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Airtel Digital TV is an Indian subscription based satellite television provider owned by Bharti Telemedia Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bharti Airtel. [1] It launched DTH satellite television service in India on 9 October 2008. Also known as Airtel Digital. Airtel Digital TV is India's second largest DTH operator second largest DTH ...
The total number of DTH subscribers in India rose from 1.5 million in 2005 to 23 million in 2010. [8] Sun Direct became the first DTH provider to offer high-definition (HD) channels in early 2010. [9] Tata Play (formerly Tata Sky) began offering HD channels later that year. [10] Other DTH providers subsequently began carrying HD channels. [11]
Bharti Airtel is the third largest mobile operator in the world, in subscriber base, and has a presence across 18 countries. [8] The company is India's second largest integrated telecom company in customer base and offers mobile, fixed line, high speed home broadband, M-commerce, DTH and enterprise service.
Satellite distribution can be included in an IPTV network architecture in several ways. The simplest to implement is an IPTV-direct to home (DTH) architecture, in which hybrid DVB-broadband set-top boxes in subscriber homes integrate satellite and IP reception to give additional bandwidth with return channel capabilities. In such a system, many ...
But, since the government of India did not allow the use of KU band transponders for DTH services, the project was put on hold, the firm said in a statement. After the DTH policy was announced by the government in December 2007, Astro picked up a 20% stake in Sun Direct TV. The stake was valued at approximately $115 million. [4]
These are Dish TV (a ZEE TV subsidiary), Tata Sky, Sun Network owned 'Sundirect DTH', Reliance owned BIG TV, Bharti Airtel's DTH Service 'Airtel Digital TV' and the public sector DD Direct Plus. As of 2010, India has the most competitive Direct-broadcast satellite market with seven operators vying for more than 110 million TV homes.
Kwese TV - discontinued its DTH operation in 2019 [9] Metro Digital; Montage Cable Network [10] - also commenced operations in 2014 but is no longer in operations; Moreplex TV; Mytv [11] - discontinued; OurTV [12] Play Consat
Home2US Communications Inc. also offers several ethnic channels on SES 1 at 101° W, as well as other free and pay-TV channels. Many religious broadcasters reach the DTH and distribution markets with unencrypted DVB-S television and radio channels on Galaxy 19.