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ARTICLES... O 31 SITI NETWORKS DRIVES SET TOP C BOX WITH NAGRA isaTI naoTvak-\sa nao naagara ko saaqa saoT Ta^p baa^@sa U laa^nca ikyaa EY & FICCI REPORT 2021 S 34 TELEVISION SECTOR K MADHAVAN APPOINTED DISNEY 36 INDIA PRESIDENT SATELLITE UPDATE - AN OVERVIEW iDjnaI [MiDyaa ko p`Qaana banao koºmaaQavana 21 saOTolaa[T ApDoT – ek Avalaaokna TOP ENGLISH NEWS CHANNEL & 37 THEIR FINANCIAL RESURGENCE p`mauK AMga`ojaI samaacaar caOnala AaOr ]naka iva RELIANCE SELLS DEN STAKE 66 49 Dona kI ihssaodarI baocaI irlaayaMsa nao BUSINESS NEWS ZEE LAUNCHES MARATHI MOVIE 50 DISH DOCTOR NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWS CHANNEL iDSa Da^@Tr samaacaar marazI maUvaI caOnala laa^nca ikyaa jaI nao BUSINESS NEWS For Advertisement & Publicity PUBLISHER ADVT. & EVENTS CO-ORDINATOR SUBSCRIPTIONS : Sudeep Malhotra Geeta Lalwani Nishant Masurkar Contact : SATELLITE & CABLE TV [email protected] [email protected] 312/313, A Wing, 3rd Floor, Dynasty Business Park, Andheri Kurla Road, EDITOR Andheri (E), Mumbai – 400059. 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Satellite broadband services is likely to ba`a^DbaOMD baajaar maoM 3º5 imailayana ]pBaao@taAaoM tk phuMcanao kI saMBaavanaa propel the satellite broadband market to 3.5 million subscribers in 2021, growing at a compound annual hO¸ jaao 2026 maoM 5º2 imailayana ga`ahkaoM tk phuMcanao ko ilae 8‰ growth rate (CAGR) of 8% to reach 5.2 million subscribers caËvaRiw vaaiYa-k vaRiw dr ³saIejaIAar´ sao baZ, rhI hO AaOr 4º1 in 2026, and generate $4.1 billion revenue. ibailayana Da^lar ka rajasva ]%pnna krtI hO. This issue takes a focussed look at various aspects of yah AMk saOTolaa[T tknaIkI ko ivaiBanna phlauAaoM pr Qyaana satellite technology and also provides an overview of the koMid`t krta hO AaOr ivaSvaBar ko p`mauK saOTolaa[TaoM ka Avalaaokna p`dana leading global satellites. krta hO. The Indian TV market including subscription and advertising will reach $12.3 billion by 2025.96 per cent sabsaËIPSana va iva&apna saiht BaartIya TIvaI baajaar 2025 tk of India’s pay-TV homes will be digitalised by 2025. The 12º3 ibailayana Da^lar tk phuMca jaayaogaa.2025 tk Baart ko po TIvaI total pay-TV subscribers will further expand from 127 GaraoM ka 96 p`itSat iDijaTla hao jaayaogaa.2020 maoM kula po TIvaI ga`ahkaoM million in 2020 to 134 million during the period. The DTH ka ivastar 127 imailayana sao baZ,kr 134 imailayana hao gayaa.DITIeca po pay-TV subscribers will reach 68 million by 2025.India is TIvaI sabsaËa[bar 2025 tk 68 imailayana tk phuMca jaayaogaa.Baart ]na among a handful of countries where there is great scope iganao–caunao doSaao maoM sao hO¸ jahaM TolaIivajana ko Aagao baZ,nao kI bahut gauMjaa[Sa hO. for further penetration of television. Reliance Industries plans to sell stakes in its cable saobaI ko nyaUnatma saava-jainak haoilDMga maanadMDaoM ko Anaupalana ko distribution platforms Hathway Cable and Datacom and ilae irlaayaMsa [MDsTIja/ nao Apnao kobala ivatrNa PlaoTfamaao-M hOqavao kobala DEN Networks to comply with SEBI's minimum public eMD DoTaka^ma AaOr Dona naoTvak- maoM ihssao baocanao kI yaaojanaa banaayaI hO.samaUh holding norms. The conglomerate plans to sell stakes for nao ibaËI ko ilae ek p`stava ko maaQyama sao ËmaSa: hOqavao va Dona maoM 853 ` 853 crore and ` 269 crore in Hathway and DEN kraoD, Épyao AaOr 269 kraoD, Épyao maoM ihssaodarI baocanao kI yaaojanaa banaayaI hO. respectively through an offer for sale (OFS). isaTI naoTvak- nao isaTI Plao Ta^p eMDa^yaD/ TIvaI saoT Ta^p baa^@sa ek Siti Networks has launched Siti PlayTop Android TV set top box a 4K HDR STB which offers Android TV features 4ko ecaDIAar esaTIbaI laa^nca ikyaa hO jaao ik ilainayar TIvaI ko saaqa along with linear TV. NAGRA’s first Android TV project eMDa^yaD/ TIvaI sauivaQaayaoM p`dana krta hO.naagara nao phlaI eMDa^yaD/ TIvaI deployed in India is based on the Google MediaCAS piryaaojanaa Baart maoM Sau$ kI hO jaao ik eMDa^yaD/ TIvaI p`stuitkrNa ko ilae framework for Android TV deployments. gaugala maIiDyaa saIeesa Íomavak- pr AaQaairt hO. The Indian news channels have also managed to hold BaartIya samaacaar caOnala BaI rajasva ko maamalao maoM mahamaarI maoM AcCI good in the pandemic in terms of revenues and we take a pkD, banaanao maoM kamayaaba rho hOM AaOr hma [sa AMk maoM ek laoK maoM [sa mau_o look at the numbers in this issue in an article. The second wave of pandemic is creating havoc across pr saM#yaaAaoM pr ek najar Dalato hOM. India. The industry was looking at regaining some lost mahamarI kI dUsarI lahr pUro Baart maoM khr Z,a rhI hO.]Vaoga ground ever since the lockdown, and the decline of Covid laa^kDa]na ko baad AaOr frvarI 2021 tk kaoivaD maamalaaoM maoM igaravaT ko cases by February 2021. We can only hope and pray that baad sao kuC Kao[- hu[- jamaIna panao kI Aaor doK rha qaa.hma AaSaa AaOr things start looking better in the next few months. p`aqa-naa kr sakto hOM ik Agalao kuC mahInaaoM maoM caIjaoM baohtr idKnao lagao. (Manoj Kumar Madhavan) (Manoj Kumar Madhavan) 7 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 The Latest Update on Whats Happening Around Us In The World Of Satellite & Cable TV saOTolaa[T AaOr kobala TIvaI kI duinayaa maoM hmaaro caaraoM trf @yaa hao rha ]saka navaInatma ApDoT EENADU LAUNCHES KIDS CHANNEL ikD\sa caOnala laa^nca ikyaa [-naaDu nao Eenadu Television has [-naaDu TolaIivajana nao 11 BaartIya BaaYaaAaoM AaOr AMga`ojaI maoM 12 launched 12 children’s television baccaao ko TolaIivajana caOnala laa^nca ikyaa channels in 11 Indian languages hO AaOr yah ekbaar maoM iksaI BaartIya and English and this is one of p`saark Wara eksaaqa ivaiBanna BaaYaaAaoM the biggest multi-channel roll- out by an Indian broadcaster in maoM laa^nca ikyaa jaanao vaalaa sabasao baD,a one go. AiBayaana hO. ETV Bal Bharat will be [-TIvaI baala Baart AMga`ojaI ko Alaavaa available in Indian languages like Asaimayaa¸ baMgaalaI¸ gaujaratI¸ ihMdI¸ knnaD¸ Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, marazI¸ malayaalama¸ AaoiD,yaa¸ pMjaabaI¸ tolaugaU¸ Malayalam, Odia, Punjabi, timala jaOsaI BaartIya BaaYaaAaoM maoM ]plabQa Telugu, Tamil besides English. haogaa.ija&asau AaOr caMcala Baavanaa sao Conceived to celebrate icainht bacapna ka jaSna manaanao ko ilae childhood marked by inquisitiveness and playful spirit, [-TIvaI baala Baart raomaaMcak saamaga`I laayaogaa ETV Bal Bharat would bring jaao baccaaoM ko ilae A%yaiQak maUlya AaOr exciting content that children can p`itQvaina pOda krnao sao saMbaMiQat kr sakta relate to – creating immense hO. value and resonance. Promoted by Ramoji Rao, ETV Network has 12 ramaaojaI rava Wara saMcaailat [-TIvaI naoTvak- ko bauko maoM 12 caOnala channels in its bouquet. These include news channels hOM.[namaoM samaacaar caOnala [-TIvaI tolaMgaanaa AaOr [-TIvaI AaMQa` p`doSa Saaimala ETV Telangana and ETV Andhra Pradesh. The hO.manaaorMjana caOnala esaDI va ecaDI daonaaoM maoM ]plabQa hO.[namaoM [-TIvaI¸ entertainment channels are available in both SD and HD. [-TIvaI isanaomaa¸ [-TIvaI Plasa¸ [-TIvaI AiBa$ica¸ [-TIvaI ecaDI¸ [-TIvaI These include ETV, ETV Cinema, ETV Plus, ETV Abhiruchi, ETV HD, ETV Plus HD, and ETV Cinema HD. Plasa ecaDI AaOr [-TIvaI isanaomaa ecaDI Saaimala hO. The launch of 12 children's channels in multiple ivaiBanna BaaYaaAaoM maoM 12 baccaaoM ko caOnalaaoM ko laa^nca sao naoTvak- caOnalaaoM kI languages will take the network's channel count to 24. iganatI 24 hao jaayaogaI. THE Q HAS SIMRAN HOON AS CEO saI[-Aao ko $p @yaU maoM Saaimala hu[-M isamarna hUna The Q, a hindi channel has appointed Simran Hoon ihMdI samaacaar caOnala @yaU nao isamarna hUna kao saI[-Aao inayau@t as the CEO. Hoon will create new ikyaa hO.hUna Baart maoM @yaU ko ilae nayao opportunities for The Q in India thus Avasar pOda kroMgao AaOr [sa p`kar saMgazna ko driving the organisation’s overall growth. samaga` ivakasa kao gait doMgao. Hoon has over two decades hUna ko pasa ]Vaoga ko dao dSakaoM ka AnauBava of industry experience. She was with hO.]nhaoMnao vaayaka^ma 18 ko kaya-karI Viacom18 as executive vice- ]paQyaxa va iva&apna ivaËya p`mauK ko $p maoM president and head of ad sales. She BaI kama ikyaa qaa.vao jaI eMTrTonamaoMT has also been a part of Zee Entertainment Enterprises, Star India eMTrp`a[jaoja¸ sTar [MiDyaa AaOr saaonaI and Sony Entertainment Television eMTrTonamaoMT TolaIivajana ko p`mauK pdaoM pr BaI in leadership positions. kama kr caukI hOM. 8 SATELLITE & CABLE TV MAY 2021 QYOU Media co-founder & CEO Curt Marvis said, @yaUyaU maIiDyaa ko sah–saMsqaapk va saI[-Aao kT- maaiva-sa nao kha “It is the right time to add someone with Simran’s ‘isamarna kI AsaaQaarNa xamataAaoM ko saaqa hmaarI TIma maoM naotR%va krnao ka extraordinary capabilities to our leadership team. Our yah sahI samaya hO.Baart maoM hmaara ivakasa tojaI sao huAa hO AaOr hmaoM growth in India has been exponential and we are confident that Simran, with her keen business acumen and in-depth ivaSvaasa hO ik isamarna¸ Apnao vyavasaaya ko ilae tIva` AaOr ]Vaoga kI understanding of the industry, will immediately propel The gahna samaJa ko saaqa turMt @yaU kao Aagao baZ,ayaoMgaI.isamarna ka ivaiSaYT Q forward. Simran’s distinguished record and forward- irka^D- AaOr Aga`gaamaI saaoca hmaoM vaË maoM Aagao banao rhnao ko ilae madd thinking approach will help us stay ahead of the curve.” krogaa. SIDHARTH TV LAUNCHES FOUR caar caOnalaaoM kao laa^nca ikyaa isawaqa- TIvaI nao CHANNELS isawaqa- TIvaI nao caar caOnala laa^nca ikyao hOM.2 saOTolaa[T caOnala Siddarth TV has launched 4 channels. 2 satellite isaWaqa- TIvaI ³jaI[-saI´ AaOr isawaqa- gaaolD ³saMgaIt va maUvaI´ ma[- 2021 channels Sidharth TV (GEC) & Sidharth Gold (Music & sao Aa^na eyar haoMgao. Movie) will be on air from May 2021 Sitaram Agarwal promoter of the channel had caOnala ko saMcaalak saItarama Aga`vaala nao 2010 maoM saaqa-k TIvaI launched Sarthak TV in 2010, and sold it to ZEEL in 2015, laa^nca ikyaa qaa AaOr [sao 2015 maoM jaoD[-[-ela kao baoca idyaa qaa¸ ijasao which is now known as Zee Sarthak. Aba jaI saaqa-k ko naama sao jaanaa jaata hO. KANAN DAVE PROMOTED kanana dvao kI tr@kI 9X Media, which also owns SpotlampE 9e@sa maIiDyaa¸ jaao ik spa^TlaOMp[- AaOr k[- Anya iDijaTla and other digital products, has elevated Kanan ]%padaoM ka maailak hO¸ nao kanana dvao kao ibajanaosa p`mauK Dave to a Business Head role. Dave has taken inayau@t ikyaa hO.dvao nao spa^TlaOMp[- ko ilae ibajanaosa hoD charge as Business Head for SpotlampE. As ko $p maoM kaya-Baar saMBaalaa hO.ibajanaosa hoD ko $p maoM dvao Business Head, Dave will drive the next phase of growth, strategy and the creative ivakasa¸ rNanaIit AaOr spa^TlaOMp[- ko rcanaa%mak ivakasa ko development for SpotlampE. Agalao carNa kao calaayaoMgao. Dave has been heading Marketing at 9X EaI dvao ipClao 2 saala sao 9e@sa maIiDyaa ko ilae Media for the past 2 years. She is an experienced maako-iTMga kr rho hOM.vao ek AnauBavaI ]Vaoga poSaovar hOM¸ jaao industry professional, with a career spanning ipClao 15 vaYaao-M sao maIiDyaa AaOr manaaorMjana xao~ sao jauD,o hue over 15 years in media and entertainment sector. hOM. In her earlier roles at UTV and Disney, Dave has managed the music and film marketing yaUTIvaI iDjnaI maoM ApnaI pUva- BaUimaka maoM dvao nao saMgaIt business, having worked on more than 50 va iflma maako-iTMga vyavasaaya ka p`baMQana ikyaa hO AaOr saaqa movies across languages. hI 50 sao AiQak iflmaaoM maoM BaI kama ikyaa hO. ABP NETWORK ENTRY INTO TAMIL timalanaaDu maoM p`vaoSa ikyaa ebaIpI naoTvak- nao NADU ebaIpI naoTvak- nao iDijaTla nyaUja PlaoTfa^ma-¸ ‘ebaIpI naaDu’ ko ABP Network entered the Tamil Nadu market with saaqa timala baajaar maoM p`vaoSa ikyaa.yaaojanaa hO ik baohd p`itspQaI- timala a digital news platform, ‘ABP Nadu’. The plans are to iDijaTla nyaUja KMD maoM p`mauK sqaana banaayaa jaae. make major headway in the ultra-competitive Tamil digital ebaIpI naoTvak- ek baD,a xao~Iya samaacaar kMpnaI hO.ebaIpI news space. ABP Network is a big regional news player. ABP naoTvak- pMiScama baMgaala maoM ³ebaIpI AanaMda´¸ maharaYT/ maoM ³ebaIpI Network is successfully running regional channels/digital maaJaa´¸ gaujarat maoM ³ebaIpI Aismata´¸ pMjaaba maoM ³ebaIpI saaMJaa´¸ ] 10 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV DECEMBER 2020MAY 2021 platforms in West Bengal (ABP Ananda), Maharashtra p`doSa va ] DEEPAK ARORA IS ITV NETWORK ] Contact: Mob.: +91-7021850198 Email: [email protected] 12 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV DECEMBER 2020MAY 2021 level. His understanding of the market will be of an ivakasa kroMgao AaOr [sao Agalao str pr lao jaayaoMgao.baajaar ko baaro maoM immense value to our network.” ]nakI samaJa hmaaro naoTvak- ko ilae bahut mah%vapUNa- haogaI.’ Commenting on the development, Deepak Arora isqait ivakasa pr EaI dIpk AraoD,a nao iTPpNaI krto hue said, “I am happy to be part of a iTV Network and would like to play an important role in the continued success of kha ik ‘maOM Aa[-TIvaI naoTvak- ka ihssaa banakr KuSa hUM AaOr samaUh kI the group.” inarMtr saflata maoM mah%vapUNa- BaUimaka inaBaanaa caahUMgaa.’ VIACOM18 APPOINTS SAGNIK GHOSH vaayaka^ma 18 nao saagainak GaaoYa kI inayaui@t kI Viacom18 appointed Sagnik Ghosh as Business vaayaka^ma 18 nao saagainak GaaoYa kao klasa- baMglaa ka ibajanaosa Head, Colors Bangla. Ghosh reports to Rajesh p`mauK inayau@t ikyaa hO.EaI GaaoYa vaayaka^ma 18 ko xao~Iya Iyer, Head - Regional Entertainment (Bangla, manaaorMjana p`mauK ³baMglaa¸ AaoiD,yaa¸ timala va gaujaratI Odia, Tamil and Gujarati Clusters) Viacom18. @lasTr´ rajaoSa Ayyar kao irpaoT- kroMgao. A cross industry veteran with over two decades of experience panning Media and maIiDyaa AaOr manaaorMjana¸ iva&apna va baIefesaAa[- ]VaogaaoM Entertainment, Advertising and BFSI maoM dao dSakaoM ko AnauBava ko saaqa Ëa^sa ]Vaoga ko idggaja industries, Ghosh, in his previous GaaoYa nao Apnao ipClao ijammaodairyaaoM maoM sTar jalasaa va sTar assignments, had led Star Jalsha and Star Baart kao Apnao saMbaMiQat baajaaraoM va SaOilayaaoM maoM naotR%vakarI Bharat to leadership positions in their respective markets and genres. isqait maoM phuMcaa idyaa. “Regional is an important growth driver vaayaka^ma 18 ko xao~Iya manaaorMjana p`mauK ³baMglaa¸ AaoiD,yaa¸ for Viacom18 and West Bengal is an important timala va gaujaratI @lasTr´ rajaoSa Ayyar ko mautaibak market for us. I’d like to thank Rahul for his ‘vaayaka^ma 18 ko ivakasa ko ilae xao~Iya baajaar mah%vapUNa- contribution and wish him the very best in his future endeavours,” noted Rajesh Iyer, Head - hO¸ AaOr piScama baMgaala hmaaro ilae bahut mah%vapUNa- baajaar SAGNIK GHOSH Regional Entertainment (Bangla, Odia, Tamil hO.maOM rahula kao ]nako yaaogadana ko ilae Qanyavaad donaa and Gujarati Clusters), Viacom18, adding, caahta hUM AaOr Apnao BaivaYya ko p`yaasaaoM maoM ]nhoM bahut “Sagnik brings three important aspects to this role – his SauBakamanaa dota hUM.EaI saagainak [sa BaUimaka ko ilae tIna mah%vapUNa- knowledge of the Bengali entertainment industry, his understanding of consumer preferences and his marketing phlauAaoM kao laato hOM–baMgaalaI manaaorMjana ko baaro maoM ]naka &ana¸ ]pBaao@ta expertise which cumulatively will dial up both the brand vairyataAaoM ko baaro maoM ]nakI samaJa AaOr ]nakI maako-iTMga ivaSaoYa&ta jaao and the business.” saMcayaI $p sao ba`aMD AaOr vyavasaaya daonaaoM ko ivakasa maoM yaaogadana dogaI. DISH TV PROCURES DTH LICENCE DITIeca laa[saoMsa p`aPt ikyaa iDSa TIvaI nao Dish TV has procured provisional DTH licence iDSa TIvaI nao nayao idSaa–inado-Sa ko tht AsqaayaI DITIeca under the new DTH guidelines. The provisional licence laa[saoMsa p`aPt ikyaa hO.AsqaayaI DITIeca laa[saoMsa kI vaOQata 20 vaYaao-M has a validity of of 20 years effective 1st April 2021. kI hO AaOr yah 1 Ap`Ola 2021 sao p`BaavaI haogaI.AsqaayaI laa[saoMsa The in-principal approval of the MIB for grant of provisional licence is subject to the company entering p`dana krnao ko ilae emaAa[-baI kI mau#ya svaIkRit kMpnaI ko saaqa ek into an agreement with the ministry containing terms and samaJaaOto ko AQaIna hO¸ ijasamaoM Baart maoM Da^yaro@T–TU–haoma ³DITIeca´ conditions of the 'Guidelines for obtaining licence for p`saarNa saovaaAaoM kao saMSaaiQat krnao ko ilae laa[saoMsa p`aPt krnao ko ilae providing Direct to Home (DTH) Broadcasting services idSaa–inado-SaaoM ko inayamaaoM va Satao-M sao saMbaMiQat hO¸ jaOsaa ik 30º12º2020 in India', as amended up to 30.12.2020. The company will have to obtain and provide MIB kao saMSaaoiQat ikyaa gayaa qaa. the other necessary clearances as envisaged under the kMpnaI kao DITIeca idSaa–inado-SaaoM ko tht pirklpnaa ko 13 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV DECEMBER 2020MAY 2021 DTH guidelines. The company will have to provide the tht emaAa[-baI kao Anya AavaSyak maMjaUrI p`dana krnaI haogaI.kMpnaI Bank Guarantee in terms of the DTH Guidelines. kao DITIeca idSaa inado-SaaoM ko Anausaar baOMk gaarMTI p`dana krnaI haogaI. The MIB had recently asked Dish TV to pay up emaAa[-baI nao halahI maoM iDSa TIvaI kao byaaja saiht laa[saoMsa ` 4164.05 crore in licence fee dues including interest. The Saulk bakayao ko $p maoM 4164º05 kraoD, Épyao ka Baugatana krnao ko DTH operator is planning to raise funds up to ` 1000 crore. ilae kha qaa.DITIeca Aa^proTr 1000 kraoD, Épyao tk fMD jauTanao kI yaaojanaa banaa rha hO. PRASAR BHARATI NEW MPEG-2 SLOTS p`saar BaartI ka nayaa emapI[-jaI–2 slaa^T Prasar Bharati has added six more new slots in p`saar BaartI nao emapI[-jaI–2 maoM Ch AaOr nayao slaa^T jaaoD,o MPEG-2. The latest expansion now pushes the total hOM.navaInatma ivastar Aba emapI[-jaI–2 slaa^T kI kula saM#yaa kao 88 sao number of MPEG-2 slots from 88 to 94.The baZ,akr 94 kr dota hO.halahI maoM 52vaIM DIDI ÍIiDSa recent 52nd DD Free Dish auction Prasar naIlaamaI maoM p`saar BaartI nao Apnao saamaanya 53 ko bajaaya Bharati ended up auctioning 57 slots instead 57 slaa^T\sa kI naIlaamaI samaaPt kI AaOr DIDI ÍI iDSa of their usual 53 slots and got a revenue of ` 731.34 crore from sale of 57 MPEG-2 slots of ko 57 emapI[-jaI–2 slaa%T kI ibaËI sao 731º34 DD Free Dish. kraoD, Épyao ka rajasva p`aPt ikyaa. In the auctions, the Hindi movie naIlaaimayaaoM maoM ihMdI maUvaI caOnala ijanhoM e bakoT ko tht channels, which are placed under A Bucket, rKa gayaa qaa¸ 15 slaa^TaoM ko ilae 194º85 kraoD, outdid the other genres by paying as high Épyao ka Baugatana krko Anya SaOilayaaoM kao pICo CaoD, as ` 194.85 crore for 15 slots. The average idyaa.AaOsat slaa^T maUlya AaOr ]ccatma baaolaI maUlya slot price and highest bid price stood at ` 12.99 crore and ` 13.35 crore respectively. Touching new ËmaSa: 12º99 kraoD, Épyao AaOr 13º35 kraoD, Épyao rha.nayaI highs, the news and current affairs channels that come baulaMidyaaoM kao CUto hue samaacaar AaOr kroMT Afoyasa- caOnala jaao saI bakoT under the C Bucket bid ` 190.3 crore for 11 slots. The ko tht Aato hOM¸ 11 slaa^TaoM ko ilae 190º3 kraoD, Épyao kI baaolaI average slot price and highest bid price stood at ` 17.30 lagaayaI.AaOsat slaa^T maUlya AaOr ]ccatma baaolaI maUlya ËmaSa: 17º30 crore and ` 22.05 crore respectively kraoD, Épyao AaOr 22º05 kraoD, Épyao rha. NEWJ GOES BIG ON REGIONAL xao~Iya caOnalaaoM kao laa^nca ikyaa nyaUjao nao NEWJ (New Emerging World of Journalism Ltd) nyaUjao ³nyaU [maija-Mga valD- Aa^f jana-ilajma ilaimaToD´ nao maaca- announced the launch of four new regional language 2012 maoM caar nayao xao~Iya BaaYaaAaoM ko caOnalaaoM nyaUjao ³pMjaabaI´¸ nyaUjao channels, NEWJ (Punjabi), NEWJ (Odia), NEWJ ³AaoiDyaa´¸ nyaUjao ³AsaimayaaÀAsaimayaa´ AaOr nyaUjao ³]dU-´ (Assamiya/Assamese) and NEWJ (Urdu) in kao laa^nca krnao kI GaaoYaNaa kI hO.kMpnaI ka laxya hO ik March 2021.The company aims to widen their Apnao caOnala kao Apnao AMba`olaa ba`aMD ko tht jaaoD,kr already dominant network reach of over 23.2 billion+ by adding these channels under their Apnao phlao sao hI p`BaavaI naoTvak- kI phuMca kao 23º3 umbrella brand. ibailayana sao AiQak baZ,ayao.isaskao kI vaaiYa-k [MTrnaoT Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Shalabh irpaoT- ko Anausaar saMsqaapk va p`Qaana saMpadk SalaBa Upadhyay, said, “India will have over 907 million ]paQyaaya nao kha ik ‘Baart maoM 2023 tk 907 imailayana internet users by 2023, accounting for 64% of sao AiQak [MTrnaoT ]pyaaogakta- haoMgao¸ yaaina 64‰ AabaadI the population, according to Cisco’s Annual tk [sakI phuMca haogaI.hmaarI dUrdRiYT Baart ko iDijaTla Internet Report. Our overarching vision is to build India’s digital knowledge ecosystem effectively. Removing the &ana pairisqaitkI tM~ kao p`BaavaI ZMga sao inaima-t krnaa hO.BaaYaa kI barriers of language and improving access beyond the baaQaaAaoM kao dUr krnaa AaOr SahrI va ga`amaINa ivaBaajana sao pro phuMca maoM urban and rural divide is essential to that vision.” sauQaar krnaa ]sa dRiYT ko ilae AavaSyak hO.’ 14 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV DECEMBER 2020MAY 2021 NEWJ aims to scale up its capabilities in visual nyaUjao ka ]_oSya hO #BaartfsT- pr Qyaana koMid`t krnao ko storytelling with a focus on #BharatFirst, and has saaqa dRSya khanaI maoM ApnaI xamataAaoM kao baZ,anaa¸ AaOr [sao ABaI tk aggregated over 8 billion views since inception reaching ek dja-na sao AiQak saaoSala maIiDyaa AaOr AaoTITI PlaoTfamaao-M pr laaKaoM an audience of tens of millions across a dozen social media laaogaaoM ko dSa-kaoM tk phuMcanao ko baad sao 8 ibailayana sao AiQak baar doKa and OTT platforms. gayaa hO. NEWS24 LAUNCHES REGIONAL xao~Iya caOnala laa^nca ikyaa nyaUja 24 nao CHANNELS baOga iflmsa AaOr maIiDyaa nao Apnao xao`~Iya samaacaar caOnala nyaUja Bag Films and Media launched its regional news 24 maQya p`doSa AaOr C 15 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV DECEMBER 2020MAY 2021 month making it the biggest subscribers base for a AaOsatna dao imailayana ga`ahk dja- kr rha qaa¸ [sa trh yah p`saarNa broadcast brand. ba`aMD ko ilae [sao sabasao baD,a ga`ahk AaQaar banaata hO. Manish Aggarwal, Head, Growth and saaonaI ip@casa- naoTva@sa- ko iDijaTla ibajanaosa ko ivakasa va Monetisation, Digital Business, Sony Pictures Networks, said, “We are delighted to hit the 100 million subscription maaonaoTa[jaoSana ko p`mauK manaIYa Aga`vaala nao kha ik ‘hma ivaSavaBar maoM mark on YouTube as the first broadcaster globally. This phlao p`saark ko $p maoM yaUT\yaUba pr 100 imailayana sabsaËIPSana p`aPt milestone is a testimony that Sony Entertainment krko KuSa hOM.yah maIla ka p%qar ek p`maaNa hO ik saaonaI eMTrTonamaoMT Television’s content performs exceedingly well across all TolaIivajana kI saamaga`I saBaI tIna PlaoTfamaao-M– saaonaI eMTrTonamaoMT TolaIivajana¸ three platforms – Sony Entertainment Television, SonyLIV and YouTube. This trans platform content success helps saaonaIilava AaOr yaUT\yaUba pr bahut AcCa p`dSa-na kr rhI hO.yah us create a robust content pipeline that brings quality, T/aMsaPlaoTfa^ma- saamaga`I saflata hmaoM ek majabaUt pa[plaa[na banaanao maoM variety and novelty.” madd krtI hO jaao gauNava GTPL HATHWAY MD ANIRUDHSINH eAa[-DIsaIef ko p`Qaana banao jaITIpIela hoqavao ko JADEJA IS PRESIDENT AIDCF emaDI Aina$wisaMh jaDojaa All India Digital Cable Federation (AIDCF) has a Aa^la [MiDyaa iDijaTla kobala foDroSana ³eAa[-DIsaIef´ ko new president in AnirudhSinh Jadeja, MD, nayao AQyaxa jaITIpIela hoqavao ko emaDI Aina$wisaMh GTPL Hathway Limited, jaDojaa haoMgao. Jadeja said, “AIDCF will continue to EaI jaDojaa nao kha ik ‘eAa[-DIsaIef saBaI ]Vaoga ko focus on the inclusiveness of all industry players, growth of the cable industry and iKlaaiD,yaaoM kI samaavaoiSata¸ kobala ]Vaoga AaOr ]nako its stakeholders, and representing the ihtQaarkaoM kI vaRiw AaOr ivaiBanna PlaoTfa^maao-M pr ]Vaoga relevant issues and requirement of industry ko p`asaMigak mau_aoM AaOr AavaSyaktaAaoM ka p`itinaiQa%va in different forums. The broadcasting and krnao ko ilae jaarI rhogaa.p`saarNa AaOr kobala ]Vaoga cable industry is witnessing the tknaIkI va ivatrNa maoM pirvat-na doK rha hO AaOr hma transformation in technology and delivery and we, at AIDCF, will continue to work eAa[-DIsaIef maoM tknaIkI p`gait ko maaQyama sao AMitma towards benefitting the end consumers ]pBaao@taAaoM kao laaBaaMivat krnao kI idSaa maoM kama through technological advancements.” krnaa jaarI rKoMgao.’ AIDCF Secretary General Manoj P eAa[-DIsaIef ko mahasaicava manaaoja pI CMgaaNaI nao batayaa Chhangani said, “The coming two years will ANIRUDHSINH JADEJA ik ‘Aanao vaalao dao saala kobala ]Vaoga maoM tknaIkI pirvat-na be the period of technological changes in the Cable Industry and I am certain that under Mr. Jadeja’s ka daOr haogaa AaOr mauJao ivaSvaasa hO ik EaI jaDojaa ko naotR%va leadership, AIDCF members will chalk-out a robust path maoM eAa[-DIsaIef ko sadsya Apnao AMitma ]pBaao@taAaoM tk AaQauinak in providing advanced services to the end consumers.” saovaayaoM p`dana krnao ko ilae ek majabaUt rasta tOyaar kroMgao. 16 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV DECEMBER 2020MAY 2021 AMAZON TOUCHES 175MN SUBS 175 imailayana sabsaËa[baraoM tk phuMcaa Amaojana Amazon Prime Video's viewer base has surpassed Amaojana p`a[ma vaIiDyaao ka dSa-k AaQaar 175 imailayana sao 175 million. “As Prime Video turns 10, over 175 million AiQak hO.baojaaosa nao batayaa ik ‘Aba jabaik p`a[ma vaIiDyaao 10 saala Prime members have streamed ka hao gayaa hO¸ ipClao saalaaoM ko daOrana shows and movies in the past year, and streaming hours are up 175 imailayana sao AiQak p`a[ma maoMbasa- nao more than 70 per cent year over Saao va maUvaIja, kao sT/Ima kI hO AaOr year. Amazon Studios received a sTIimaMga/ GaMTo saala Bar maoM 70‰ sao AiQak record 12 Academy Award hO.Amaoja^na sTUiDyaaoja nao irka^D- 12 nominations and two wins. Upcoming originals include AkadmaI purskar naamaaMkna¸ AaOr dao jaIt Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse, p`aPt kI.Aanao vaalao maUla kaya-Ëma maoM The Tomorrow War, The Ta^ma @laonsa ka ivadAa]T irmaao-sa¸ d^ TUmaa^rao Underground Railroad, and much more,” said Bezos. vaar¸ d AMDrga`a]MD rolaraoD AaOr bahut kuC Saaimala hO.’ Amazon’s overall revenue has gone up by 44 per cent year-on-year basis to reach $108.5 billion Amaoja,^na ka kula rajasva saalaanaa AaQaar pr 44 p`itSat revenue. Net sales are expected to be between $110.0 baZ,kr 108º5 ibailayana Da^lar tk phuMca gayaa.AgalaI itmaahI maoM Sauw billion and $116.0 billion for the next quarter, or to grow ibaËI 110º0 ibailayana Da^lar AaOr 116º0 ibailayana Da^lar ko baIca yaa between 24 per cent and 30 per cent as against the 2020 ko dUsarI itmaahI ko maukabalao 24 fIsadI sao 30 fIsadI ko baIca second quarter 2020, the company guided. Operating income is expected to be between $4.5 billion and $8.0 baZ,nao kI ]mmaId hO.pircaalana Aaya 4º5 ibailayana Da^lar ko baIca rhnao billion. kI ]mmaId hO. ANITA NAYYAR EXITS ZEE5 AnaIta naOyyar nao jaI5 CaoD,a Anita Nayyar made an exit from Zee5. AnaIta naOyyar nao jaI5 kao Alaivada kh idyaa hO.saMgazna maoM Nayyar was heading customer strategy and naOyyar¸ ga`ahk rNanaIit va irlaoSanaSaIp ivaBaaga ka naotR%va kr relationships at the organisation. rhI qaIM. Prior to Zee5, she was associated with Havas Media Group as the CEO India & southeast jaI5 sao phlao vao saI[-Aao [MiDyaa va saI[-Aao dixaNapUva- eiSayaa Asia. She has been acclaimed and received ko $p maoM hvaasa maIiDyaa ga`up ko saaqa jauD,I hu[- qaI.]nako INDIA’S MOST RESPECTED TRADE MAGAZINE FOR THE CABLE TV, BROADBAND, IPTV & SATELLITE INDUSTRY ... You Know What You are doing But Nobody Else Does ADVERTISE NOW ! Contact: Mob.: +91-7021850198 Email: [email protected] 17 SATELLITE & CABLE TV MAY 2021 accolades on various platforms over the years for her naotR%va va ]plaibQayaaoM ko [na vaYaao-M ko daOrana ]nhoM ivaiBanna PlaoTfamaao-M pr leadership and achievements. p`SaMsaa BaI imalaI. ONEOTT REACHES 600K 600ko sabsaËa[baraoM tk phuMcaa vanaAaoTITI SUBSCRIBERS enae@saTI kI ba`a^DbaOMD sahayak kMpnaI vanaAaoTITI [MTrTonamaoMT NXTDigital’s broadband subsidiary OneOTT ilaº ³AaoAa[-ela´ nao 6¸00¸000 sabsaËa[baraoM tk phuMca banaa laI hO intertainment Ltd (OIL) has got 600,000 subscribers and AaOr Aaja yah Baart ko p`mauK paMca inajaI Aa[-esapI maoM sao ek hO. is today one of the top five private ISPs in India. AaoAa[-ela ko saI[-Aao yaugala ikSaaor Samaa- ka maananaa hO ik OIL CEO Yugal Kishore Sharma [MTrnaoT pr inaBa-rta [tnaI AiQak kBaI nahIM believes that the dependence on internet has never been so high. “Internet use cases have rhI.‘[MTrnaoT ]pyaaoga ko maamalao ba`a]ijaMga AaOr saaoSala moved beyond browsing and social naoTvaik-Mga sao Aagao baZ,kr vak-Ía^ma haoma ³DblaUefeca´¸ networking to workfrom-home (WFH), on- Aa^na laa[na ejaukoSana¸ AaoTITI eMTrTonamaoMT AaOr gaoimaMga¸ line education, OTT entertainment and Aa^na laa[na Saa^ipMga¸ Aa^nalaa[na holqa¸ [-–gavanaoM-sa AaOr gaming, online-shopping, online-health, e- governance and others. This requires Anya hO.[sako ilae k[- ]pyaaogakta-AaoM¸ ]pkrNaaoM broadband connections to deliver real ‘high AaOr sa~aoM kI inarMtrta ko saaqa 100 p`itSat ]plabQata speed’ to support multiple users, devices and ko saaqa vaastivak ha[- spID donao ko ilae ba`a^DbaOMD kI sessions with consistency and near 100 per AavaSyakta haotI hO.’ cent availability.” NXTDigital MD & CEO Vynsley Fernandes enae@saTIiDijaTla ko emaDI va saI[-Aao vaoMsalao fnaa-MDIsa nao remarked, “Team ONE has redefined the business of batayaa ik ‘TImavana nao AiBanava maa^DilaMga ko maaQyama sao Baart maoM ba`a^DbaOMD broadband in India through innovative modelling, getting vyavasaaya kao ifr sao pirBaaiYat ikyaa hO¸ sahI kaOSala p`aPt kr rha hO in the right skillsets and developing a performance centric AaOr ek p`dSa-na koMid`t saMgazna saMskRit ivakisat kr rha hO.p`diSa-t organisation culture. The results of a focused strategy of OIL as demonstrated is visible in OIL’s consistently raising kI gayaI AaoAa[-ela kI ek koMid`t rNanaIit ko pirNaama AaoAa[-ela ko the bar on Q/Q basis.” lagaatar @yaUÀ@yaU AaQaar pr str kao ]zanao maoM idKa[- dotI hO. BHARTI AIRTEL REVAMPS BaartI eyarTola ka puna-gazna BaartI eyarTola nao iDijaTla AvasaraoM pr Qyaana donao ko saaqa Apnao Bharti Airtel revamped its corporate structure with the focus on digital opportunities.Airtel ka^rpao-roT ZaMcao kao ifr sao puna-gaizt ikyaa hO.eyarTola Digital will merge with the listed entity iDijaTla ka ApnaI saUcaIbaw kMpnaI BaartI eyarTola Bharti Airtel, and it will now house all ko saaqa ivalaya hao jaayaogaa AaOr yah Aba vaayanak digital assets of the company including myaUijak¸ eyarTola e@sa sTIma¸/ eyarTola qaOM@sa¸ ima~a Wynk Music, Airtel X stream, Airtel pomaoMT PlaoTfa^ma- saiht kMpnaI ko saBaI iDijaTla Thanks, Mitra Payments platform used by pirsaMpi 18 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV DECEMBER 2020MAY 2021 investors as well as scale up the digital business. With krnao ko saaqa–saaqa iDijaTla karaobaar baZ,anao maoM mah%vapUNa- BaUimaka this, the company has set its sights on ramping up inaBaa[- jaa saktI hO.[sako saaqa¸ kMpnaI nao Apnao karaobaar kao 100 digital business revenue to more than ` 1,000 crore from kraoD, Épyao sao 1000 kraoD, Épyao AiQak ko iDijaTla ibajanaosa rajasva ` 100 crore now. pr Apnaa Qyaana koMid`t ikyaa hO. From now, the telecom business of the company Aba sao kMpnaI ko dUrsaMcaar vyavasaaya kao ek nayaI [ka[-¸ eyarTola will be housed in a new entity, Airtel Limited – a wholly- owned subsidiary of Bharti Airtel Ltd. Bharti Telemedia, ilaimaToD–BaartI eyarTola kI pUNa- svaaima%va vaalaI sahayak kMpnaI¸ BaartI the arm operating DTH services of the company, will be TolaImaIiDyaa maoM rKa jaayaogaa¸ jaao kMpnaI kI DITIeca saMcaalana SaaKa ka housed alongside Airtel Limited. ihssaa hO¸ kao eyarTola ilaimaToD ko saaqa rKa jaayaogaa. "The new structure sets the exciting future course BaartI eyarTola ilaimaToD ko AQyaxa saunaIla ima 19 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV DECEMBER 2020MAY 2021 SHREYAS TALPADE LAUNCHES OTT AaoTITI PlaoTfa^ma- laa^nca ikyaa Eaoyasa tlapD,o nao PLATFORM AiBanaota¸ inamaa-ta va inado-Sak Eaoyasa tlapD,o nao Apnaa AaoTITI Shreyas, actor, producer, a director has launched PlaoTfama- naa[na rsa laa^nca ikyaa hO.yah AaoTITI PlaoTfama- iqayaoTr AaOr his OTT platform, Nine Rãsã. This OTT platform is for p`dSa-na klaa ko ilae haogaa.naaO rsa kao Qyaana sao naaO BaavanaaAaoM ka ek theatre and performing arts, Nine Rãsã is carefully AnaUza imaEaNa laanao ko ilae ivakisat developed to bring forth a unique blend of nine emotions, to ikyaa gayaa hO ijasasao dSa-kaoM ko saaqa thereby engage with, entertain jauD,ava¸ manaaorMjana AaOr samaRw hao sako.naaO and enrich the viewers. rsa ka ]_oSya iDijaTla PlaoTfama- ko maaQyama Nine Rãsã aims to re- sao Aa^flaa[na iqayaoTr AnauBava kao ifr ignite the offline theatre experience through the digital sao jagaanaa hO. platform. EaI tlapD,o nao kha ik ‘rMgamaMca manaaorMjana Talpade said, “Theatre is ka sabasao puranaa AaOr Sauwtma $p hO.hmaaro one of the oldest and purest vyast jaIvana AaOr ]plabQa manaaorMjana ko forms of entertainment. Amid our nayao ivaklpaoM ko baIca rMgamaMca nao ipClao busy lives and newer entertainment options available, theatre has taken a back- kuC vaYaao-M maoM ApnaI laaokip`yata Kao[- hO seat over the years, and that kept bothering me. In order AaOr yah mauJao proSaana kr rha hO.[saI trh ko jaaoSa va ]%saah ko saaqa to bring theatre back with a similar vigour and excitement, iqaeTr kao vaapsa laanao ka yah sahI samaya hO.naaO rsa ko maaQyama sao hmaoM this time was the most suitable. Through Nine Rãsã, we Apnao dSa-kaoM ko jaIvana kao baohtr¸ maUla saamaga`I ko maaQyama sao na kovala got an opportunity to not only enrich the lives of our audience through superior, original content but also samaRw krnao ka maaOka imalaogaa¸ bailk baD,o pOmaanao pr pUro iqayaoTr samaudaya collaborate with the entire theatre community at large!” nao sahyaaoga ikyaa²’ Nine Rãsã is available for download on Google as naaO rsa gaugala pr AaOr eOPpla Plao sTaor pr Da]nalaaoD ko ilae well Apple Play Stores. It comes with an affordable ]plabQa hO.yah ek sastI sabsaËIPSana maa^Dla ko saaqa Aata hO ijasao subscription model to make it pocket-friendly for its ik dSa-k 59Épyao p`it maah yaa 599Épyao p`it vaYa- kI dr sao p`aPt viewers at ` 59/month and ` 599/year. The associated cost is only for its premium plays while the remaining kr sakto hOM.saMbaw laagat kovala [sako p`Iimayama naaTkaoM ko ilae hO content can be availed free of cost. jabaik SaoYa saamaga`I ka ina:Saulk AanaMd ilayaa jaa sakta hO. Contact: Mob.: +91-7021850198 Email: [email protected] 20 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV DECEMBER 2020MAY 2021 MARKET: SATELLITE SATELLITE UPDATE saOTolaa[T ApDoTApDoTsaOTolaa[T - AN OVERVIEW – ek AvalaaoknaAvalaaokna– The satellites used for broadcasting television – ek AvalaaoknaAvalaaokna– are usually hovering above us in a geostationary TolaIivajana ko p`saarNa ko ilae ]pyaaoga ikyao jaanao vaalao orbit 37,000 km (23,000 mi) above the saOTolaa[T AamataOr pr pRQvaI ko BaUmaQyaroKa sao 37¸000 earth's equator. This article provides an iklaaomaITr ³23000 maIla´ }pr ek BaU–sqaOitk kxaa maoM overview of some of the leading satellites hmaaro }pr maMDrata rhta hO.yah laoK duinayaaBar ko kuC across the globe. p`mauK saOTolaa[TaoM ka Avalaaokna p`dana krta hO. INTELSAT-38/AZERSPACE2 AT 45.1 DEG 45 iDga`I pUva- pr [MTOlasaoT–38Àejaorsposa 2 EAST [MTOlasaoT AaOr ejaorkaosmaaosa AaojaoesasaIAao nao frvarI 2015 maoM Intelsat and Azercosmos OJSCo. announced in February 2015, that the two companies signed a strategic GaaoYaNaa kI ik daonaaoM kMpinayaaoM nao 45 iDga`I pUva- kI kxaIya isqait maoM ek agreement at the 45° East orbital rNanaIitk samaJaaOto pr hstaxar ikyao position. The two companies hOM.daonaaoM kMpinayaaoM nao Ajaorsposa– closely collaborated on the 2À[MTOlasaoT–38 saOTolaa[T ko iDjaa[na design of the Azerspace-2/ pr najadIkI sahyaaoga ikyaa hO AaOr ivakasa Intelsat 38 satellite and leveraged ko inamaa-Na va pircaalana carNaaoM ko daOrana their respective strengths and capabilities during the ApnaI saMbaMiQat Sai@tyaaoM va xamataAaoM ka manufacturing and operational laaBa ]zayaa hO. phases of development. saOTolaa[T nao vat-maana maoM 45 iDga`I pUva- maoM The satellite provided isqat [MTolasaOT 12 saOTolaa[T ko ilae continuity of service for saovaa kI inarMtrta p`dana kI¸ ek eosaI the Intelsat 12 satellite currently kxaIya sqaana jaao Da^yaro@T TU haoma stationed at 45° East, an orbital location which hosts Direct-to-Home (DTH) platforms and ³DITIeca´ PlaoTfa^maao-M kao haosT krta hO provides connectivity for corporate network services in AaOr AÍIka maoM kapao-roT naoTvak- saovaaAaoM ko ilae knaoi@TivaTI p`dana Africa. The new Intelsat 38 satellite will also provide services krta hO.nayaa [MTrsaoT 38 saOTolaa[T maQya va pUvaI- yaUraop¸ eiSayaa va across Central and Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa. AÍIka maoM BaI saovaayaoM p`dana krogaa. For Azercosmos, the new satellite offers enhanced ejaorkasmaaosa ko ilae nayaa saOTolaa[T DITeca¸ sarkar va naoTvak- capacity, coverage and service offerings to support the saovaaAaoM ko ilae xao~ maoM baZ,tI maaMgaaoM ka samaqa-na krnao ko ilae vat-maana maoM growing demands in the region for DTH, government and network services currently supported by Azerspace-1. Ajarsposa–1 Wara samaiqa-t xamata¸ kvaroja AaOr saovaa p`dana krta hO. Azerspace-2/Intelsat 38 was launched in 2018. 2018 maoM Ajarsposa–2À[MTolasaOT–38 laa^nca ikyaa gayaa. AMOS 4 AT 65 DEG EAST 65 iDga`I pUva- pr emaaosa–4 Amos-4 is an Israeli commercial emaaosa–4 ek [jarayalaI vaaiNaijyak saMcaar communication satellite, part of saOTolaa[T hO jaao saOTolaa[TaoM ko emaaosa EaRMKlaa ka the AMOS series of satellites. The satellite is positioned at ihssaa hO. the 65° E longitude in the geostationary saOTolaa[T kao 65 iDga`I pUva- ko doSaaMtr pr belt. It lifted off on 31 August 2013, sqaaipt ikyaa gayaa hO.[sao 31 Agast 2013 20:05 UTC from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. kao 20:05 yaUTIsaI kao baOkanaur¸ kjaikstana sao Transmission and communication services given by this satellite include CaoD,a gayaa qaa.[sa saOTolaa[T Wara dI gayaI saovaaAaoM direct distribution of TV and radio maoM TaMsaimaSana/ AaOr saMcaar saovaaAaoM maoM TIvaI AaOr 21 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 MARKET: SATELLITE translations, TV and radio translations to communication roiDyaao AnauvaadaoM ka saIQaa ivatrNa¸ saMcaar koMd`aoM kao TIvaI va roiDyaao centres, distribution of internet services and data Anauvaad¸ [MTrnaoT saovaaAaoM ka ivatrNa AaOr saMcaar naoTvak- ko ilae DoTa transmissions to communication networks. It offers coverage across Southeast Asia along with high power p`saarNa Saaimala hO.yah dixaNa pUva- eiSayaa ko saaqa–saaqa ]cca Sai@t coverage beams offering communication links from East kvaroja baIma ko saaqa pUvaI- eiSayaa sao maQya pUva- tk saMcaar ilaMk p`dana Asia to the Middle East. krta hO. INTELSAT 17 [MTOlasaoT–17[MTOlasaoT–17[MTOlasaoT–17 Intelsat 17 is a powerful, state-of-the-art, C- and Ku- [MTOlasaoT–17 if@sD saOTolaa[T saiva-saoja ³efesaesa´ ko ilae ek band spacecraft for Fixed Satellite Sai@tSaalaI¸ A%yaaQauinak¸ saI va koyaU baOMD Services (FSS). The spacecraft AMtirxa yaana hO.AMtirxa yaana navaMbar 2010 was launched in November 2010 and is located at 66 degrees East, maoM laa^nca ikyaa gayaa qaa AaOr yah 66 iDga`I where it replaces Intelsat 704. pUva- maoM isqat hO¸ jahaM yah [MTolasaoT–704 ka Based on the SSL 1300 satellite sqaana laota hO.esaelasaI 1300 saOTolaa[T platform, which provides the PlaoTfa^maao-M ko AaQaar pr¸ jaao AavaodnaaoM kI flexibility for a broad range of ek ivastRt EaRMKlaa ko ilae lacaIlaapna p`dana applications, Intelsat 17 is krta hO¸ [MTolasaOT 17 kao 15 saala yaa ]sasao designed to provide service for 15 years or more. AiQak ko ilae saovaa p`dana krnao ko ilae Intelsat 17 combines iDjaa[na ikyaa gayaa hO. heritage, space-proven building [MTolasaOT–17 ivarasat¸ AMtirxa isaw ibailDMga blocks, and some of the world’s blaa^kaoM AaOr duinayaa kI kuC sabasao ]nnat most advanced technologies. tknaIikyaaoM kao jaaoD,tI hO.[MTolasaoT ka^rpaoroSana nao Agast 2008 maoM Intelsat Corporation has awarded in August 2008 a [MTolasaoT 17 ³Aa[-–17´¸ ek nayaa¸ ]cca Sai@t saI AaOr koyaU baOMD contract to Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) to manufacture Intelsat 17 (IS-17), a new, high-power C- and Ku-band fixed if@sD saOTolaa[T saovaa ³efesaesa´ saOTolaa[T ko inamaa-Na ko ilae sposa satellite service (FSS) satellite. isasT\masa Àlaaorla³esaesaÀela´ kao AnaubaMQa idyaa qaa. Intelsat 17 will replace Intelsat-702 at 66° E. [MTolasaoT 17¸ [MTolasaoT–702 kI jagah 66 iDga`I pUva- pr isqat hO. INTELSAT 20 / 36 AT 68.50 DEG E 68º50 iDga`I pUva- pr [MTolasaOT 20À36 Space Systems/Loral announced in June 2009 that it sposa isasTmsaÀlaaorla nao jaUna 2009 maoM GaaoYaNaa kI ik ]sao has been awarded a contract to duinayaaBar maoM if@sD saOTolaa[T saiva-saoja provide two new satellites to Intelsat, the leading provider of ³efesaesa´ ko Aga`NaI p`data [MTolasaOT Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) kao dao nayao saOTolaa[T p`dana krnao ko ilae worldwide. The two AnaubaMQa p`dana ikyaa qaa.dao saOTolaa[T satellites, Intelsat 19 and Intelsat [MTolasaOT 19 va [MTlasaOT 20 sabasao 20, are among the most powerful FSS satellites ever built with Sai@tSaalaI efesaesa saOTolaa[TaoM maoM sao unprecedented capacity to ek hO jaao ba`a^DbaOMD¸ vaIiDyaao va vaa^yasa provide services for broadband, eiPlakoSana ko ilae saovaayaoM p`dana krnao video, and voice applications. kI ABaUtpUva- xamata ko saaqa inaima-t hO. Intelsat 19 and Intelsat 20 replaced existing satellites that [MTolasaoT 19 va [MTolasaoT 20 nao maaOjaUda provided services to five saOTolaa[TaoM ka sqaana ilayaa jaao paMca mahaWIpaoM continents and offered services for broadcast television maoM saovaayaoM p`dana krto qao AaOr p`saarNa TolaIivajana AaOr dUrsaMcaar ko ilae and telecommunications. The satellites also had the saovaayaoM p`dana krto qao.saOTolaa[TaoM maoM maaobaa[la saMcaar AaOr ]cca DoTa dr capacity to support mobile communications and higher data rate network services. naoTvak- saovaaAaoM ka samaqa-na krnao kI xamata BaI qaI.[MTlasaOT 20¸ 37 vaaM 22 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 MARKET: SATELLITE Intelsat 20 is the 37th satellite that Space Systems/ saOTolaa[T hO jaao sposa isasTmaÀlaaorla hO jaao [MTlasaOT kao p`dana ikyaa gayaa Loral which provided to Intelsat and was launched in 2012. qaa AaOr [sao 2012 maoM laa^nca ikyaa gayaa qaa.[MTlasaOT 20 saOTolaa[T nao The Intelsat 20 satellite replaced the Intelsat 7 and Intelsat [MTlasaOT 7 AaOr [MTlasaOT 10 saOTolaa[TaoM ka sqaana ilayaa¸ jaao 68º5 iDga`I 10 satellites, which are co-located at 68.5 degrees East pUva- doSaaMtr pr sah–isqat hO.[sa saOTolaa[T ka saI va koyaU baOMD polaaoD¸ longitude. The new satellite's C- and Ku-band payload is optimized for high-power distribution of video, voice and vaIiDyaao va Aa^iDyaao va DoTa naoTvak- saovaaAaoM ko ]cca Sai@t ivatrNa ko data network services. ilae AnauUilat hO. Both satellites are built on the SSL-1300 satellite daonaaoM saOTolaa[T esaesaela–1300 saOTolaa[T PlaoTfa^ma- pr inaima-t platform, which provides the flexibility for a broad range of hO jaao AavaodnaaoM kI ek ivastRt EaRMKlaa ko ilae lacaIlaapna p`dana krta applications. They are designed to provide service for at hO.yah kma sao kma 18 vaYaao-M ko ilae saovaa p`dana krnao ko ilae iDjaa[na least 18 years. ikyaa gayaa hO. Intelsat 36 is a geostationary communications s satellite to provide media and content distribution services [MTlasaoT 36 AÍIka va dixaNa eiSayaa maoM maIiDyaa AaOr saamaga`I in Africa and South Asia. ivatrNa saovaayaoM p`dana krnao ko ilae ek BaUisqar saMcaar saOTolaa[T hO. Space Systems/Loral announced in August 2014 that sposa isasT\msaÀ laaorla nao Agast 2014 maoM GaaoYaNaa kI ik ]sao it has been awarded a contract to provide a new satellite to [MTOlasaOT kao ek nayaa saOTolaa[T p`dana krnao ko ilae ek AnaubaMQa p`dana Intelsat. The satellite is built on the SSL-1300 platform and ikyaa gayaa qaa.saOTolaa[T esaesaela –1300 PlaoTfa^ma- pr banaayaa gayaa hO carries a C- and Ku-band communications payload. AaOr [samaoM saI va koyaU baOMD saMcaar polaaoD hO. The satellite is co-located with Intelsat 20 over the Indian Ocean at 68.5° East to provide both Ku- and C-band yah saOTolaa[T 68º5 iDga`I pUva- maoM ihMd mahasaagar maoM [MTOlasaOT–20 ko services, with MultiChoice, Africa’s leading pay TV saaqa sah–isqat hO jaao ik koyaU baOMD polaaoD ka ]pyaaoga krto hue AÍIka ko provider, utilizing the Ku-band payload. The C-band p`mauK po TIvaI p`data malTIAaovar ko saaqa koyaU baOMD va saI baOMD daonaaoM saovaayaoM payload will provide video services to other customers who p`dana krta hO.saI baOMD po laaoD Anya ga`ahkaoM kao vaIiDyaao saovaa p`dana krogaa distribute content to South Asian cable communities. jaao dixaNa eiSayaa[- kobala samaudayaaoM kao saamaga`I ivatirt krto hOM. GSAT-11/GSAT-18 74 iDga`I pUva- pr jaIsaOT–11ÀjaIsaOT–18 Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) BaartIya AMtirxa AnausaMQaana saMgazna ³[sarao´ nao sabasao BaarI AaOr heaviest and most-advanced high throughput AaQauinaktma ]cca qa`upuT saMcaar saOTolaa[T jaIsaOT–11 kao ÍoMca gayaanaa ko communication satellite GSAT-11 was successfully sposapaoT- sao saflatapUva-k laa^nca ikyaa gayaa. launched from the Spaceport in French Guiana. laa^nca vaahna eiryana 5vaIe–246 kao kaOraO The launch vehicle Ariane 5 VA-246 lifted off from Kourou laa^nca baosa¸ ÍoMca gauyaanaa sao 02:07 bajao Launch Base, French Guiana at ³Aa[-esaTI´ CaoD,a gayaa¸ jaao Baart ko jaIsaOT– 02:07 am (IST) carrying India’s 11 AaOr dixaNa kaoiryaa ko ijayaao–ka^mpsaOT– GSAT-11 and South Korea’s GEO- 2e saOTolaa[TaoM kao inaQaa-irt kaya-Ëma ko KOMPSAT-2A satellites, as mautaibak lao gayaa.eiryana–5 Wara eiryanasposa scheduled. Ariane 5 is one of three Wara saMcaailat tIna laa^nca vaahnaaoM maoM sao ek launch vehicles operated by Arianespace along with Soyuz and eiryana–5 hO. Vega. 5458 iklaaoga`ama vaalao jaIsaOT–11 nao koyaU The 5854-kg GSAT-11 baOMD maoM 32 ]pyaaogakta- baIma AaOr ko–baOMD maoM provided high data rate 8 hba baIma ko maaQyama sao BaartIya mau#ya BaUima connectivity to users of Indian mainland and islands through AaOr WIpaoM ko ]pyaaogakta-AaoM kao ]cca DoTa dr knaoi@TivaTI p`dana kI. 32 user beams in Ku-band and 8 hub beams in Ka-band. jaIsaOT–18 ek BaartIya saMcaar saOTolaa[T hO.[sarao Wara inaima-t GSAT-18 is an Indian communications satellite. Built AaOr [nasaOT Wara saMcaailat yah 24 saI baOMD¸ 12 ivastairt saI–baOMD AaOr by ISRO and operated by INSAT, it carries 24 C-band, 12 extended C-band, and 12 Ku-band transponders. koyaU baOMD TaMsapaOMDr/ ]plabQa krata hO. The satellite was launched on 5 October 2016 at 5 A@TUbar 2016 kao ÍoMca gauyaanaa ko kaOraO maoM gauyaanaa sposa saoMTr approximately 20:30 UTC aboard an Ariane 5 ECA rocket sao eiryana 5 [-saIe ra^koT kI sahayata sao lagaBaga 20:30 yaUTIsaI bajao 23 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 MARKET: SATELLITE from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French saOTolaa[T kao laa^nca ikyaa gayaa qaa.p`xaopNa yaana nao saOTolaa[T kao BaU– Guiana. The launch vehicle inserted the satellite into samakailak sqaanaaMtrNa kxaa maoM Dalaa AaOr saovaa Sau$ krnao ko baad yah 74 a geosynchronous transfer orbit, and once in service it will iDga`I pUva- doSaaMtr pr kxaIya slaa^T pr saMcaalana kr rha hO.saOTolaa[na va occupy the orbital slot at 74° East longitude. The total cost p`xaopNa saovaaAaoM kI kula laagat lagaBaga 153 imailayana AmaoirkI Da^lar qaI. of the satellite and launch services was about US$153 million. jaIsaOT–18 maUla$p sao jaapana ko sauprbaD- –8 saOTolaa[T ko saaqa GSAT-18 was originally scheduled to launch on 12 12 jaulaa[- 2016 kao laa^nca haonao vaalaa qaa¸ laoikna sauprbaD-–8 kao July 2016 alongside Japan's Superbird-8 satellite, but a nauksaana phuMcaanao vaalao ek iSaipMga hadsao nao laa^nca ko kaya-Ëma maoM forbadla shipping mishap which damaged Superbird-8 forced a delay ikyaa.eiryanasposa nao baad maoM 4 A@TUbar 2016 kao laa^nca ko ilae in the launch schedule. Arianespace later paired GSAT-18 jaIsaOT–18 kao Aa^sToilayaa/ ko ska[- maasTr II ko saaqa CaoD,a gayaa.p`xaopNa with Australia's Sky Muster II for a 4 October 2016 sqala pr A%yaiQak ]cca kaoiT ko jaIvaaoM ko karNa p`xaopNa maoM 24 GaMTo kI launch. The launch was delayed 24 hours to 5 October due to excessively high crosswinds at the launch site. dorI hu[- AaOr [sao 5 A@TUbar kao laa^nca ikyaa gayaa. ABS 2 AT 75 DEG 75 iDga`I pUva- pr ebaIesa 2 Launched in February 2014, ABS-2 is a frvarI 2014 maoM laa^nca ikyaa gayaa ebaIesa 2 ek sposa Space Systems/Loral FS 1300 satellite that isasTmaÀlaaorla efesa 1300 saOTolaa[T hO jaao 75 iDga`I brings substantial new capacity to the prime pUva- ko p`mauK sqaana pr pyaa-Pt nayaI xamata p`stut krta location at 75°E, and serves four continents. hO AaOr caar mahaWIpaoM kI saovaa krta hO. The satellite features six dedicated high-powered Ku-band beams for DTH saOTolaa[T maoM pUvaI- gaaolaaQa- maoM DITIeca saovaaAaoM ko ilae Ch services in the Eastern Hemisphere and offers samaip-t ]cca Sai@t vaalao koyaU baOMD baIma hOM AaOr koyaU baOMD multiple options for Ku-band connectivity. In knaoi@TivaTI ko ilae k[- ivaklp p`dana krta hO.[sako addition, ABS-2 is equipped with industry Alaavaa ebaIesa–2 ]Vaoga kI Aga`NaI¸ AÍIka va dixaNa leading, high-powered C-band beams for pUva- eiSayaa maoM knaoi@TivaTI AavaSyaktaAaoM ko ilae ]cca connectivity requirements in Africa and South xamata vaalao saI baOMD baIma sao sausaijjat hO.ka baOMD baIma East Asia. The Ka-band beam targets the MENA MENA region and offers cost effective maInaa ³ ´ xao~ kao laixat krta hO AaOr vaaiNaijyak solutions for commercial and military va saOnya AavaodnaaoM ko ilae laagat p`BaavaI samaaQaana p`dana applications. krta hO. APSTAR 7 AT 76.5 DEG 76º5 iDga`I pUva- pr eOpsTar–7 Apstar-7 is a Chinese communications satellite which eOpsTar–7 ek caInaI saMcaar saOTolaa[T hO jaao epITI saOTolaa[T is operated by APT Satellite as part of the Apstar system. It Wara eOpsTar p`NaalaI ko Baaga ko $p maoM saMcaailat haota hO.[sao 2012 maoM was launched in 2012 as a replacement for the Apstar 2R satellite launched in 1997. 1997 maoM laa^nca ikyao gayao eOpsTar 2 Aar saOTolaa[T ka sqaana laonao ko ilae APSTAR 7 provides laa^nca ikyaa gayaa qaa. reliable broadcasting and eOpsTar 7 eiSayaa p`SaaMt xao~¸ AÍIka¸ telecommunications services over maQyapUva- va yaUraop ko ihssao maoM ivaSvanaIya p`saarNa the Asia Pacific Region, Africa, Middle East and a part of Europe. AaOr dUrsaMcaar saovaayaoM p`dana krta hO. Based on Thales Alenia qaolsa elaoinayaa sposa ko sposabasa 4000 Space's Spacebus 4000 C2 platform, saI2 PlaoTfa^ma- pr AaQaairt eOpsTar–7 maoM APSTAR 7 is equipped with 28 C- 28 saI baOMD va 28 koyaU baOMD saiËya band and 28 Ku-band active T/aMsapaOMDr ]plabQa hO.11º4 iklaaovaaT kI transponders. With electrical power of 11.4 kW and payload power of ivaVut Sai@t va 8º4 iklaaovaaT kI polaaoD 8.4 kW, the satellite is expected to have a minimum of 15 Sai@t ko saaqa saOTolaa[T ka jaIvanakala nyaUnatma 15 vaYa- haonao kI ]mmaId years lifetime. hO. 24 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 MARKET: SATELLITE APSTAR 7 is the second satellite ordered from Thales eOpsTar 7¸ epITI qaolsa elaoinayaa sposa sao AaD-r ikyaa gayaa Alenia Space by APT, and the fifth* satellite ordered by dUsara saOTolaa[T hO AaOr caIna sao AaD-r ikyaa gayaa 5 vaaM saOTolaa[T hO. China. qaolsa elaoinayaa sposa nao eOpsTar–7 kao Aa[-TIeAar mau@t saOTolaa[T Thales Alenia Space built Apstar-7 as an ITAR-free satellite, containing no restricted American components. ko $p maoM banaayaa hO¸ ijasamaoM kao[- p`itbaMiQat AmaoirkI GaTk nahIM qao. GSAT 10/GSAT 30 AT 83 DEG 83 iDga`I pUva- pr jaIsaOT–10ÀjaIsaOT–30 GSAT-10 is an Indian communication satellite which jaIsaOT–10 ek BaartIya saMcaar saOTolaa[T hO ijasao isatMbar 2012 was launched by Ariane-5ECA carrier rocket in September maoM eiryana–5 [-saIe vaahk ra^koT Wara laa^nca ikyaa gayaa qaa.