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| CASBAA: India on the digital edge |
| Posted: May 2010 | ||||||
 New Delhi - The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) recently concluded
its annual India Satellite Industry Forum. Themed “On the Digital Edge – Where Broadband HITS the Streets”, the forum featured three policy addresses, from government departments, as well as high-level inputs from global industry specialists. Notably, the forum featured a government commitment to the long-awaited harmonisation of the multiple taxes and tariffs affecting India’s satellite, DTH, cable TV and IPTV sectors. Broadcasters, operators and technology vendors believe this is essential if India is to achieve its goals of industry-wide digital networks. During a keynote address, Uday K Varma, Special Secretary, India’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, said the time frame for digitisation needs to be “staggered” in view of the number of TV homes and players in the market. Digitisation, he said, is essential if the need for greater transparency and accountability for investment is to be met. Most recent data shows some 84 million analogue cable TV homes, with 18 million DTH households. There are less than 7 million digital cable and IPTV homes in India. A second high-value address to the meeting came from Andrea Appella, director of Legal, Competition and Regulatory Affairs for News Corp in Asia & Europe, who picked up on the theme of viable regulatory frameworks, noting that rapid pay-TV market growth follows the implementation of light-touch regulatory policies. Governments should reserve intervention in wholesale TV markets for cases where market failure can be proven, he said. Despite issues yet to be addressed for India’s communications sector, regional satellite operators are still very optimistic with the local business opportunities. “There is vast potential for satellite services in the market. But we also need a regulatory environment that enables more spectrum that can propel HD platforms,” said Terry Bleakly, VP, commercial Operations, Measat. Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites       
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