Chinese Cable Networks set an Example with Triple Play

By Mr. Yanjun

CTO, Chengdu Guangda

DIGITISATION for whom?

Hemant UpadhyayAdvisor-IT & Telecom,Consumer VOICE

All cable TV consumers beware- government of India by amending THE CABLE TELEVISION NETWORKS (REGULATION) ACT, 1995 on 25th October 2011 and by notification dated 11th November 2011 has made it mandatory for all cable television service providers to provide only digital and encrypted signals to their consumers. The time table for this Digital Access System (DAS) has also been notified which prescribes that DAS should be implemented in 4 metros (Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata) by 30th June, 2012 (finally done on 30th October, 2012), other major cities by 31st March 2013 and rest of the country by 31st December, 2014.

MIDDLEWARE as VAS Software Key driver for monetizing DAS CATV network

As cable TV digitization gains momentum, monetization through TV value-added services will grow exponentially. Middleware plays a crucial role in enabling those value added services apart from providing state of the art User Xperience for content navigation and search. This article puts forward implementation and operation support strategies for digital TV value-added services on a middleware platform in three aspects viz: Service Deployment, Service Recommendation, and Service Management & Control.

Choosing the right CAS partner

It is important for an operator, upgrading from analogue to digital (DAS) to choose a solution that is compliant with the TRAI regulations and other official requirements, now and in the future. It is also important for the operator to choose a supplier that takes a long term responsibility for the products, giving the operator necessary support and upgrade of functionality in the future. Likewise it is important to choose a solution that is based on existing open standards to avoid hidden expenses related to expensive third party solutions. This is very important due to changes in the regulations over the time. This is particularly important when choosing the CAS-partner.

Where is the Transparency?

Praveen Chitnis

MSOs are not giving any official acknowledgement to LCO for number of boxes given, hence LCO is not able to provide bill to his costumer. The forms are provided by MSO and for their own Data. There is no guarantee that the MSO will declare the full connectivity to Government. 

FTTx Supercharges Broadband Deployment

More than 50 million new broadband subscribers added in 2012 News Highlights: 

Delivering anytime Content on Cable

Mark Christie, Chief Technology Officer, KIT Digital

Audiences now demand access to content at a time that suits them, not when the broadcasters want to show it. From the days of the VCR, consumers have been able to time-shift their selected favourites. Now they want to be able to choose from a wider selection, without deciding in advance what they will record: catch-up television.