India Digital TV News

Conax introducing Over-the-Top content security for Indian pay TV
Oct 13, 2011 – Conax will introduce its solution for securely uniting traditional broadcast and broadband content distribution to Indian pay-tv operators at SCaT in Mumbai.
News categories: Conax, Conditional Access, Content Protection, India, Streaming

NDS Selected by JAK Communications to Launch Digital Cable TV Platform in Chennai
Oct 13, 2011 – NDS has announced that JAK Communications, an independent cable TV provider in Chennai, India, has selected an end-to-end solution from NDS to enable the launch of its digital pay-TV platform.
News categories: NDS Group, JAK Communications, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, India, Middleware, Set Top Box

NDS to Showcase Digital Cable TV Solutions at SCaT India
Oct 13, 2011 – NDS has announced that it will be showcasing a range of solutions tailored for the Indian digital cable TV market at Satellite & Cable TV India (SCaT) 2011.
News categories: NDS Group, Cable TV, Conditional Access, India, Middleware

Digital cable TV to reach 38 million subscribers in India by 2015
Sep 5, 2011 – The Indian television industry is estimated to generate revenue of $7B by the year-end with 14 per cent growth over 2010, industry body ASSOCHAM has said. There are 37 million digital homes in India and 28 million of these are on a DTH platform.
News categories: ASSOCHAM, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Videocon Doubles Subscriber Base in 8 Months Using Irdeto
Sep 1, 2011 – Just eight months after securing its first two million customers, Videocon d2h (Bombay:511389), a provider of DTH services for India, has reached four million subscribers. Videocon d2h implemented and launched their services using Irdeto's (JSE:NPN) pay-TV solution.
News categories: Irdeto, Videocon d2h, Conditional Access, India, Satellite, Subscribers

India exceeds 100 million pay TV households
Aug 30, 2011 – India has just crossed the 100 million mark for pay TV subscribers, representing more than 70% of TV households. According to Digital TV Research, there is still plenty of growth to come, with 139 million pay TV subs forecast for 2016.
News categories: Digital TV Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Subscribers

Dish TV India launches conditional access module
Aug 25, 2011 – Dish TV India has launched 'Dish Freedom', a conditional access module device. 'Dish Freedom' will enable DTH customers to opt for the quality services of Dish TV instead of their existing DTH operator without having to change their set top box.
News categories: Dishtv, CAM, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, India, Satellite, Set Top Box

Connected TV Shipments to Exceed 138 Million Units in 2015
Jul 5, 2011 – Products launched by TV manufacturers in 2011 show how critical internet services are to the future of TV. In 2011, more than 25% of all flat panel TVs shipped are expected to have some form of internet connectivity, according to DisplaySearch.
News categories: DisplaySearch, Digital TV, DVB-T2, India, Market Research, Smart TV, Streaming

APAC Revenues from Broadband and Pay TV Services To Rise 34% from 2010 to 2016
Jun 30, 2011 – Asia-Pacific telcos are forecast to see service revenues from DSL, fiber broadband and IPTV rise from $52.5 billion in 2010 to $79.5 billion in 2016. Significant revenue growth will come from fiber broadband and IPTV services, says ABI Research.
News categories: ABI Research, Asia, Cable TV, China, India, IPTV, Japan, Market Research