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Shrijan Soni April 9th, 2020 4:33 PM 0 COMMENTS

A Comprehensive Outlook on Free Services Offered by DTH Operators During Lockdown

The entire world is facing trouble from the outbreak of Coronavirus. Almost, every industry is facing operational issues, and everything is getting shut down as a precautionary measure. To stop the outbreak of COVID-19, the Indian government imposed a 21 days lockdown period from March 25, 2020, and also urged people to follow social distancing amidst stressful times. Since the entire nation is in lockdown, people have been working from... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj April 8th, 2020 7:40 PM 0 COMMENTS

IMCL Introduces Special Plans for Cable TV Subscribers Amidst Lockdown Period

IndusInd Media and Communications Ltd (IMCL) has announced new innovative and low-cost packs to aid its Local Cable Operators (LCOs) amid the lockdown period. Not only this, but the new packs will also provide quality content to its millions of subscribers. Since the entire nation has been lockdown due to the outbreak of COVID-19, people have been relying on OTT and TV platforms for their entertainment. The introduction of special... Read More

Chakri K April 7th, 2020 7:59 AM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel Digital TV Makes 4 Platform Service Channels Available for Free Till April 14

DTH arm of Bharti Airtel, Airtel Digital TV, has silently announced that it will be making four platform services available for free during the lockdown period in India. As the current lockdown period is expected to end on April 14, Airtel Digital TV will be providing the four platform channels at no extra cost to the subscribers till April 14. Notably, other DTH operators also announced this move recently and... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj April 6th, 2020 7:13 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai NTO 2.0 Implementation Might Affect TV Segment Revenues

Trai has rolled out new tariff order with new provisions which was challenged by multiple broadcaster and federations. However, currently the NTO 2.0 has been sub-judice, and as per a new report by FICCI-EY 2020, it is estimated that the TV Segment revenues might take a hit of Rs 1,500 crore to Rs 2,000 crore. Trai in NTO 2.0 has announced specific provisions which might result in loss of Jobs.... Read More

Chakri K April 4th, 2020 7:51 AM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Recharge: DTH Operator Introduces Emergency Balance Credit Service

Almost every company is during their job to help subscribers not face issues during the lockdown. Tata Sky, which earlier made its premium Tata Sky Fitness service available for free, has now come up with another scheme called 'Tata Sky Emergency Credit Facility.' As the name itself suggests, Tata Sky is providing balance loan to the subscribers who are unable to recharge during the lockdown period in India. A majority... Read More

Chakri K April 3rd, 2020 6:01 PM 5 COMMENTS

Airtel Digital TV Brings Exclusive CuriosityStream Channel

Airtel Digital TV, the DTH arm of Bharti Airtel is one of the most famous names in the DTH industry. The DTH operator has more than 16.5 million subscribers and is one of the fastest-growing DTH operators in India. Airtel Digital TV ships some of the best offers and plans to its customers and it is leading when it comes to value-added services. DTH subscribers of Airtel Digital TV enjoy... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj April 3rd, 2020 4:34 PM 0 COMMENTS

Indian TV Viewership Increased By 1.2 Trillion Minutes: BARC and Nielsen Study

The precautionary lockdown period has blessed the broadcasters as their viewership has been increased in the second week of COVID-19 outbreak. As per a joint study by BARC and Nielsen, the weekly viewing minutes have been increased from 887 Billion per minute in week 1 to 1215 billion in week 2. Not only this, but the users are daily spending approximately five hours in week 2, which was nearly 3... Read More

Chakri K April 3rd, 2020 8:00 AM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel Digital TV, Tata Sky and Sun Direct Move 4 Pay TV Channels to FTA Pack

Top DTH operators in the country have converted four pay TV channels to the Free to Air (FTA) channels, as per the directions given by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) recently. For the unaware, the MIB and IBF recently announced that four pay-TV channels Colors Rishtey, Zee Anmol, Sony Pal and Star Utsav would be available for free to the customers for the next two months. As part of... Read More

Chakri K April 2nd, 2020 2:37 PM 0 COMMENTS

Cable TV Subscribers in West Bengal Will Not Face Disconnection

The Government of West Bengal has instructed the Cable TV operators to provide services for the next month even in the case of non-payment from the users. Since the government announced 21 days precautionary lockdown period, people have been locked at their homes, and in the Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities, citizens are relying on Cable TV for their entertainment. Not only this, but many individuals are also facing trouble to... Read More

Chakri K April 1st, 2020 7:42 AM 0 COMMENTS

Trai NTO 2.0: Long-Term Recharge Options from DTH Operators Detailed

Over the phase of the last 18 months, the Indian broadcasting sector has gone through some major changes, thanks to the introduction of National Tariff Order (NTO) by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). The regulator brought several changes to the industry like the introduction of Network Capacity Fee (NCF), removal of actual long-term plans, Free-to-Air (FTA) channels concept and more. NTO 1.0 made users moving away from their TV... Read More

Bala Yogesh March 31st, 2020 8:13 PM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Makes 12 Platform Services Available For Free

Tata Sky announced on Tuesday that it would offer 12 of its services free for users during the COVID-19 lockdown period. The company, a product of Tata Sons, had earlier announced that its Tata Sky Fitness service channel would be offered for free for one month. It has to be noted that Tata Sons had committed Rs 1000 crores to tackle the COVID-19 situation while its chairman Ratan Tata through... Read More

Bala Yogesh March 31st, 2020 12:05 PM 0 COMMENTS

More Indian Cable TV Operators Could Offer Android TV STB in 2020

More Indian Cable TV operators could be launching an Android Set-Top Box (STB) or an Android TV dongle in 2020, according to the data available on Android TV Guide. With most DTH operators offering an Android TV STB, the Indian Cable TV operators could offer their own Android STB or an Android TV dongle to counter their DTH peers. The Android STB provides a one stop solution as it enables the... Read More