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Digicable to spend Rs 225cr on settop boxes in Kolkata
Kolkata, Jan 13 (PTI) Leading Multi System Operator (MSO) Digicable today said they will invest Rs 225 crore to supply 1.5 million settop boxes to its subscribers in the city. “All cable operators have to mandatorily switch to digital technology or to send cable television signals through settop boxes (STB) from July in city. We are trying to offer a cheap solution to subscribers under our network,” Digicable VP Amit Nag said. Digicable managing director Jagjit S Kohli said the company was planning to offer STB at Rs 500 though the minimum price of a box is Rs 1700. “We have to »»»
Hathway Cable plans to invest Rs 1.75 bn in first phase of digitisation
MUMBAI: India’s leading multi-system operator (MSO) Hathway Cable & Datacom plans to invest Rs 1.75 billion in the first phase of digitisation even as it expects DTH to take away 10-15 per cent of its cable TV subscribers in the two lucrative markets of Delhi and Mumbai. Hathway has ordered 1.3 million digital set-top boxes (STBs) and signed a letter of intent for another 0.5 million STBs. “We estimate our subscriber universe to be 1.5 million (including 2nd TV) in Mumbai and Delhi. About 20 per cent of this will be second TV sets. We have a presence in Kolkata through our joint »»»
Den Networks, Hathway Cable & Datacom join hands for set-top box campaign
NEW DELHI: Cable TV companies Den Networks and Hathway Cable & Datacom will launch a joint media campaign beginning with Delhi this weekend, informing consumers about the need to install set-top boxes by June 30 as mandated by the government. The top two multi-system operators (MSOs) will also launch their set-top boxes at a promotional price of Rs 799, including installation charges and taxes, which is much lower than Rs 1,500-1,600 charged by the direct-to-home or DTH operators. As per initial estimates, the two companies are expected to spend Rs 20 crore on the campaign. Households in New »»»
ESPN STAR Sports Launches HD Channels on Cable Networks
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Tuesday, December 27, 2011 — (Business Wire India) ESPN STAR Sports, Asia’s leading sports broadcaster, today announced the launch of services of its HD channels ESPN HD & STAR Cricket HD on the cable networks. The broadcaster announced that it has signed distribution contracts of HD channels with 3 leading national level MSOs including IndusInd Media Communications Ltd (Incable), Seven Star network in Mumbai and UCN in Central India. Services of ESPN HD and STAR cricket HD were hitherto available on almost all leading DTH players but this it will be the first »»»
Lok Sabha passes cable digitisation bill
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha today passed the second Bill to amend the Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act 1995 that aims to replace the Ordinance promulgated in October. Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni, while talking on the discussion on the Bill, assured the cable operators that they would not be “put out of business” contrary to fears expressed by some quarters with digitisation of cable services, and capacity building programmes would be held to apprise them with new technologies. Soni said that an enabling provision had put in place to the effect that only Rs 200,000 to »»»
Digital mandate to bring substantial benefits for industry and consumer
MUMBAI: The government mandate to digitise cable networks across India will bring a significant transformation to the $7 billion TV industry with a positive impact on the nascent broadband market, says a report published by Media Partners Asia (MPA). MPA executive director Vivek Couto said, “India’s broadcasting and pay-TV market is on the cusp of a high growth value phase similar to North America between 1998 and 2003, Korea during 2003-7, and Taiwan during 2005- 10. Valuations of the domestic companies in these markets during the high-growth value stage typically skyrocketed, as networks »»»
Reliance Industries Ltd eyes cable operators’ network
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) is in talks with cable operators to buy or take on long-term lease their fibre optic capacity. The company plans to use the capacity acquired to roll out broadband wireless access (BWA), 4G and high-speed internet services. The collaboration could go further. RIL is also in talks with manufacturers to install small base station antennae, instead of large towers, linked through a fibre optic back haul to provide mobile BWA services. Cable operators, including large MSOs (multi-system operators), confirmed talks were on with RIL and the company had given them a launch »»»
