India Digital TV News

Bhagyanagar Digital Services Indian cable consortium to use Conax content security
May 13, 2013 — Conax has announced that Bhagyanagar Digital Services has selected Conax to deliver the MSO's cable TV operators with a cost effective and flexible content security (CAS) solution for enabling smooth digital migration and development of subscriber bases.
News categories: Conax, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, India

Reliance Digital TV subscribers unchanged in 1Q 2013 at 4.6 million
May 10, 2013 — Reliance Communications Limited (RCOM) today announced its consolidated financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2013. Reliance Digital TV currently has 4.6 million subscribers, the same number as at the end of 2012, with 8% share of the DTH market in India.
News categories: Reliance Communications, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

India adds over 10 million satellite TV subscribers in 2012
May 6, 2013 — The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released telecom performance indicators for the Quarter ending December 2012. At the end of the year the reported registered subscriber base for satellite TV providers was 54.52 million, up from 44.21 at the end of 2011.
News categories: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

airtel Digital TV subscribers pass the 8 million mark
May 2, 2013 — Bharti Airtel has released results for the year ended March 31, 2013. Airtel digital TV had 8.1 million customers on its Direct-To-Home (DTH) platform at the end of the quarter, an increase of 872,000 versus the same point in 2012.
News categories: Airtel, India, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

13.6 million digital set-top boxes installed in India's Phase-II cities
Apr 12, 2013 — According to India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting the total number of installed cable TV STBs stands at 9.15 million whereas DTH operators have installed a total of 4.45 million STBs during Phase II of the switch over from analogue cable to digital in 38 cities.
News categories: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

Digitization Reaches 67% in India's Phase II Cities
Mar 26, 2013 — According to India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, on 23rd March 2013 a total of 10.8 million set top boxes had been installed in the 38 cities set for digitization by 31st March, against a target of 16 million.
News categories: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box

IMCL Deploys Broadcom Integrated Set Top Box SoC for Digitization of Cable Services
Mar 21, 2013 — Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) has announced that IndusInd Media & Communications Ltd (IMCL) has selected Broadcom's BCM7013 SoC with integrated silicon tuner for new set top boxes (STB) to deliver standard definition digitized services to India's emerging cable market.
News categories: Broadcom, Cable TV, CCBN, Digital TV, India, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

55% TV digitisation target achieved in India's Phase II cities
Mar 1, 2013 — A review by India's Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has shown that a digitisation rate of over 55% has been achieved in the 38 cities set for digitisation by March 31, 2013. A total of 8.77 million set-top boxes have been installed.
News categories: Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box