India Digital TV News

Dish TV India Uses AsiaSat 5 to Expand DTH Offerings
Feb 10, 2011 – AsiaSat (HKSE: 1135) has announced that Dish TV India (NSE: DISHTV EQ, BSE: 532839) will be utilising four 54 MHz Ku-band transponders on AsiaSat 5 to enhance its HD and SD Direct-to-Home (DTH) offerings in India.
News categories: AsiaSat, Dish TV India, Content Distribution, India, Satellite

Tata Sky is all set to launch Tata Sky+ HD
Feb 9, 2011 – Just in time for the upcoming cricketing season, Tata Sky will be rolling out its Tata Sky+ HD, a new generation Personal Video Recorder (PVR) with the capability of delivering HD pictures in 1080i, with Dolby Digital 7.1 surround sound.
News categories: Tata Sky, Digital TV, DVR, India, Satellite, Set Top Box

airtel digital TV records the fastest 5 million customers
Feb 9, 2011 – airtel digital TV has announced that it has crossed the milestone of 5 million customers on its platform. airtel digital TV has been leading industry additions with over 2.8 million customers already in the first 10 months of FY 10-11.
News categories: airtel, Digital TV, India, Satellite, Subscribers

Pace wins PVR contract with Tata Sky, Times reports
Feb 2, 2011 – Pace (LSE: PIC) has won a contract to supply PVR set-top boxes to Tata Sky in India, according to the The Times newspaper of the UK.
News categories: Pace plc, Tata Sky, Digital TV, DVR, India, Satellite, Set Top Box

UK leading the way in new TV technologies
Dec 2, 2010 – Ofcom's fifth International Communications Market report into the global communications market looks at take-up, availability and use of broadband, landlines, mobiles, TV and radio in 17 countries. The UK and Spain lead the way in digital TV take-up.
News categories: Ofcom, Australia, Brazil, Cable TV, Canada, China, Digital TV, DVR, France, Germany, India, IPTV, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Market Research, Metaverse, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Spain, Streaming, Subscribers, Sweden, Terrestrial, UK, USA

Pay-TV Now Taking 'Lion's Share' of Asia's High Net Worth Audiences
Oct 26, 2010 – The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has announced that pay-TV in Asia has reached the tipping point of 50 percent penetration of all Asian TV homes.
News categories: CASBAA, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, India, Indonesia, Korea, Market Research, Pakistan, Philippines, Satellite, Thailand, Vietnam

India's DTH reaches 23.77 million subscribers at end-June 2010
Oct 5, 2010 – The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released the 'Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator Report' for the quarter ending June 2010. At mid-year the reported subscriber base of the 6 DTH licensees in India was 23.77 million.
News categories: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, Satellite, Set Top Box

Hathway becomes India's first Cable TV MSO to reach one million digital subscribers
Oct 1, 2010 – NDS has announced that it is now powering one million digital TV connections for Hathway, India's leading Multi System Operator (MSO). Hathway, the fastest growing MSO in India, has become the first to reach the digital subscriber milestone.
News categories: Hathway, NDS Group, Cable TV, India, Subscribers

Tata Sky passes 6 million subscriber mark
Sep 23, 2010 – Tata Sky has said that it now has more than six million subscribers to its direct-to-home (DTH) satellite TV service in India.
News categories: Tata Sky, Digital TV, India, Satellite, Subscribers