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TV sector gears up for digital deadline
With the official deadline for phasing out analog cable TV services fast approaching, digital cable and direct-to-home (DTH) companies are worried because customers are not adequately aware about the mandatory need to switch over to digital services, which will lead to a last minute scramble for settop boxes. Senior industry executives told Mail Today that although digital customers have been growing, there seems to be lack of awareness about the government’s decision to phase out cable TV networks from Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai by June 31, 2012. Noida and Gurgaon are next in line »»»
Amagi brings new VAS revenues to MSOs
With digitisation of the cable TV industry in India soon reaching its sunset date, MSOs are making large capital expenditures to provide STBs (set top boxes) to their subscribers. However, with few significant revenue opportunities, VAS is becoming an important strategy by which operators increase their revenues and profits. VAS brings in multiple opportunities, some of them in the form of video-on-demand, video conferencing, local classifieds listing, TV-commerce, games, viewership measurement, and advertising. To begin with, approximately 50 MSOs across India have partnered with local television »»»
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 »»»
RCom-Digicable deal under govt lens
The Reliance Communications’ (RCom’s) deal to buy cable operator Digicable has come under the scanner of the information & broadcasting (I&B) ministry over the issue of cross-holding rules. Cable and DTH companies cannot hold more than 20 per cent stake in each other. In July last year, RCom had announced the formation of a new entity, Reliance Digicom, through acquisition of Digicable in an all-stock deal. The deal has got the go-ahead from the high court. Reliance Digital TV, the DTH arm of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, internet protocol TV (IPTV) and broadband services which are »»»
DTH firms may miss à la carte deadline
Customers seeking greater choice over what they watch and how much they pay for it may have to wait for some more time with mostdirect-to-home (DTH) and Internet protocol TV companies set to miss a 1 January deadline for offering an à la carte option. A July 2010 order by the regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said that all digital platforms must offer consumers the choice of paying only for channels that they wish to watch. Currently, companies offer bouquets or bundled channels priced as a package. DTH companies, which together serve around 29 million households, cite technical »»»
December launch for India’s Reliance Digicom?
Reliance Digicom, the all-encompassing television and online service provider borne from the acquisition by Reliance Communications of Digicable, will commence operations in December, according to Indian Express. The new business unit, part of the greater Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), will bring the conglomerate’s DTH arm BIG TV under the same roof as the company’s IPTV and broadband services, together with Digicable’s existing cable TV business – which has 10 million subscribers. BIG TV DTH has 3.5 million subscribers, while retail broadband registers half a million »»»
Cable ops switch off Colors in Mumbai
MUMBAI: Upping the ante against the participation of Pakistani contestants Veena Malik and Begum Nawazish Ali in Bigg Boss, cable operators have decided to black out Colors in Mumbai, Thane and Kalyan on request of Hindu activist party Shiv Sena. Colors has already been switched off in many pockets of Mumbai, several cable operators said. The others will follow suit before the controversial reality show goes on air at 9 pm today. “All cable operators are switching off the channel in Mumbai as per Shiv Sena’s request,” CODA president and Scod18 director Ganesh Naidu told indiantelevision.com. Digicable »»»
