NEW DELHI: The Direct to Home (DTH) operators
are going through a major capacity constraint.
While Tata Sky was one of the first players to bring
to the fore the need for availability of more
transponders, it is now a major concern for all the
DTH players.
Tata Sky had in 2013 said it would initiate legal
action against Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO) if its demand for more transponders was
not met.
It should be noted that Tata Sky for the past four
years has been waiting to get its contracted space
on an ISRO satellite.
“While I had said that earlier, for now, we have
given a pause to that. We are not taking any legal
course against ISRO, for now,” said Tata Sky CEO
Harit Nagpal today while participating in the
discussion on DTH at CASBAA India Forum 2014.
Nagpal said, “There is a growing demand of
channels. And soon there will be a time when the
expectation will go up to providing 1,000 channels.
Capacity will be needed to serve this demand.
While for now, with 12 transponders and moving
from MPEG 2 boxes to MPEG 4 boxes, we are
sorted for next two years. But, after that, as
demand grows, we will need more capacity.” Tata
Sky has invested huge sums in moving from MPEG
2 Set Top Boxes to MPEG 4 boxes.
The satellite policy in India is being questioned the
world over. “There is sufficient demand for
investing in satellite. Also, we are ready to invest,
but if the current policy bottleneck doesn’t cease
to exist, satellites will stop dedicating capacity for
India,” opined SES SVP commercial - Asia Pacific
and the Middle East, Deepak Mathur.
SES is a Luxembourg-based global satellite owner
and operator.
The session also brought to the fore a key point
that while cable TV can carry 500 channels, DTH
television providers cannot.
Non-availability of transponders has caused a
capacity constraint for DTH television providers
and as a result unable to offer 500 channels. “This
is distorting the playing field,” concluded SES’
Mathur.
Tata Sky not to take legal action against ISRO for now | Indian Television Dot Com
are going through a major capacity constraint.
While Tata Sky was one of the first players to bring
to the fore the need for availability of more
transponders, it is now a major concern for all the
DTH players.
Tata Sky had in 2013 said it would initiate legal
action against Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO) if its demand for more transponders was
not met.
It should be noted that Tata Sky for the past four
years has been waiting to get its contracted space
on an ISRO satellite.
“While I had said that earlier, for now, we have
given a pause to that. We are not taking any legal
course against ISRO, for now,” said Tata Sky CEO
Harit Nagpal today while participating in the
discussion on DTH at CASBAA India Forum 2014.
Nagpal said, “There is a growing demand of
channels. And soon there will be a time when the
expectation will go up to providing 1,000 channels.
Capacity will be needed to serve this demand.
While for now, with 12 transponders and moving
from MPEG 2 boxes to MPEG 4 boxes, we are
sorted for next two years. But, after that, as
demand grows, we will need more capacity.” Tata
Sky has invested huge sums in moving from MPEG
2 Set Top Boxes to MPEG 4 boxes.
The satellite policy in India is being questioned the
world over. “There is sufficient demand for
investing in satellite. Also, we are ready to invest,
but if the current policy bottleneck doesn’t cease
to exist, satellites will stop dedicating capacity for
India,” opined SES SVP commercial - Asia Pacific
and the Middle East, Deepak Mathur.
SES is a Luxembourg-based global satellite owner
and operator.
The session also brought to the fore a key point
that while cable TV can carry 500 channels, DTH
television providers cannot.
Non-availability of transponders has caused a
capacity constraint for DTH television providers
and as a result unable to offer 500 channels. “This
is distorting the playing field,” concluded SES’
Mathur.
Tata Sky not to take legal action against ISRO for now | Indian Television Dot Com
