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Bengaluru-based over-the-top (OTT) player Lukup Media has received provisional multi-system operator (MSO) registration from the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) and is readying to launch its service by August-end.
“We have got provisional MSO registration. A formal communication from the ministry came only a few days ago,” Lukup Media founder and CEO Kallol Borah told TelevisionPoist.com.
The OTT player, which is planning to provide bundled cable TV and broadband services, also expects to receive a unified licence from the Department of Telecom (DoT) this month.
“The unified licence is under process. We expect to get it this month,” he added. Borah also informed that the services would be rolled out by the end of August in Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Bengaluru.
“We will commence operations towards end-August. We are currently doing network trials in four cities, namely Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Bengaluru.
Once trials are done, we will commence operations,” he stated. The company has already signed contracts with about 100 cable operators and distributors in these four cities.
The cable operators and distributors will work with Lukup sales team to mop up subscribers. “We will pay a servicing fee to cable operators per month per customer.
The cable operators will service the customers,” he said when asked about the commercial arrangement between Lukup and cable operators. Lukup plans to provide television and broadband services through its propriety Lukup Media Player.
The Lukup Media Player has been designed in-house and is manufactured in the company’s Bengaluru plant.
“For this year, we are planning around two million units in terms of factory orders,” he said. The capacity of the company’s Bengaluru line is only half a million. To address this shortfall, it plans to increase it to 2–5 million units.
Read more at:
http://www.televisionpost.com/cable/lukup-gets-mso-licence-plans-to-launch-service-by-august-end/
“We have got provisional MSO registration. A formal communication from the ministry came only a few days ago,” Lukup Media founder and CEO Kallol Borah told TelevisionPoist.com.
The OTT player, which is planning to provide bundled cable TV and broadband services, also expects to receive a unified licence from the Department of Telecom (DoT) this month.
“The unified licence is under process. We expect to get it this month,” he added. Borah also informed that the services would be rolled out by the end of August in Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Bengaluru.
“We will commence operations towards end-August. We are currently doing network trials in four cities, namely Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Bengaluru.
Once trials are done, we will commence operations,” he stated. The company has already signed contracts with about 100 cable operators and distributors in these four cities.
The cable operators and distributors will work with Lukup sales team to mop up subscribers. “We will pay a servicing fee to cable operators per month per customer.
The cable operators will service the customers,” he said when asked about the commercial arrangement between Lukup and cable operators. Lukup plans to provide television and broadband services through its propriety Lukup Media Player.
The Lukup Media Player has been designed in-house and is manufactured in the company’s Bengaluru plant.
“For this year, we are planning around two million units in terms of factory orders,” he said. The capacity of the company’s Bengaluru line is only half a million. To address this shortfall, it plans to increase it to 2–5 million units.
Read more at:
http://www.televisionpost.com/cable/lukup-gets-mso-licence-plans-to-launch-service-by-august-end/
