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Is Tata Sky TV A Great Hit Digital TV Market?

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Digital TV in India is not limited to just clear picture quality anymore; the new Tata Sky adds a whole new meaning to it. It entered the Indian market with the aim of offering a completely new TV watching experience for the viewers in the country and managed to bring a revolution to the television and broadcasting industry.

Initially, it introduced users to better picture quality, and opposite to normal cable television, which raised the standard of Indian television just like in the western countries. But, now with the increasing competition in the market, the brand is offering a lot more than just quality picture. Tata Sky has several features that include recording, High Definition (HD) feature and much more. The brand offers different variants of digital TV like Tata Sky DTH, Tata Sky HD and Tata Sky Plus, which also vary in features, but allows subscribers to make a choice based on their budget and requirements.

As the government of India has recently made digitization of the television compulsory in the metro cities, it has resulted as a blessing for the private companies offering digital TV. Now, individuals prefer to choose private players in the market for their better services and competitive prices.

Today, Tata Sky is definitely one of the best options in the DTH market and leading due to its exceptional quality and unique features, despite of comparatively higher prices than some of its competitors. The brand has designed all its DTH plans after a detailed research on the subscribers’ behavior and preferences when it comes to watching television. All the channels are very well segregated into different categories to suit various different customer profiles. This way it becomes easier to choose plans including channels of their choice, which benefit them in terms of money and entertainment.

We at Connect India offer a wide range of Digital TV plans, be it Tata Sky DTH, Tata Sky HD or Tata Sky Plus. Here, you get a wide range of options, so you can compare and buy a plan matching your requirements and budget.

Top 3 Reasons To Buy An Airtel Digital TV Connection

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It’s that time in India, when TV viewing experience is on the threshold of change. With the HD digital TV revolution, all eyes are tuned to Digital TV and its features. Whenever you watch TV, you are inundated with advertisements for “Direct-To-Home” or DTH providers like Airtel Digital TV, Tata Sky, Videocon D2H and more.  However, in order to get a DTH connection, you will need to get a set top box with or without a “personal video recorder: PVR”.

A DTH connection includes a Dish Antenna and a set top box. So, knowing what your DTH provider is going to give you as hardware will help you determine if you TV is compatible with it or not. Listed below are some pointers to ensuring you get the best DTH connection, whether it is Airtel Digital TV, Airtel DTH HD or any other like TATA Sky etc.

3 Reasons to Buy an Airtel Digital TV

1.       Set Top Box or Recorder
You have the choice of getting a set-top-box or a set-top-box with recorder. A standard Airtel DTH STB will only relay channels and not allow you to do much else. But, subscribing to Airtel DTH HD recorder is a good option, though you may have to pay a slight premium to record your favorite shows, skip ads, pause live TV and watch movies on demand.

 2.       Ease of Use
When you buy an Airtel DTH connection, you benefit from a wide range of user friendly features. Also, Airtel DTH TV is easy to use and allows you flexibility, without overwhelming you with technology. Airtel allows you to make Airtel DTH recharge online as well as allows you to choose from various Airtel DTH plans whenever you want.

 3.       Remote Scheduling
Whether you want to record your favorite Soap or a cricket match that you may miss out on, remote scheduling is a great way to ensure that you get to watch all your favorite programs, anytime you want.

There are several other reasons to buy an Airtel DTH connection, so visit Connect India to know about them.

Custom Made Packages On Airtel Digital TV

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Airtel Digital TV service was launched in 2008 and is owned and run by Bharti Airtel, one of India’s top Mobile service providers. Subscribers of Airtel dish TV can enjoy over 218+ Channels out of which 17 Channels are High Definition. Subscribers of Airtel DTH TV can enjoy services like “Pay per View”, customizable plans, Airtel DTH recharge over the Internet among others.

Airtel Digital TV has been rated by Living Digital Magazine as the “Best DTH Service” in India as well as has been named as the “Most tech savvy operator” and the “most technically advanced service” by Times of India. In an independent survey taken out by Techwek.com, Airtel Digital TV (HD) Recorder got a rating of 9/10 in a review for “the best HD DVR in India” beating Tata Sky+ HD.

There are plenty of other reasons why subscribing to Airtel Dish TV is a good decision. Airtel’s DTH subscription comes in a wide range of plans, most of which are customizable. Not only can you buy just a specific pack of channels, you can also buy a monthly, quarterly, half yearly, or annual plan. There is choice of 128 to 226 channels in each of these plans. The A la Carte Package allows you to select only those channels that you like to watch.

