All Entries Tagged With: "PVR"
Tata Sky launches three new features on its premium PVR offering
Tata Sky Ltd., the joint venture between the Tata Group and Star, has launched three new features on its premium PVR offering, Tata Sky+. The features include True Video-on-Demand (TVoD) service, dual access remote recording and the revolutionary auto standby technology to save electricity. The dual access mode is the only feature which will be launched by the end of this month, as the TVoD-goes on air today. All three features are value additions as they do not have a price attached to them. TVoD means an additional 45 hours of content, which includes movies, documentaries and sitcoms. “So »»»
Airtel DTH pushes mobile recording benefit in new campaign
Building on the ‘Dil Titli’ campaign that pushed its picture clarity benefit, Airtel DTH has unveiled a new integrated campaign to introduce its mobile recording feature, thus, giving viewers yet another “clear reason to buy”. “Last year, we moved away from a grand positioning to a more targeted communication that gave our target audience a clear reason to buy Airtel DTH,” said Sugato Banerji, chief marketing officer – DTH, Bharti Airtel. “While ‘Dil Titli’ spoke about our uniqueness in picture quality, the new campaign takes the brand further into the technology »»»
Comviva’s solution enables Airtel’s DTH subscribers to record live TV through mobile phones
VAS enabler, Comviva has enabled a unique feature for Bharti Airtel’s DTH service subscribers allowing them to record live TV though the use of mobile handset. The solution provides a GUI of the Electronic Program Guide (EPG) on mobile for Airtel digital TV subscribers. Users can also recommend a program to friends as well as view their account balance. Comviva says it made use of two of its products, Adagium A-Live, which is a carrier grade self care solution and WebAxn – a J2ME based client-server solution that helps deliver rich and engaging user experiences on a wide variety of handsets. Speaking »»»
Bharti Airtel launches DVR service using NDS XTV technology
NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced that Airtel digital TV- the DTH service from Bharti Airtel, one of Asia’s leading integrated telecom services providers, has launched NDS XTV technology for its integrated DVR service. Market-leading NDS XTV will enhance the viewing experience by allowing Airtel digital TV customers to pause, record, play back, rewind and fast forward their favourite programmes for viewing when they choose. Viewers can record one TV show while playing another, or record both simultaneously and can record up to 100 hours »»»
Airtel to integrate tv, mobile and broadband
It is already present in each of these segments individually India’s largest telecom company, Bharti Airtel, is working on a platform wherein it could integrate television, mobiles and the internet to provide services across the value chain. The company is already present in each of these segments individually, as it offers broadband services and DTH services through Airtel Digital TV, in addition to its mobile connectivity. “We will do that shortly. We can offer all the features, experience and capability of our DTH platform on the web as well. Strategically, we can look at all the three screens »»»
Airtel Digital TV mops up 2.5 mn subscribers, launches PVR
MUMBAI: Airtel Digital TV has mopped up over 2.5 million subscribers and launched its personal video recorder (PVR) to target premium consumers. “We have crossed 2.5 million subscribers. We have a 25 per cent share in the incremental subscribers. With the next fiscal having a heavy line up of sporting events, we hope to see our growth accelerating,” Bharti Airtel director & CEO – DTH Ajai Puri tells Indiantelevision.com. Puri expects 30-40 per cent of the subscribers to eventually buy personal video recorders. “Globally, 30-40 per cent of the new DTH subscribers buy »»»
Airtel rolls out ‘Digital TV Recorder’
Airtel Digital TV- the direct to home (DTH), business arm of Bharti Airtel, on Friday, launched its latest technology ‘Digital TV Recorder’ for DTH customers. It will be available from second week of April and is priced at Rs 6,990 for new customer, and Rs 5,990 as an upgradation for existing customer. With this, DTH users can record TV shows using a GPRS-enabled mobile phone from any where anytime. Breifing reporters Bharti Airtel DTH Chief Operating Officer (COO) V Raviganesh said “users now have three options for watching TV — watch one channel and record another, record two channels »»»
