Mumbai: Direct-to-home (DTH) service providers Tata Sky and Airtel Digital TV have hiked the prices for new SD and HD set-top-box connections. The gap in prices between traditional STBs and hybrid STBs was reduced considerably.
Tata Sky has revised its cost for new SD and HD connections and hiked the rates by Rs 200 and Rs 400 respectively. An SD connection that was previously priced at Rs 1499 now costs Rs 1699 and an HD connection priced Rs 1499 now costs Rs 1899. These costs include a one-time installation charge (Rs 350), activation charge (Rs 100) and accessories such as LNB, antenna and 10 metre cable. The new rates are published on the Tata Sky website. The price of the Tata Sky Binge Plus STB remains unchanged at Rs 2499.
Airtel Digital TV also published its revised STB rates after Tata Sky's announcement. An Airtel HD STB connection that was earlier priced at Rs 1300 will now cost Rs 1850. The Airtel Xstream Basic STB and Airtel Xstream Premium STB are priced at Rs 2150 and Rs 2949 respectively. For customers based in Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad, Airtel HD STB costs Rs 1500.
It should be noted that subscription fees for pay-TV channels and network capacity fee will be charged separately.
Mumbai: Shorts TV, a short entertainment destination, is available on Tata Play Binge. For the discerning audiences, this latest addition will bring the best of short format content – films, series & documentaries from across the world under the Tata Play Binge unified platform.
Mumbai : During the recently concluded 5th Annual e-auction of MPEG-4 slots, Prasar Bharati sold 11 slots. The DD Free Dish slots have been sold for a year, from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024. Aastha Bhajan, Aastha Tamil, Bansal News, Chardikla Time TV, MH ONE DIL SE, News 18 UP/UK, News State UP/...
Mumbai: Prasar Bharti’s free direct-to-home (DTH) platform announced the return of two general entertainment channels, Sony Pal and Colors Rishtey, effective from 1 December. The free-to-air platform has unveiled the comeback news of big media giants via a tweet shared on 21 November. Sony Pal...
The new findings from Chrome Data Analytics and Media's July Subscriber Establishment Survey (SES) reported a significant drop in cable and satellite (C&S) homes, where the subscriber base has dropped from 201.2 million to 165.1 million households since 2019.
Dish TV, the DTH service provider has announced that director Jawahar Lal Goel has resigned from the board of the company.
Dish TV India on Wednesday announced their financial results for the first quarter of the financial year 2022–2023. The company's reported net profit declined 64.47 per cent to Rs 17.85 crore in the quarter ended June 2022 as against Rs 50.24 crore during the previous quarter ended June 2021.
Mumbai: DTH operator Dish TV has announced that the board of directors at their meeting held on Friday, i.e. 29 July, 2022 has inter-alia, upon receipt of requisite approval from the ministry of information and broadcasting and on the recommendation of the nomination and remuneration committee,...
Mumbai: The number of pay direct-to-home (DTH) subscribers decreased sharply from 68.52 million to 66.92 million in the quarter ended on 31 March 2022, as per latest Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) performance indicator report. It has lost a total of 1.6 million subscribers during the...
Mumbai: NewSpace India (NSIL) on Thursday successfully launched GSAT-24 in its first “demand-driven” communication satellite mission post space sector reforms, leasing the entire capacity on board to direct-to-home (DTH) service Tata Play, as per a news agency report. The 24 Ku-band communication...