All Entries in the "Airtel IPTV" Category
IPTV’s bright Indian future
IPTV services in India were introduced some two years ago, but have so far failed to match the success of DTH or cable. Industry experts feel that this is due to the limited launch of the service and a lack of focused marketing efforts. Bharti and Reliance Communications have launched services only in Delhi and Mumbai, respectively. And although government owned BSNL and MTNL have together launched services in 54 cities, their marketing efforts have only recently started showing results. Akshoptifiber (iControl) and Smart Digivision (MyWay) together have garnered more than 70,000 customers so far. »»»
HDTV set to drive India market: CASBAA
At the recently concluded annual India Satellite Industry Forum organised by CASBAA in New Delhi, a high powered gathering of domestic and international officials, delegates and media spoke on the theme of “On the Digital Edge – Where Broadband HITS the Streets”. Among the main points discussed was a government commitment to the long-awaited harmonisation of the multiple taxes and tariffs affecting India’s satellite, DTH, cable TV and IPTV sectors, which broadcasters, operators and technology vendors believe is essential if India is to achieve its goals of industry-wide digital »»»
‘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. However, Vijay Yadav, managing director, South Asia, UTStarcom, says calling it IPTV has held back growth of the technology that helps data or video to move over internet protocol networks. Currently IPTV solutions form 15 per cent of its undisclosed India topline and broadband forms 80 per cent. Vanita Kohli-Khandekar spoke to Yadav »»»
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. Idiot box goes digital 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 Direct-to-home (DTH): DTH consumers receive digital TV channels’ signals through satellite on their dish antennae which are then transmitted to TV through a set top »»»
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 that the IPTV subscriber base in the region would grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.6 per cent between 2009 and 2014 and, by the end of 2014, would climb to an estimated 23.5 million subscribers. In 2008, only »»»
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” will be available for a monthly subscription of Rs 1,899. The “Magic@Home Turbo” package, costing Rs 1,499 a month, runs at 512 kbps during the day, but gets doubled to 1 Mbps during nights. Airtel’s IPTV service was launched »»»
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 from the present figure of 4.2 % to 13.4 % by 2013. While the world maybe moving towards adopting the digital mode for TV services. But in India, Analogue mode enjoys an unmatched dominance. The analogue medium has a market share »»»
