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TataSky becomes a fully MPEG-4 DTH operator

TataSky becomes a fully MPEG-4 DTH operator

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 … Read More

Rudradeep Biswas

Airtel Digital TV launches 4K- Ultra HD channel

Airtel Digital TV launches 4K- Ultra HD channel

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 … Read More

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Certain channels facing Sun outage on TataSky

Certain channels facing Sun outage on TataSky

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. … Read More

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TataSky hikes HD access fee for all packs Pan India

TataSky hikes HD access fee for all packs Pan India

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 … Read More

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Tata Sky adds 6 new HD channels

Tata Sky adds 6 new HD channels

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 … Read More

Ria Lakshman

NXT Digital ‘Hits’ broadcasting platform launched, over 100 million homes go digital

NXT Digital ‘Hits’ broadcasting platform launched, over 100 million homes go digital

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 … Read More

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