DIRECT TO HOME SATELLITE RECEIVER .doc (abstract)

DIRECT TO HOME SATELLITE RECEIVER

Abstract:

Watching television will no longer be the same again. Bad transmission quality, blackouts, disconnection of channels, high cable bills -- all these could soon be history. With Conditional Access System slated to take off in Mumbai, Delhi and kolkata from january 1, television viewers will have a good bouquet of channels to opt for.

DTH stands for Direct to Home. The signals are dispatched from a satellite directly to the homes of viewers. In its simplest form, TV Channels would be broadcast from a satellite to small dish antenna mounted on a window or rooftop of the viewer's home. In cable TV where, the cable operator or/and the Multi System Operator (M.S.O.) work as middlemen or distributors of satellite signals, this method of transmission directly to customer's premises does away with the middlemen. Currently the cable operators receive the satellite TV Signals first and then retransmit the same through cables to their subscriber's home for which they collect monthly subscriptions from the customers.

Plans are a foot to offer up to 150 channels, including several niche ones, within the first year of operation. Beside the channels certain other value-added services would be provided through the DTH platform.

DTH gives better quality picture than conventional cable TV because cable TV in India is analog. Even if the cable might receive the signal through a digital receiver, the transmission in his cable is still analog. Analog as we all know is subject to various disturbances and degradations during transmission on cable.
DTH can give stereophonic sound effects which is not the case in Indian cable TV scenario today. The cable operator may receive the audio in his control room in stereo but when it comes to re-transmission on cable he uses mono (One audio track) modulators. Enjoying movies or music with accompanying stereo sound is a good experience which DTH can easily offer. DTH, as a technology is going to play a major role in the New World of convergence. If India has to catch up with the world and become a super power, DTH can play a very important and deciding role. DTH can also be used to give number of value added services like-fax, voice, Internet, tele shopping, ecommerce etc. The list is huge and only imagination of the DTH Company would be the barrier in tapping this extra ordinary communication tool.
DTH is a direct link to an individual's home via satellite. It can become a major source of high speed Internet delivery to an individual's home. Currently Internet is mainly accessed through telephone lines. A very high percentage of internet users are fed up with the quality of service (QOS) offered by telephone companies. The data transfer speeds also are very low and the service bothersome at times.