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9X Tashan now available on Tata Sky on channel no.884
MUMBAI: 9X Media Group’s Punjabi music channel 9X Tashan is now also available on the direct-to-home (DTH) platform Tata Sky on its channel No. 884. 9X Tashan was launched on 31 August last year and is available across cable and satellite homes in the Punjab Haryana, Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh (PHCHP) market. The channel is streamed live on the internet on the channel’s website and is also available on various mobile platforms. 9X Tashan managing director Sandip Bansal said, “We are delighted to announce that Tata Sky subscribers can now enjoy the best Punjabi music and humorous »»»
Tata Sky adds Sony and Zee TV HD channels
MUMBAI: Tata Sky has added two hi-definition channels – Sony Entertainment Television and Zee TV – to its HD offering. The two channels are available in the HD Gold pack, which can be subscribed for Rs 100 per month, while on a la carte basis both the channels are available for Rs 50 each. With the addition, Tata Sky now offers 10 HD channels. Other channels available in the HD Gold pack are Discovery World HD, ESPN HD, National Geographic HD, Star Plus HD, Star Gold HD, Star Movies HD, Star World HD and Star Cricket HD. Sony HD will be available on channel No. 112 while Zee TV HD is »»»
TDSAT refuses TV Vision petition against TataSky
NEW DELHI: Broadcast tribunal TDSAT has refused the plea of TV Vision, promoters of the music channels ‘Mastiii’, to stay the Direct-to-Home operator TataSky from adding any new channel to its platform. TDSAT’s interim order came over a petition filed by TV Vision requesting the tribunal to direct TataSky to distribute its channel through its DTH platform. TV Vision had also requested that till the pendency of its plea, TataSky should be injuncted from adding any new channel and a slot for ‘Mastiii’ should be kept. TV Vision had alleged that TataSky has been refusing »»»
India has 44.2 mn DTH subs, 825 channels: Trai
MUMBAI: India has 44.21 million private DTH subscribers as of 31 December 2011, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said in its quarterly report. The total number of registered subscribers is from the six private direct-to-home operators – Dish TV, Tata Sky, Airtel Digital TV, Videocon D2H, Reliance Digital TV and Sun Direct. Digital cable TV, however, is growing slowly in the Cas (conditional access system) notified areas. Cable TV operators have marginally increased the seeding of set-top boxes (STBs) in the Cas areas of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai during this period. According »»»
Technicolor bags Tata Sky contract for supply of HD STBs
MUMBAI: Technicolor India has reached the milestone of supplying five million set-top boxes (STBs) to Tata Sky, the DTH operator with 6.5 million subscribers. Technicolor has bagged a fresh contract from DTH operator Tata Sky for the supply of High Definition (HD) set-top boxes. This important win comes in addition to a contract signed in 2011 for the supply of Standard Definition MPEG4 set-top boxes. The shipment will start later this year. Says Tata Sky MD Harit Nagpal, “We have always been satisfied by Technicolor’s level of service, and that is why we decided to further strengthen our collaboration »»»
Govt & Trai should act on time if digitisation deadline is to be met: Stakeholders
NEW DELHI: Participants at a one-day meet to discuss the march towards digitisation agreed that there would be no difficulty in meeting the deadlines if the government and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) complete their tasks in time. However, some of the members speaking in different sessions of the Casbaa meet ‘Beyond digital’ did not rule out the possibility of digitisation getting entangled in litigation if adequate steps were not taken till May, since the deadline is 30 June for the first phase covering the four metros. Some of the other speakers were also anguished »»»
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 »»»
