The Set-Top Boxes (STBs) are necessary for Indian consumers to watch TV, even if they want to watch free-to-air (FTA) channels. The Indian government has realised that it puts pressure on consumers to purchase an STB even when they don't want to. To ensure that customers don't have to spend money on something they don't really need, the government has come up with a plan. The Information and Broadcasting (I&B)... Read More
The Direct-to-Home (DTH) market is continuously losing subscribers in India. The falling trend is likely to continue because of the rapid growth of OTT (over-the-top) content platforms and the wide reach of the internet in the country. The Indian DTH market shrunk by 2.17% in Q2 FY23. The data was published by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in its quarterly performance indicator report. From 67.04 million subscribers during... Read More
Direct-to-Home (DTH) services are soon going to get more expensive than what it costs right now. In the coming weeks, consumers will see the impact of the New Tariff Order (NTO) 3.0. The DTH operators will pass on the rising cost implemented by the broadcasters to the consumers. But it won't happen in one go. According to an ET report, the DTH players will look to increase the price of... Read More
Due to rising a la carte and bouquet channel prices from top TV broadcasters, customers should expect their monthly TV subscription expenses to go up. The new prices will take effect on February 1 of the following year. Sun TV Network, Culver Max Entertainment, and Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEE) have submitted their reference interconnect offers (RIO). These are documents that a service provider publishes that outline the terms and conditions... Read More
Football is the most watched sport in the World. The biggest football tournament, FIFA World Cup 2022, started with a bang. There have been some major upsets and shocks so far. A lot of football attention towards the FIFA World Cup 2022 is given by the Indian fans. For this edition of the FIFA World Cup, the official broadcasters for India's matches are Sports 18 1, Sports 18 1 HD,... Read More
The Indian government has ordered a special audit of DTH (Direct-to-Home) operators in India, including Airtel Digital TV, Tata Play, Dish TV and Sun Direct. The audit is over the long-running dispute over the license fees. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India have been ordered by the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for an intensive audit of all the DTH service providers in the country. The audit... Read More
The Direct-to-Home (DTH) operators are clearly struggling to keep active and paying users in their subscriber base. For consecutive quarters now, the number of active subscribers in the DTH sector has dipped. From 68.89 million users at the end of September 2021, the number of active paying subscribers for the DTH industry reduced to 68.52 million at the end of December 2021. If this feels like a small negative change... Read More
Reliance Jio can never do what Bharti Airtel can do with Airtel Black. Airtel Black is one of the most unique bundled digital services in the country. Even Vodafone Idea can’t follow Airtel’s steps in creating services such as Airtel Black. Jio might be the number one telecom operator in the country, but it doesn’t have any Direct-to-Home (DTH) arm to compete with Airtel’s DTH brand. The fact is, to... Read More
D2h, a major Direct-to-Home (DTH) service provider in the country, has launched two new channels packs for inactive users in the country. These channel packs will be available starting April 1, 2022, for those customers who were declared inactive as of February 28, 2022. D2h will avail these packs to people in all states except Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu. The SES8 customers and D2h customers declared inactive... Read More
Direct-to-Home (DTH) operators have slightly been sidelined by the popular over-the-top (OTT) platforms. Most of the broadcasters have their own OTT apps too with a freemium business model where a lot of content that people have to pay for to watch on TVs is free. For the last few months, the subscriber churn rate for the DTH operators has been high and stagnant. There are very limited DTH operators in... Read More
Sun Direct, a major Direct-to-Home (DTH) service provider in Southern India, has introduced multiple new channel packs and discontinued some of the old ones. All of the new plans are now available for the subscribers to recharge on the company’s website and mobile app. A total of eleven (11) channel packs have been removed, while three (3) new ones have been added. Sun Direct Channel Packs Which Have Been Removed... Read More
Dish TV is one of the largest Direct-to-Home (DTH) operators in India. The company offers its users the option of downloading its application on their smartphones. The Dish TV app is available for both iOS as well as Android smartphone users. Note that the application is only of use to people who have an active Dish TV or Zing TV subscription. If you are a Dish TV customer, you can... Read More
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