All Entries in the "Reliance IPTV" Category
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 »»»
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 lock. Currently, all foreign language films, even after adult certification from their country of origin, have to get approval from the Indian censor boards. To get the nod, they invariably have to undertake re-editing of the “objectionable” »»»
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 gained a subscriber base of over 13,000 in India, compared with 10.9 million users of digital pay TV, mainly direct-to-home, or DTH TV, according to Frost & Sullivan. “Indian IPTV deployment has experienced a slow start and it’s becoming »»»
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) in selected cities. The technology was also deployed by state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), and multi-system operator (MSO), Atria Convergence »»»
IPTV gets a cold shoulder
Source: Business Standard Consumers’ reluctance to change coupled with market competition is making it tough for IPTV to capture the Indian imagination Even after 6 months of using the much-hyped Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service, Abhishek Verma, a 32-year old software engineer, isn’t too kicked about it. He has no qualms about admitting to the teething troubles he had to endure when he started with IPTV, where television channels and interactive services are delivered via high speed internet. But he quickly adds that IPTV is not to be written off. Then there are consumers like 29-year »»»
Is India ready for IPTV?
Source: SiliconIndia Bangalore: Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) is all set to revolutionize the way the television is working now. With IPTV, apart from just watching television, one can use the television as a two way media to interact with the world. According to experts, IPTV is a complementary way of transmission of entertainment, data and interactive communication. So far in the evolution of television, there has been only one way of communication (Broadcasting), but the IPTV promises an interactive way of viewing television. But the big question that arises in one’s mind is whether »»»
Competition to drive IPTV growth in India
Source: Indiantelevision.com NEW DELHI: India has the largest potential for growth in the IPTV sector, but has the slowest migration to digital technology if one goes by the number of broadband connectivity. This was the general view of speakers at a session on IPTV at the Convergence India 2009. CopperGate president William Simmelink, Cisco’s Asia Pacific region business development manager Yongsub Lee, and UTStarcom’s MD for South Asia Vijay Yadav said while IPTV leading to home networking and a host of value-added services could be a boon for the user, this may take some more time in countries »»»
