Dish DTH to offer free set-top boxes

[dishtv_info]

What are we going to benefit with the word "Sky"? If both remotes are same then they deserve to charge more? UK is different and SKY is monoply there. Why we should bother about them? For now TS is costly for many and cheap for few. So this outburst is justified.

jUST OBSERVE THE PACKAGE TYPE ON THE SKY WEBSITE JUST IS SIMILAR SCRIPT FOR BOTH TS AND SKY IN UK ... PRICES MAY DIFFER BUT IN GENERAL SKY HAS SPORTS PACKAGE IN UK WHERE IT HAS DIFFERENT SKY SPORTS ... SIMILAR IN TS THEY HAVE PUT ALL THE SPORTS IN ONE PACKAGE

 

[skorpio1]

A free set-top box is likely to increase Dish TV's losses as every DTH company heavily subsidises the cost of its set-top boxes.


I'm sure DTH boxes are all MADE IN CHINA. If the quantity is right, Definitely the manufacturing costs can be drastically reduced, while maintaining the build quality.
I know of a friend who got a Mitashi FTA DTH STB+Dish combo for Rs1500 at Lamington and the damn thing is still goin strong after 2 years

Gone are the days when i would not buy a Nokia phone made in China.
Or is the Govt Charging obscene amounts of tax and customs duty on these things?

 

[dhoni]

jUST OBSERVE THE PACKAGE TYPE ON THE SKY WEBSITE JUST IS SIMILAR SCRIPT FOR BOTH TS AND SKY IN UK ... PRICES MAY DIFFER BUT IN GENERAL SKY HAS SPORTS PACKAGE IN UK WHERE IT HAS DIFFERENT SKY SPORTS ... SIMILAR IN TS THEY HAVE PUT ALL THE SPORTS IN ONE PACKAGE

It may be. But why should we pay more for that word "Sky"? In India there is a rule for us to pick and choose. When these things are going to be implemented? Unless people use their brains and not get fooled with the attitude of UK is great and so on these Tata people will never change.

Got freedom long time back but still the colonial thinking :wall:

 

[SVK]

Some information about how SKY channel packaging worksSKY has there own channels packages for GEC, Movies, News, SPORTS, Variety, International (STAR/FOX), etc. User can select any of these packages and are charged according to package selected. As SKY is only DTH provider in UK, it also provide its TP space for 3rd party channels like Setanta Sports, Sony MAX, ZEE and user has to subscribe these channels seperately by directly contacting these channel providers giving their sub ID. Tata Sky may be planning to implement same formula. Therefore it has packaged new channels seperately and now planning to package all Sport channels. It would be in benefit of customers if price are reduced. Even DISH TV doing somewhat similiar by packaging regional wise. Need to check how BIGTV will package when launched commercially