CASBAA… Trio Of Indian Companies Joins Up

[SatNews] CASBAA has announced an expansion of its Indian agenda with the addition of three market leaders as members of the Association. The new CASBAA Corporate members are telecoms-to-media services specialist Bharti Airtel, leading news content provider NDTV, and media and entertainment giant Star TV India. In line with this market growth, as a regional body with a domestic agenda, CASBAA continues to increase its commitment to India through undertaking conferences, issuing reports and regularly engaging with policy-making government bodies on key industry issues.

By almost every measure, India is the most dynamic pay-TV market in the world with almost 10 percent growth every year over the past five years. In the next 12 months it is expected to overtake China as the biggest pay-TV market in Asia. Supported by 92 million cable and satellite (C&S) homes, including 23 million DTH households and 4 million digital cable homes, India’s C&S subscriber base has grown by over 20 million in the past 12 months. The number of India’s mobile subscribers stands at 617.53 million at the end of April this year, up from 601.22 million in the beginning of the month, which itself is an impressive growth story. Other CASBAA members within India include Amarchand Mangaldas, B.A.G. Network, CONAX, IMCL (Incablenet and Indigital), Tata Sky, Zee TV and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).