All Entries Tagged With: "InCable"
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 »»»
Reliance Industries plans to pick 26% stake in leading cable operators
Talks under way for partnership model to provide last-mile connectivity to 4G users. Reliance Industries (RIL) is planning to pick up a minimum 26 per cent stake in leading cable operators, including multi-system operators. The move is a part of the group’s strategy to rope in cable operators as well as multi-system operators (MSOs) as partners to provide last-mile connectivity to consumer homes for 4G broadband services, which would include data, voice and television. According to two independent sources, RIL has approached Den Networks, Digicable Networks, Hathway Cable, the Hinduja–promoted »»»
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 »»»
WWIL targets townships for HITS expansion
With a clear strategy of targeting the 20 million-plus television consumers residing in townships and residential campuses of various government and public sector undertakings, Wire & Wireless India Ltd (WWIL), the country’s first Headend-in-the-Sky (HITS) operator, aims to add up to two million subscribers in the next 12 months, while competing with existing direct-to-home (DTH) operators. WWIL, which has around 10 million cable subscribers (both analogue and digital), expects to invest Rs 300-400 crore over next year to expand its HITS operation across the country under the brand name “SITI »»»
