Nepalese Technology Navigator
As we always say that Telecommunications is the only field in Nepal which attracts enough public attention and is more developed compared to other areas. Nepal Telecom has planned to come up with two new broad plans. NTC wants to set up a DTH Hub, expand CDMA network and EVDO. [Read more...]
The Chairman of Home TV said that we are proud to introduce Home TV as Nepal’s first DTH Service. The inaugural ceremony was held at Home TV’s Earth Station located at Bhainsepati, Lalitpur. This technology is able to catch the signals straight from the satellite and broadcast it to the television. [Read more...]
Bad marketing or the policy behind. We are the first DTH TV in the Nepalese market – the same sentence we have been hearing for months by now. But none of them have officially launched yet – we being satisfied by their so called high definition ads on analog 4:3 television sets. Since the World Cup is over, the sales figures for DTH TVs in Nepal might not increment as it would have been. (We suggest you read: Frequently Asked Questions about DTH TVs in Nepal.)
Nepal is going into Direct to Home (DTH) Television services in June 2010, when Home TV plans to commence its service. If home tv is coming this June, it will be Nepal’s first DTH TV. This is just a contradiction that other such service providers are also claiming to be among the fist; My CG claimed on February.
The government has issued licenses to six firms to operate direct to home (DTH) satellite television. However, experts have stated that three operators at the most would be able to operate the service as there aren’t enough satellite transponders having a footprint in Nepal.
According to experts in television broadcasting, most of the satellite transponders have been leased by Indian companies and Nepali DTH operators will not be able to obtain sufficient frequency bandwidth till 2012. Leasing a satellite costs over Rs. 250 million annually and on an average 108MHz is needed for transmitting 60 channels in MPEG 4 format. [Read more...]
