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DD Direct Plus: Expansion of dd dth service to 200 channels
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DD is doing for service to the people, not to make money from people. DD is doing for great Job to reach the channels to Rural India. It's serving for nation.
We have to accept the truth and it's reality.
[COLOR=\\"Red\\"]DD Direct Plus is Free to Access, One and only service provider in the world - DTH kind of business.[/COLOR]
DD Direct Plus has large volume and leading DTH player in India.
They can't do change the the MPEGAV2 to MPEGAV4 just like that. Since all the customers need to change the setup box with stipulated time. DD has to addressed this issues to rural area, which is very tough task for them.
DD will take more time for converting to mpegav4 format.
DD+ is having most number of users, but its not the only FTA DTH in the world. Freesat UK (freesat - Digital satellite TV with free HD for the whole UK) is also FTA DTH service. (though UK citizens pay annual TV license fee which funds BBC & people can enjoy FTA channels from Terrestial & satellite.
@jdjain1,
I may be right as well. Just look at Sky in the UK. Their FTA DTH service has HD chs on board...!!
Its not Sky, but its Freesat (Free HD TV - High Definition TV - freesat) which provides free HD channels. Sky charges huge amount for HD channels.
We have to accept the truth and it's reality.
[COLOR=\\"Red\\"]DD Direct Plus is Free to Access, One and only service provider in the world - DTH kind of business.[/COLOR]
DD Direct Plus has large volume and leading DTH player in India.
They can't do change the the MPEGAV2 to MPEGAV4 just like that. Since all the customers need to change the setup box with stipulated time. DD has to addressed this issues to rural area, which is very tough task for them.
DD will take more time for converting to mpegav4 format.
DD+ is having most number of users, but its not the only FTA DTH in the world. Freesat UK (freesat - Digital satellite TV with free HD for the whole UK) is also FTA DTH service. (though UK citizens pay annual TV license fee which funds BBC & people can enjoy FTA channels from Terrestial & satellite.
@jdjain1,
I may be right as well. Just look at Sky in the UK. Their FTA DTH service has HD chs on board...!!
Its not Sky, but its Freesat (Free HD TV - High Definition TV - freesat) which provides free HD channels. Sky charges huge amount for HD channels.
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New Delhi: In order to meet its twin aims of adding to revenue and popularity of its free-to-air DTH service — DD Direct Plus — public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has decided to increase in two stages its channel capacity to 200 from the current 59. This has been planned keeping in mind the increasing popularity of the direct-to-home (DTH) services of the private operators.
Doordarshan is expected to infuse over Rs 10-15 crore in the next fiscal to fund the capacity addition of DD Direct Plus, sources said.
“In the first stage, we will add 41 channels to take the tally on DD Direct Plus to 100. Subsequently, we will add another 100 channels in 2010-11,” DD director-general Aruna Sharma told FE.
Doordarshan is also eyeing revenue from private broadcasters who would like to place their channels on DD Direct Plus. Any private channel in the free-to-air mode can be placed on DD Direct Plus by making an annual payment of Rs 60 lakh (for Indian channels) or Rs 1.2 crore (for foreign channels). The addition of 100 channels on DD Direct Plus could fetch the public broadcaster an annual revenue of Rs 60 crore.
However, scarcity of transponders on satellites may see DD Direct Plus using the MPEG4 channel compression technology to add more channels. This technology is also being used by leading DTH operators like Airtel’s Digital TV, Reliance ADAG’s Big TV and Sun Network’s Sun Direct.
The MPEG4 technology enables DTH operators to accommodate more channels in the available bandwidth, compared to the MPEG2 technology currently being used by DD Direct Plus, Dish TV and Tata Sky. “Our technical staff is currently working on the MPEG4 technology. Upgraded technology will also mean the roll out of new set top box for DD Direct Plus,” confirmed a senior Prasar Bharati official.
This is significant because the proposed high definition channel — DD India — that will carry the upcoming Commonwealth Games coverage will be available only on DD Direct Plus.
Currently, DD Direct Plus has around 6 million subscribers. With the addition of more channels and an aggressive marketing strategy for DD Direct Plus, Doordarshan aims to double its current subscriber base in next three years, a top DD official said. The private DTH space currently dominated by six DTH operator’s together command a paying subscriber based of around 20 million.
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Doordarshan is expected to infuse over Rs 10-15 crore in the next fiscal to fund the capacity addition of DD Direct Plus, sources said.
“In the first stage, we will add 41 channels to take the tally on DD Direct Plus to 100. Subsequently, we will add another 100 channels in 2010-11,” DD director-general Aruna Sharma told FE.
Doordarshan is also eyeing revenue from private broadcasters who would like to place their channels on DD Direct Plus. Any private channel in the free-to-air mode can be placed on DD Direct Plus by making an annual payment of Rs 60 lakh (for Indian channels) or Rs 1.2 crore (for foreign channels). The addition of 100 channels on DD Direct Plus could fetch the public broadcaster an annual revenue of Rs 60 crore.
However, scarcity of transponders on satellites may see DD Direct Plus using the MPEG4 channel compression technology to add more channels. This technology is also being used by leading DTH operators like Airtel’s Digital TV, Reliance ADAG’s Big TV and Sun Network’s Sun Direct.
The MPEG4 technology enables DTH operators to accommodate more channels in the available bandwidth, compared to the MPEG2 technology currently being used by DD Direct Plus, Dish TV and Tata Sky. “Our technical staff is currently working on the MPEG4 technology. Upgraded technology will also mean the roll out of new set top box for DD Direct Plus,” confirmed a senior Prasar Bharati official.
This is significant because the proposed high definition channel — DD India — that will carry the upcoming Commonwealth Games coverage will be available only on DD Direct Plus.
Currently, DD Direct Plus has around 6 million subscribers. With the addition of more channels and an aggressive marketing strategy for DD Direct Plus, Doordarshan aims to double its current subscriber base in next three years, a top DD official said. The private DTH space currently dominated by six DTH operator’s together command a paying subscriber based of around 20 million.
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