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Aastha TV drops encryption; turns free
From Biz Asia. Posted June 9 2008, 3.56pm
Indian religious and spiritual channel Aastha TV has confirmed to BizAsia.co.uk that it has switched off its encryption to become a free service in UK and Europe. (more)

Asian TV channels in Sky EPG reshuffle
From Biz Asia. Posted August 6 2007, 9.00am
Selected Asian TV channels on Sky Digital have been given new EPG numbers. As revealed first by BizAsia.co.uk, the changes are taking place to make room for additional new services in the already packed out 'International' genre of Sky Digital's EPG. Some broadcasters have opted to remain in their existing EPG slot and some have moved down the EPG to fill up vacant slots in the category. The new EPG list is as below: 780 B4U Movies 781 B4U Music 782 Sony TV Asia 783 STAR One 784 STAR Plus 785 PCNE Chinese 786 Bangla TV 787 mta-muslim tv 788 ZEE TV 789 ZEE Music 790 ZEE Cinema 791 ARY Digital 792 PTV Prime 793 MATV National 794 DW-TV 795 TVEi 796 Abu Dhabi TV 797 SouthForYou 798 Alpha ETC Punjabi 799 TV5 800 MAX 801 Record TV 802 DM Digital 803 804 ARY QTV 805 DM Gold 806 ARY The Musik 807 Venus TV 808 Aastha TV 809 810 STAR News 811 STAR Gold 812 PTV Global 813 Islam Channel 814 Channel 'S' 815 GEO UK 816 ZEE Gujarati 817 Aapna Channel 818 Mana Telugu 819 Filmy 820 Sahara One 821 Aaj Tak 822 823 824 AAG 825 826 Channel S NTV 827 Channel S ATN 828 Channel Punjab 829 830 831 832 DD-News 833 DD-India 834 835 836 837 838 839 Related links: New EPG numbers for Asian channels on Sky Asian channels set for EPG reshuffle on Sky (more)

Online portal launches for Indian TV channels
From Biz Asia. Posted August 3 2007, 10.15pm
A new online portal has launched offering some of the best TV channels live from India. Narrowstep, the company behind the 'Watch India' website has had huge success in its first month alone receiving 100,000 unique viewers, with over 33,000 coming from the UK alone. Watch India allows Indian expatriates living across the world to access popular Indian programming in TV-like quality over the Internet. This new channel features an assortment of video content powered by Narrowstep’s Internet TV platform, telvOS™. Narrowstep’s state-of-the-art technology allows viewers to enjoy a rich video experience unlike any other found on the Internet. "Internet TV offers the ideal platform for ethnic programming like Watch India. By removing the geographic limitations of traditional broadcasting, Watch India can offer content to large audiences, around the world," said Todd Narwid, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Narrowstep. "Furthermore, the tremendous demand for culture specific programming, provides advertisers with a cost effective medium to reach very specific, targeted audiences." Broadcasters who have made their channels available on Watch India are ZEE Network's ZEE TV, ZEE Cinema and ZEE Sports. Additionally, other premium channels exclusive to Watch India include Times Now News, which features live, breaking-news 24/7, Zoom, the number one music and entertainment channel in India, and Aastha TV, India’s leading spiritual and religious channel. "We have amassed a truly outstanding collection of programming representing the best of Indian TV, and we continue to add even more premium channels, expanding our already phenomenal selection of content," said Watch India Spokesperson, Tripti Singh. "This is the first time Indian TV channels are available live over the Internet, to the Indian diaspora in the UK." "For the millions of people in the Indian community living in the U.K., Watch India offers a way to not only get the latest news, but also stay up to date with culture, entertainment, music and sports — keeping them involved with life back home," added Singh. Watch India is available at watchindia.com. (more)