March 26th, 2021 6:44 PM 1 COMMENTS

Cheaper OTT, DTH Set to Halt Cable TV Subscriptions in India

The number of cable TV users in India continued to remain at 103 million in the 2020 financial year, Statista said in a report in early March. The company highlighted that the number of cable TV users in India already hit 103 million in the 2019 financial year having witnessed a dip in the previous years. In the 2017 financial year, Statista, a German company engaged in market and consumer... Read More

December 29th, 2020 3:09 PM 0 COMMENTS

Streaming Apps May Have Significant Impact on Cable TV Connections

ICICI Securities on Monday said in a report that the streaming apps such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video may have a "significant impact" on cable TV connections in India. The company engaged in the financial services said that the “increasing adoption of streaming apps” may result in the number of cable TV connections to decline. ICICI Securities highlighted that the streaming apps had “limited success” in the country in... Read More

January 30th, 2020 12:42 PM 9 COMMENTS

Trai Runs Into Dilemma Over Regulation of OTT Applications Like WhatsApp and Facebook

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is the highest authority when it comes to rules and regulations in the telecom industry. Apart from this, Trai also has its hands in the DTH and broadcasting industry and regulates these sectors as well. However, since the past few years, there have been discussions going on about the regulation of the OTT applications as well. The OTT applications like WhatsApp, Facebook and... Read More

September 24th, 2019 12:54 PM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Binge: Is It Enough to Take On the New Competition?

The DTH industry is no longer the DTH-only industry. There has been an amalgamation of digital services and the satellite TV services which have changed how the users are consuming entertainment these days. There is a population who is watching TV channels and another population which is consuming content online, and then there are most people like yours and ourselves who are likely doing both. For subscribers like these, Tata... Read More

August 27th, 2019 5:48 AM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Sky Binge or DishSMRT Stick, Which is the Best One to Pair With Your DTH Connection

The DTH sector has been seeing a blow from OTT content platforms and other platforms which offer video-on-demand content. As such, the DTH companies have been working towards developing solutions which would allow their subscribers to access online content alongside their DTH channels. For this, Tata Sky has introduced its Binge service, which allows the Tata Sky subscribers to access content from various streaming sites on their TV screen. Similarly,... Read More

July 3rd, 2019 6:52 PM 7 COMMENTS

Trai Mandate Effect: OTT Apps Might Prove Damaging to DTH Viewership and Revenue

After the introduction of the new tariff regime by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) which changed a lot of parameters in the industry, many areas of the DTH and broadcasting sector were affected. However, owing to the rise in prices, and the tedious migration process which the subscribers had to face, the customers were attracted to the OTT apps and video-on-demand platforms. Applications like Netflix, ZEE5, Hotstar and... Read More

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