DTH in India commenced in 2005 with the launch of Dish TV. Since then the Indian DTH subscriber base has expanded from 750,000 in 2005 to 30 million by the end of 2010, leading to an exemplary 108% compound growth rate. Currently there are 6 pay direct-to-home (DTH) operators, oldest Zee Dish TV DTH, Sun Direct DTH, Tata Sky DTH, Reliance Digital TV formerly known as Big TV DTH, Airtel Digital TV and last addition Videocon D2H DTH and 1 Free To Air (FTA), DD Direct+ which offers free the telecast of Doordarshan and private channels, together contributing to the Indian DTH market. A research by Screen Digest predicts that, Increased foreign participation and consolidation in India‘s DTH satellite TV market is likely in the next two to five years. The proposed easing of foreign involvement limits in Indian broadcasting ventures from 49% to 74% will see more international players enter India‘s DTH market. By 2014 DTH will cross the 50 million mark, making it bigger than both North America and Western Europe. Though India‘s DTH subscriber revenues accounted for just 1% of global pay-TV subscriptions revenue in 2010, it will increase to 2.7% by 2014. High DTH content and hardware subsidies and low ARPUs lead to excessive losses, and so consolidation is inevitable in the long run. Though it is impossible to predict which of the DTH operators would either fold or merge, some movement in this direction in the next two to five years is expected. Cable TV remains the dominant pay-TV distribution platform in India, with a 75% market share compared to satellite‘s 25%. However, the average revenue per satellite subscriber is set to overtake cable ARPUs in India and will grow in tandem with the economy at a compound annual growth rate of 8% between 2010 and 2014. The analysts are careful to point out this forecast could, however, deviate should analogue switch off happen within this five year time frame. The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has proposed that all 83 million analogue cable homes transition to digital by 2013, way before the official date for terrestrial analogue switch off, which Screen Digest believes, has now been put back to 2017. As the DTH TV industry is currently in its growth phase, it is expected to attract a large number of subscribers in near future. This growth can be attributed to a wide range of options that DTH service providers offer to the subscribers. With the entry of new players in the Indian DTH industry, competition is getting intense. Owing to this, DTH service providers are offering their subscribers numerous attractive channel packages. Keeping in mind the social status of different customers, DTH companies provide a wide range of subscription prices and the comfort of switching between packages as per their needs and requirements. This is resulting in high growth of subscriber base. Together, India‘s six private DTH platforms serve about 30 million homes in India – with Dish TV (over nine million) and Tata Sky (over 6 million) leading the pack in terms of subscriber numbers. The totals come from the addition of subscribers to Zee Dish TV DTH, Sun Direct DTH, Tata Sky DTH, Reliance Digital TV (Big TV) DTH, Airtel Digital TV and Videocon D2H DTH. They do not include viewers of public broadcaster Doordarshan‘s DTH service DD Direct. Clearly, the Indian DTH market is on the verge of a revolution. Dish TV From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For the North America-based satellite television provider, see Dish Network. ‹ Whether to make the |reason= mandatory for the {{cleanup}} template is being discussed. See the request for comment to help reach a consensus.› This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. (Consider using more specific cleanup instructions.) Please help improve this article if you can. The talk page may contain suggestions. (May 2009) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (April 2009) Dish TV India Limited Type Public (BSE: 532839) Industry Satellite television Founded 2004 Headquarters Noida, India India & Sri Lanka Area served Pakistan, Afghnistan & Nepal Key people R. C. Venkateish, (CEO) Direct Broadcast Satellite Products Pay TV Pay-per-view TV Zee Network Enterprise (owned by Parent Essel Group) Management Services Limited (ISMSL), Agrani Satellite Services Subsidiaries Limited (ASSL) and Agrani Convergence Limited (ACL) Website www.dishtv.in Dish TV India Limited (BSE: 532839) is an Indian company engaged in the business of providing direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service, which includes teleport service, customer support and transponder space leasing. Dishtv is a division of Zee Network Enterprise (Essel Group Venture). Dish TV India Limited is ranked # 437 and #5 in the list of media companies in the Fortune India 500 roster of India‘s largest corporations in 2011.