Sky Now unveils contract-free triple-play service

Sky has launched the NOW TV Combo packaging TV, broadband and telephony in the UK’s first ever contract-free triple-play bundle. The Now TV Combo is due to launch next month alongside the latest generation of the Roku-powered Now TV Smart Box – which includes a new homepage and frequently updated editorial recommendations.

Coordination Meeting for issuing Disaster alerts held at NDMA

A Meeting to co-ordinate issuing of disaster alerts by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) was organized at the NDMA Bhawan New Delhi on 17 June.   The meeting chaired by Shri R.K. Jain, Member was well att6ended by representatives of various Ministries/ Departments, including Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Ministry of Water Resources, IMD and CWC.

Umang Bedi appointed as new Facebook India MD

Social Media giant Facebook appointed Umang Bedi  as  Managing Director India , where he will lead in building and maintaining strategic relationship with top clients and regional agencies in the country.

Verizon mulling $3bn bid for Yahoo’s internet business

Verizon has submitted a second-round bid to acquire Yahoo!'s core internet business. Verizon would also scoop up an array of miscellaneous web products and services, including Yahoo Answers and Yahoo Finance.

Zee News going FTA from 8 June

Zee News will be available to viewer FTA across India from 8th June, 16. According to the company , this has been done in public demand.

TRAI extends time for comments on Interconnection framework for broadcasting TV services.

TRAI has extended the time for receipt of comments from stakeholders on consultation paper on “ Interconnection framework for broadcasting TV services distributed using addressable systems, “ to 10 June 2016. This has been done on the request of stakeholders. The consultation paper was issued  on 4th May 2016 inviting written comments and counter comments from the stakeholders by 03rd June 2016 and 17th June 2016 respectively. 

Large Mobile operators do not pass the quality of service test- TRAI

TRAI, the Telecom Regulator has released a report on 01 June on Quality of Service provided by mobile operators. The report gives results of call drop rate, Blocked call rate, Accessbility, Mobility HOSR and Reception quality done for all cellular networks in Delhi.