The Hindu Business Line : With CAS implementation on anvil, MSOs to compete DTH, IPTV

MUMBAI: New age broadcasting technologies like Internet Protocol Television and Direct to Home are likely to give a tough competition to the Conditional Access System (CAS), made mandatory in four metros by the Delhi High Court.

The High Court on a petition filed by the three leading Multi System Operators (MSOs), had ordered the Centre to implement CAS in Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai, besides the few areas in Chennai where it has not been executed yet.

"It is true that DTH is the immediate competitor to CAS. But, we are not interested in any kind of competition between the two. Let the customers observe the if's and but's of both systems and decide," an MSO operator said.

Presently, CAS is implemented in very few areas in Chennai, while the two available DTH service providers, state-run Doordarshan's DD Direct and Zee Group-controlled Essel Group's Dish TV collectively have more than one million customers in their fold.

CAS has many advantages, which are not available with DTH. Through CAS set top boxes, one can receive about 300 channels, a facility which is not possible on DTH platforms. Besides this, we are also providing electronic programme guide, pay per view serv ice and child lock facilities, HTMT (IncableNet) executive director Ashok Mansukhani said. - PTI

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