As the liberalization took place in Indian during last decade, every sector experienced the wave of privatization. Broadcasting sector is also not an exception to this trend. With the changing scenarios, needs and expectations of the audience is also changing fast. Until 1993, private broadcasting was not heard of in India, only All India Radio was the sole operator in this field. Then, in 1993, Government of India permitted private operators to buy airtime on the All India radio’s FM channels and transmit their programs. There are FM operators in the cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and others. They sell their advertising time for those airtime blocks to the advertisers.

While installing a radio in your car, FM radio is the choice. FM stands for Frequency modulation. The frequency of carrier signal gets altered in operating FM radio. In contrast to AM radio, FM radio can operate smoothly even with background noises as they do not modify the radio wave frequency. With FM radio, there is no problem with minor changes in the amplitude.

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Satellite radio services have been in the news for quite a while, and the two main providers in the United States have gained millions of subscribers. There are still billions of people who haven’t experienced the difference between a satellite radio system and a traditional radio, though. It may cost a few extra dollars, but satellite radio services offer much more than AM/FM radio.

The most obvious difference between satellite radio services and traditional radio is the hundreds of channels that are available. The two main satellite radio providers in the United States, Sirius and XM, each offer well over 100 channels to choose from. The channels are also practically commercial-free, save for a few station identifications. With so many channels available, the satellite radio services can cater to every niche market all at once. Listeners can peruse music stations from every decade and every genre; whether it’s alternative country or mainstream top 40 or anything else they are in the mood for. There are also news, talk, traffic, weather, sports and other types of entertainment channels.

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Free-to-air (or FTA) is a phrase used to describe the radio or television broadcasts which are available to watch or to listen to any person who has the receiving equipment – an antenna – without paying extra money or without any subscription. You also know that you can widen your channel range of channels when using cables and satellites. Those bring much more information from the broadcasts which are not free to air. But that costs much more money and that is not what is called free to air.

We all love free to air broadcasts. In European translation services it is habitual to broadcast free to air. For example the most popular networks in Austria have no subscriptions and are encrypted to avoid copyright problems. However, Austrians sell receivers equipped with decryption device allowing enjoy watching channels on the Austrian television. So, as you can see, this allows take into consideration all the copyright issues and let people watch programs free of charge at the same time.

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