Siti Cable

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Siti Cable is a major cable broadcasting and telecommunications company in India, which provides cable television, cell phone and internet services in major cities such as Kolkata, Mumbai,Mysore,Banglore and Ahmedabad. The company's main offices are located in Delhi.[1]

The most popular product offered by Siticable in India is Dish TV which is a form of direct to Home television.SITI Cable is now renamed as Wire & Wireless India Limited.Their website is :- http://www.wwil.net/

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Siti Cable has made a revolution to telecast the digital signals like the DTH Operator.Siti Cable telecasts the Analogue And Digital signals simultaneously.They carries 94 Channels in Analog system (Traditional Cable TV Broadcasting System)and 144 TV Channels And 2 Radio Channels in Digital System at Kolkata.The analog and digital signals are telecasted through the same wire.All SITI Cable viewers need a Set-Top-Box to access the digital signals.One customer can view the analog signals,when he directly connect the cable cord with TV Antenna(RF)post.But when the cable connection is directly connected with Set-Top-Box and The output of set-top-box with RCA Jack is connected with the AV port of TV,then the digital signals can be viewed.Digital and analog signals can be viewed in the same wire and same connection.No extra line is needed.All SITI Cable Network customer can purchased a Set-Top-Box to view the digital channels.In the CAS Area,you will get your selected pay channels.There are no extra monthly rental charges to access digital signals through Set-Top-Box in non-CAS area.Your monthly charge will be same,if you buy set-top-box or not.In the non CAS area,you will get all pay channels and free-to-air channels without any additional monthly cost.But After installing the set-top-box,the digital signals can be viewed and picture and sound quality will be extraordinary.Pictures and stereo sound quality will be like DTH signals (Like Tata Sky,Dish TV,Sun Direct DTH,Airtel,Big Tv,DD Direct).You can get the taste of DTH signals in your cable line only,without any monthly charge.This Set-Top-Box is provided by SITI Cable,through cable TV operator.In CAS Area it costs Rs.2500/- and in non-CAS area it costs Rs.800/- for one time purchase.The Set-top-box costs may be raised in the non CAS areas,when the CAS system will be implemented there.CAS stands Conditional Access System.The box may be rented by SITI Cable in CAS Area only.There is a SIM card inside the set-top-box,which is easily detached by the user.SITI Cable also provides the electronics program guide through Set-Top-Box.


WWIL IS GOING TO LAUNCH A HITS TECHNOLOGY AS A BRAND NAME SITI SATELLITE.

[edit] Criticism

The company has come under fire for adopting strong-arm tactics to oust small cable operators in various cities. With the coming of Direct to Home (DTH) services, it has lost much ground in the recent times. The company was in the news for a sex scandal involving its Jalandhar franchisee.

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http://www.wwil.net/ WWIL OFFICIAL WEBSITE