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MUMBAI: Anil Ambani is readying for the big fight in the broadcasting arena. Reliance ADAG has applied to the information and broadcasting ministry for 20 channels in the non-news segment.

Reliance is looking at five general entertainment channels (GECs), spread over regional markets. The GECs will be in the English, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati and Marathi languages, sources add.

Reliance is also planning to create a pack of five movie channels.

The menu will also include a kids channel and 3-4 music channels.

Reliance's bouquet will have Lifestyle channels, suited for the digital delivery platforms. The Group is set to launch its direct-to-home (DTH) service by April-end.

Read : Indiantelevision.com > News Headlines > Anil's ADAG applies for 20 TV channels; 5 GECs in the list
 
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The Group is set to launch its direct-to-home (DTH) service by April-end.

Read : Indiantelevision.com > News Headlines > Anil's ADAG applies for 20 TV channels; 5 GECs in the list


Big tv is goona launch in April End😕
 
this is now going to be overdose of channels.
 
Big TV Ltd, a fully owned subsidiary of Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications (RCOM), will launch direct-to-home (DTH) services commercially by the end of this month.
It expects to offer DTH services to over 10 million subscribers across the country and feed to over 15 million households.
Big TV will offer set-top boxes (STBs) at Rs 1,000-Rs 1,500, along with a monthly subscription package of Rs 300, which will entitle them to watch the channels being aired; it will also provide subscribers Rs 100 worth pay-per view (PPV) movies. They will have access to 30 PPV channels showing Bollywood, Hollywood and regional films.
Sumit Chowdhury, CIO, Reliance Communications, said: "The DTH service will commercially launch before the end of March."
He declined to give the number of channels and other details but sources said that Big TV will offer around 100 channels initially. Later, the company is expected to increase the number of channels to 300.

Industry sources said the launch is likely only in May 2008 as the hardware is not yet ready, and the company will prefer the launch after school vacation commences on May 2008 though it was not independently confirmed.
Meanwhile, Chowdhury said Wimax [COLOR=orange! important][COLOR=orange! important]technology[/color][/color] isn't cost-effective at present due to spectrum shortage. Nationwide launch of [COLOR=orange! important][COLOR=orange! important]Wimax[/color][/color] services will depend on the availability of more spectrum, he said.
At present, the DTH market is dominated by two private players — Essel group's Dish TV and Tata Sky, which is a [COLOR=orange! important][COLOR=orange! important]joint [COLOR=orange! important]venture[/color][/color][/color] between the Tatas and Rupert Murdoch's Star Group.
Dish TV, the first DTH player in the country, has around 3 million subscribers, while TataSky has over 1.7 million. Apart from these, Bharti group and Sun TV will also launch DTH in by year-end. According to an estimate, the DTH reach in India is likely to expand from 2.5 million households now to 16 million by 2010. Unlike cable, DTH is a more organised and a less-regulated business. With heavyweights foraying into the space, the DTH segment is set to outpace digital cable in the near term and become a 14 million home market by fiscal 2010.

NEWS POSTED ON Anil Ambani's DTH to beam this month via 100 channels - Sify.com
 
:yahoo:So finally it is official now .... this is the confirmed news from sify ...thats great news that Big tv is gonna launch this March end only ...so cheers everybody :hysterical::thumbsup:
 
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Industry sources said the launch is likely only in May 2008 as the hardware is not yet ready, and the company will prefer the launch after school vacation commences on May 2008 though it was not independently confirmed.
 
oh yeah.. Atlast they ve said they are gonna launch.. services start by may .. good news 🙂
 

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