Mumbai based (MSO) ABS Seven Star has launched hybrid set top boxes (STBs) as well as MPEG 4 headend. The STBs unveiled by ABS Seven Star are hybrid boxes with Ethernet and cable. Subscribers can use the boxes to access web TV, video-on demand services as well as internet browsing. The hybrid box is priced, [...]

Multi-system operator, ABS Seven Star is shifting from MPEG 2 headend to MPEG-4 headend, to prepare for growth in the DAS phase III and IV region. The Mumbai-based company will also be offering 500 channels as it shifts to a better technology. “We have taken a new premise for setting up the MPEG 4 headend,” [...]