[samaoM 12 2012. It has 12 KU Band, 12 C Band and 6 lower extended c band transponders, and included a navigation payload to koyaU baOMD¸ 12 saI baOMD AaOr 6 laaoAr e@saToMDoD saI baOMD TaMsapaOMDr/ hOM¸ AaOr augment GAGAN capacity. Following its launch and on- gagana xamata baZ,anao ko ilae ek naoivagaoSana polaaoD Saaimala hO¸ [sako p`xaopNa orbit testing, it was placed in Geosynchronous orbit at 83.0° AaOr pirËmaa pirxaNa ko baad [sao 83 iDga`I pUva- maoM ijayaaoisaMËaonasa kxaa maoM East, from where it will provide communication services in rKa gayaa¸ jahaM sao yah Baart ko ilae saovaayaoM p`dana kr rha hO. India. GSAT-10, with a design life of 15 years was jaIsaOT–10¸ 15 saala ko iDjaa[na jaIvanakala ko saaqa 2012 maoM operational by November 2012 and will augment laa^nca ikyaa gayaa AaOr [saka [stomaala dUrsaMcaar¸ Da^yaro@T TU haoma ³DITIeca´ telecommunication, Direct-To- AaOr roiDyaao naoivagaoSana saovaaAaoM maoM baZ,aotrI Home and radio navigation ko ilae ikyaa gayaa hO.ilaFT Aa^f ko services. At 3,400 kg at lift-off, at the time, it was the heaviest samaya 3400 iklaaoga`ama vajana vaalaa yah satellite built by the Bangalore- saOTolaa[T ]sa samaya [sarao Wara banaayaa headquartered Indian Space gayaa sabasao BaarI saOTolaa[T qaa.yah [sarao Research Organisation (ISRO). It ka 101 vaaM AMtirxa imaSana qaa.eiryanasposa was ISRO's 101st space mission. ko BaarI ]zanao vaalao eiryana–5[-saIe ra^koT Arianespace's heavy lifting Ariane-5 ECA rocket launched nao dixaNa Amaoirka maoM yaUraopIyana p`xaopNa the satellite about 30 minutes pOD sao saubah 2º48 bajao ]D,ana ko 30 after the blast off from the imanaT ko baad saOTolaa[T kao p`xaoipt ikyaa¸ European launch pad in South phlao [sa imaSana ko tht yaUraopIya sah– America at 2.48 am, prior to which it injected European co- passenger ASTRA 2F into orbit. GSAT-10 carries 30 yaa~I esTa/ 2ef kao kxaa maoM sqaaipt ikyaa qaa.jaIsaOT 10 maoM 30 transponders (12 Ku-band, 12 C-band and six Extended C- T/aMsapaOMDr ³12 koyaU baOMD¸ 12 saI baOMD AaOr 6 e@sToMDoD saI baOMD´ hOM jaao Band), which will provide vital augmentation to INSAT/ [nasaOTÀjaIsaOT T/aMsapaOMDr xamata maoM mah%vapUNa- baZ,aotrI p`dana kr rha GSAT transponder capacity. The GAGAN payload will hO.gagana polaaoD jaIpIesa isaganalaaoM kI baohtr saTIkta p`dana kr rha hO provide improved accuracy of GPS signals (of better than seven metres which will be used by Airports Authority of ³saat maITr sao baohtr naagairk ]D\Dna AavaSyaktaAaoM ko ilae BaartIya India for civil aviation requirements. This is the second ivamaanap 25 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 MARKET: SATELLITE subcontinent. It is used for Very-small-aperture TolaIivajana ApilaMikMga¸ iDijaTla saOTolaa[T samaacaar saBaa¸ Da^yaro@T ba`a^DkasT terminal (VSAT) networks, television uplinks, digital saOTolaa[T ³DITIeca´ saovaaAaoM AaOr Anya saMcaar p`NaailayaaoM ko ilae ]pyaaoga satellite news gathering, Direct-broadcast satellite (DTH) services and other communication systems. This is the 41st ikyaa jaata hO.yah [sarao Wara p`xaoipt 41 vaaM saMcaar saOTolaa[T hO AaOr communication satellite launched by ISRO and the 24th eiryanasposa Wara [sarao ko saOTolaa[T ka 24 vaaM p`xaopNa hO. launch of ISRO satellite by Arianespace. jaIsaOT 30 saOTolaa[T kao eiryana 5 laa^nca vaahna (VA251) pr GSAT-30 satellite was launched aboard Ariane ÍoMca gauyaanaa sao 21º05 yaUTIsaI 16 janavarI 2020 yaa BaartIya samaya ko 5 launch vehicle (VA251) from French Guiana on 21:05 UTC, 16 January 2020 or 02:35 IST, 17 January 2020. After three Anausaar 17 janavarI 2020 kao saubah 2:35 imanaT pr laa^nca ikyaa orbit raising burns with cumulative duration of 2 hours 29 gayaa.tIna Aaiba-T baZ,anao ko ilae 2 GaMTo 2 imanaT kI saMcayaI AvaiQa lagaI minutes,[9] GSAT-30 acquired station at 81° East on 25 AaOr 25 janacarI 2020 kao [sanao 81 iDga`I pUva- kI isqait kao kaibaja January 2020. ikyaa. CHINASAT 12 AT 87.5°E 87º5 iDga`I pUva- pr caa[naasaOT 12 ChinaSat 12 communications satellite is wholly caa[naasaOT 12 saMcaar saOTolaa[T pUrI trh sao caIna saOTolaa[T owned by China Satellite Communications, with part of its communications payload leased or rented by SupremeSAT, kmyauinakoSansa ko svaaima%va maoM hO.[sako saMcaar polaaoD ko ihssao kao ek a Sri Lankan company to be marketed to potential users EaIlaMka[- kMpnaI saup`ImasaOT kao ikrayao yaa pT\To pr idyaa gayaa jaao ik as SupremeSAT-I. Once saup`ImasaOT–1 ko $p maoM saMBaaivat ]pyaaogakta- operational, it will provide ko ilae maako-iTMga kr rha hO.caalaU haonao communications services for the China, Sri Lanka, East Asia, South ko baad yah caIna¸ EaIlaMka¸ pUvaI- eiSayaa¸ Asia, Middle East, Africa, dixaNa eiSayaa¸ maQya pUva-¸ AÍIka¸ Aa^sT/ Australia and China sea area, the oilayaa AaOr caIna ko samaud`I xao~ AaOr ihMd Indian Ocean region. mahasaagar xao~ ko ilae saMcaar saovaayaoM p`dana ChinaSat 12 was also known as Apstar 7B (as a backup kr rha hO. of Apstar 7), but acquired by caa[naasaOT 12 kao ApsTar 7 baI ³ApsTar China Satellite Communications 7 ko baOkAp ko $p maoM´ ko $p maoM BaI from its subsidiary APT Satellite jaanaa jaata qaa laoikna 2010 maoM ApnaI Holdings in 2010. However, APT Satellite Holdings was contracted by its parent company as the operator of ChinaSat sahayak kMpnaI epITI haoilDMgsa sao caa[naa saOTolaa[T kmyauinakoSansa Wara 12. AiQakRt ikyaa gayaa.27 navaMbar 2012 kao laa^nca ko baad saOTolaa[T kao Following launch on 27 November 2012, the satellite BaU samakailak kxaa maoM rKa gayaa AaOr prIxaNa ikyao jaanao ko samaya yah was placed into geosynchronous orbit and located at 51.5° 51º5 iDga`I pUva- maoM isqat qaa.19 Ap`Ola 2013 kao [sao 87º5 iDga`I pUva- East while being tested. On April 19, 2013, it started to move towards its operational location at 87.5° East. maoM Apnao pircaalana sqaana pr sqaaipt ikyaa gayaa. The satellite was built by Thales Alenia Space and saOTolaa[T ka inamaa-Na qaolsa elaoinayaa sposa Wara ikyaa gayaa qaa has a designed life of 15 years. AaOr [sakI saMBaaivat jaIvanaAvaiQa 15 vaYaao-M kI hO. ST2 AT 88 DEG E 88 iDga`I pUva- pr esaTI2 ST-2 is a telecommunications esaTI–2 ima%sauibaSaI Wara banaayaa gayaa dUrsaMcaar satellite made by Mitsubishi Electric. It was launched on May 20, 2011 atop saOTolaa[T hO.[sao 20 ma[- 2011 kao jaIeesaTI–8 an Ariane 5 ECA rocket from ESA's Guiana ko saaqa daohro p`xaopNa imaSana maoM [-esae ko gauyaanaa Space Centre in a dual-launch mission sposa saoMTr sao eiryana 5 [-saIe ra^koT ko saaqa laa^nca with GSAT-8. a ST-2 is a replacement for ikyaa gayaa qaa¸ esaTI–2 nao esaTI–1 ka sqaana the ST-1 satellite. It is built around the DS2000 spacecraft bus. It is in ilayaa.[sao DIesa2000 AMtirxa yaana basa ko Aasapasa geosynchronous orbit at 88 deg. East, and banaayaa gayaa hO.yah 88 iDga`I pUva- pr BaU–samakailak 26 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 MARKET: SATELLITE is operated by the ST-2 Satellite Ventures joint company kxaa maoM hO AaOr yah isaMgaapur dUrsaMcaar kI esaTI–2 saOTolaa[T vaoMcasa- of Singapore Telecommunications(SingTel) and Chunghwa saMyau@t kMpnaI Wara saMcaailat hO.yah maQyapUva-¸ maQya eiSayaa¸ Baart va Telecom. It provides relay services over the Middle East, AaOr dixaNa pUva- eiSayaa maoM irlao saovaayaoM p`dana krta hO. Central Asia, India and Southeast Asia. 91º5 iDga`I pUva- pr imaAasaoT 3À3e MEASAT 3 / 3A AT 91.5 DEG E MEASAT-3 is a Malaysian communications satellite imaAasaoT–3 ek malaoiSayana saMcaar saOTolaa[T hO ijasao kjaaikstana which was successfully launched on 11 December 2006 from ko baOkaonaUr kaosmaaoDaoma/ sao 11 idsaMbar 2006 kao saflatapUva-k laa^nca ikyaa the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. gayaa qaa. In March 2003, MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. maaca- 2003 maoM malaoiSayaa ko imaAasaoT saOTolaa[T isasTma of Malaysia ordered a Boeing 601HP satellite, giving it the esaDIenaºbaIecaDIº nao baao[-Mga designation MEASAT-3 at 601ecapI saOTolaa[T ka AaD-r idyaa that time. MEASAT-3 joined the existing Boeing-built qaa¸ ijasao ik ]sa samaya imaAasaoT–3 MEASAT-1 and MEASAT- ka naama idyaa gayaa.imaAasaoT–3¸ 2 spacecraft in the malaoiSayaa [-sT eiSayaa saOTolaa[T Malaysia-East Asia Satellite ³imaAasaoT´ p`NaalaI maoM maaOjaUda baao[- (MEASAT) system. Mga inaima-t imaAasaoT–1 va imaAasaoT– International Launch 2 AMtirxayaana maoM Saaimala huAa. Services (ILS) was contracted as the launch AMtrraYTIya/ laa^nca saovaaAaoM ³Aa[- provider. Boeing was elaesa´ kao laa^nca p`data ko $p specified to also provide an maoM AnaubaMiQat ikyaa gayaa qaa.baao[-Mga upgrade to the MEASAT kao malaoiSayaa maoM imaAasaoT ga`a]MD ground facilities in Malaysia, as well as training and launch sauivaQaaAaoM ko saaqa–saaqa p`iSaxaNa AaOr laa^nca samaqa-na saovaaAaoM kI sauivaQaa support services. p`dana krnao ko ilae inaid-YT ikyaa gayaa qaa. MEASAT-3 was by International Launch Services using a Proton-M rocket with a Briz-M upper stage. The imaAasaoT–3 ek iba`ja–ema Apr sToja ko saaqa p`aoTaona ema ra^koT upper stage made five burns to place MEASAT-3 into a ka [stomaala krko AMtrraYT/Iya laa^nca saovaaAaoM ko tht AMtirxa maoM geostationary transfer orbit. After circularisation and sqaaipt ikyaa gayaa qaa.}prI carNa nao imaAasaoT–3 kao BaUsqaOitk sqaanaaMtrNa testing, the satellite entered commercial service on January kxaa maoM rKnao ko ilae paMca bana- ikyao.saku-laoSana va ToisTMga ko baad 25, 2007, in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 91.5 degrees saOTolaa[T nao 25 janavarI 2007 kao vyavasaaiyak saovaa kI Sau$Aat kI¸ East where it is co-located with MEASAT-1. The C jaao ik BaUsqaOitk kxaa maoM 91º5 iDga`I pUva- ko doSaaMtr pr hO jahaM yah band and Ku band now covers geographically remote areas such as Sabah, Sarawak, and North India and expands the imaAasaoT–1 ko saaqa sah–isqat hO.saI baOMD va koyaU baOMD Aba BaaOgaaoilak $p MEASAT fleet's coverage to more than 100 countries sao saudUr xao~aoM jaOsao sabaa¸ saaravaak AaOr ] 27 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 MARKET: SATELLITE augment telecommunication, Direct-to-Home and radio jaIsaOT–15 kI Anaumaainat Aayau 12 vaYa- hO.yah dUrsaMcaar¸ Da^yaro@T navigation services. TU haoma AaOr roiDyaao naoivagaoSana saovaaAaoM maoM baZ,aotrI krogaa. GSAT-17 is an Indian jaIsaOT–17 ek BaartIya saMcaar saOTolaa[T communications satellite. Built hO.[sarao Wara inaima-t AaOr [nasaOT Wara by ISRO and operated by INSAT, it carries 24 C-band, 2 saMcaailat yah 24 saI baOMD¸ 2 laaoAr saI lower C-band, 12 upper C-band, baOMD¸ 12 Apr saI baOMD¸ 2 saIe@saesa 2 CxS (C-band up/S-band down), ³saI baOMD ApÀesa baOMD Da]na´ AaOr 1 and 1 SxC (S-band up/C-band esae@sasaI ³esa baOMD ApÀsaI baOMD down) transponders. It Da]na´ TaMsapaOMD/ vahna krta hO.[sako additionally carries a dedicated Alaavaa yah DoTa irlao ³DIAarTI´ AaOr transponder for data relay (DRT) and search-and-rescue (SAR) Kaoja–va–bacaava ³esaeAar´ saovaaAaoM ko services. At the time of launch, ilae ek samaip-t TaMsapaOMDr/ BaI p`stut GSAT-17 was the heaviest satellite built by ISRO. krta hO.laa^nca ko samaya jaIsaOT–17 [sarao Wara banaayaa gayaa sabasao BaarI The satellite was launched on 28 June 2017 aboard saOTolaa[T qaa. saOTolaa[T kao 28 jaUna 2017 kao ÍoMca gauyaanaa ko kaOraO maoM an Ariane 5 ECA rocket from the Guiana Space gauyaanaa sposa saoMTr maoM eiryana 5 [-saIe ra^koT kI sahayata sao laa^nca ikyaa Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. GSAT-17 is the 21st gayaa qaa.jaIsaOT–17 eiryanasposa Wara p`xaoipt ikyaa jaanao vaalaa [sarao ka satellite from ISRO to be launched by Arianespace 21 vaaM saOTolaa[T qaa. SES 8 / 9 AT 95 DEG 95 iDga`I pUva- pr esa[-esa 8À9 SES-8 was launched on December 3, 2013 from Cape esa[-esa 8 kao 3 idsaMbar 2013 kao kop kOnaovarla¸ FlaaoirDa sao Canaveral, Florida, on board a SpaceX/Falcon 9 booster in laa^nca ikyaa gayaa qaa¸ jaao sposae@sa ko fsT- 9 laa^nca maoM sposae@saÀfalkna SpaceX's maiden launch into geostationary transfer orbit. Since then, extensive in-orbit tests have confirmed the 9 baUsTr maoM ijayaaosToSanarI TaMsafr/ Aa^iba-T maoM laa^nca ikyaa gayaa qaa.tba sao flawless functioning of the spacecraft. vyaapk Aa^iba-T prIxaNaaoM nao AMtirxa yaana ko inadao-Ya kamakaja kI puiYT SES-8 was manufactured by Orbital Sciences kI hO. Corporation. The satellite esa[-esa 8 ka inamaa-Na Aa^iba-Tla features up to 33 Ku-band saa[Msaoja ka^rpaoroSana Wara ikyaa gayaa transponders (36 MHz qaa.saOTolaa[T maoM 33 koyaU baOMD T/ equivalent) and is equipped with high performance aMsapaOMDr³36 maogaahT\-ja ko barabar´ beams to support the ]plabQa hO AaOr yah dixaNa eiSayaa rapidly growing markets in va Baart–caIna maoM tojaI sao baZ,to baajaaraoM South Asia and Indo-China, ko saaqa–saaqa DITIeca¸ vaIsaOT AaOr as well as to provide sarkarI AavaodnaaoM ko ilae ivastar expansion capacity for xamata p`dana krnao ko ilae ]cca DTH, VSAT and government applications. Through the co-location with p`dSa-na vaalao baIma sao laOsa hO. NSS-6 at 95 degrees East, SES-8 not only provides 95 iDga`I pUva- maoM enaesaesa–6 ko saaqa sah–sqaana ko maaQyama sao incremental high-performance capacity, notably for DTH esa[-esa 8 na kovala DITIeca saovaaAaoM ko ilae vaRiwSaIla ]cca p`dSa-na services, but also delivers greater reliability and additional xamata p`dana krta hO bailk ]sa kxaIya isqait maoM esa[-esa ko ga`ahkaoM ko security for SES's customers at that orbital position. ilae AiQak ivaSvanaIyata AaOr Aitir@t saurxaa p`dana krta hO. SES-9 is a geostationary communications esa[-esa 9¸ esa[-esa esae Wara saMcaailat ek BaUisqar saMcaar satellite operated by SES S.A. It was launched from Cape Canaveral SLC-40 by a Falcon 9 Full Thrust launch saOTolaa[T hO.[sao kop kOnaavaorla esaelasaI–40 sao falkna 9 fula qa`sT vehicle on 4 March 2016. p`xapNa yaana kI sahayata sao 4 maaca- 2016 kao laa^nca ikyaa gayaa qaa. SES-9 has 57 high-power Ku-band transponders, esa[-esa 9 maoM 57 ]cca Sai@t koyaU baOMD TaMsapaOMDr/ hOM¸ jaao 36 equivalent to 81 transponders of 36 MHz bandwidth and, maogaahT\-ja baOMDivaD\qa ko 81 TaMsapaOMDr/ ko barabar hO AaOr esa[-esa–7 ko 28 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 MARKET: SATELLITE co-located at 108.2°E alongside SES-7, it provides additional saaqa 108º2 iDga`I pUva- maoM sah isqat hO¸ yah pUvaao- 29 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 MARKET: SATELLITE Space Systems Loral 1300 series satellite, carries 28 C- eiSayaasaoT 3esa ko p`itsqaapna saOTolaa[T ko $p maoM iDjaa[na ikyaa gayaa band and 17 Ku-band transponders, and a Ka-band hO.sposa isasTma laaorla 1300 EaRMKlaa ko saOTolaa[T eiSayaasaoT 7 maoM 28 saI payload. With its region-wide C-band footprint covering baOMD AaOr 17 koyaU baOMD TaMsapaOMDr/ AaOr ek ka baOMD ka polaaoD hO.eiSayaa¸ Asia, the Middle East, Australasia and Central Asia, and maQyapUva-¸ Aa^sT/oilayaa AaOr maQya eiSayaa kao kvar krnao vaalao Apnao high-power Ku beams serving East Asia, South Asia, the xao~vyaapI saI baOMD fuTip`MT AaOr pUvaI- eiSayaa¸ dixaNa eiSayaa¸ iflaIipMsa ko Philippines, as well as a steerable Ku beam, AsiaSat 7 supports a broad range of applications including TV saaqa–saaqa ]cca Sai@t koyaU baIma ko saaqa–saaqa sTIyarobala kU baIma ko saaqa broadcast, VSAT networks and mobility services across eiSayaasaoT 7 pUro xao~ maoM TIvaI p`saarNa¸ vaI saOT naoTvak- AaOr gaitSaIla the region. saovaaAaoM saiht AavaodnaaoM kI ek ivastRt EaMRKlaa ka samaqa-na krtI hO. SES 7 / NSS 11 AT 108.2 DEG EAST 108º2 iDga`I pUva- pr esa[-esa 7Àenaesaesa 11 SES-7 (also formerly known as ProtoStar-2 / Indostar- esa[-esa 7 ³ijasao pUva- maoM p`aoTaosTar–2À[MDaosTar–2 ko naama sao BaI 2) is a commercial jaanaa jaata hO´ esa[-esa valD- communications satellite ska[-ja Wara saMcaailat ek operated by SES World vyavasaaiyak saMcaar saOTolaa[T hO Skies, Launched on 16 May 2009 at 00:57:38 ijasao 16 ma[- 2009 kao UTC, since Baikonur 00:57:38 yaUTIsaI pr laa^nca Cosmodrome, Site 200/39 ikyaa gayaa¸ jaba sao baOkanaur for ProtoStar Ltd by kaosamaaoDaoma¸/ p`aoTaosTar ko ilae Proton-M / Briz-M launch saa[T 200À39 ilaimaToD p`aoTa^na vehicle. Launch arranged emaÀba`oMja ema vaahna Wara laa^nca by International Launch Services (ILS). ikyaa gayaa.[sao [MTrnaoSanala laa^nca It is positioned at saiva-saoja ³Aa[-elaesa´ Wara 108.2° East longitude and serve customers in Indonesia, laa^nca ikyaa gayaa. yah 108º2 iDga`I doSaaMtr pr isqat hO AaOr [MDaonaoiSayaa¸ India, Taiwan, the Philippines and Southeast Asia. Baart¸ ta[vaana¸ iflaIpIMsa AaOr dixaNa pUva- eiSayaa maoM ga`ahkaoM kI saovaa Protostar 2 carries 10 (+3) S-band and 22 (+5) Ku-band krta hO.p`aoTaosTar–2 maoM 10 (+3) esa baOMD¸ AaOr 22 (+5) ko yaU baOMD transponders for optimized HD satellite television direct- T/aMsapaOMDr AnaukUilat ko ilae ecaDI saOTolaa[T TolaIivajana Da^yaro@T TU to-home (DTH) satellite television service and broadband Internet access across the Asia-Pacific region. The S- haoma ³DITIeca´ saOTolaa[T TolaIivajana saovaa AaOr eiSayaa p`SaaMt xao~ maoM band payload is operated under the name of Indostar- ba`a^DbaOMD [MTrnaoT e@saosa hO. 2 (Cakrawarta-2). esa baOMD polaaoD [MDaosTar–2 ³kokravat-–2´ ko naama sao saMcaailat ASIASAT 9 AT 122.2 DEG E hO. AsiaSat 9 is AsiaSat’s next generation satellite, 122º2 iDga`I pUva- pr eiSayaasaoT 9 successfully launched on eiSayaasaoT 9¸ eiSayaasaoT kI AgalaI pIZ,I 29 September 2017 from Baikonur, ka saOTolaa[T hO ijasao 29 isatMbar 2017 kao Kazakhstan replacing AsiaSat 4 at baOkaonaur¸ kjaaikstana sao saflatapUva-k laa^nca 122 degrees East Longitude. ikyaa gayaa qaa¸ yah 122 iDga`I pUva- doSaaMtr AsiaSat 9 is a Space Systems Loral 1300 satellite equipped with 28 pr eiSayaasaoT–4 ka sqaana laogaa.eiSayaasaoT C-band and 32 Ku-band 9 ek sposa isasTma laaorla 1300 saOTolaa[T transponders, and a Ka-band hO jaao 28 saI baOMD AaOr 32 koyaU baOMD payload. AsiaSat 9 provides T/aMsapaOMDr AaOr ka baOMD polaaoD sao laOsa additional capacity, enhanced hO.eiSayaasaoT 9 eiSayaap`SaaMt xao~ maoM DITIeca¸ power and coverage for DTH, video vaIiDyaao ivatrNa¸ inajaI naoTvak- AaOr ba`a^DbaOMD distribution, private networks and broadband services across the saovaaAaoM ko ilae Aitir@t xamata¸ baZ,I hu[- Asia-Pacific region. Sai@t AaOr kvaroja p`dana krta hO. 30 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 MARKET: STRATEGY SITI NETWORKS isaTI naoTvak-\sa nao naagara DRIVES SET TOP ko saaqa saoT Ta^p baa^@sa BOX WITH NAGRA laa^nca ikyaaikyaalaa^nca Siti Networks launches Siti PlayTop Android TV isaTI naoTvak-\sa nao isaTI Plao Ta^p eMDa^yaD/ TIvaI saoT Ta^p set top box a 4K HDR STB which offers Android baa^@sa kao 4ko ecaDIAar esaTIbaI ko saaqa laa^nca ikyaa hO TV features along with linear TV. NAGRA’s first jaao ilainayar TIvaI ko saaqa eMD/a^yaD TIvaI sauivaQaayaoM p`dana Android TV project deployed in India is based krta hO.eMD/a^yaD TIvaI p`stuitkrNa ko ilae gaugala on the Google MediaCAS framework for maIiDyaasaIeesa Íomavak- pr AaQaairt naagara ka Baart maoM Android TV deployments. phlaa eMDa^yaD/ TIvaI piryaaojanaa hO. NAGRA, the digital TV division of the Kudelski Group kuDlskI ga`up kI kMpnaI ka iDijaTla TIvaI ivaBaaga AaOr saamaga`I company and the world’s leading independent provider of saMrxaNa AaOr malTIsËIna TolaIivajana samaaQaanaaoM kI duinayaa kI Aga`NaI svatM~ content protection and multiscreen television solutions kMpnaI enaejaIAare nao GaaoYaNaa kI ik isaTI naoTvak-\sa ilaimaToD¸ ek announced that SITI Networks Limited, an Essel Group Company and one of India’s largest multi-system operators, esaola ga`up kI kMpnaI¸ AaOr Baart ko sabasao baD,o malTI isasTma Aa^proTraoM maoM has selected NAGRA’s cardless content security solution sao ek nao Apnao eMDa^yaD/ TIvaI saoT Ta^p baa^@sa laa^nca ko ilae naagara ko for its ka^D-laosa saamaga`I saurxaa forthcoming ka cayana ikyaa Android TV Set hO.yah eMDa^[D/ TIvaI top box launch. This represents piryaaojanaa ko ilae NAGRA’s first gaugala maIiDyaasaIeesa Android TV ZaMcao pr AaQaairt project in India Baart maoM naagara kI based on the phlaI eMDa^yaD/ TIvaI Google MediaCAS piryaaojanaa ka framework for p`itinaiQa%va krta Android TV hO. deployments. naagara ko saaqa ApnaI Through its partnership sahBaaigata ko maaQyama with NAGRA, sao isaTI naoTvak- Baart SITI Networks will be able to rapidly deploy both secure maoM Apnao tIna imailayana majabaUt sabsaËa[bar AaQaar maoM saurixat AaOr baajaar and market-leading Android TV services across its three- maoM Aga`NaI eMDa^[D/ TIvaI saovaaAaoM kao tojaI sao lagaanao maoM saxama haogaa¸ ijasamaoM million strong subscriber base in India including a comprehensive content offering and access to a large library vyaapk saamaga`I kI poSakSa va AavaodnaaoM kI ek baD,I laa[ba`orI tk phuMca of applications. Saaimala hO. "The launch of SITI PlayTop Set-Top Box and iOS/ isaTI naoTvak- ilaimaToD ko saMyau@t ]pËma sahyaaogaI [MiDyana kobala Android apps is a crucial part of SITI's expansion strategy naoT kMpnaI ilaimaToD ³Aa[-saIenasaIela´ ko inadoSak sauroSa saoizyaa nao kha in India. I would want to congratulate our infrastructure partner Nagra. They have worked with us step-by-step to ik ‘isaTI PlaoTa^p saoT Ta^p baa^@sa AaOr Aa[-AaoesaÀeMDa^yaD/ eOPsa ka seamlessly integrate their comprehensive support for laa^nca Baart maoM isaTI kI rNanaIit ka ek mah%vapUNa- ihssaa hO.maOM Apnao 31 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 MARKET: STRATEGY Android TV through an end-to-end content protection bauinayaadI Z,aMcao ko saaqaI naagara kao baQaa[- donaa caahta hUM ik ]nhaoMnao hmaaro ecosystem. The SITI PlayTop Set-Top Box will provide a saaqa imalakr eMD–TU–eMD kMToMT p`aoTo@Sana [kaoisasTma ko maaQyama sao eMD/ next-generation, superior entertainment experience for our a^yaD TIvaI ko ilae vyaapk samaqa-na kao samaoikt krnao ko ilae kdma dr customers", said Suresh Sethiya, Director of Indian Cable Net Company Limited (ICNCL), a Joint Venture partner of kdma imalakr kama ikyaa hO.isaTI PlaoTa^p saoT Ta^p baa^@sa hmaaro ga`ahkaoM SITI Networks Limited. ko ilae AgalaI pIZ,I kao baohtr manaaorMjana p`dana krogaa.’ Designed with operational efficiency at its core, the maUla kao pircaalana xamata ko saaqa iDjaa[na ikyao gayao naagara NAGRA solution provides comprehensive support for samaaQaana eMD–TU–eMD kMToMT p`aoTo@Sana [kaoisasTma ko maaQyama sao eMDa^yaD/ Android TV through an end-to-end content protection TIvaI ko ilae vyaapk samaqa-na p`dana krta hO ijasao Aa^proTr Wara ecosystem that can be extended at a time of an operator’s choosing through additional options such as forensic faoroMisak vaa^Trmaaik-Mga AaOrÀyaa eMTI pa[rosaI saovaaAaoM jaOsao Aitir@t watermarking and/or anti-piracy services. ivaklpaoM ko cayana ko samaya [sao baZ,ayaa jaa sakta hO. Deployed “as a service,” it enables operators to take ‘ek saovaa ko $p’ maoM tOnaat yah Aa^proTraoM ko svaaima%va AaOr advantage of reduced total cost of ownership and regular inayaimat $p sao maa^D\yaUlar AaOr @laa]D–saMcaailat ApDoT AaOr saIeesa va modular and cloud-driven updates and frameworks for both DIAarema ekIkrNa daonaaoM ko ilae Íomavak- kI kula laagat ka laaBa CAS and DRM integration, while ensuring the ecosystem ]zanao maoM saxama banaata hO¸ jabaik yah sauinaiScat krta hO ik pairisqaitkI remains protected from pirates. "We are excited to bring our tM~ pa[roT\sa sao saurixat rhta hO. Next Gen SITI PlayTop Android Set isaTI naoTvak- ilaimaToD ko saI[-Aao Ainala malhao~a Top Box to our customers. SITI has nao GaaoYaNaa kI ik ‘hma Apnao ga`ahkaoM ko ilae been at the forefront of delighting them ApnaI AgalaI pIZ,I ko isaTIPlao Ta^p eMDa^yaD/ with the latest technology. The launch saoT Ta^p baa^@sa laanao ko ilae ]%saaiht hOM.isaTI of SITI PlayTop is another step in our commitment to provide them with ]nhoM navaInatma tknaIkI ko saaqa KuSa krnao maoM Superior Entertainment Experience. We sabasao Aagao rha hO.isaTI Plao Ta^p ka SauBaarMBa are delighted to partner with Nagra, ]%kRYT manaaorMjana AnauBava ko saaqa p`dana krnao who provides comprehensive support kI hmaarI p`itbawta kI Aaor ek AaOr kdma for Android TV through an end-to-end hO.hmaoM naagara ko saaqa saaJaodarI krko KuSaI hao content protection ecosystem. This rhI hO jaao eMD TU eMD kMToMT p`aoTo@Sana [kaoisasTma box will make any TV Smart while bringing SITI HD+ Digital Cable ko maaQyama sao eMD/a^[D TIvaI ko ilae vyaapk Television's ultimate viewing samaqa-na p`dana krta hO.isaTI naoTvak- ilaimaToD experience with a DVR facility", ko saI[-Aao EaI malhao~a nao Aagao batayaa ik isaTI declared Anil Malhotra, CEO of SITI ecaDI Plasa iDijaTla kobala TolaIivajana ko Networks Limited. AlTImaoT vyaU kao ek DIvaIAar sauivaQaa ko saaqa laato hue yah baa^@sa iksaI “We’re proud to partner with SITI Networks on its BaI TIvaI kao smaaT- banaa dogaa. continued expansion within the Indian market” said Stephane Le Dreau, Senior Vice naagara ko epIsaIe ko ivaËya ko ilae vairYz President of Sales, APAC, at ]p–p`Qaana sTIfna lao DI]/ nao batayaa ik NAGRA. “The strength, level of ‘hma BaartIya baajaar ko BaItr Apnao inarMtr innovation and unique features of ivastar pr isaTI naoTvak- ko saaqa saaJaodarI NAGRA’s content and service krnao pr gava- kr kro hOM.’ ‘eMDa^[D/ TIvaI protection services for Android TV ko ilae naagara kI saamaga`I AaOr saovaa saurxaa provides operators around the world with the tools they need to saovaaAaoM kI navaInata AaOr AnaUzI ivaSaoYataAaoM protect their content and rapidly kI takt¸ duinayaaBar ko Aa^proTraoM kao ]nakI deploy and protect their next-generation services against saamaga`I kI rxaa AaOr tojaI sao tOnaat krnao AaOr caaorI ko iKlaaf ApnaI piracy.” AgalaI pIZ,I kI saovaaAaoM kI rxaa krnao kI AavaSyakta hO.’ 32 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 TECH FOCUS NAGRA, the digital TV division of the Kudelski Group kuDolaskI ga`up ko iDijaTla TIvaI ivaBaaga (SIX:KUD.S) naagara¸ (SIX:KUD.S), provides security and multiscreen user maIiDyaa ko maud`IkrNa ko ilae saurxaa AaOr malTIsËIna ]pyaaogakta- AnauBava experience solutions for the monetization of digital media. samaaQaana p`dana krta hO.kMpnaI duinayaaBar maoM saamaga`I p`dataAaoM AaOr The company provides content providers and DTV operators worldwide with secure, open and integrated DITIvaI Aa^proTraoM kao saurixat¸ Kulao AaOr ekIkRt PlaoTfamaao-M va p`saarNa¸ platforms and with secure, open and integrated platforms ba`a^DbaOMD va maaobaa[la PlaoTfamaao-M pr saurixat¸ Kulao AaOr ekIkRt PlaoTfamaao-M and applications over broadcast, broadband and mobile AaOr AavaodnaaoM ko saaqa sammaaohk AaOr vyai@tgat $p sao doKnao ko AnauBava platforms, enabling compelling and personalized viewing p`dana krtI hO. experiences. SITI Networks Limited is a part of the Essel Group, isaTI naoTvak- ilaimaToD esaola ga`up ka ek ihssaa hO¸ jaao maIiDyaa¸ one of India's leading business houses with a diverse pOkoijaMga¸ manaaorMjana¸ tknaIkI saxama saovaaAaoM¸ bauinayaadI Z,aMcao ko ivakasa portfolio of assets in media, packaging, entertainment, AaOr iSaxaa maoM pirsaMpi ORBITUARY It is with Profound Grief we announce that Nanakji of Nanak Communications Pvt Ltd passed away on 30 April at 5 pm due to a COVID Infection. Nanakji commenced his career as TV Repair technician, but with his technical skills, rapidly grew the business to become a leading manufacturer of CATV Hardware, for more than 2 decades. He was a beacon & inspiration for Indian Entrepreneurs, creating innovative products for the Nayan Vora of Aplomb Tech, has Indian market, at extremely attractive prices. passed away due to Covid. May his Soul Rest In Peace. May his Soul Rest In Peace. 