Reliance Communication to launch DTH services from Aug 15

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desiibond

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Thank god. I am waiting for the new players with HD capability to come in. Mycurrent cable TV sucks. pathetic quality and frequence swapping of channels. Have to call everytime to watch F1 or soccer and get star sports and espn transmitted.
 
narangz

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^^ Yes!!! That is insane. I am waiting for Big TV since December 07. I can't wait more. Fed up of just 35 channels on cable :x
 
gary4gar

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Some random pictures of Big TV (Reliance DTH service) i found on internet

*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/20569_u7jdo/big1.jpg
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/20570_e5gbv/big2.jpg
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/20571_qvhk2/big3.jpg
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/20572_jchdc/big4.jpg
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/small/20573_8fyyo/big5.jpg



From pics the STB looks HD ready and there is a romour that Big tv will carry 5HD channels.
 
shashank_re

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That is version 1 STB which they have removed. And its not HD ready.They will Sell HD ready STB for very high price.
Its not rumour that they will carry 5HD channels.Its a fact!
 
invisiblebond

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Earlier this week we reported on the launch delay to Malaysia’s Measat 3A, originally scheduled for Aug 21, and citing “technical issues”. It has now been confirmed that the precious satellite, built by Orbital Sciences Corp, was damaged by a crane at the Baikonur, Kazakhstan launch facility. One report says the damaged craft will be flown back to the manufacturers for a thorough inspection, and remedial repairs.

Even if the satellite stays at Kazakhstan, the delay to Measat 3A’s launch will be several weeks, if not months. The launch provider is Intelsat-backed Land Launch, the ground-based spin-off from Sea Launch, which works with Russian-Ukranian rocket-builder Zenit. This is the second Land Launch event, having successfully lofted an Israeli satellite, Amos 3, back in April.

The impact on Measat was more than just physical. Trading in Measat Global was suspended for a few hours on Aug 11, as was trading in Astro All-Asia, its major DTH client and sister company.

The launch delay might have a serious impact on another client, India’s Reliance telecoms outfit which is planning to launch an MPEG4-based ‘Big TV’ DTH service, commencing Aug 15
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*rapidtvnews.com/index.php/200808141900/measat-bashed-at-launch-site.html
 
iMav

iMav

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So Mukesh Ambani got a crane sent to destroy the satellite. It is true Mukesh Ambani is a forward thinker, bahut agey ki sochi usne.
 
shashank_re

shashank_re

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That satellite and the crane thing has got nothing to do with delay in Commercial launch. They might have booked few transponders in that sat.Thats it. So dont worry about the launch.
 
narangz

narangz

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BIG TV is already being used & tested by many under employee & PCO scheme. How can it be possible that they are testing on another satellite & launching it officially on some other satellite?

However the million dollar question is- When is it going to get launched?
 
invisiblebond

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Big TV to launch backup infrastructure in Bangalore
Reliance Big TV, the direct-to-home (DTH) service of Reliance Communications, is set to commercially launch its backup infrastructure site in Bangalore along with its Mumbai site early next week, sources close to the development said to Televisionpoint.con.

Set up at a cost of Rs 100 crore, the backup infrastructure network is a first for an Indian DTH operator. The Whitefield site in Bangalore has been developed to automatically provide a buffer against service problems that could affect customers during times of bad weather, poor signal or power failure.

Bangalore was chosen due to its suitable geographical location and the qualified technical expertise, a source said. Unwilling to comment on commercial tariffs for the DTH service, the source added that the service would be operational across 5,000 cities at similar price points.

Big TV service will use the Malaysian MEASAT satellite and an advanced transmission compression technology, MPEG-4 to offer about 250 channels, fully digital audio and video quality and interactivity.

Although several blogs and online forums are abuzz with speculation on Reliance's pricing strategy, the company sources said it "would be frozen in the next few days" and is likely to be "a better value offering at current price points."

In the first phase of the launch, Big TV will roll out standard set-top boxes. Subsequently, boxes with High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) will be on the anvil.
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Big TV to launch backup infrastructure in Bangalore | Televisionpoint.com News
 
desai_amogh

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Currently as per TRAI .. service provider's are not supposed to lock their STBs ... and are property of the consumer once they are baught..... but have not seen amendments of this rule by service providers...
Im talking about DISH tv & T'SKY dth STBs ... they have a channel list of 1000s of channels & the STB firmware is locked ...STb doesnt allow to delet any channels & u have to scroll thru 100s of channels to find channels which are in your channel packages... this is very sad... there are other lots of features the STBs frovide bt as they are locked u cant access them..is anything bein done abt this ???
 
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