Airtel also provides its subscribers the facility to recharge their package or buy an additional package online. Airtel DTH online recharge is easy and quick. You just need to visit their website using your computer or mobile and get your Airtel DTH recharge done in a matter of minutes. Airtel Dish TV comes with 4 different set top boxes – Standard, HD, HD+, and HD Recorder. The Airtel HD recorder has a 160GB hard disk and allows for 150 hours of live TV recording.

Most Preferred DTH During Digitization India

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As per a report by IAMAI, over 120 million Indian use the Internet, leading to the need for digitization. Also, the Information and Broadcasting (I & B) ministry has accepted TRAI’s recommendations for implementing “digital addressable” cable television systems in the country. Fortunately, digitization will make the customer the primary beneficiary as they will benefit from much better quality of TV viewing and an enhance experience.

This bill expects to ensure that by end of 2014, the entire analog cable section is digitized. While, digitization is already mandatory in the four major cities – Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata, phase II will include cities with 10 Lakh+ population, and phase III would include the rest of the country. Some experts believe that the entire process of digitization will require an investment of between Rs. 40, 000 to Rs. 50, 000 Cr.

This presents a huge business opportunity for Media and Telecom Industry majors like Dish TV by Zee, Tata Sky by Tata and Airtel TV by Airtel among others. Why? Because even those Indians who subscribe to cable TV will switch to one of the major and more established players! There will also be a significant rise in the Average Revenue per User or ARPU.

However, that also means healthy competition between the various DTH players. Today, there are about 5-6 major private players offering DTH services in India. Tata Sky, Dish TV, Reliance Big TV, Videocon d2h, Airtel TV are some of the main ones.

In fact, DTH players are coming up with innovative offers and schemes to ensure that they attract more consumers. In a brand perception and recall survey conducted on DTH customers, Tata Sky emerged as the winner with 38% votes, while Dish TV followed behind with 24%. Most customers also felt that Tata Sky offered better customer service and quality.

Dish TV Gains More Pay-TV Subscribers in Quarter 4

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Dish TV, the biggest DTH (Direct-To-Home) service provider in India has reportedly seen hike in its shares after the end of fourth quarter. According to the analysts reports presented on Wednesday i.e. 20th Feb 2013, their revenue for quarter four are above expectations, but its pay-TV consumers additions dropped down.

Apart from the revenues, the company also revealed its customer data for broadband services. The company further reported that it has added around 14,000 pay-TV members in its Q4. This marked consecutive growth from Q2 and Q3, but was lower than 22,000 subscribers which were added in quarter 4 2011.

As per the estimations made by market analysts, Q4 will add 45,000 net subscribers with some predicting that Dish could top 100,000 additions, thanks to demand for its Hopper Dish TV HD Set Top Box.

According to IBD’s report, its competitor satellite broadcaster, DirecTV Group (DTV) on Thursday revealed that it added 103,000 clients in the United States in previous quarter as compared with 125,000 in the year-earlier quarter.

Dish TV revealed that by 31st December 2012, it had 183,000 broadband subscribers in total including 78,000 subscribers of 2012. EchoStar (SATS) and ViaSat (VSAT) are the companies to which Dish TV resells its satellite broadband services.

Dish network said Q4 income fallen 1% to $3.63 billion dollars, which is ahead of expectations. Revenues dropped to 46 % per share from 70 % per share in the year-earlier phase including one-time items.

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Dish TV Brings ZeeQ Channel

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Dish TV, a prominent Direct- to-Home (DTH) service provider of India has recently brought ZeeQ Channel on its network. ZeeQ is the latest channel launched by Zee Entertainment Enterprise Ltd. and will be accessible on channel no. 510 on Dish TV.

ZeeQ is a bi-lingual channel which broadcasts its 70 percent of content in Hindi and rest 30 percent in English. It features various knowledgeable and entertainment programs like ‘BrainCafe’ which provides learning on the theories, concepts and applications of science. ‘Teenovation’ is another wonderful show that associates with the National Innovation Foundation that showcases the utility items created by children for the problems which they see around them. Further, ZeeQ is a paid channel and will showcase educational programs for children on both Dish TV HD as well as SD.

