India Satellite Report Planned

CASBAA members can look forward to an illuminating look at supply and demand in India’s satellite services market by year-end.  The Association has commissioned PwC to examine actual and potential demand for transponder space from DTH operators and others, and compare that with available capacity from Indian and foreign satellite operators.    The last time CASBAA undertook such a survey five years ago, the Association foresaw a bandwidth crunch from growing demand from planned DTH services.  We were right.  Now, the services are real, and are being viewed in 40 million homes.  To accommodate the growth, the Indian government has allowed use of some foreign-operated transponders, but CASBAA wants to see if there are additional measures that should be taken to accommodate demand in a key Indian growth sector.