Technoglitch
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Just last week, Reliance in its AGM said that they now want to enter into the digital cable distribution segment. With such a big player entering the market, how do you plan to tackle competition?
RC Venkateish: Well, first of all, we are not aware of the detailed plans in terms of what more or what methodology they are planning. As we see those plans, we will be in a position to comment. If we are talking about linear television through wireless broadband
I do not think that is a model which makes much of economic sense because just the cost of the bandwidth which you trade off for the previous subscription charges is barely about Rs 250 to Rs 300 a month and will not be economically viable for that segment. But having said that, we do not know what the plans are and we have as a company, as an industry, seen many phases of competition and have still managed to do pretty well. When we started in this business, there was one DTH operator and that ..
Dish TV ready for challenge from RIL's foray into digital cable distribution: RC Venkateish - The Economic Times
RC Venkateish: Well, first of all, we are not aware of the detailed plans in terms of what more or what methodology they are planning. As we see those plans, we will be in a position to comment. If we are talking about linear television through wireless broadband
I do not think that is a model which makes much of economic sense because just the cost of the bandwidth which you trade off for the previous subscription charges is barely about Rs 250 to Rs 300 a month and will not be economically viable for that segment. But having said that, we do not know what the plans are and we have as a company, as an industry, seen many phases of competition and have still managed to do pretty well. When we started in this business, there was one DTH operator and that ..
Dish TV ready for challenge from RIL's foray into digital cable distribution: RC Venkateish - The Economic Times