33 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 REPORT : EY & FICCI EY & FICCI REPORT 2021 TELEVISION SECTOR TELEVISION CHANNELS REACH TELEVISION CHANNELS REACH The number of channels increased marginally between December 2019 and March 2020, but had declined by December 2020 as a result of channel shut-downs, led by the English entertainment genre News channels comprised 43% of total registered channels in India, up from 42% in 2019 64% of channels were free-to-air as compared to 63% Source: MIB website; TRAI in 2019 TELEVISION REVENUE TELEVISION SEGMENT Television advertising declined by 21.5% in 2020, though ad volumes fell just 3% Subscription de-growth of 7% was mainly due to reduction in ARPU and a reduction of two million pay TV homes Source: INR billion (gross of taxes) | EY analysis We expect television segment revenues to exceed 2019 levels by 2022 TELEVISION SUBSCRIPTION While television households will continue to grow at over 5% till 2025, we expect growth to be driven by connected TVs which could cross 40 million by 2025 and free television which could cross 50 million, thereby making core television a more massified product ADVERTISING Though ad insertions fell 30% YoY in Q2 2020, they recovered quickly INR billion (gross of taxes) | EY analysis Ad volumes in Q4 2020 exceeded those of the previous year TV ADVERTISING REVENUE As per BARC estimates, ad volumes fell 3% in 2020 as compared to 2019 While there was an 18% volume reduction in the first half of 2020, there was a sharp volume growth of 12% in the second half of the year Due to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, approximately 1,200 advertisers put a complete halt on their television ad spends during the April to June quarter, while many large advertisers cut their ad spends considerably during the year TAM AdEX 34 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 REPORT : EY & FICCI This inevitably led to rate discounting across genres by many broadcasters, which we estimate at an average TELEVISION CHANNEL LANGUAGE GROWTH of 19% compared to the prior year IPL Season 13 in 2020 surpassed the viewership of IPL Season 12 by 23% with a total of 400 billion viewing minutes as compared to 326 billion viewing minutes for the 2019 edition and generated 112 hours of commercial ad volumes 9,225 advertisers used television in 2020 as compared to 10,105 in 2019 Of these, 4,802 advertisers used only television as a medium for advertising and were not present in print and radio The top five genres which saw the highest increase in new advertisers were all from regional language markets We estimate the channels would have generated INR3- 4 billion of incremental advertising revenues in 2020 which could increase to INR10 billion in 2021 The news genre led with 31% share of ad volumes followed by the GEC genre with 27% share Hindi movies remained the top language genre for ad BARC | Change in AMA 2020 vs 2019 volumes and grew its share of ad volumes to 11% Regional channels (666 hours/channel) received 27% TELEVISION CHANNEL LANGUAGE GROWTH more ad volumes than national channels (526 hours/ channel) in 2020; in 2019 regional channels had received 13% more volumes DISTRIBUTION Television subscription revenues in India decreased 7% in 2020, mainly due to a fall in ARPUs and reduction in the paid subscriber base by around two million television homes While 2020 was impacted by COVID-19, we expect the subscription base for traditional unidirectional television services (cable, DTH, HITS) to keep growing as penetration levels increase over the next few years VIEWERSHIP Hindi and Tamil, the two largest languages by viewership, saw a rise in their total minutes of viewing by over 10% Gujarati, Punjabi and Bangla were the top gainers in viewership share during 2020 English was the most impacted with a fall of 28% BARC | Change in AMA 2020 vs 2019 followed by Assamese and Bhojpuris Source: EY FICCI M&E Report 2021 35 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 STRATEGY : APPOINTMENT K MADHAVAN iDjnaI [MiDyaa ko p`Qaana APPOINTED DISNEY INDIA PRESIDENT banao koºmaaQavanakoºmaaQavanabanao K Madhavan is now the President for EaI koºmaaQavana kao iDjnaI [MiDyaa AaOr sTar [MiDyaa ka Disney India and Star India.Madhavan will drive AQyaxa inayau@t ikyaa gayaa hO.EaI maaQavana iDjnaI¸ sTar va the business for Disney, Star and Hotstar. ha^TsTar ko karaobaar kI doKroK kroMgao. “For the past several months, I have had the pleasure vaa^lT iDjnaI kMpnaI ko AMtrraYTIya/ saMcaalak va Da^yaro@T TU of working directly with KM and have seen firsthand how kMjyaUmar ko AQyaxa robaoka kOMpbaola nao batayaa ik ‘ipClao k[- mahInaaoM sao he has adeptly managed our India mauJao koema ko saaqa saIQao kama krko KuSaI hao rhI hO business, which has been and will continue to be critical to our global and regional AaOr hmanao phlaI baar doKa hO ik ]nhaoMnao hmaaro strategy,” said Rebecca Campbell, vyaapar kao inapuNa $p sao p`baMiQat ikyaa hO jaao hmaarI chairman, International Operations and vaOiSvak rNanaIit AaOr xao~Iya rNanaIit ko ilae mah%vapUNa- Direct-to-Consumer, The Walt Disney rhogaa.’ Company. EaI maaQavana nao batayaa ik “I am very proud to have the ‘Baart maoM hmaaro pasa jaao opportunity to lead BaI p`itBaaSaalaI AaOr the incredibly Baavauk TIma hO¸ ]saka talented and naotR%va krnao AaOr caOnala passionate team we have in India, and to ko Apnao majabaUt further build upon paoT-faoilayaao ka inamaa-Na our strong portfolio krnao ka Avasar pa maOM of channels and gava- mahsaUsa kr rha high-quality programming that is hUM.Aagao hmaaro saamanao ek a favourite with raomaaMcak yaa~a hO.maOM Apnao viewers across the K MADHAVAN karaobaar kao Aagao baZ,anao region,” said ko ilae p`itbaw hUM¸ Madhavan. “We have an exciting journey ahead of us. I am committed to continuing to move our business forward, Apnao vaOiSvak va xao~Iya Aa^firMga kao baZ,anao ko ilae iDjnaI ko sahyaaoigayaoM working more closely together with colleagues across ko saaqa imalakr kama kr rha hUM.’ Disney to enhance our global and regional offerings.” EaI maaQavana 2009 maoM dixaNa eiSayaa ko p`mauK ko $p maoM sTar Madhavan joined Star India in 2009 as its South Head. [MiDyaa maoM Saaimala hue qao.]nako naotR%va maoM kMpnaI nao ek saMpnna xao~Iya Under his leadership, the company built a thriving regional entertainment portfolio. Previously, he was the driving force manaaorMjana paoT-faoilayaao banaayaa.[sasao phlao vao 2000–2008 maoM emaDI behind Asianet’s growth as the undisputed leader in va saI[-Aao ko $p maoM 50‰ sao AiQak baajaar ihssaodarI ko saaqa Malayalam with more than 50% of market share, serving as malayaalama maoM inaiva-vaad naota ko $p maoM eiSaayaanaoT ko vaRiw ko pICo p`ork MD and CEO in 2000-2008. Sai@t qao. Madhavan currently serves as president of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) and as chairman of the EaI maaQavana vat-maana maoM [MiDyana ba`a^DkaisTMga fa]MDoSana ³Aa[-baIef´ National Committee of Media & Entertainment CII ko AQyaxa AaOr maIiDyaa va manaaorMjana saIAa[-Aa[- ³BaartIya ]Vaoga pirsaMGa´ (Confederation of Indian Industry). kI raYTIya/ saimait ko AQyaxa ko $p maoM kaya- krto hOM. 36 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 REPORT: NEWS CHANNELS TOP ENGLISH NEWS p`mauK AMga`ojaI samaacaar CHANNEL & THEIR caOnala AaOr ]naka iva 37 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 REPORT: NEWS CHANNELS company has had business interests in general enaDITIvaI p`aoifT BaI laa^nca ikyaa ijasao baad maoM ek saUcanaa va manaaorMjana entertainment and e-commerce, and is part of the caOnala enaDITIvaI p`a[ma maoM badla idyaa gayaa.kMpnaI ko saamaanya manaaorMjana management of a number of broadcast channels including AaOr [-–ka^masa- maoM vyavasaaiyak iht hO AaOr k[- saMyau@t ]pËmaaoM ko maaQyama the lifestyle channel NDTV Good Times, the infotainment sao laa[fsTa[la caOnala enaDITIvaI gauD Ta[msa¸ [MfaoTonamaoMT caOnala esTao/ channel Astro Awani and the news channel Independent Television through various joint ventures. AvanaI AaOr samaacaar caOnala [MiDpoMDoT TolaIivajana saiht k[- p`saarNa caOnalaaoM ko p`baMQana ka ihssaa hO. NDTV Revenue News broadcaster NDTV's consolidated revenue enaDITIvaI rajasva from operations for the quarter ended 31st December is ` nyaUja p`saark enaDITIvaI ko 31 idsaMbar kao samaaPt itmaahI ko 105.83 crore compared to ` 93.67 crore in the same period pircaalana sao samaoikt rajasva ipClao saala kI samaana AvaiQa ko 93º67 last year. kraoD, Épyao kI tulanaa maoM 31º83 kraoD, Épyao rha. Total expenses stood at ` 82.4 crore compared to ` kula Kca- ek saala phlao ko 85º03 kraoD, Épyao kI tulanaa maoM 85.03 crore a year ago. 82º4 kraoD, Épyao qaa. The company said that it has delivered the best third quarter results in the last 11 years with a net profit of ` 22.69 kMpnaI nao batayaa ik ]sanao 12º13 kraoD, Épyao kI tulanaa maoM crore compared to ` 12.13 crore. 22º69 kraoD, Épyao ko Sauw laaBa ko saaqa ipClao 11 vaYaao-M maoM sava-EaoYz The company posted an operating profit of ` 32.64 tIsarI itmaahI ko natIjao idyao hOM.kMpnaI nao TolaIivajana maIiDyaa AaOr crore from the television media and related operations saMbaMiQat pircaalana KMD sao 19º09 kraoD, Épyao kI tulanaa maoM 32º64 segment compared to ` 19.09 crore. kraoD, Épyao ka pircaalana laaBa Aija-t ikyaa. Revenue from the segment was ` 105.83 crore compared to ` 92.23 crore. 92º23 kraoD, Épyao kI tulanaa maoM KMD sao rajasva 105º83 The company reported nil revenue from the kraoD, Épyao qaa. e-commerce/retail segment. kMpnaI nao [-–ka^masa-ÀirTola saogamaoMT sao SaUnya rajasva kI saUcanaa dI. On a standalone basis, NDTV's revenue from sTOMDAlaaona AaQaar pr enaDITIvaI ka pircaalana sao rajasva operations stood at ` 56.37 crore compared to ` 55.35 crore. 55º35 kraoD, Épyao kI tulanaa maoM 56º37 kraoD, Épyao rha. The company’s expenses were ` 51.56 crore compared to ` 51.85 crore. 51º85 kraoD, Épyao kI tulanaa maoM kMpnaI ka Kca- 51º56 kraoD, Net profit increased to ` 10.53 crore compared to ` Épyao rha. 6.66 crore. 6º66 kraoD, Épyao kI tulanaa maoM Sauw laaBa baZ,kr 10º53 According to NDTV, this is the company's best kraoD, Épyao hao gayaa.enaDITIvaI ko Anausaar yah ipClao Aaz vaYaao-M maoM quarterly result in the last eight years. NDTV Convergence, the company's digital arm, has kMpnaI ka sabasao AcCa itmaahI pirNaama hO. marked its best quarter ever with a profit of more than ` 10 kMpnaI kI iDijaTla SaaKa enaDITIvaI knva-jaMsa nao Apnao crore; its revenue has increased by 32% over the same sava-EaoYz itmaahI kao 10 kraoD, sao AiQak laaBa ko saaqa icainht ikyaa hO: quarter last year. ‰ Despite the business challenges thrown up by the ipClao saala ko [saI itmaahI maoM [sako rajasva maoM 32 kI vRiw hu[- hO. pandemic, the company has so far in this financial year mahamaarI Wara ]%pnna vyaavasaaiyak caunaaOityaaoM ko baavajaUd kMpnaI nao reduced its bank borrowings by ` 27 crore. [sa iva 38 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 REPORT: NEWS CHANNELS it is focused on mitigating any risk presented by this for the kuC itmaaihyaaoM ko ilae [sako Wara p`stut iksaI BaI jaaoiKma kao kma krnao next few quarters. pr koMid`t hO. CNN NEWS18 saIenaena–nyaUja 18 CNN-News18 (originally CNN-IBN) is an Indian saIenaena–nyaUja 18 ³maUla $p sao saIenaena–Aa[-baIena´ ek English-language news television channel founded BaartIya AMga`ojaI BaaYaa ka samaacaar TolaIivajana caOnala hO ijasakI sqaapnaa by Rajdeep Sardesai located in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. naaoyaDa ] 39 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 REPORT: NEWS CHANNELS The full-year operating EBITDA stood at ` 703 crore, pUro saala ka saMcaalana EBITDA 703 kraoD, Épyao pr rha jaao growing 124% over ` 314 crore reported in the previous ipClao vaYa- irpaoT- ikyao gayao 314 kraoD, Épyao ko maukabalao 124‰ AiQak fiscal. qaa. TV18 said the benefits of a transparent and non- discriminatory B2C regime created by the implementation TIvaI18 nao kha ik @yaU419 maoM enaTIAao ³nyaU TOirf Aa^D-r´ ko of the NTO (New Tariff Order) in Q4FY19 continued to kayaa-nvayana ko Wara banaayaI gayaI ek pardSaI- va gaOr BaodBaavapUNa- baI2saI accrue for the entire FY20. Saasana ka laaBa pUro efvaa[-20 ko ilae jaarI rha.[sanao batayaa ik Distribution improvements through tie-ups with kobala AaOr TolaIka^ma PlaoTfamaao-M ko saaqa Ta[- Ap ko maaQyama sao ivatrNa maoM cable and telecom platforms boosted the reach and enlarged sauQaar nao dSa-kaoM ko ivaiBanna Ëasa sao@Sana maoM caOnala ba`aMDaoM ko maUlya p`saar ko the value-proposition of channel brands across a varied cross-section of viewers, it added. phuMca kao baZ,ayaa. TV18's Q4 average viewership share in news was samaacaar maoM TIvaI18 kI @yaU4 kI AaOsat dSa-ksaM#yaa ihssaodarI 10.5%, up from 10.2% in Q3; while TV18 group's Q4 10º5‰ qaI jaao @yaU3 maoM 10º2‰ qaI¸ jabaik TIvaI 18 samaUh ko @yaU4 entertainment viewership share was 9.9% in Q4 versus 10.1% manaaorMjana dSa-kaoM kI ihssaodarI @yaU4 maoM 9º9‰ qaI jaao ik ipClaI itmaahI in the last quarter. ‰ The contribution of subscription to the revenue mix maoM 10º1 qaI. has increased to 35% in FY20 from 26% in FY19, the iva INDIA TODAY TV [MiDyaa TUDo TIvaI India Today (formerly Headlines Today) is a 24-hour [MiDyaa TUDo TIvaI ³pUva- maoM hoDlaa[Msa TUDo´ ] 40 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 REPORT: NEWS CHANNELS operations stood at ` 137.79 crore, down 18% from ` 167.7 rajasva 137º79 kraoD, Épyao rha¸ jaao ipClao vaYa- kI samaana itmaahI maoM crore in the same quarter last year. 167º7 kraoD, Épyao qaa. The radio broadcasting business earned a total revenue of ` 23 lakh in Q1FY21 compared with ` 3.78 crore roiDyaao p`saarNa vyavasaaya nao ipClao vaYa- kI phlaI itmaahI maoM in the first quarter of the previous year. 3º78 kraoD, Épyao kI tulanaa maoM @yaU1efvaa[- 21 maoM 23 kraoD, Épyao ka The company earned ` 2.13 crore during the quarter kula rajasva kmaayaa. from the newspaper publishing business. The contribution kMpnaI nao AKbaar ko p`kaSana vyavasaaya sao itmaahI ko daOrana of the newspaper business was 1.27% to the total revenue 2º13 kraoD, Épyao kmaayao.saMcaalana sao kula rajasva maoM AKbaar ko from operations. Following this, the company announced that it will stop publishing its compact daily Mail Today karaobaar ka yaaogadana 1º27‰ qaa.[sako baad kMpnaI nao GaaoYaNaa kI ik from August 10. vah 10 Agast sao Apnao ka^mpO@T dOinak maola TUDo ka p`kaSana baMd kr Income from others stood at ` 27.55 crore in the dogaI. current quarter under review versus ` 27.97 crore in the ipClao vaYa- kI [saI itmaahI maoM samaIxaaQaIna itmaahI maoM 27º97 same quarter of last year. kraoD, Épyao kI tulanaa maoM Anya kI Aaya 27º55 kraoD, Épyao qaI. REPUBLIC TV irpiblak TIvaITIvaIirpiblak Republic TV is a free-to-air news channel launched irpiblak TIvaI kao ma[- 2017 maoM laa^nca ikyaa gayaa qaa jaao ik ek in May 2017. ÍI–TU–eyar caOnala hO.Ana-ba gaaosvaamaI AaOr rajaIva caMd`SaoKr Wara [sakI sah It was co-founded by Arnab Goswami and Rajeev Chandrasekhar, before the latter relinquished his stake in sqaapnaa kI gayaI qaI¸ baad maoM ma[- 2019 maoM caMd`SaoKr nao ApnaI ihssaodarI kao May 2019, leaving Goswami as the majority stakeholder. Ana-ba ka baoca idyaa AaOr [sa trh Ana-ba ko pasa AiQasaM#ya ihssaodarI Aa Chandrasekhar was an independent legislator from gayaI.EaI caMd`SaoKr raYTIya/ janataMi~k gazbaMQana ko svatM~ ivaQaayak qao jaao the National Democratic Alliance who later joined baad maoM BaartIya janata paTI- maoM Saaimala hao gayao AaOr EaI gaaosvaamaI Ta[msa naa] the Bharatiya Janata Party and Goswami was the former editor-in-chief of Times Now. ko pUva- p`Qaana saMpadk qao.]Vma mau#ya $p sao EaI caMd`SaoKr kI kMpnaI The venture was funded eiSayaanaoT nyaUja ko maaQyama sao iva 41 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 REPORT: NEWS CHANNELS Republic TV to be the most-watched English news channel ApnaI sqaapnaa ko baad sao lagaatar 100 saPtah tk Baart maoM sabasao in India for 100 weeks in a row since its founding. The top AiQak doKa jaanao vaalaa AMga`ojaI nyaUja caOnala haonao ka ]llaoK ikyaa.BaartIya news channel spot was taken over by DD India, a public samaacaarp~ imaMT ko Anausaar frvarI 2019 maoM saava-jainak samaacaar p`saarNakta- service broadcaster, in February 2019, according to the Indian newspaper Mint. DIDI [MiDyaa Wara SaIYa- samaacaar caOnala ka sqaana lao ilayaa qaa. irpiblak TIvaI rajasva Republic TV Revenue ÍI–TU–eyar ³efTIe´ caOnala kao 19 rNanaIitk BaagaIdaraoM ko The free-to-air (FTA) channel has been launched with 19 strategic partners, with a commitment of spent of saaqa laa^nca ikyaa gayaa qaa ijasamaoM 100 kraoD, Épyao Kca- ikyao gayao.irpiblak ` 100 crore. “We are a cash positive company, with very maIiDyaa naoTvak- ko saI[-Aao ivakasa KanacaMdanaI nao kha ik ‘hma kMpnaI pr less debt on our books. Also one of the reasons we have bahut kma ?Na ko saaqa ek nakdI sakara%mak kMpnaI hOM.[sako Alaavaa been able to launch the second channel within 19 months phlao caOnala ko laa^nca ko 19 mahInao ko BaItr hma ijana karNaaoM sao Apnao of rolling out the first one, is that our delivery to dUsaro caOnala kao laa^nca kr payao hOM ]namaoM sao ek yah hO ik iva&apnadataAaoM advertisers is highest. We ensure a good return-on- kao hmaarI iDilavarI sabasao AiQak hO.hma inavaoSa pr AcCo irTna- kao investment,” Vikas Khanchandani, group CEO, Republic Media Network, said. sauinaiScat krto hOM. ARG Outliner Media Asianet News Pvt Ltd, the irpiblak maIiDyaa naoTvak- kI haoilDMga kMpnaI eAarjaI Aa]Tlaa[nar holding form of Republic Media Network, narrowed its net maIiDyaa eiSayaanaoT nyaUja p`a[vaoT ilaimaToD nao maaca- 2018 maoM samaaPt haonao loss to ` 77 lakh, for the year ended March 2018, according vaalao vaYa- ko ilae Apnao nauksaana kao kma kr idyaa.yah jaanakarI to financial data accessed by business intelligence platform, vyaapar Kuifyaa PlaoTfa^ma- Taoflar Wara jauTayao gayao iva 42 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 REPORT: NEWS CHANNELS Times Now Revenue Ta[msa naa] ka rajasva Bennett Coleman and Company Ltd (BCCL) has baonaoT kaolamaona eMD kMpnaI ila ³baIsaIsaIela´ nao 31 maaca- 2019 recorded an increase of 7.87% in total revenue for the year kao samaaPt vaYa- ko ilae kula rajasva maoM 7º87‰ kI vaRiw dja- kI ended March 31, 2019. The company has posted ` 6,985.91 crore as total income, compared to ` 6,476.08 crore for the hO.kMpnaI nao kula Aaya ko $p maoM 6985º91 kraoD, Épyao paosT ikyao hOM¸ year ended March 31, 2018. jabaik 31 maaca- 2018 kao samaaPt vaYa- ko ilae 6476 kraoD, Épyao kI The network’s Profit After Taxation (PAT) has dipped Aaya hu[- qaI. 74.83% to ` 1,52.79 as compared to ` 607.08 crore in the ipClao vaYa- maoM 607º08 kraoD, Épyao kI tulanaa maoM naoTvak- ka previous year. Meanwhile, BCCL’s advertising revenue has p`a^ifT AaFTr To@saoSana ³pIeTI´ 74º83‰ GaTkr 152º79 kraoD, gone up by 1.7% to ` 4,845.15 crore as compared to ` 4,763.47 Épyao rh gayaa.[sa baIca iva INDIA AHEAD [MiDyaa AhoDAhoD[MiDyaa India Ahead is a nationwide English News [MiDyaa AhoD ek raYTvyaapI/ AMga`ojaI nyaUja caOnala hO.[sao AaMQa` 43 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 REPORT: NEWS CHANNELS Channel. It is promoted by Andhra Prabha Media Group p`Baa ga`up Wara p`maaoT ikyaa gayaa AaOr jaUna 2018 maoM laa^nca ikyaa gayaa and launched in June, 2018. The Channel carries news, qaa.caOnala¸ BaartIya ko saaqa–saaqa AMtrraYT/Iya pirp`oxya sao samaacaar¸ current affairs, entertainment sports and business kroMT Afoyasa-¸ eMTrTonamaoMT spaoT\sa- AaOr ibajanaosa kaya-Ëma kao p`saairt kr programming from Indian as well as International Perspective. It's the first English news channel to be rha hO.yah dixaNa Baart sao p`saairt haonao vaalaa phlaa AMga`ojaI samaacaar beamed out of South India. caOnala hO. The tagline of India Ahead is “It’s Good News” [MiDyaa AhoD ka TOgalaa[na hO ‘[T\sa gauD nyaUja’ hO jaao Aanao vaalaI which highlights the vision to look ahead and aim to pIZ,I ko ilae ek baohtr Baart banaanao ko ilae Aagao doKnaa AaOr saUicat inform and influence in making a better India for the krnao AaOr p`Baaivat krnao ko ]_oSya sao dRiYT kao ]jaagar krta hO. generation to come. India Ahead was led by Chetan Sharma as [MiDyaa AhoD ka naotR%va caotna Samaa- nao saMsqaapk saI[-Aao AaOr Founding CEO and Editorial Director. He is a celebrated saMpadkIya inadoSak ko $p maoM ikyaa hO.vao ek p`isaw TIvaI eMkr hOM¸ ek TV anchor, a veteran journalist AnauBavaI p~kar hOM¸ ijanhaoMnao p`mauK maIiDyaa having headed teams across Garanao jaOsao enaDITIvaI¸ jaI naoTvak-¸ [MiDyaa leading media houses like NDTV, TUDo¸ [-esapIena sTar spaoT\sa- AaOr Zee Network and India Today, TIDblaUAa[- maoM kama ikyaa hO.p~kairta ESPN Star Sports and TWI. Renowned names in the field of xao~ maoM p`isaw naama jaOsao sauQaanaMd¸ saaOrva journalism like Sudha Sadanand, saanyaala¸ sanaa Kana AaOr jaUJaar isaMh [MiDyaa Sourav Sanyal, Sana Khan and AhoD ka naotR%va kr rho hOM.jaUna 2020 maoM Jujhar Singh are leading the team AaMQa` p`Baa samaUh kI emaDI mauqaa gaaOtma nao of India Ahead. In June, 2020 AMga`ojaI ko nayao caOnala [MiDyaa AhoD ko ilae Andhra Prabha Group’s MD Mootha Goutam announced senior management changes vairYz p`baMQana pirvat-naaoM kI GaaoYaNaa to the English new channel India Ahead. While the kI.jabaik saMsqaapk saI[-Aao caotna Samaa- Aagao baZ, cauko hOM¸ caOnala nao founding CEO Chetan Sharma has moved on, the channel vairYz inayaui@tyaaoM kI ek EaRMKlaa banaayaI hO.pUva- saIenaena–nyaUja 18 has made a series of senior appointments. Former CNN- saudIp mauiKyaa AQyaxa¸ samaacaar kxa saMcaalana AaOr saMpadkIya rNanaIityaaoM News18 Sudeep Mukhia has joined India Ahead as Group ko $p maoM [MiDyaa AhoD maoM Saaimala hao gayao hOM. President, News Room Operations & Editorial Strategies. caOnala Baart ko saBaI AMga`ojaI samaacaar caOnalaaoM ko baIca bajaT saPtah The channel became the No. 1 channel in terms of Average time spent by Viewers during the Budget Week ko daOrana dSa-kaoM Wara Kca- ikyao gayao AaOsat samaya ko saMdBa- maoM naMbar 1 caOnala among all the English News Channels of India. Also, the bana gayaa hO.saaqa hI caOnala dixaNa BaartIya rajyaaoM jaOsao AaMQa` p`doSa¸ channel is performing well in the Southern Indian States timalanaaDu¸ tolaMgaanaa AaOr knaa-Tk maoM AcCa p`dSa-na kr rhI hO. such as Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and [MiDyaa AhoD nyaUja p`a[vaoT ilaimaToD 17 isatMbar 2013 kao Karnataka. India Ahead News Private Limited is a Private sqaaipt ikyaa gayaa inajaI saMsqaana hO.[sao gaOr sarkarI kMpnaI ko $p maoM incorporated on 17 September 2013. It is classified as Non- vagaI-kRt ikyaa gayaa hO AaOr yah rijasTar/ Aa^f hOdrabaad maoM pMjaIkRt govt company and is registered at Registrar of Companies, hO.[sakI AiQakRt Saoyar pUMjaI 100¸000¸000 Épyao hO AaOr poD Ap Hyderabad. Its authorized share capital is ` 100,000,000 and kOipTla 99¸200¸ 000Épyao hO.yah irka^D- ikyao gayao maIiDyaa ka ir– its paid up capital is ` 99,200,000. It is inolved in p`aoD@Sana krta hO ³[sa vaga- maoM maasTr ka^pI sao irka^D-¸ Aa^iDyaao¸ vaIiDyaao Reproduction of recorded media [This class includes reproduction of records, audio, video and computer tapes AaOr kMPyaUTr TopaoM ka ifr sao ]%padna¸ Flaa^pI¸ haD- yaa ka^mpO@T iDsk from master copies, reproduction of floppy, hard or compact ka ]%padna¸ gaOr AnaukUilat saa^FTvaoyar va iflma DuiPlakoT ka ]%padna disks, reproduction of non-customised software and film krnaa Saaimala hO.´ duplicating] [MiDyaa AhoD nyaUja p`a[vaoT ilaimaToD kI vaaiYa-k Aama baOzk India Ahead News Private Limited's Annual General ³ejaIema´ AMitma baar 29 isatMbar 2018 kao Aayaaoijat kI gayaI qaI Meeting (AGM) was last held on 29 September 2018 and as per records from Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), its AaOr kapaao-roT maamalaaoM ko maM~alaya ³emasaIe´ ko irka^D- ko Anausaar [sakI balance sheet was last filed on 31 March 2018. baOlaoMsaSaIT 31 maaca- 2018 kao AMitma $p sao daiKla kI gayaI qaI. 44 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 REPORT: NEWS CHANNELS Directors of India Ahead News Private Limited are [MiDyaa AhoD nyaUja p`a[vaoT ilaimaToD ko inadoSak hOM gaaopala kRYNa Gopala Krishna Mootha, Mahesh Bigala, Goutam maUTa¸ mahoSa ibagalaa AaOr gaaOtma mau WION (WORLD IS ONE NEWS) DblaUAa[-Aaoena ³valD- [ja vana nyaUja´ WION (World is One News) is a multinational . DblaUAa[-Aaoena ³valD- [ja vana nyaUja´ ek bahuraYTIya/ kMpnaI English language news channel headquartered in New hO.AMga`ojaI BaaYaa ko samaacaar caOnala ka mau#yaalaya nayaI idllaI maoM hO.yah Delhi. It is owned by the Essel Group and is part of the Zee essaola samaUh ko svaaima%va maoM hO AaOr jaI maIiDyaa ko caOnalaaoM ka ihssaa hO. Media network of channels. The founding team included saMsqaapk TIma maoM raoiht gaaMQaI mau#ya saMpadk ko $p Rohit Gandhi as editor-in-chief, Mandy maoM AaOr maOMDI @laa^k-¸ saIbaIesa ko pUva- saMvaaddata Clark, former CBS correspondent, and AaOr AmaoirkI maIiDyaa kaya-karI imaqaIk kaijamaI¸ Mithaq Kazimi, American media p`baMQa inadoSak ko $p maoM Saaimala qao.jaanao maanao executive, as managing producers respectively. Known journalists p~kar saad hmmaadI baMglaadoSa ko byaUrao p`mauK¸ d included Saad Hammadi, Bangladesh gaa^ija-yana ko pUva- saMvaaddata Aica-qa SaoYaad`I¸ pUva- bureau chief and former correspondent saIenaena eMkr AaOr saIenaena vaoba saMskrNa ko pUva- for The Guardian, Archith Seshadri, saMpadk tqaagat BaT\Tacaaya- Saaimala qao. former CNN anchor, and Tathagata Bhattacharya, former editor of vat-maana TIma maoM eiDTr [na caIf ko $p maoM sauQaIr the CNN web edition. caaOQarI AaOr kaya-karI saMpadk ko $p maoM naoTvak- The current team includes Sudhir 18 ko pUva- vairYz saMpadk palakI Samaa- ]paQyaaya Chaudhary as editor-in-chief and Saaimala hOM.DIDI nyaUja ko isawaMt isabbala 1 Ap`Ola Network18 former senior editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay as executive editor. 2018 kao saMgazna maoM Saaimala hue qao.sauimat catu- Sidhant Sibal of DD News joined the vaodI¸ jaao ik phlao [-TI naa] AaOr saIenabaIsaI organisation on 1 April 2018. Sumit Chaturvedi, who was TIvaI 18 ko saaqa qao¸ vyavasaaya samaacaar kaya-Ëma kI doKBaala krto hOM earlier with ET Now and CNBC TV18, looks after the AaOr saubah Saama vyavasaaya Saao valaOT kI maojabaanaI krto hOM.irpiblak business news content and does morning and evening business shows WALLET. Republic TV's former news TIvaI kI pUva- samaacaar eMkr AakaMxaa sva$p 2018 maoM DblaUAa[-Aaoena anchor Akanksha Swarup joined WION in 2018, becoming ko saaqa jauD,I¸ jaao caOnala kI p`mauK caohraoM maoM sao ek bana gayaI.sa[-d one of the channel's leading faces. Sayed Mustafa Kazemi maustfa kaja,maI frvarI 2020 maoM caOnala ko ilae Afgaainastana ko became Afghanistan Correspondent for the channel in saMvaaddata bana gayao.esaaoisaeToD p~karao maoM navaIna kpUr¸ idigvajaya February 2020. Associated journalists include Naveen Kapoor, Digvijay Singh Deo, Rabin Sharma, Ieshan Wani, isaMh dova¸ raibana Saamaa-¸ [-Saana vaanaI¸ kait-koya Samaa- AaOr eilasana lao Kartikeya Sharma, and Alyson le Grange. ga`oMja Saaimala hOM. WION, India's first Global News channel, DblaUAa[-Aaoena Baart ka phlaa glaaobala nyaUja caOnala hO jaao Kud continues to carve out a niche for itself and attains Top ko ilae jagah banaa rha hO AaOr ]ccatma dSa-k saM#yaa ko saaqa SaIYa- English News channel position with highest viewer stickiness. (Source: BARC, NCCS 22+ Male AB, All AMga`ojaI samaacaar caOnala kI isqait p`aPt kI hO.