India Digital TV News

TRAI releases draft recommendation on Provision of IPTV services.
Nov 28, 2007 – The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released the draft recommendation on provisioning of IPTV services.
News categories: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Draft Recommendation, Digital TV, India, IPTV

Ku-band Supply Crisis in South Asia: Myth or Reality?
Nov 27, 2007 – Direct-to-Home (DTH) services are the red hot topic in the South Asian commercial transponder market. Many within the industry are even raising the question if there simply is enough Ku-band transponder supply available and planned for the coming years to meet the rapid increase in Ku-band capacity demand in the region.
News categories: Northern Sky Research, Bangladesh, Digital TV, India, Market Research, Pakistan, Satellite, Sri Lanka, TV Services

Hyderabad company makes computer, TV combo device
Nov 26, 2007 – A team of about two dozen engineers based in Hyderabad have developed a device that may replace a home PC and allows entertainment and Internet.
News categories: Ichip Technologies, Broadband, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Set Top Box, Streaming

BSNL Triple Play Services to launch in India by 2008
Nov 24, 2007 – BSNL, a government owned telecom service in India has announced their plans to launch Triple Play services to their customers.
News categories: BSNL, Broadband, Digital TV, India, IPTV

Goldstone Technologies to launch IPTV services in Malaysia, Thailand
Nov 14, 2007 – The Hyderabad-based Goldstone Technologies Limited (BSE: 532439; NSE: GOLDTECH), a leading software technology and services company, as part of its strategy to expand into IPTV services, will be launching the IPTV services in two South-East Asian countries - Malaysia and Thailand.
News categories: Goldstone Technologies, MOL AccessPortal, Digital TV, India, IPTV, Malaysia

OpenTV Announces Deal with Sun Direct TV in India
Nov 6, 2007 – OpenTV (Nasdaq: OPTV) has announced that Sun Direct TV has selected OpenTV to provide the end-to-end solution and deployment management enabling its digital television services.
News categories: OpenTV, Sun TV, Digital TV, India, Middleware, Satellite

Reliance Communications Partners With Microsoft to Deliver IPTV in India on the Microsoft Mediaroom Platform
Nov 5, 2007 – Reliance Communications and Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) have announced a strategic partnership to deliver a highly connected, personalized TV experience to consumers in India through Reliance's Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service.
News categories: Microsoft, Reliance Communications, Steve Ballmer, Ravi Venkatesan, Anil D Ambani, Prakash Bajpai, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DRM, DVR, India, IPTV, Middleware

Asia-Pacific Pay-TV piracy tops US$1.5 billion for 2007
Nov 2, 2007 – In the latest survey of revenue leakage over the last 12 months to the regional pay-TV industry, conducted by the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) and Standard Chartered Bank, the losses are conservatively estimated to stand at US$1.54 billion, as compared to US$1.13 billion in 2006.
News categories: CASBAA, Standard Chartered, Australia, Cable TV, China, Content Protection, Digital TV, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Market Research, Pakistan, Philippines, Satellite, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, TV Services, Vietnam

Bharti Airtel Selects NDS To Protect and Power New Digital Satellite Service
Oct 28, 2007 – NDS has announced that it has been selected by Bharti Airtel to provide a suite of digital broadcasting solutions for the launch of the company's digital satellite service.
News categories: NDS Group, Bharti Airtel, Conditional Access, Digital TV, India, Middleware, Satellite