aumnamonarayan
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Union Government approved (November 2000) the proposal of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) to introduce DTH service in India. During 2004 to 2007, DoS entered into lease agreements with Doordarshan, Dish TV, Tata Sky, Sundirect DTH (Sun DTH), BIG TV (Reliance), Airtel Digital TV (Airtel) and D2H (Videocon) for hiring of satellite transponder capacity for providing DTH services.
The requirement for DTH service is of the order of minimum of five Ku band transponders going up to 18 to 24 transponders for providing 300 to 400 channels. Therefore, availability of Ku band transponders was the most important consideration while planning satellite capacity for DTH service. DTH service is also location specific. Since the dish antenna of the DTH customer has to be facing the satellite, satellite capacity should preferably be available at a particular position in the sky continuously. Therefore, larger number of Ku band transponders would be required continuously at the same position in the sky to ensure continuity of service.
CAG Audit Report favors Tata Sky DTH - India's Leading Source for Broadcasting & Broadband Information - CableQuest Magazine
The requirement for DTH service is of the order of minimum of five Ku band transponders going up to 18 to 24 transponders for providing 300 to 400 channels. Therefore, availability of Ku band transponders was the most important consideration while planning satellite capacity for DTH service. DTH service is also location specific. Since the dish antenna of the DTH customer has to be facing the satellite, satellite capacity should preferably be available at a particular position in the sky continuously. Therefore, larger number of Ku band transponders would be required continuously at the same position in the sky to ensure continuity of service.
CAG Audit Report favors Tata Sky DTH - India's Leading Source for Broadcasting & Broadband Information - CableQuest Magazine
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