Even as broadcast regulator TRAI sent out yet another reminder to cable and DTH users in the country to switch to new plans under the 2017 tariff order, India’s biggest DTH operator continued to ask users to wait for the “tariff order to become applicable” and for “channel prices to be finalized”. The apparent disconnect […]
With the telecom and media regulator asking for daily reports from DTH and cable players on migration of consumers to TRAI-compliant plans ahead of the Jan 31 deadline, many consumers have complained of being moved to unwanted packs by their providers. Under TRAI Tariff Order 2017, all cable and DTH subscribers have to be moved […]
An analysis of over 300 channel packs and plans announced by prominent broadcasters like Star, Zee Entertainment, Sony, Sun TV and TV18 under new TRAI tariff rules reveals that Star has the highest number of such packs. The company, which has only 43 pay channels, has managed to create a whopping 72 packs and plans […]
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, the agency that oversees the telecom and media sector in India, today refuted rumors that the implementation of the tariff order has been postponed beyond February 1 and asked consumers to move to the new plans without leaving it for the last moment. The clarification came in the wake of […]
India’s major DTH broadcasters have declared their channel lists and prices under TRAI’s new tariff rules, and an analysis of the same reveals that Tata Sky continues to be undisputed king of HD Channels in India, followed closely by Airtel Digital and Sun Direct. Dish TV and D2h, meanwhile, have slightly less comprehensive lists of […]
Sony Pictures India has become the fourth broadcaster to revamp its channel packages under new TRAI rules, responding to market conditions. Broadcasters like Zee, Times Network and TV18 had earlier tweaked their channel prices to make them more affordable and accessible to users. With Sony also tweaking its packages, Star India remains as the only […]
Bharti Airtel has become the fourth DTH operator to unveil a list of supported channel packages that will be offered from its network from February 1. At 270 packs, Airtel leads in supporting broadcaster’s attempt to drive sales via the use of packs or bundles. Dish TV had earlier given a list of around 204 […]
The curious case of the missing Star India channel packs on DTH platforms like D2h and Sun Direct has pointed to the position of relative strength enjoyed by platforms like Tata Sky and Airtel Digital in the new TRAI regime. Under the new rules, distribution platforms like Tata Sky, Dish TV and Sun Direct are […]
Sun Direct has become the third DTH service to announce its list of supported channel packs and their prices. As expected none of Star’s channel packs are available on the platform. With this, only Airtel Digital and Tata Sky remain to reveal their channel packs and pricing under the new TRAI rules. As for Sun […]
A day after publishing individual channel prices, D2h, formerly known as Videocon D2h, has published its list of supported broadcaster packages. What is most remarkable about the list of over 100 packs is that none of them are from Star India. Other networks, such as Times, Discovery, Sun TV and Zee are very well represented […]
Airtel Digital has become the latest DTH operator to update its channel prices according to the new TRAI rules. With this, practically all DTH and bigger cable companies except two have come out with new plans and prices to comply with TRAI’s tariff order issued in July this year. Even as Airtel Digital updated the […]
Dish TV, India’s largest pay TV platform, today unveiled the list of channels, packs and prices available on its platform under the new TRAI rules. Like other competitors, the company has largely stuck to the prices and packs announced by broadcasters like Star India and Zee Entertainment, and does not offer much by way of […]
With the deadline for cable and DTH players to publish their channel packs and prices only a few hours away, operators have published lists of free channels as well as pay channels available on their platforms. Free channels, also called FTA or Free-to-Air, are the ones that any DTH or cable subscriber can activate without […]
D2h, formerly known as Videocon D2h, has come out with two new 100-channel base packs for its customers. The packs comprise only free channels, and customers need to pay only the network charge to watch them. The network charge will be Rs 154 per month or less, including all taxes. It should be noted that […]
With just six hours remaining for the expiry of TRAI’s deadline for the announcement of new channel packs and prices, three of India’s biggest cable networks — Den Networks, Hathway Cable and Siti Cable — have announced their new plans and details. The latest to do so was Hathway Cable, which has given two separate […]
All cable and DTH players, including Dish TV, D2h, Tata Sky, Hathway, Den Networks, Airtel Digital and Sun Direct, have been directed to reveal their new TV channel packs and prices by end of day today. In an update posted on TRAI’s website on Friday, the regulator reminded cable and DTH companies that they must […]
Faced with less-than-prompt co-operation from some cable and DTH operators, broadcast regulator TRAI has given an extra 34 days for consumers to switch to news packs and prices via their cable and DTH operators. Under a new direction, Cable and DTH operators have been ordered to put up their new plans and schemes on their […]
Even as cable and DTH companies prepare to pull most of the expensive channels out of their base packs from December 29 over pricing issues, three broadcasters — Times Network, TV18 and Zee Entertainment — have reduced or rationalized their channel prices and packs. While Times Network has cut the price of 10 out of […]
Several smaller broadcasters, including the Times Group, Discovery Communications, Disney, Turner International and Raj TV have announced channel packs and prices under the new TRAI tariff scheme applicable from December 29. Unlike the bigger names like Star, Sony and Zee, the smaller companies have announced lower prices — both for individual channels as well as […]
Sony Pictures Networks India, the company runs popular TV channels such as Sony Entertainment Television, Max, AXN & Ten Sports, has unveiled a clutch of channel packs ahead of the December 29 deadline by the TRAI for the introduction of new tariff plans. SONY’S UPDATED PACKS CAN BE SEEN HERE The key difference between Sony’s […]
