India Digital TV News

TRAI takes steps to facilitate faster growth of IPTV service
Jun 13, 2008 – The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has held discussions with pay TV broadcasters regarding the rates and packaging of channels for Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) in order to facilitate faster growth of IPTV services in the country.
News categories: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Regulation, Satellite

Irdeto Provides Indian MSO with DVB Content & Revenue Protection Solution
Jun 11, 2008 – Irdeto (JSE:NPN), has inked a deal to deliver its latest DVB conditional access system to Bangalore-based MSO Atria Convergence Technologies (ACT). The phased roll-out of the Irdeto solution will be completed over a 30-month period.
News categories: Irdeto, Atria Convergence Technologies, Cable TV, Conditional Access, Digital TV, India

Indian Pay TV Market Forecast is Steady Growth
Jun 4, 2008 – The market for pay-TV in India will continue steady growth for the next several years, with DTH subscribers growing at a CAGR of 38.9% during 2007-2012, reports In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Cable TV, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite

India - Sterling Group expects to launch DTH service by 2009
May 15, 2008 – The Sterling Group is set to launch educational DTH services by early 2009 under a new business -- ETH Air TV.
News categories: Sterling Group, Digital TV, DVB-S2, India, Satellite

Tata Sky Celebrates 2 Million Subscribers in India on its NDS Platform
May 13, 2008 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that Tata Sky has achieved the remarkable milestone of 2 million subscribers to its DTH service in India within a period of only 20 months.
News categories: NDS Group, Tata Sky, Conditional Access, Digital TV, India, Middleware, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers

India - Dish TV to offer free set-top boxes
May 10, 2008 – The price-war has begun in the direct-to-home (DTH) market with the country's largest DTH company Dish TV getting ready to offer its connection virtually free.
News categories: DishTV, Digital TV, India, Satellite, Set Top Box

UTStarcom Awarded Contract From United Telecoms Ltd. for Broadband Network Triple Play Solution
May 8, 2008 – UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI) has announced that it has been awarded a contract by United Telecoms Limited to deliver Internet Protocol TV (IPTV), bandwidth on demand and Voice over IP (VoIP) services in the state of Goa.
News categories: UTStarcom, United Telecoms, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Fibre, India, IPTV

Verimatrix Enables Secure Delivery of Premium Content for IOL Netcom's Unique On-Demand IPTV Business Model
May 5, 2008 – IOL Netcom has selected Verimatrix as the content security provider for its on-demand IPTV service, India's first IP-based on-demand television service to more than 250,000 subscribers.
News categories: Verimatrix, IOL Netcom, Content Protection, Digital TV, India, Streaming

Wire and Wireless Launches SITI Digital Cable Television in Bangalore
Apr 28, 2008 – In a major initiative, first of its kind, Wire and Wireless (WW), part of Zee Network Enterprise and India's No. 1 Cable TV Company has launched SITI Digital Cable Television in Bangalore.
News categories: Wire and Wireless, Cable TV, Digital TV, India