Breaking News: Doordarshan’s DTH service plans next cycle of growth
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17-12-2014, 09:13 AM
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Doordarshan’s DTH service plans next cycle of growth
Doordarshan’s free direct-to-home
(DTH) service Freedish, which completed 10 years on 16 December, is gearing up for the next cycle of growth. On the agenda is adding more channels and offering MPEG-4 set-top boxes (STBs). Freedish has already got an additional transponder from ISRO, taking the total number of transponders to six. Doordarshan deputy director general CK Jain said that the DTH operator is planning to increase its offering from 59 to 112 channels. MPEG-4 STBs will allow Freedish to offer a maximum of 112 channels to its customers. The free-to-air DTH service provider is planning to offer 65 channels through MPEG-2 STBs and 112 channels through MPEG-4 STBs. The MPEG4 STBs, unlike the MPEG2 ones, will be encrypted and made available only through authorised dealers. Jain, however, declined to disclose when the MPEG4 STBs will be launched. “Those who have MPEG-2 STBs will be able to watch 65 channels while those who have MPEG-4 STBs will have access to 112 channels,” Jain said. The pubcaster will work closely with Indian STB manufacturers to manufacture MPEG-4 STBs in India in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ campaign. “With the increase in the number of channels, the popularity of the platform will also grow as customers will get to watch many channels without having to pay any subscription fee for life,” Jain averred. Having started its services with mostly Doordarshan channels, the platform now boasts channels spanning general entertainment, movie, news and regional genre. More new channels add zing to Freedish Freedish (DD Direct+ in its earlier avatar) is the second DTH service to launch in India after Dish TV. But the addition of channels like Star Utsav, Rishtey, Zee Anmol, India TV and ABP News has added zing to the platform that has been the only source of entertainment for people living in media-dark areas. Since DD does not have authorised dealers for STBs, Jain does not have the exact count of Freedish subscribers. He, however, reckons that the FTA channel has 20 million subscribers based on the information provided by STB suppliers and its own survey. Guests cannot see images and links in the messages. Please register to forum by clicking Register Here to see images. |
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17-12-2014, 10:01 PM
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RE: Doordarshan’s DTH service plans next cycle of growth
Very Good Update Bro
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18-12-2014, 08:09 AM
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RE: Doordarshan’s DTH service plans next cycle of growth
When the channels received through MPEG4 STBs are encrypted, then how can it be called as DD Free Dish when the channels received through DD Free Dish should be in FTA.?
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18-12-2014, 06:03 PM
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RE: Doordarshan’s DTH service plans next cycle of growth
(18-12-2014 08:09 AM)amvijoi Wrote: Guests cannot see images and links in the messages. Please register to forum by clicking Register Here to see images.OR Login to view. Good question brother. |
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19-12-2014, 05:02 PM
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RE: Doordarshan’s DTH service plans next cycle of growth
every year freedish only give announcement.but not at all implementing.
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