April 12th, 2019 2:26 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Legal Battle With Tata Sky Extends Further, Delhi HC Adjourns the Matter to April 25

In the ensuing legal battle between the DTH operators, Tata Sky, Airtel Digital TV, Sun Direct and the broadcaster Discovery Communications India against the sector regulator, Trai, the Delhi High Court has adjourned the matter to April 25. The DTH operators and the broadcaster have challenged the new tariff regime which has been put together and implemented by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). In the last hearing, Discovery... Read More

April 9th, 2019 2:30 PM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Brings Four New Lite Packs for Subscribers Priced at Rs 199 Each in Regional Languages

Last time we heard from Tata Sky, the DTH provider was launching new smart packs for its subscribers. However, now the DTH player has come up with a handful of new “Lite” packs which will cater to the regional audience from various parts of India. These local language packs have been spotted by some subscribers of Tata Sky on the Tata Sky app, and so it seems that they are... Read More

April 7th, 2019 7:15 AM 3 COMMENTS

Tata Sky and Airtel Digital TV Withdraw Sports Channel Preview Offer Within a Week of Rollout

With the beginning of the cricket season in India as the Indian Premier League kickstarted, the TV industry also dawned a highly optimistic outlook. Amongst there, were also the DTH companies which had been thrashed recently by the new Trai tariff regime. The chance was a good one for these companies to expand their reach and viewership and to penetrate parts of India which had been previously untouched. To do... Read More

March 29th, 2019 1:19 PM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Sky and Trai Legal Battle Adjourned Till April 4 by Delhi HC, Petitions to Be Listed Earlier Now

The legal battle between the popular DTH service provider, Tata Sky and the sector regulator Trai has been ensuing since the introduction of the new tariff regime. However, in the latest development, the Delhi High Court has adjourned the matter only to be continued on April 4, 2019. Presently, Discovery Communications which is also party to the legal battle is presenting its argument. It is worth noting that besides Tata... Read More

March 27th, 2019 7:20 AM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Providing Discount on Year-Long Subscription to Sports Channels

The advent of the cricket season has urged the DTH companies to get on their toes and launch offers which would increase the viewership of channels and give them more reach. Last we heard about a few offers from Tata Sky, Airtel Digital TV and D2h. However, there is yet one more offer from Tata Sky related to sports channel which has been hiding under the rock and could easily... Read More

March 24th, 2019 7:29 AM 13 COMMENTS

Tata Sky and Airtel Digital TV Start Offering Free Sports Channels for All Users

After rainy days for the DTH providers post the introduction of the new Trai tariff regime, it seems as if the DTH providers are gearing up for a better season and this time it won’t be coming in the form of rule changes. Tata Sky and Airtel Digital TV are both providing free sports channels to the subscribers in this cricket season. In India, the Indian Premier League season is... Read More

March 11th, 2019 7:10 PM 0 COMMENTS

Delhi High Court Directs Centre to Release Over Six Lakh Set-Top Boxes of Tata Sky

The Delhi High Court directed the Centre on Monday to release all the Tata Sky set-top boxes (STBs), barring five pieces, which were seized by the government for not displaying the maximum retail price (MRP). A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice A J Bhambani, in an interim order, directed the Ministry of Consumer Affairs to release the over six lakh STBs it had seized in January but... Read More

March 10th, 2019 4:44 PM 4 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Unveils 13 HD and SD Mini Packs Across Six Regional Languages

If you're tired of seeing an increase in your monthly TV bill, then the only way to reduce it is by choosing Add-On, Mini packs introduced by Direct-to-the-home (DTH) service providers in the country. Tata Sky, which has been constantly offering better service than other operators has now come up with a slew of regional add-on, mini packs. With this move, Tata Sky is boosting its regional content offerings and... Read More

February 25th, 2019 7:16 PM 12 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Removes Access Fee on HD Channels Under New Trai Tariff Scheme

Tata Sky which is currently in the process of migrating its subscribers to the new Trai tariff regime has also started notifying its subscribers regarding the removal of access fee on High Definition (HD) channels. Notably, before the new broadcasting regime, Tata Sky used to charge Rs 175 as the HD access fee, but it has been removed now. With this move, Tata Sky customers with HD compatible set-top box... Read More

February 22nd, 2019 1:10 PM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Lists Two New Broadcaster Packs With HD and SD Channels

Lately, there has been a stream of mini and add-on packs in the DTH and cable industry. A lot of broadcasters along with DTH and cable TV providers are coming with small, affordable channel packs which include only a handful of channels which the viewers might enjoy. While some of these mini or add-on packs are divided by languages, others have been curated based on genres. One of the biggest... Read More

February 21st, 2019 3:40 PM 4 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Assures Delhi HC and Trai of Timely Subscriber Migration to New Tariff Regime

Tata Sky, a major DTH provider of India, has locked horns with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) in a legal battle which is ongoing in the Delhi High Court. The Delhi High Court on Thursday suspended Tata Sky’s ongoing legal battle, in which Airtel Digital TV, Discovery and Sun Direct are also a part. In its latest move, Delhi High Court has adjourned the case till March 11.... Read More

February 20th, 2019 7:04 AM 15 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Multi TV Connection Charges Gets Cheaper, DTH Operator Also Slashed Prices of Channel Packs

When the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) introduced a new pricing regime, it did not specify rules regarding multiple TV connections by the same person under the same roof. As such, different DTH providers are taking different routes to price their second connection in a single home. While D2h has announced that it would charge Rs 50 as flat NCF fee from its subscribers for the second channel, Tata... Read More

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