Tata Play and Airtel Digital TV are two of the top Direct-to-Home (DTH) operators in the country. Both the companies provide a premium OTT Set-Top Box (STB) to their users, giving them access to their favourite shows and programs on the go. The OTT STB from Tata Play is called Tata Play Binge+ STB whereas Airtel offers its Airtel Xstream Box. However, if you are a new buyer, it... Read More
Airtel Digital TV has now launched a new channel called Airtel HITS HD. The channel will take the users back to the most popular, iconic, and award-winning Hollywood television content from the 60s and 90s. It will be like taking a trip down the memory lane for most users who are a little old now. In fact, this is a great opportunity for people who missed out on Hollywood TV... Read More
The Direct-to-Home (DTH) operators are clearly struggling to keep active and paying users in their subscriber base. For consecutive quarters now, the number of active subscribers in the DTH sector has dipped. From 68.89 million users at the end of September 2021, the number of active paying subscribers for the DTH industry reduced to 68.52 million at the end of December 2021. If this feels like a small negative change... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is looking forward to the opinions and views of the stakeholders on issues related to the regulatory framework of the soon to be released amended order for the TV and broadcasting sector. The move from the sector regulator comes a month before the deadline to implement these orders which are popularly known as NTO 2.0. TRAI has requested stakeholders to submit their views... Read More
The telecom giant Airtel has introduced two new plans for the users of its Airtel Black services. The two newly launched plans have been priced at Rs 699 and Rs 1,599 and include access to Airtel Xstream Fiber, Landline and Airtel Digital TV services. The plans also include free subscriptions to some of the popular OTT platforms. Let’s take a look at the two latest plans launched by the company... Read More
Star India, one of the biggest broadcasters in India for a very long time now, has rebranded to Disney Star. It is worth noting that three years back, Disney had completed the acquisition process of Star India and its several other assets from 21st Century Fox. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to the industry people aware of the developments as Disney Star was the name that was unofficially used... Read More
Tata Play (earlier known as Tata Sky), a major Direct-to-Home (DTH) platform, has recently added a new channel called Sidharth TV to its platform. Sidharth TV is an Odia language General Entertainment Channel (GEC) that was launched on May 15, 2021, along with two more channels, including Sidharth Gold and Sidharth Bhakti. All of these channels are owned by a parent company called Sidharth TV Network. Sidharth TV Channel Number... Read More
Airtel Digital TV, one of the largest Direct-to-Home (DTH) service providers in the country, has reduced the price of HD (High-Definition) Set-Top Boxes (STBs). Much recently, Tata Play had discounted its HD and SD STBs by Rs 200. Following Tata Play, Airtel Digital TV has done the same. But Airtel Digital TV has only reduced the price for HD STB and not the SD STB as Tata Play did. Let’s... Read More
Tata Play and d2h, two of the largest Direct-to-Home (DTH) service providers have added new TV channels for their subscribers. Tata Play has added two new channels while d2h has added one new channel. Channels including ND24 and NHK World Japan have been added by Tata Play on its platform. ND24 will be available at LCN 1979 while NHK World Japan will be available on LCN 644. ND24 is a... Read More
D2h, a major Direct-to-Home (DTH) service provider in the country, has launched two new channels packs for inactive users in the country. These channel packs will be available starting April 1, 2022, for those customers who were declared inactive as of February 28, 2022. D2h will avail these packs to people in all states except Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu. The SES8 customers and D2h customers declared inactive... Read More
D2h, a major Direct-to-Home (DTH) service provider in India, is offering a free subscription of Star Sports 1 Hindi to the users for one month. If you are an SD box owner, you will get the Star Sports 1 Hindi for free, and if you are an HD box owner, you will get the same channel’s HD subscription for free. But the free channel won’t be provided by the company... Read More
Airtel has significantly reduced the price of its Airtel Xstream Box by Rs 499 bringing it down to Rs 2,000. The Airtel Xstream Box is a new age DTH television box that enhances any television into a smart TV. It is to be noted that the new price will be applicable to the customers getting new Airtel Digital TV connections along with the Xstream Box option. The company is now... Read More
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