Reliance Jio DTH Service: What We Know So Far

Over the course of last eight months, the Indian telecom sector has witnessed insane changes such as 1GB data price coming down to as low as $0.33. Special thanks to Reliance Jio here because the company offered free LTE services for six months, which helped it gain 100 million subscribers in no time, and also forced incumbent telecom operators to offer more at cheaper rates.

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However, Jio is not only trying to make its presence felt in the telecom sector but is also betting big on the digital content services. If the rumours are believed to be true, Reliance Jio Infocomm’s (RJIL) next services could be Jio DTH and Jio GigaFiber. In the last few months, the Jio DTH service has been in the news.

Recently, clear images of the Jio DTH set-top box have surfaced online, followed by a complete setup and hands-on video by a Reliance Industries employee, which showed that the service does not come with any fancy features. Going by the leaked images and video, we can confirm that the STB does not come with any fancy features as the Airtel Internet TV.

The Jio STB is not an IPTV based one. It just serves as any other set-top box available in the market. Also, it doesn’t come bundled with online content services such as Netflix, YouTube, etc., which is a letdown.

In the YouTube video (which can be watched from here), the user claimed that Jio is testing the service for now and it has only 150 satellite channels which also includes some HD channels. The Jio STB also comes with RJ45 port along with two USB ports – one on the front and the other on the back. Users can connect the STB to their TV via HDMI port.