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‘We are calling IPTV by the wrong name’
The Indian arm of the US-based UTStarcom hopes to reach out to cable operators to sell more of its Internet protocol television (IPTV) solutions. In India, a bulk of the 100,000 IPTV connections — from Bharti Airtel’s to BSNL’s — have UTStarcom at the back end.
Media: The wonder decade
Couch surfing has become more than passive television viewing over the past decade. Indian TV sets now have DVD-like picture quality with loads of value add-ons thanks to new technologies like DTH, CAS and IPTV. The country has about 130 million television households, including 96 million Cable & Satellite (C&S) homes. As per TAM, average time spent watching television per day was 153 minutes in 2008
IPTV subscriber base expected to grow by 51% in APac
Source: Indiantelevision.com
MUMBAI: The subscriber base of IPTV in the Asia-Pacific region is expected to grow by 51 per cent this year closing at 9.4 million users and accounting for 37.6 per cent of the global subscribers, reveals research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.
A new analysis from Frost & Sullivan titled ‘Asia-Pacific IPTV Update’ finds [...]
Airtel launches 1 Mbps IPTV service
Source: The Hindu Business Line
New Delhi, Sept. 29 Airtel’s IPTV consumers can now enjoy a much better service with broadband speeds of 1 Mbps.
The Internet Protocol TV service, offering triple play or telephone, broadband and television services on a single line, is currently available in Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida. The new faster connection “Magic@Home Freedom” [...]
IPTV almost non-existent in India’s pay TV market
Source: TelecomTiger.com
Things are not looking good for IPTV services in India. The reason is quite obvious since the broadband penetration in the country itself is yet to pick-up.
A new research from Screen Digest reveals that IPTV services will find increased uptake after the penetration of broadband services in households having access to pay-TV services increases [...]
Adult-rated foreign films may be allowed on digital platforms
Source: Business Standard
With broadcasters and the government close to working out a new content code for television, foreign movies with partial nudity and mature content may soon be allowed at all time bands on digital addressable media platforms like direct-to-home (DTH) services, conditional access system and IPTV platforms, which have the provision of a parental [...]
UTStarcom: IPTV far more relevant technology to India than any other market in the world
Source: TelecomTiger
UTStarcom is riding high on broadband and IPTV uptake in the Indian market. Considered to be a formidable player in the segment, the company foresees a strong business case for IPTV services in India. UTStarcom South Asia MD, Vijay Yadav shares his view points in an exclusive interaction with TelecomTiger.
Q1) A lot has been [...]
FOCUS – IPTV struggles for foothold in India; seen subdued
Source: Reuters India
MUMBAI (Reuters) – IPTV, touted as the next big thing after the Internet, is unlikely to take off in India for at least two years, as it battles existing modes of entertainment, low awareness, and poor quality issues, industry players said.
Launched with great expectations in 2006, IPTV, or Internet Protocol Television, has [...]
IPTV can still succeed in India, if done right
Source: ZDNetAsia
INDIA–IPTV may have failed to garner significant market share in the country, but lower pricing and better last-mile connectivity could drive this sector to 15.9 percent of all residential broadband subscribers in India by end-2011, experts say.
It has been six months since Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecom operator, first launched Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) [...]
Bharti Airtel to premiere ‘8×10 Tasveer’ on its DTH and IPTV
Source: Indiantelevision.com
MUMBAI: Bharti Airtel has announced the premiere of the Akshay Kumar starrer 8×10 Tasveer on its direct-to-home (DTH) service Digital TV as pay-per-view (PPV) service and its IPTV service Digital TV Interactive.
Produced by Percept Picture Company (PPC) and directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, 8×10 Tasveer will be available from 5 June at Rs 50.
Digital TV [...]
