Dish TV, a DTH (Direct-to-Home) service provider in India, has announced a collaboration with Amazon Prime. This collaboration will see Dish TV customers get free Prime Lite subscritpion. This association will span across Dish Group’s entire ecosystem – VZY Smart TVs, DTH services, Watcho Streaming Platform, and extensive ISP partner … Read More
India’s television broadcasting ecosystem remains one of the most expansive and resilient in the world. As of Q1 2025, the country hosts 918 satellite TV channels permitted by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB), of which 333 are classified as pay TV channels, according to the latest report from … Read More
Bharti Airtel’s direct-to-home (DTH) arm, Airtel Digital TV, has removed Zee Entertainment channels from its base channel packs following a recent price hike by the broadcaster. The move mirrors similar ongoing dispute between Sony Pictures Networks India and Tata Play, as DTH operators push back against rising content costs. Also … Read More
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued licence fee demand notices totalling Rs 16,000 crore to India’s four private Direct-to-Home (DTH) operators, escalating financial pressures on a sector already facing declining revenues and stiff competition from OTT platforms and DD Free Dish, The Economic Times Reported, citing Industry sources. … Read More
Bharti Airtel and the Tata Group have announced the termination of discussions to merge their direct-to-home (DTH) television businesses — Airtel Digital TV and Tata Play — after failing to reach a mutually agreeable resolution. In a regulatory filing late Saturday, Airtel said, “After not being able to find a … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has emphasised the need for a balanced regulatory framework that does not place traditional broadcasters at a disadvantage compared to digital streaming platforms. TRAI on Thursday, May 1, said it did not favour an environment where regulation discriminates between two mediums and puts … Read More
DishTV’s OTT platform, Watcho, has announced a strategic partnership with RailWire, the broadband arm of RailTel, to launch a bundled digital offering in West Bengal. The collaboration combines RailWire’s high-speed broadband connectivity with Watcho’s curated library of regional and national OTT content, providing consumers with a single-subscription solution for internet … Read More
Television continues to dominate video content consumption in India, outpacing social media and user-generated content (UGC) platforms. With 190 million screens across the country, television commands an unparalleled scale and reach, according to Kevin Vaz, CEO – Entertainment, JioStar, ETTelecom reported. Also Read: Reliance’s Hathway and DEN Launch Reels Channels … Read More
Reliance Industries-owned cable TV providers, Hathway Digital and DEN Networks, have introduced new channels, Hathway Reels and DEN Reels, dedicated to short-form video content. This move brings the popular social media format, dominated by platforms like Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts, to television screens, according to multiple media reports. Also … Read More
Bharti Airtel, the market leader in Assam, has launched a new prepaid plan for its subscribers, allowing them to enjoy both Mobile and DTH (Digital TV) benefits under a single recharge. Called the Mobile + DTH plan, this fully loaded plan is available to Airtel subscribers in Assam for Rs … Read More
Dish TV’s CEO has reportedly urged the government to immediately implement the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) recommendation to reduce the Direct-To-Home (DTH) license fee from 8 percent to 3 percent of Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR). He urged the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) to act swiftly, as … Read More
The Tata and Bharti groups are in the final stages of merging their loss-making direct-to-home (DTH) businesses, Tata Play and Airtel Digital TV, respectively. The agreement comes as the pay-TV industry faces a sharp decline due to growing OTT consumption and the rise of free DTH services like DD Free … Read More
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