TataSky the leading DTH operator which currently provides 49 HD channels and services (Highest in the industry at present) has launched a special promotional offer for its subscribers who have an HD set top box but are still subscribed to only SD packs. The offer which is only valid up to midnight today gives the subscribers a promotional rate of only Rs.5 for HD access fee for the first month... Read More
Indian cable operator DEN Networks said that it is leveraging Alcatel-Lucent’s products to provide ultra-broadband Internet service, called DEN Boomband, which is offering speeds of upto 100 Mbps to homes and businesses in India. The service is being provided to new customers as well as those already served by the existing DOCSIS-based network. In some areas of the network Alcatel-Lucent’s technology is providing backhaul connectivity, with the existing coaxial cable... Read More
TataSky a joint venture between the Tatas and the UK-based British Sky Broadcasting Group has now completed its transition from MPEG2 to MPEG4 compression standard for its DTH broadcasting. TataSky along with Dish TV was one of the early entrants in the DTH industry and at that time MPEG2 was the readily available compression standard while MPEG4 was under development. Newer entrants like Reliance digital TV, Videocon d2h and Airtel... Read More
Reliance digital TV the DTH arm of Anil Ambani owned Reliance communications has today added 3 new channels to its portfolio. This move has increased the total channel count from 285 to 288 including 276 SD and 12 HD channels. The newly added channels include Colors Infinity on channel number 255, History Tv 18 on channel number 556 which is available in English, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil and Telegu voice streams... Read More
TataSky the leading DTH operator has added 13 new SD channels and 2 new HD channels to its portfolio. This brings up the total to 337 SD channels and 49 HD channels. Just recently the operator has increased its HD channel offering by adding channels like Sun music HD, KTV HD, Ten Golf HD and 3 new Showcase HD channels. The list of new SD channels: Sadhna News on channel... Read More
Airtel Digital TV, today announced the launch of its first 4K-Ultra HD (UHD) channel. Airtel also announced that it will showcase the world TV premiere of Salman Khan starrer blockbuster Bajrangi Bhaijan on the newly launched channel (channel number 400/158) on coming Sunday, October 11. Airtel’s 4K UHD channel provides the best of picture quality which is 4 times superior to regular HD channels and will customers to engage in... Read More
Sun outage which is a natural phenomenon, occurs twice a year when the sun, the broadcasting satellite of a channel and the receiving station on earth come in a straight line. Due to this positioning there is an overpowering of the channel signals with the radiation coming from the sun. As a result the signal of that channel is lost. This phenomenon normally occurs during the months of February to... Read More
Earlier this month we had reported that TataSky was launching a new revolutionary product in the world of DTH which will transform the TV viewing experience of lakhs of subscribers in India forever. TataSky + HD Transfer set top box has been launched with the goal of liberating the viewer from adhering to fixed timings of TV shows which practically speaking is not possible in today’s hectic lifestyle. Well, yes... Read More
TataSky the leading DTH operator has hiked the HD access fee for all its packs on a Pan India scale. Different DTH operators have different policies about charging for HD content, some operators include the HD channels in the higher cost base packs, while some like TataSky include HD channels in all base packs even entry level one, but require the subscriber to pay an HD access fee to be... Read More
Tata Sky the leading DTH operator has just added 6 new HD channels to it's arsenal, bringing the total up to 44 HD channels including 3 Showcase HD channels (HD movies on demand) and 3 special HD channels (HBO Hits, HBO Defined, Star World Premier HD) which are not a part of any base pack. The newly added HD channels include Movies Now HD on channel number 353, History TV18... Read More
Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley launched Hits digital broadcasting, an innovative platform that will provide over 500 TV channels to cable operators. The project secured by the promoter Hinduja group outlay at more than Rs. 5,000 crore. The Hinduja-Hits (Headend-in-the-Sky) Network, under the brand name NXT Digital, will serve Multi System Operators (MSOs) as well as Local Cable Operators (LCOs) and aims to tap the transition from analog to... Read More
NASA and the video delivery infrastructure company Harmonic partner to launch NASA TV UHD, the first ever non-commercial consumer ultra-high definition (UHD) channel in North America. NASA Television will have the capability to deliver linear 2160p60 video content. This will allow the viewers to enjoy footage on a wide range of television and internet-connected devices. NASA used an end-to-end UHD video delivery system from Harmonic. The channel is awaiting its... Read More
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