All Entries Tagged With: "DTH"
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 »»»
Dish TV launches Dish tru HD Plus and priced it at Rs.2690
NEW DELHI: Direct to home (DTH) service provider Dish TV India Ltd is focusing on new customer acquisition, high definition technology and digitisation to strengthen its position in the highly competitive DTH market. “In the next one year, our agenda for growth is to acquire new customers and take the benefit of digitisation,” Dish TV Managing Director Jawahar Goel told PTI. On the product and services side, the focus will be on high definition, he added. In 2010-2011, the company added 3.5 million new subscribers. “In the current fiscal the number of new subscribers will be less »»»
Comedy Central now available on Tata Sky
MUMBAI: Direct-to-home (DTH) services provider Tata Sky has added English comedy channel, Comedy Central, on its platform. Comedy Central, the latest channel from the Viacom18 stable, will be available on channel no 218 on Tata Sky platform in its English Entertainment pack. Priced at Rs 50 per month, the English Entertainment pack has nine more channels- AXN, BBC Entertainment, Discovery Turbo, Fox Crime, FX, NDTV Good Times, Star World, TLC and Zee Café. Comedy Central, has a mix of various comedy genres such as sitcoms, stand-up and gags, British comedy, sketch comedy, etc. The channel’s »»»
Airtel Digital TV launches iKidsworld on its platform
MUMBAI: Airtel Digital TV, the DTH service from Bharti Airtel, has launched a new interactive educational service for kids, iKidsworld. The service expands the interactive bouquet offering of Airtel Digital TV and engages kids at every step. The user interface is designed to make learning enjoyable for the kids, the company said. The video content of iKidsworld offers activities like stories, hobbies, songs, rhymes, math puzzles, science facts and quizzes. Powered by Fundoodaa, the content of iKidsworld is designed to enhance a child’s knowledge, pique their curiosity, challenge their thinking »»»
Government knew of Devas deal at every stage, says Madhavan Nair
Indicted over the controversial 2005 Antrix-Devas agreement signed during his tenure as ISRO chairman, G. Madhavan Nair told The Hindu in an interview at his residence on Sunday that several people within the government — not least from the Prime Minister’s Office — were well aware of the details of the deal at every stage. Mid-2005, the Space Commission “cleared” the construction of two satellites for a private company, said Mr. Nair. A note prepared by the Department of Space for the Cabinet Committee on Security in February 2011 said the Space Commission and the Cabinet had not »»»
Dhoots to offload minority stake in Videocon d2h DTH
Mumbai: Dhoots, promoters of world’s largest picture tube maker Videocon group with interests in energy, have decided to sell a minority stake in Bharat Broadcasting Corporation which provides Direct to Home (DTH) television service under the Videocon D2H brand, two people familiar with the development said. Videocon owns 100% stake in the DTH business now. “We are deliberating a stake sale,” a person with direct knowledge of the negotiations said. The company is talking to private equity (PE) funds to sell stake, a second person familiar with the development said. One of the PEs Dhoots have »»»
Sun Direct introduces ‘CINEMA PLUS ADD-ON’ promotional pack for all existing subscribers
Chennai, 17th January, 2012: Sun Direct the leading DTH player in India today announced its new ‘CINEMA PLUS ADD-ON’ promotional pack offer for all its existing subscribers; this three month renewal offer priced at just Rs.96/- gets subscribers an extra one month free viewing of their favourite channels. This offer is packed with the 24 hours ad-free Cinema Plus services which offers round the clock blockbuster movies in all the four south Indian languages; customized to cater to a market where movies drives a large portion of television entertainment the ‘CINEMA PLUS ADD-ON’ Pack delivers »»»
