Doordarshan has approved five Indian OEMs to produce DD Free Dish iCAS MPEG-4 STB

this latest news for DD Freedish (DTH) subscriber that Doordarshan approved tenders of 5 Indian manufacturers to manufacture set-top box for Doordarshan.

Recently Doordarshan announced that now Doordarshan Freedish will
carry mpeg-4 channels with iCAS (Indian Conditional Access System). But old STBs will not work for new iCAS mpeg-4, they only can enjoy continuously 80 TV(MPEG-2 SD) channels in their STBs. New MPEG-4 channels will be available in iCAS enabled set-top boxe only.

for iCAS DD Free dish approved tenders of five Indian manufactures to produce special set-top box with iCAS system.

five manufactures are:

Modern Communication and Broadcast
Brand: MCBS
STB Model No. Champion400SI SD
Champion400SI HD

KMTS Engineering PVT LTD
Brand: SOLID
STB Model No. SOLID 786

Velankani Electronics PVT LTD
STB Model No. PRYSM SD-S2
PRYSM HD-S2
Millennium Technology
STB Model No. MB441

BGM Holding Company
STB Model No. WLD001

(But keep remember that Doordarshan approved documents submitted in tender process; agreement still pending, we will update you accordingly.)

What is new in these set-top boxes?
All set-top boxes manufacturing by OEMs (STB manufactures) will be integrate by iCAS provided by ByDesign Company and Doordarshan approved firmware/middleware/software. All set-top box will be BIS certified and tested.

So now wait is over and very soon these set-top boxes will be available in your nearest local shop.

The official notification available on DD India website - Click here to read