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Indian DTH subscriber base crosses 41 Million
NEW DELHI: Pay direct-to-home (DTH) television platforms have a registered subscriber base of 41,044,463 as in September this year, showing a steady increase over the past four years. The registered subscriber base for pay DTH was 11,104,997 in December 2008, 19,148,848 in December 2009 and 32,054,073 in December 2010. There is no record of subscribers to the free-to-air Doordarshan’s DTH platform DD Direct Plus since it entails a one-time expenditure of purchase of dish antennae and there is no subscription base. Meanwhile, Information and Broadcasting Ministry sources said that no policy »»»
Sun Direct increase the prices of Basic Packs, Add-On Packs & A-La-Carte
Sun Direct has increased the prices of Basic Packs, Add-On Packs & A-La-Carte. The New Prices are effective from 02nd December, 2011. Find all the details by clicking on the links below. Basic Packs – Price Details Add-On Packs – Price Details A-La-Carte – Price Details ...
Opportunities in offing for TV media companies?
Analogue cable will soon become history in India. The government has approved full digitization of cable services. Although the implementation will be in a phased manner, by 2012, all metro cities will be completely digitized. This will be followed by the cities with a population of more than 1 m which will be covered by March 2013. By September 2014 all urban areas would be covered and by the end of year 2014, the entire country will be fully digitized. This digitization will bring in a whole new dynamic environment for companies in the TV media space. Analogue cable will have to be completely »»»
Digital Cable TV Versus DTH: Which One To Go For & Why?
Till now it has been a no-brainer what you need to have for home entertainment. On the one hand, there is the Direct-to-home (DTH) service ensuring sharp picture and voice quality, giving you the power to choose the channels you want and even offering interactive elements such as video-on-demand and gaming. On the other hand, you have the analogue cable television with poor reception and a whole bundle of channels you never want but have to pay for. Indeed, there is another technology called IPTV where your broadband Internet service provider allows you to access television channels. But then, »»»
Complete list of HD channels avialable in India
As of now 23 Full Time True HD (1920 X 1080i pixels) channels are available in India, but sad part is that not even a single DTH operator in the country is providing all True HD Channels under their platform. Currently 6 DTH operators are providing HD Services in India naming Dish TV, Tata Sky, Sun Direct, Reliance Digital TV, Airtel Digital TV & Videocon D2H. Here is the list of Full Time True HD channels available in India as on 31st October, 2011. Angel TV HD, CNBC TV18 HD, Colors HD, Discovery HD World, ESPN HD, History TV18 HD, iConcerts HD, MTunes HD, Movies Now HD, National Geographic »»»
More trouble for Dayanidhi Maran; grant of DTH to Sun Direct under CBI scanner
NEW DELHI: After his alleged involvement in the 2G scam and leasing of telephone lines, former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran’s ‘role’ in sanctioning of spectrum to Sun Direct is now being looked into by the CBI. The agency had sought the files from Department of Telecom related to spectrum allocation made to direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasters by seeking details of sanction of bandwidth. The decision to probe the DTH broadcasters was taken after agency sleuths found that some of the telecom companies, under probe in the 2G scam, were also broadcasters of the service, official »»»
Sun Direct added “Kochu TV” a 24 hr Malayalam Kids Channel
Sun TV Network launched Kochu TV, a 24-hour Malayalam channel exclusively for kids on 16th October, 2011. From the day of its launch, it is available on Sun Direct on Channel No.206. As per Sun Direct website, Kochu TV is available in all packages and for the customers who go for Pick your pack, it is available as À-la-carte at price Rs 12. Here are few images of Kochu TV. ...
