15 HD channels by year end: Astro

KOTA KINABALU : Astro viewers will be able to enjoy 15 HD (high definition) channels by the end of this year, an addition to the eight they had now, disclosed its chief operation officer Henry Tan.

Toledo area's TV meteorologists have high-tech ways to report the weather

By KIRK BAIRD BLADE STAFF WRITER The sun was beginning to blaze. The skies were a hazy blue. The humidity was high. There was nothing extraordinary about the way June 5 started for most area residents. It's the way the day ended that few will forget. Raging thunderstorms zipping at 70 mph raced through northwest Ohio and southern Michigan late that Saturday and into early morning Sunday ...

Griffith brings small-town feel to Medicare TV ads

WASHINGTON -- Andy Griffith has a new role: pitching President Obama's health-care law to seniors in a cable TV ad paid for by Medicare.The 84-year-old TV star -- whose role as sheriff of Mayberry made him an enduring symbol of small-town American values -- tells seniors that "good things are coming" under the health-care overhaul, including free preventive checkups and lower-cost prescriptions ...

J&K govt bans two TV channels

Jammu and Kashmir government has banned the transmission of two local television channels as they were telecasting "provocative programmes".

Home TV to broadcast from mid-August

Home TV, Nepals first direct-to-home (DTH) service is all set to begin commercial operations by the second week of August. The company will broadcast 80 channels in its initial phase by installing its earth station hub located in the capital.

Sun TV to monetise viewership of kids and comedy channels

Sun TV Network has decided to monetise the viewership gains of its comedy and kids channel this fiscal.