Doordarshan approved five Indian OEMs to produce DD Free Dish iCAS STB

Doordarshan approved five Indian OEMs to produce DD Free Dish iCAS STB

This is breaking news for DD Freedish 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 it does not mean that old STBs will not work, they can enjoy continuously 80 TV channels in their STBs. New MPEG-4 channels will be available in iCAS enabled set-top boxes.

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

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Here are five manufactures:

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

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

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

BGM Holding Company
STB Model No. WLD001

Millennium Technology
STB Model No. MB441

(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 update available on DD India website - Click here to read