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Coronavirus: Digital industry to flip to SD from HD on work-from-home surge

Data consumption the past few days has gone up by 15-20% and consumption of high definition data requires 6-7 times higher bandwidth

Coronavirus: Digital industry to flip to SD from HD on work-from-home surge
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Megha Manchanda New Delhi
Amid the surge in demand for internet services in the backdrop of coronavirus spread and increase in work-from-home by companies, the digital industry has decided to “temporarily” offer only Standard Definition (SD) streaming services, until April 14.

Sources said that data consumption the past few days has gone up by 15-20 per cent and consumption of HD (high definition) data requires 6-7 times higher bandwidth.

The decision was taken at a meeting on Tuesday by Uday Shankar, Chairman, Star & Disney India, and attended by senior leaders from digital industry.

The digital industry has decided to act immediately in the

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