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Wednesday, Mar 02, 2005

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`DTH provides more choice to people'

By Our Staff Reporter

N S.Ganesan, Chief Engineer Doordarshan Directorate, New Delhi speaking at the inaugural function of the local chapter of Broadcast Engineering Society in Thanjavur on Tuesday. — Photo: R. Shivaji Rao.

THANJAVUR, MARCH 1. With technologies like Direct To Home (DTH) kits and Broadband entering into broadcasting and communication, people now have more choice, said N.S. Ganesan, Chief Engineer, Doordarshan Directorate, New Delhi and President of Broadcast Engineering Society here today.

Speaking after inaugurating the Thanjavur Chapter of Broadcasting Engineering Society, he said that by installing DTH kits, which were available at Rs. 2500, people can view 33 Television channels and receive 12 Radio channels.

Thus the DTH has proved to be an amazing feat, which provided a host of channels to people, Ganesan said.

He said that everything would become digital by 2007. Even, in cinemas digital cameras are used now, as it avoided wastage of films.

Shot films could be erased and new shots could be taken using digital cameras. Days were not far when films would be screened from one centre using digitised films and theatres could also access them using passwords.

Digital Terrestrial Transmitter (DTT) is another wonder, Mr Ganesan added.

S. Ramaswamy, Chief Engineer, South Zone, All India Radio, Chennai, said that broadcasting was a convergence of various technologies like electrical, electronics, telecomunication and computer science, etc. However no technology would become popular unless it is beneficial to the people. There had been a tremendous growth of technology in the recent past in broadcasting field. With the advent of the DTH, a Tamil in Kashmir could view Tamil programmes. There were 140 FM stations of All India Radio in India.

T. Suresh Kumar, Managing Trustee, Tiruvenkada Moopanar Educational Trust, inaugurated the Thanjavur chapter of Broadcast Engineering Society, by lighting a kuthuvilakku. S.P. Anthonisamy, Managing Director, Hotel Parisutham Ltd, presided. A. Rajagopal, Chairman Broadcast Engineering Society, Thanjavur chapter, M. Anandan, honorary secretary of Thanjavur chapter participated.

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