Digital Television transformed television viewing experience

Satellite TV is simply a television broadcasting service which allows people who subscribe to their service to receive satellite TV signals via a satellite dish, which is usually placed either on the roof of their house, on the wall or maybe even floor mounted.

As of 2010, over 500 Satellite TV channels are broadcast in India. This includes channels from the state-owned Doordarshan, News Corporation owned TV, Sony owned Sony Entertainment Television, Zee TV, Sun Network and Asianet. Direct To Home service is provided by Airtel Digital Tv, BIG TV owned by Reliance, DD Direct Plus, DishTV, Sun Direct DTH, Tata Sky and Videocon D2H. DishTV was the first one to come up in Indian Market, others came only years later.

Digital Television is an advanced broadcasting technology that has transformed your television viewing experience. Digital Television has enabled broadcasters to offer television with better picture and sound quality. It also offers multiple programming choices, called multicasting and interactive capabilities.

The ordinance passed by the Cabinet makes mandatory the digitization of the distribution of TV signals by cable operators. So digital cable Tv  is now mandatory in the four metros Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore & Kolkata to view television, A digital Tv Box OR Set top box is a device that receives and decodes programming so that it may be displayed on a television. Digital Tv Box may be used to receive broadcast, cable, and satellite programming. By the end of June 2012 all the four metros Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore & Kolkata will have mandatory transaction from Analog cable to Digital Television.