Top DTH operators in the country have converted four pay TV channels to the Free to Air (FTA) channels, as per the directions given by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) recently. For the unaware, the MIB and IBF recently announced that four pay-TV channels Colors Rishtey, Zee Anmol, Sony Pal and Star Utsav would be available for free to the customers for the next two months. As part of... Read More
With the launch of d2h Stream, the top three pay DTH operators in India- Tata Sky, Airtel Digital TV and Dish TV now have an Android TV Set-Top Box on offer to the new and existing subscribers. Airtel Digital TV was the first DTH operator in India to come with a hybrid Set-Top Box based on Android TV platform back in 2017. In 2019, the company refreshed the lineup and... Read More
Airtel Digital TV, the DTH arm of Bharti Airtel and third largest pay DTH operator in India has recently collaborated with smart TV brands such as Xiaomi, Samsung and LG to provide Xstream Box at a reduced price. In another collaboration, Airtel Digital TV has teamed up with Detel India to provide 12-month subscription for DTL users on buying Airtel Digital TV HD connection. Under the offer, Detel TV users... Read More
Following the guidelines of Trai, DTH operators Tata Sky and Airtel Digital TV have implemented the National Tariff Order 2.0. Both the companies declared new Network Capacity Fee (NCF) and Multi TV prices which will be applicable starting today. As part of the changes, Tata Sky and Airtel Digital TV will be offering 200 SD FTA channels in the initial slab of Rs 153.4. As we already know, Trai's NTO... Read More
Ahead of National Tariff Order 2.0 implementation, Airtel Digital TV has hiked the NCF charges for Multi TV users. As per the latest update available, the Multi TV users of Airtel Digital TV will now have to pay Rs 100 as NCF every month for the first 100 channels. In the past, the same charges were Rs 80, so it is a disappointing move from the DTH operator. For the... Read More
DTH operators used to charge a lot from the customers for new connections, however, that has changed over the last one year. Right after the new Trai tariff regime became effective, service providers started reducing prices of their Set-Top Boxes in a bid to keep the subscriber addition intact. Tata Sky, which is currently the biggest DTH operator in the country, is providing a new HD connection at just Rs... Read More
The merger talks between Airtel Digital TV and Dish TV finally fell apart over valuation. The country' second and third largest DTH operators have been in talks for more than eight months to create the world's largest DTH operator. However, the talks have now called off and the merger is not happening. Essel Group, the promoters of Dish TV, is now said to be looking for a global financial investor... Read More
Airtel Digital TV subscribers can add or delete channels via the company's Airtel Thanks self-care app and the website. After the introduction of the new tariff regime by Trai, a-la-carte channels are paying a huge role as one individual channel can make a significant difference to the overall monthly DTH subscription. Airtel Digital TV allows its users to add and delete a-la-carte channels by sending an SMS. This process will... Read More
Airtel Digital TV has been trying to dominate the DTH sector for a while now, but the operator is receiving inadequate response due to the sub-par Trai tariff regime which came into effect on April 1, 2019. During the quarter, which ended on December 31, 2019, Airtel Digital TV added just over one lakh new customers which explains the entire story. Similar to other DTH operators, Airtel Digital TV has... Read More
Airtel Digital TV, the DTH arm of Bharti Airtel, has revealed its performance report for the quarter that ended on December 31, 2019. During the quarter, Airtel Digital TV added just over one lakh new users which took its overall user base to 16.3 million as of December 31. Thanks to the Trai tariff regime, DTH operators were unable to add new subscribers, despite coming up with attractive offers on... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) announced amendments to the tariff regime and was supposed to implement the new rules on March 1. As part of the same National Tariff Order (NTO) 2.0, Trai urged broadcasters to announce new channel prices by January 15. However, broadcasters approached the respective local courts going against the NTO 2.0. The court has postponed various hearings and the next one will take place on... Read More
Tata Sky subscribers have many reasons to cheer about their operator and one of them is the overall HD channels being provided to the users. As of January 26, 2020, Tata Sky customers have access to the most number of HD channels compared to any other DTH operator in the country right now. As you already know, we now have just four pay DTH operators and the list stands as... Read More
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