³sa`aot: baIeAarsaI¸ India Urban, 0600-2400, Wk 40 - 52 '19 Average ATSV). enasaIsaIesa 22 Plasa pu$Ya ebaI¸ AiKla BaartIya SahrI¸ 0600– During the quarter, the channel hosted profitable 2400¸ vaIk 40 –52'19 AaOsat eTIesavaI´[sa itmaahI ko daOrana caOnala engaging events like the E-mobility Summit in October, nao A@TUbar maoM–[-–maaoibalaITI saimaT¸ DblaUAa[-Aaoena valD- Aa^D-r Ta^ikMga WION World Order- Talking Diplomacy and Mission Smart Cities 2020 in December with key stakeholders iDPlaaomaosaI AaOr imaSana smaaT- isaTIja 2020 jaOsao maMi~yaaoM¸ ]Vaoga ko naotaAaoM including ministers, industry leaders and distinguished AaOr p`itiYzt maohmaanaaoM ko saaqa laaBadayak AakYa-k kaya-ËmaaoM kI maojabaanaI guests. kI. 45 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 REPORT: NEWS CHANNELS NEWSX nyaUjae@sanyaUjae@sanyaUjae@sa NewsX is India’s fastest growing English News nyaUjae@sa Baart ka sabasao tojaI sao baZ,ta huAa AMga`ojaI nyaUja Channel and enjoys highest viewership and highest time caOnala hO AaOr sabasao AiQak vyaAriSap p`aPt krta hO AaOr iSaixat SahrI spent amongst educated urban BaartIya [sao doKnao maoM sabasao AiQak samaya Indians. Ever since its acquisition by ibatato hOM. the ITV Network, the channel has Aa[-TIvaI naoTvak- Wara [sako AiQaga`hNa ko witnessed unprecedented growth. baad caOnala nao ABaUtpUva- vaRiw dja- kI NewsX is the News Leader hO.nyaUjae@sa nyaUjalaIDr hO AaOr raYT / ko and sets the news agenda for the ilae samaacaar ejaoMDa tya krta hO ijasamaoM nation, with its crisp formats, straight forward reporting, ik raocak p`a$p¸ saIQao Aagao kI irpao-iTMga¸ tIKI bahsa¸ ToiDMga/ hOSaTOga pointed debates, trending hashtags, and engaging mix of stories. AaOr khainayaaoM ka AakYa-k imaEaNa haota hO.yah AiQaktma samaacaar It offers maximum news and continues to lead. p`dana krta hO AaOr lagaatar naotR%va kr rha hO. NewsX is owned by ITV Network Group.ITV Network nyaUjae@sa ka svaaima%va Aa[-TIvaI naoTvak- ga`up ko pasa hO.Aa[- is India’s fastest growing news network, with two national TIvaI naoTvak- Baart ka sabasao tojaI sao baZ,ta huAa samaacaar naoTvak- hO¸ news channels, four regional news channels, two ijasamaoM dao raYTIya/ samaacaar caOnala¸ caar xao~Iya samaacaar caOnala¸ dao samaacaar newspapers and various digital assets. It employs more than 2025 people across 25 bureaus/offices and has more than p~ AaOr ivaiBanna iDijaTla saMpi 46 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 MARKET : PAY-TV INDIAN PAY-TV BaartIya po TIvaI baajaar MARKET ON A SURGE ]fana prpr]fana Pay-TV revenues in India are projected to reach $12.3 maIiDyaa paT-nasa- eiSayaa ³emapIe´ ko Anausaar Baart maoM po TIvaI billion by 2025, according to Media Partners Asia (MPA), sao p`aPt haonao vaalaa rajasva 2025 tk 12º3 ibailayana Da^lar tk phuMcanao with the number of subscribers set to reach 134 million. ka Anaumaana hO jabaik [sa daOrana ga`ahkaoM kI saM#yaa 134 imailayana tk DTH subscribers will reach 68 million by 2025. phuMca jaayaogaI.2025 tk DITIeca ga`ahk 68 imailayana tk phuMcanao kI There were about 127 million pay-TV subs in India saMBaavanaa hO. in 2020, MPA says in its India Pay-TV Distribution 2021 report. Industry revenues are expected to rise at a 2020 maoM Baart maoM lagaBaga 127 imailayana po TIvaI sabsaËIPSana qao¸ compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7 percent yah jaanakarI emapIe nao Apnao [MiDyaa poTIvaI iDsTIbyaUSana/ 2021 kI between 2020 and 2025. irpaoT- maoM batayaa hO.]Vaoga ka By then, more than 96 rajasva 2020 AaOr 2025 ko percent of India’s pay- baIca 7 p`itSat kI caËvaRiw TV homes will be digitalized. The vaaiYa-k vaRiw dr ³saIejaIAar´ growth comes after a 10 sao baZ,nao kI ]mmaId hO.tbatk percent decline in Baart ko 96 p`itSat sao AiQak revenues last year to po TIvaI GaraoM kao iDijaTla ikyaa $8.9 billion due to Covid- jaayaogaa.kaoivad–19 ko iva&apna 19’s impact on the ad baajaar pr p`Baava ko karNa ipClao market. Between 2020 and 2025, pay-TV saala rajasva maoM 10 p`itSat kI advertising is expected igaravaT ko baad 8º9 ibailayana to increase at a 12 Da^lar kI vaRiw hu[-.2020 AaOr percent CAGR. 2025 ko baIca po TIvaI iva&apna The number of 12 p`itSat saIejaIAar sao baZ,anao DTH homes is projected to increase from 58 kI ]mmaId hO. million in 2020 to more DITIeca GaraoM kI saM#yaa than 68 million in 2025, while cable’s share will decline from 2020 maoM 58 imailayana sao baZ,kr 2025 maoM 68 imailayana sao AiQak haonao 54 percent to 46 percent. IPTV is expected to pick up a small ka Anaumaana hO jabaik kobala kI ihssaodarI 54 p`itSat sao GaTkr 46 share after rolling out this year. p`itSat hao jaayaogaI.Aa[-pITIvaI kao [sa saala p`stuitkrNa ko baad CaoTa “Robust backend systems, the ability to offer ihssaa p`aPt haonao ka Anaumaana hO. consumers flexibility in choosing channel packages under NTO and the exit of leading private channels from DD emapIe [MiDyaa ko vaIpI imaihr Saah nao batayaa ik ‘majabaUt Freedish helped the DTH pay-TV sector grow even after isasTma¸ enaTIAao ko tht caOnala pOkoja caunanao maoM ]pBaao@taAaoM ko lacaIlaopna the new TRAI tariff regulations came into effect,” said Mihir kI poSakSa krnao kI xamata AaOr DIDI ÍIiDSa ko p`mauK inajaI caOnalaaoM ko Shah, VP of MPA India. “Going forward, DTH will be the baahr inaklanao sao DITIeca po TIvaI xao~ kao nayao Ta[-/ TOirf inayamaaoM ko key driver of growth, fulfilling the needs of the majority of p`BaavaI haonao ko baad BaI baZ,nao maoM madd imalaI.Aagao baZ,to hue hma kh new T. TV households entering into the pay-TV ecosystem. sakto hOM ik DITIeca ivakasa ka p`mauK caalak haogaa jaao po–TIvaI Premium cable subscribers in urban centres remain [kaoisasTma maoM p`vaoSa krnao vaalao nayao TIvaI pirvaaraoM ko bahumat kI ja$rtaoM vulnerable to churn as uptake of quality fibre-based kao pUra krogaa.SahrI koMd`aoM maoM p`Iimayama kobala sabsaËa[bar cana- krnao ko 47 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 MARKET : PAY-TV broadband services including IPTV grows in affluent ilae saMvaodnaSaIla banao rhto hOM @yaaoMik Aa[-pITIvaI saiht gauNava INDIA’S MOST RESPECTED TRADE MAGAZINE FOR THE CABLE TV, BROADBAND, IPTV & SATELLITE INDUSTRY ... You Know What You Are Doing But Nobody Else Does ADVERTISE NOW ! In-depth & Unbiased Market Information Technology Breakthroughs Comprehensive Circulation Across The Satellite & Cable TV Industry Contact: Mob.: +91-7021850198 Email: [email protected] 48 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 MARKET : MSO RELIANCE SELLS Dona kI ihssaodarI baocaI DEN STAKE irlaayaMsa naonaoirlaayaMsa Reliance to sell 11.61 per cent stake in Hathway irlaayaMsa nao hOqavao va Dona maoM 11º61 ihssaodarI kI ibaËI kI hO and Den networks has decided not to merge into Network18 Media & Investments. AaOr ]sanao naoTvak- 18 maIiDyaa eMD [nvaosTmaoMT maoM ivalaya nahIM krnao ka fOsalaa ikyaa hO. Reliance Industries plans to sell stakes in its cable saobaI ko nyaUnatma saava-jainak haoilDMga maanadMDaoM ko Anaupalana ko distribution platforms Hathway Cable and Datacom and ilae irlaayaMsa [MDsTIja/ nao Apnao kobala ivatrNa PlaoTfamaao-M hOqavao kobala DEN Networks to comply with SEBI's minimum public eMD DoTaka^ma AaOr Dona naoTvak- maoM ihssao baocanao kI yaaojanaa banaayaI hO.samaUh holding norms. The conglomerate plans to sell stakes for ` 853 crore and ` 269 crore in nao ibaËI ko ilae ek p`stava ³AaoefsaI´ ko maaQyama sao Hathway and DEN respectively through an ËmaSa: hOqavao va Dona maoM 853 kraoD, Épyao AaOr 269 offer for sale (OFS). kraoD, Épyao maoM ihssaodarI baocanao kI yaaojanaa banaayaI hO. Jio Futuristic Digital Holdings Private ijayaao FyaUcairisTk iDijaTla haoilDMgsa p`a[vaoT ilaimaToD¸ Limited, Jio Digital Distribution Holdings ijayaao iDijaTla iDsTIbyaUSana/ haoilDMgsa p`a[vaoT ilaimaToD Private Limited, and Jio Television kMpnaI ko p`maaoTr AaOr p`maaoTr samaUh ka ihssaa hO jaao Distribution Holdings Private Limited being part of the promoter & promoter group of ik Dona maoM 11º63‰ ihssaodarI AaOr hOqavao maoM 19º09‰ the company will sell an 11.63% stake in DEN ihssaodarI baocaogaI. and a 19.09% stake in Hathway. p`maaoTr va p`maaoTr ko samaUh ko pasa ËmaSa: hOqavao va Dona maoM The promoter and promoter group 94º09‰ ihssaodarI AaOr 86º53‰ ihssaodarI hO. holds 94.09% and 86.53% stakes in Hathway p`maaoTraoM nao kula jaarI ikyao gayao 33¸79¸83¸855 [i@vaTI and DEN respectively. The promoters propose to sell in aggregate up to SaoyaraoM kao baocanao ka p`stava ikyaa hO jaao kula jaarI ikyao gayao AaOr Baugatana 33,79,83,855 equity shares representing 19.09% of the total ikyao gayao [i@vaTI Saoyar kOipTla maoM Dona kI pUMjaI ka 26º09‰ p`it issued and paid-up equity share capital of DEN at a floor Saoyar 48º50Épyao ko kula maUlya pr 19º09‰ ka p`itinaiQa%va krto price of ` 48.50 per equity share totalling ` 269.18 crore. In hOM.hOqavao maoM p`maaoTraoM nao kula 5¸54¸85¸084 [i@vaTI SaoyaraoM kao baocanao ka Hathway, the promoters propose to sell in aggregate up to p`stava krto hOM jaao kula jaarI AaOr poD Ap [i@vaTI Saoyar pUMjaI ka 5,54,85,048, representing 11.63% of the total issued and paid- 11º63‰ ka p`itinaiQa%va krto hOM¸ jao 25º25Épyao p`it [i@vaTI Saoyar up equity share capital at a floor price of ` 25.25 per equity kI kula kImat pr 853º45 kraoD, Épyao hO. share totalling ` 853.45 crore. The sale will take place over two trading days. For ibaËI ka kama dao ToiDMga/ idvasaaoM maoM pUra kr ilayaa jaayaogaa.gaOr non-retail investors, the sale will took place on 26th March Kudra inavaoSakaoM ko ilae ibaËI 26 maaca- kao pUrI hu[-¸ jabaik Kudra while for retail investors and for Non-Retail Investors who inavaoSakaoM AaOr gaOr Kudra inavaoSakaoM ko ilae jaao ik ToiDMga/ idna sao ApnaI choose to carry forward their un-allocated bids from T Day Ana AabaMiTt baaoilayaaoM kao Aagao baZ,anao ka ivaklp caunato hOM¸ ]nakI ibaËI the sale will took place on 30th March. 30 maaca- kao pUrI hao gayaI. The sellers had appointed Morgan Stanley India Company and Axis Capital Limited as the ‘Sellers’ Brokers’ ivaËotaAaoM nao maa^ga-na sTonalaI [MiDyaa kMpnaI AaOr ei@sasa kOipTla and BSE has been declared as the designated stock ilaimaToD kao ‘saolasa- ba`aokr’ ko $p maoM inayau@t ikyaa hO AaOr baIesa[- kao exchange (“DSE”). The Sellers have already deposited the naaimat sTa^k e@sacaoMja ³DIesa[-´ GaaoiYat ikyaa hO.saolasa- nao enaesa[- Sale Shares with the NSE Clearing Limited being the clearing i@layairMga ilaimaToD ko saaqa enaesa[- ko i@layairMga ka^rpaoroSana haonao ko corporation of NSE. saaqa saolasa- kao phlao hI jamaa kr idyaa hO. Pending regulatory approval, Reliance plans to laMibat inayaamak Anaumait ko ilae irlaayaMsa nao ApnaI maIiDyaa AaOr consolidate its media and distribution business spread across multiple entities into Network18. Under the scheme ivatrNa karaobaar kao naoTvak- 18 maoM k[- saMsqaaAaoM maoM fOlaanao kI yaaojanaa of the arrangement, TV18 Broadcast, Hathway Cable & banaayaI hO.[sa yaaojanaa ko tht TIvaI 18 ba`a^DkasT¸ hOqavao kobala eMD Datacom, and DEN Networks would merge into Network18. DoTaka^ma AaOr Dona naoTvak- ka naoTvak- 18 maoM ivalaya hao jaayaogaa. 49 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 MARKET : NEW CHANNEL LAUNCH ZEE LAUNCHES marazI maUvaI caOnala laa^nca MARATHI MOVIE CHANNEL ikyaa jaI naonaoikyaa ZEE has launched a Marathi movie channel – Zee jaI nao marazI maUvaI caOnala jaI ica~maMidr laa^nca ikyaa hO.jaI marazI Chitramandir. Zee Marathi network reaches 40 million viewers hr saPtah 40 imailayana dSa-kaoM tk phuMcata hO AaOr jaI ica~maMidr ko every week and the addition of Zee Chitramandir will have Aitri@t sao 4 imailayana ÍI iDSa Gar haoMgao.p`%yaok 3 ga`amaINa pirvaaraoM maoM an additional 4 million Free Dish households. 1 in every 3 rural households has a Free Dish sao 1 ko pasa marazI ga`amaINa baolT knao@Sana in the Marathi rural belt maoM ek ina:Saulk iDSa hO AaOr caOnala ko connection and the channel has a pasa 600 sao AiQak iflmaaoM kI laa[ba`orI library of 600+ popular movie hO. titles. Amit Shah, Cluster Head – EaI Aimat Saah¸ jaI ko ] Contact: Mob.: +91-7021850198 Email: [email protected] 50 SATELLITE & CABLE TV MAY 2021 STRATEGY : SAT BROADBAND SATELLITE saOTolaa[T ba`a^DbaOMD–AgalaI BROADBAND – THE baD,I sarhdsarhdbaD,I NEXT BIG FRONTIER saOTolaa[T ba`a^DbaOMD AgalaI baD,I saImaa hO ijasamaoM kao[- tar Satellite broadband is the next big frontier and yaa Ta^var nahIM hO AaOr kuC baZ,I kMpinayaaM jaOsao vanavaoba¸ with no wires and towers and some big brands like OneWeb, SpaceX and Hughes - are betting sposae@sa va h\yaUjaosa –khIM BaI¸ kBaI BaI saOTolaa[T big on the opportunity to deliver satellite-based AaQaairt toja [MTrnaoT saovaa p`dana krnao ko Avasar fast internet services - anywhere, anytime. pr baD,a daMva lagaa rhI hOM. Satellite broadband is the next major revolution which saOTolaa[T ba`a^DbaOMD AgalaI baD,I ËaMit hO ijasao pUro ]Vaoga maoM is touted to bring changes across the industry. Satellite badlaava laanao ko ilae tOyaar ikyaa gayaa hO.saOTolaa[T ba`a^DbaOMD knao@Sana broadband connections Agalao saala tk pUro Baart maoM are expected to roll out across India by next year. laagaU haonao kI ]mmaId hO. vanavaoba¸ sposae@sa¸ AaOr hyaUjaosa– OneWeb, SpaceX and saOTolaa[T AaQaairt toja [MTrnaoT Hughes - are betting big saovaaAaoM kao ivatirt krnao ko on the opportunity to Avasar pr baD,a daMva lagaa rhI deliver satellite-based fast hOM.BaartI glaaobala AaOr yaUko internet services. OneWeb, co-owned by sarkar ko sah svaaima%va vaalaI vaalaI Bharti Global and the UK Aaonaovaova 2022 ko maQya tk doSa government, is launching maoM ]cca gait kI saOTolaa[T [MTrnaoT high-speed satellite saovaayaoM Sau$ kr rhI hOM.elaaona internet services in the country by mid-2022. Elon Musk’s maask kI sposae@sa To@naaolaa^jaIja BaI Agalao saala [sa trh kI saOTolaa[T SpaceX Technologies is looking to do the same next year caËvyaUh ko saaqa saovaa Sau$ krnao kI tOyaarI kr rhI hO. with a maze of satellites. Hughes Communications India, the local arm of US h\yaUjaosa kmyauinakoSansa [MiDyaa¸ AmaoirkI saOTolaa[T inamaa-ta h\yaUjaosa satellite maker Hughes Network Systems, is also ready to naoTvak- isasTma kI sqaanaIya SaaKa 500 imailayana Da^lar ka inavaoSa invest in a $500 million satellite and pump in $300 million saOTolaa[T saovaaAaoM maoM krnao kao tOyaar hO AaOr [sa trh kI knaoi@TivaTI more on ground-level gear to deliver such connectivity. donao ko ilae jamaInaIstr pr 300 imailayana Da^lar inavaoSa kr rhI hO. “The future is probably shifting now. If you BaartI eMTrp`a[jaoja ko AQyaxa saunaIla ima 51 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 STRATEGY : SAT BROADBAND Nearly 75% of India’s rural population do not have vanavaoba¸ h\yaUjaosa¸ Amaojana¸ gaugala¸ fosabauk¸ maa[Ëaosaa^FT va @vaalaka^ma access to broadband since many locations go without ka p`itinaiQa%va krnao vaalao ba`a^DbaOMD [MiDyaa faorma ³baIAa[-ef´ ko AnaumaanaaoM cellular or fibre connectivity, according to the estimates of ko Anausaar Baart kI lagaBaga 75‰ ga`amaINa AabaadI maoM ba`a^DbaOMD kI phuMca the Broadband India Forum (BIF), which represents nahIM hO @yaaoMik k[- sqaana saolaular yaa fa[bar knaoi@TivaTI ko ibanaa hOM. OneWeb, Hughes, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Qualcomm. At: AsaMbaw kao jaaoD,nao ko ilae Sai@tSaalaI AgalaI pIZ,I ko saOTolaa[T Hence, powerful next-generation satellite systems p`NaailayaaoM kao ek vyavaaya- ivaklp ko $p maoM poSa ikyaa jaa rha hO. are being touted as a viable alternative to connect the vanavaoba AaOr sposae@sa saOTolaa[T ba`a^DbaOMD xao~ kI Aaor doK rho unconnected. hOM ik saOTolaa[T naoTvak- kao kOsao fOlaayaa jaae AaOr sqalaIya maaobaa[laÀba`a^DbaOMD OneWeb and SpaceX are looking at satellite naoTvak- kI tulanaa maoM bahut AiQak tojaI sao AaOr AiQak laagat p`BaavaI broadband space is that satellite networks can be rolled out ZMga sao kOsao baZ,ayaa jaa sakta hO¸ ivaSaoYa $p sao dUrdraja AaOr duga-ma xao~ and scaled up a lot faster and more cost-effectively than terrestrial mobile/broadband networks, especially to maoM rhnao vaalao AabaadI ko ek baD,o ihssao kao jaaoD,nao ko ilae.saOTolaa[T connect a sizable chunk of the population living in remote [MTrnaoT kMpinayaaM kao ra[T Aa^f vao @laIyaroMsa haisala krnao ko ilae BaI and inhospitable regions. Satellite internet players also do proSaana haonao kI ja$rt nahIM hO jaao AamataOr pr sqalaIya ba`a^DbaOMD naoTvak- not have to worry about securing right-of-way clearances p`stuitkrNa kao QaImaa kr doto hOM. which typically slow down terrestrial broadband network sarkar ApnaI nayaI AMtirxa saMcaar naIit ko tht inajaI saOTolaa[T rollouts. inamaa-taAaoM¸ saOTolaa[T laa^ncar AaOr AMtirxa AaQaairt saovaa p`dataAaoM ko The government would create a level-playing field for private satellite builders, satellite launchers and space- ilae ek samaana Avasar ]plabQa krayaogaI¸ ijasao ik Anaumaainat ivainayaamak based service providers under its new space communication Saasana maoM irMga ikyaa jaayaogaa. policy, which would ring in a predictable regulatory regime. ek baar jaba ba`a^DbaOMD Aapna sposa naIit pUrI trh sao caalaU hao Once the ‘Open Space’ policy is fully operational, jaayaogaI tao saOTolaa[T ba`a^DbaOMD saovaayaoM 500 imailayana Da^lar sao AiQak ko satellite broadband services can be a $500 million-plus near- baajaar Avasar ka laaBa ]za sakoMgaI. term market opportunity. vat-maana maoM¸ Baart maoM saOTolaa[T ba`a^DbaOMD saovaayaoM mau#ya $p sao baI2baI At present, satellite broadband services in India are a primarily B2B play with a market size of roughly $100 Kola hO ijanako baajaar ka Aakar lagaBaga 100 imailayana Da^lar hO. million. sabasao baD,a saMBaaivat manaI ispnar–baI2baI pirdRSya maoM–ga`amaINa xao~aoM maoM The biggest potential money spinner - in a B2B maaobaa[la ba`a^DbaOMD kvaroja kao baZ,avaa donao ko ilae saOTolaa[TaoM ka ]pyaaoga krnaa scenario - is to use satellites to boost mobile broadband hO jahaM fa[bar naoTvak- ko maaQyama sao pyaa-Pt maaobaa[la Ta^var yaa sqalaIya coverage in rural areas where there is not enough mobile baOkha^la ilaMk nahIM hO¸ yah jaanakarI ]Vaoga sao jauD,o ivaSaoYa& nao dI. towers or terrestrial backhaul links via fibre networks, h\yaUjaosa kmyauinakoSansa [MiDyaa ko ]paQyaxa va saITIAao koºkRYNana industry executives point out. “We believe satellite broadband can provide the vital nao batayaa ik ‘hmaara maananaa hO ik saOTolaa[T ba`a^DbaOMD maaoba[la Ta^varaoM AaOr ‘backhaul’ or connectivity between mobile towers and a ga`amaINa xao~aoM maoM ek Tolkao kaor maaobaa[la naoTvak- ko baIca mah%vapUNa- telco’s core mobile network in rural areas to ensure baOkha^la yaa knaoi@TivaTI p`dana kr sakta hO taik eosao xao~aoM maoM inabaa-Qa uninterrupted mobile coverage in such regions,” K Krishna, maaobaa[la kvaroja sauinaiScat hao sako.’ vice president and CTO at Hughes Communications India, ebaIAa[- irsaca- ko mautaibak ‘laao Aqa- Aaiba-T ³ela[-Aao´ saOTolaa[T Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite broadband services ba`a^DbaOMD saovaaAaoM kao ba`a^DbaOMD tknaIkI maoM AgalaI baD,I ClaaMga ko $p maoM which are touted as the next major leap in broadband technology is forecasted to propel the satellite broadband doKa jaa rha hO¸ ko 2021 maoM saOTolaa[T ba`a^DbaOMD baajaar kao 3º5 imailayana market to 3.5 million subscribers in 2021, growing at a ga`ahkaoM tk phuMcao ko ilae pUvaa-naumaana lagaayaa gayaa hO¸ 2026 maoM 5º2 compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8% to reach 5.2 imailayana ga`ahkaoM tk phuMcanao ko ilae 8‰ kI caËvaRiw vaaiYa-k vaRiw million subscribers in 2026, and generate $4.1 billion revenue, dr³saIejaIAar´ sao baZ, rha hO AaOr 4º1 ibailayana Da^lar ka rajasva according to ABI Research. ]%pnna krta hO. Satellite broadband are likely to remain much more expensive than both mobile and wired broadband since India saOTolaa[T ba`a^DbaOMD ko maaobaa[la va vaayaD- ba`a^DbaOMD daonaaoM kI tulanaa maoM is among the 30-odd countries worldwide that continue to bahut AiQak mahMgaa rhnao kI saMBaavanaa hO @yaaoMik Baart duinayaaBar ko 30 limit access to satellite services. ivaYama doSaaoM maoM sao hO ijasako pasa saOTolaa[T saovaaAaoM kI saIimat e@saosa hO. 52 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY CURRENT LICENSING saOTolaa[T saovaaAaoM ko ilae FRAMEWORK FOR SATELLITE SERVICES maaOjaUda laa[saoMisaMga Z,aMcaa This article is the second part and looks at yah laoK ka dUsara Baaga hO AaOr saOTolaa[T saovaaAaoM ko ilae various aspects of licensing framework for satellite services laa[saoMisaMga Z,aMcao ko ivaiBanna phlauAaoM pr najar Dalata hO. IoT and M2M devices require connectivity to send Aa[-AaoTI va ema2ema ]pkrNaaoM kao Apnao Aavaodna sava-r kao DoTa the data to their application servers. IoT devices operate Baojanao ko ilae knaoi@TivaTI kI AavaSyakta haotI hO.Aa[-AaoTI ]pkrNa mostly on wireless connectivity as the number of devices AiQaktr vaayarlaosa knaoi@TivaTI pr kama krto hOM @yaaoMik ]pkrNaaoM kI is usually very large. The common terrestrial wireless saM#yaa AamataOr pr bahut baD,I haotI hO.Aa[-AaoTI knaoi@TivaTI ko ilae network for IoT connectivity may be cellular networks operating in the licensed frequency bands and Low Power saamaanya sqalaIya vaayarlaosa naoTvak- laa[saoMsa p`aPt AavaRi 53 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY A. GLOBAL MOBILE PERSONAL eº saOTolaa[T (GMPCS) saovaa p`aiQakrNa Wara glaaobala COMMUNICATION BY SATELLITE (GMPCS) maaobaa[la psa-nala kmyauinakoSansa SERVICE AUTHORIZATION Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite glaaobala maaobaa[la psa-nala kmyauinakoSansa baaya saOTolaa[T (GMPCS) (GMPCS) Service authorization envisages provision of saovaa p`aiQakrNa saOTolaa[T faona saovaa ko p`avaQaana kI pirklpnaa krta satellite phone service. The scope of GMPCS Service hO.jaIemapIsaIesa saovaa p`aiQakrNa ka dayara ekIkRt laa[saoMsa ko AQyaaya authorization, as provided in Clause 2 of Chapter XII of XII ko KMD 2 maoM p`dana ikyaa gayaa hO. Unified License, is as below: Clause 2.1 The licensee may provide, in its area of KMD 2º1: laa[saoMsaQaark Apnao saMcaalana ko xao~ maoM saBaI p`kar kI operation, all types of mobile services including voice maaobaa[la saovaaAaoM saiht vaa^yasa va gaOr–vaa^yasa saMdoSa¸ saik-T AaOr Àyaa and non-voice messages, data services by establishing pOkoT isvaca saiht iksaI BaI p`kar ko naoTvak- ]pkrNa ka ]pyaaoga GMPCS Gateway utilizing any type of network equipment including circuit and/or packet switches. krko jaIemapIsaIesa gaoTvao kI sqaapnaa kr sakta hO. XII Clause 2.2 The Licensee shall establish Land Earth KMD 2º2: saOTolaa[T saovaa Wara glaaobala maaobaa[la psa-nala Station Gateway in India for the purpose of providing kmyauinakoSansa p`dana krnao ko ]_oSya sao laa[saoMsaQaarI Baart maoM laOMD Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite yaa Aqa- sToSana gaoTvao kI sqaapnaa krogaa.jaIemapIsaIesa saovaa ek (GMPCS) Service. GMPCS Service may be provided yaa AiQak saOTolaa[T isasTma ka ]pyaaoga kro p`dana kI jaa saktI using one or more Satellite Systems provided that the Land Earth Station Gateway Switch is established hO baSato- kI Baart maoM p`%yaok saOTolaa[T isasTma ko ilae laOMD Aqa- separately in India for each Satellite System. sToSana gaoTvao isvaca Alaga sao sqaaipt hao. The scope of GMPCS service includes voice and jaIemapIsaIesa saovaa ko dayaro maoM vaa^yasa va gaOr–vaa^yasa saoMdoSa AaOr non-voice messages and data services. Therefore, GMPCS DoTa saovaayaoM Saaimala hO.[sailae jaIemapIsaIesa saovaa p`data saOTolaa[T p`NaalaI service provider may provide voice, SMS (text) and internet ka ]pyaaoga krko saOTolaa[T faona pr vaa^yasa¸ esaemaesa ³To@sT´ AaOr service (data services) on satellite phones using satellite [MTrnaoT saovaa ³DoTa saovaayaoM´ p`dana kr sakta hO.Aa[-AaoTI ]pkrNaaoM sao system. Provision of connectivity to IoT devices is not knaoi@TivaTI ka p`avaQaana saovaa ko dayaro maoM ]llaoiKt nahIM hO.halaaMik mentioned in the scope of service. However, it will be easier for a GMPCS service provider, having a Land Earth Station jaIemapIsaIesa saovaa p`data ko ilae Baart maoM laOMD Aqa- sToSana gaoTvao haonao sao Gateway in India, to provide connectivity to the IoT devices Apnao saovaa xao~ maoM Aa[-AaoTI ]pkrNaaoM sao knaoi@TivaTI p`dana krnaa in its service area. Enabling provisions may easily be Aasaana hao jaayaogaa.[sa p`aiQakrNa ko dayaro maoM saxama p`avaQaanaaoM kao AasaanaI incorporated in the scope of this authorization to enable sao Saaimala ikyaa jaa sakta hO taik laa[saoMsaQaark kao Aa[-AaoTI knaoi@TivaTI the licensee to provide IoT connectivity. The existing p`dana kI jaa sako.maaOjaUda AvasaMrcanaa ga`a]MD saogamaoMT ko saaqa–saaqa sposa infrastructure, ground segment as well as space segment, saogamaoMT kao p`BaavaI ZMga sao [sa Aalaa saovaa p`dana krnao ko ilae ]pyaaoga may be effectively utilized to provide this niche service. By expanding the scope of GMPCS service authorization, it ikyaa jaa sakta hO.jaIemapIsaIesa saovaa p`aiQakrNa ko dayaro ka ivastar can be made more commercially attractive. krko [sao AiQak vyavasaaiyak $p sao AakYa-k banaayaa jaa sakta hO. B. COMMERCIAL VSAT CUG SERVICE baIºbaIºbaIº vaaiNaijyak vaIsaOT saIyaUjaI saovaa p`aiQakrNa AUTHORIZATION vaaiNaijyak bahut CaoTa epca-r Tima-nala ³vaIsaOT´ @laaoja yaUjar The Commercial Very Small Aperture Terminal ga`up ³saIyaUjaI´ saovaa p`aiQakrNa @laaoja yaUjar ga`up kao DoTa knaoi@TivaTI (VSAT) Closed User Group (CUG) Service authorization envisages to provide data connectivity service to Closed saovaa p`dana krnao kI pirklpnaa krta hO.vaaiNaijya vaIsaOT saIyaUjaI saovaa User Groups. The scope of Commercial VSAT CUG Service p`aiQakrNa ka dayara ekIkRt laa[saoMsa ko AQyaaya XIV ko KMD 2º1 maoM authorization, as enumerated in Clause 2.1 of Chapter XIV gaNanaa ko Anausaar hO: of Unified License, is as below: KMD 2º1 ³1´ saovaa ka dayara vaIsaOT ka ]pyaaoga krko Baart kI Clause 2.1 (i) The scope of service is to provide data connectivity between various sites scattered within xao~Iya saImaa ko BaItr ibaKro hue ivaiBanna saa[TaoM ko baIca territorial boundary of India using VSATs. The users DoTa knaoi@TivaTI p`dana krnaa hO.saovaa ko ]pyaaogakta-AaoM kao of the service should belong to a Closed User Group rk @laaoja yaUjar ga`up ³saIyaUjaI´ sao saMbaMiQat haonaa caaihe.halaaMik 54 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY (CUG). However, the VSAT licensee after obtaining Aa[-esapI laa[saoMsa p`aPt krnao ko baad vaIsaOT laa[saoMsaQaarI Apnao ISP license may use same Hub station and VSAT ga`ahkaoM kao saIQao [MTrnaoT saovaa p`dana krnao ko ilae ]saI hba sToSana (remote station) to provide Internet service directly AaOr vaIsaOT ³irmaaoT sToSana´ ka ]pyaaoga kr sakta hO AaOr [sa to the subscribers and in this case VSAT (remote maamalao maoM vaIsaOT ³irmaaoT sToSana´ ka ]pyaaoga k[- svatM` ga`ahkaoM kao station) may be used as a distribution point to provide Internet service to multiple independent [MTrnaoT saovaa p`dana krnao ko ilae ivatrNa ibaMdu ko $p maoM [stomaala subscribers. ikyaa jaa sakta hO. (ii) Long distance carriage rights, granted for NLD, ILD (ii)enaelaDI¸ Aa[-elaDI AaOr p`vaoSa saovaa ko ilae dI gayaI laMbaI dUrI ko and Access service, are not covered under the scope kOirja AiQakar [sa saovaa ko dayaro maoM nahIM Aato hOM. of this service. (iii) vaIsaOT ka ]pyaaoga krko [nasaOT saOTolaa[T isasTma ko maaQyama sao (iii) The Closed User Group Domestic Data Network via @laaoja yaUjar ga`up GarolaU DoTa naoTvak- Baart kI BaaOgaaoilak saImaaAaoM INSAT Satellite System using VSAT shall be restricted tk saIimat rhogaa. to geographical boundaries of India. (iv) laa[saoMsaQaarI saaJaa hba AvasaMrcanaa ka ]pyaaoga krko k[- saIyaUjaI (iv)The Licensee can set up a number of CUGs using the shared hub infrastructure. sqaaipt kr sakta hO. (v) (v) PSTN/PLMN connectivity is not permitted. pIesaTIenaÀpIelaemaena knaoi@TivaTI kI Anaumait nahIM haogaI. (vii)Data Rate, as specified in TEC Interface (vi)TI[-saI [MTrfosa i@vaa^yarmaoMT naM TEC-IR/SCB-08/02-SEP.2009 Requirements No. TEC-IR/SCB-08/02-SEP.2009, is maoM jaOsaaik batayaa gayaa hO ik samaya samaya pr saMSaaoiQat ko $p maoM allowed, subject to the compliance of the Technical TI[-saI [MTrfosa ir@vaa^yamaoMT naM TEC-IR/SCB-08/02-SEP.2009 parameters as specified in TEC Interface maoM inaid-YT tknaIkI maapdMDaoM ko Anaupalana ko AQaIna DoTa dr kI Requirements No. TEC-IR/SCB-08/02-SEP.2009, as Anaumait hO. modified from time to time. vaaiNaijyak vaIsaOT saIyaUjaI saovaa p`aiQakrNa ko dayaro maoM ivaiBanna The scope of the Commercial VSAT CUG service saa[TaoM ko baIca DoTa knaoi@TivaTI ka p`avaQaana Saaimala hO.halaaMik ]pyaaogakta- authorization includes provision of data connectivity between various sites. However, the user should belong to kao @laaoja yaUjar ga`up samaUh sao saMbaMiQat haonaa caaihe.