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All satellite capacity in India has to be
organised via the Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) which has a monopoly
on supplying transponders, and wholesaling
the supply of capacity from non-ISRO
satellites.
Last year TataSky said it would sue ISRO
for not making capacity available. There
has been a four-year wait for capacity, not
all of it ISRO’s fault, as the world’s satellite
operators have ordered and built new
satellites for the India market.
Deepak Mathur, SES’ SVP for the region,
speaking at a Casbaa-organised event on
March 5th, said: “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.”
TataSky’s CEO Harit Nagpal, also speaking
at the event, admitted there was a growing
demand for channels, and capacity: “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.” TataSky predicts 1000 channels | Advanced Television
organised via the Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) which has a monopoly
on supplying transponders, and wholesaling
the supply of capacity from non-ISRO
satellites.
Last year TataSky said it would sue ISRO
for not making capacity available. There
has been a four-year wait for capacity, not
all of it ISRO’s fault, as the world’s satellite
operators have ordered and built new
satellites for the India market.
Deepak Mathur, SES’ SVP for the region,
speaking at a Casbaa-organised event on
March 5th, said: “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.”
TataSky’s CEO Harit Nagpal, also speaking
at the event, admitted there was a growing
demand for channels, and capacity: “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.” TataSky predicts 1000 channels | Advanced Television