The DTH is here. Bangladeshi viewers can enjoy satellite television programmes through advanced ‘Direct to Home’ (DTH) technology very soon. Beximco Group, a leading Bangladeshi corporate company, announced that it will bring the service in Bangladesh with a joint venture with Russian GS Group. It has already set up a sister company - Beximco Communications Limited, to offer this cutting-edge technology. The DTH technology allows a broadcasting company to directly beam the satellite signal to a TV set through a receiver, installed in the subscriber’s home. For DTH connection, the broadcasting company provides a set that includes a dish and a receiving set. No cable connection is required. Beximco Group plans to launch the DTH platform at the end of 2014. It aims to reach 300,000 subscribers by the end of 2015. Vice Chairman of Beximco Group, Salman F Rahman, recently said in a press conference, “At present, Bangladesh does not have any legal DTH operator. The viewers can only choose b