A Data Broadcast System was installed at the NICNET Master Earth Station of NIC, opening the doors for a vast array of services such as distribution of financial information, news agency transmission, fax broadcasting, remote database updating, weather and agriculture information distribution, head office to branch office real-time transmission, and backbone relay for all-India paging, teletext and radio data broadcast networks. Data broadcast is similar to conventional radio and television broadcast except that digital data, instead of audio or video signals, are carried by the satellite RF signal. Special digital transmission and reception techniques are employed to enhance coverage and provide error-free delivery of the transmitted information. The information transmitted in Data Broadcasting can be in the form of plain text, pictures, or even multimedia presentations.