reaching direct to the
consumer through a small dish and a set-top box.
Although the government has ensured that free-to-air
channels ... cable are delivered to the consumer
without a set-top box, DTH signals cannot be received
without the set-top box.
d. IP TV: Internet
Pandey, J.
1. The petitioners are distributors of Set Top Boxes, Dish Antenas, Recharge Vouchers of Direct to Home Service ... TECHNICAL STANDARDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS
7.1 The open Architecture (non-proprietary) Set Top Box, which will ensure technical compatibility and effective interoperability among different
Revenue, in brief, are as under:-
1.1 The respondent imported Set Top Boxes on payment of duty including Special Additional Duty (SAD) under Section ... this case the respondent after import of the Set Top Boxes, supplied those Set Top Boxes to consumers on right to use basis
small radio-size device (usually placed over the TV set and colloquially called
set top box) to read the DTH signal, 3) a control instrument ... standards
set by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). The BIS standards provides for
common slot in the Set Top Box to ensure technical interoperability
28th of
December, 2006. The very next day, two
set top boxes were delivered at her residence by M/s Chaudhary Agencies,
opposite party ... customer service which set the ball rolling and M/s Chaudhary
Agencies, who may be their agent, delivered the set top boxes at her
residence
mandatory for all cable operators to install addressable cable systems or set top boxes within six months of Jan 15, 2003. This meant that ... consumers could watch the signal only if they have a set top boxes which decodes the signal. However, the implementation of this did not happen
also intended to manufacture or alternatively sub-contract the
manufacture of set top boxes in India and to carry on wholesale trading of
set top ... set top boxes will be treated as set up when the first set top
box comes under its possession for sale. Section 28 applies
only
from 28/07/2009
towards price of Dish T. V. and Set Top Box. It was directed
that the amount shall be paid within ... 2009 and thereby, the Opposite Party No.1 had
given a Set Top Box and a platinum package subscription
i.e. three months free service
free to air signals transmitted without the help of Set Top Boxes in contravention of Section 4(A) of the said Act. Because of such ... illegal transmission of Pay Channel signals without Set Top Boxes as Free-to-Air Channels, it is difficult for the Operators of Chennai Metropolitan
find any merit that Sun Direct TV was giving set top
boxes free of cost to its customers and thereby bearing a subsidy burden ... hardware set. The OP
is using an advance technology called "MPEG-4" wherein the cost of set top
boxes are more that
