Electronic Journalism

Lesson 10 : Recent Innovations in Television

Satellite Television

Over 300 TV Satellite television channels are broadcast in India. This includes channels from the state-owned Doordarshan, News Corporation owned STAR TV, Sony owned Sony Entertainment Television, Sun Network and Zee TV. Direct to Home service is provided by Airtel Digital Tv, BIG TV, DD Direct Plus, DishTV and Tata Sky.

These services are provided by locally built satellites from ISRO such as [15] INSAT 4CR, INSAT 4A, INSAT-2E, INSAT-3C and INSAT-3E as well as private satellites such as the Dutch-based SES, Global-owned NSS 6, Thaicom-2 and Telstar10.