Reliance Big TV DTH Service Launch
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For all you guys, here are some numbers...
My conclusion: All Dish TVs are similar priced. Just for the support factor,
I'd go for Tata Sky. And Tata is not paying me for this info
The comparsion is good, but in DTH market where new players are expected ( BigTv, bharti, videocon etc) 60 months is too big a period. Even 24 to 36 months is also very big. In case of 36 months DishTv is clear winner. No of channels being offered by each player will differ and maybe keep on changing, like Tatasky did few days ago took out few channels like ESPN etc in the name of price reduction and asked extra for adding these cannels.
The market pricing (value for money) will decide which DTH is good for them on the day of purchase. Once you have bought it you will have to watch it weither you like it or not because STB's are married to their smart cards and wont accept other service provider's card.
So be happy and enjoy whatever DTH u have got.
My conclusion: All Dish TVs are similar priced. Just for the support factor,
I'd go for Tata Sky. And Tata is not paying me for this info
The comparsion is good, but in DTH market where new players are expected ( BigTv, bharti, videocon etc) 60 months is too big a period. Even 24 to 36 months is also very big. In case of 36 months DishTv is clear winner. No of channels being offered by each player will differ and maybe keep on changing, like Tatasky did few days ago took out few channels like ESPN etc in the name of price reduction and asked extra for adding these cannels.
The market pricing (value for money) will decide which DTH is good for them on the day of purchase. Once you have bought it you will have to watch it weither you like it or not because STB's are married to their smart cards and wont accept other service provider's card.
So be happy and enjoy whatever DTH u have got.
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After all, they are all in a market to EARN PROFIT and not to do social service. There are 2 types of customers. Those who want QUANTITY and those who want QUALITY.Everyone will be shared based on those 2 factors and all DTH players will earn in terms of what and how they serve.
Well I am sure new DTH opertors would come out with new offers for long time.Also you should compare channels too. Reliance providing 191 channels and target is 240 chanenls under this price. If you want all channels then price would be higher for TS and DishD:
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A buzz in the air
If you are one of those disgruntled television viewers who have been enduring jarred images and bad signals, there is hope this monsoon with two big players entering the DTH (Direct-To-Home) space. Reliance Communications’ Big TV and Videocon’s D2H are scheduled to launch their services in June and September respectively.
“Almost everything is in place. We will launch the channel by June 24,” said the spokesperson of Reliance Communications. The company has lined up a robust network that includes around 1,20,000 retailers and 700 distributors.
It also plans to introduce MPEG-4 technology – a feature that offers more channels compared to the prevalent DTH offerings – besides offering ‘Mozit’, a technology that enables a viewer to watch 12 channel previews at one time.
Big TV also promises to offer 60 new movies a week as against the 20 new releases a week offered by existing player.
Close on Big TV’s heels is Videocon’s D2H. The company is on a cost-cutting spree in order to make their DTH service more affordable. It plans to bring down the prices of set-top boxes by manufacturing them at its Aurangabad plant, rather than outsourcing them.
“Ours will be the most compelling service because we plan to bring down the cost of our offering at the point of source,” said Saurabh Dhoot, Director, Videocon International Ltd.
The company plans to manufacture 40 lakh set top boxes in the first phase. Another measure to pull down costs is synergising the service with its 40,000–strong distributors across the country.
The emergence of Big TV and D2H have also made existing player Dish TV roll up its sleeves.
Besides the existing offering, the Zee TV-promoted firm is planning to roll out new features, such as the ‘Open TV’ technology, wherein a subscriber can watch specialised bulletins on genres like entertainment, sports and current affairs. The feature will also give the viewer multiple camera angles of these programmes.
In a bid to outwit the likely pricing challenge to be thrown by existing players, Dish TV is alsoplanning to increase its channel basket from the current 185 to 400 channels by end of the year.
“We would be launching a satellite this month, which will enable us to widen our offerings,” said Jawahar Goel, Managing Director, Dish TV.
Of course, such big plans translate into big investments. While Reliance will be investing Rs 2,050 crores in next two years, Videocon plans to put in Rs 1,000 crore in the coming year.
Dish TV, on the other hand, will pump in Rs 1,600 crores in the next two years.
A buzz in the air
If you are one of those disgruntled television viewers who have been enduring jarred images and bad signals, there is hope this monsoon with two big players entering the DTH (Direct-To-Home) space. Reliance Communications’ Big TV and Videocon’s D2H are scheduled to launch their services in June and September respectively.
“Almost everything is in place. We will launch the channel by June 24,” said the spokesperson of Reliance Communications. The company has lined up a robust network that includes around 1,20,000 retailers and 700 distributors.
It also plans to introduce MPEG-4 technology – a feature that offers more channels compared to the prevalent DTH offerings – besides offering ‘Mozit’, a technology that enables a viewer to watch 12 channel previews at one time.
Big TV also promises to offer 60 new movies a week as against the 20 new releases a week offered by existing player.
Close on Big TV’s heels is Videocon’s D2H. The company is on a cost-cutting spree in order to make their DTH service more affordable. It plans to bring down the prices of set-top boxes by manufacturing them at its Aurangabad plant, rather than outsourcing them.
“Ours will be the most compelling service because we plan to bring down the cost of our offering at the point of source,” said Saurabh Dhoot, Director, Videocon International Ltd.
The company plans to manufacture 40 lakh set top boxes in the first phase. Another measure to pull down costs is synergising the service with its 40,000–strong distributors across the country.
The emergence of Big TV and D2H have also made existing player Dish TV roll up its sleeves.
Besides the existing offering, the Zee TV-promoted firm is planning to roll out new features, such as the ‘Open TV’ technology, wherein a subscriber can watch specialised bulletins on genres like entertainment, sports and current affairs. The feature will also give the viewer multiple camera angles of these programmes.
In a bid to outwit the likely pricing challenge to be thrown by existing players, Dish TV is alsoplanning to increase its channel basket from the current 185 to 400 channels by end of the year.
“We would be launching a satellite this month, which will enable us to widen our offerings,” said Jawahar Goel, Managing Director, Dish TV.
Of course, such big plans translate into big investments. While Reliance will be investing Rs 2,050 crores in next two years, Videocon plans to put in Rs 1,000 crore in the coming year.
Dish TV, on the other hand, will pump in Rs 1,600 crores in the next two years.