August 2007

Friday, August 3, 2007 -- Goldstone Technologies Limited, a leading IPTV provider signed a five year arrangement with Shemaroo Entertainment, for making Shemaroo's video content a part of their IPTV- On Demand Service

Friday, August 31, 2007	Vijay Mallya, Chairman, UB Group and Prannoy Roy, Chairman, NDTV launched India's first lifestyle channel, 'NDTV Good Times' in Mumbai.
Friday, August 31, 2007	Sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports (ESS) announced a five-year exclusive telecast contract with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for all domestic and international matches.
Friday, August 31, 2007	The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved a special package of nearly Rs 300 crores for Doordarshan and All-India Radio (AIR) in Jammu and Kashmir.
Tuesday, August3 1, 2007	Sun TV, through its subsidiary South Asia FM Ltd (SAFL) picked up a 48.9 percent 'beneficial interest' in Red FM by acquiring equity of the holding companies of Red FM at par, the network stated in a communication to the NSE.
Tuesday, August28, 2007	DishTV introduced its new Marathi movie channel - 'Zee Talkies' which will be available to all DishTV subscribers.
Monday, August 27, 2007	Sahara One Media & Entertainment named its new Hindi entertainment channel as 'Firangi' and appointed Rajeev Chakrabarti as its business head.
Thursday, August 23, 2007	NDTV expanded its presence in Europe with the launch of its 24-hour English news and infotainment channel NDTV 24x7 on GlobeCast's WorldTV platform.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007	Jammu Doordarshan started an additional News Bulletin in Dogri language.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007	DTH company Tata Sky and the Sun TV Network reached an out-of-court settlement on channel-sharing and pricing issue.
Saturday, August 18, 2007	Broadcast Initiatives Ltd, a group company of Sri Adhikari Brothers entered into an agreement with Star India to market the advertising slots of its Hindi news channel Live India.
Friday, August 17, 2007	ESPN Star Sports and its affiliate EML secured the global coverage rights for the ICC World Twenty 20 tournament with over 105 countries.
Friday, August 17, 2007	Jai Hind TV, a Malayalam channel, was launched by Congress President, Smt. Sonia Gandhi at a function in New Delhi.
Thursday, August 16, 2007	INX Network unveiled the brand identities of its three channels. English & Pockett developed the logos and identities for 9X and 9XM (GEC and music). Red Bee Media created the logo for NewsX-the English news channel.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007	IOL Broadband Ltd. announced the launch of IPTV services in major metros of India, in collaboration with MTNL and BSNL, India's leading government owned Telco's.
Saturday, August 11, 2007	UTV Motion Pictures Plc. and Virgin Comics Llc. teamed up to create four Indian superheroes to be launched across mediums such as publishing, film, animation and gaming.
Friday, August 10, 2007	The Tamil Nadu Government decided to move to the centre seeking a multi-system operator (MSO) licence to run a cable network.
Friday, August 10, 2007	Nimbus Sports acquired the mobile and Internet rights of the English premier football league for over 80 countries.
Thursday, August 9, 2007	Tata Sky Limited crossed the one million connection mark in its first year of operations. Thus making it the fastest DTH platform in the world to reach 1 million mark.
Tuesday, August 7, 2007	Bharti Airtel Broadband and Telephone Services partnered with search engine Google to provide customized services like e-mail, chat and search to its subscribers.
Friday, August 3, 2007	Goldstone Technologies Limited, a leading IPTV provider signed a five year arrangement with Shemaroo Entertainment, for making Shemaroo's video content a part of their IPTV- On Demand Service Source: http://cablequest.org/important-information/important-events/item/2347-august-2007.html

Source: http://cablequest.org/important-information/important-events/item/2347-august-2007.html