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midhunmenonp · (This post was last modified: 03-09-2010 10:20 AM by midhunmenonp.)

The alternate form platform of receiving television channels are finding a lot of customers nowadays especially after the introduction of Internet protocol television or in short IPTV. Many companies such as Tata Photon are using the mobile broadband internet protocol module which helps the users to watch television anywhere and everywhere. Be it in their laptops or mobiles we can watch live television with ease. Many companies such as Airtel and BSNL have already the fixed line versions of the IPTV. Reliance too is following the trend as it has just launched their IPTV service.

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When the Direct To Home (DTH) service was launched in India few thought it could generate such buzz in India. But three years down the line DTH is one of the fastest growing business ventures in India. The old concept of cable television is just retreating behind as the DTH providers have captured the larger share of its market. Many people finds DTH services more useful as it offers superior picture quality and sound and more importantly great customer relations. The cable also gets cut off during the power failure in its operating place but there is hardly any cut off in DTH services. Studies prove that DTH users in India will touch the 5 million mark by the end of 2010. Moreover they provide add-ons like interactive TV, easy program guide, in demand movies and even pizza ordering. The cost also has decrease since the competition has become cut throat in this category.

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There are at least seven to eight competitors in this segment trying to catch the eye of the customer. Each day someone or other company is bringing up new and innovative ideas. Tata Sky is the current market leader in this segment followed closely by Airtel, Sun, and Dish TV. Tata Sky has brought many new technologies in this field. They were the first one to bring a storage set top box where we can pause, record and playback our favorite television programs. Each set top box comes with a internal hard disk storage space used to store recorded television programs. Airtel in turn has gone a step further and introduced mobile recording facility. Almost all the providers are now started to give some channels in High Definition (H.D) which offers even better sound quality. The reduction of prices in LCD and LED televisions have also accounted for increase in sales of these set to boxes. According to a survey conducted among working professionals in Mumbai and Bengaluru most people preferred DTH services to local cable services as they offer greater value for money.

Wireless IPTV is becoming fast popular among the current generation which needs everything at a faster pace. It has surely stroke a chord between the city youths and those who are on constant move. IPTV is a bandwidth intensive platform which requires strong capital and infrastructure. Tata Photon team put up an impressive advertisement in the Television during this year’s IPL showing a man bringing TV along with him wherever he goes. This ad surely caught the eye of many and according to Tata official has boosted their sales tremendously. Mobile television too has caught the eye of many youths. With the introduction of 3G spectrum more and more such service will begin to emerge.