Dth Service News

By losing out a place on DD Free Dish, private broadcasters lose out on a big consumer base that translates into television rating points and, in turn, into ad revenue

While 100% digitization is a myth, not achieved even in the US, by 2020 approximately 95% cable and satellite TV homes in India will enjoy the benefits of digitization

Sports broadcasters who pay big sums to buy exclusive sports content are protected as they are in a much better position to recover their money

SC says Prasar Bharati can air the feed from private broadcasters, such as Star India only on terrestrial network, Free Dish but not on Doordarshan channels carried by cable operators and private DTH platforms

Watching films may become even more expensive as states prepare to empower local bodies to impose entertainment tax outside the ambit of GST

Dish TV eked out a consolidated net loss of Rs28 crore when the Street was expecting it to report a profit of more than Rs20 crore

Trai's tariff order is a good one that attempts to make channel pricing transparent although not necessarily cheaper

Direct to home (DTH) operators are probably feeling the heat at the top end from Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, and cable operators at the bottom

I&B ministry requests department of space to block signals of DTH service Asia Broadcast Satellite providing FTA channels in India without permission

Doordarshan got Rs318.06 crore from government advertisements and Rs157.59 crore from corporate ads during the year