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Arpit Sharma October 29th, 2018 7:44 PM 38 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Issues Notice Informing Viewers About Removal of 26 More Channels from Its Platform

Tata Sky has again intimated its viewers that it will take down 26 channels from its platform due to either breach or expiration of agreements with content distributors. Notably, the cable TV company had also removed 32 channels by Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) earlier this month following the trouble between both the companies regarding expiration of the contract. The contract expired on July 31 this year, following which the... Read More

Chakri K October 22nd, 2018 9:43 AM 0 COMMENTS

MyBox to Launch a Set-Top Box With Alexa Built-In Next Month

Four Indian manufacturers on Monday announced to launch new products like portable headsets, smart speakers and set-top boxes with the Amazon Alexa built-in. The hardware manufacturers are iBall, Sirena Technologies, boAt and MyBox who have integrated Alexa into their products with the Alexa Voice Service (AVS) which enables developers to integrate Alexa directly into their products, bringing the convenience of voice control to any connected device. All four devices will... Read More

Arpit Sharma October 4th, 2018 1:32 PM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Sky in Talks With Sony India to Bring Back the 32 Removed Channels

Tata Sky, which surprised one and all by removing 32 channels of Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) and three of TV Today Network has confirmed that it's open to negotiations on the pricing front with Sony India. Even Sony India stated that they are open to negotiations in the pricing and will offer Tata Sky customers the removed channels. SPN's contract with Tata Sky ended on July 31 and both... Read More

Chakri K October 3rd, 2018 2:56 PM 15 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Pulls Down 32 Sony Channels After Differences in Pricing Emerge

Subscribers of Tata Sky Direct to Home (DTH) service were shocked on Monday as the company revoked 32 channels from its platform, all distributed by Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN). Tata Sky also removed three channels distributed by India Today apart from the above thirty-two channels. Notably, the company took this step because of the widening differences with SPN over the prices. Widening Differences on Pricing The channels which were... Read More

Chakri K August 29th, 2018 12:59 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel Receives Green Signal from Government to Reduce 15% Stake in DTH Arm

Bharti Airtel's DTH arm, Bharti Telemedia has revealed in a regulatory filing that it has received government's nod for transferring 15% stake to private equity firm Warburg Pincus. "The said approval has been granted by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting," Airtel said in a regulatory filing, as reported by PTI. The deal was announced back in December 2017 but was halted due to some FDI requirements from the government. Earlier... Read More

Chakri K August 29th, 2018 10:36 AM 3 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Receives FDI Clearance for Selling 20% Stake in its DTH Arm to Warburg Pincus

Bharti Airtel has reportedly received FDI clearance from the government for selling 20% stake in its DTH arm to Warburg Pincus. The deal worth USD 350 million was announced way back in December 2017. According to a source close to PTI, the government has cleared the FDI which is required to sell 20% stake in Bharti Telemedia. The source privy to the development said that the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)... Read More

Arpit Sharma August 9th, 2018 4:53 PM 2 COMMENTS

DishTV Set-Top Box Can Now Be Controlled Using Amazon Alexa

DishTV, one of the leading direct-to-home operator in the country has announced that it's bringing voice-assisted TV viewing by launching its skill for Amazon Alexa. The Dish TV skill will help to users find programs and provide recommendations on programs, movies, sports and music, it said in a statement. DishTV is the first company to launch such skill in the country. The skills can be controlled through Amazon Alexa application,... Read More

Chakri K April 2nd, 2018 4:13 PM 3 COMMENTS

Star and Airtel Digital TV Arrive at an Agreement Post Renewing Content Deal

Following a lengthy hassle over the increased prices of Star Channels on Airtel Digital TV, finally, both the companies have arrived at an agreement where Airtel Digital TV has agreed to broadcast Star Channels without any obstruction which involves the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Star Sports Network. Previously discussions were ongoing between both the parties related to a la carte deal which would mean people would have to pay... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas March 27th, 2018 8:52 PM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Sky World Screen Service Introduced With Focus On International Entertainment Content

Tata Sky, the leading content distribution platform across DTH and OTT today launched its newest offering, a carefully handpicked bouquet of international entertainment content to take on the likes of Sun Nxt and ZEE5 services. Dubbed as the Tata Sky World Screen, the aim of this new initiative by Tata Sky is to make the select series and movies from across the world to the viewers which never been available... Read More

Chakri K March 25th, 2018 4:00 PM 39 COMMENTS

Airtel Digital TV Makes Bold Statements Against STAR TV, Calls their Tactics as ‘Arm Twisting’

As the time comes closer for the IPL 2018, we see that there’s a serious sword-swinging going on between Airtel Digital TV and Star India. For a while now, Airtel Digital TV subscribers are getting notified that their Star channels streaming will be disrupted and turned off if they do not transition to other DTH providers. The actual notification which has been flashing as a banner and for which Star... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas March 22nd, 2018 4:02 PM 4 COMMENTS

Dish TV India Successfully Completes Merger With Videocon d2h

Finally, the merger of Dish TV India and Videocon d2h has completed today. For the unaware, the DTH service providers announced a merger way back in November 2016, but today, the NCLT Mumbai bench approved the merger, paving the way for India' second largest DTH service provider- Dish TV Videocon with over 29 million subscribers under its belt. A meeting of the Board of Directors of the company is scheduled to... Read More

Chakri K March 19th, 2018 5:59 PM 2 COMMENTS

Reliance Big TV Now Allowing Users to Pre-Book its STB at India Post Offices Across Maharashtra and Goa

DTH service provider Reliance BIG TV announced Monday that it had tied hands with India Post offices across Maharashtra and Goa for consumers to do the initial booking of “HD-HVEC” set-top boxes. “The effectively free HD HEVC Set-Top Boxes, as promised by Reliance Big TV, can now be booked through 12,000 India Post Offices across Maharashtra and Goa,” the company said in a statement. Reliance Big TV recently launched a... Read More