Airtel Digital TV merging with Tata Play DTH

[Sushubh]

https://www.livemint.com/market/stock-market-news/airteltata-merger-on-cards-bharti-airtel-in-talks-with-tata-group-to-combine-dth-biz-of-tata-play-bharti-telemedia-11740574800396.html

 

[SVK]

In none of the news articles there is mention of Tata Play Broadband. So it seems Tata will retain Broadband service and merge DTH with Airtel (if deal goes through).

 

[Rhishav]

Broadband is not loss making yet so that is left out.

 

[Sushubh]

I am guessing ISPs are slowly coming to terms that IPTV is the future. DTH has a lot of expandability and performance issues.

How many DTH players are left now? Videocon acquired Dish TV iirc. Reliance DTH is dead. SUN might still be operating in some areas. So basically two after this merger?

 

[Ashok.king]

@Sushubh Dish tv (Zee group) acquired Loss making debt rididen Videocon D2H, Now Sun Direct expanding to Northern states with lower NCF. So 3 DTH operators, if TP-Airtel merger happens.

 

[Sushubh]

Bharti Airtel, Tata Group call off talks for merger of DTH business

Airtel said that the two parties were not able to find a satisfactory resolution.

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