[1] It uses MPEG-2 digital compression technology, transmitting using NSS-6 Satellite at 95.0. Dish TV's managing director and Head Of Business is Jawahar Goel who is also the promoter of Essel Group and is also the President of Indian Broadcasting Foundation.[2] Zee Network incorporated dishtv to modernize television (TV) viewing. It provides features, such as Electronic Programme Guide (EPG), parental lock, games, 400 channels, interactive TV and movie on demand. dishtv also brings national and international channels in India. Its primary competitors are cable television and other DTH service providers—Airtel digital TV, Reliance Big TV, DD Direct+, Tata Sky, Sun Direct, and Videocon D2H. Contents [hide] 1 Slogan 2 History 3 Satellite link 4 DTH on Wheels 5 Subscriber Base 6 Dish truHD 7 Dish truHD+ 8 Website 9 Channel List o 9.1 TV Channels 10 See also 11 References 12 External links [edit] Slogan Sab Par Dish Sawaar Hai... [edit] History DTH service was launched back in 2004 by launching of Dish TV by Essel Group's Zee Entertainment Enterprises. Dish TV is on the same satellite where DD Direct+ was, DD Direct+ shifted to Insat 4B which is adjacent to NSS-6. Dish TV was only DTH operator in India to carry the two Turner channels Turner Classic Movies and Boomerang. Both the channels were removed from the platform due to unknown reasons in March 2009. In October 2010 Dish TV added the long awaited Neo Sports and Neo Cricket on its platform [edit] Satellite link Dish TV uses NSS-6 to broadcast its programmes. NSS-6 was launched on 17 December 2002 by European-based satellite provider, NewSkies. Dish TV hopped on to NSS-6 from an INSAT satellite in July 2004. The change in the satellite was to increase the channel offering as NSS 6 offered more transponder capacity. However, Dish TV booked additional transponders on the new Asiasat 5 satellite for starting its MPEG-4 based HD services. Dish TV is currently using 5 transponders on Asiasat 5. [edit] DTH on Wheels Dish TV also provides mobile satellite TV on vehicles, trains and aircraft.[3] [edit] Subscriber Base Dish TV had about 11.2 million customers as of 30 June 2011.[4] There are about 35.5 million DTH subscribers in India as of June 2011.[5] [edit] Dish truHD The logo of Dish truHD. Dish TV recently launched its high definition service called Dish truHD. Its major competitors are SUN Direct HD, Tata Sky HD, Airtel Digital TV HD and the Reliance Digital TV. It supports 1080i HD quality. Currently there are 41 HD Services with 12 true HD channels and the rest up-scaled. DISHTV plans to give more HD content to its customers. [edit] Dish truHD+ Dish TV Recently introduces its PVR service which requires an External USB Hard disk drive to be plug into the Set Top Box's USB Port it can provide & support recording space up to 2 TB. [edit] Website On 16 September 2011, Dish TV's website was hacked. Even after hours after being reported in the news and forums the site was not restored. There were worries expressed on various forum sites that critical data like the Subscriber Viewing Card numbers, Addresses, Contact Numbers would be leaked. [edit] Channel List The following is the list of channels provided by Dish TV as of October 2011.[6] [edit] Airtel digital TV From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article appears to be written like an advertisement. Please help improve it by rewriting promotional content from a neutral point of view and removing any inappropriate external links. (December 2011) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (October 2010) Airtel digital TV Type Subsidiary Industry Satellite television Founded 2008 Headquarters Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Area served India Key people Sunil Bharti Mittal Products Direct Broadcast Satellite [1] Parent Bharti Airtel Subsidiaries Bharti Telemedia Ltd. Website www.airtel.in/digitaltv Airtel digital TV is an Indian direct broadcast satellite service provider owned and operated by Bharti Airtel. Its satellite service, launched on 2008, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in India. It uses MPEG-4 digital compression with DVB-S2 technology, transmitting using INSAT 4CR 74°E and SES 7 108.2°E. Airtel Digital TV service was launched on 8 October 2008.[2] As of March 23, 2012, Airtel has total 320 Channels and Services including 14 HD channels.[3] Its primary competitors are cable television and other DTH service providers—Reliance Big TV, DD Direct+, Dish TV, Tata Sky, Sun Direct, and Videocon D2H.