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TataSky Launches Transfer Set Top Box
TataSky has launched a new DVR Set Top Box which enables customers to transfer recorded content to their devices and to watch later anywhere. This technology is similar to what Comcast offers its customers in the US. Here is how it works: Record the content you want to watch later. Transfer the recorded content to…
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TataSky Launching Star World Premiere HD on 24th September
Star India is launching a new channel called Star World Premiere in HD for the tech savvy generation in India which will air popular TV shows from USA at the same time they are aired there. This is a first of a kind initiative taken in India and will let users watch the latest…
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TataSky Replacing all MPEG2 Set Top Boxes with MPEG4 Set Top Boxes to Free Up Bandwidth
It looks like TataSky is leaving no stone unturned to free up valuable bandwidth on its platform. Due to delays from ISRO in providing the promised transponders, TataSky is loosing the edge in the highly competitive DTH market in India due to lack of HD channels on its platform. TataSky has the lowest number of…
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TataSky Might Sue ISRO for not Allocating Transponders
It looks like TataSky has exhausted all polite means to get critical transponders it needs to stay competitive in the DTH ecosystem in India. As reported earlier, they are already maxed out on their capacity to beam HD channels in India and are trying out various methods like vertical polarity, SAT CR etc. to figure…
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TataSky adds MTunes HD Music Channel
After a long wait and absolutely no hype, TataSky has added India’s first Bollywood HD music channel MTunes HD to its platform today. The new channel is available on channel 712 on TataSky. TataSky used to have the least bandwidth available for addition of HD channels. However, with the recent launch of GSAT-10 communication…
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TataSky Planning to Launch USB Recording on its HD Set Top Boxes
It looks like the much wanted recording feature in the HD set top boxes may soon make its way to TataSky’s platform. In the following tweet to a customer, TataSky confirmed that this feature will soon be launched for its HD set top boxes: @shivender5 Tata Sky HD also supports unlimited recording through USB drive.…
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TataSky Now Offering 10 HD Channels
Last year, we informed you that TataSky is maxed out on its capacity of HD channels and that we should not expect any new HD channels from them until they get more transponder space or figure out a way to overcome the technical limitation. Turns out, they chose to go with the latter (as getting…
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TataSky Launches Paid Video on Demand on its HD+ Platform in India
As reported by us last year, TataSky has launched a Netflix like streaming service in India which offers paid Video on Demand delivered to your TV over broadband for the first time in India. TataSky has been testing the service by offering free Video on Demand to all its HD+ users for the past few…
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Upgrading your TataSky set top box? Beware of their absurd warranty policy
if you are planning to, or have upgraded your TataSky set top box, you should note that TataSky has an absurd warranty policy on up gradation. Instead of starting a new warranty on the new set top box you have purchased, they just continue the old box’s warranty on the new set top box as…
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TataSky to offer Netflix like IP based VoD service to its HD+ subscribers
TataSky is testing a Netflix like IP based service in India which will enable its HD+ subscribers to watch previously broadcasted TV shows and new content on demand using their broadband connection. This feature will be available only to the HD+ subscribers as those are the only set top boxes having an ethernet port to…
