Tata Sky renews contract with Technicolor for STBs

Contracts are for HD-enabled zapper which is optimised to deliver all essential features at low cost

Tata Sky, the direct-to-home (DTH) player with over 8 million subscribers, has renewed its contract with Technicolor for MediaPlay set-top-boxes (STBs) till mid 2015.

The contracts are for the HD-enabled zapper (MediaPlay DSI715), which is optimised to deliver all essential features at low cost while enabling future-proof services such as video on demand, and the SD satellite zapper (MediaPlay DSI309), which has been tailored to Tata Sky’s needs and enables MPEG-4 decoding in a compact design.

“Technicolor’s solutions have met our expectations in terms of reliability because we want to guarantee a trouble free experience for our customers. They also help meet our total cost of ownership requirement, which is key for an operator with a large subscriber base like ours. The latest agreements mark the continuation of our trusted relationship with Technicolor” Harit Nagpal, Managing Director & CEO of Tata Sky said.

Michel Rahier, President of Technicolor’s Connected Home division, said “We are proud to support the commercial success of Tata Sky in its digital television services. As a long standing partner of Tata Sky, the renewal of the previous contracts awarded up to two years ago proves us that we have been able to build a strong relationship thanks to the high quality of our products.”
 
Deliveries of these set-top boxes are scheduled from Q3 2013 to Q2 of 2015, while Technicolor will continue providing locally-based after-sales support to Tata Sky.

Technicolor’s range of MediaPlay set-top boxes provide a wide array of services encompassing  advanced functions such as multi-room and multi-screen, on demand, wireless streaming or  Over-The-Top services.