All Entries Tagged With: "Essel Group"
FDI in cable: Industry needs Rs 25k-30kcr funds, says WWIL
With digitisation being made mandatory in the cable industry and deadlines being announced, players hope is that the current 49% which is allowed in the industry would get filled up even if 74% doesn’t come immediately. According to Avnindra Mohan, president – legal & regulatory affairs, Essel Group hiking the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit from 49% to 74% in the cable distribution platform is a welcome step. However, Mohan feels that digitisation involves huge capital outlay. In an interview to CNBC-TV18 Mohan said that the total funding required for the industry as a whole »»»
India’s largest and fastest growing DTH operator Dish TV committed to long-time content security partner Conax
Delhi: Dish TV and content protection provider Conax further their long-term partnership. Part of Essel Group Venture, Dish TV is India’s largest and fastest growing DTH platform – experiencing exceptional growth since launch of its DTH operations in 2004. Renowned for its unique security record, content security provider Conax has provided the platform with smart cards for 7 years. To date, Dish TV has demonstrated a significant impact on the Indian market with 8.9 million Conax smart cards. Dish TV is market leader in the highly competitive Indian pay-TV market, both in size and scale »»»
Dish TV appoints Quasar as sales partner
NEW DELHI: Essel Group-promoted Dish TV has appointed marketing agency Quasar as its exclusive sales partner for platform sales. As a key business partner, Quasar’s main focus would be to monetise the platform through advertising inventories, alliances, partnerships, sponsorships and innovative solutions enabling marketers to reach out to their target audience, the company said in a statement. “We are looking at this as a big opportunity and we are sure our partnership with Quasar will help us reach out to the marketing fraternity,” the Dish TV Chief Operating Officer, Mr Salil Kapoor, said. The »»»
MSOs find Trai’s digitization deadline of 2013 too ambitious
In a bid to offer more choice and quality to consumers, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has decided to phase out analogue TV services completely by the end of 2013. The move will have an impact on 105 million households in which television viewers will be able to choose from roughly 800-1,000-odd channels and get more value-added services from both direct-to-home television (DTH) and cable service providers. Better picture quality, access to niche high definition channels and better broadband services will be on offer. Of the 105 million households, 25 million receive television »»»
DTH companies unleash high definition war as content tries hard to catch up
NEW DELHI: Consumers need to watch out before they go for that high definition (HD) DTH set top box. Even as DTH companies gear up for relaying content in high definition, the content backing it is very little. Only two channels- Discovery and National Geographic are available in HD. Essel Group channels Zee TV and Zee Cinema are available only with Dish TV, also an Essel Group venture, and ESPN has only two properties, the ongoing Fifa World Cup and Wimbledon, currently available for HD broadcast, and that too with select DTH operators. Leading players like Dish TV, Tata Sky, Airtel Digital TV, »»»
Gadget for DTH switch
DTH (direct-to-home) subscribers would soon be able to switch service providers without changing their set-top box and antenna. Dish TV, owned by the Essel Group, is planning to launch a conditional access module (CAM), an add-on hardware required for DTH portability, within the next two months. The cellphone-sized device would cost Rs 700 to Rs 900, which is one-third the cost of a new direct-to-home connection. A DTH connection now comes with proprietary set-top box and an antenna. To switch to another DTH operator, a subscriber has to buy its set-top box and antenna. But once CAM is launched, »»»
Why interoperability in DTH makes no sense…
Trai, consumer groups need to do some homework on the economics of their insistence It sounds very nice. In June this year, Dish TV – a direct-to-home (DTH) operator owned by Subhash Chandra’s Essel Group – plans to launch Conditional Access Modules (or CAM) Cards. If you are an irritated Tata Sky subscriber, you can buy a card for about Rs 700, insert it in your Tata Sky set-top box and get Dish TV’s signals. You will, however, not get Dish TV’s or Tata Sky’s Electronic Programming Guide or EPG, the basic text that helps you navigate the labyrinth of channels on offer. All you »»»
