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Chakri K February 14th, 2020 11:56 AM 2 COMMENTS

Airtel Digital TV Allows Users to Add and Delete an A-la-Carte Channel via SMS: Check the Process

Airtel Digital TV subscribers can add or delete channels via the company's Airtel Thanks self-care app and the website. After the introduction of the new tariff regime by Trai, a-la-carte channels are paying a huge role as one individual channel can make a significant difference to the overall monthly DTH subscription. Airtel Digital TV allows its users to add and delete a-la-carte channels by sending an SMS. This process will... Read More

Arpit Sharma February 14th, 2020 9:44 AM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Tells DTH Ops to List Unavailable Channel Packs For New Tariff Regime

The new tariff regime rules charted out by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) bring some heavy changes related to the DTH and the cable TV industry. This basically means that the consumers will see changes going forward in a few days. The new rules kick-off on March 1. Some of the major changes include the pricing of channels and the rules which define the curation of the channel... Read More

Chakri K February 13th, 2020 11:19 AM 1 COMMENTS

Trai NTO 2.0 May Not Come into Effect on March 1 as Bombay HC Postpones Hearing Again

Trai's National Tariff Order 2.0 implementation might be delayed further as Bombay High Court postpones the hearing for IBF vs Trai matter to February 26. On January 1, Trai announced new amendments to tariff regime which is heavily opposed by broadcasters. Seeking relief for broadcasters, IBF or Indian Broadcasting Foundation approached Bombay High Court and the hearing has been pending for the last four weeks. On January 30, the Bombay... Read More

Chakri K February 12th, 2020 6:38 PM 2 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Brings New Recharge Benefits and Free Mobile App Subscription to Existing Users

Leading DTH operator, Tata Sky, today announced its first-ever app-only flash sale called 'Tata Sky Jingalala APPiness Offers.' As part of the sale, Tata Sky users can avail additional benefits on recharges, along with free Tata Sky mobile app subscription for one month. Additionally, Tata Sky says the users will also get attractive offers on Set-Top Box upgrades, new Multi TV connections and the Tata Sky Binge+ can also be... Read More

Chakri K February 12th, 2020 12:25 PM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Users Can Record TV Shows on Set-Top Box Itself: Here’s How

Tata Sky, one of the nation's top DTH service providers, lets users record their favourite TV shows to be viewed later on. The DTH operator has streamlined its range of Set-Top Box models to five distinct models. These now include the Tata Sky SD, Tata Sky HD, Tata Sky Binge+, Tata Sky 4K and Tata Sky HD+. Tata Sky discontinued its SD Set-Top Box recently, only to bring it back... Read More

Chakri K February 12th, 2020 7:02 AM 1 COMMENTS

Differences Between Trai NTO 2.0 and NTO 1.0 for DTH Users Detailed

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) will soon implement the National Tariff Order (NTO) 2.0 for DTH and Cable TV subscribers. NTO 2.0 will bring a lot of changes and fix some major flaws of NTO 1.0, which became effective last year. Right after the introduction of National Tariff Order 1.0, a lot of DTH and Cable TV users stopped renewing their monthly subscription due to various reasons like... Read More

Arpit Sharma February 9th, 2020 7:04 PM 2 COMMENTS

Airtel Digital TV Basepacks Come With Up to 11 Months Recharge Option

Airtel Digital TV has been trying to dominate the DTH sector for a while now, but the operator is receiving inadequate response due to the sub-par Trai tariff regime which came into effect on April 1, 2019. During the quarter, which ended on December 31, 2019, Airtel Digital TV added just over one lakh new customers which explains the entire story. Similar to other DTH operators, Airtel Digital TV has... Read More

Chakri K February 8th, 2020 6:51 AM 0 COMMENTS

Trai NTO 2.0: Airtel Digital TV and Tata Sky Users to Get Relief from Current Multi TV NCF Prices

A lot of TV viewers in India right now are waiting for the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to implement the National Tariff Order (NTO) 2.0 at the earliest. Trai is all set to bring a lot of changes to the current tariff regime, which became effective last year. NTO 1.0 forced a lot of TV subscribers to move away from their Cable TV and DTH subscriptions because of... Read More

Chakri K February 7th, 2020 11:41 AM 1 COMMENTS

New Tata Sky Users Can No Longer Opt for SD Set-Top Box

Tata Sky has discontinued the Standard Definition or SD Set-Top Box for new connections. Just a couple of days ago, we reported that Tata Sky has the most number of Set-Top Boxes right now and the number used to be five until now. Tata Sky has removed the SD Set-Top Box option which brings down the number count to four. After the recent price cut on HD Set-Top Box, Tata... Read More

Chakri K February 6th, 2020 6:58 AM 6 COMMENTS

Trai National Tariff Order 2.0: All 200 FTA Channels Will Be Provided at Rs 130

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) already released amendments it will make to the National Tariff Order 1.0. NTO 2.0 will focus on several areas like the reduction of NCF for Multi TV users, more FTA channels in the initial slab of Rs 130, changes to how bouquets and discounts being offered by broadcasters and operators, and more. The implementation of NTO 2.0 will see a lot of DTH... Read More

Chakri K February 5th, 2020 10:50 AM 2 COMMENTS

Airtel Digital TV Adds Just Over 1 Lakh Subscribers in Q3 FY20; Overall User Base Reaches 16.3 Million

Airtel Digital TV, the DTH arm of Bharti Airtel, has revealed its performance report for the quarter that ended on December 31, 2019. During the quarter, Airtel Digital TV added just over one lakh new users which took its overall user base to 16.3 million as of December 31. Thanks to the Trai tariff regime, DTH operators were unable to add new subscribers, despite coming up with attractive offers on... Read More

Chakri K February 5th, 2020 7:19 AM 1 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Has Most Number of Set-Top Boxes on Offer Right Now With Prices Starting at Rs 1,399

The total pay DTH operators in India has now reduced to four and Tata Sky is leading the pack with a marginal higher market share over Dish TV. Tata Sky is leading the industry in several aspects- the most number of HD channels being offered by a single DTH operator, the most number of Set-Top Boxes provided to the users and unique platform services are also available to the Tata... Read More