WarnerMedia to discontinue HBO and WB TV Channels in India

[vishalrao]

Looks like slowly non streaming channels are dying out due to reduced viewership and reduced revenues. I think zee will be next. They already closed one of their movie channels and also axn got closed.

I am one of the few people who actually prefer dth over streaming

 

[Adithya]

DTH and cable serves you content, streaming or downloading you have to go hunt for content. There is certainly a convenience factor there. I've watched movies I normally wouldn't have if I didn't randomly saw it while switching channels.

 

[Lucifer96]

@Adithya exactly correct . The content search process Is a herculian task in the ott world.

 

[ch@ndlerbing]

That's the only reason honestly. For us it was a 4x increase, that too even less channels than before. Disconnected cable, went to d2h, got the basic regional plan with no paid channels (only news).

Besides HBO and WB censor way too much, even subtitles for almost all the movies I've seen on them. They don't like the word "shit", it's replaced with "crap".

If anyone from the TV industry ever come across this thread, if you want us to pay money, then don't shove it with ads.

Yeah in disguise of giving customer more choices, the monthly cost of DTH has sky rocketed. Earlier I used to get all Hindi channels like Star, Sony, Zee, Colors at 250-300 per month on Tata Sky. Now I am paying Rs 250 per month just for one star sports, sony hindi pack, 5-6 hindi movies channel (excluding zee cinema) and few regional channels.

Don't know who the real winner is in the end after this TRAI new rules. Since even the channels are losing revenue and customers are paying more. Also it is becoming a herculean task for many people to choosing and dropping channels. I have used Dish TV app, and its super slow and cumbersome in this matter. At least Tata Sky mobile app and website is very fluid in this area of managing my pack.