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Tata Sky, which is a joint venture between Tata Sons and Rupert Murdoch's Star TV, is fast growing its subscriber base in India.
According to the latest industry data, the company is said to have increased its subscriber base to around 10 million this year from about 8.5 million in the previous fiscal.
GSAT-10, the communication satellite being launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be a major boost for the Indian direct-to-home (DTH) operators, who are scrambling to add additional channels due to the shortage of transponders.
Direct to Home services provider Tata Sky will be the major beneficiary from GSAT-10, which will be launched from French Guiana space-port on September 29.
GSAT-10 will carry 30 communication transponders including 12 Ku-band, 12 C-band and six extended C-band transponders.
Tata Sky is waiting to add about 100-120 channels on their platform once GSAT-10 become operational
Each transponder is expected to have a capacity for accommodating around 15 standard definition channels. However, in the case of high definition channels, the capacity comes down to about 5 HD channels.
The transponder capacity has seen a growth of 30-35% during the last five years globally. More than 6,000 transponders are available in the space now.
According to the latest industry data, the company is said to have increased its subscriber base to around 10 million this year from about 8.5 million in the previous fiscal.
GSAT-10, the communication satellite being launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be a major boost for the Indian direct-to-home (DTH) operators, who are scrambling to add additional channels due to the shortage of transponders.
Direct to Home services provider Tata Sky will be the major beneficiary from GSAT-10, which will be launched from French Guiana space-port on September 29.
GSAT-10 will carry 30 communication transponders including 12 Ku-band, 12 C-band and six extended C-band transponders.
Tata Sky is waiting to add about 100-120 channels on their platform once GSAT-10 become operational
Each transponder is expected to have a capacity for accommodating around 15 standard definition channels. However, in the case of high definition channels, the capacity comes down to about 5 HD channels.
The transponder capacity has seen a growth of 30-35% during the last five years globally. More than 6,000 transponders are available in the space now.
