Atul Saraf-promoted ABS Group has teamed up with Videocon Group to manufacture set-top boxes (STB) for multi-system operators (MSO), a market currently dominated by multinational companies like Cisco and Chinese vendors like Coship.
The STB manufacturing business will function under a subsidiary company ABS Production. The company will manufacture both standard-definition (SD) and high-definition (HD) STBs using M-Star and Broadcom chipsets respectively. The chipsets will come integrated with the conditional access systems (CAS) of all major vendors like NDS, Conax, Irdeto, Nagravision, and Sumavision.
According to Saraf, the time is ripe for indigenous STB manufacturers to make the most of the opportunity from digital addressable system (DAS). The STBs were on display during the recent Convergence India. Atul Saraf As many as 110 million STBs will be required for Phases III and IV of DAS. The deadline for Phases III and IV is December 2015 and 2016.
Read more at: http://www.televisionpost.com/dth/atul-sarafs-abs-partners-videocon-to-enter-stb-manufacturing/ | TelevisionPost.com
The STB manufacturing business will function under a subsidiary company ABS Production. The company will manufacture both standard-definition (SD) and high-definition (HD) STBs using M-Star and Broadcom chipsets respectively. The chipsets will come integrated with the conditional access systems (CAS) of all major vendors like NDS, Conax, Irdeto, Nagravision, and Sumavision.
According to Saraf, the time is ripe for indigenous STB manufacturers to make the most of the opportunity from digital addressable system (DAS). The STBs were on display during the recent Convergence India. Atul Saraf As many as 110 million STBs will be required for Phases III and IV of DAS. The deadline for Phases III and IV is December 2015 and 2016.
Read more at: http://www.televisionpost.com/dth/atul-sarafs-abs-partners-videocon-to-enter-stb-manufacturing/ | TelevisionPost.com
