If ISRO is not ready to allow them to move, then nothing can be done.
Also we haven't got any official communication either from Asiasat8 or Tata Sky regarding this so not sure whether they have any plans for this
News Tata Sky to get more satellite capacity courtesy GSAT 10
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Also we haven't got any official communication either from Asiasat8 or Tata Sky regarding this so not sure whether they have any plans for this
Also it really costs hell lot of money and man-power to re-align more than 10 million dishes.
For offering more high-definition (HD) channels, 4K and interactive services, direct-to-home (DTH) operator Tata Sky is going to acquire transponder space on GSAT 10 satellite.
Faced with bandwidth crunch, this is a significant move to accommodate carriage of more television channels.
Tata Sky, a joint venture between Tata Group and Rupert Murdoch-controlled 21st Century Fox, has also completed moving its entire subscribers to MPEG-4 set-top boxes (STBs) in order to push additional channels.
“We are chasing a new satellite [GSAT 10], which will give us space for more HD, 4K, interactive services, and more viewing services like optional subtitles which we do not offer right now,” Tata Sky chief content & business development officer Paolo Agostinelli told TelevisionPost.com.
While lamenting that capacity has been a severe limitation for DTH operators, Agostinelli said that Tata Sky will be beaming from two satellites. “Eventually we will be beaming from two satellites so, yes, we need more bandwidth and capacity,” he stated.
Tata Sky is currently on INSAT 4A and is testing the signals on GSAT 10. “We are still on INSAT 4A.
We are still testing progressively increasing the power of the satellite to see what the impact of the reception is. Capacity addition is not in our control, but it will happen soon. We want to do things properly,” Agostinelli noted.
The testing of GSAT10 satellite had led to disruption of services in March and April impacting thousands of customers.
The DTH operator had immediately swung into action to restore the services.
Read more at:
Tata Sky to get more satellite capacity courtesy GSAT 10 | TelevisionPost.com
Faced with bandwidth crunch, this is a significant move to accommodate carriage of more television channels.
Tata Sky, a joint venture between Tata Group and Rupert Murdoch-controlled 21st Century Fox, has also completed moving its entire subscribers to MPEG-4 set-top boxes (STBs) in order to push additional channels.
“We are chasing a new satellite [GSAT 10], which will give us space for more HD, 4K, interactive services, and more viewing services like optional subtitles which we do not offer right now,” Tata Sky chief content & business development officer Paolo Agostinelli told TelevisionPost.com.
While lamenting that capacity has been a severe limitation for DTH operators, Agostinelli said that Tata Sky will be beaming from two satellites. “Eventually we will be beaming from two satellites so, yes, we need more bandwidth and capacity,” he stated.
Tata Sky is currently on INSAT 4A and is testing the signals on GSAT 10. “We are still on INSAT 4A.
We are still testing progressively increasing the power of the satellite to see what the impact of the reception is. Capacity addition is not in our control, but it will happen soon. We want to do things properly,” Agostinelli noted.
The testing of GSAT10 satellite had led to disruption of services in March and April impacting thousands of customers.
The DTH operator had immediately swung into action to restore the services.
Read more at:
Tata Sky to get more satellite capacity courtesy GSAT 10 | TelevisionPost.com
aumnamonarayan
EntMnt Contributor
I am quite sure next additions would be Insight HD, Nat Geo People HD, Nat Geo Music HD, Travel XP HD, Da Vinci Learning HD, Baby TV HD, Insight 4K and may be ITV Choice HD too. Also next year we will be first to get Sony BBC Earth HD and other HD chs from Sony including new English Ent channel. Also Romedy Now HD will come. Huhh! I m out of breath. Any channel left?
Also many SD too would be added tp attract rural and semi urban audience in Phase 4 of digitization.
I hope they add all International chs lile TV5 Monde Asie HD, Australia Plus HD, NHK World, CCTV , France 24 English, DW-TV HD, Arirang TV in next addition
Also many SD too would be added tp attract rural and semi urban audience in Phase 4 of digitization.
I hope they add all International chs lile TV5 Monde Asie HD, Australia Plus HD, NHK World, CCTV , France 24 English, DW-TV HD, Arirang TV in next addition
Instead of spending loads of money on re-alignment, I would prefer TS to borne entire cost of satellite and ask ISRO to launch new satellite @ 83E
24 tp's Tata sky
1 tp's aumnamonarayan
achi khabar se 1 tp's Xtra dino bhai
2017 insat4a replaced asiaset 7/8
2017 insat4a replaced asiaset 7/8
Nice thought THAKUR 4K bro, but 83E slot belongs to ISRO and they will not allow any other operator to come to that slot because of security reasons
aumnamonarayan
EntMnt Contributor
May be but not likely. If and a big "if" that is true then may be they will migrate to Asiasat which will take two years and till then use Gsat and Insat. But i don't think that this will happen
DashMajor
EntMnt Knight
Building Satellite is costlier then realignment
