DTH PROVIDERS IN INDIA

DTH PROVIDERS IN INDIA

DTH is a 3,000 crore-plus industry in India with DTH services being carried in 40 Million DTH homes of
the 125 million TV households in India. With the mandatory digitization bill passed by the Parliament,
the sunset dates announced across India for the cable operators to switch over from analog to Digital
mode. The growth opportunity presented by the sector is huge. The DTH industry of the country is all set
to surpass the DTH subscribers of the USA very soon. In the Indian DTH industry, there are 6 players
currently operating. Dish TV, Tata Sky, Reliance Digital TV, Sun Direct, Airtel Digital TV and Videocon d2h.
Apart from these 6, DD Direct is a government run FTA service provider. Dish Tv was the first to roll out
the DTH services in India, followed by Sun Direct, TATA sky, Reliance Digital TV, Airtel Digital TV and
finally Videocon d2h. In spite of being the latest entrant in the category, Videocon d2h is the fastest
growing DTH service provider in India. It has geared itself and is currently rolling out plans to provide the
DTH services across the country. It offers the Maximum number of 330 channels and services, highest
number of sports channels, all leading GEC channels. PACKAGES: Videocon d2h offers the best packages,
unlike others Videocon d2h offers all the leading and popular GEC channels in one base pack rather then
offering it as add ons. If we compare the base pack of Gold available at Rs. 175/- if consists of all the
popular Hindi GEC channels like Star Plus, Zee TV, Colors, Sony TV, Imagine TV and also all Hindi Movie
channels like Zee Cinema, Star Gold, Set Max etca|. It also offers Hindi News, Music Channels and all
popular regional language channels of that respective regions in the base pack itself and not as a add on.
It provides the best Entry and Maximum Pack across regions. Our competitors offer many popular
channels either in higher priced packs or as a separate add on. TECHNOLOGY Dish TV, Tata Sky are using
the MPEG -2 compression technology, Airtel Digital TV, Videocon d2h uses MPEG -4 DVBS-2 whereas
Reliance Digital TV and Sun Direct use MPEG -4 technology. CHANNELS Videocon d2h offers the
maximum number of channels and services. IT offers 330 Channels and Services, Dish TV offers 270
+channels & Services, Airtel Digital TV has , Reliance Digital TV 250 Channels TATA sky 190 Channels HD
CHANNELS Dish TV and Reliance offers all upscaled version of channels, whereas Videocon d2h offers
highest number of Asli "HD" channels, Airtel Digital TV offers 14 HD Channels, TATA sky offers around 10
HD channels3 D CompatibilityExcept Dish TV and Sun Direct, all the DTH players are compatible with 3D.
Customer ServiceVideocon d2h provides the best customer service. All the customer queries, installation
issues, support functions are resolved with in 24 hrs. the other dth players resolve the customer issues
within 48 hrsThe best to choose from : Of all the various parameters available for comparision, Videocon
d2h fares better over other players in the category. Videocon d2h customer experience management
model, helps them in performing better over others. When we look at their website, facebook page, the
content is regularly updated and the customer queries are resolved. Many d2h subscribers who have
poster their happy experiences online as their queries, grievances were resolved with in 24 hrs. The
Channels, content provided is unmatched. The packages are the best in the country and having all the
sports channels in one base pack scores over the competitors.
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