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May 18, 2013 at 00:17 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
When Amit Nandy (not his real name) retired in 1981, the pension from the public sector company where he had been employed was enough for a comfortable life for him and his wife. His children were employed, the son at a pharmaceutical company and th...
From AirAsia to Unilever: Global cos bet on India's spending power
May 16, 2013 at 10:20 | Source: FirstPost
Global companies betting on India's potential as a consumer market are looking beyond the worst patch in a decade for India and investing billions of dollars in the country.In the biggest recent deal, Unilever is spending up to $5.4 billion to lift i...
Citic Capital, Temasek to buy Chinese software firm Asiainfo for $900 mn
May 13, 2013 at 22:52 | Source: DomainB
A consortium led by China's Citic Capital and Singapore's sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings today agreed to buy US-listed Chinese telecom software firm Asiainfo-Linkage Inc for about $900 million. The consortium that includes Asiainfo-Linkage f...
News Corp profits boosted by cable television
May 09, 2013 at 17:42 | Source: BBC
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has reported better-than-expected results on the back of growth in its television and entertainment businesses. The company's net income for the first three months of the year was $2.85bn (£1.83bn), up from $937m...
Unified Licence Policy opens up rural broadband for cable TV players
May 08, 2013 at 23:12 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
New Delhi, May 8: Cable operators could soon become the last link for Internet in rural areas and villages, where the big daddies of broadband have little or no presence. According to the draft of the proposed Unified Licence Policy, telecom players...
After Goldman Sachs deal, DEN Networks raises $50M through QIP
May 08, 2013 at 22:00 | Source: VC Circle
Investors in the QIP include Nomura, L&T Mutual Fund, DB International and Abu Dhabi Investment Council. After raising funds from Goldman Sachs earlier this week, cable television company DEN Networks Ltd has raised a little over $50 million ...
GDP - Grandma's Domestic Produce
May 07, 2013 at 20:47 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
May 7, 2013 GDP - Grandma's Domestic Produce Share · Comment · print · T · T- Tweet Lately GDP has been as much a household name as LPG is. We all know what makes it grow and the many rewards from its growth and the dire consequences if it stal...
Goldman Sachs to invest $110M in DEN Networks
May 06, 2013 at 22:00 | Source: VC Circle
Cable television company DEN Networks Ltd is raising $110 million (Rs 600 crore) from an arm of Goldman Sachs in what will be the single largest private equity deal in India's cable & satellite space. The deal involves Broad Street In...
Den Networks to raise $160 million through share sale
May 06, 2013 at 20:56 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
New Delhi, May 6: Cable television services firm Den Networks Ltd plans to raise around $160 million (about Rs 865 crore) through issue of shares to institutional investors, including $110 million from the Goldman Sachs Group. The Delhi-based firm s...
Buffett says he won't sell shares of IBM - CNBC
May 04, 2013 at 02:00 | Source: FirstPost
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway (BRKa.N) chairman and chief executive Warren Buffett said that he would not sell shares of IBM Corp. (IBM.N), even as the company missed earnings expectations last month."I won't be a seller of IBM," ...
Javed Akhtar lauds govt. for passing bill on right to royalty
May 02, 2013 at 21:42 | Source: Assocham
The eminent poet, lyricist and film scriptwriter, Mr Javed Akhtar today lauded the efforts of the government and other political parties for passing the much-needed law securing the right to royalty of writers, lyricists, singers, composers, musicia...
Capitalism is killing our morals, our future
Apr 27, 2013 at 18:27 | Source: Market Watch
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (MarketWatch) — Yes, capitalism is working ... for the Forbes 1,000 Global Billionaires whose ranks swelled from 322 in 2000 to 1,426 recently. Billionaires control the vast majority of the world’s wealth, while the incom...
Major Korean Cable TV Broadcasting Center Selects ATEME to Improve Video <b>...</b>
Apr 24, 2013 at 06:00 | Source: Wall Street Journal
ATEME, a global leader in advanced video compression solutions for the broadcast industry, announced today that CJ Powercast, a major Korean digital broadcasting service, has selected the ATEME TITAN software platform to reduce complex workflow ...
Curious case of Indian telecom: From global superstar to basketcase
Apr 20, 2013 at 13:26 | Source: FirstPost
By Rohin DharmakumarEarlier this week, Ofcom, the British communications regulator, announced the beginning of a consultative process to free up spectrum for the launch of "5G"telecom networks in the UK. Interestingly, the UK just completed...
Boosted by success of mobile ads, Google's Q1 revenue rises to $14 bn
Apr 19, 2013 at 14:28 | Source: FirstPost
San Francisco: Google's latest quarterly results provided further proof that the Internet search leader is figuring out how to make more money as Web surfers migrate from personal computers to mobile devices.The first-quarter numbers released Thursda...
Will Dish serve Sprint customers well?
Apr 16, 2013 at 17:47 | Source: Market Watch
Satellite-TV provider Dish Network’s $25.5 billion bid for Sprint Nextel trumps the offer made by Softbank last October and — on paper, at least — looks good for investors. But some analysts question whether it’ll be such a clear win for con...
Indian DTH market revenue to cross $5 bn by 2020: Study
Apr 16, 2013 at 08:32 | Source: Financial Express
The Indian Direct To Home (DTH) market is expected to see its annual revenue grow over three times to more than USD five billion by 2020, as mandatory cable TV digitisation would help the DTH players expand their subscriber base, a study has said. "...
Liberty Global's $22.5 bn Virgin Media deal gets EU green light
Apr 16, 2013 at 04:52 | Source: DomainB
US cable firm Liberty Global Inc on Monday received regulatory approval from the European Commission for its 17.2 billion euros ($22.5 billion) acquisition of Virgin Media Inc, the UK's second largest pay-TV operator. The unqualified EU approval for...
Indian DTH market revenue to cross $5 bn by 2020: Study
Apr 16, 2013 at 04:37 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
New Delhi, Apr 15: The Indian Direct-To-Home (DTH) market is expected to see its annual revenue grow over three times to more than $ 5 billion by 2020, as mandatory cable TV digitisation would help the DTH players expand their subscriber base, a stu...
Cable TV digitisation to be over within a year: Report
Apr 14, 2013 at 19:42 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
New Delhi, Apr 14: The process of full digitisation of cable TV systems in the country is expected to be over well before the end of the current fiscal given a sharp surge in the installation of set-top boxes by large distributors, a report has said...
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