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  • Caroma, Australias top sanitary ware brand and world leader in dual flush technology, comes to India

    Caroma, Australias top sanitary ware brand and world leader in dual flush technology, comes to India

    MUMBAI: Australia’s leading bathroom products and sanitary ware designer brand Caroma today announced its entry into Indian market and has set up its first flagship store in the capital, bringing to the country its remarkable innovations in creating ultra modern and water efficient toilets that lead the way to the future.

    The 400 square metre ‘experience centre’ will open at New Delhi’s M G Road and would offer people a first-hand experience of the innovation marvels created by the company over the years.

    Caroma is globally known for blending design innovation, cutting-edge technology and water conservation in its products. The exceptional commitment Caroma makes to water conservation applies to their pursuit of design excellence. It is this philosophy that has made Caroma an industry leader in high efficiency toilets, urinals, and bathroom sinks.

    “We are delighted to bring the revolutionary technologies of Caroma to India. We believe there is a huge market for us in this country as the demand for better technology and designs increases. There is also enough space for new players in the middle to higher sanitary ware market and Caroma being the world leader in many aspect will certainly become the preferred choice of customers looking for luxury and innovation,” said Mr. Kishore Kapoor, Chairman Starmerc Infratech, the Indian franchise holder of Caroma.

    From traditional to modern, Caroma creates beautiful bathrooms to suit any commercial or residential environment. Caroma’s top quality products are world leaders in conservation, are efficient by design and blend conservation with style with its winning combination of contemporary designs and proven performance.

    Among its leading innovation is the world’s first dual flush toilet system which they introduced in the early 1990s. What was unique about Caroma’s dual flush toilets was its two-button system – for a full flush and a half flush. With its vast water saving potential it quickly became a global standard.

    “Water shortage remains a big concern in all major cities and an efficient water conservation technology is certainly a need of the hour. Backed by constant R&D, advanced design and technical excellence, Caroma products reduces up to 50% water consumption in bathrooms. With the consciousness for water conservation growing and more focus on green homes, we are sure that Caroma will soon become preferred choice of households, architects and developers in India,” Said Mr. Aftab Ahmed, General Manager International Sales & Marketing, Clayton Ceramic Australia.

    Together with dual flush, Caroma also redesigned the toilet bowl so that each flush now requires a lesser volume of water to effectively remove waste.

    The smartflush technology is among the latest conservation innovations which uses only uses 4.5 litres of water for a full flush and 3 litres for a half flush.

    The company produces a wide range of bathroom products including toilets, sinks, toilet seats, urinals, showerheads, and bathroom fittings and accessories. It also designs state-of-the-art luxury bathroom suits.

  • Global pay TV revenues hit $184 billion in 2012, Pay TV shows growth in last five years

    Global pay TV revenues hit $184 billion in 2012, Pay TV shows growth in last five years

    NEW DELHI: The number of pay TV households (analog and digital) reached 772 million by 2012, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. The figure had been 585 million in 2008, according to Digital TV Research.

    Asia Pacific increased by 126 million – or two-thirds of the global additions – during this period to bring its total to 433 million. North America (112 million) was the second largest region, although it only added four million.

    India stood at the second place with 116.7 million households, after China with 232.8 million households, and followed by the United States with 100.2 million households.

    The other countries in top 10 pay TV countries at end-2012 were Japan (25.1 million), Russia (23.6 million), Germany (21.8 million), Brazil (16.2 million), South Korea (16.1 million), the United Kingdom (14.4 million) and Mexico (13 million).

    Pay TV revenues reached $184 billion in 2012, up by 28.5 per cent from $143 billion in 2008. Cable (analogue and digital combined) generated the highest revenues by platform, with $87 billion in 2012. However, cable revenues are flattening and DTH will overtake cable soon. IPTV revenues reached $12.0 billion in 2012, up from $2.8 billion in 2008.

    North America generates about half the world‘s total pay TV revenues.

    About 404 million digital homes were added around the world between 2008 and 2012. This took the digital TV household total for the 97 countries covered in the Digital TV World Databook to 786 million. Digital TV penetration of TV households climbed from 28.6 per cent at end-2008 to 54.7 per cent by end-2012.

    However, there were still 652 million analogue TV households by end-2012, although this was down from 956 million at end-2008. There were still 411 million analogue terrestrial homes (down by 56 million year-on-year) and 242 million analogue cable ones (down by 33 million) at end-2012.Digital cable was in 273 million homes (up by 43 million on end-2011), followed by 178 million pay digital DTH (up by 20 million) and 118 million free-to-air digital DTH by end-2012. Pay IPTV brought in another 69 million households (up by 18 million).

    Meanwhile, primary free-to-air DTT homes reached 138 million (up by 26 million), with pay DTT accounting for a further 9 million. From the digital homes added between 2008 and 2012, 83 million came from primary DTT [homes taking DTT but not subscribing to cable, DTH or IPTV]. Digital cable contributed a further 151 million additions; pay DTH 75 million, with pay IPTV providing an additional 56 million.

    The universe is not static as 100 million TV households were added between 2008 and 2012 to bring the total to 1,439 million. Of these additions, 69 million came from the Asia Pacific region.

    From the 404 million digital TV households added between 2008 and 2012, 229 million were in the Asia Pacific region, bringing its total to 342 million. China became the largest digital TV household nation in 2010; rising to 187 million digital TV homes (24 per cent of the world‘s total) by end-2012.