While news channels, regional channels, and rental companies were the major buyers, educational institutions were also aggressive in buying.

Murakami Koichi, General Manager, Professional Solutions, Sony India

Today, broadcasters are building collaborative and distributed content storage infrastructure systems that deliver performance for real time, multipurpose workflows to keep up with the demands of modern multiformat content strategy.

In 2011, the DSNG vans market was Rs. 61.65 crore as compared to Rs. 71 crore in 2010 and Rs. 74.87 crore in 2009. Broadcasters count non-availability of higher satellite bandwidth in Ku-band as the main reason for this dive.

With slowly improving backhaul technologies, the concept of multi-channel service providers is becoming popular so that a single teleport can provide services to a large number of individual channels in a more effective and economical manner.

The broadband segment consists of coaxial cables, fiber optic cables, and conduit for cable television system operators. With the signals being send with 3GB and higher data rates, fiber is becoming a critical part of the infrastructure of modern facilities.