jump to navigation search venkatesh venkat type a government of tamil nadu s public sector undertaking founded october 4 2007 2007 10 04 headquarters 11 22 mangadu sami street nungambakkam chennai 600034 india area served tamil nadu key people thiru udumalai thiru . k. radhakrishnan chairman thiru j.kumaragurubaran i.a.s managing director 1 owner government of tamil nadu parent department of information technology tamil nadu website www.tactv.in tamil nadu arasu cable tv corporation limited tnactcl tamil is a state government public sector undertaking of government of tamil nadu located in the indian state of tamil nadu . tnactcl is a cable television operator across the state . contents 1 achievements 2 tactv operation 3 references 4 external links achievements edit this section is empty . you can help by adding to it . june 2013 tactv operation edit arasu cable tv corporation was incorporated on 04.10.2007 with the objective of providing high quality cable tv signals to the public at an affordable cost . in order to achieve this objective 4 digital head ends were installed at thanjavur tirunelveli coimbatore and vellore . after assuming office in may 2011 the hon ble chief minister of tamil nadu revived the arasu cable tv corporation which had become defunct due to various reasons and sanctioned a sum of rs .3 crores for the revival and expansion of the activities of the corporation . the corporation was renamed as tamil nadu arasu cable tv corporation limited tactv . tamil nadu arasu cable tv corporation ltd has taken on lease the head ends of the willing private multi system operators in 27 districts of the state and revamped its existing four digital head ends in 4 districts . on 30.08.2011 the hon ble chief minister of tamil nadu had announced on the floor of the assembly that tamil nadu arasu cable tv corporation would provide quality services at ab affordable cost of rs .70 as monthly subscription to the subscribers through the cable tv would collect rs .20 per month per subscriber from the cable operators . the hon ble chief minister of tamil nadu launched the cable tv services all over tamil nadu except chennai on 02.09.2011 by switching on the head end at vellore through video conferencing . on 20.10.2012 the hon ble chief minister inaugurated the cable tv services of tactv in chennai metro . the tamil nadu arasu cable tv corporation is providing quality cable tv services at an affordable cost of rs .70 per month with 90 100 channels and the response from the cable operators and the public were overwhelming . more and more cable operators and the general public have started coming into the fold of tamil nadu arasu cable tv corporation and are using the signals of tactv corporation . it is evident from the fact that the subscribers base of tactv corporation which was 4.94 lakhs on 02.09.2011 has risen to 62.17 lakhs on 01.09.2013 with an operator base of 24619 . tamil nadu arasu cablee tv corporation is taking necessary steps to increase the subscriber base to one crore . at present tactv is providing the cable tv services with 99 100 channels including free to air channels pay channels and private local channels . the corporation has procured 137 pay channels and almost all the pay channels are in the bouquet of the corporation . before tactv s arrival the cable tv sector was totally unorganized and a few multi system operators had created monopoly and thereby forced the local cable tv operators as well as the public to pay exorbitant amount towards cable tv services . earlier the public were paying rs .150 to rs .250 per month to the private cable tv companies to avail the cable tv service . the service being provided by the tactv corporation is welfare step taken by the government in the interest of the public and cable tv operators . now tactv corporation is providing the cable tv services with most of the pay channels at an affordable cost of rs .70 per month to the public through cable operators and the public could save a sum of rs .80 to rs .180 per month . therefore the public have overwhelmingly welcomed tactv s cable tv services . tamil nadu arasu cable tv corporation ltd has selected 1200 private local channels and issued allotment orders out of which approximately 800 private local channels are running through tactv . references edit tnactcl executives . http www.tn.gov.in . retrieved 2012 10 31 . external link in publisher help external links edit www.arasucable.com tnactcl official website v t e state organisations of tamil nadu public sector undertakings civil supplies corporation tncsc tneb limited tantransco tangedco setc elcot tidco mtc pscl tasmac sipcot tansidco tnpl tntdpc tourism development corporation tnstc tiic tamil nadu cement corporation tamil nadu magnesite limited tamil nadu industrial explosives limited tamil nadu minerals limited tamil nadu tea plantation corporation tntpc tamil nadu small industries corporation limited tamil nadu sugar corporation limited chennai metro rail limited cmrl nodal agencies cmda energy development agency teda tanhoda board chennai metrowater supply and sewage board cmwssb tamil nadu pollution control board tamil nadu housing board tnhb slum clearance board tamil nadu water supply and drainage board twad tamil nadu state agricultural marketing board cooperative societies aavin co optex tanhope autonomous bodies aids control society tansacs tamil nadu planning commission tamil nadu public service commission retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tamil nadu arasu cable tv corporation limited & oldid 734115001 categories cable television companies of indiacompanies based in chennaigovernment owned companies of indiamedia companies established in 1978hidden categories cs1 errors external linksarticles containing tamil language textarticles to be expanded from june 2013all articles to be expandedarticles with empty sections from june 2013all articles with empty sectionsarticles using small message 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