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Airtel digital TV Expands linear channel count to 238, total 247 channels
New Delhi: Airtel digital TV-the DTH service from Bharti Airtel, today announced that it has added 41 new channels to its bouquet. The largest ever channel expansion exercise since its inception, has enhanced Airtel digital TV’s total channel options across linear, interactive channels to 247. With this, Airtel digital TV now has 7 most popular True High Definition (HD) channels-NGC, Discovery, Movies Now, Star Gold, Star Movies, Star Plus, Star World on its platform. The addition of 41 channels across a cross section of genres and 9 languages, takes Airtel digital TV’s count of linear channels »»»
Airtel digital TV adds 41 new channels
Enhances HD offering-now has 7 most popular True HD channels on its platform Expands linear channel count to 238, now offers a total of 247 channels Adds 4 English channels in High Definition- Offers True HD Pack for just INR 65/- per month New additions in Standard Definition include 5 Telugu, 2 Tamil, 2 Malayalam, 2 Kannada, 11 Hindi, 1 Bhojpuri, 1 Oriya,1 Bengali and 12 English channels New Delhi, July 18, 2011: Airtel digital TV-the DTH service from Bharti Airtel, today announced that it has added 41 new channels to its bouquet. The largest ever channel expansion exercise since its inception, »»»
Airtel digital TV partners with Viacom 18-Colors
Airtel digital TV, the DTH service by Bharti Airtel announced that it has entered into a partnership with Viacom 18-Colors to launch its first subscription service offering 24|7 movie and video content. Superhitz will be available via subscription to all Airtel digital TV’s 6 million customers across the country. With this, customers can now watch a collection of Bollywood blockbusters on Channel 159 by subscribing to this new monthly service on Airtel digital TV. Superhitz will show 10 odd movies in the first month of launch, with more titles to be added over the subsequent months. Whats more-Actor »»»
Airtel digital TV customers can watch all channels in High Definition
Airtel digital TV has enabled all its High Definition (HD) and HD Recorder Set Top Boxes (STBs) to upscale its complete array of Standard Definition (SD) channels to HD like quality (resolution -1080) with a 16:9 wide aspect ratio. Customers can view all their favorite programs with enhanced contrast with sharper, brighter and more vivid picture quality. This feature is available at no extra charge for all Airtel digital TV HD, HD Recorder customers. The effort is consistent to Airtel digital TV’s efforts of driving innovation to bring in propositions that make technology both useful and future »»»
Airtel Digital TV adds 3.07 million subs in FY’11
MUMBAI: Airtel Digital TV, the direct-to-home (DTH) arm of Bharti Airtel, has maintained its 25 per cent incremental share and added 3.07 million subscribers during the fiscal ended 31 March 2011. Airtel Digital TV has a total subscriber base of 5.66 million by 31 March 2011. Bharti Airtel CMO (DTH) Sugato Banerji said, “We are maintaining our 25 per cent incremental subscriber growth rate. Out of every four new DTH subscribers, one is opting for Airtel Digital TV. And we hope to continue this in the next fiscal.” In the fourth quarter of the fiscal, the company managed to add 0.73 million »»»
Extra cover: TV, DTH bonanza for cricket fans ahead
Direct-to-home service providers and TV manufacturers gear up for ICC Cricket World cup, set to launch special offers It’s barely a month before the ICC Cricket World Cup dominates our screens, but hold on to your enthusiasm. If you are inclined to believe cricket buff Amit Chorde, the time is not ripe to ramp up your TV screens or engage in finding the right direct-to-home operator. Chorde has made several rounds at electronics stores to conclude: “While prices of LED TVs have dropped a little from 2010 – about Rs 2,000-Rs 5,000 depending on the brands – there seems to be no free bundled »»»
DTH players on the front foot
Direct-to-home service providers eye a 21 per cent growth in 2011-12 on the back of consumer excitement to watch the 43-day ICC Cricket World Cup on high definition. Direct-to-home operators are eyeing the 43-day ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 – jointly hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh – to increase their subscriber base. In June 2010, India had 23.5 million DTH subscribers. While the industry recorded around 18 per cent growth on a year-on-year basis in 2010, it is all set to grow at 21 per cent in 2011-12. The estimated growth is expected on the back of consumer excitement to watch the »»»
