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Saturday, August 22, 2009

Cable TV (CBTV)

Cable TV is a system wherein signals from on e source are transmitted to a number of TV sets via co-axial cables. Formerly, only a VCP/ VCR were used to transmit Hindi/ regional movies. When the major copy right holders conceded to give the feature films for telecast to cable TV operators from May 1, 1990, this medium received a major boost. There are cable TV associations like Encore cable Associates, Inter cable TV Enterprises whose membership against a annual fee and monthly rental fee entitle the operator to legal copyrighted cassettes (either 30 or more per month) for showing to their viewers, with no legal hassles. With the advent to satellite TV, all cable operators who formerly had only a VCP/ VCR also installed dish antennae to show the satellite channels.

The hardware used by a cable operator consists of a VCP/VCR, color monitor, channel mixer, dish antennae, LNB, and amplifier. The connections are given by co-axial cables and junction boxes, the installation costs of which are recovered from the viewer. The viewer who takes a cable connection has to pay a monthly subscription fee, which varies depending upon the area. The government has now introduced a tax on their collections, and the district collector is the competent authority to collect it. Recently, a bill has been introduced to control the Cable TV business.

Labels: boost, Cable TV, CBTV, collect, control, Enterprises, government, operator, subscription, viewer

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