[sailae yah saOTolaa[T a Closed User Group. Therefore, it is already within the AaQaairt knaoi@TivaTI samaaQaana p`dana krnao ko ilae vaaiNaijyak vaIsaOT scope of Commercial VSAT CUG service authorization to saIyaUjaI saovaa p`aiQakrNa ko dayaro maoM phlao sao hO.[sa laa[saoMsa ko dayaro maoM provide satellite-based connectivity solutions. The satellite- Aa[-AaoTI ]pkrNaaoM ko ilae saOTolaa[T AaQaairt kma ibaT dr knaoi@TivaTI based low-bit-rate connectivity for IoT devices may also BaI p`dana kI jaa saktI hO.halaaMik [sa p`aiQakrNa ko tht Anaumat be provided under the scope of this license. However, scope of services permitted under this authorization is to be made saovaaAaoM ka dayara tknaIkI A&oya AaOr DoTa gait kao A&oya banaayaa technology agnostic and data speed agnostic. VSAT is a jaanaa hO.vaIsaOT ek ivaiSaYT tknaIkI hO ijasako maaQyama sao [sa p`aiQakrNa specific technology through which the data connectivity ko tht DoTa knaoi@TivaTI samaaQaana p`dana ikyao jaa rho hOM.saovaa p`data solutions are being provided under this authorization. The DoTa knaoi@TivaTI samaaQaana p`dana krnao AaOr iksaI BaI gait saMp`daya ko service provider may like to use any other latest technology ilae iksaI Anya navaInatma tknaIkI ka ]pyaaoga krnaa psaMd kr sakta to provide data connectivity solutions and for any speed hO. denominations. Satellite-based IoT connectivity required in the ha[-iba`D maa^Dla ³elapIDblaUeena va saOTolaa[T´ maoM AavaSyak hybrid model (LPWAN + Satellite) can easily be provided saOTolaa[T AaQaairt Aa[-AaoTI knaoi@TivaTI kao ga`a]MD saogamaoMT AaOr sposa by the Commercial VSAT CUG service providers using the saogamaoMT ko maaOjaUda bauinayaadI Z,aMcao ka ]pyaaoga krko kmaiSa-yala vaIsaOT existing infrastructure of ground segment and space saIyaUjaI saovaa p`dataAaoM Wara AasaanaI sao p`dana ikyaa jaa sakta hO.saOTolaa[T segment. For direct-to-satellite connectivity, the antenna knaoi@TivaTI ko ilae p`%yaxa¸ eMTInaa Aakar AaOr [stomaala kI jaanao vaalaI size and the technology used may be different from VSAT technology. This will require liberal approach in prescribing tknaIkI vaIsaOT tknaIkI sao iBanna hao saktI hO.[sako ilae tknaIkI yaa the technology or antenna size. Requirement of ‘antenna eMTInaa Aakar kao inaQaairt krnao maoM ]dar dRiYTkaoNa kI AavaSyakta on moving platform’ will also be needed to be considered haotI hO.vaIsaOT p`aiQakrNa ko tht ‘eMTInaa Aa^na maUvaIMga PlaoTfama-’ kI under VSAT authorization. TEC’s Interface Requirements AavaSyakta pr BaI ivacaar ikyaa jaanaa caaihe.TI[-saI kI [MTrfosa 55 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY (IR) too, as mentioned in the scope of service, need to be AavaSyaktayaoM ³Aa[-Aar´ BaI¸ jaOsaa ik saovaa ko dayaro maoM vaiNa-t hO¸ revised accordingly. tdnausaar saMSaaoiQat krnao kI AavaSyakta hO. Currently, the Commercial VSAT CUG Service vat-maana maoM vaaiNaijyak vaIsaOT saIyaUjaI saovaa laa[saoMsaQaarI kao kovala licensee is permitted to provide data connectivity solutions @laaoja yaUja ga`up kao DoTa knaoi@TivaTI samaaQaana p`dana krnao kI Anaumait to a Closed User Group only. Even in CUG, the connectivity may be point to point for a single link or many links in hO.yahaM tk saIyaUjaI maoM knaoi@TivaTI ekla ibaMdu yaa ekla saIyaUja maoM k[- single CUG. While envisaging satellite-based low-bit ilaMk ko ilae [Migat krnao ko ilae ibaMdu hao saktI hO.Aa[-AaoTI ]pkrNaaoM connectivity for IoT devices, there may be a CUG nature ko ilae saOTolaa[T AaQaairt kma ibaT knaoi@TivaTI kI pirklpnaa krto of user or it may be a non-CUG also. It will depend upon samaya¸ ]pyaaogakta- ka saIyaUjaI p`kRit hao sakta hO yaa yah gaOr saIyaUjaI BaI the architecture being followed by the IoT provider who hao sakta hO.yah Aa[-AaoTI p`data Wara pICa kI jaa rhI vaastuklaa pr will obtain the satellite-based connectivity to its IoT inaBa-r krogaa jaao saOTolaa[T ko maaQyama sao Apnao Aa[-AaoTI ]pkrNaaoM ko devices through satellite. For the sake of ease of doing business there should be an authorization, wherein all kinds ilae saOTolaa[T AaQaairt knaoi@TivaTI p`aPt krogaa.vyavasaaya krnao maoM of satellite-based connectivity solutions should be AasaanaI ko ilae ek p`aiQakrNa haonaa caaihe ijasamaoM saBaI p`kar ko available under a single authorization. The Commercial saOTolaa[T AaQaairt knaoi@TivaTI samaaQaana ek hI p`aiQakrNa ko tht VSAT service authorization may be considered for such ]plabQa haonao caaihe.vaaiNaijyak vaIsaOT saovaa p`aiQakrNa kao [sa trh ko kind of authorization. It will boost the effective utilization p`aiQakrNa ko ilae maanaa jaa sakta hO.yah maaOjaUda bauinayaadI Z,aMcao ko of existing infrastructure, avoid duplicity of creation of p`BaavaI ]pyaaoga kao baZ,avaa dogaa¸ samaana bauinayaadI Z,aMcao ko inamaa-Na kI similar infrastructure, which can lead to cost reduction of satellite-based services. Enhancing the scope of VSAT nakla sao bacaoM¸ ijasasao saOTolaa[T AaQaairt saovaaAaoM kI laagat maoM kmaI hao operators, TRAI, vide its recommendations on ‘Provision saktI hO.vaIsaOT Aa^proTr Aa^proTraoM ka dayara baZ,ato hue T/a[- 28 of Cellular Backhaul Connectivity via Satellite Through jaulaa[- 2020 kao vaIsaOT AMDr kmaiSa-yala vaIsaOT saIyaUjaI saiva-sa Aqaa^ra[jaoSana VSAT Under Commercial VSAT CUG Service Authorization’ ko jaire saOTolaa[T ko maaQyama sao ‘saolyaUlar baOkha^la knaoi@TivaTI ko dated 28th July 2020, has already recommended that the p`avaQaana’ nao phlao hI isafairSa kI hO ik vaaiNaijyak vaIsaOT saIyaUjaI saovaa Commercial VSAT CUG Service provider should be p`data kao vaIsaOT e@saosa saiva-sa p`dataAaoM ka ]pyaoga krko saOTolaa[T ko permitted to provide backhaul connectivity for cellular mobile services through satellite using VSAT to the Access maaQyama sao saolaular maaobaa[la saovaaAaoM ko ilae baOkha^la knaoi@TivaTI p`dana Service providers. krnao kI Anaumait dI jaanaI caaihe. C. CAPTIVE VSAT CUG SERVICE LICENSE saIº kOiPTva vaIsaoT saIyaUjaI saovaa laa[saoMsa DoT, in its reference, has also requested for Da^T nao Apnao saMdBa- maoM kOiPTva Aa[-AaoTI ]pkrNaaoM ko ilae recommendations for Captive use of satellite-based network saOTolaa[T AaQaairt naoTvak- ko kOiPTva ]pyaaoga ko ilae isafairSaaoM kao BaI for captive IoT devices. It has been stated that organizations AnauraoQa ikyaa hO.yah kha gayaa hO ik rajya pirvahna p`aiQakrNaaoM¸ like State transport Authorities, Indian Railways, other fleet BaartIya rolavao¸ Anya baoD,o maailakaoM¸ Aapda p`baMQana ejaoMisayaaoM Aaid jaOsao owners, disaster management agencies, etc., may also need to setup a Captive network for their own use (and not for saMgaznaaoM kao Apnao svaMya ko ]pyaaoga ko ilae kOiPTva naoTvak- sqaaipt krnao selling the service). These Captive networks may be of the kI AavaSyakta hao saktI hO³AaOr saovaa baocanao ko ilae nahIM´.yao kOiPTva following two types: naoTvak- dao p`kar ko hao sakto hOM: Government owned entities like Police & security puilasa va saurxaa ejaoMisayaaoM Àsaava-jainak ]pËmaaoMÀbaaoDao-M jaOsaI sarkarI Agencies/PSUs/boards svaaima%va vaalaI saMsqaayaoM. Private companies inajaI kMpinayaaM Currently, the captive use of satellite-based vat-maana maoM saOTolaa[T AaQaairt knaoi@TivaTI ka kOiPTva ]pyaaoga connectivity is covered under the Captive VSAT CUG kOiPTva vaIsaOT saIyaUjaI laa[saoMsa ko tht kvar ikyaa gayaa hO.kOiPTva license. The scope of Captive VSAT CUG Service License vaIsaOT saIyaUjaI saovaa laa[saoMsa ka dayara inamnailaiKt Anausaar hO: is as below: 1. The captive VSAT Closed User Group Domestic Data 1º [nasaOT saOTolaa[T isasTma ko jaire kOiPTva vaIsaOT @laaoja yaUjar Network via INSAT Satellite System shall be restricted DaomaoisTk DoTa naoTvak- Baart kI BaaOgaaoilak saImaaaaoM tk saIimat to geographical boundaries of India. rhogaa. 56 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY 2. Network will be used only for internal communication 2º naoTvak- ka ]pyaaoga kovala AaMtirk saMcaar AaOr gaOr vaaiNaijyak and non-commercial purposes of Licensee. ]_oSyaaoM ko ilae ikyaa jaayaogaa. 3. Neither users other than Licensee shall be given access 3º na tao laa[saoMsaQaarI ko Alaavaa Anya ]pyaaogakta-AaoM kao naoTvak- tk to the network, nor third-party traffic shall be carried phuMca dI jaayaogaI¸ na hI tIsaro pxa ko TOifk/ kao naoTvak- pr lao on the network. jaayaa jaayaogaa. 4. The intent of this License is not to grant long distance 4º [sa laa[saoMsa ka [rada laMbaI dUrI ko kOiryar AiQakaraoM kao donaa nahIM carrier rights. hO. 5. The scope of the service is to provide data connectivity between various sites scattered 5º saovaa ka dayara bahut CaoTo epca-r Tima-nalaaoM ³vaIsaOT 5´ ka ]pyaaoga throughout India using Very Small Aperture Terminals krko pUro Baart maoM ibaKrI hu[- ivaiBanna saa[TaoM ko baIca DoTa (VSAT5). However, these sites should form part of a knaoi@TivaTI p`dana krnaa hO.halaaMik [na saa[TaoM kao @laaoja yaUjar Closed User Group (CUG). samaUh ³saIyaUjaI´ ka ihssaa bananaa caaihe. 6. Captive VSAT service licensees can set up only one 6º kOiPTva vaIsaOT saovaa laa[saoMsaQaarI Apnao svaMya ko ]pyaaoga ko ilae CUG for their own use. kovala ek saIyaUjaI sqaaipt kr sakta hO. 7. A maximum Data Rate upto 2 Mbps per VSAT for Star 7º sTar ka^naifgauroSana ko ilae AiQaktma DoTa roT 2 emabaIpIesa tk configuration and 4 Mbps for Mesh configuration (including all carriers) is permitted subject to the AaOr maoYa ka^naifgauroSana ko ilae 4 emabaIpIesa ³saBaI vaahkaoM compliance of the Technical parameters as specified in saiht´ kao tknaIkI maanakaoM ko Anaupalana ko AQaIna Anaumait dI TEC Interface Requirements No. TECIIR/SCB-08102 gayaI hO jaao ik TI[-saI [MTrfosa AavaSyakta saM#yaa TECIIR/ October 2013. The technical parameters mentioned in SCB-08102 October 2013 Wara jaarI ikyaa gayaa.saIyaUjaI GarolaU Interface Requirement for CUG Domestic VSAT vaIsaOT naoTvak- ko ilae [MTrfosa kI AavaSyakta ko ilae ]llaoiKt Network namely No. TEC IR/SCB-08/02 Oct 2013 issued tknaIkI pOramaITr ijasaka naama TEC IR/SCB-08/02 Oct 2013 by T.E.C. to be strictly compiled with. Any other notification or modification thereof issued from time hO ijasao TI[-saI Wara jaarI ikyaa gayaa.[sa saMbaMQa maoM samaya samaya pr to time in this regard shall be binding. jaarI kI gayaI kao[- Anya AiQasaUcanaa yaa saMSaaoQana baaQyakarI haogaa. As examined in case of Commercial VSAT CUG jaOsaaik vaaiNaijyak vaIsaOT saIyaUjaI saovaa p`aiQakrNa ko maamalao maoM service authorization, the Captive VSAT CUG service license jaaMca kI jaatI hO¸ kOiPTva vaIsaOT saIyaUjaI saovaa laa[saoMsa kao BaI kma ibaT too will require certain changes and amendments, to enable dr AavaodnaaoM AaOr Aa[-AaoTI ]pkrNaaoM ko ilae kOiPTva DoTa knaoi@TivaTI the provision of captive data connectivity for low-bit-rate ko p`avaQaana kao saxama krnao ko ilae kuC pirvat-naaoM AaOr saMSaaoQanaaoM kI applications and IoT devices. The terms and conditions related to scope of service, technology used, antenna size, AavaSyakta haogaI.saovaa ko xao~ sao saMbaMiQat inayama AaOr Sato-M¸ p`yau@t data bit rate, mobility of antenna, TEC’s IR specifications, tknaIkI¸ eMTInaa Aakar¸ DoTa ibaT dr¸ eMTInaa kI gaitSaIlata¸ TI[-saI etc. need to be examined and considered. Further, as the kI Aa[-Aar ivainado-SaaoM¸ Aaid kI jaaMca va ivacaar krnao kI AavaSyakta annual license fee for captive VSAT license is Rs. 10,000/- hO.[sako Alaavaa kOiPTva vaIsaOT laa[saoMsa ko ilae vaaiYa-k laa[saoMsa Saulk per VSAT Terminal/Earth Station and expected number of 10¸000 Épyao p`it vaIsaOT Tima-nalaÀAqa-sToSana hO AaOr Aa[-AaoTI ]pkrNaaoM IoT devices would be too large, the issue of license fee kI Apoixat saM#yaa bahut baD,I haogaI¸ laa[saoMsa Saulk ko mau_o kI jaaMca kI needs to be examined and a mechanism is to be evolved for a reasonable license fee. jaanaI caaihe AaOr [sako ilae tM~ ivakisat ikyaa jaanaa caaihe¸ ek ]icat laa[saoMsa Saulk pr. D. INSAT MOBILE SATELLITE SYSTEM- REPORTING (MSS-R) SERVICE DIºDIºDIº [nasaOT maaobaa[la saOTolaa[T isasTma–irpao-iTMga AUTHORIZATION ³emaesaesa–Aar´ saovaa p`aiQakrNa The scope of INSAT Mobile Satellite System- [nasaOT maaobaa[la saOTolaa[T isasTma –irpao-iTMga ³emaesaesa–Aar´ Reporting (MSS-R) Service authorization, as enumerated in saovaa p`aiQakrNa ka dayara¸ ekIkRt laa[saoMsa ko AQyaaya XV ko @laa^ja Clause 2.1 of Chapter XV of Unified License, is as follows: 2º1 maoM gaNanaa ko Anausaar hO: Clause 2.1 The scope of service is to provide INSAT Mobile Satellite System-Reporting service, which KMD 2º1 saovaa ka dayar [nasaOT maaobaa[la saOTolaa[T isasTma irpao-iTMga saovaa is a one way Satellite-based messaging service p`dana krta hO jaao ik [nasaOT ko maaQyama sao ]plabQa saOTolaa[T 57 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY available through INSAT. The basic nature of this AaQaairt saMdoSa saovaa ka trIka hO.[sa saovaa kI maUla p`kRit laaogaaoM service is to provide a reporting channel via ko samaUh kao saOTolaa[T ko maaQyama sao ek irpao-iTMga caOnala p`dana Satellite to the group of people, who by virtue of krnaa hO jaao Apnao kaya- kI p`kRit ko AaQaar pr iksaI BaI their nature of work are operating from remote dUrsaMcaar sauivaQaaAaoM ko ibanaa dUrsqa sqaanaaoM sao kama kr rho hOM AaOr locations without any telecom facilities and need to send short textual message or short data kBaI kBaar iksaI koMd`Iya sToSana pr SaaT- To@T\yaUla saoMdoSa yaa SaT- occasionally to a central station. The service DoTa Baojanao kI AavaSyakta haotI hO.yah saovaa Baart maoM khIM sao BaI provides one way message reporting (Transmit vana vao maosaoja irpaoiiTMga ³isaf- T/aMsaimaT´ sauivaQaa p`dana krtI only) facility from anywhere in India (Restricted hO³Baart ko BaaOgaaoilak saImaaAaoM ko ilae p`itbaMQa´.[nasaOT emaesaesa to Geographical boundaries of India). INSAT-MSS irpao-iTMga saovaa kma gait vaalaI DoTa saovaa hO ijasakI AiQaktma xamata Reporting Service is a low speed data service with 300 baIpIesa tk saIimat haotI hO. the maximum capacity limited to 300 bps. jaOsaik [sa p`aiQakrNa ko dayaro maoM batayaa gayaa hO ik yah kovala As mentioned in the scope of this authorization, it is only one way satellite-based messaging service. DoT, in its ek trh sao saOTolaa[T AaQaairt saMdoSa saova hO.Da^T nao Apnao saMdBa- maoM reference, has mentioned that this is a low speed data service ]llaoK ikyaa hO ik yah ek kma gait vaalaI DoTa saovaa hO ijasakI AiQaktma with maximum capacity limited to 300 bits per second (bps). xamata 300 ibaT\sa p`it saokoMD ³baIpIesa´ tk saIimat hO.kovala ek eosaa Only one such license was issued, which is non-operative laa[saoMsa jaarI ikyaa gayaa qaa jaao ipClao 5 sao 6 vaYaao-M sao ibanaa saMcaailat since last 5 to 6 years. This authorization has several limitations if compared to the connectivity requirement of hO.Aa[-AaoTI ]pkrNaaoM ko ilae saOTolaa[T AaQaairt knaoi@TivaTI kI satellite-based connectivity for IoT devices. knai@TivaTI AavaSyakta kI tulanaa maoM [sa p`aiQakrNa kI k[- saImaayaoM hOM. E. NATIONAL LONG DISTANCE (NLD) [-º raYT///Iya laMbaI dUrI ³enaelaDI´ saovaa p`aiQakrNa: SERVICE AUTHORIZATION: enaelaDI saovaa p`aiQakrNa ka dayar ekIkRt laa[saoMsa ko AQyaaya The scope of NLD Service authorization, as X enumerated in Clause 2.1 of Chapter X of Unified License, ko KMD 2º1 maoM gaNanaa ko Anausaar AMtirma laIjD saik-TÀvacau-Ala inter alia, includes provision of Leased Circuit/Virtual p`a[vaoT naoTvak- saovaaAaoM ka p`avaQaana Saaimala hO.tdnausaar enaelaDI saovaa Private Network services. Accordingly, NLD service p`data saOTolaa[T AaQaairt baOMDivaD\qa saiht vaayarlaa[na yaa vaayarlaosa providers may provide point-to-point bandwidth or maIiDyaa ka ]pyaaoga krko Pvaa[MT–TU–Pvaa[MT baOMDivaD\qa yaa Pvaa[MT–TU– point-to-multipoint bandwidth using wireline or wireless media including satellite-based bandwidth. Such malTIPvaa[MT baOMDivaD\qa p`dana kr sakto hOM.Aa[-AaoTI ]pkrNaaoM kao jaaoD,nao bandwidth or connectivity can be provided for ko ilae BaI eosaI baOMDivaD\qa yaa knaoi@TivaTI p`dana kI jaa saktI hO. connecting IoT devices too. enaelaDI saovaa p`dataAaoM kao phlao hI saOTolaa[T AaQaairt baOMDivaD\qa NLD service providers are already permitted to p`dana krnao kI Anaumait hO.halaaMik spo@T/ma Saulk bahut AiQak hO provide satellite-based bandwidth. However, the spectrum charges are very high as it is calculated on a formula basis @yaaoMik [sakI gaNanaa ek saU~ ko AaQaar pr kI jaatI hO ijasamaoM spo@Tma/ involving the quantum of spectrum and number of terminals kI maa~a AaOr tOnaat Tima-nalaaoM kI saM#yaa Saaimala haotI hO.[sako Anausaar deployed. Accordingly, in its recommendations on 28 jaulaa[- 2020 kao vaIsaOT ko tht vaaiNaijyak vaIsaOT saIyaUjaI saovaa ‘Provision of Cellular Backhaul Connectivity via Satellite p`aiQakrNa ko tht saOTolaa[T ko maaQyama sao saolaular baOkha^la knaoi@TivaTI Through VSAT Under Commercial VSAT CUG Service Authorization’ dated 28th July 2020, TRAI has recommended ko p`avaQaana pr ApnaI isafairSaaoM maoM¸ Ta[-/ nao elaenaDI saovaa p`dataAaoM ko the following in respect of provision of satellite-based ilae saOTolaa[T AaQaairt ba`OMDivaD\qa p`avaQaana ko saMbaMQa maoM inamnailaiKt bandwidth by NLD service providers: isafairSa kI hO: a) Replacing the existing formula-based mechanism, e´ maaOjaUda famaU-laa AaQaairt tM~ kI jagah enaelaDI saovaa Spectrum usage charges for using satellite frequencies laa[saoMsaÀp`aiQakrNa ko tht saOTolaa[T ÍI@vaoMisayaaoM ko ]pyaaoga ko under the NLD service license/authorization should ‰ be prescribed as 1% of AGR excluding the revenue ilae spo@Tma/ ]pyaaoga Saulk kao ejaIAar ko 1 ko $p maoM inaQaa- from the licensed services other than satellite-based irt ikyaa jaanaa caaihe¸ jaao saOTolaa[T AaQaairt saovaaAaoM ko Alaavaa services. laa[saoMsa p`aPt saovaaAaoM ko rajasva kao CaoD,kr. 58 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY b) The NLD service licensees should be asked to do the baI´enaelaDI saovaa laa[saoMsaQaairyaaoM kao Apnaa Aka]MiTga Alaga krnao accounting separation and maintain the revenues AaOr saOTolaa[T AaQaairt saovaaAaoM AaOr Anya laa[saoMsa p`aPt saovaaAaoM accruing from the satellite-based services and other sao p`aPt haonao vaalao rajasva kao Alaga–Alaga rKnao ko ilae kha licensed services separately. jaanaa caaihe. Therefore, provision of satellite-based connectivity [sailae Aa[-AaoTI ]pkrNaaoM ko ilae saOTolaa[T AaQaairt to IoT devices is well within the purview of scope of NLD service authorization. However, the licensee must have Hub knaoi@TivaTI ka p`avaQaana enaelaDI saovaa p`aiQakrNa ko dayaro maoM AcCI station, that is, satellite Earth station in order to facilitate trh sao hO. halaaMik laa[saoMsaQaarI ko pasa [sa trh kI knaoi@TivaTI kI such connectivity. sauivaQaa ko ilae hba sToSana¸ yaanaI saOTolaa[T Aqa- sToSana haonaa caaihe. F. SATELLITE SYSTEMS efºsaOTolaa[T isasTma The satellite systems, capable of providing saOTolaa[T isasTma¸ jaao Aa[-AaoTI ]pkrNaaoM kao knaoi@TivaTI connectivity to IoT devices, are operating in all the three p`dana krnao maoM saxama hO¸ tInaaoM kxaaAaoM maoM saMcaailat hao rho yaaina laao orbits, that is, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) and Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO). These satellite Aa^iba-T ³ela[-Aao´¸ maIiDyama Aqa- Aa^iba-T ³ema[-Aao´ AaOr ijayaao sToSanarI systems are using various permissible satellite frequency Aiba-T ³jaI[-Aao´.yao saOTolaa[T p`NaailayaaM saOTolaa[T AaQaairt baOMDivaD\qa bands for providing the satellite-based bandwidth and AaOr knaoi@TivaTI p`dana krnao ko ilae ivaiBanna Anaumait p`aPt saOTolaa[T connectivity. ÍI@vaoMsaI baOMD ka ]pyaaoga kr rhI hOM. Under the GMPCS service authorization, the licensee is permitted to use any Satellite System (domestic or foreign jaIemapIsaIesa saovaa p`aiQakrNa ko tht laa[saoMsaQaarI kao iksaI satellite system) provided that the Land Earth Station BaI saOTolaa[T isasTma ³GarolaU yaa ivadoSaI saOTolaa[T p`NaalaI´ ka ]pyaaoga Gateway Switch is established in India for each Satellite krnao kI Anaumait hO baSato- kI Baart maoM p`%yaok saOTolaa[T isasTma ko ilae System. laOMD Aqa-sToSana gaoTvao isvaca sqaaipt ikyaa gayaa hao. Whereas, under the Commercial VSAT CUG Service jabaik vaaiNaijyak vaIsaOT saIyaUjaI saovaa p`aiQakrNa ko tht AavaSyak authorization, the required space segment shall be obtained by the Licensee from Department of Space (DOS) on INSAT AMtirxa KMD samaya–samaya pr AMtirxa ivaBaaga ³DIAaoesa´ Wara inaid-YT satellite on terms and conditions as specified by Department ikyao gayao inayamaaoM va Satao-M pr [nasaoT saOTolaa[T pr AMtirxa ivaBaaga ³Da^sa´ of Space (DOS) from time to time. sao laa[saoMsaQaarI Wara p`aPt ikyaa jaayaogaa. Further, as per Flight and Maritime Connectivity [sako Alaavaa 14 idsaMbar 2018 kao Da^T Wara jaarI [na–Flaa[T Rules, 2018, issued by DoT on 14th December 2018, the In-Flight and Maritime Connectivity (IFMC) service eMD maOrITa[ma knaoi@TivaTI ³Aa[-efemasaI´ saovaa p`data kao BaartIya provider shall be permitted to use either Indian satellite saOTolaa[T p`NaalaI yaa ivadoSaI saOTolaa[T p`NaalaI ko maaQyama sao ivaiQavat system or foreign satellite system capacity duly AiQakRt $p sao ]pyaaoga krnao kI Anaumait dI jaayaogaI.AMtirxa ivaBaaga authorized through the Department of Space and the AaOr saOTolaa[T gaoTvao Aqa-sToSana Baart ko BaItr isqat haonaa caaihe.yah satellite gateway Earth station should be located within India. It is also mentioned that spectrum neutral approach BaI ]llaoK ikyaa gayaa hO ik Aa[-efemasaI saovaayaoM p`dana krnao ko ilae shall be adopted in satellite system being used for ]pyaaoga ikyao jaa rho saOTolaa[T p`NaalaI maoM spo@T/ma tTsqa dRiYTkaoNa providing IFMC services. Apnaayaa jaayaogaa. TRAI has been advocating for an ‘Open-sky T/a[- ipClao 15 vaYaao-M sao AiQak samaya sao Aaopna ska[- naIit kI policy' for more than last 15 years and had made recommendations in “Accelerating Growth of Internet vakalat kr rha hO AaOr 29 Ap`Ola 2004 kao ‘[MTrnaoT AaOr ba`a^DbaOMD and Broadband penetration” dated 29th April 2004. It kI tIva` pOz’ maoM isafairSa kI qaI.yah AnausaMSaa kI gayaI qaI ik ‘vaIsaOT was recommended that “An Open Sky policy should be Aa^proTraoM ko ilae ek Aaopna ska[- naIit kao Apnaayaa jaayaogaI AaOr adopted for VSAT operators and VSAT service providers vaIsaOT saovaa p`dataAaoM kao iksaI BaI AMtrraYTIya/ saOTolaa[T ko saaqa saIQao should be allowed to work directly with any international kama krnao kI Anaumait dI jaayaogaI.[sa ivacaar kao ‘17 Ap`Ola 2015 kao satellite’. This view was further reiterated in recommendations on “Delivering broadband quickly: iDilavairMga ba`a^DbaOMD @vaIklaI’ maoM ifr sao daohrayaa gayaa:hmaoM @yaa krnao kI What do we need to do?” dated 17th April 2015. It was AavaSyakta hOÆAnya baataaoM ko saaqa yah BaI isafairSa kI gayaI qaI ik also recommended, inter alia, that “A decision on the Aaopna ska[- naIit pr p`aiQakrNa kI isafairSa pr ek inaNa-ya Agalao 6 59 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY recommendation of the Authority on ‘Open Sky’ policy mahInao maoM ilayaa jaanaa caaihe.yah TIesapIÀDITIecaÀvaIsaOT Aa^proTraoM needs to be taken in the next 6 months. This will allow kao AMtrraYTIya/ saOTolaa[T Aa^proTraoM tk phuMca p`dana krogaa.yaid hma TSP/DTH/VSAT operators access to International saudUr AaOr duga-ma xao~aoM yaa kizna [laakaoM vaalao laaogaaoM tk phuMca ko baaro maoM Satellite Operators. This is the only way forward if we are serious about delivery access to otherwise remote gaMBaIr hOM tao yah ekmaa~ trIka hO. and inaccessible areas or those with difficult terrains.” jaOsao–jaOsao saOTolaa[T tknaIkI bahut tojaI sao ivakisat hao rhI hOM¸ As the satellite technology is evolving very fast, saOTolaa[T tknaIkI maoM ek mah%vapUNa- Kaoja gaOr–ijayaaosToSanarI Aa^iba-T an important innovation in satellite technology is the saOTolaa[TaoM ³enajaIesaAao´ ka baZ,ta ]pyaaoga hO¸ jaao AsaMvaw kao jaaoD,nao increasing use of non-Geostationary Orbit satellites ko ilae ek saMBaaivat saflata hO.Baart maoM ivaiBanna ÍI@vaoMsaI baOMDaoM maoM (NGSO), which is a potential breakthrough for connecting enajaIesaAao p`NaailayaaoM kI samaya pr tOnaatI AaOr ]pyaaoga ko ilae ek the unconnected. There is a requirement of a suitable regulatory framework for timely deployment and use of ]pyau@t inayaamak Z,aMcao kI AavaSyakta hO. NGSO systems in different frequency bands in India. Aa[-AaoTI ]pkrNaaoM ko ilae saOTolaa[T AaQaairt knaoi@TivaTI The satellite-based connectivity for IoT devices is jaIesaAao va enajaIesaAao saOTolaa[T p`NaailayaaoM daonaaoM ko maaQyama sao saMBava possible through both GSO and NGSO satellite systems. It hO.