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Weston launches DTH ready TV ‘SAT 20’
MUMBAI: Consumer electronics company Weston has launched SAT-20, a Direct to Home (DTH) ready colour television targeted at millions of Indian households having no cable or satellite connection.
SAT 20 is a 51 cm TV having an inbuilt satellite receiver can help a consumer view free to air 37 TV Channels including 17 Doordarshan Channels and 17 Radio channels including two FM channels. SAT 20 is priced at Rs 7790. It carries two-year warranty and has 256 programme and also a child lock facility.
The product is available across the length and Breadth of the country through Weston’s strong 1700 dealer network. It is targeted at remote hill areas, rural India, defense establishments, remote schools and other educational institutes, states an official release.
“SAT 20 is a relief from cable bills .The advantage of this CTV is that even at the remotest of the corners in the country a customer will have the advantage of accessing his/her favorite channels available on the free to air channels. A initiative which will keep the masses in tune with the latest programming in this World,” says Weston MD Sunil Vachani.
“Weston’s SAT 20 TV incorporates a DTH decoder with television hardware & developed a common software to enable the control of normal television and DTH function with the same remote and does not need a separate set top box,” adds Weston VP Marketing Sunil Sethi.
“SAT 20 is yet another innovation from Weston that is aimed specifically towards millions of consumers in India who do not have access to cable and satellite networks, particularly in the non-metro and remote areas. Known for its technology innovation, Weston has developed this technology at its own R&D facility,” says Sethi.
News Broadcasting
Times Network to air JVC Exit Poll across 5 regions on April 29
Four-hour broadcast spans states and Puducherry with data-led analysis
MUMBAI: Times Network is set to roll out what it calls one of its most expansive election programming efforts yet, culminating in the JVC Exit Poll on 29 April, with a multi-hour broadcast spanning key poll-bound regions.
The exit poll will air across Times Now and Times Now Navbharat, beginning at 5pm and 4pm respectively. Co-powered by Vedanta and Jindal Stainless, the programming aims to combine on-ground reportage with data-driven projections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry.
The network has deployed over 50 journalists across these regions, gathering voter sentiment and local insights in the run-up to polling. The effort builds on its ongoing election formats such as Election Yatra and Election Premier League, which have tracked campaign narratives and community-level issues.
In parallel, Times Now Navbharat has focused on constituency-level reporting in West Bengal through its Jan Gan ka Mann series, capturing voter opinions across diverse segments.
The coverage has also featured interviews with prominent political leaders. Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Congress leaders Ramesh Chennithala and V D Satheesan have appeared on the network’s election specials. From Tamil Nadu, voices including deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran, BJP leader K Annamalai and NTK’s Seeman have also featured in discussions.
On the day of the exit poll, the network’s primetime anchors, including Navika Kumar, Zakka Jacob and Sumit Awasthi, will lead the coverage. They will be joined by a panel of political analysts, psephologists and senior journalists offering real-time insights and interpretation of trends.
The programming will integrate grassroots reportage with analytics from the JVC Exit Poll, aiming to give viewers an early sense of electoral outcomes ahead of the official results on 4 May.
With its combined English and Hindi broadcast reach, Times Network is positioning this effort as a comprehensive look at voter sentiment, blending field reporting, data and debate to decode what could lie ahead when the final mandate is revealed.
