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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. 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 »»»
On the way: cable TV without any wire
Source: Business Standard In what may become a revolution in entertainment, accessing television via cable, IPTV or interactive DTH services is soon going to be via wireless, on the lines of a wi-fi internet connectivity. This means digital cable TV consumers, who access cable via a set top box (STB), will be able to move their TV sets in the house or go for a second or third set without having to pay extra for the physical add-on connections or messy cable wiring. Currently, any additional digital cable connection comes with additional installation costs (Rs 150-300). Consumers also have to pay »»»
BSNL IPTV goes commercial
Source: The Hindu CHENNAI: BSNL’s Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) services have gone commercial in Chennai following the completion of the three-month trial period of free viewing. Chennai Telephones, which trialled IPTV services among select broadband subscribers by offering about 140 popular channels free of cost, has rolled out various packages in the Rs.100-to-Rs.300 pricing band. However, to keep the pricing on a par with rates charged by local cable operators, all channels, except the premium sports channels, are at present being offered for a monthly subscription of Rs.100. BSNL has »»»
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 »»»
Broadband service on TV by March 2010
Source: CIOL News NEW DELHI, INDIA: Smart Digivision, Myway IPTV service provider, is planning to provide a PC enabled set-top-box using which IPTV subscribers will be able to enjoy broadband service on their TV. “The STB that we are using at present is like a mini-computer. It has a processor, ram, Linux OS and a USB port. The next model of STB that we are going to provide will have 1GHz processor,” said explained Kapil Dev Kumar, chief operating officer, Smart Digivision in an interaction with CIOL. “Then, we are already using Internet protocol for our service. Thus a TV is »»»
