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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is toying with the idea of all local direct-to-home (DTH) players sharing the transponder capacity on one Indian satellite. For companies operating in the space, this would mean hundreds of crore of upfront cost and they are unsure about the success of such a move.
Except for Tata Sky and state-owned DD FreeDish, all DTH operators in India are currently using foreign satellites for uplinking and downlinking signals via Ku-band transponders. India's space policy allows DTH operators to use only satellites commissioned by the ISRO. In case the ISRO doesn't have sufficient capacity on its satellites, DTH players can use capacity leased by the state-run agency from foreign satellites. agency from foreign satellites.
According to a recent report by Hong Kong-headquartered media advocacy group CASBAA, over the last three years, the number of transponders contracted by Indian DTH operators has gone up to 78.Out of this, three-fourths are supplied by foreign satellites as the ISRO hasn't been able to meet the ne ed through domestic launches.
Now the ISRO is considering using one Indian satellite where all DTH players can share transponder capacity. “A note was circulated on the matter of putting all DTH players on one satellite internally sometime back,“ a source who was consulting with the ISRO told ET.
“ISRO is studying the viability of the proposal. If implemented, the DTH players will have to incur a one-time cost of around 200 per subscriber for realigning or repositioning the dish antenna at the consumer premise,“ he said. “But look at the--positive side -six DTH players won't have to uplink and downlink the same channels six times.These channels can be shared by all and DTH players can have separate conditional accesses system.“
International price for leasing a transponder is around ` . 8-10 crore per transponder per year and DTH companies end up paying ` . 120-140 crore in transponder cost every year. According to sources, ISRO also charges a similar fee.
The space agency didn't respond to an email seeking comment.
“In theory, it looks good but is it executable practically, I am not sure.In longer run, DTH operators may save a lot on transponder fee,“ an analyst tracking the sector opined.Executives from multiple DTH companies confirmed to ET that they have also heard about the proposal “unofficially“, but nothing has been conveyed as of now.
“It will be a nightmare,“ said a senior executive of a leading DTH firm. “On an average, most of us have over 10 million subscribers. So we will end up spending over ` . 200 crore in just realignment of dishes.It is a big discomfort for subscribers also, which will result in churn to cable
Except for Tata Sky and state-owned DD FreeDish, all DTH operators in India are currently using foreign satellites for uplinking and downlinking signals via Ku-band transponders. India's space policy allows DTH operators to use only satellites commissioned by the ISRO. In case the ISRO doesn't have sufficient capacity on its satellites, DTH players can use capacity leased by the state-run agency from foreign satellites. agency from foreign satellites.
According to a recent report by Hong Kong-headquartered media advocacy group CASBAA, over the last three years, the number of transponders contracted by Indian DTH operators has gone up to 78.Out of this, three-fourths are supplied by foreign satellites as the ISRO hasn't been able to meet the ne ed through domestic launches.
Now the ISRO is considering using one Indian satellite where all DTH players can share transponder capacity. “A note was circulated on the matter of putting all DTH players on one satellite internally sometime back,“ a source who was consulting with the ISRO told ET.
“ISRO is studying the viability of the proposal. If implemented, the DTH players will have to incur a one-time cost of around 200 per subscriber for realigning or repositioning the dish antenna at the consumer premise,“ he said. “But look at the--positive side -six DTH players won't have to uplink and downlink the same channels six times.These channels can be shared by all and DTH players can have separate conditional accesses system.“
International price for leasing a transponder is around ` . 8-10 crore per transponder per year and DTH companies end up paying ` . 120-140 crore in transponder cost every year. According to sources, ISRO also charges a similar fee.
The space agency didn't respond to an email seeking comment.
“In theory, it looks good but is it executable practically, I am not sure.In longer run, DTH operators may save a lot on transponder fee,“ an analyst tracking the sector opined.Executives from multiple DTH companies confirmed to ET that they have also heard about the proposal “unofficially“, but nothing has been conveyed as of now.
“It will be a nightmare,“ said a senior executive of a leading DTH firm. “On an average, most of us have over 10 million subscribers. So we will end up spending over ` . 200 crore in just realignment of dishes.It is a big discomfort for subscribers also, which will result in churn to cable
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shawl_who said:
This is not about transmission but every satellite's reflactor have to be fine tuned according to their coverage, as for e.g ISRO took 3 months for fine tuning the INSAT-2E 's reflactor's position which was for the 1st time used for foreign customers.
For GSAT-2 ISRO took 6 months for fine tuning the signal strength over mainland India as it was a test satellite for future INSAT-4 series & for these tests ground data needed from terminals. As a experienced operator SES may need little time but if you see the instance of Tata sky 's GSAT testing,it is not a single day event .
If that is the case then how can Indonesian dth operators, Sky cable of philipins and Gilate sat network using it?
http://googleweblight.com/?lite_url=http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/SES_9_Ready_To_Enter_Commercial_Service_999.html&ei=9MkwC7Ga&lc=en-IN&s=1&m=931&host=www.google.co.in&ts=1465056198&sig=APY536x_rwd7c543KNWjQ4LzjZGiE4lhdA
http://googleweblight.com/?lite_url=http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/SES_9_Ready_To_Enter_Commercial_Service_999.html&ei=9MkwC7Ga&lc=en-IN&s=1&m=931&host=www.google.co.in&ts=1465056198&sig=APY536x_rwd7c543KNWjQ4LzjZGiE4lhdA
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Sarkar said:
Brother, for ground tests SES needs ISRO's permission & also have to use ISRO's facility; without a commercial contract with Antrix SES can't do those tests. As for those archipelago of Indonesia & Philippines they don't have any govt facility,they are totally dependent on foreign operators & ground stations are run by SES itself. So, thus they get quick connection.
Sat is working fine and beaming signals back to earth. So what else permission and ground test required?
Do we need permission from pak or Chinese govt to get a pic of Pak or Chinese nuclear site from space or does America take permission of North Korea to take a pic of their nuclear activities ?
I think it's actually the other way. Indian DTH airtel in this case needs isro's per mission to get tps, SES as a foreign company doesn't need to approach ISRO to test their feed, after all you cannot impose a restriction on a foreign company over which you have no jurisdiction.
Do we need permission from pak or Chinese govt to get a pic of Pak or Chinese nuclear site from space or does America take permission of North Korea to take a pic of their nuclear activities ?
I think it's actually the other way. Indian DTH airtel in this case needs isro's per mission to get tps, SES as a foreign company doesn't need to approach ISRO to test their feed, after all you cannot impose a restriction on a foreign company over which you have no jurisdiction.
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