This document discusses Direct-to-Home (DTH) television in India. It provides a history of DTH in India, explaining how services were first proposed in 1996 and allowed in 2000. It describes the basic concepts of a DTH network, including transmission stations, receive terminals, antennas, set top boxes, and how geostationary satellites and communication bandwidth facilitate the transmission of content. DTH applications allow viewers to access pay and free TV channels on their home TV. The document concludes that DTH provides cost-effective entertainment and information to both urban and rural areas in India.

1. SEMINAR onDTH (DIRECT TO HOME)

2. Introduction to DTHDTH stands for DIRECT-TO-HOME television.

3. The reception of satellite programmers with a personal dish in an individual home.

4. DTH does away with the need for the local cable operator and puts the broadcaster directly in touch with consumer .History of DTH in India1996 : DTH services were first proposed in India

5. 2000: DTH was allowed with new policy

6. The operators were required to setup earth stations in INDIA within 12 month for getting license of broadcasting whose cost was $2.14 million and will be valid for 10 years.Basic DTH Network ConceptsTransmission Station

7. The transmission station also known as earth station is used to uplink the contents.

8. TV channels would be transmitted from the satellite to a small dish antenna mounted on the window or rooftop of the subscriber's home.

9. Receive Terminal

10. Receive type solid offset antenna

11. Interface cables

12. Set top boxReceiving Terminal EquipmentsAntenna

13. Antenna size considerations