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ADAG eyes cable distribution
New Delhi: After DTH, FM radio and film production, distribution & exhibition, the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) may soon get a slice of the cable distribution business in the country. Investment banking sources say London-based private equity fund Ashmore Investment may soon swap a significant portion (over 20%) of its stake in Digicable, a leading cable distribution firm, with that of Big TV, the direct-to-home (DTH) arm of Reliance Adag, or its subsidiary firms.
Overhead cable TV wire issue gets entangled
New Delhi: The Delhi government’s diktat for removal of all overhead cable TV wires from a large part of the capital may soon snowball into a tussle between 2,000-odd cable operators, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the telecom service providers. If not sorted out in time, this may lead to a complete blackout of cable TV services to around 8 million consumers in Delhi.
Trai issues simplified form for info on tariff in non-Cas areas
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, which had asked all cable operators to give information relating to tariff for cable television in non-Cas areas, has now issued a simplified version of its format in different Indian languages for small cable operators having less than 500 subscribers to speed up the process.
SC asks TRAI to fix cable TV tariffs for non-CAS areas by June 30
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to complete the exercise of fixing tariffs for cable TV operators in non-conditional access system (CAS) areas by June 30, 2010.
Trai likely to fix non-CAS cable tariff by May 31
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Thursday told the Supreme Court that tariff fixation for direct-to-home (DTH) services required to be considered in the light of entire distribution market, including cable services in the country, seeking time to complete the exercise.
India to have 100-mn cable homes this year
The new year has brought good news for broadcasters, with the number of cable homes in the country set to cross the 100-million mark and reach 103 million, up from 90 million in 2009. This means, the number of cable homes in the country has doubled in less than six years — phenomenal growth of the Rs 24,000-crore television industry.
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
Last mile upgradation will protect turf of cable operators
NEW DELHI: Local cable operators need not fear the entry of DTH, IPTV or Headend-In-The-Sky (HITS) if there is ‘necessary last mile upgradation,’ industry experts said. The speakers at the one-day SATCAB Symposium, organised by the All India Dish Antennae Aavishkaar Sangh, felt that HITS was, in fact, the cheapest way of digitisation and should, thus, be welcomed. But it was necessary for the local cable operators and MSOs to improve coordination among them.
WWIL targets townships for HITS expansion
With a clear strategy of targeting the 20 million-plus television consumers residing in townships and residential campuses of various government and public sector undertakings, Wire & Wireless India Ltd (WWIL), the country’s first Headend-in-the-Sky (HITS) operator, aims to add up to two million subscribers in the next 12 months, while competing with existing direct-to-home (DTH) operators.
Cable operators need incentives to push for digitisation
NEW DELHI: The growth of new technologies will remain stunted until the cable operator is given incentives to digitise. There is, thus, need for more regulation so that the last mile cable operator feels more motivated to adapt to new technologies, says NDS India GM Alan Dishington. The tax regime for direct-to-home needs to be rationalised and IPTV is still too costly, Dishington adds. Despite this, the DTH sector is set for growth in India. The TV on mobile sector, on the other hand, is unlikely to grow as one can’t not watch the tiny screens for too long.
