIL), formerly known as SitiCable, announced that the digital cable service offered by it would be called GalaxZee.
Wednesday, December 06, 2006	“France 24” a 24-hour bilingual International news channel went live on its website through internet streaming at 1929 hours GMT.
Tuesday, December 05, 2006	The Company Law Board (CLB) put a brake on the controversial sale of majority stake in news agency UNI to Subhash Chandra’s Essel group declaring that the deal did not appear to be bona fide and was prima facie not valid.
Monday, December 04, 2006	NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, announced that the company is increasing its presence in India with the opening of the dedicated sales and support operation in Mumbai.
Saturday, December 02, 2006	Sun TV, a free- to- air channel became a pay channel in all other cities and states except Chennai, where it continues to be part of the FTA bouquet of Rs 77. Source: http://cablequest.org/important-information/important-events/item/2355-december-2006.html

Source: http://cablequest.org/important-information/important-events/item/2355-december-2006.html