DTH operator, Airtel Digital TV, has once again partnered with Google to offer its latest smart home speaker at a discounted price. Airtel Xstream Box users can purchase a new Google Home Nest Mini worth Rs 4,499 at just Rs 1,699. In the past, Airtel Internet TV users were offered to purchase the Google Home Mini speaker at a reduced price of Rs 2,499. And now, the company has come... Read More
For the fourth or fifth time in the last six to eight months, Tata Sky reduced the price of its HD Set-Top Box. Right after the Trai tariff regime fully became effective on April 1, 2019, Tata Sky brought down the prices of its Set-Top Boxes by Rs 400. Later on, the prices were reduced even further to make them competitive in the industry. In October last year, the DTH... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has been making many changes to the DTH and broadcasting industry back to back since the rollout of the Tariff Regime in 2019. While at the start of the last year, Trai rolled out its National Tariff Order (NTO), barely a year later, Trai is again at the hem of the industry with a second version of the NTO which it is calling... Read More
Dish TV and Airtel Digital TV merger talks have been 'stalled' yet again. To counter Reliance Jio and Tata Sky in the broadcasting sector, the second and third largest DTH operators in the country have been in talks of merging operations. However, for the second time, we are hearing the talks are put in the hold between the two parties over the deal structure. A new Bloomberg report says Dish... Read More
Of all the four pay DTH operators right now, Tata Sky is leading the chart thanks to the wide range of channel packs and several other features on offer. Tata Sky offers unique features like recording and setting reminders on the Set-Top Box right from the mobile app itself. And there's another unique feature on offer called 'Optimisation.; Tata Sky users can reduce their channel pack prices using this optimisation... Read More
While in 2019, the DTH industry in India had five pay DTH operator with the inclusion of Independent TV besides other players like Tata Sky and Dish TV. Come the third quarter of the year, as per the reports studying the July-Sep period, there were only four pay DTH operators in the country. This meant that one of the companies had been shut down and it’s fairly known that taking... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has made very rapid changes to the rules which govern the broadcasting and the DTH industry in India. This has not gone well with the broadcasters and the DTH service providers. Largely, the stakeholders have been reluctant for the new changes that Trai proposes. Although Trai pushes the stakeholders towards innovation and better consumer-centric practices, the move with the Trai tariff regime in... Read More
When it comes to DTH services, until now, there have been different demarcations for the consumers as to which DTH operator they should opt. However, the coming of the new Trai rules regarding the DTH and broadcasting industry might change this. Bharti Airtel’s DTH services, named Airtel Digital TV and Dish TV are two quite popular names in the DTH industry. The consumers repeatedly look up to these DTH service... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has ordered DTH operator Tata Sky to provide full refund to the customers for not providing Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) channels for a brief period back in 2018. To recall, Tata Sky entered into a battle with SPNI in the last quarter of 2018 over content renewal deal. Thanks to this fight, Tata Sky users were unable to watch any Sony Network... Read More
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has already laid out the new rules of the game for the DTH industry. While the broadcasters are not pleased with the new regulations of the industry and are vehemently opposing the new rules, the consumers are rejoicing on some relief which they have received on the pricing front when it comes to the DTH connections. One of the areas which Trai has patched... Read More
The next step in the DTH industry and perhaps the second stage in the digitisation of the DTH services is the introduction of the hybrid Set-Top Boxes. These Hybrid Set-Top Boxes have become the latest and hottest offerings in the DTH industry. The unique proposition of the Hybrid Set-Top Boxes is that they amalgamate the DTH services and the OTT services. Before the presence of such Set-Top Boxes, the subscribers... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) put forth a very intriguing announcement on the first day of the year, which was not liked by the broadcasters in India. Since the start of the year, the broadcasters and channel owners in India have been resentful of the National Tariff Order 2.0 or the changes which have been made to the Trai tariff regime by Trai. These changes, as per the... Read More
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It's expected to happen in FY 25-26
600 is out of question as they already own 700, they might go with 1400 for a new 5g frequency.
Might be because of the trial period, not officially launched yet.
Due to it's NSA nature, network can't properly determine if it's 4G network or 5G since primary band is compulsory…
But there is no news of any new auction.