Apart from the above, Dish TV has also added two Bengali channels i.e. for news and entertainment (Rupashi Bangla and Kolkata TV) in its lifetime free Dish TV offers valid in four metros subscribers. This lifetime free pack enables subscribers to view 70 channels free of cost for life, but the subscribers need to be active by recharging his or her account in every six months to avail the advantages of this offer.

COO of Dish TV, Mr. Salil Kapoor commented on the launch that they have added these two Bengali channels to the lifetime free offer to provide more personalized entertainment options to Kolkata subscribers. All users in four metros can easily subscribe to this pack by online Dish TV recharge.

This lifetime free dish TV offer includes News Express, 9X, 9XM, B4U Movies, all Doordarshan channels, etc. To avail this pack you can visit any online shop and get your Dish TV recharge with this pack. For more details you can visit our Dish TV section and pick the best plan according to your needs.

Digital TV Revolution & Its Impacts

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What is Digital Television?

Digital TV broadcast videos and content in digital format through satellites. It comes with a Set Top Box (STB), Antenna and Remote Control. Set Top Box is the device which is the device which transmits the digital signals into content and makes it watchable on the television set. Antenna helps in catching signals from the satellite and transfers those signals to the STB so that it can be viewed by the users.

The Digital Revolution

Digital TV has been emerged as a major business sector as many countries have started opting for 100 percent digitization and this has also opened doors for many DTH (Direct To Home) operators to enter the market. India is also one of such countries which are targeted to achieve 100 percent digitization and Government has already taken its first step by mandate digitization in the four metros, i.e. Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai. This new policy has helped many leading network providers to capture more shares into the market by offering their DTH services.

Impact Of Digitization

The Digital Revolution will impact the subscribers, network providers as well as MSOs (Multiple System Operator) in some or the other ways. On one hand it is beneficial but on the other hand it might have some negative impact.

Benefits: Digitization will provide great benefits to the users, operators and MSOs.

DTH Services will provide better picture viewing experience as it displays content in digital format. Further, HD Set Top Boxes also displays pictures in high definition and offers sharp images with extreme clear pictures.

Digital television will allow users to view maximum number of channels i.e., approx 300 to 400 and can select packages of their choice.

DTH subscribers can also choose the best plan according to their preference from various DTH plans. So, they have wider options to choose and even they can make their own packs.

Digital TV recharge is a beneficial service started by the operators. In this, the users can recharge their account for different time periods i.e. for a month, for six months and for a year. DTH recharge online also helps users to avoid hassles of personally visiting the operators or local cable operators store to recharge.

With DTH connection, users can also record and store their favorite programs, sports and cricket matches and watch them whenever they want.

Disadvantages:

Cable TV digitization will affect the pockets of subscribers as they have to install an STB that will cost approx 800 to 1500. The DTH plans and packages are also costly as the basic pack is starting at Rs. 100.which will display basic channels. For getting access to various main entertainment and movies channels, subscribers have to choose a pack ranging between Rs. 250 to Rs. 500.

Airtel Digital TV Relaunched World Space Radio

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Here’s good news for all radio lovers as the satellite radio network ‘World Space Radio’ returned back with Airtel Digital TV. This time the radio is named as iMusic Space and will allow Direct-to-Home (DTH) users to enjoy it on their digital television set. Timbre Media and Saregama are the two associations which have come together to launch this radio service on DTH. Further, the two associations will also give content for iMusic Space radio.

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A Close Watch On HD Set Top Box

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With the introduction of cable TV digitization, the demand for Set Top Boxes (STB) has been grown at a rapid pace. These are the devices that convert digital signals into content and then display it on your television. According to a recent amendment in Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, all the subscribers in four metros (Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata) have to install an STB by 31st October. Therefore, many of us are switching to DTH services as they offer various types of products and options. HD Set Top Box is also among such DTH services which are highly demanded.
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Reliance to bring the first GP experience on HDTV – Is it a true customer value addition?

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Reliance Digital TV, also known as BIG TV, has decided to aggressively pursue the customers to their living rooms with two tempting offers. Firstly, it has tied up with ESPN-STAR group to bring in the HD quality feed of the opening of Buddh international circuit for F1 grand Prix in India. With the D-day October 30, 2011 right around the corner, Reliance DTH has played a masterstroke by adding ESPN HD to its bouquet. Both ESPN and star cricket DTH channels will be available to customers of Reliance DTH from this week.

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