Tata Sky is the leading DTH operator of India. Some of the other DTH operators such as Airtel Digital TV, Dish TV, and d2h also have a good market share in the TV subscription industry. But to avail DTH services, you need a Set-Top Box. Set-Top Boxes don’t come for free though, you need to pay a certain fee for it. There are different types of Set-Top Boxes and there... Read More
Airtel Digital TV has more than 15 million customers. It has been successful in becoming one of the major DTH operators in the country. Now it may happen that sometimes you go on a break from subscribing to any of the channel packs. That would count as a ‘pause’ for you. Then when you resume subscribing with the DTH operator, you will have to pay a fee known as ‘resumption... Read More
Airtel Digital TV has become one of the largest DTH operators in India. It started its service back in 2008 and since then it has grown multiple folds. Airtel Digital TV is owned by Bharti Airtel and that is why has one of the best resources for management. The DTH operator has brought several offers related to the Set-Top Box for its customers. The Airtel Digital TV Set-Top Box prices... Read More
The Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced that the Government of India has tied up with Direct-to-Home (DTH) operators like Tata Sky and Airtel Digital TV to air 12 new Swayam Prabha channels. The Swayam Prabha is a group of channels initiated by the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) dedicated to air educational content through DTH platforms. Sitharaman said that the new channels are in addition to... Read More
One of the charges that every DTH subscriber has to pay is Network Capacity Fee (NCF). It has to be paid for every DTH connection that you purchase. So in case you have two DTH connection, then you have to pay NCF for each of them. When the second connection is from the same DTH provider, it is called Multi TV connection. Earlier, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai)... Read More
Tata Sky and Airtel Digital TV have wrapped up the complimentary access to interactive services that were offered free to the subscribers in the initial days of lockdown. Tata Sky enabled free access to 10 interactive services including Tata Sky Fitness that received positive response from Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports Kiren Rijiju. Similarly, Bharti Airtel through its Digital TV offered three services for no additional charge... Read More
Airtel is one of the biggest DTH service providers in the market today. But there are more big market players who are in the same segment as of Airtel and Tata Sky is one such DTH company. After witnessing regulatory changes last year, the DTH industry in India has grown at a rapid speed. Many of the subscribers opted for different DTH service providers after the regulatory changes came to... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) in November 2019 announced its recommendations on the platform services (PS) offered by Direct-to-home (DTH) operators which included capping of such services. In its recommendations, the authority suggested that the platform services be limited to 3% of the total channel carrying capacity of an operator and to a maximum of 15 service channels. While the industry opposed the recommendations from Trai, several months... Read More
The entire world is facing trouble from the outbreak of Coronavirus. Almost, every industry is facing operational issues, and everything is getting shut down as a precautionary measure. To stop the outbreak of COVID-19, the Indian government imposed a 21 days lockdown period from March 25, 2020, and also urged people to follow social distancing amidst stressful times. Since the entire nation is in lockdown, people have been working from... Read More
Airtel Xstream is one of the premium digital content platforms in India. The platform offers a wide variety of premium content to its customers from all segments. Recently, Bharti Airtel has been providing lucrative offers and benefits to its customers to keep them engaged in the lockdown period. To ensure that parents are relieved at homes, during the quarantine period, Bharti Airtel has announced that Airtel Thanks customers will get... Read More
DTH arm of Bharti Airtel, Airtel Digital TV, has silently announced that it will be making four platform services available for free during the lockdown period in India. As the current lockdown period is expected to end on April 14, Airtel Digital TV will be providing the four platform channels at no extra cost to the subscribers till April 14. Notably, other DTH operators also announced this move recently and... Read More
Airtel Digital TV, the DTH arm of Bharti Airtel is one of the most famous names in the DTH industry. The DTH operator has more than 16.5 million subscribers and is one of the fastest-growing DTH operators in India. Airtel Digital TV ships some of the best offers and plans to its customers and it is leading when it comes to value-added services. DTH subscribers of Airtel Digital TV enjoy... Read More
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