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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.