Doordarshan’s free direct-to-home (DTH) service Freedish, which completed 10 years on 16 December, is gearing up for the next cycle of growth. On the agenda is adding more channels and offering MPEG-4 set-top boxes (STBs). Freedish has already got an additional transponder from ISRO, taking the total number of transponders to six. Doordarshan deputy director general CK Jain said that the DTH operator is planning to increase its offering from 59 to 112 channels. MPEG-4 STBs will allow Freedish to offer a maximum of 112 channels to its customers. The free-to-air DTH service provider is planning to offer 65 channels through MPEG-2 STBs and 112 channels through MPEG-4 STBs. The MPEG4 STBs, unlike the MPEG2 ones, will be encrypted and made available only through authorised dealers. Jain, however, declined to disclose when the MPEG4 STBs will be launched.
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