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Indian DTH players focus on market share as digitisation approaches
Kolkata, March 19: As the June 30 deadline for digitisation in the four metros approaches, DTH players like Dish TV and Tata Sky are going into overdrive. If Tata Sky is going for value additions to grab a larger slice of the Rs 22,500-cable sector market (analogue +digital), then Dish TV has begun fishing in multiple service operators’ territory. Dish TV, which already has 12.5 million subscribers, will now partner the cable operators to gain a foothold in localities that were designated to them during the analogue days. The local operator will sell connections (DTH) and also be responsible »»»
Dish TV adds 5 new channels BIG CBS Prime, BIG CBS Spark, BIG CBS Love, Ten Golf and Puthiya Thalaimurai on its platform
Today, Dish TV has added 5 new channels BIG CBS Prime, BIG CBS Spark, BIG CBS Love, Ten Golf and Puthiya Thalaimurai on its platform. Zee Entertainment Enterprises (Zeel)’s 24-hour golf channel, Ten Golf, is officially launched on today, March 15th, 2012 and exclusively available only on Dish TV platform. Here is the channels list with channel number of 5 new channels added on Dish TV: 447 – BIG CBS Prime (English Entertainment Channel) 448 – BIG CBS Spark (English Youth Entertainment Channel) 449 – BIG CBS Love (International Women’s Entertainment Channel) 651 – Ten »»»
DTH industry seeks tax sops
NEW DELHI: The direct-to-home (DTH) platforms have made a strong plea for doing away with the entertainment tax levied by the states and the 10.3 per cent service tax levied by the Centre. The DTH Operators Association of India has said that the entertainment tax is unethical as only the broadcasters or those who generate programmes should be taxed. Harit Nagpal, President of the Association, told indiantelevision.com that the entertainment tax varies from state to state and the average percentage was around 10 per cent. Nagpal, who is MD and CEO of Tata Sky, said all the DTH players have to pay »»»
Dish TV ties up with neighbourhood operators to push own set-top boxes & install connections
NEW DELHI: Stiff challenge from digital cable operators has forced India’s biggest direct to home (DTH) television company, Dish TV, to tie up with neighbourhood cable operators, opening up a new front in the war between the DTH and cable industries. India’s top four metros-Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata-will replace all analog television networks with digital transmission from July 1, 2012. This has led to a scramble between multi system operators (companies which create and distribute a bouquet of channels through cable networks) and DTH operators who transmit their own bouquet »»»
Budget 2012: Reduce tax burden on DTH industry, says Dish TV
NEW DELHI: Dish TV said it is looking for positive steps from the government to reduce the heavy taxation on Direct to Home industry as the service providers are paying multiple taxes such as service tax , entertainment tax , license fee and value added tax. The company has urged the government to provide some relief in license fee by reducing it from the current 10% to 6% as earlier recommended by Trai. Salil Kapoor COO Dish TV said, “The double charge of service tax and entertainment tax should be subsumed in Good and Service Tax.” The company also said that the government should »»»
India’s DTH base ends 2011 with 45 million subscribers
India’s DTH pay TV market ended 2011 with almost 44.4 million subscribers, 30 million of which were on a net basis. This is equivalent to 25-30 per cent average market share, according to Media Partners Asia’s (MPA) latest research findings. Dish TV continues to lead with a market share of 28.2 per cent, while late entrant Videocon D2H has seen robust additions to surpass Big TV. Tata Sky and Airtel Digital TV have 19 per cent and 16 per cent market share, respectively. Big TV and Sun Direct have seen limited growth due to funding, churn and legacy satellite issues. In November 2011, major »»»
Dish TV launches Dish truHD+ with unlimited recording capacity
New Delhi: Creating yet another benchmark in technological innovation in the DTH industry, Dish TV India, the country’s largest direct-to-home service provider, announced the launch of Dish truHD+ with an unlimited recording capacity, at an unmatched price of Rs. 2690 for the consumers. The unique feature of Dish truHD+ is its compatibility with any USB device enabling consumers to simply plug and play an existing USB stick/ HDD, and build an entire library of their favorite programmes. Dish truHD+ will have dual advantage of all HD and DVR features, at the price of existing HD box only! The »»»
