A report in a certain newspaper after an interview with Mr. Nushad Perera, General Manager Sales and Marketing of Dialog Telekom contained the following statement made by him, “More than half of our growth is due to the World Cup, because the normal terrestrial channels only telecast five balls per over at most, due to advertisements or crawlers appearing on the television screen, but Dialog TV has a direct feed from the ground without any such advertisements except when the teams stop for tea or lunch and our customers are aware of this,”.
From our point of view it seems that he implies that there are no commercials in between overs and also no crawlers on the screen during matches(Our apologies to Mr. Nushad if we have misinterpreted his statement). Dedicated sports channels such as ESPN and Star Sports too carry out advertising in between overs but they do it carefully and without interrupting the action that is being played out on the ground. So like we said earlier we are not sure of what he meant but it is our opinion that SET Max will carry out advertising in between overs and will have a few crawlers but it will be certainly very much less than what will be on local fta television, but it will be great if there are no advertisement breaks or no crawlers but it is highly likely that they will be there and 99% of the time we expect six balls per over.
The 99% is due to the fact that there will be human error in the operation and also Sony in this region is not a full time sports broadcaster and we are not sure whether their less sports oriented station operators can achieve 6 balls per over for a 50 over match without a single mistake. However we are sure that they will strive hard to achieve this goal. Anyone who watched the ICC Nations Trophy on Sony Max via Dish TV or Tata SKY will be able to confirm whether they were able to broadcast all six balls of a over for the whole match and achieving a 100% interruption less broadcast. Was it a case of no advertisements in between overs and no interrupting crawlers on screen? Your comments on this will be very helpful? Maybe they do this only for World Cup matches and we will all find out tomorrow when the first match finally gets underway.
Our apologies once again to Mr. Nushad if we have misinterpreted his comments on the newspaper and it would be a real treat for Dialog TV subscribers if there are no advertisements in between overs and they are restricted to only the tea and lunch breaks.
17 comments:
@ DTV & Anae,
It was over 23,000 customers last year.
When I bought that I’ve been informed CBN has
Over 23,000 customers .Even they’ve informed they target
Over 1, 00,000 customers before end of 2007.
( Not about 2,50,000)
My A/C No comes after 26,000.
(Not the bill No.)
That means I’ve bought that after 26,000
People have bought this. Now they are talking
About 10,000. What this means ?
We’re very much glad to hear it has increased
To 50%.
If so as DTV team said, I’m happy .
Because if with 10,000 customers can gives these
Facilities like even HBO, with 2,50,000 customers How much
Will be able to …
There is no way SETmax is going to show the WC ad free coz they have already sold their entire ad inventory off.
Article: http://tinyurl.com/24z3n6
SLT has announced ADSL for 1,000/= monthly rental. Great for lankan broadband users.
@ 4.30 am today Channel Eye & Rupavahini not activated properly for a while.
Then I called the customer care & ask why ?
Then I got the news they don’t have broadcast right to
Telecast ! I can’t got that. In few minutes It was working
While I’m on the line. I informed him it’s OK .
He never give me an answer & ask what do you
Want to know more ?
That’s Our DTV customer care, Even they don’t know what’s going on.
free-man
SLTL new ADSL package is volume based one with you can only download 1GB for this amount. More you download more you have to pay.
But anyway it is a right step, low volume customer's can enjoy. Also unlike packaged based options (home/office) contention ratio believed to have been change to encourge you to download faster.
Rob
ROBBY IS RIGHT,1 GB FOR 1000/- AND EACH ADDITIONAL 250MB @ 250/-,THIS IS SOMEKIND OF A TEASER AND ONCE YOU GET USED TO THIS,NO WAY OUT AND YOU WILL HAVE TO SWITCH TO THE NORMEL PACKAGE.
WHEN YOU DOWNLOAD A MOVIE ITSELF THE 1GB LIMIT WILL BE EXCEEDED.
Test
Did anyone watch yesterday's Scooby Doo movie on Cartoon Network ? It's more than a week now and still our feed is in some funny language (think it's teligu). Hip hip hoorah!
World cup is definitely important. But, shouldn't DTV be looking in to these issues as well ?
@waruna
What are the other CN programs broadcast in non English languages DTV platform)? Just want to check whther dish has english feed or not.
@crab
SAB is fucked up shit even worse than SET. i have removed every trace of it from my favorites list and i dont think any of you guys will enjoy it on DTV platform. It's full of hindi programming and definitely not a sports channel.
Rob (Bwick) and Don. Thanks for educating the bloggers about details of the new ADSL.
still some channel name is wrong.like rupavahini & Eye Receved how can i change it
hey!!!
will someone please tell me how to do a rescan?( i'm doing some sort of rescan but i'm not sure whether i am correct. )
Why does it takes some time for the EPG to appear?
Cant DTV get a local channel out of the lineup and introduce VH1. ( it's a very hard channel for us to miss)
MOst of my friends best channel is VH1.....
( hope DTV wont do any thing to SET max and sab bcoz they are now in excellent quality,)
thanx
hey guys!!!
whats the DTV media package about?there is something about that in the dtv team blog. dtvteam.blogspot.com
someone plzz comment
@ Priyantha
Newspapers always get details wrong.
@ Waruna & LST
I mentioned the problem the day before yesterday. Dialog is getting the Hindi audio feed on Cartoon Network programs from around noon (after pre-school programming) till night. Weekends it is from morning till night. Dialog should fix the problem soon.
Lets hope VH1 comes back soon after the World Cup. SAB can wait for the new transponder.
@ Cuteguy
Those must be special offers for the World Cup season. Dont think it applies to existing customers.
SET Max is here to last and there is now minimal interference on it. Whatever others say, SET Max has the best coverage, even with ads. Local broadcasters dont even know the word "Time Management".
@ Those interested in ADSL
The Rs. 1000 package is good for office use by a single computer. But a home user will soon discover and download more everyday. Same happened to me after switching to ADSL a few years ago. Therefore the 1 GB limit is not good for a home user. I reccommend the Rs 2000 package for 512/256 kbits (not sure what speed) with unlimited downloading.
@ Matara boy -
World cup opening seromony not telecasted on SET Max or SAB... But it telecasted on Channel Eye...
Eye is better than SET MAX......
@ LST
I think what Anae said is correct. CN's main feature during the weekend is, it's 'Cartoon Network Theatre'. They show this twice on Sunday. @ 12 and @ 7 (I think). Same movie, and same stupid language. They also have 'Scooby Doo' every morning @ 7:00 am. This also is non-english. And the Richie Rich @ 7:00 pm also is non-english. There may be other programs also. But, these are what I've noticed.
But, thing which irritates me most is the fact that DTV doesn't care a shit about what viewers think. Best example is the VH1 issue. Everybody in the blog know that VH1 is far superior to SAB shit. We all agree that dropping a single hindi channel temporary to accomodate SET channels is better than dropping VH1. DTV definitely knows that this is how the viewer feel. But, did they do anything about it ? For Hindi music there are two channels. MTV & Zee Music. Why can't the drop one of those and put VH1 Back. I realy don't understand.
@ Vijaya:
Good article, will serve as a reminder to some fools who argue the legitimacy and rights of such pirated connections in Sri Lanka (especially those who argue that the government cannot do anything in such cases).
I hv nothing against ppl using Dish or Tata or anything else. But the fact of the matter is it is not legit to buy in India and use in SL. But as with any thing illegal, you will only be punished if you are caught. So the option here is not ot get caught :D
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