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Indian DTH players focus on market share as digitisation approaches
Kolkata, March 19: As the June 30 deadline for digitisation in the four metros approaches, DTH players like Dish TV and Tata Sky are going into overdrive. If Tata Sky is going for value additions to grab a larger slice of the Rs 22,500-cable sector market (analogue +digital), then Dish TV has begun fishing in multiple service operators’ territory. Dish TV, which already has 12.5 million subscribers, will now partner the cable operators to gain a foothold in localities that were designated to them during the analogue days. The local operator will sell connections (DTH) and also be responsible »»»
Cable TV operators unplug entertainment channels
INDORE: Cable TV operators and multi-system operators in Madhya Pradesh have jointly decided to stop beaming of any entertainment channels from Wednesday night, protesting against the state government decision to levy entertainment tax on them. Briefing newsmen, cable operators & MSOs associations said telecast of all entertainment channels would be stopped while they would continue to beam all other channels including news, sports and others.There are nearly 5000 cable operators in the state and more than 400 MSOs. However, there are only four big MSOs in the state. A total of 30000 people »»»
Industry doing nothing to transform biz models for digital world: Uday Shankar
MUMBAI: Star India CEO and Ficci Broadcast Forum chairman Uday Shankar set the ball rolling at the inaugural of the 13th edition of the Ficci Frames by saying that the industry is at the cusp of what is set to completely transform broadcasting in India, forever. Shankar was talking about the universal digitisation of television distribution. A subject that has dominated all discussions at all forums last year and which he presumed will continue to do so for a long time to come. “Most of the discussions that I have participated in are still around whether digitisation will happen and if it indeed »»»
The painful path to digitising TV
Cable operators are fighting, multi-system operators (MSOs) are lobbying, broadcasters are worrying and direct-to-home (DTH) operators are rubbing their hands in glee. So far the whole mandatory digitisation story in India is playing to script. With just under 90 days to go, how ready are we? The answer: it is going to be a last-minute dash but we might just make it, at least in Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. Delhi is a problem. Chances are all the four metros will be digital by June 30 this year, thanks to aggressive DTH operators rushing in to fill the gap. A quick background. The 142-million home »»»
Cable operators chafe at mandatory digitization
INDORE: At a time when cable operators in the state are working hard to woo their subscribers to shell out more under the new tax regime, another issue has started haunting them. A recent amendment to the Section 4A of the Cable Regulation Act, 1995 legalizes an ordinance issued in October this year for implementing mandatory addressable digitization (MAD) throughout the country in phased manner beginning from June 30 this year. Simply put, digitization means they will have to make heavy investment in buying equipment to switch to new technology. By rough estimates, there are nearly 5,000 cable »»»
Dish TV ties up with neighbourhood operators to push own set-top boxes & install connections
NEW DELHI: Stiff challenge from digital cable operators has forced India’s biggest direct to home (DTH) television company, Dish TV, to tie up with neighbourhood cable operators, opening up a new front in the war between the DTH and cable industries. India’s top four metros-Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata-will replace all analog television networks with digital transmission from July 1, 2012. This has led to a scramble between multi system operators (companies which create and distribute a bouquet of channels through cable networks) and DTH operators who transmit their own bouquet »»»
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 »»»
