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Preparing for new-age TV transmission

Staff Reporter

Networking of cable television in offing

KOCHI: The Cable Operators' Association is working on the lines of floating a company to coordinate the activities of all the cable television operators across the State. This is being done to keep pace with changing technology

A public limited company called Kerala Cable Communications Limited has been formed to this purpose and it will soon start functioning.

"Our goal is to set three head-ends in Kozhikode, Kochi and Kollam.

This will streamline the operations of small-scale cable operators," said E. Jayadevan, president the association.

The head-end is the receiving and first distribution point for cable signals. "By setting up three main head-ends, the cable operators will be able to compete economically with new trends such as Direct-To-Home transmissions," he said.

Exhibition

In a run up to the State meeting of the Cable Operators' Association, to be held at Alappuzha later this month, an exhibition of new trends in cable television networking was organised in the city.

The exhibition was inaugurated by Dominic Presentation, Minister for Fisheries and Sports, at the Town Hall here on Thursday.

The exhibition was organised to familiarise the small-scale cable operators in the State with the latest trends in the industry and to initiate the upgrading process, said K. Govindan, general secretary of the association, adding that the response had been overwhelming.

About six leading players in cable industry from across the country participated in the exhibition.

Technical class

A technical class on cable broadband technology was also held on the inaugural day. The class was on possibilities of providing Internet and other value-added services through the existing cable network itself that uses coaxial cables.

On Friday, classes on digitisation in cable TV and law and regulation in cable television industry was held. This was followed by a discussion on `television medium - new trends and future.'

A technical paper on crises and possibilities in cable television sector of Kerala was presented at the valedictory session on Saturday.

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