“IPTV Expected This Year In India:” ESPN

Indiantelevision.com: Here is an interview with Sricharan Iyengar, vice-president, sales and marketing, ESPN Software India. The company had lost the Indian cricket rights to Nimbus. However, he is upbeat about the forthcoming Fifa football World Cup for which it has the rights.

Some key Q&A:

How big is DTH today?
With Tata Sky coming in, we will see quicker absorption of new technologies. This will expand the market size for addressability. Already, we have Dish TV claiming close to one million DTH subscribers.

Have you concluded deals with any IPTV players?
We are in talks with Reliance Infocomm, Bharti, MTNL and BSNL. We expect some form of IPTV to launch by the year-end.

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