I Flight, I Rail & I Cinema: New Channels on SCV soon

[mmadhankumar]

Soon, SCV (Sumangali Cable Vision) set top box subscribers can view round-the-clock flight and rail information on their television screens.

According to an SCV official, the two channels for the service — to be named I Flight and I Rail — will be launched in about 20 days’ time and they will be free channels.

As part of the test run, subscribers in some areas including Valasarawalkam, Velachery, Porur and Alwarthirunagar, have received flight information for the last one month, he said.

“We don’t have a tie-up with the Airport Authority of India (AAI). Instead, we have agreements with some of the websites that offer this service. This is an attempt to boost the customer base in the city,” said a top official of SCV.

Once, both these channels go on air, viewers can receive 24-hour updates on the departures and arrivals of flights as well as trains from both Chennai Central and Egmore stations, he added.

“We are working out the ways for the display of rail information. The test run for this service will begin in two weeks time and eventually it will be on air,” the official said.

Apart from these two channels, they are looking at launching a cinema channel, I Cinema, as well.

Here the viewers can look at the availability of tickets for movies in various theatres in the city. “We have signed up with few theatres as of now. We plan to bring in as many theatres as possible,” he said.


Get flight and rail updates on cable TV - The Hindu

 

[M.J.Sadiq]

Good initiative from SCV that I am seeing for the first time..

 

[Satvijay]

SCV trying somthing new!!

 

[bharatkumarchennai]

This can be possible either they should have agreement with Indian Railways/Airports and should provide gps info.

or one person should be sitting in railway station and sending message to scv office

if they copy paste from website it will be failure.

 

[M.J.Sadiq]

Railway is taking this initiative in other regions as well.. More info below..


Train information on 'Patna Rail' TV channel

May 12, 2013, 12.38AM IST

PATNA: East Central Railway (ECR) general manager Madhuresh Kumar on Saturday launched a dedicated TV channel to give round-the-clock information to people about the exact arrival and departure timings of all the trains passing through Patna Junction. Christened 'Patna Rail', the channel is the Indian Railways' first experiment of its kind in the country.

Addressing the launch function at Patna Junction on Saturday morning, Kumar expressed happiness over the successful execution of the passenger-friendly project. "People - passengers or their family members - need not visit or call railway inquiry counters to seek information about trains now. They can know the train position by just switching on their TV," he said and added the railways was likely to provide this facility in other rail divisions also.


According to Danapur DRM L M Jha, the railways has signed a five-year contract with the Darsh cable TV service provider for the purpose. 'Patna Rail' will be available on channel number 495 in every home which has cable TV connection of the Darsh. Jha said people having 3G service on their cellphones could also view train running positions on their cellphones.

Train information on 'Patna Rail' TV channel - Times Of India

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