[sailae yah AavaSyak hO ik pyaa-Pt saOTolaa[T saMsaaQanaaoM kao ]plabQa is, therefore, necessary that adequate satellite resources krayaa jaanaa caaihe yaa tao GarolaU saOTolaa[T p`NaailayaaoM ko maQyama sao yaa should be made available, either through domestic satellite systems or through foreign satellite systems, so that the ivadoSaI saOTolaa[T p`NaailayaaoM ko maaQyama sao taik dUrsaMcaar saovaa ibanaa ivalaMba telecom service providers may obtain and use the desired ko AaOr ]icat maUlya pr vaaMiCt baOMiDivaD\qa p`aPt kr sakta hO.jaba Aa[- bandwidth without delay and at a reasonable price. When AaoTI ]pkrNa caailat PlaoTfa^ma- pr calatI hO tao ]pkrNa eMTInaa kao the IoT device is on the moving platform, the device antenna ek baIma sao iksaI saOTolaa[T ko dUsaro baIma jaanao kI AavaSyakta hao saktI may require moving from one beam to another beam of a hO yaa ]sa Apnao maUvamaoMT ko daOrana ek saOTolaa[T sao dUsaro saOTolaa[T maoM satellite or may require to shift from one satellite to another satellite during its movement. Therefore, the issues related sqaanaaMtirt krnao kI AavaSyakta hao saktI hO¸ [sailae AMtr baIma raoimaMga to inter-beam roaming and inter-satellite roaming need to AaOr [MTr saOTolaa[T raoimaMga sao saMbaMiQat mau_aoM ka ivaSlaoYaNa krnao kI be analyzed. AavaSyakta hO. G. MAKING SATELLITE-BASED SERVICES jaIº Baart maoM saOTolaa[T AaQaairt saovaaAaoM kao sastI banaanaa AFFORDABLE IN INDIA saOTolaa[T AaQaairt saovaaAaoM kao sastI banaanao ko ilae p`%yaok carNa In order to make the satellite-based services maoM bauht kuC ikyao jaanao kI AavaSyakta hO.]dahrNa ko ilae Agar affordable, a lot is required to be done at each stage. For example, if the capacity is hired from the satellite system for xamata kao laMbaI AvaiQa ko ilae saOTolaa[T p`NaailayaaoM sao kama pr rKa jaata longer term period, the cost of satellite bandwidth will hO tao saOTolaa[T baOMDivaD\qa kI laagat saMBavat: kma AvaiQa ko ilae kma probably be lower than that for shorter periods. Providing haogaI.saIQao baatcaIt krnao AaOr saOTolaa[T p`NaalaI p`data ko saaqa samaJaaOto choice to the VSAT operators to directly negotiate and kao inaYpaidt krnao ko ilae vaIsaOT Aa^proTraoM kao ivaklp p`dana krnao sao execute agreement with the satellite system provider will also help in avoiding the intermediaries and making the ibacaaOilayaaoM sao bacanao AaOr saOTolaa[T AaQaairt saovaaAaoM kao sastI banaanao maoM satellite-based services affordable. madd imalaogaI. NOCC charges and other levies too need to be enaAaosaIsaI Saulk AaOr Anya laovaI kao BaI kaya- AaQaairt caaja- examined to move it to work-based charging. TRAI in its krnao ko ilae sqaanaaMtirt krnao ko ilae jaaMca kI jaanaI caaihe.Ta[-/ nao earlier recommendations of 3rd October 2005 on “Growth of Telecom services in rural India — The Way Forward” 3 A@TUbar 2005 kI ApnaI phlao kI isafairSaaoM maoM ‘ga`amaINa Baart maoM has recommended that for Commercial VSAT CUG service dUrsaMcaar saovaaAaoM kI vaRiw–Aagao ka rasta’ maoM isafairSa kI qaI ik there should be a single rate of WPC fee (Spectrum Usage vaaiNaijyak vaIsaOT saIyaUjaI saovaa ko ilae DblaUpIsaI Saulk ³spo@Tma/ ]pyaaoga Charges) and the ceiling of 4% should be lowered to 1% Saulk´ kI ek hI dr haonaI caaihe AaOr kovala p`Saasainak Saulk kao to cover administrative charges only. Subsequently, TRAI reiterated its earlier recommendations that there kvar krnao ko ilae 4‰ kI saIilaMga kao 1‰ tk kma ikyaa jaanaa should be a single rate of SUC and it should be caaihe.[sako baad Ta[-/ nao ApnaI pUva- kI isafairSaaoM kao daohrayaa ik only 1%, to cover the administrative charges vide esayaUsaI kI ek hI dr haonaI caaihe AaOr yah kovala 1‰ haonaI caaihe¸ 60 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY recommendations dated 7th March 2017 on ‘Spectrum spo@T/ma ]pyaaoga Saulk AaOr p`kilpt samaayaaoijat sakla rajasva pr Usage Charges and Presumptive Adjusted Gross Revenue [MTrnaoT saovaa p`dataAaoM ko ilae 7 maaca- 2017 kao dI gayaI isafairSaaoM ko for Internet Service Providers and Commercial Very Small p`Saasainak Saulk kao kvar krnao ko ilae AaOr vaaiNaijyak bahut CaoTo Aperture Terminal Service Providers’. It was reiterated again in TRAI recommendations on ‘Provision of Cellular epca-r Tima-nala saovaa p`data kI baat khI gayaI.28 jaulaa[- 2020 kao Backhaul Connectivity via Satellite Through VSAT Under vaIsaOT AMDr kma-iSayala vaIsaOT saIyaUjaI saovaa Aqaa^ra[jaoSana ko jaire Commercial VSAT CUG Service Authorization’ dated 28th saolaular baOkha^la knaoi@TivaTI ko p`avaQaana pr Ta[-/ kI isafairSaaoM maoM [sao July 2020. In the same recommendations, it was also ifr sao daohrayaa gayaa.]saI isafairSaaoM maoM yah BaI isafairSa kI gayaI qaI recommended that the NOCC charges should be rationalized and it should be independent of the number ik enaAaosaIsaI SaulkaoM kao yaui@tsaMgat banaayaa jaanaa caaihe AaOr yah of carriers assigned. inaid-YT vaahk kI saM#yaa sao svatM~ haonaa caaihe. In spite of the fact that cost of launching a satellite [sa tqya ko baavajaUd ik Baart maoM ek saOTolaa[T kao laa^nca krnao in India is the lowest globally, yet the licensing formalities, kI laagat ivaSvaBar maoM sabasao kma hO ifr BaI dooSa maoM saOTolaa[T saovaaAaoM ko technical criteria, lack of ‘Open Skies Policy’ are significant ivakasa ko ilae laa[saoMsa AaOpcaairkta¸ tknaIkI maanadMD¸ ‘Aaopna ska[- barriers for the growth of satellite services in the country. The satellite services need to be made affordable for wider naIit’ kI kmaI mah%vapUNa- baaQaayaoM hOM.maUlya saMvaodnaSaIla BaartIya ]Vaoga acceptability by price sensitive Indian industry and end- AaOr AMitma ]pyaaogakta-AaoM ko Wara vyaapk svaIkaya-ta ko ilae saOTolaa[T users. saovaaAaoM kao sastI banaanao kI AavaSyakta hO. H. EASE OF DOING BUSINESS ecaºvyaapar krnao maoM AasaanaI To attract investment and new players in a sector, iksaI xao~ maoM inavaoSa AaOr nayao iKlaaiD,yaaoM kao AakiYa-t krnao ko the most important characteristic is the ‘Ease of doing ilae sabasao mah%vapUNa- ivaSaoYata hO ik vyaapar krnao maoM AasaanaI.p`iËyaayaoM Business’. The processes and permissions should be online, i.e there should be minimum physical interface, va AnaumaityaaM Aa^nalaa[na haonaI caaihe Aqaa-t\ nyaUnatma BaaOitk [MTrfosa¸ well defined processes with specific timelines and ivaiSaYT samayasaImaa ko saaqa AcCI trh sao pirBaaiYat p`iËyaayaoM AaOr transparency for clarity and ease of operations. There spYTta AaOr saMcaalana maoM AasaanaI ko ilae pardiSa-ta haonaI caaihe.maaOjaUda have been long delays reported in procurement of satellite p`iËyaaAaoM ko maaQyama sao saOTolaa[T baOMDivaD\qa kI KrIdI maoM laMbaI dorI kI bandwidth through the existing processes and there is saUcanaa dI gayaI hO AaOr ivaiBanna maMjaUrI AaOr Anaumaaodna p`aPt krnao ko ilae an involvement of multiple agencies for seeking various clearances and approvals. It would be convenient to the k[- ejaoMisayaaoM kI BaagaIdarI hO.yaid saBaI p`kar kI saOTolaa[T AaQaairt applicants if there is single window clearance for all kinds p`iËyaaAaoM ko ilae ekla iKD,kI maMjaUrI hO tao yah AavaodkaoM ko ilae of satellite-based processes. sauivaQaajanak haogaa. TRAI has earlier recommended several measures T/a[- nao phlao hI k[- ]payaaoM kI isafairSa kI hO ijasasao p`iËyaaAaoM leading to simplification of processes and ease of doing ko sarlaIkrNa AaOr vyaapar krnao maoM AasaanaI hao.26 frvarI 2018 kao business. In its recommendations on ‘Ease of doing business’ in telecom issued on 30th November 2017 as jaarI p`saarNa xao~ ko saaqa–saaqa 30 navaMbar 2017 kao jaarI dUrsaMcaar ko well as in broadcasting sector, issued on 26th February karaobaar maoM AasaanaI ko Apnao isafairSaaoM maoM Ta[-/ nao isafairSa kI hO ik 2018, TRAI has recommended that the entire process of maMjaUrI kI pUrI p`iËyaa caaho vah esaesaIefe Anaumaaodna hao yaa Anya clearances, be it SACFA clearance or other approvals, as svaIkRityaaMo ko saaqa–saaqa saBaI laa[saoMsa AaOr Anaumaaodna p`dana kroM¸ jaao ik well as grant of all licenses and approvals, that are issued by WPC and various other agencies, should be made DblaUpIsaI AaOr ivaiBanna Anya ejaoMisayaaoM Wara jaarI ikyao jaato hOM¸ ]nhoM paper-less. There should be a single -window clearance poprlaosa banaayaa jaanaa caaihe.Aa^nalaa[na paoT-la ko maaQyama sao isaMgala system available and executed end-to-end through an ivaMDao @laIyaroMsa isasTma ]plabQa haonaa caaiheAaOr eMT TU eMD inaiYpaidt online portal. haonaa caaihe. Further, there should not be any barriers to the [sako Alaavaa kOiryar kI spID maoM kao[- baaQaa nahIM haonaI carrier speeds. And therefore, higher data rates, which are now possible in satellite communications with the caaihe.AaOr [sailae ]cca DoTa dr¸ jaao Aba navaInatma tknaIkI ko use of latest technologies, should be permitted without ]pyaaoga ko saaqa–saaqa saMcaar maoM saMBava hO¸ ibanaa iksaI p`itbaMQa ko Anaumait any restrictions. dI jaanaI caaihe. 61 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 MARKET REPORT: OTT DISH TV OTT 25 imailayana sabsaËa[bar PLATFORM WATCHO GETS 25 MILLION p`aPt ikyaa iDSa TIvaI ko SUBSCRIBERS AaoTITI PlaoTfa^ma- vaa^caao nao Watcho, Dish TV India’s OTT platform, iDSa TIvaI [MiDyaa ko AaoTITI PlaoTfama- nao GaaoYaNaa kI hO ik has announced that it has surpassed 25 million subscribers. ]sanao 25 imailayana sao AiQak sabsaËa[bar p`aPt ikyao hOM. “Since its launch, Watcho has ek p`osa iva&iPt maoM PlaoTfa^ma- nao batayaa hO ik become a one-stop destination for ‘laa^nca haonao ko baad sao¸ vaa^caao nayao jamaanao ko new-age entertainment and has been manaaorMjana ko ilae vana sTa^p DoisTnaoSana bana witnessing consistent growth with its unique short-format content,” the gayaa hO AaOr [sakI AnaUzI Saa^T- fa^rmaoT kMToMT platform said in a press statement. ko saaqa inarMtr vaRiw doKI jaa rhI hO.’ Anil Dua, Executive Director iDSa TIvaI [MiDyaa ilaimaToD ko kaya-karI inadoSak & Group CEO, Dish TV India Ltd, AaOr samaUh ko saI[-Aao Ainala duAa nao kha ik said, “We are elated to achieve this 25 million milestone and are proud ‘hma [sa 25 imailayana maIla ko p%qar haisala of having created a strong krnao ko ilae tOyaar hOM AaOr [tnao kma samaya maoM resonance with our viewers in such Apnao dSa-kaoM ko saaqa ek majabaUt p`itQvaina a short span of time. At Dish TV pOda krnao pr gava- krto hOM.iDSa TIvaI [MiDyaa India, it has always been our endeavor to meet the entertainment needs of maoM¸ hmaara hmaoSaa sao hI yahI p`yaasa rha hO ik all our subscribers all the time. Watcho, is a hma Apnao saBaI ga`ahkaoM kI manaaorMjana ja$rtaoM kao pUra step in this direction that delivers a seamless kroM.vaa^caao¸ [sa idSaa maoM ek kdma hO jaao Apnao ga`ahkaoM streaming entertainment experience to our kao ApnaI ]nnat tknaIkI AaOr ivaivaQa saamaga`I ko maaQyama subscribers through its advanced technology and diverse content. I would also sao ek sahja sT/IimaMga manaaorMjana AnauBava p`dana krta like to take this opportunity to thank all our hO.maOM [sa Avasar pr Apnao saBaI ga`ahkaoM kao hmaaro PlaoTfa^ma- subscribers for loving our platform and sao Pyaar krnao ko ilae Qanyavaad donaa caahta hUM AaOr hmaaro congratulate our young watcho team for yauvaa vaa^caao TIma kao ]nako saaqa yah baMQana banaanao ko ilae having created this bond with them.” ANIL DUA Sharing the optimism Sukhpreet Singh, baQaa[- dota hUM.’ Corporate Head – Marketing, DishTV & iDSa TIvaI [MiDyaa ilaimaToD ko iDSa TIvaI va vaa^caao ko WATCHO, Dish TV India Ltd, added, maako-iTMga ko ka^rpaoToD p`Qaana sauKp`It isaMh nao AaSaa vya@t “Watcho has been growing consistently since kI ik ‘va^caao Apnao laa^nca ko baad sao lagaatar baZ, rha its launch. What sets us apart is the fact that Watcho has always aimed at delivering a hO.AnyaaoM sao [sao yah tqya Alaga krta hO ik vaa^caao nao versatile content portfolio to its subscribers. hmaoSaa sao Apnao ga`ahkaoM kao ek bahumauKI saamaga`I We are confident that our subscribers are in paoT-faoilayaao donao ka laxya rKa hO.hmaoM ivaSvaasa hO ik for a thrilling ride as we continue to introduce hmaaro ga`ahk ek raomaaMcak saavaarI kr rho hOM @yaaoMik hma interesting snackable content and an integrated content viewing experience across sËIna pr idlacasp sËOMbala saamaga`I AaOr ek ekIkRt screens.” SUKHPREET SINGH saamaga`I AnauBava poSa krnaa jaarI rKoMgao.’ 62 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 MARKET REPORT: OTT ZEE5 TIE-UP WITH jaI5 ko saaqa sahja ka samaJaaOta SAHAJ Zee5 has partnered with Sahaj where they will tap jaI5 nao sahja ko saaqa samaJaaOta ikyaa hO ijasakI sahayata sao vao the rural market through the retail network established by sahja Wara sqaaipt Kudra naoTvak- ko maaQyama sao ga`amaINa baajaar maoM Apnao Sahaj. Zee5 will design a special ‘Chhota’ pack for Sahaj kao sqaaipt kr sakoMgao.jaI5 kI p`Iimayama sadsyata pr 10‰ CUT kI customers offering a 10% discount on Zee5’s premium poSakSa krnao vaalao sahja ko ga`ahkaoM ko ilae jaI5 ek ivaSaoYa CaoTa pOk subscription. iDjaa[na krogaa. Courtesy of Sahaj, Zee5, consumer’s platform of sahja kI sahayata sao jaI5 iksaI BaI samaya manaaorMjana ³eTIema´ choice for Any Time Manoranjan (ATM), aims to further strengthen its roots into Bharat by leveraging the massive ko ilae ]pBaao@ta ko PlaoTfama- ka ]_oSya doSa maoM 300 imailayana sao untapped opportunity of over AiQak ga`amaINa [MTrnaoT ga`ahkaoM ko baD,o 300 million rural internet pOmaanao pr Ap`yau@t Avasar ka laaBa subscribers in the country. Zee5 ]zakr Baart maoM Apnao jaD,aoM kao AaOr will now get access to more than majabaUt krnaa hO.jaI5 Aba 76000 sao 76,000 Gram Panchayats, and AiQak ga`ama pMcaayataoM AaOr Baart ko 24 over 96,000 Tier III and Tier IV rural locations in 24 states and rajyaaoM AaOr koMd`Saaisat p`doSaaoM maoM 96000 union territories of Bharat. sao AiQak iTyar 3 va iTyar 4 ko ga`amaINa Manish Kalra, Chief sqalaaoM pr phuMca jaayaogaa. Business Officer, Zee5 India, said, “Bharat is brewing to jaI5 [MiDyaa ko mau#ya vyavasaaya AiQakarI manaIYa kalara nao batayaa take centre stage and is on the cusp of driving a robust ik ‘Baart AakYa-Na ka koMd` bananao kI tOyaarI kr rha hO AaOr 12 mahInaaoM maoM wave of digitisation in the next 12 months. At Zee5, we iDijaTa[jaoSana kI ek majabaUt lahr calanao vaalaI hO.jaI5 maoM hma SaOilayaaoM va want to fuel this change by democratising access to diverse content across genres and languages. Our partnership with BaaYaaAaoM maoM ivaivaQa saamaga`I tk phuMca ka laaoktM~IkrNa krko [sa pirvat-na Sahaj is one such step towards strengthening our connection kao baZ,avaa donaa caahto hOM.sahja ko saaqa hmaarI saaJaodarI Baart sao manaaorMjana with the entertainment-loving audience from Bharat, p`omaI dSa-kaoM ko saaqa hmaaro saMbaMQa kao majabaUt krnao kI idSaa maoM ek eosaa kdma providing them with unlimited and instant access to our hO jaao ]nhoM hmaaro p`Iimayama kMToMT laa[ba`orI ko ilae AsaIimat va %vairt phuMca premium content library, thereby unlocking unparalleled p`dana krta hO ijasasao yah Baart ko 24 rajyaaoM va koMd`Saaisat p`doSaaoM maoM scale and reach across 24 states and union territories of AiWtIya pOmaanao pr phuMcata hO.[sa trh ko phlao sahyaaoga ko saaqa hma India. With this first-of-a-kind association, we make an even stronger foray into several of Bharat's newer geographies Baart ko k[- nayao BaUgaaolaaoM AaOr [sako ]poixat dSa-kaoM maoM [sao AaOr BaI majabaUt and its underserved audiences, further cementing our banaa donaa caahto hOM¸ jaao iksaI BaI samaya manaaorMjana ko ilae ]pBaao@ta ko psaMd positioning of being the consumer’s platform of choice for ko PlaoTfama- haonao kI hmaarI isqait kao AaOr majabaUt krto hOM.’ Any Time Manoranjan.” sahja ko saI[-Aao Aimat kumaar isaMh nao kha ik ‘12 vaYaao-M sao Amit Kumar Singh, CEO, Sahaj, said, "Sahaj has been AiQak samaya sao ga`amaINa [MiDyaa ‘Baart’ maoM iDijaTla pirvat-na maoM tojaI laanao breaking boundaries to accelerate digital transformation in ko ilae sahja ApnaI Aaor sao saImaaAaoM kao taoD, rha hO AaOr 100¸000 sao rural India ‘Bharat’ for more than 12 years and has access to 500 million+ rural customers through its wide network of AiQak Kudra dukanaaoM ko Apnao ivastRt naoTvak- ‘sahja ima~’ ko maaQyama sao over 100,000 retail outlets, 'Sahaj Mitr'. The limited awareness 500 imailayana sao AiQak ga`ahkaoM tk phuMca rha hO.SahrI koMd`aoM sao pro about digital transactions beyond urban centres has iDijaTla laonadona ko baaro maoM saIimat jaaga$kta nao ga`amaINa Baart maoM AaoTITI restricted the popularity of OTT content in rural India. The saamaga`I kI laaokip`yata kao saIimat kr idyaa hO.sahja va jaI5 ko baIca partnership between Sahaj and Zee5 will bridge this urban- saaJaodarI [sa SahrI ga`amaINa iDijaTla ivaBaajana kao par kr jaayaogaI AaOr rural digital divide and offer rural customers an opportunity ga`amaINa ga`ahkaoM kao Apnao SahrI samakxaaoM kI trh p`Iimayama AaoTITI saamaga`I to enjoy premium OTT content just like their urban counterparts. With this partnership, Sahaj further ka AanaMd laonao ka Avasar p`dana krogaI.[sa saaJaodarI ko saaqa sahja strengthens its focus on staying at the forefront of ga`amaINa baajaar maoM ]pBaao@ta $JaanaaoM kI phcaana krnao maoM sabasao Aagao rhnao identifying consumer trends in the rural market”. pr Apnaa Qyaana koMid`t krta hO.’ 63 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 REPORT : TV & DIGITAL INDIA SEES HUGE HEADROOM FOR GROWTH ACROSS TV AND DIGITAL Amidst the sombre pall of the pandemic, there was still much optimism for the industry in the country best described as an India with many Indias. At the Asia Video Industry engaging for individual viewing. Hindi Originals, ZEE5, while the initial Association’s (AVIA) recent Future of “Fundamentally, we don’t believe in a focus was on building volume, it has Video India conference, industry one-size-fits-all approach for India now shifted to adding to the diversity leaders remained upbeat on the because there are multiple Indias within and scaling up the content offering. potential for growth despite a painful India, said Rayan. Pandey too saw the need to up the 2020 which had seen a 25% drop in TV The sentiment of diversity and game on the regional market for the next advertising revenue. positive co-existence between the set of growth. “There is . . . so much The conference opened with an platforms was echoed by Megha Tata, demand that . . . there is much hope for overview of the Future of Video in India MD of South Asia for Discovery everyone . . . to grow their businesses,” with Mihir Shah, VP, India, at Media Communications India. “India lives in said Pandey. Partners Asia (MPA). With learnings several centuries at the same time,” As the market where the next from the last year and economic commented Tata, and this is not only billion consumers of video will come resurgence picking up in certain the beauty and complexity of the market from, Archana Anand, Chief Business sectors, MPA predicts that in the next but also the opportunity to do more. Officer of ZEE5 Global summed it up 5 years, with every new incremental While it is still a long way away before best when she said, “It is the decade of dollar in the region, India will have 35% the demise of the TV, a differentiated video.” share, almost evenly divided between content and product offering remains Future of Video India is television and online video. While cable a key focus. “Content is the king... generously supported by Bitmovin, in general is going through a structural distribution is the god... that play of Brightcove, Kaltura, NETFLIX, Vindicia decline, Pay TV subscriptions will grow god and king will continue but and Xandr. both in value and volume and continue differentiation of content... will play a to offer scale for the traditional media critical part in decision making, “added ABOUT THE ASIA VIDEO players. And with more than 60 online Tata. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION video services in India, the total Monika Shergill, VP of Content The Asia Video Industry Association addressable market will continue to for Netflix India, shared that premium (AVIA) is the trade association for the expand. storytelling was a new space in India, video industry and ecosystem in Asia This local expansion is what as Indian audiences were open to Pacific. It serves to make the video Sunil Rayan, President and Head of experimentation and yet gravitating industry stronger and healthier through Disney+ Hotstar, is eyeing, with their towards highly local tastes. “Our job promoting the common interests of its next stage for growth primed at and our passion is to find the best members. AVIA is the interlocutor for developing their product for India, with stories... the biggest stories... the untold the industry with governments across pricing and content made for the local stories from India and to become the the region, leads the fight against video market. As India is a mobile first market service of choice for Indians in India... piracy and provides insight into the which drives individual viewing, while and in different parts of the world,” video industry through reports and OTT and TV is not a zero sum game, added Shergill. conferences aimed to support a vibrant OTT content needs to be far more For Nimisha Pandey, Head of video industry. 64 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 FORTHNET REVENUES INCREASE in Amsterdam, Madrid, Berlin, London, Paris and Brussels, with VERIMATRIX BUSINESS The business outlook for Rome and Istanbul opening later this UPDATE Forthnet’s retail pay-TV revenues in year. 2020 were, at €67,414,000, 11.2% down Nordics was one of the first on the previous year, while business places outside of the US where Netflix pay-TV revenues fell by 7.9% to started making local original shows, €22,804,000.Forthnet’s total revenues and over the past nine years have were €276,377,000 in 2020, a 5.2% worked with some of the most Verimatrix has posted increase on 12 months earlier. At the brilliant creative talent in Sweden, business update where it booked same time, EBITDA was 50% higher at Denmark, Norway, Finland and revenues of €20.1 million for the first €55,612,000. Iceland. quarter. The recurring revenues in Q1 Panayotis Georgiopoulos, CEO By the end of this year nearly were €11.4 million (-18%), of which of Forthnet, said: “2020 it was a 70 original titles coming from the subscriptions accounted for €1.4 landmark year for Forthnet. Through Nordics will be available on Netflix. million (+23%). Non revenues were the purchase of the banks’ exposures, Nordic hub will strengthen many €8.7 million (+41%). United Group, the leading Pay-TV and creative and cultural partnerships Amedeo D’Angelo, chairman Telco operator in S.E. Europe, acquired across Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and CEO of Verimatrix, said: “In the first control of Forthnet. The process is Finland and Iceland. expected to be completed within May, quarter of 2021, Verimatrix delivered SERBIA BROADBAND as a result of the Company stable revenue despite headwinds in EXPANSION royalties in the context of Covid-19 restructuring. Nonetheless, 2020 was and the short-term impact of the a challenging year, as the Covid-19 transition to our subscription business pandemic-related lockdowns affected including for SaaS implementations. the activities of the company During the quarter, we saw good customers, partners and suppliers. Forthnet, with the support of its momentum in signing new licenses in Serbia Broadband (SBB) shareholders, and, most importantly, of general and were able to regain part of network offer giga services across its employees, managed to overcome the new licenses that had been delayed Sombor. The SBB customers in the city these obstacles, mitigating the impact in the fourth quarter of 2020 in can now access digital TV services on of the pandemic on its performance. particular. Although the context up to three TV sets for no additional remains volatile, we see it improving NETFLIX EXPANDS cost, more HD channels and internet for our customers, giving us the PRESENCE at up to 1 Gbps. confidence that we are well on track to Netflix is on an expansion spree Giga services are also available achieve our annual objectives. At the and opening offices across the globe. in Belgrade, Novi Sad, Subotica, Gornji same time, we continue to expand our They are set to open a Nordics office Milanovac, Pancevo, Kragujevac, Nis Cloud-based offerings, as exemplified in Stockholm that will function as a hub and Paracin, with SBB having improved with the release of the Verimatrix Multi- for the region in the second half of this internet services in the cities since 2019 DRM Core service earlier in April year. as part of a five-year investment plan 2021”. Netflix has European offices worth €300 million. 65 SATELLITE & CABLE TV MAY 2021 reported consolidated revenue of ` 326 compared to ` 124.6 crore. Net profit crore for the quarter ended 31st March. came in at ` 57.1 crore compared to a Subscription net loss of ` 13.8 crore. revenue fell For the full fiscal, the revenue 15% at ` 190 was up 4% at ` 2530 crore compared to crore compared ` 2424.7 crore. Cable TV subscription to ` 222 crore. revenue grew 4% at ` 1071.2 crore from Placement/marketing income was up ` 1030.8 crore. Broadband revenue rose 19% at ` 87 crore from ` 73 crore. 67% at ` 279.2 crore from ` 167.4 crore. SITI ACQUIRES 76% STAKE Activation revenue rose 63% to ` 34 Expenditure grew 1.82% to ` 1957.7 IN MSO crore from ` 21 crore. crore compared to ` 1922.6 crore. Siti Networks has Total cost stood at ` 264 crore EBITDA was up 14% at ` 572.4 crore acquired 76% stake compared to ` 261 crore. Content cost while surged 145% at ` 188.5 crore. in MSO Meghbela grew 6% to ` 157 crore from ` 148 crore. JIO PROFITS AT 47.5% Infitel Cable & EBITDA was up 2% at ` 65 Jio Platforms’ net profit rose 47 Broadband crore from ` 64 crore while PAT was per cent year-on-year to 3,508 crore through Indian ` up 50% at ` 34 crore from ` 23 crore. in the fourth quarter (Q4) of FY21. Its Cable Net For the full fiscal, revenue grew net profit stood at 2,379 crore in Q4 Company ` 1% to ` 1307 crore from ` 1291 crore. of FY20. Meghbela Infitel was formed in Subscription revenue was down 1% at The company posted 18,278 2015 and is in the MSO business and ` ` 808 crore from ` 813 crore. Total cost crore revenue from operations, has a presence in Kolkata. was down 3% at ` 1051 crore compared compared to ` 15,373 in the Siti Networks posted ` 390.6 to ` 1080 crore. Content costs were corresponding quarter of FY20. crore total revenue for the third quarter down 1% at ` 602 crore from ` 608 crore. However, average revenue per user of FY2020. It posted ` 270.6 crore (ARPU) for the telecom business subscription revenue in the same GTPL HATHWAY'S REVENUES dropped by 8.5 per cent sequentially quarter. CLOCKS 22% GROWTH to ` 138.20 as against ` 151 in the trailing The MSO’s operating EBITDA GTPL quarter. surged to ` 63.80 crore. Hathway's consolidated Jio’s total customer base stood FACEBOOK BOOKS US$ revenues at 426.2 million at the end of the quarter, 26.17 BILLION REVENUE clocked a adding 15.4 million subscribers in the Facebook revenue has spiralled 22% jump at quarter. from $17.44 billion to $26.17 billion ` 787.7 crore DISCOVERY POSTS GOOD The main driver of this growth for the GROWTH was Facebook’s advertising business. quarter ended 31st March Discovery reported a 4% Facebook now has 2.85 billion Cable TV subscription revenue growth in revenue for the quarter of 31 monthly active users (MAUs), an remained flat at ` 266.5 crore compared March 2021. The net income was at increase of 10 per cent year-on-year. to ` 264.7 crore in the previous fiscal. $140 million. Concurrently, its daily active user base Revenue from EPC contract stood at The international advertising has reached 1.88 billion on average, an ` 188.6 crore as against ` 181.9 crore. revenues increased 16 per cent. It will increase of eight per cent. The Broadband revenue was up 77% at invest more than ever in the content company currently employs 60,654 ` 81.7 crore compared to ` 46.1 crore. across the board to support these people, bolstering its workforce by 26 Expenditure rose 30% to ` 632.3 platforms in 2021. per cent year-over-year. crore compared to ` 521.7 crore. Pay "We expect international DEN REVENUES GROWS TO channel cost also jumped 30% to ` distribution revenue to accelerate to 326 CRORE 292.6 crore compared to ` 224.8 crore. mid-single-digit growth during the DEN Networks has seen a During the quarter under review, second quarter," said Discovery chief good growth in its revenue and EBITDA grew 25% to ` 155.4 crore financial officer Gunnar Wiedenfels. 