DTH Operators Add Over One Million Net Pay Subscribers in Q3 FY19: Trai Data

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) published the Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators report for Q3 FY19 – October-December 2018, quarter. From the industry perspective, this third quarter was a very crucial one since this period also witnessed the rollout of the new tariff regime in the country. As per this report, the five DTH companies combined added 1.04 million net pay active subscribers. On December 31, 2018, the total net pay subscriber base of the five private DTH operators stood at 70.49 million. This was quite a climb from the previous figure of net pay subscribers of 69.45 million which was recorded at the end of the previous July-September quarter.

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Dish TV Registers a Subscriber Count Loss, While Sun Direct Gains

In the third quarter of the FY19, Dish TV amassed 1,42,000 net subscribers whereas the DTH wing of Bharti Airtel, Airtel Digital TV’s total net subscriber addition figure totalled 2,22,000. The quarter did not treat Dish TV very well since the provider witnessed a 1% dip in its subscriber base as compared to the previous July – September quarter in 2018. The case was quite the opposite for South India based DTH service provider, Sun Direct which witnessed a 1% increase in its subscriber base.

The Trai data also shed some light on the market share of these companies and revealed that Dish TV boasted of 40% market share, followed by Tata Sky with 25% share, Airtel Digital TV stood at 22%, while Sun Direct and Independent TV stood at 12% and 1% respectively.