All Entries Tagged With: "Cable TV"
SITI Digital Cable crosses 1.2 Million Customers
Noida, November 5, 2012: SITI Cable Network Limited believes that digitization provides an opportunity to build the business based on transparency at the same time servicing the customers using latest technology. The company has en cashed the life time opportunity by timely implementation of digitization in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata market & has announced having achieved over 1.2 million digital Cable TV customer base in three markets of Phase-1 cities of DAS (Digital Addressable System). There is sharp rise in Set-top-Box (STB) penetration in last 15 to 20 days in its three markets of Delhi, »»»
I&B Ministry to make MSOs accountable for digitisation data
NEW DELHI: The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has initiated the process of making amendments in the Cable Rules which will make multi-system operators accountable for the information they provide about the progress made in digitising cable services. “We have sent a draft of the amendments to the Law Ministry for vetting, following which we will carry out the amendments in the Cable Television Networks Rules, 2012,” Uday Kumar Varma, Secretary of the Ministry, told PTI. After the amendments are carried out, the ministry would be empowered to take stricter action against multi-system »»»
Go digital or watch your TV sets turn blank
KOLKATA: With digitization of cable television becoming mandatory in the four metro cities of the country, nearly 30 lakh television sets across the city are going to turn blank on July 1, said cable operators as well as direct-to-home (DTH) players. Around 30 lakh television sets across the city are going to turn blank from July 1 when digitization of cable television is becoming mandatory in the four metro cities of the country, said cable operators as well as direct-to-home (DTH) players. Though the awareness level among city dwellers has risen considerably, but the number of conversions to »»»
Cable Wars: High Definition could change the market dynamics
New Delhi, June 1: Hi-Definition could be the key differentiator in the ongoing cable wars. With the date for mandatory digitisation nearing, the competition between cable companies and direct-to-home service (DTH) providers is intensifying. In this milieu, DTH firms believe HD will work in their favour. HD services were launched by DTH players during the Commonwealth Games, though at that time there was not much content to showcase. Although the category is growing slowly, DTH operators estimate that already about a half a million DTH HD boxes have been installed in the country. “HD is changing »»»
We expect consumers to wake up on July 1 and ask for set-top boxes
As the June 30 deadline for the first phase of mandatory digitisation in metros draws closer, several multi-system operators are clamouring for extension. The buzz is that the Government may extend the deadline by a few weeks. “I do not see any reason why,” says Mr Harit Nagpal, President, DTH Operators Association of India, saying that the perception he got from his discussions with TRAI and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, was that the deadline was sacrosanct. Excerpts from an interview: Is the DTH industry fully geared up to the challenge of digitising all metro homes in the »»»
Can we get on with digitisation now?
Should carriage fees in television be legitimised? This, it seems, is the main irritation that most broadcasters have with a new tariff order from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, or Trai. The News Broadcasters Association (NBA) has raised its voice against it, and the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) too mentions it in an otherwise approving press release. But, in fact, the legitimising of carriage fees is a masterstroke. Think about it. Carriage fees are charged because India’s creaking cable system doesn’t have enough bandwidth. Once digitisation – which this tariff order »»»
TRAI chief JS Sarma specifies moderate carriage fees
New Delhi: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Chairman JS Sarma explains the digitization of cable. He said that carriage fees should be moderate, between 50 paise to Re. 1 per subscriber per year. “Anything beyond that level would be unreasonable,” he said, adding that there can be no placement fee in post digitization world. Here is the full transcript of the interview. Vikram Chandra: Hello and welcome, we have with us the person who has been the man of the moment of recent days, Mr JS Sarma, head of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. So you have been in the news »»»