66 SATELLITE & CABLE TV MAY 2021 DISH DOCTOR Ask us any questions or problems faced by you in the course of your business. 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Now you can WhatsApp Your Dish Doctor Queries To: +91-91082 32956 CAS AND SMS saIeesa va esaemaesa Please explain CAS and SMS and their role in the p`Sna: kRpyaa saIeesa va esaemaesa AaOr saIeTIvaI ]Vaoga maoM CATV Industry? ]nakI BaUimaka ko baaro maoM batayaoMÆ Abdul Kareem, West Bengal Abdula krIma¸ piScama baMgaala Ans.: Conditional access (CAS) is a technology used to ] 67 SATELLITESATELLITE & CABLE & TV CABLE TV JANUARY 2021MAY 2021 DISH DOCTOR MPEG and DVB, and the very important DVB Simulcrypt eMTa[TolamaoMT saMdoSaaoM kao Baojanao ko ilae kama krto hOM jaao ik [sao interface standard.The rise of digital content means iDiËPT krnao ko ilae AiQakRt hOM.glaaobala saIeesa isasTma kao ivaiSaYT content providers need to use a mixture of conditional ]Vaoga maanakaoM jaOsao emapI[-jaI va DIvaIbaI AaOr baohd mah%vapUNa- DIvaIbaI access and digital rights management (DRM). isamaulaiËPT [MTrfosa maanakaoM roKaMikt ikyaa jaata hO.iDijaTla saamaga`I Subscriber management software (SMS software) - an ko ]dya ka matlaba hO ik saamaga`I absolute one stop software p`dataAaoM kao saSat- phuMca AaOr iDijaTla solution for all types of cable AiQakar p`baMQana ³DIAarema´ ko imaEaNa TV operators. Subscriber ka ]pyaaoga krnao kI AavaSyakta hO. management software is the sabsaËa[bar maOnaojamaoMT saa^FTvaoyar only software or system for the ³esaemaesa´–saBaI p`kar ko kobala TIvaI cable TV operators which are having complete digital billing Aa^proTraoM ko ilae ek p`mauK saa^FTvaoyar solution for viewers, best samaaQaana hO.kobala TIvaI Aa^proTraoM ko administration system with at ilae sabsaËa[bar maOnaojamaoMT saa^FTvaoyar affordable price. 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IS 17 AT 66 DEG E Astro Citra and Astro Warna have On 2nd Zee Chitramandir has On 13th Sony Six and Sony Pix have left 11602 V. On 27th Zee Action and replaced DD Uttarakhand on 11510 left 3845 H. Zee Anmol have started on 3760 H, V, FTA. On 9th Onkar Only Truth TV Conax; My Cinema Europe has left. has started on 4174 H, FTA. On 10th IS 20 AT 68.5 DEG E DD Meghalaya has started on 3711 On 2nd Colors Cineplex Bollywood INSAT 4B/3A / GSAT 15 / GSAT H, FTA; DD Mizoram has started on has started on 4034 H, Irdeto. On 17AT 93.5 DEG E 3721 H, FTA; DD Tripura has started 3rd Zee Chitramandir has started on On 1st Abzy Dhakad and Filamchi on 3728 H, FTA; DD Arun Prabha 3974 V, Conax. have started on 11090 V, FTA; DD has started on 3734 H, FTA; DD Meghalaya and DD Manipur have left; Nagaland has started on 3740 H, INSAT 4A/4B/ GSAT-10 /GSAT- 30 Manoranjan Grand, The Q India and FTA; DD Goa has started on 3860 AT 83 DEG E Colors Cineplex Bollywood have H, FTA; DNN has left 4076 V; RTA On 2nd Dhinchaak 2 has started on started on 11170 V, FTA; Abzy has started on 4150 H, FTA; TV 24 3925 H, FTA. On 3rd Sidharth Bhakti Dhakad, Surya Cinema, DD has left 4174 H. On 18th Punjabi Hits and National Voice have started on Nagaland and DD Tripura have left; has started on 4174 H, FTA. On 21st 3756 H, FTA; Bhaskar News has Aastha India, Dhinchaak 2, Sadhna Saral Jeevan has started on 4076 V, started on 4054 H, FTA. On 17th TV and Sanskar TV have started on FTA; Oriqa News Gujarat and News Live and Prag News have left Sadhna News TV have left; 6 TV 10970 V. On 20th News Akhon has Bangla has replaced 6 TV Telugu on replaced National Voice on 3756 H, 4161 H, FTA; Jia News has started FTA; Rose TV and Bangla Bharat on 4174 H, FTA. On 22nd India News have left 3805 H. On 21st Rose TV Joy Bangla has started on 4076 V, has started on 3805 H again, FTA. FTA. On 24th Azaad TV has started On 23rd Prag News, News X and on 11170 V, FTA. Paras TV have started on 11050 V, encrypted; News 18 Kannada has GSAT 9 AT 97.3 DEG E left. On 24th National Voice has again 11470 V, FTA; DD Uttar Pradesh, On 15th Watan HD has left 11326 V. replaced News Akhon on 3756 H, Surya Bhojpuri, DD Mizoram and DD FTA; Azaad TV has started on 3925 Chhattisgarh have left; Bflix Movies CHINASAT 11 AT 98 DEG E H, Irdeto; Gemini Movies has has replaced News 24 on 11510 V, On 16th Ice Sports has started on replaced & flix on 10970 H, FTA; DD Uttar Pradesh, DD Tripura, 3920 V, Tongfang; Sony Pix has encrypted; & flix has started on DD Chhattisgarh and DD started on 3975 H, Tongfang; 11050 H, encrypted. Uttarakhand have started on 11550 Warner TV Asia and HBO Asia V, FTA; Sadhna TV, Maha Punjabi, have left. On 22nd YNN News HD MEASAT 3/3A AT 91.5 DEG E Filamchi and Lord Buddha TV have has started on 11493 V, FTA; On 1st Star Vijay Malaysia and Sun left; India News Uttar Pradesh, News Dhoom News HD, MC TV and TV Malaysia have left 11062 V. On 18 Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand, DD Sonali Bangla TV have left. On 24th 9th Star Vijay Music has started on Meghalaya, DD Manipur, DD Quran TV has replaced Saudi TV 12563 H, Irdeto; News 1st has Nagaland, DD Mizoram, ILove, News on 11493 V, FTA. started on 12603 H, Irdeto; Kalvi TV 24 and India News have started on has started on 12643 H, Irdeto. On 11630 V, FTA; Satsang TV, Sanskar ASIASAT 2/5 AT 100.5 DEG E 12th Nickelodeon South East Asia, TV, Aastha India, Vip News, Vedic, On 19th Punjab TV has left 12409 V. Astro Ria and WWE Network have Live Today, Aryan TV National, On 26th Dubai TV International and left 11522 V; Cartoon Network Asia, Popular TV and ANB News have left. Dubai Sports have left 3660 V. SATELLITE & CABLE TV 70 MAY 2021 CHANNEL GUIDE UPDATED AS OF 1ST MAY 2021 FTA = Free To Air SCR = Scrambled Radio Channels in Italics FREQ/POL CHANNEL SR FEC CAS NOTES INTELSAT-38/AzerSpace2 at 45.1 deg East: Bom Az 238 El 51, Blr Az 250 El 49, Del 232 El 41, Chennai Az 252 El 46, Bhopal Az 238 El 44 Cal Az 248 El 35 11475 V Dialog DTH: Sony Six HD, Discovery World India HD, Star Movies Select HD, Animal Planet HD, AXN East Asia HD, Rugby PassTV SATEL HD, Star Sports 1 HD, Sony Ten2 HD, Star Sports select HD1, Star Sports Select HD2 32000 2/3 DVB-S2/8PSK India Beam Dialog DTH: CBeebies Asia, Pogo, Cartoon Network HD+, A Plus Kids TV, Nickelodeon South East Asia, Baby TV Asia, Disney 11515 V Junior India, National Geographic India, Sony BBC Earth, National Geographic Wild Asia, Animal Planet India, Discovery Channel 23700 5/6 DVB-S India Beam L India, Discovery Science India, Tech Storm, TLC India, History TV 18, Travelxp HD, Travel Channel Asia, Sony Ten 1, Ten Cricket, I TE & CABLE Sony Ten 2 Dialog DTH: HGTV Asia, Makeful, SET India, Sony Max India, Star Gold India, Colors, Star Plus India, Zee TV India, Colors Tamil, 11555 V Sun TV, KTV, Star Vijay India, Kalaignar TV, Zee Cinema Asia, UTV Movies, B4U Movies India, Zee Tamil, Sirippoli, Zing Asia, 27690 3/5 DVB-S India Beam Supreme TV, DTamil, Fashion TV Asia, Hi TV, NHK World Japan,, WakuWaku Japan South East Asia Dialog DTH: Channel One, Rupavahini, Channel Eye, ITN, Vasantham TV, TV Derana, Swarnavahini, Sirasa TV, Shakthi TV, TV 1, 11595 V Hiru TV, TNL TV, Art, Ada Derana 24x7, Siyatha TV, Haritha TV, TV Didula, Ridee TV, Citi Hitz, 7th Circuit, Rangiri Sri Lanka TV, 27690 5/6 DVB-S India Beam Guru TV, UTV Tamil HD, Nenasa TV Grade 10 Dialog DTH: Eurosport Asia, Outdoor Channel International, Star Sports 1, Star Sports 2, Star Sports Select HD1, Sony Six, DSport, T V 11635 V Star Movies India, HBO Asia, HBO Signature Asia, HBO Hits, HBO Family Asia, Cinemax Asia, & flix, Hits Movies, CinemaWorld, 27690 5/6 Irdeto 2 India Beam Sony Pix, Hits, Zee Café, Star World India, Warner TV Asia, AXN East Asia, Colors Infinity, Blue Ant Entertainment, Celestial Classic Movies, Food Network Asia, Fox Life India, Comedy Central India Dialog TV: Nenasa TV, Buddhist TV, Shraddha TV, Damsathara TV, God TV, Aljazeera, Swarga TV, Verbum TV, France 24 11675 V English, CNBC Asia-Pacific, ABC Australia TV, BBC, CGTN, CNN, NDTV, RT News, Bloomberg TV, Trace Urban, B4U Music, 27690 5/6 DVB-S India Beam VH1 India, Channel C, Sun Music, Zoom, Da Vinci Learning AMOS 4 at 65 deg East DishHome DTH Nepal: Avenues Khabar, News 24, ABC News, Janata TV, Nice TV, Colors, Star Plus India, Zee TV India, SET 10735 V India, MTV India, Zoom, Zing Asia, Discovery Channel India, Animal Planet India, National Geographic India, TLC India, Comedy 45000 1/2 Mpeg 4 71 Central India, Sony Pix, Star Movies India, Star Sports Select HD1, Sony Six, Sony Ten 1 HD Latens, Verimatrix India Beam DishHome DTH Nepal: Star Gold India, Sony Max India, Zee Cinema Asia, Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports Select HD1, Sony Six, Sony Ten 1, Sony Ten 2, Sony Ten 3, CNN International South Asia, BBC World News South Asia, Aljazeera 10789 V English, CNA, RT News, Zee News, Hungama TV, DishHome Cinema Ghar 888, Star Sports 1, Star Sports 2, Star Sports 1 Hindi, 45000 1/2 Mpeg 4 Star Sports Select HD2 Latens, Verimatrix India Beam DishHome DTH Nepal: DishHome Showcase, Plus Movie, Kantipur TV, Image Channel, NTV National, Sagarmatha TV, Colors, Zee 10860 V TV India, Star Plus HD India, Zee Cinema Asia, Star Gold HD India, ACORAB, Radio Nepalbani, Nepal FM, Thaha Sanchar Network, 45000 1/2 Mpeg 4 Ujyaalo 90 Network, Janata Media Radio, BFBS Gurkha Network, Radio Nepal Latens, Verimatrix India Beam DishHome DTH Nepal:DishHome Ramailo, D Movies, NTV Plus, NTV News, Mountain TV, Himalaya TV, AP1 TV, TV Today, TV Filmy, Bhakti Darshan TV, Star Bharat India, Sony SAB TV India, Hi Dost!, KBS World 24, Zee Anmol, Gyandarshan, Colors Cineplex, Star Gold 2, & pictures, B4U Movies India, Dhinchaak, Zee Action, Star Utsav Movies, Sony Max 2, MTV Beats, 10914 V Investigation Discovery India, History TV 18, Discovery Science India, Discovery Turbo India, National Geographic Wild Asia, 45000 2/3 Mpeg 4 Luxe TV, Sony BBC Earth, VoA TV Asia, Star Movies India, TRT World, Times Now, News 18, Zee Business, NDTV India, Aaj Latens, Verimatrix India Beam Tak, Nickelodeon India, BabyFirst TV, Discovery Kids India, Nick Jr India, Disney Channel India, Marvel HQ, Sonic Nickelodeon, Disney Junior India DishHome DTH Nepal: DishHome Action Sports, Nepa Channel, DishHome Cinema Ghar 108, DishHome Gunjan, DishHome Cine Hits, DishHome Junior, Business Plus, BTV Business, Krishi TV, BM HD, Gorkha TV, & TV, Colors Infinity, Colors Rishtey Asia, 11235 V DD Bharati, Xing Kong International, Aakaash Aath, Anjan TV, Zee Bollywood, Manoranjan TV, Bhojpuri Cinema, 9XM, 9X Jalwa, 45000 2/3 Mpeg 4 Living Foodz, NHK World Japan, TV 5 Monde Asie, DW English, CGTN, Arirang World, Star Sports 3, Star Sports Select HD2, Latens, Verimatrix India Beam MAY 2 MAY Fight Sports, DD Sports, Peace of Mind TV, Discovery HD World India, Star World HD India, Nepal Radio Network DishHome DTH Nepal:Sarokar TV, NTV Kohalpur, NTV Itahari, Prime Times, Star Gold Select, DishHome Cinema Ghar 555, Sony 11289 V Yay!, & TV, & pictures, HBO Signature Asia, HBO Hits, HBO Family Asia, Cinemax Asia, National Geographic India, Zee Café, 45000 2/3 Mpeg 4 AP1 TV, Kantipur TV Latens, Verimatrix India Beam 0 2 DishHome TV NEPAL: Star Bharat HD, SET India HD, Sony Max HD, Star Gold Select HD, Sony Ten 2 HD, Sony Ten 3 HD, 1 11360 V Animal Planet HD, TLC HD, Comedy Central HD, Disney International HD, VH1 HD, MTV Beats HD, DishHome Ramailo, DishHome 45000 2/3 Mpeg 4 Action Sports Latens, Verimatrix India Beam 12660 V DishHome TV NEPAL: Baby TV Asia, Colors Infinity, Colors Cineplex, Nat Geo Wild Asia, Fox Life India, 9XM, Himalaya TV, NTV 45000 2/3 Mpeg 4 Plus, BM HD, Plus Movie, DishHome Cine Hits, DishHome Gunjan Latens, Verimatrix India Beam 12714 V DishHome TV NEPAL: Reality TV, D Movies, Hollywood Hits, K World, Rhymes, Bhojpuri Magic, Yoho TV, Mega TV, B4U Kadak, 45000 2/3 Mpeg 4 House Full Movies, Mastiii Latens, Verimatrix India Beam INTELSAT 17 AT 66 Deg E: 3845 H Sony Entertainment: SET Asia, SET Middle East, Sony Max Asia, Sony SAB TV Asia, Max M.E., Sony Six, Sony Pix 30000 3/4 Mpeg 4 DVB S2 PowerVu Landmass beam CHANNEL GUIDE UPDATED AS OF 1ST MAY 2021 FTA = Free To Air SCR = Scrambled Radio Channels in Italics FREQ/POL CHANNEL SR FEC CAS NOTES Tata: Kalainagar TV, Seithigal, Isai Aruvi, Sirippoli TV, Chithiram TV, Kalaignar Murasu TV, Vendhar TV, Sairam TV, News 7 Tamil, 3845 V Ayush TV, MK Tunes, MK Six, Sai TV, Hindu Dharmam, TV 5 Kannada, Malai Murasu TV, Malar TV, Shalini TV, Update News, 28800 5/6 Mpeg 2 / Mpeg 4 Irdeto Landmass beam SATEL Update TV, Update Music, Update Kids 3876 H Indiasign: CVR English, CVR OM Spiritual, Tollywood, RTV (India), Nireekshana TV, Mango, Y TV Telugu, Hornbill TV, Madhimugam TV, News India 24x7, NK TV 24x7, Mangalam TV 14300 3/4 Mpeg4 FTA Landmass beam 3885 V SUN NW: Sun TV, KTV, Sun News, Sun Music, Gemini TV, Gemini Movies, Gemini Comedy, Udaya TV, Udaya Movies, Surya L TV, Surya TV HD, Chutti TV, Kochu TV, Gemini Music, Surya Movies, Gemini Music HD, Gemini Movie HD, Udaya HD, Sun I TE & CABLE Bangla, Sun Marathi 30000 3/4 Mpeg4 Irdeto 2 Landmass beam 3894 H Indiasign: HMTV, Aradhana TV, T News, MBC TV, Calvary TV, Prarthana Bhawan TV, 7 S Music, ABN, V6 News, CVR News, Mercy TV (India), FM News, CVR Health, Inews, 10TV, AP 24x7. 1 Sports 13840 5/6 DVB S2 Mpeg 4 Landmass beam 3914 H New Delhi TV: NDTV 24x7, NDTV India, NDTV Profit, NDTV Good Times 11200 3/4 Mpeg4 Irdeto 2 Landmass beam 3925 V Sun TV NW: Kushi TV, Udaya Music, Chintu TV, Adithya TV, Udaya Comedy, Surya Comedy Surya Music, Sun Life, Gemini 30000 3/4 DVB S2, Life, Sun TV HD, KTV HD, Sun Music HD, Gemini TV HD Mpeg 4, Irdeto 2 Landmass beam 3932 H Indo Teleports: Peppers TV, Maha Punjabi, Total TV Haryana, Chardikla Time TV, Enterr10 Bangla, Enterr 10 18330 2/3 DVB S2 Landmass beam T 3965 V TV5 Monde Asia, TV5 HD, TV5 Style HD 12335 3/4 Mpeg 4 PowerVu Landmass beam V 3966 H News J, Thanti TV, Janam TV, Patrika Rajasthan TV, Meenakshi TV, Jothi TV, Nambikkai TV, Good News TV 18330 2/3 FTA Landmass beam 3984 H VoA TV Global HD, VoA TV Indian Ocean HD, VoA TV China HD, VoA TV Africa HD, God TV Asia, Colors Mena HD (scr) 14400 3/4 Mpeg 4/PowerVu,FTA Landmass beam 4006 H Planetcast: Kappa TV, Mathrubhumi News, Shalom TV, Salvation TV, Media One, Kaumudy TV, Powervision TV, Saathiyam TV, Dheeran TV, Ate TV, Safari, Studio One +. Darshana TV ME, Digvijay News 24x7, Tunes6 Music, Velicham TV, Reporter 14400 3/4 DVB-S2 Mpeg4 Landmass beam 4015 V Tata: Angel TV India, Captain TV, Imayam TV, Madha TV, Makkal TV, Kairali Channel, We, Moon TV, Puthiya Thalaimurai, Sri Sankara TV, Subhavaartha TV, Tamilan TV, Vasanth TV, Win TV, Polimer, Public TV, Captan News, TV5 News, Polimer News, MK 30000 3/4 Mpeg 4 TV, Puthuyugam TV, Public Music TV, Kairali Arabiya, Public Movies, Mathrubhumi News, Kappa TV DVB S2 FTA / Conax Landmass beam 4024 H PlanetCast: Star Vijay International (scr), Asianet News, Asianet ME, Suvarna News, Amrita TV, Goodness TV, Jaihind TV, Jeevan 14400 2/3 Mpeg 4 TV, Manorama News Intnl., 24 News, Flowers TV (scr) Videoguard / FTA Landmass beam 72 INTELSAT 20 / 36 at 68.50 deg E: Bom Az 193 El 67, Blr Az 215 El 71, Del 197 El 55, Chennai Az 222 El 69, Bhopal Az 202 El 61 Cal Az 223 El 55 3713 V KBS World 24 HD 2800 2/3 Mpeg4 C Beam 3723 V Indiasign: TV 9 Telugu, Mojo TV, TV 9 Kannada, TV 9 Marathi, TV 9 Gujarati, TV 9 Bharatvarsh, Mahaa News, Shubhsandesh TV 9600 3/4 Mpeg 4 DVB S2 C Beam 3732 V Indiasign: Mahaa News, Mantavya News, National Voice, Nepal 1, Shubhsandesh TV, Mojo TV, Tulasi News 7200 3/4 Mpeg 4 DVB S2 C Beam 3739 H Discovery Networks India: Discovery Channel India, DTamil, Animal Planet India, Investigation Discovery India, Investigation Discovery India, Discovery Science India, Discovery Turbo India, TLC India, Discovery HD World India, Discovery Kids India, TLC HD India, Animal Planet HD World India 30000 3/4 Mpeg4 PowerVu C Beam 3742 V Sadhna TV, Super TV, Anjan TV, Jai Maharashtra, News 1, Food Food 7000 3/4 Mpeg 4 FTA C Beam 3766 V Aastha TV, Aastha Tamil, Aastha Telugu, Aastha Kannada 7200 3/4 Mpeg 4 C Beam 3768 H Zee NW: & TV HD, Zee Zest 7500 3/4 Mpeg 4 Conax C Beam 3774 V Aastha TV 2944 3/4 FTA C Beam 3777 V Aastha Bhajan, Vedic TV 2940 3/4 FTA C Beam 3782 V CGN TV 2965 3/4 FTA C Beam 3788 V J Movies 4400 2/3 FTA Mpeg4 Irdeto2 C Beam 3795 H Times Group: Times Now, Zoom, ET Now, Movies Now, Movies Now+ HD, Romedu Now, Mirror Now, Times Now World Hd, MNX HD, Movies Now HD, Romedy Now HD, MNX, ET Now, Times Now 30000 3/4 Mpeg4 Irdeto C Beam 3795 V Arirang World HD 5580 2/3 DVB S2 Mpeg 4 C Beam 3828 V Indo Teleports: Jan TV, Khabar Fast, Pratidin Time, GS TV, Jan TV + (scr), Maha Movies, Fakt Marathi 7200 2/3 FTA Irdeto C Beam MAY 2 MAY 3836 V Fakt Marathi 7200 3/4 M[eg4 FTA C Beam 3850 V Viacom 18: Colors Marathi HD, Colors Bangla HD, Colors Kannada HD, Colors Super HD, Comedy Central India, MTV Beats 14400 2/3 Mpeg4 Irdeto2 C Beam 3868 H Sports Inspires Life: Sony Ten 1 to 3, Sony Marathi 14400 2/3 Mpeg 4 Videoguard C Beam 3868 V Vaa Movies, True Sports TV, Cinema TV, Naaptol Tamil, Naaptol Kannada, MTV Beats HD (scr), Colors Cineplex HD (scr) 14400 2/3 FTA / Irdeto 2 Mpeg4 C Beam 0 3889 V PTC Simran, PTC Music 2500 3/4 Mpeg 4 FTA C Beam 2 1 3892 V Daystar TV 1954 5/6 FTA C Beam 3900 H Sony Pictures Networks India: Sony SAB TV India, Sony Pix, Sony Aath, Sony Six, Sony Pal, Sony Max India, Sony Max 2, SET India 22222 5/6 Mpeg 4/ Power Vu C Beam 3913 V KBS World HD 6510 3/4 Mpeg 4/ Xcrypt C Beam 3922 V India TV Wiz, India TV 7000 5/6 Mpeg 4 Irdeto C Beam 3930 H Sports Inspires Life: Sony Six HD, Sony Ten 2 HD, Sony Ten 3 HD, Ten Cricket HD 25000 2/3 Mpeg 4 Videoguard C Beam 3974 H Zee Turner: Pogo, CNN Intl S. Asia, Cartoon Network Pakistan,Cartoon Network India 19500 3/4 PowerVu / Conax C Beam 3974 V Zee NW: Zee Talkies HD, Zee Bangla HD, Zee Tamil HD, Zee Keralam HD, Living Travelz, Zee Cinemalu HD, Zee Zabardast tests 22500 5/6 Mpeg 4 Conax C Beam 3993 H Viacom 18: MTV India, Colors Rishtey Asia, Colors Asia Pacific 4000 2/3 Mpeg4, Irdeto C Beam 3996 V SUN 18: CNBC TV18, CNBC Awaaz, News18 Lokmat 6666 3/4 MPEG 4 Irdeto 2 C Beam CHANNEL GUIDE UPDATED AS OF 1ST MAY 2021 FTA = Free To Air SCR = Scrambled Radio Channels in Italics FREQ/POL CHANNEL SR FEC CAS NOTES 4003 V Lamhas Mux: Shubh TV, Abzy Movies, Sandesh News, Shubh Cinema, Abzy Cool, Abzy Dhakad, InSync 7200 3/4 Mpeg4 DVB S2 C Beam 4013 H Indiasign: News Time Bangla, Rupashi Bangla, Aakash Aath, Dhoom Music, R Plus, Manoranjan Movies, R+ Gold 7200 3/4 Mpeg 4 DVB S2 C Beam SATEL 4013 V Sun18: Nick HD+, MTV Beats, Rishtey Cineplex, VH1 India 7200 3/4 Mpeg4 Irdeto2 C Beam 4034 H SUN 18: MTV India, Colors, Colors Rishtey Asia, Colors Cineplex, Nick Jr India, Colors Kannada Cinema, Colors Tamil HD, Colors Tamil, Colors HD, Colors Cineplex, BDM, Nickelodeon India 20500 2/3 Mpeg4, Irdeto 2 PAL 4034 V Network 18: History TV 18, CNBC TV18 Prime HD, History TV18 HD, News 18 Malayalam (fta), Sonic Nickelodeon, News 18 L TN (fta), CNBC Bajaar, News 18 Assam & NE (fta),News 18 India, MTV HD+ 21600 5/6 Mpeg4 Irdeto 2 HD C Beam I TE & CABLE 4054 V Arirang World 4400 3/4 FTA C Beam 4059 V CTS (South Korea) 3529 3/4 FTA C Beam 4064 H Al Jazeera English, CNBC Africa (scr), CGTN, EWTN Africa & Asia, Australia Plus TV Asia (Mpeg4, Irdeto2), SIS Digital (scr), 19850 7/8 Irdeto 2 / BBC World News South Asia (scr); Radio Australia, BBC World Service, Radio Australia English for Asia, EWTN Radio PowerVu / FTA C Beam 4064 V Sanskar TV, Satsang TV 4400 3/4 FTA C Beam 4070 V Hope Channel International, Hope TV India 3003 2/3 FTA 4076 V TRT World HD 3906 5/6 FTA HD C Beam T 4083 V China Radio International 3428 3/4 FTA V 4090 H Travel XP HD(scr), Kashish News, Taaza TV, STV Haryana News, Travel XP Tamil (scr), Sangeet Marathi, VTV News, Travel XP HD (scr), Hi Dost!, Bangla Talkies, Bhojpuri Cinema 14368 3/4 MPEG4 / FTA/ Irdeto 2 C Beam 4092 V YTN World 2963 3/4 FTA C Beam 4103 H CNN News 18, News 18, News 18 UK 5720 3/4 Conax, Irdeto 2 C Beam 4116 V IndiaSign: PTC News, PTC Punjabi, PTC Chakde, PTC Punjabi Gold, News Nation, News State MP & CHG, News State UP & UK, Oscar Movies Bhojpuri, PTC Simran, PTC Music 8800 3/4 DVB S2 Mpeg 4 C Beam 4124 H NHK World Network: NHK World Japan, NHK World Premium, NHK World Japan Radio 22193 3/5 MPEG-4/HDConax C Beam 4130 V Jaya TV HD, Jaya Plus, Jaya Max 10369 3/4 MPEG4 / Irdeto 2 C Beam 4150 H Urdu 1 ME (scr), Peace TV Urdu, Peace Tv English, Peace TV Bangla, Peace TV Chinese, Huda TV, I Plus TV 15150 2/3 FTA / Irdeto 2 C Beam 73 4155 V Zee Cinema HD, Zee TV HD, Zee Anmol, & Pictures HD, Zee Marathi HD, Zee Telugu HD, Zee Kannada HD 22500 5/6 Mpeg 4 DVB S2 Conax HD C Beam 4163 H WION, EZ Mall, Zee Kalak, Zee Salaam, Zee UP / Uttarkhand 7500 5/6 Mpeg 4 Conax C Beam 4182 H Aaj Tak, India Today, Tez, Aaj Tak Delhi, Aaj Tak International, India Today International, Aaj Tak UK, Aaj Tak HD 16296 3/4 Irdeto-2 C Beam 4184 V Planetcast: 4TV, Sahana News, News 1st (India), Anjan TV, Food Food, India Ahead, Republic TV, Jai Maharashtra, Republic Bangla 21600 5/6 FTA Mpeg4 C Beam 4195 H Sky News International 4000 1/2 PowerVu C Beam GSAT-11 & GSAT-18 at 74 Deg East Bom Az 173 El 73, Blr Az 191 El 74, Del Az 184 El 56, Chennai Az 202 El 73, Bhopal Az 186 El 62 Cal Az 212 El 59 3777 H DD News HD, DD Sports HD (scr) 4000 3/4 Mpeg 4 BISS India Beam 11587 H Punjab EduSat 4000 3/4 Mpeg 2 FTA India Beam 11667 V KITE VICTERS 2000 3/4 Mpeg2 FTA India Beam 11681 V VTU 2966 3/4 Mpeg 2 FTA India Beam 11686 V Lokshiksha Sanchar 2900 3/4 Mpeg 2 FTA India Beam ABS 2 at 75 deg E: Bom Az 173 El 73, Blr Az 191 El 74, Del Az 184 El 56, Chennai Az 202 El 73, Bhopal Az 186 El 62 Cal Az 212 El 59 3590 H Avenues Khabar 2222 3/4 Irdeto Global Beam 3606 V Nepalese mux: AP1 TV, TV Today (Nepal), TV Filmy 2707 5/6 DVB-S2 Global Beam Medianet HITS: People TV, Colors, CCTV 4 Asia, Baby TV Asia, Fashion TV India, Sangu TV, Nat Geo Wild Asia, Dhivehi Channel, Fox Asia, Rai Italia Asia, MTV India, TV 5 Monde Asie, Zee Bollywood, DW English, Fox Family Movies, MTV Beats, Phoenix Chinese Channel, Zee Café, Zee Cinema Asia, & flix, Sony Six, Nick Jr Asia, Zee TV India, NDTV 24x7, Warner TV Asia, Nat MAY 2 MAY 3649 H Geo People Asia, CuriosityStream, Aljazeera English, Quran TV, Premier League TV, HBO HD Asia, Sony Ten 2 HD, National 45000 2/3 DVB-S2/8PSK Global Beam Geographic India HD, CinemaWorld, Nickelodeon South East Asia, Discovery HD World India, Star Plus Southeast Asia HD, Fox Life India HD, Alkaun TV, Travel Channel Asia, Sony Ten 1, Jalsha Movies, Sony BBC Earth, DreamWorks TV HD, Zee TV India 0 HD, Fox Action Movies, CBeebies Asia, Star Sports 1 HD, Colors HD, Star Gold Middle East HD, Munnaaru 2 Media Net Hits: Sony Ten 3, Comedy Central India, Channel 13, SET India, Sony Max India, VTV, YES, TV Maldives, Raajje TV, 1 Fox Crime Asia, Star Bharat Middle East, PSM News, Star Gold Middle East, Trace Urban Southeast Asia, Star Sports 1, Star Sports Select HD1, FX India, Sony Ten 1, AXN India, Channel 1, CNN International South Asia, KBS World, Cartoon Network India, 3652 V TLC India, Peace TV English, BBC World News South Asia, Ice TV HD, Fox Movies Asia HD, Star Sports 2 HD, Dubai TV 30500 3/5 DVB-S2/8PSK Global Beam International, RTR Planeta Asia, Sky News International, Star Vijay India, Star Sports Select HD2, HGTV Asia HD, Boomerang Asia, Timeless Drama Channel, Sangu E, , [Disney Channel test card], V FM 12524 H Supreme Master TV, SBN International, TBN Asia, Hillsong Channel, Daystar TV 30000 1/2 FTA India Beam APSTAR 7 at 76.5 deg E: Bom Az 168 El 67, Blr Az 184 El 74, Del 181 El 56, Chennai Az 196 El 73, Bhopal Az 183 El 63 Cal Az 209 El 60 3634 H Kantipur Media Group: Kantipur TV, Kantipur Cineplex 6000 3/5 DVB-S28PSK Asia Beam CHANNEL GUIDE UPDATED AS OF 1ST MAY 2021 FTA = Free To Air SCR = Scrambled Radio Channels in Italics FREQ/POL CHANNEL SR FEC CAS NOTES 3639 H Image Channel 1600 3/5 DVB S2 Mpeg 4 FTA Asia Beam 3690 H Janata TV (Nepal) 3600 2/3 DVB-S2MPEG-4/HD Asia Beam SATEL 3749 H Madani Channel Bangla 3070 3/4 Mpeg 4 Asia Beam 3780 V APT,Punjab TV, Eternal Life TV Network, KidZone+ Pakistan, DSport, Tehelka TV, Hoora TV, Zorins TV, Raajje TV, 1 Sports, Macau Lotus TV, Eurosport Asia, Eurosport Asia, Fashion TV Asia, Fashion TV India, TVN Asia 30000 3/4 Mpeg4 DVB S2 Conax Asia Beam 3799 H Joyjatra TV 4280 7/8 Mpeg 4 FTA Asia Beam L 3844 V Trinity Broadcasting,TBN Asia, Hillsong Channel, Telenovela Channel, 702 DZAS, The Edge Philippines 5715 3/4 FTA C Beam I TE & CABLE 3857 V GMA Pinoy TV Asia-Pacific, GMA Life TV, GMS Pinoy TV Middle East, GMA News TV International 5925 2/3 Mpeg4 PowerVu Asia Beam 3873 V Bol News HD, Bol Entertainment HD 8000 3/5 Mpeg 4 HD FTA C Beam 3880 H Disney Junior Asia, Disney XD Asia HD, Disney XD Philippines HD, Disney HK, Disney Asia HD, Disney Philippines HD 30000 5/6 Mpeg 4 PowerVu Asia Beam 3920 H SPE Networks Asia: AXN Taiwan HD, Animax Asia HD, AXN East Asia HD, AXN Phillippines, Gem TV, Animax Taiwan, Animax Philippines 28340 5/6 Mpeg 4 PowerVu Asia Beam 3960 H HBO: HBO Asia, HBO Taiwan, Cinemax Asia HD, HBO Taiwan HD 30000 3/4 Mpeg 4 Mediacipher 2 Asia Beam 4000 H A1 Telekom Austria: Babyfirst TV, MyZen TV, Trace Sport Stars, Mezzo Live HD, Trace Urban Southeast Asia 30000 3/4 MPEG-4/HDConax Viaccess C Beam T 4006 V PSM: TV Maldives HD, PSM News, Munnaru, YES TV HD 8800 3/5 DVB-S2MPEG-4/HD C Beam V 4022 V Din News HD 3200 3/4 MPEG-4/HD C Beam 4024 H NTV Itahari 4166 3/5 DVB-S2MPEG-4/HD C Beam 4030 V Capital TV HD (Pakistan) 2400 3/5 FTA Asia Beam 4030H NTV Kohalpur (Nepal) 4166 3/5 DVB-S2MPEG-4/HD Asia Beam 4040H Nepal TV: NTV Plus, NTV News, NTV National 12500 3/5 DVB-S2MPEG-4/HD Asia Beam 4047 H Bol News, Bol Entertainment 8000 3/5 DVB-S2MPEG-4/HD Asia Beam 4056 H Kantipur TV HD 3600 3/5 Mpeg 4 Asia Beam 4079 H Raaje TV 1600 3/5 Mpeg4 FTA Asia Beam 4087 V Zee Network, Zee Café HD, Zee Keralam, Zee Biskope 2 5600 5/6 HD Mpeg4 Conax Asia Beam 74 GSAT 10/GSAT 30 at 83 deg E: Bom Az 151 El 64, Blr Az 157 El 73, Del Az 168 El 55, Chennai Az 168 El 74, Bhopal Az 166 El 62 Cal Az 194 El 63 ETV NW: News 18 Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand, News 18 Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh, News 18 Rajasthan, News 18 Bihar 3725 H & Jharkhand, News 18 Urdu, News 18 Gujarati, News 18 Odia, Colors Bangla, Colors Marathi, Colors Kannada, Colors Infinity, 30000 3/4 Mpeg 4 Irdeto India C Beam VH1 India, Colors Cineplex, Colors Infinity, Colors Gujarati Cinema, Colors Bangla Cinema, Nick HD+, MTV Beats, Colors Cineplex, Subscribe to VH1 India, Colors Odia, Colors Gujarati 3750 V DD Uttarakhand 2900 3/4 FTA India C Beam 3753 V DD Chattisgarh 2900 3/4 FTA India C Beam 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