Singtel, Warburg Pincus, and Bharti Airtel are in the initial stage of the talks to buy the 61% stake of Zee founder Subhash Chandra’s family in Dish TV, as per an ET Telecom report. Followed by this buyout, the trio will then make an offer for an additional 26% stake in the company as the Sunil Bharti Mittal led telco is in a bid to ramp up its operations in... Read More
Just like the data tariff war triggered by the entry of Reliance Jio sent a wave of consolidation in the telecom industry, the new Trai tariff regime might have done something similar for the DTH industry. Previously, there were rumours of Airtel making an acquisition offer to Dish TV, but now it seems that there has been some substance found to these talks. The Indian telecom giant, Bharti Airtel along... Read More
The new Trai tariff regime has brought a lot of changes in the industry, and the most notable of them all is the flexibility to choose your own channels and pay only for them and nothing extra. All the DTH service providers are offering the choices of pay channels, FTA channels and channel bouquets to the subscribers from which they will be able to curate their customised subscription. However, although... Read More
Dish TV, India’s largest single-country DTH provider has listed new plans for winning back its customers. To recall, the service provider’s subscribers were not pleased when lots of entertainment channels went missing from Free Dish. To make up to these customers and to bring back their entertainment, Dish TV has now introduced ‘Bharat Cricket Combo’ on Dish TV and ‘Value Combo’ on D2h. These affordable new acquisition offers for cricket... Read More
It seems that Mukesh Ambani led telecom operator Reliance Jio is causing a stir in every industry it is stepping foot on. After disrupting the telecom and cellular space, now the company is planning to roll out DTH services thus hinting the other companies to put up a strong front in advance for when Reliance Jio rolls out its services. It is notable that Reliance Jio has already bought massive... Read More
Over the last few weeks, DTH and Cable TV subscribers have been complaining about the new tariff regime introduced by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). In a view of controlling the damage, DTH operators are providing unlimited FTA channels within the base pack. The change was first implemented by Sun Direct which was then followed by Tata Sky and other operators. And now, Dish TV joins the list... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory authority of India (Trai) introduced the new mandate which changed a lot of pricing and regulatory measures for both consumers, DTH providers and the cable operators. The consumers were forced to migrate to the new Trai based plans whereas DTH operators had to comply with the new norms. Dish TV was one of the first of the many DTH operators to announce its channel packs and their... Read More
DTH provider, Dish TV has said that courtesy of the new Trai tariff order, the content charges are expected to come down by as much as 20% for the company. The provider has also said that since the new Trai order has taken aback the MSOs (Multi System Operators) by a shock, the DTH platforms will benefit as they will get more subscribers. There is likely a hint of truth... Read More
Essel Group direct-to-home arm Dish TV on Tuesday reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 152.69 crore for the December 2018 quarter. The company, whose board on Tuesday approved an investment of up to Rs 3,000 crore in its wholly owned subsidiary Dish Infra Services Private Ltd, had posted a net loss of Rs 168.29 crore in the year-ago quarter, Dish TV said in a BSE filing. However, its total... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's new broadcasting tariff regime has come into effect on February 1. Trai already confirmed that the local cable operators and DTH providers are currently in the process of migrating their customers to new plans based on the new regime. All the service providers already announced their new channel packs and most of the customers are already exercising their options. D2h became the first operator... Read More
Telecom regulator Trai announced that all service providers have confirmed their readiness to migrate to the new tariff regime for broadcasting and cable services from Friday (February 1), and directed operators to ensure a smooth switchover without any inconvenience to TV viewers. While customer onboarding for cable services stands at about 62% and for DTH at only 30%, Trai officials asserted that in case of the latter, the nature of... Read More
Previously we came up with the names of cable operators which have complied by the new Trai regime. However, that time the DTH operators had not published their new channel and packs pricing thus arousing doubts about whether the companies would further resist the new mandate charted out by the industry regulator. However, now two of the biggest DTH operators of India, Dish TV and Airtel Digital TV have also... Read More
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